JP2005071120A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic dictionary by which a user easily recognizes a phrase and a part of speech having high frequency and arranged before and after the phrase. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic dictionary comprises a word storage means displaying regions indicative of words inputted by an input means on the same longitudinal axis in a display means and temporarily storing a plurality of the words even when the plurality of words are inputted; and has a display control means emphasizing the word inputted by the input means and at least one word before and after the word for outputting it on a display screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary that displays a translation corresponding to an input phrase and information related to the phrase, and has a set of phrases represented by English-Japanese, English-English, etc., and has dictionary data in which example sentences exist. It relates to electronic dictionaries.

  2. Description of the Related Art Electronic dictionaries that make the contents of various dictionaries such as English-Japanese dictionaries, Japanese-English dictionaries, Japanese-language dictionaries, etc. into a database as electronic data and display translations corresponding to input words are widely used.

In this electronic dictionary, when a user inputs a target phrase, a corresponding word, phrase, example sentence and its translation are extracted from the dictionary database and displayed. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
JP 2001-134565 A

  In a foreign language represented by English, for a specific word, it is necessary to read and write sentences and to understand what parts of speech and words are frequently used in the sentence before and after that. This is one of the most important factors in conducting interviews.

  In a conventional electronic dictionary, if you want to know the arrangement or sequence of a specific word, enter the specific word you want to know, search for phrases or example sentences that contain the word, and refer to the displayed phrase or example sentence .

  FIG. 10 shows a screen transition state when an example sentence is searched in the conventional electronic dictionary.

  FIG. 10 shows a case where an example sentence search using (face to face) as a specific word is performed. The input characters are displayed in the upper input character column, and the input is displayed in the lower search result column. The search results for example sentences containing the word are displayed in a list.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, the input character face is displayed in the input character display field, and five example sentences including the input characters are displayed in a list in the lower search result field.

  Subsequently, by inputting the remaining characters to (FIG. 10 (b)) and face (FIG. 10 (c)) between &, an example sentence including the input characters face, to, and face is displayed.

  However, in the conventional electronic dictionary, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of searched example sentences are displayed from the beginning of the sentence, so it is necessary to search where the specific word to be used is used in the example sentence. There was a problem.

  In addition, since the entire example sentence is displayed from the top, it is difficult to confirm the syntax elements such as what part of speech is frequently used before and after in what kind of phrase.

  Further, the order of the input words is not considered, and an example sentence including the input words is searched.

  For this reason, as shown in FIG. 10B, an example sentence in which to appears before face has also been searched.

  Further, since the example sentence including the input word is searched, the search result for face & to (FIG. 10B) and the search result for face & to & face (FIG. 10C) are the same. That is, even if the same word is input a plurality of times, the search result matches the case where the same word is input once.

  A first object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary capable of easily recognizing words input by a user and words frequently placed around the word.

  It is a second object of the present invention to provide an electronic dictionary that can be searched reflecting the input word order.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the character input means for inputting the character data, the display means for displaying the character data, a plurality of dictionary bodies composed of translations corresponding to the headword, and the headword Dictionary storage means having collocation data and syntax search data composed of the translation data; extraction means for extracting the collocation data corresponding to the headword input by the character input means from the dictionary storage means; Electronic display control means for arranging at least the inputted headword and one word before and after each of the collocation data with the display position of the headword aligned on the same axis and displaying the list on the display means A dictionary is provided to achieve the above object.

  The invention according to claim 1 is the electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the collocation data is example sentence data and phrase data.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic dictionary according to the first aspect, the collocation data includes words obtained by decomposing example sentences and phrases, and each word is stored together with restoration information for restoring the example sentences and phrases before the decomposition. Each word is sorted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic dictionary according to the third aspect, the collocation data stores the appearance order in the restored example sentence and the phrase corresponding to each word, and the extraction means The second object is achieved by extracting an example sentence and phrase that match the magnitude relation of the input order with respect to the input word and the magnitude relation of the appearance order of the words constituting the example sentence and the phrase corresponding to the input word. To do.

  According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, the collocation data corresponding to the input lemma is extracted from the dictionary storage means, and at least the inputted vocabulary word and its front and back are extracted from the extracted collocation data. Each one word is arranged with the display position of the headword aligned on the same axis and displayed as a list on the display means, so that a word input by the user and a word frequently placed before and after the word can be easily displayed. Can be recognized.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an example sentence and a phrase that match the magnitude relation of the input order with respect to the input word and the magnitude relation of the appearance order of the words constituting the example sentence and the phrase corresponding to the input word are extracted. Therefore, a search reflecting the entered word order can be performed.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the electronic dictionary of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic dictionary in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the appearance of the electronic dictionary.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic dictionary includes a control unit 11 that controls each unit and performs various controls such as collocation search in the present embodiment including dictionary search.

  The control unit 11 is connected to an input unit 12, a function selection unit 13, a display unit 14, a dictionary data storage unit 15 including a storage unit such as a ROM, and a RAM 16.

  The input means 12 and the use function selection means 13 are used when performing various inputs when preparing an electronic dictionary.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the input unit 12 includes a power key 20 for turning on / off the power, a character key 21 (hereinafter referred to as a keyboard 21) for inputting characters, and a cursor key 22 (for moving a cursor or a selected portion). A cross key), a translation screen display key 23 for confirming an input character and instructing display of a search result for the input, a left / right scroll key 24 for scrolling the screen display left and right, and a dictionary selection key 25 for selecting a dictionary type. ing. When the left / right scroll key 24 is pressed once, the screen is scrolled left and right by one word.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the use function selecting means 13 includes a syntax search key 26 for searching a collocation including example sentences and phrases, a word addition key 27 (hereinafter referred to as & key 27) indicating a word-word separator, A wild card key 28 (hereinafter referred to as? Key 28) representing an arbitrary word is provided.

  The word addition key 27 is a key that represents a word and a word separator used when searching for a collocation or an example sentence including a plurality of words, and is pressed between the words.

  ? The key 28 is a key for designating only the number of words when searching for a case where there are several words between the words without entering the middle word when inputting two or more words. ? Since the key 28 also represents one word, after the & key 27, except when used at the beginning of the input word? The key 28 is input. For example, when searching for a collocation or an example sentence in which two words exist between as and as, “as &? &? & As” is input. In the present embodiment, the wild card key 28 is used. Although the key is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and other keys such as the * key and the space key may be used.

  Although not shown, the input unit 12 and the used function selection unit 13 include, for example, a numeric keypad representing numbers and other various keys.

  A liquid crystal display device is used as the display means 14 and corresponds to the liquid crystal display screen 29 in FIG. The display means committee 14 displays characters and words input from the keyboard 22, searched translations, example sentences, phrases, and the like.

  In the syntax search in the present embodiment, the display unit 14 displays the position of the input word included in the example sentence on the same line when displaying the search result as a list. Therefore, the display screen of the display means 14 is divided into a plurality of parts.

  The dictionary data storage means 15 stores a dictionary for searching translations, meanings, etc. as an electronic dictionary, and includes dictionary body data 15a and syntax search data 15b. Although the RAM is used as the dictionary data storage means 15 in the present embodiment, a new storage medium is used by using a storage medium in which a part or all of the data is removable from an electronic dictionary such as a compact flash memory. Etc. may be added.

  In the present embodiment, the dictionary main body data 15a is a word for specifying an example sentence when there are headings and their translations, meanings, and example sentences in English-Japanese, Japanese-English, English-English and thesaurus dictionaries, national dictionaries, etc. Number is stored. The contents of the example sentences are stored in the syntax search data 15b, and the example sentences are constructed from the word numbers.

  FIG. 3 conceptually shows the contents of the syntax search data 15b.

  The syntactic search data 15 does not store phrases or example sentences as they are. As shown in FIG. 3A, the example sentence data is decomposed for each word, and each word has a word number (word #). And is sorted and stored for each word. Each word stores a word number of a word following the word in addition to the word #.

  Further, a start flag is stored in the first word of the example sentence, and an end flag and a translation number (translation #) for the example sentence are stored in the last word.

  In addition, all the divided words store appearance order numbers indicating the number of words that the word appears in the example sentence before decomposition. With this appearance order number, it is possible to perform a search reflecting the order of words and the number of words. That is, when two words are input in the order of X1 and X2, and an example sentence including X2 is further searched from example sentences including X1 that have already been searched, a word smaller than the appearance order of X1 (first appearing) It is possible to reflect the word order by setting only words having a large appearance order (appearing later) as search targets without being a search target. Further, since only X2 having an appearance order larger than the appearance order of X1 is set as a search target, the search speed can be increased.

  FIG. 3B shows the translation of the example sentence, which stores the translation # corresponding to the translation # stored together with the final flag in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of constructing an original example sentence from the decomposed words based on the syntax search data 15b.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the word “much” is input, “much” of the word # 6 is searched, and the next word # 3 stored in “much” is followed by the word # following “much”. The third word “as” is read out.

  Similarly, the next word “you” is read from the next word # 9 stored in “as” of the word # 3. Then, the next word “want.” Is read from the next word # 10 of “you”, and from the presence of the end flag, the word at the end of the sentence is recognized and the translation # 2 is stored.

  Further, “Take” is read from the next word # 8 of “want.”, “As” is read from the next word # 2 of “Take”, and the next word # 6 of “as” is first input. The word “much” completes the search.

  Then, an example sentence “Take as much as you want.” Is constructed with the word “Take” with the start flag as the beginning of the sentence, and the translation “Translate as much as you want” is read out.

  By taking such a data structure, there is an advantage that the speed of keyword search is remarkably increased. In addition, since the original example sentence is constructed from the data that is decomposed and sorted for each word, the data is not duplicated, and the memory is remarkably saved.

  In addition, in the translation of the searched word as in a normal word search, the first word # constituting the example sentence is embedded together with a mark at a position corresponding to each example sentence. From the table as shown in FIG. 3A, an example sentence is constructed and displayed from the first word # indicating the example sentence.

  The specific structure of the data described above is not particularly limited. For example, it is not necessary for both the first and last words to have information to that effect (in this embodiment, a start flag and an end flag), and either one may be used.

  Also, both the start flag and the end flag are unnecessary, and the translation # is stored in the first or last word so that the word with the translation number is recognized as the first or last word. Good.

  Also, there are no particular limitations on the method of comparison with example sentence #, the method of associating each example sentence with the translation, and the like.

  In the present embodiment, the phrase data 32 and the example sentence data 33 are a collection of data extracted from a plurality of dictionaries, for example, English and Japanese, and English and English. There is an advantage that a dictionary can be searched). In this case, each phrase and example sentence can have a structure similar to the above-described data structure except that an index indicating which dictionary data is provided.

  In FIG. 1, the RAM 16 functions as a work area when the control unit 11 performs various processes.

  The RAM 16 stores character data temporary storage means 16a for storing translations and example sentences extracted from the dictionary data storage means in accordance with input characters and words, words input from the input means 12 and their input order temporarily. The storage means 16b and others are secured as work areas.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU, and controls each unit by executing various programs such as a search program, an extraction program, and a display control program stored in a ROM (not shown), and includes a dictionary search. Various controls such as collocation search in the form are performed.

  The CPU, RAM 16 and ROM (including the dictionary data storage means 15) in the control unit 11 will be described as being independent of each other. However, a one-chip CPU that is combined into one chip without separating them. May be used.

  The control unit 11 includes extraction means 11a and display control means 11b.

  The extraction unit 11a extracts a translation or example sentence corresponding to the input character or word from the dictionary data storage unit 15 in dictionary search or syntactic search (multiple search), and stores the contents in the character data temporary storage unit in the RAM 16. 16a is stored. In the syntax search, the extraction means 11a extracts the word # of the word corresponding to the input word and the next word # following the word, constructs an example sentence and a translation as shown in FIG. The information is stored in the storage means 16a.

  The display control means 11b divides the screen of the display means 14 into the horizontal direction (the direction in which one example sentence is displayed) and displays the input words on the same axis as the translation and example sentences extracted by the extraction means 11a. The display control is performed so that at least one word before and after the input word is displayed.

  FIG. 5 conceptually shows how the liquid crystal display screen 29 is divided by the display control means 11b.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the liquid crystal display screen 29 includes an input display area 51 where characters and words input from the input means 12 are displayed, and a search result display area 52 where search results (extraction results) are displayed. It is configured. The display control means 11b is configured to divide the search result display area 52 into a plurality of areas in accordance with the size (length) of the word to be displayed in the syntax search according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 5, a state of being divided into seven equal areas is displayed, but is shown for explanation including a dotted line representing the area. The actual liquid crystal screen 29 (display means 14) has a dotted line. Is not displayed, and the size of each region also varies depending on the length of the displayed word. However, when displaying the search results in a list, the area for displaying words other than the input word (including the word by the? Key) is the longest of the words having the same positional relationship before and after the input word. Determined by word length.

  For example, when "~ unacceptable face of ~", "~ book face down", ... is searched for the input of "face", the area of the length that can display the input word face is set as the central area 71. The next area 72 has a length capable of displaying the longest word “down” of “of”, “down”,... That is the next word of the input word “face” in each search result. In addition, the area 73 before the input word has a length capable of displaying the longest word “unacceptable” among “unacceptable”, “book”.

  When the number of input words is P, the display control means 11b displays the P / 2th input word in the central area 71 if P is an even number, and (P + 1) / if P is an odd number. The second input word is displayed in the central area 71.

  An operation of syntax search in the electronic dictionary configured as described above will be described.

  The on / off key 20 puts the electronic dictionary in a standby state. When the syntax search key 26 is selected (pressed) by the user in this state, the control unit 11 detects that the syntax search key 26 has been selected, and thereafter performs a syntax search process corresponding to a word input from the keyboard 21. Execute.

  FIG. 6 shows the screen transition state when searching for example sentences including “as much as”.

  When the user inputs the first word “as” from the keyboard, the control unit 11 searches the input word “as” from the syntax search data 15 by the extracting means 11a and uses the method described in FIG. , Construct an example sentence containing the input word “as”.

  Then, the control unit 11 displays the first input word “as” in the input display area 51 of the liquid crystal display screen 29 by the display control unit 11b, and from each example sentence stored in the character data temporary storage unit 16a. The input word “as” and one word before and after it are read out and displayed in a list in the search result display area 52.

  In the list display, as shown in FIG. 6A, since the number of input words is 1 when the first “as” is input, the (1 + 1) / 2 = 1st input word is set to be identical to each example sentence. While displaying in the center area | region 71 (refer FIG. 5) on an axis line, the previous word is displayed on the area | region 73 and the next word is displayed on the area | region 72. FIG. Words other than those before and after the input word are abbreviated by displaying “˜”.

  Next, when the user selects the word addition key 27 (& key 27) and then inputs the word “much” next to “as”, the control unit 11 causes the extraction unit 11a to use the first input word “ An example sentence including the next input word “much” is extracted from example sentences including “as”. In this extraction, the extracting unit 11a compares the word appearance order J1 in the example sentence of the first input word “as” and the word appearance order J2 in the example sentence of the next input word “much” in each example sentence. , J1> J2 is excluded from extraction targets, and J2> J1 example sentences are extracted.

  Then, the control unit 11 causes the display control unit 11b to display “as & much” input so far in the input display area 51 and to list the extracted example sentences in the search result display area 52 (FIG. 6B). )reference). That is, since the number of words when the inputted “much” is inputted is 2 (an even number), the display control unit 11b applies the 2/2 = 1st input word “as” on the same axis of each example sentence. The next input word “much” is displayed in the next area 72 in the central area 71. Then, the previous word of the two input words is displayed in area 73 and the next word is displayed in area 74.

  Further, when the user selects the word addition key 27 (& key 27) and then inputs the next word “as”, the control unit 11 causes the extraction unit 11a to input the input words “as” and “much” so far. And from each of the example sentences extracted from the input order, it further includes the third input word “as” and satisfies the word appearance order J3 to J3> J2 in the example sentence of the third input word “as”. Extract example sentences.

  Then, the display control means 11b displays the inputted “as & much & as” in the input display area 51 and displays the extracted example sentences in a list in the search result display area 52 (see FIG. 6C). That is, since the number of words at the time when the input “as” is input is 3 (odd number), the display control unit 11b applies the (3 + 1) / 2 = 2nd input word “much” to the same axis of each example sentence. Each word “as”, “much”, “as” input so as to be arranged in the central area 71 on the line is displayed, the word before the three input words is displayed in the area 75, and the next word Is displayed in area 74.

  In FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C, among the extracted example sentences, the example sentences satisfying the word appearance order J (n + 1)> Jn in the example sentence are extracted, so that J (n + 1) = Jn + 1 , Jn + 2, Jn + 3... Are also extracted. Therefore, an example sentence with a smaller difference in the order of appearance of words in the example sentence is displayed in a higher list. That is, when J (n + 1) −Jn = K, the example sentence with K = 1 is displayed higher than the example sentence with K2. Thereby, the word input words are displayed at the top of the list from the consecutive example sentences.

  Accordingly, in the display screen of FIG. 6C, when the screen is scrolled while moving the reverse display downward with the cursor key 22, “˜as A much as˜” after the last example sentence including “as much as”. Followed by “˜as AB much as˜” and “˜as ABC much as˜”, followed by “˜as much A as˜” and “˜as much AB as˜”.

  In the list display screen shown in FIG. 6C, when the user designates an example sentence by changing the highlighted display position with the cursor key 22 and presses the translation screen display key 23, the control unit 11 designates with the display control means 11b. The full sentence and the translated sentence of the example sentence are displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 29 (see FIG. 6D). In FIG. 6D, the example sentence and the translation are displayed on the entire liquid crystal display screen 29. However, the whole sentence and the translation are displayed in the examination result display area 52, and the input word is displayed in the input display area. Also good.

  FIG. 7 shows a display state of the liquid crystal display screen 29 when a wild card key (? Key) 28 is input.

  FIG. 7 illustrates a display screen when “as &? & As” is input.

  ? The key 28 is a key for specifying only the number of words without specifying a word between the input words. One word corresponding to is also determined as an input word. In FIG. 7, is a wild card between as and as? One word corresponding to one is entered and displayed. This wild card? Since the words corresponding to each have different lengths, the start position (axis) of each word is aligned, and the block width (area) is adjusted to the longest word.

  FIG. As a result of inputting a plurality of keys 28, the display state when the word does not fit in the search result display area 52 displayed on the list screen is shown.

  In FIG. 8A, the input words “at” and “first” cannot be displayed simultaneously in the search result display area 52. In this case, the first input word “as” is aligned with the leftmost area of the search result display area 52 and the displayable words are displayed. Wildcard? As described with reference to FIG. 7, the word corresponding to is displayed with the length of the region aligned with the longest word. Thereby, the display position of each input word can be displayed on the same axis.

  Further, by displaying the first input word in the leftmost area of the search result display area 52, it is possible to confirm from the beginning of the input word. In addition, by displaying the word before the input word in the leftmost area of the search result display area 52, it may be possible to confirm the collocation that comes before the input word.

  The user can scroll the screen left and right by pressing the left and right scroll key 24.

  FIGS. 8B to 8C show a display screen after the right scroll key is pressed once, and scrolls right by one word each time the key is pressed.

  In the figure, the case of right scrolling is displayed, but left scrolling is also possible. By pressing the left scroll key once in the state of FIG. 8A, the word preceding the input word “as to first” can be displayed.

  Next, details of the syntax search operation in the electronic dictionary will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the user selects (presses) the syntax search key 26 with the on / off key 20 input (step 1), the control unit 11 detects that the syntax search key 26 has been selected, and dictionary data storage means. 15, the syntax search data is selected as a search target (step 2).

  When the user inputs a character from the keyboard 21 (step 3), the control unit 11 receives the character input signal by the extracting means 11a and searches the syntax search data 15b using the input character (word) as a keyword (step). 4).

  When there is no example sentence data corresponding to the input character (step 5; N), the control unit 11 notifies the user that the corresponding data is not displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 29 by the display control unit 11b. (Step 6), return to Step 3.

  On the other hand, when the example sentence data corresponding to the input character exists in the syntax search data 15b (step 5; Y), the control unit 11 causes the extraction unit 11a to execute the corresponding example sentence data (word number, word, next word #, example sentence). The start / end flag, end time translation #, and word appearance order in the example sentence) are extracted from the syntax search data 15b, and the example sentence is constructed and stored in the RAM 16 as described with reference to FIG. 4 (step 7).

  And the control part 11 sets the part corresponding to the input character in example sentence data to the same vertical axis | shaft of the search result display area 52 by the display control means 11b (step 8).

  Then, the display control unit 11b displays a list on the display unit 16 (search result display area 52 of the liquid crystal display screen 29) as described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 (step 9).

  Next, the control unit 11 monitors which one of the additional key (& key) 27 and the translation screen display key 23 is pressed (input) by the user (steps 10 and 11).

  When the additional key 27 is input (step 10; Y), the control unit 11 temporarily stores the input characters and the word appearance order in the example sentence in the input order temporary storage unit 16b of the RAM 16 (step 12). Then, the control unit 11 compares the word appearance order in the example sentence data (step 13), and sets only words that are later in the example sentence appearance order than the word appearance order in the example sentence of the previous input character as a search target. (Step 14). Thereafter, the control unit 11 returns to step 3 to perform processing for the next input character.

  On the other hand, when the translation screen display key 23 is input (step 11; Y), the control unit 11 displays the translation screen by the display control means 11b. That is, the control unit 11 displays the entire example sentence and its translation on the liquid crystal display screen 29 (step 15).

  Thereafter, the control unit 11 monitors whether or not the user performs another search until the user selects (presses) the syntax search key 26 again or performs an operation of inputting characters from the keyboard 21. Perform (step 16).

  When the user performs another search, that is, when the syntax search key 26 or the keyboard 21 is pressed (step 16; Y), the control unit 11 deletes the data temporarily stored in the RAM 16 (step 17). Thereafter, the process returns to step 3 to perform a syntax search for the newly input character.

  On the other hand, if the user has not made another search, that is, if the on / off key 20 or the dictionary selection key 25 has been pressed, or if the user has not made an input for a certain period of time (step S11), 16; N), the syntax search process is terminated.

  As described above, according to the electronic dictionary of the present embodiment, the display positions of input words (headwords) are arranged on the coaxial line of the liquid crystal display screen 29 and displayed in a list. You can easily know where it is used.

  Also, according to the electronic dictionary of the present embodiment, the extracted example sentence is displayed with the input word and one word before and after it, so any word before and after the input word (specific word) can be displayed. And syntactic elements (combinations) such as whether the part of speech is frequently used in the sentence.

  Furthermore, according to the embodiment described above, even when the same word is input, it is extracted as different words due to the difference in the word appearance order in the example sentence. It is possible to extract example sentences and the like.

  Further, according to the described embodiment, the word appearance order in the example sentence is stored corresponding to each word stored in the syntax search data 15b, and the order of word appearance order in each example sentence corresponding to each input word is large or small. However, since the example sentences that are larger in the input word input order are extracted, the example sentences different from the input word input order can be excluded from the extraction target and the list display target.

  Although one embodiment of the electronic dictionary of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope described in each claim.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, the input word is emphasized and displayed by placing it on the same axis as the center, but the input word is not placed on the same axis, for example, the character color or typeface of the input word You may make it emphasize an input word by changing at least one. Further, it may be displayed on the same line with different colors and fonts, and emphasized by underlining. Moreover, you may make it emphasize by omitting the display of the word before and behind one character before and behind the input word.

  Here, emphasis refers to a set of phrases that include the input word (in a set of phrases having two or more words such as example sentences, phrases, collocations, etc., the input word, or at least one word before and after the input word, A display that clearly distinguishes from characters.

  The above input word emphasis can be applied to the case where the entire example sentence is displayed including the example sentence display in the translation screen display.

  Further, the translated portion corresponding to the input word may be highlighted. The translation data in this case is divided corresponding to the English word # shown in FIG. 3, and the corresponding word # is held as data.

  Further, when the input words are arranged on the same axis, the input words are not limited to the central portion, and can be arranged at other positions.

  In the embodiment and the modification described above, not only input words but also words before and after the input words may be highlighted. As a result, the collocation part can be more easily recognized.

  Further, if the target word (input word and / or words before and after it) is highlighted, the entire extracted example sentence may be displayed.

  In the embodiment described above, the case of input and syntax search for English has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to English, and may be another foreign language or Japanese.

It is a block diagram showing the structure of the electronic dictionary in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the external appearance of an electronic dictionary. It is explanatory drawing which represented notionally the content of the data 15b for syntax search. It is explanatory drawing explaining the method to construct | assemble an original example sentence from the decomposed | disassembled word based on the data 15b for syntax search. It is explanatory drawing which represented notionally the mode of the screen division of the liquid crystal display screen 29 by the display control means 11b. It is a screen transition state diagram in the case of searching for example sentences including “as much as”. It is explanatory drawing of the display state of the liquid crystal display screen 29 when the wild card key (? Key) 28 is input. It is explanatory drawing when the display of a search result does not fit in the search result display area. It is a flowchart about the operation | movement of the syntax search in an electronic dictionary. It shows a screen transition state when an example sentence is searched with a conventional electronic dictionary.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part 11a Extraction means 11b Display control means 12 Input means 13 Use function selection means 14 Display means 15 Dictionary data storage means 15a Dictionary main body data 15b Syntax search data 16 RAM
16a Character data temporary storage means 16b Input order temporary storage means

Claims (4)

A character input means for inputting character data;
Display means for displaying character data;
A dictionary storage means having a plurality of dictionary bodies composed of translations corresponding to the headwords, collocation data corresponding to the headwords, and syntax search data composed of the translations;
Extraction means for extracting the collocation data corresponding to the headword input by the character input means from the dictionary storage means;
Display control means for displaying at least the inputted headword and one word before and after the extracted collocation data with the display position of the headword aligned on the same axis and displaying the list on the display means An electronic dictionary characterized by comprising:   The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the collocation data is example sentence data and phrase data.   The collocation data is composed of words obtained by decomposing example sentences and phrases, each word is stored together with restoration information for restoring example sentences and phrases before decomposition, and each word is sorted. The electronic dictionary described. In the collocation data, the order of appearance in the example sentence and the phrase after restoration is stored corresponding to each word,
The extraction means extracts an example sentence and phrase that match the magnitude relationship of the input order with respect to the input word and the magnitude relation of the appearance order of the words constituting the example sentence and phrase corresponding to the input word;
The electronic dictionary according to claim 3.

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