JP2002007420A - Electronic dictionary device and its program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable display control according to the specification contents of a display form of optional notation when dictionary data is displayed simply by specifying the optional notation in an electronic dictionary and the display form of the specified notation and to realize utilization of the dictionary with high learning effects, for example, to discriminate, display a part of the notation by coloring it and to display no unnecessary part. SOLUTION: A user specifies a desired item from the respective items to constitute notation by element among the notation by element noted in the electronic dictionaries (an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese dictionary) by element (word, title), optionally specifies a display color to color the specified item and registers it in a registration display control table 14. A CPU 1 refers to the registration display control table when the dictionary data is outputted and when the specified item is included in a display object, displays data of the item in the display color associated with the specified item.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary device for reading, displaying and outputting dictionary data written in an electronic dictionary, and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a data processing apparatus provided with an electronic dictionary (for example, a Japanese dictionary or English-Japanese dictionary), when a character string such as a word is input and designated as a search target, a dictionary search is performed based on the input character string. , And by displaying the search results, it is possible to freely learn the meaning and notation of the word. Here, for example, when an English-Japanese dictionary is searched, item data of “English notation”, “pronunciation”, “part of speech”, and “meaning” are displayed as a list as a search result. In this case, since a single English word includes a plurality of meanings for each part of speech, a desired meaning is searched for from among the meanings and learning is performed.

[0003]

However, since the search result list screen displays the data in detail for each item, when the number of data is large, it takes time to search for the target item. In particular, if the user has many items that the user has already learned or wants to concentrate on learning only the desired items, the item list display is more user-friendly. There was a problem that the learning effect was not good. The same applies to the case where the dictionary contents are scrolled and each word is sequentially displayed. The appearance of many learned words hinders the learning effect and sometimes misses important words. .

An object of the present invention is to specify an arbitrary notation in an electronic dictionary and to specify a display format of the specified notation, thereby enabling display control according to the specified content when displaying dictionary data. Thus, for example, it is possible to realize the use of a dictionary with a high learning effect, for example, by coloring a part of the notation for identification and display or not displaying an unnecessary part.

[0005] The means of the present invention are as follows. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic dictionary device which reads out dictionary data written in an electronic dictionary, and outputs and displays the dictionary data. A display format designating unit that designates a display format of the notation designated by the notation designating unit, and a display control that controls a correspondence between the notation designated by the notation designation unit and the display format designated by the display format designation unit. Control information registration means for registering as information, and when outputting dictionary data read as a display target from the electronic dictionary, refer to the contents of the control information registration means,
When the display target includes the notation specified by the notation specifying means, the display control means changes the display content of the notation into a display format associated with the specified notation. Is what you do. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded.

The present invention may be as follows. (1) Among the notations by element described in the electronic dictionary by element, the notation designating means designates a desired item from each item constituting the notation by element, and the display format designating means Specifying the display format of the item specified by the notation designating unit, and the control information registration unit sets the correspondence between the item specified by the notation designating unit and the display format specified by the display format designating unit. Registered as display control information, and when the display target includes an item specified by the notation specifying unit, the display control unit associates the display content of the item with the specified item. Display format. (2) The display format designation means selects and designates one of display and non-display as a display format for the notation designated by the notation designation means, and the display control means sets the display format in a display target. If a notation for which non-display is designated is included, display control is performed to hide the notation. (3) The display format designating unit designates a display color as a display format for the designation designated by the notation designating unit, and the display control unit designates a display color as the display format in a display target. If the notation included is included, display control for displaying the notation in a designated color is performed. (4) When an arbitrary notation is selected and selected while the notation in the electronic dictionary is displayed, if the data of the notation is in a non-display state, the display control means reads out the data. Display output is performed, and if the data of the notation is displayed, display control for hiding the data is performed.
Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when an arbitrary notation in the electronic dictionary is specified and the display format of the specified notation is simply specified, display control according to the specified content is performed at the time of displaying dictionary data. For example, it is possible to realize the use of a dictionary with a high learning effect, for example, by coloring a part of the notation for identification and display, or by hiding unnecessary parts.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the electronic dictionary device according to this embodiment. This electronic dictionary device includes an electronic dictionary (Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary), and when a character string such as a word is input and specified as a search target, performs a dictionary search based on the input character string and displays the search result. By doing so, it is possible to freely learn the meaning and notation of the word. In particular, in this embodiment, each item constituting the notation by element in the electronic dictionary (notation by heading in the case of a Japanese language dictionary, notation by word in the case of an English-Japanese dictionary), for example, in the case of an English-Japanese dictionary, After specifying the desired item among the items of "English notation", "pronunciation", "part of speech", and "meaning", the data in the dictionary is read out simply by specifying the display format of the specified item. At the time of display and output, display control is performed so that the specified item is colored and displayed as an identification or an item specified as an unnecessary item is not displayed.

[0008] In other words, as an ordinary method of using a paper dictionary (for example, an English-Japanese dictionary), the important items to be learned with special care among "English notation", "pronunciation", and "meaning of part of speech" include a ferrite pen. In this embodiment, the learning is performed by elaborating, for example, coloring and discriminating the learned items, and blacking out the learned items so as to make them invisible. Color,
By performing display control to hide unnecessary items,
The above-described normal use of the paper dictionary can be realized by an electronic dictionary. In this case, only the display content is changed without changing the notation itself in the electronic dictionary.
Before describing the features of this embodiment in detail, the hardware configuration of this embodiment will be described below.

The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary device according to the operating system and various application software in the storage device 2. The storage device 2 stores a database, character fonts, and the like in addition to an operating system and various application software, and has a recording medium 3 composed of a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, and the like, and a drive system therefor. The recording medium 3 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM that can be detachably mounted,
It is a portable medium such as a floppy desk, a RAM card, and a magnetic card. The programs and data in the recording medium 3 are stored in a RAM under the control of the CPU 1 as necessary.
(For example, static RAM) 4 or R
The data in the AM 4 is saved on the recording medium 3. Furthermore,
The recording medium may be provided on an external device such as a server, and the CPU 1 may directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via a transmission medium.

The CPU 1 can also take in some or all of the data stored in the recording medium 3 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly register or additionally register the data in the recording medium 3. That is, the transmission control unit 5 receives a program / data transmitted from another device constituting the computer communication system via a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission line such as radio waves, microwaves or infrared rays. And can be installed in the recording medium 3. Further, the program / data may be stored and managed on the external device side such as a server, and the CPU 1 may directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via a transmission medium. On the other hand, a transmission control unit 5, an input unit 6, and a display unit 7, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line.
U1 controls their operation. The input unit 6 is an operation unit included in the keyboard and the touch panel 6a, and inputs character string data and various commands. Note that the display unit 7 is a liquid crystal or plasma display device that performs full-color display.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show examples of the contents of the electronic dictionary. FIG. 2A shows a part of the English-Japanese dictionary 11 and FIG. In this case, the notation according to the elements in the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is “English word”, “pronunciation”, “part of speech”,
It consists of items of “meaning” and “registration code”, and the notation by element in the Japanese language dictionary 12 is “heading (word)”,
It consists of "kanji", "part of speech", "meaning", and "registration code". Here, “English word” of the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is defined as “item 1”, “pronunciation” is defined as “item 2”, “part of speech” is defined as “item 3”, and “meaning” is defined as “item 4”. To
In the Japanese dictionary 12, "heading" is defined as "item 1", "kanji" is defined as "item 2", "part of speech" is defined as "item 3", and "meaning" is defined as "item 4". Note that the “registration code” is an identification code for identifying the notation by element. For example, as shown in FIG. A plurality of registration codes are assigned in association with the semantic contents.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the display format index table 12. The display format index table 12 is an index table that is referred to when registering a display format corresponding to an arbitrarily designated item among the items constituting the element-based notation in the dictionary. Here, “display ON”, “display OFF”, “background color”, “yellow”, “green”, and ‥‥ are set as display formats, and the type code is set corresponding to the display format. Have been. Note that “display ON” and “display OFF” indicate display ON / OFF indicating whether or not to display a character string, and “background color”, “yellow”, and “green” 囲 む surround the character string. A display color for coloring a rectangular area (a band-shaped display area) is shown. When the "background color" is designated, the band-shaped display area is substantially in a non-display state. In the figure, "-" indicates that no data exists in the item. For example, in FIG. 2A, data exists in the items "word" and "pronunciation" in the second line. Therefore, "-" is set in a portion corresponding to the item.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the registration display control table 13. The registration display control table 13 is for registering and managing, as display control information, a correspondence relationship between an arbitrarily designated item and its display format among the items constituting the element-based notation in the dictionary. It is arbitrarily set and registered by the user. In other words, the registration display control table 13 includes, for each “registration code”, “display ON / OFF of item 1 and its display color” and “display ON of item 2”.
/ OFF and its display color "," Display ON / OFF of item 3 "
And its display color "and" display ON / OFF of item 4 and its display color "can be registered. The codes read from the display format index table 12 are assigned to “display ON / OFF” and “display color” in the registered display control table 13, respectively.

Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is:
The program is stored in the recording medium 3 in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 1 sequentially executes operations according to the program code. Further, the CPU 1 can also sequentially execute operations according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. That is,
The operation unique to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium other than the recording medium.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a registration process for the registration display control table 14. The English-Japanese dictionary 11 will be described below as an example of an electronic dictionary to be registered. First, when a user inputs an instruction to register display control information, the CPU 1 displays and outputs a dictionary search screen (step A1). FIG. 6 shows this dictionary search screen. In this search screen, an input area for a search target character string (English word) is provided. In this input area, all of the search target English words are displayed. When a character or its head is input (step A2), the CPU 1 performs a search process for searching the English-Japanese dictionary 11 based on the input character string (step A3).

Assuming that the head of the English word to be searched has been input, the corresponding notation is read from the English-Japanese dictionary 11 and displayed in a list in a pull-down menu. In this example, since the corresponding words including the input character "ab" at the beginning are listed in the pull-down menu, the user selects and specifies a desired word from the list. Then, a registration screen is displayed, and the written contents of the word are read out and displayed in the registration screen (step A4). FIG. 7 shows this registration screen. In this example, a pull-down menu for selecting a display format is displayed together with the contents of each item of the search word "above". At the same time as designating a display control target item (step A5), a desired display format is selected and designated from a pull-down menu (step A6).

Then, the CPU 1 extracts the “registration code” including the specified item of the word from the English-Japanese dictionary 11 (step A7), and is designated in the registration display control table 14 in correspondence with the “extraction code”. The registered items are registered in association with the display format (step A8). When registration for one item is completed in this way, within the same word,
It is checked whether there is any other item whose notation is to be changed, that is, whether the end of registration of one word has been instructed (step A9). Steps A5 to A9). Thereby, the display control information corresponding to the items 1 to 4 can be registered in the registered display control table 14. Then, when the end of registration for one word is instructed (step A9), it is checked whether the same registration is to be continued for other words (step A10). (Step A1), and thereafter, the above-described registration operation is repeated.

FIGS. 8 to 10 are flowcharts showing the dictionary display processing. The English-Japanese dictionary 11 will be described below as an example of an electronic dictionary to be searched. First, whether scroll display is specified as the type of dictionary display,
It is checked whether the search display has been designated (step B1). That is, it is determined whether a scroll display for sequentially reading and displaying the contents of the English-Japanese dictionary 11 in accordance with the arrangement order is specified or a search display for searching and displaying an arbitrarily specified word from the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is specified. Here, when the search display is designated, the process proceeds to step B2 in FIG. 9, where the dictionary search screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed and set to a state in which the input of the search target character string is accepted. In this state, the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is searched based on the input character string (step B3). Also in this case, if only the first part of the search target character string is input, the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is searched based on the input character, and the corresponding notation is read out and displayed in a list in the pull-down menu. ing.

Then, based on the search result, a "registration code" associated with the word is extracted from the English-Japanese dictionary 11 (step B4), and based on the extracted code, the corresponding "registration code" is extracted from the registration display control table 14. The display control information is read (step B5). After setting an initial value “1” in an item counter (not shown) N (step B6), the display control information read from the registered display control table 14 focuses on the item indicated by the value of the item counter N. Then, the "display color" as the display format associated with the item is determined, and a color-specific display buffer (not shown) corresponding to the designated color is selected as a writing target (step B7).

Then, the "display ON / OFF" state of the item indicated by the value of the item counter N is checked (step B).
8) If display ON is set, the dictionary data of the item is written into the selected color display buffer (step B9). If display OFF is set, the dictionary of the item is written. The data is not written to the display buffer for each color, and is set to a non-display state (step B10). When the display ON / OFF process for one item is completed in this way, it is checked whether the value of the item counter N has reached "4" indicating the last item (step B11). Since it is “1”, “1” is set in the item counter N.
Is performed (step B12), and the "display ON / OFF" state of the item designated by the value is checked (step B8). When the display control process for all items is completed (step B11), the search result is displayed (step B13).

FIG. 11 shows a display example in this case. FIG. 11 (A) shows a display example in the case where display control is not performed.
The display contents for words are shown. (B)
In the part-of-speech semantic content, the band-shaped display area corresponding to the item of “preposition” is displayed in blue, the band-shaped display area of “adverb” is displayed in red, and the corresponding semantic content in the area is black This is an example of the case in which it is displayed. (C) illustrates an example in which the item data (character strings) of “English words” and “pronunciations” are not displayed, and their band-shaped display areas are displayed in yellow. It is. (D) illustrates a case where the item data of “English word” and its band-shaped display area are not displayed.

Then, in a state where the search result is displayed, the process proceeds to step B15 in FIG. 10, and it is checked whether or not the band-shaped display area (colored area) corresponding to each item is touched with a pen.
When a coloring item is designated, it is checked whether the character of the item is displayed in the coloring area (step B16). Here, if a coloring item displayed as a character is designated, the character in that area is deleted (step B17). If the character is in a non-display state, the character data of the item is read out. It is displayed in the area (step B18). That is, the display ON / OFF is temporarily switched without changing the registered contents in the registered display control table 14 by touching the colored area with the pen. Then, it is checked whether scroll display or search display has been specified (step B19).
Since the search display is designated, step B20
Then, it is checked whether the next search has been instructed. If so, the process returns to step B2 in FIG. 9, but if the next search has not been instructed, it is checked whether the end of the search has been instructed (step B2). B21), the process returns to step B20 until a termination instruction is issued, and the apparatus enters a standby state.

On the other hand, when scroll display is designated (step B1 in FIG. 8), a selection screen for a display target item is displayed (step B25 in FIG. 8). FIG. 12 (A)
Shows this display target item selection screen, and item-by-item data of an arbitrary word is displayed, and the user selects a desired item from the data. The illustrated example shows a case where the item “English word” is selected. When the items are selected in this manner, a display color selection screen for a display target is displayed next (step B26). FIG. 12B shows this display target color selection screen, in which a desired color is selected and designated from a pull-down menu. The illustrated example shows a case where “all colors” is selected.

Then, the display format (registered color) corresponding to the selected item is sequentially read for each "registered code" from the top of the registered display control table 14 (step B27).
In this case, first, the registered colors for the number of items that can be displayed in one screen are read. Next, select "all colors"
Is checked (step B28). If the selected color is "all colors", the English-Japanese dictionary 11 is searched based on the selected item, and the dictionary data corresponding to the item is read (step B29). Then, the operation of displaying the dictionary data with the registered color of the item is repeated for the number of items that can be displayed in one screen (step B30).

If the selected color is not "all colors",
Only the items of the registered color that match the selected color are selected (step B31), and the dictionary data corresponding to the selected item is read out from the English-Japanese dictionary 11 (step B32), and the operation of displaying with the registered color is displayed in one screen. The process is repeated for the number of possible items (step B33). Then, step B1 in FIG.
5, the display ON / OFF is temporarily switched by touching the pen on the colored area (steps B15 to B15).
B18). Next, the process proceeds to step B19. In this case,
Scroll display is instructed, and in this state, when a cursor key or the like is operated and display scroll is instructed (step B22), the process returns to step B27 in FIG.
Hereinafter, a process of scrolling the screen content by the operation amount is performed by repeating the above operation. If there is no instruction to scroll the display, it is checked whether or not the end of the scroll display has been instructed (step B23).

As described above, in this embodiment, of the notations by element (words / headings) in the electronic dictionary, among the items constituting the notation by elements, If a desired item is specified and the display color for coloring the specified item is arbitrarily specified and registered in the registered display control table 14, the dictionary display data is output to the registered display control table 14 If the specified item is included in this display target, the data of the item is displayed in the display color associated with the specified item. In addition, the display control can be performed, and the designated items can be colored for identification and display, and unnecessary items can be hidden, so that the dictionary utilization with a high learning effect can be realized. That is, it is possible to use the same method as that of the ordinary paper dictionary as described above without changing the description itself in the electronic dictionary.

As a modified example of the above-described embodiment, the dictionary data may be displayed in a word card format as shown in FIG. That is, the present invention may be applied to an arrangement in which “English words” are switched and displayed on the front of the card and “meaning” is displayed on the back of the card. Also in this case, the display control is performed such that the designated item is colored for identification and display, and unnecessary items are not displayed. In addition, when registering display control information, display control information can be registered in units of words or headings as in the above-described embodiment, and the display control information is collectively registered in association with all words and headings in the dictionary. You may make it. In other words, display control information for all words / headings in the dictionary may be registered collectively simply by specifying an arbitrary item.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been exemplified in which a desired item is designated from among the items constituting the notation by element in the electronic dictionary and the display is controlled for each item. Alternatively, each element, that is, “word” or “heading” may be designated as a display target, and the display control may be performed for each element. In this case, it is possible to perform display control for coloring or hiding all the items for each element. Also, in the above-described embodiment, the display format is display ON / OFF.
And display color, but display ON / OFF,
In addition to the display color specification, for example, “shading”, “enlargement / reduction”, “italic”, “bold”, etc. may be specified as the display format. That is, any display format that can be effectively identified may be used.

[0029]

According to the present invention, when an arbitrary notation in the electronic dictionary is specified and the display format of the specified notation is simply specified, display control according to the specified content is performed at the time of displaying dictionary data. For example, it is possible to realize the use of a dictionary with a high learning effect, for example, by coloring a part of the notation for identification and display, or by hiding unnecessary parts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an electronic dictionary device.

FIG. 2 illustrates the contents of an electronic dictionary.
FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a part of the English-Japanese dictionary 11, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of a display format index table 12;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a registration display control table 13.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a registration process for a registration display control table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a dictionary search screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a registration screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a dictionary display process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a dictionary display process following FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a dictionary display process following FIGS. 8 and 9;

FIGS. 11A to 11D are display examples of one word searched in a dictionary, showing display states in which display ON / OFF control and coloring control are performed for each item;

12A is a diagram illustrating a display target item selection screen, and FIG. 12B is a diagram illustrating a display target color selection screen.

FIG. 13 is a display state diagram for describing a modified application example of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Storage device 3 Recording medium 5 Transmission control part 6 Input part 7 Display part 11 English-Japanese dictionary 12 Japanese dictionary 13 Display form index table 14 Registration display control table

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic dictionary device for reading out and displaying dictionary data written in an electronic dictionary, and a notation designating means for designating a desired notation among the notations in the electronic dictionary. A display format designating unit for designating a display format of the notation designated by the unit; and a correspondence relationship between the notation designated by the notation designating unit and the display format designated by the display format designating unit is registered as display control information. Control information registration means, when outputting dictionary data read from the electronic dictionary as a display target, referencing the contents of the control information registration means, and specifying the notation designation means in the display target A display control unit that, when the notation is included, changes display content of the notation into a display format associated with the designated notation. Electronic dictionary apparatus characterized by a. 2. The notation specifying means, among the notations for each element described in each element in the electronic dictionary, specifies a desired item from each of the items constituting the notation for each element. Means for designating a display format of the item designated by the notation designating means; and a control information registering means for associating the item designated by the notation designating means with the display format designated by the display format designating means. When the relationship is registered as display control information, the display control unit associates the display content of the item with the specified item when the item specified by the notation specifying unit is included in the display target. 2. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1, wherein the display format is changed to a predetermined display format. 3. The display form designating means selects and designates one of display and non-display as a display form for the notation designated by the notation designating means, and the display control means comprises: 3. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1, wherein, when a notation for which non-display is designated as a display format is included, display control for hiding the notation is performed. . 4. The display format designating means designates a display color as a display format for the notation designated by the notation designating means, and the display control means designates a display color as the display format in a display object. 3. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1, wherein, when a notation in which is specified is included, display control for displaying the notation in a specified color is performed. 5. The display control means according to claim 1, wherein when a notation in the electronic dictionary is displayed and an optional notation is selected and the data of the notation is in a non-display state, the data is displayed. 5. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic dictionary device is read out, displayed, and output, and when the data of the notation is displayed, display control for hiding the data is performed. 6. A recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, wherein the computer readable program code for designating a desired notation among the notations in the electronic dictionary, and a display of the specified notation A computer-readable program code for specifying the format, a computer-readable program code for registering the correspondence between the specified notation and the display format as display control information, read as a display target from the electronic dictionary. When outputting the registered dictionary data, refer to the registered display control information,
If the specified notation is included in this display target,
And a computer-readable program code for changing a display content of the notation into a display format associated with the specified notation.