JP2003167507A - Portable type language learning device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable type language learning device enabling simultaneous and appropriate display of languages of two countries. <P>SOLUTION: The language learning device is equipped with a voice reproduction section 40 for reproducing data of a voice file to be outputted to a voice outputting means side, a display section 14 with a normal screen and a scroll display frame, and a display control section 42 for displaying English text data on the normal screen and scroll displaying Japanese text data on the scroll display frame. The English text data and the Japanese text data are contained in a text file. Even if the display screen of the display section 14 is small, whole sentence of both English and Japanese can be displayed without a special operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable language learning device having various functions such as image display and audio output.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is important to repeat language learning including English conversation, and therefore, a portable language learning device that can be used while being carried has been developed. It is often found that the user carries this portable language learning device and learns by listening, for example, while commuting to work.

[0003]

By the way, it is said that listening learning is the most basic and important as a point of language learning including English conversation. However, when learning to listen to a foreign language, it is often the case that you do not know what you are saying, especially at the initial stage, and want to check not only the voice output but also the text (visual information from your eyes). . In addition, if you can see your native language at the same time, the learning effect will increase. The development of a language learning device that satisfies these things was desired, but since the display screen of a portable language learning device is small, for example, when both English and Japanese sentences are displayed at the same time, the whole sentence is displayed on the screen. In many cases, it does not fit, and in order to confirm the whole sentence, a scroll operation or the like must be manually performed, which causes a problem that complicated operation is required.

Further, when reading an English sentence and displaying the translation (meaning) of the word together with the sentence on the display screen of the display unit, the portable language learning device has a small display screen. Therefore, there is a problem that all the translations (meanings) cannot be displayed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is a portable type capable of appropriately displaying both two languages, for example, a foreign language and a native language at the same time. The purpose is to provide a language learning device.

[0006]

(1) A portable language learning device according to an aspect of the present invention is a portable language learning device for reproducing a voice file and a text file stored in a storage medium. A voice reproduction means for reproducing the data of the voice file and outputting it to the voice output means side, a display means having a normal screen and a scroll display frame, and the text file relating to the language of the first country. Text data and text data relating to the language of the second country are included, the data of the language of one of the countries is displayed on the normal screen, and the data of the language of the other country is scroll-displayed in the scroll display frame. And a display control means for controlling the display. In the present invention, the data of the audio file can be output as audio by reproducing the data of the audio file and outputting the data to the audio output means. Further, by displaying the data of the language of one country on the normal screen and scrolling the data of the language of the other country in the scroll display frame, even if the display screen of the display means is small, the language of one country (for example, It is possible to display the English sentence) and the language of the other country (for example, Japanese sentence) without performing any special operation.

(2) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention mutually corresponds to the voice file and the text file stored in the storage medium in the language learning device of (1) above. It includes the content you have done. In the present invention, the text file includes a sentence corresponding to the content of the audio file, and the content of the audio of the audio file can be visually confirmed by displaying the content of the audio on the display means.

(3) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to (1) or (2) above, further comprising: text data displayed on the normal screen;
The text data displayed in the scroll display frame have mutually corresponding contents. In the present invention, for example, when an English sentence is displayed on the normal screen, a Japanese sentence indicating the translated sentence of the English sentence is displayed in the scroll display frame.

(4) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to any one of the above (1) to (3), wherein the display control means is provided on the normal screen of the display unit. A sentence in the language of one country is displayed, and a sentence in the language of the other country corresponding to the sentence is displayed in the scroll display frame. In the present invention, the normal screen of the display unit displays the sentence in one language and the scroll display frame displays, for example, the translation of the sentence, so that the learning effect can be enhanced.

(5) A portable language learning apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4) above, wherein the display control means sets the scroll speed of the scroll display frame to the scroll speed. The speed is controlled to correspond to the reproduction period of the audio file data.

(6) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to any one of the above (1) to (3), wherein the display control means has a preset minimum speed and maximum speed. The scroll speed is controlled within a speed range.

(7) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to any one of the above (1) to (6), which is provided with an operating means, and the display control means is the operating means. The data displayed on the normal screen and the data displayed on the scroll display frame are switched based on the operation of.

(8) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is a display unit having a normal screen and a scroll display frame, text data relating to the language of the first country,
And displaying the data of the language of one of the countries of the language of the second country corresponding to the text data of the language of the first country on the normal screen, and the data of the language of the other country And a display control means for scrolling display in the scroll display frame. In the present invention, the data of the language of one country is displayed on the normal screen,
By scrolling the data of the language of the other country in the scroll display frame, even if the display screen of the display unit is small, the language of one country (for example, English) and the language of the other country (for example, Japanese) can be displayed. The full text can be displayed without any special operation.

(9) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to (8) above, wherein the display control means is provided on the normal screen of the display unit. The text of the language is displayed, and the data regarding the language of the other country related to the text is displayed in the scroll display frame.

(10) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the same as the language learning device according to (9) above.
The display control means displays the translation of the word of the sentence in the scroll display frame of the display unit. In the present invention, since the translation of the word in the sentence on the normal screen is displayed in the scroll display frame, the trouble of checking the word can be saved.

(11) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to (10) above, wherein the display control means displays the sentence in the scroll display frame of the display unit. Display the translations of words that are above a specified vocabulary level. In the present invention, since the translations of the words of a predetermined vocabulary level or more among the words of the sentence on the normal screen are displayed in the scroll display frame, it is possible to avoid displaying the translations of unnecessary words.

(12) A portable language learning apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning apparatus according to (11), in which words of a predetermined vocabulary level or higher are extracted in advance from the word database. Of the words that make up the sentence,
It is provided with a computing means for outputting a translation of a word of a predetermined vocabulary level or higher to the display control means and displaying it.

(13) In the portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention, in the language learning device according to (11), the words constituting the sentence are read from the word database, and the words are in a predetermined vocabulary. When you are above the level,
The translation means outputs the translation of the word to the display control means and displays it.

(14) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to any one of (11) to (13), wherein the display control means is displayed on a normal screen of a display unit. Among the displayed words, the word to be translated is displayed for a predetermined time while being distinguished from the other words, and during that time, the translation of the word is displayed in the scroll display frame.

(15) A portable language learning device according to another aspect of the present invention is the language learning device according to (10) above, further including operation means, and the display control means is provided on the normal screen of the display section. Of the displayed words of the sentence, the translation of the word specified by the operation by the operation means is scroll-displayed in the scroll display frame.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the portable language learning device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the perspective view of FIG. 4, the language learning device 10 is composed of a small portable device and has various operation modes, and these operation modes are configured so that they can be arbitrarily selected as described later. Has been done. This language learning device 10
A display unit 14 is provided on the upper front surface of the main body 12. The display unit 14 is formed of a liquid crystal panel having a size of several inches, and the lid 1 is provided on the upper end of the front surface of the main body 12 so as to be freely opened and closed.
It is configured so that it can be shielded or exposed by 6.

On the side of the main body 12, a main switch 20
The language learning apparatus 10 is controlled to be turned on and off by operating the main switch 20. A selection switch 22 including a jog switch is provided below the main switch 20. By operating the selection switch 22, the above-described various operation modes can be selected and various settings can be performed. Is configured. Main switch 20 and selection switch 2
A menu switch 24 is provided between the switch 2 and the switch 2, and by operating the menu switch 24,
A menu screen is displayed on the display unit 14, and a setting screen is displayed on the display unit 14 by pressing the menu switch 24.

A not-shown volume control section (see FIG. 1) is provided on the upper end side surface of the main body 12. Further, the main body 12 is provided with an earphone jack (not shown) serving as a sound output unit, and sound (voice) can be output by a headphone or an earphone via the earphone jack. Further, the main body 12 is provided with an insertion opening (not shown) for mounting a memory card serving as an external storage device. By mounting a memory card on which music or the like is recorded, a memory card interface is provided. (Memory card I / F) 36 (see FIG. 1)
Music and the like is played via.

A display switch 26 is provided at the base of the lid 16 and outputs a pulsed signal in conjunction with opening and closing of the lid 16. The display switch 26 is a device controller 30 (see FIG. 1) which will be described later. (See (1)) via an interface circuit (not shown) so that the open / closed state of the lid 16 can be determined by the pulsed signal of the display switch 26.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the language learning device 10 of FIG. The language learning device 10 includes a device control unit (CPU) 30, and this device control unit (C)
The memories 32 and 34 and the memory card interface (memory card I / F) 36 are connected to the PU) 30. The memory 32 stores a program that controls the operation of the device control unit (CPU) 30 and font data, and the memory (for example, flash memory) 34 functions as a work memory and stores various data.
The device control unit (CPU) 30 operates according to a program in the memory 32, and for example, a memory card interface.
Data of music files and English conversation files (voice files, text files) stored in the memory card can be read out via the (memory card I / F) 36 and written in the memory (SRAM) 34 for storage.

Further, the device control section 30 includes a voice reproduction section 4
0 and the display control unit 42 are connected, and the sound reproduction unit 40 is connected to the volume control unit 46. The voice reproduction unit 40 is controlled by the device control unit 30, and the data of the music file or the English conversation file stored in the memory card via the memory card I / F 36 or the data stored in the memory (flash memory) 34. Read out, perform processing such as decompression of digital acoustic data,
The audio signal converted into the analog signal is output to the volume control unit 46.

A VRAM 44 and a liquid crystal controller 52 are connected to the display control unit 42, and the display control unit 42 VRAMs the image data converted by the device control unit 30.
Write to 44 to generate frame data,
The frame data is read from the VRAM 44 and output to the liquid crystal controller 52. The display unit 14 is connected to the liquid crystal controller 52, and the image data input to the liquid crystal controller 52 drives a liquid crystal panel forming the display unit 14 to display an image.

The sound volume control section 46 also includes a voice amplification section 48.
Is connected, and a voice generator 50 is connected to the voice amplifier 48. When the sound signal from the sound reproducing unit 40 is input, the sound volume control unit 46 adjusts the sound volume according to the operation amount of the sound volume adjusting unit 28, and then outputs the sound signal to the sound amplifying unit 48, and the sound amplifying unit 48. Amplifies the input voice signal and outputs the amplified voice signal to a voice generator 50 such as a headphone, and the voice signal is output as voice (music).

Further, the device control section 30 includes the main switch 20, the selection switch 22, and the menu switch 2 described above.
4, the display switch 26 and the volume control unit 28 are connected via an interface circuit (not shown), take in each operation signal, and perform a process corresponding to the operation signal.

For example, the display switch 26 outputs a pulsed signal in conjunction with the opening and closing of the lid 16 as described above. The output of the display switch 26 is sent to the device control section 30 via the interface circuit. Is entered. The device control unit 30 receives the input signal from the display switch 26, and
The open / closed state of 6 is determined, and the open / closed state of the lid 16 is notified to the display control unit 42. Based on the notification, the display control unit 42 controls the liquid crystal controller 52 to display an image on the display unit 14 when the lid 16 is open and the display unit 14 is exposed, and the lid 16 is closed. No image is displayed on the display unit 14 when the display unit 14 is shielded.

In order to prevent an image from being displayed on the display unit 14, for example, the output of image signals and drive signals to the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 14 is stopped, and the power supply to the display unit 14 is also stopped. Let By doing so, the display unit 14 is closed when the lid 16 is closed and the display unit 14 is shielded, that is, when the display unit 14 cannot be seen by the user.
By turning off, it is possible to reduce power consumption.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display control unit 42 of FIG. In the block diagram of FIG. 2, a circuit configuration for preventing an image from being displayed on the display unit 14 when the cover 16 is closed and the display unit 14 is shielded is omitted.

The display controller 42 comprises a text input buffer circuit 62, a timing control circuit 66, a VRAM control circuit 68, a scroll text buffer circuit 70, a plain text buffer circuit 72 and a synthesizing circuit 74. The text input buffer circuit 62 is connected to the device control unit 30 and inputs image data corresponding to the text data from the device control unit 30 and temporarily stores the image data. Further, the timing control circuit 66 has a control register 67 built therein and is connected to the device control unit 30.
The control data from the device control unit 30, for example, the control data about the memory area when the image data of the text file is expanded on the VARM 44, and the display area (such as a scroll display frame described later) when displaying on the display unit 14 Various control data such as control data is written.

The VRAM control circuit 68 is connected to the text input buffer circuit 62, the timing control circuit 66, the scroll text buffer circuit 70 and the plain text buffer circuit 72, respectively, and is input to the text input buffer circuit 62. Based on the control data written to the control register 6 of the timing control circuit 66, that is, the plain text image data and the scroll text image data.
Each frame is expanded on 44 to generate frame data.
The memory map of the VRAM 44 at this time is configured, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, and the frame data corresponding to the plain text area 76 and the scroll text area 78 are generated respectively.

The VRAM control circuit 68 is a VRAM.
The frame data is expanded on each frame 44, the frame data is read, and the corresponding data is output to the scroll text buffer circuit 70 and the plain text buffer circuit 72. Scroll text buffer circuit 70
Also, the plain text buffer circuit 72 is connected to a synthesizing circuit 74, and the synthesizing circuit 74 outputs image data obtained by synthesizing the output of the scroll text buffer circuit 70 and the output of the plain text buffer circuit 72. At this time, the position in the image where the scroll text character is displayed is controlled based on the control data of the control register 67 of the timing control circuit 66. Further, the output timing of the scroll text buffer circuit 70 is controlled by the timing control circuit 66, so that the synthesis timing of the synthesis circuit 74 is controlled, and the scroll text is placed in the area corresponding to the control data of the control register 67. Image data of characters and characters for plain text are obtained, and the image data is output to the liquid crystal controller 52. It should be noted that these details will be described when English conversation is selected as the operation mode.

The language learning device 10 according to the first embodiment is
It is configured as described above, and when the main switch 20 is turned on, the menu screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 14. Further, the language learning device 10 is adapted to store the operation mode or the like selected when the power is turned off by the main switch 20 in the memory 34, and when the main switch 20 is turned on again, the main switch 20 is turned on. The operating mode that was selected when the power was turned off is automatically activated. That is, when the main switch 20 is turned off while the language learning apparatus 10 is operating in the audio mode, the operating state at that time is written and stored in the memory 34. Then, when the main switch 20 is turned on next time, the operating state stored in the memory 34 is read out so that the operating state when the main switch 20 is turned off is continued. At this time, when the menu switch 24 is operated, the menu screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 14.

The menu screen of FIG. 5 is a display example of a screen for selecting the operation mode of the language learning apparatus 10, and the selectable operation modes are displayed by characters.
Here, the operation modes of audio, English conversation and English reading are displayed. Then, for example, when the menu screen is displayed in the audio operation mode, as shown in FIG. 5, the cursor 54 is displayed in the item "audio" which is the currently selected operation mode. The operation mode is selected by operating the selection switch 22 including the jog switch provided on the main body 12 to move the cursor 54 in the vertical direction. In the language learning device 10, the brightness of the display unit 14 can be adjusted by operating the selection switch 22 and the volume can be adjusted by operating the volume adjusting unit 28.

Here, a case where audio is selected as the operation mode will be described. The audio is
For example, it is an operation mode for reproducing music recorded on a memory card, and when the operation mode is selected, the device control unit 30 stores the selection information of the operation mode in the memory 34.
The audio reproduction unit 40 reads out the data of the music file recorded in the memory card via the memory card I / F 36 and the device control unit 30, and performs processing such as decompression of the data, The sound signal is converted into an analog signal and the sound signal is output to the volume control unit 46. Further, data (text data) such as artist name and song name recorded in the memory card is read by the device control unit 30, converted into image data, and output to the display control unit 42. The display control unit 42 generates frame data to be displayed on the display unit 14 on the VRAM 44 based on the image data from the device control unit 30, and outputs the frame data to the liquid crystal controller 52. As a result, the artist name and song name
Information about the song being played, such as (title) and track number, is displayed as an image on the display unit 14.

Next, the operation when English conversation is selected as the operation mode will be described. Data (voice files and text files) relating to English conversation practice are written in the memory card used in this operation mode, and the same file names are used as mutually related file names. For example, if the audio file is 001. In the case of wav, the text file associated with it is 001. It is assumed to be txt.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation when the English conversation operation mode is selected.

(S11) The device control section 30 accesses the memory card via the memory card I / F 36 to search for a voice file, and creates a table of voice files and corresponding text files. In this table, for example, files are arranged in the order of ASCII code. The voice file and text file are file names. It consists of extension. And, in the text file, for example, there are English sentences and Japanese sentences corresponding to them,
These are, for example, 001E. txt and 001J. txt
Shall be specified by the file name. If the file name of the voice file and the part of the file name of the text file excluding the end (E, J) match, the voice file and the text file are considered to have a correspondence relationship. And here, English text file 0
01E. txt as a plain text file and a Japanese text file 001J. Let txt be a scrolling text file. With this assumption,
The table of audio files and corresponding text files is as follows.

(Example of Table) 001. wav 001E. txt 001J. tx
t 002. wav 002E. txt 002J. tx
t003. wav 003E. txt 003J. tx
t ...

(S12) The device control section 30 causes the audio file 001. scroll text file 001J. The number of characters of txt is counted, and the sound file 001.txt. The scroll speed of the scroll display frame (see FIG. 7) is calculated from the reproduction time of the wav and the number of characters.

(S13) The device control section 30 writes the scroll speed calculated above in the control register 67 of the timing control circuit 66. The control register 6
In addition, 7 also includes, for example, control data about a memory area when image data (image data of a plain text file and a scroll text file) is expanded on the VARM 44, and a display area (scroll display frame when displaying on the display unit 14). ) Is written.

(S14) The device control section 30 and the display control section 42 perform processing to display the plain text file and the scroll text file on the display section 14. The device control unit 30 converts the data of the plain text file and the data of the scroll text file into image data and writes the image data in the text input buffer circuit 62 of the display control unit 42. The VRAM control circuit 68 of the display control unit 42 transfers the data input to the text input buffer circuit 62 to the control register 6 of the timing control circuit 66.
7 is expanded on the VRAM 44 based on the control data of 7 to generate frame data.
Read the frame data expanded respectively above,
The corresponding data is output to the scroll text buffer circuit 70 and the plain text buffer circuit 72, respectively, and the synthesis circuit 74 outputs the scroll text buffer circuit 70 and the plain text buffer circuit 72.
Image data obtained by combining the output of
To display on the display unit. At this time, VR
The timing control circuit 66 controls the timing of reading and output of the AM control circuit 68, the scroll text buffer circuit 70, and the plain text buffer circuit 72.

(S15) The device control section 30 outputs the audio file to the audio reproduction section 40, and the audio reproduction section 40 performs processing such as decompression of the data of the audio file, converts it into an analog signal, and outputs the audio signal. Is output to the volume control unit 46. When the sound signal from the sound reproduction unit 40 is input, the sound volume control unit 46 adjusts the sound volume according to the operation amount of the sound volume adjustment unit 28 and then outputs the sound signal to the sound amplification unit 48, and the sound amplification unit 48 outputs the sound signal. The input voice signal is amplified and output to the voice generator 50 such as a headphone, and the voice signal is output as voice. When the reproduction of the voice ends, the scroll display of the scroll display frame 14a corresponding to the end also ends.

(S16) The device control unit 30 or the like repeats the above processing until the reproduction of all the audio files is completed.

FIG. 7 shows the above processes (S11) to (S1).
It is the figure which showed the example of a display of the display part 14 when 6) is performed. English text is displayed as plain text, and Japanese text, which is data of the scroll text file, is displayed in the scroll display frame 14a. Then, the Japanese sentence in the scroll display frame 14a moves at the scroll speed set above, and the whole sentence is displayed in correspondence with the reproduction of the voice. For this reason, even if the display screen of the display unit 14 is small, it is possible to confirm all the Japanese sentences corresponding to the voice and English sentences without performing a manual scroll operation or the like.

Embodiment 2. In the first embodiment described above, an example in which an English text file is treated as plain text and a Japanese text file is treated as scroll text fill has been described. However, the Japanese text file is treated as plain text and the English text is treated as plain text. The file may be a scroll text file, and may be switched by operating the selection switch 22 of FIG. 1 in the English conversation operation mode of the first embodiment, for example. Also, by repeating the switching, it is possible to return to the original state (English text file: plain text, Japanese text file: scroll text full). The setting is written in the memory 34, the operation mode of English conversation is ended, and when the operation mode of English conversation is started again, the operation is performed according to the mode set in the memory 34.

Embodiment 3. Further, although the case where the scroll speed is set in relation to the reproduction time of the audio file has been described in the first embodiment, a lower limit value and / or an upper limit value is set for the scroll speed and control is performed within the range. (That is, a limiter may be applied).

Embodiment 4. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit when the operation mode of English reading is selected on the menu screen of FIG. In this operation mode, English sentences are displayed on the normal screen, and among the English words, the Japanese translations of words of a specific vocabulary level (for example, for junior high school, high school, and taking an exam) or higher are automatically displayed in the scroll display frame 14a. Display sequentially.

FIG. 9 is a diagram conceptually showing a process for filtering words in the word database in advance in the English reading comprehension mode. Here, memory 3
2, it is assumed that an English dictionary is stored (which constitutes the word database 32a), and the device control unit 30
Pre-defined vocabulary levels (eg for middle school, high school,
It is assumed that necessary words are extracted by applying a filtering process according to (for examination) and the words are written in the memory 34 as result word data 34a. For example, when the set vocabulary level is for high school or higher, the words for middle school are not included in the result word data 34a. It is assumed that each word in the word database 32a includes a signal for specifying its vocabulary level.

In FIG. 10, when an English sentence is displayed on the normal screen of the display unit 14, the Japanese translations of the words of a certain vocabulary level (for example, for junior high school, high school, and taking an examination) in the English sentence are scroll-displayed. It is the flowchart which showed the process in the case of automatically displaying in the frame 14a sequentially.

(S21) The device control section 30 displays the display section 14
The first word of the displayed English sentences is read out by inquiring the word database 34a of the memory 34.

(S22) The device control section 30 determines whether or not there is a target word in the word database 34a.

(S23) If there is no target word in the word database 34a, the device control section 30 returns to the above-mentioned processing (S21) and returns the above-mentioned word among the English sentences displayed on the display section 14. The word database 34a in the memory 34 is queried and read for the word adjacent to.

(S24) The device control section 30 uses the memory 34.
If there is a target word in, the Japanese translation of the word is read from the memory 32, converted into image data, and output to the display control unit 42. The display control unit 42 performs the same processing as in the case of the above-described first embodiment to scroll the Japanese translation in the scroll display frame 14a for a predetermined time.

(S25) The device control section 30 causes the display section 14 to
It is determined whether or not the search has been completed for all the words in the English sentence displayed in. If not, the process proceeds to the next process.

(S26) The device control section 30 judges whether or not the Japanese translation is displayed for a predetermined time, and when the predetermined time has elapsed, the process returns to the above-mentioned processing (S23) and the same is applied to the next word. The above process is repeated, and when all the words are finished, the process is finished.

As described above, since the Japanese translation of the English word displayed on the display unit 14 is scroll-displayed on the scroll display frame 14a, as shown in FIG.
Even if the display screen of 4 is small, it can be properly displayed. Further, since the Japanese translations of words of a predetermined vocabulary level or higher are automatically and sequentially displayed in the scroll display frame 14a, the Japanese translations of words of a predetermined vocabulary level or higher can be performed without any special operation. It can be grasped easily.

Embodiment 5. FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of reading out a word in the word database by filtering each time in the English reading comprehension operation mode. Here, an English dictionary is stored in the memory 32, and the word database 32a is configured.

FIG. 12 is a scroll text of the Japanese translation of a word having a specific vocabulary level (for example, for junior high school, high school, or taking an examination) in the English sentence when the English sentence is displayed on the normal screen of the display unit 14. It is the flowchart which showed the other example of the process in the case of automatically displaying in the display frame 14a for.

Of the processing of FIG. 12, processing (S31), (S
33) to (S37) are the processes (S21) to (S21) of FIG.
It is the same as the content of 26), and the processing (S32) is inserted here. In the process (S32), the device control unit 30 performs a filtering process on the word database 32a of the memory 32 and, if there is a corresponding word, reads the Japanese translation of the word from the memory 32 and converts it into image data. Is output to the display control unit 42. Therefore, the process of temporarily storing in the memory 34 is unnecessary.

Embodiment 6. In addition, the above-described Embodiments 4 and 5
In the above, an example in which a word of a preset vocabulary level or higher is automatically designated and its Japanese translation is automatically displayed in the scroll display frame 14a has been described, but by operating the selection switch 22 of FIG. By specifying the word displayed on the display unit 14, the Japanese translation of the specified word may be displayed in the scroll display frame 14a. Also, the vocabulary level can be set arbitrarily.

Embodiment 7. In addition, the scroll speed of the Japanese translation displayed in the scroll display frame 14a in the above-described second to fourth embodiments is arbitrarily set. Further, in the above-described sixth embodiment, when a word is manually designated and its Japanese translation is displayed, the Japanese translation is repeatedly scrolled until the next word is designated. Good.

Embodiment 8. Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which a memory card of an external memory is used as a recording medium has been described, but a memory mounted on a personal computer or a digital camera may be used. In that case, for example, connection by serial / USB or wireless transfer such as Bluetooth is performed.

Embodiment 9. Further, although an example applied to learning English has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this example, and it is similarly applied to learning of other languages.

[0068]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By reproducing the data of the audio file and outputting it as audio, displaying the data of the language of one country on the normal screen and scrolling the data of the language of the other country in the scroll display frame, a special operation is performed. Since it is possible to display the whole sentence without doing, even if the display screen of the display unit is small, it is possible to properly display the sentences of the languages of two countries at the same time, so the operability is good, Learning effect is enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable language learning device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display control unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory map of the VRAM shown in FIG.

4 is a perspective view of the portable language learning device of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the portable language learning device of FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing an operation when an operation mode of English conversation is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit when the processing of FIG. 6 is being performed.

8 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit when an English reading comprehension operation mode is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a diagram conceptually showing a process for filtering words in a word database in advance when an English reading operation mode is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a process when an English reading comprehension operation mode is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

11 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of reading a word in a word database by applying a filtering process each time when the English reading operation mode is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another example of processing when an operation mode of English reading comprehension is selected on the menu screen of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 language learning device, 12 main body, 14 display unit, 16
Lid, 20 main switch, 22 selection switch, 2
4 menu switch, 26 display switch, 28 volume control unit, 30 device control unit, 34 memory, 36 memory card interface, 40 audio playback unit, 42
Display control unit, 46 volume control unit, 48 audio amplification unit,
50 voice generator, 52 LCD controller. 62 text input buffer circuit, 66 timing control circuit, 67 control register, 68 VRAM control circuit, 7
0 scroll text buffer circuit, 72 plain text buffer circuit, 74 composite circuit.

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A portable language learning device for reproducing a voice file and a text file stored in a storage medium, the voice reproducing means reproducing data of the voice file and outputting the data to a voice output means side. A display unit having a normal screen and a scroll display frame; and the text file includes text data relating to the language of the first country and text data relating to the language of the second country. And a display control unit for displaying the language data of the other country on the scroll display frame in a scrolling manner. 2. The portable language learning device according to claim 1, wherein the voice file and the text file stored in the storage medium include mutually corresponding contents. 3. The portable type according to claim 1, wherein the text data displayed on the normal screen and the text data displayed on the scroll display frame have mutually corresponding contents. Language learning device. 4. The display control means displays a sentence in the language of the one country on the normal screen of the display unit, and displays a sentence in the language of the other country corresponding to the sentence in the scroll display frame. 4. The portable language learning device according to claim 3, wherein. 5. The display control means controls the scroll speed of the scroll display frame to a speed corresponding to a reproduction period of the data of the corresponding audio file. The portable language learning device described in. 6. The portable language learning device according to claim 5, wherein the display control means controls the scroll speed within a range of a preset minimum speed and maximum speed. 7. An operation means is provided, and the display control means comprises:
7. The portable language learning device according to claim 1, wherein the data displayed on the normal screen and the data displayed on the scroll display frame are switched based on an operation of the operation unit. 8. A display unit having a normal screen and a scroll display frame, text data relating to the language of the first country, and text data relating to the language of the second country corresponding to the text data relating to the language of the first country. Among these, a portable control device characterized by comprising display control means for displaying the data of the language of one of the countries on the normal screen and scrolling the data of the language of the other country on the scroll display frame. Language learning device. 9. The display control means displays a sentence in the language of the one country on the normal screen of the display unit, and displays data in the language of the other country related to the sentence in the scroll display frame. 9. The portable language learning device according to claim 8, wherein the language learning device is portable. 10. The portable language learning device according to claim 9, wherein the display control unit causes the scroll display frame of the display unit to display a translation of a word of the sentence. 11. The mobile phone according to claim 10, wherein the display control unit causes the scroll display frame of the display unit to display a translation of a word of a predetermined vocabulary level or higher among the words of the sentence. Type language learning device. 12. A word having a predetermined vocabulary level or higher is extracted in advance from a word database, and a translation of a word having a predetermined vocabulary level or higher among the words forming the sentence is output to the display control means. The portable language learning device according to claim 11, further comprising a calculation unit for displaying. 13. A calculation means for reading out a word constituting the sentence from a word database, and outputting the translation of the word to the display control means for display when the word is at a predetermined vocabulary level or higher. The portable language learning device according to claim 11, wherein: 14. The display control means distinguishes a word to be translated among the words displayed on the normal screen of the display unit from other words and displays the word for a predetermined period of time, during which the translation of the word is performed. 14. The portable language learning device according to claim 11, wherein is displayed in the scroll display frame. 15. The operating means is provided, and the display control means scroll-displays a translation of a word specified by an operation by the operating means among the words of the sentence displayed on the normal screen of the display unit. The portable language learning device according to claim 10, wherein the device is displayed in a frame.