JP2005070873A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic dictionary capable of obtaining an example sentence, a phrase, and an idiom corresponding to a word similar to an inputted word in spelling even if the spelling of the inputted word is in error. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic dictionary is provided with an input means for inputting characters of the word, a word storage means for storing the content of the word inputted by the input means, an information storage means for storing information corresponding to the spelling of the character string of the inputted word, a spelling check function which when the spelling of the character string is in error and information corresponding to the character string is absent, detects information corresponding to the character string of a spelling similar to the erroneous spelling, and a display means for displaying the word and the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary having dictionary data such as English-Japanese or Japanese-English, and for searching for example sentences and phrases, and more particularly to an electronic dictionary with a spell check function added to the search.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic dictionary having dictionary data such as English-Japanese or Japanese-English, when a word is input to search a translation, and an example sentence which is one of information corresponding to the word is further searched, If there is a corresponding example sentence, a list of example sentences that are candidates using the word is displayed. The same applies to the phrase that is another piece of information corresponding to the word (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
In addition, in conventional electronic dictionaries that have dictionary data such as English-Japanese and Japanese-English, and search for example sentences and phrases, it is determined whether the spelling of the character string of the word entered by the user is correct, and the spelling is incorrect In some cases, there is also a spell check function that displays a candidate for a spelling entry word approximate to the spelling (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-134567 A (FIG. 8)
[0005]
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-134564 A (FIG. 7)
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional electronic dictionary, when searching for an example sentence, it corresponds to a variation, but when a word that does not correspond to a word stored as dictionary data at all is entered, “There is no corresponding example sentence. ”Is displayed, and there is a problem that there is no means for searching for a desired example sentence.
[0007]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and provides an electronic dictionary that can solve the problem that candidates are not displayed by inputting an unsuitable word.
[0008]
[Means for solving the problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an input means for inputting a character of a word, a word storage means for storing the contents of the word input by the input means, and a character string of the input word. Information storage means for storing information corresponding to the spelling, and the information corresponding to the spelling character string approximated to the spelling when there is an error in spelling of the character string and the information corresponding to the character string does not exist Is an electronic dictionary having a spell check function for detecting the information from the information storage means and a display means for displaying the word and the information.
[0009]
In the present invention, the information is an electronic dictionary in which the information is an example sentence, a phrase or a idiom.
[0010]
Furthermore, the present invention provides the information corresponding to a spelling character string approximated to each of the plurality of character strings when there are a plurality of character strings of the input word and there is an error in spelling of the plurality of character strings. The electronic dictionary has a spell check function that is detected from the information storage means.
[0011]
As a result, even if the user makes a spelling mistake at the time of input, example sentences, phrases and idioms including the desired word can be displayed.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic dictionary of the present invention. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the display device of the electronic dictionary of the present invention.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, an input means 11 is connected to a CPU 12 which is a central processing unit, and a signal from the input means 11 is temporarily stored in a RAM 13 as a word storage means connected to the CPU 12. The CPU 12 is further connected with a ROM 14 as information storage means, and the ROM 14 stores the contents of the dictionary. Here, the contents of the dictionary include, for example, headings, translations, example sentences, phrases, idioms, and explanations.
[0014]
Further, the CPU 12 is connected with a display device 15 as display means, and characters input from the input means 11, that is, contents stored in the temporary RAM 13 are displayed on the screen of the display device 15.
[0015]
In the block diagram of FIG. 1, the CPU 12, the RAM 13, and the ROM 14 are displayed as individual blocks. However, since this type of device is generally using a one-chip CPU, these are clearly separated. do not have to.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the present invention will be described for each step. Here, a case where an example sentence is searched will be described as an example.
[0017]
First, the CPU 12 selects an example sentence search by operating the input means 11. Then, the display device 15 displays that it is in the example sentence search mode. Furthermore, when “T”, “A”, “K”, and “A” are input by the input means 11, for example, the state shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows that the word “taka” has been input by the input means 11 at the top of the screen of the display device 15. At this time, since there is no example sentence including the word “taka” at the bottom of the screen, “No corresponding example sentence” is displayed. This is an operation called example sentence search.
[0018]
This search is a function that, when a certain word is input, compares all example sentences in the dictionary and displays example sentences including the corresponding word. Since there is no corresponding example sentence in the input word “taka” this time, the user presses the “spell” key to check spelling, or automatically checks the spelling of “taka” and includes an example sentence including the candidate word. Search for any. In the case of “Taka”, “Take”, “Take”, “Tokay”, and the like are selected in the spell check, and therefore, example sentences including “Take” are displayed in a list by inputting “Taka”. FIG. 3 shows a state where a list of example sentences including “take” is displayed on the display device 15.
[0019]
This operation will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1. A character string is input by the input means 11. The input word is once compared with the search index stored in the ROM 14, and the corresponding candidate is displayed. At this time, whether or not the input word is in the index is compared, and if it is in the index, an example sentence search is performed as it is. If there is no word, a spell check is performed, and an example sentence including the candidate is extracted.
[0020]
The operation of the present invention has been described in the example sentence search mode. However, the present invention is not limited to the above example, and can be used in English-Japanese / English-English and other languages. Moreover, it can be used not only for example sentences but also for phrases and phrases. Furthermore, it can be similarly used when a plurality of words are input.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the electronic dictionary of the present invention usually does not provide candidate information when a misspelled word is entered. However, by adding a spell check function, the desired example sentence, phrase, phrase, Etc. can be searched.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an embodiment of an electronic dictionary according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the electronic dictionary according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the electronic dictionary according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Input means 12 CPU
13 RAM
14 ROM
15 Display device

Claims (5)

An input means for inputting characters of the word;
Word storage means for storing the content of the word input by the input means;
Information storage means for storing information corresponding to the spelling of the character string of the input word;
A spell check function for detecting, from the information storage means, the information corresponding to a spelled character string approximated to the spelling when there is an error in spelling of the character string and the information corresponding to the character string does not exist;
Display means for displaying the word and the information;
An electronic dictionary characterized by comprising: The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the information is an example sentence. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the information is a phrase. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the information is a idiom. In the spell check function, when there are a plurality of character strings of the input word and there is an error in the spelling of the plurality of character strings, the information corresponding to the spelling character string approximated to each of the plurality of character strings. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the electronic dictionary is detected from the information storage means.

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