JP2006172498A - Information display controller and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display controller and program having an example sentence retrieval function of retrieving appropriate example sentences. <P>SOLUTION: A CPU 21 detects example sentences in which a plurality of retrieved words are included continuously in an inputted order by executing an example sentence retrieval program 261. Next, changed forms of the retrieved words are read from a changed form word data table 2664 and the example sentences including the changed forms are retrieved. Then, identification marks are attached to the retrieved example sentences according to a degree of conformity with the inputted retrieved words and the identification marks are displayed on a display part 23 with the example sentences. In addition, when, for example, example sentences including collocations or set phrases using words "adult" and "accordingly" continuously are desired to be retrieved, a user may input them by inserting a space between the two words. On the other hand, when the example sentences any of which "adult" and "accordingly" are included in a random order are desired to be retrieved, user may input them by inserting "&" between the two words. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display control device and a program for searching for an example sentence including a designated search word.

Conventionally, a dictionary database (Data Base; hereinafter referred to as “DB”) is provided, and a search word consisting of a plurality of words is input to search for a search word corresponding to the search word from the dictionary DB. An electronic dictionary is known as a kind of information display control device that displays the meaning of a headword and related information such as example sentences, phrases, pronunciations, and explanations using the headword (for example, Patent Document 1). .
JP 2001-134567 A (page 2-4, FIG. 1)

  In the screen for inputting a search word in the conventional electronic dictionary, for example, when “look & up” is input, all example sentences including “look” and “up” are searched and displayed. The displayed example sentence is an example sentence in which “look” and “up” are combined (as a collocation or phrase), for example, 1) “They look up to him as their leader”.

  However, example sentences that exist as words in which “look” and “up” in the example sentences are not directly connected are also displayed. For example, 2) “She came up for a look at the new boy”. Here, the example sentence of 1) is an example sentence that has a special meaning by involving “look” and “up”, but the example sentence of 2) has no relation between “look” and “up”, and is not intended. It can be said that “look” and “up” exist in the same example sentence.

  Therefore, even if it is desired to search only example sentences that use “look” and “up” in combination, example sentences that are not directly related to “look” and “up” as in 2) are also searched in the same manner. Since it is displayed in a mixed state with example sentences, it is necessary for the user to check the contents of the displayed example sentences one by one to determine whether or not the example sentence is originally desired to be searched.

  The objective of this invention is providing the information display control apparatus and program provided with the example sentence search function which searches an appropriate example sentence.

  In order to solve the above problems, the information display control device according to claim 1 stores example sentence storage means (for example, ROM 26, example sentence data table 2662 in FIG. 2) and a plurality of example sentence storage means. In an information display control device having means (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2) for searching and displaying an example sentence including the inputted search word from the inputted example sentences, a plurality of words for inputting a plurality of words as search words Search word input means (for example, key group 12 in FIG. 1, input unit 22 in FIG. 2) and whether or not to search for an example sentence that includes the search words input by the plurality of search word input means in the order of input. Word order designating means for designating, word transforming means for transforming a word input by the plurality of search word input means in accordance with a predetermined grammatical rule (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2, step B1 in FIG. 8), the plurality of search Determination means for determining a word for example sentence search (for example, in FIG. 2) by replacing at least one word among the plurality of words input by the word input means with the corresponding word after the deformation by the word deformation means. If the CPU 21 does not specify step B1) in FIG. 8 and the word order designating means to search for example sentences included in the input order, the example sentence includes all the words for example sentence search determined by the determination means. In the example sentence stored in the example sentence storage means, and if there is a designation to search for example sentences included in the input order, all the example sentence search words determined by the decision means are included. And a search means for searching an example sentence stored in the example sentence storage means for an example sentence whose word order is the word order inputted by the plurality of search word input means, and the search means Example sentence display means for displaying the searched example sentence (e.g., a display screen 11 of FIG. 1, the display unit 23 Figure 2) is characterized by comprising a, a.

  A program according to a tenth aspect of the present invention is a computer provided with example sentence storage means for storing a plurality of example sentences (for example, the ROM 26 and the example sentence data table 2662 in FIG. 2), in the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means. A function for searching and displaying an example sentence including a search word input from (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2) and a multiple search word input function for inputting a plurality of words as search words (for example, the key group 12 in FIG. 1). 2), a word order designating function for designating whether or not to search for an example sentence including the search terms input by the multiple search word input function in the input order, and the multiple search word input function. A word transformation function (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2 and step B1 in FIG. 8) for transforming the word inputted in accordance with a predetermined grammatical rule, and a plurality of single words inputted by the plural search word input function. A determination function (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2 and the step B1 in FIG. 8) that determines a word for example sentence search by replacing at least one word with a corresponding word after deformation by the word deformation function; If the word order designating unit does not specify that the example sentences included in the input order are to be searched, the example sentences including all the words for example sentence search determined by the determination function are stored in the example sentence storage function When there is a designation to search for example sentences included in the input order, all the words for example sentence search determined by the determining means are included, and the word order of the words is the plurality A search function for searching example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means for example sentences in word order input by the search word input means, and an example sentence display device for displaying example sentences searched by the search function (E.g., a display screen 11 of FIG. 1, the display unit 23 Figure 2) is characterized by realizing a, a.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 or 10, it is possible to search for an example sentence by automatically transforming a word input as a search word according to a grammatical rule. As a result, it is also possible to search for and display example sentences that contain the words input as search words in a deformed form. In addition, if there is a designation that the word order specifying means searches for an example sentence in which the word entered as a search word is included in the order of entry, the word order designation means includes all of the deformed words and It is possible to search and display example sentences whose word order is the input word order.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information display control device according to the first aspect, the plurality of search word input means is a means for inputting a plurality of words by inserting a predetermined symbol between words. Yes, the word order designating unit is not designated to search for an example sentence in which the search word is included in the input order when there is no predetermined symbol between words input by the plurality of search word input units, You may comprise so that it may be a means to designate when there exists a predetermined symbol.
Still further, as in the invention described in claim 3, the information display control device described in claim 1 or 2 is determined by the determining means among the example sentences searched by the searching means. It may be configured to have continuous order priority means for displaying the example sentences that are used continuously over the example sentences that are not used continuously.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the example sentence storage means associates a word included in the example sentence with the example sentence. Word-example sentence storage means (for example, ROM 26 in FIG. 2, word example sentence data table 2663), and the search means is associated with all of the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input means. First search means (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2, steps B2 and B3 in FIG. 8) for searching for example sentences from the word-example sentence storage means, and the example sentence search from the example sentences searched by the first search means Second search means (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2 and step B4 in FIG. 8) for searching for example sentences including all the words for use, wherein the example sentence display means searches for the example sentences searched by the second search means Display It is characterized in that a means.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an example sentence including any of a plurality of words input by the first search means is searched, and an example sentence including all the input words from the searched example sentences Can be searched.

  Invention of Claim 5 is the information display control apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-4, Comprising: The said word deformation | transformation means is a noun whether the word input by the said multiple search word input means is a noun If it is determined whether or not it is a noun, it has noun deformation means (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2, step B1 in FIG. 8) for transforming the word into a singular or plural form. Yes.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the word deforming means is configured such that the word input by the plurality of search word input means It is determined whether or not it is a verb, and if it is determined to be a verb, a verb deforming means that transforms the word into a present tense, past tense, past participle or present progressive (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. Step B1).

  Furthermore, the invention according to claim 7 is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the word deforming means is configured such that the word input by the plurality of search word input means It is determined whether or not it is an adjective, and when it is determined that it is an adjective, it has an adjective deforming means (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2, step B1 in FIG. 8) that transforms the word into a comparative grade or a superlative level. It is a feature.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the word deforming means is configured such that the word input by the plurality of search word input means If it is determined whether or not it is a personal pronoun, and it is determined that it is a personal pronoun, then the personal pronoun deforming means (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2, step B1 in FIG. 8) that transforms or changes the word into another personality. It is characterized by having.

  According to the fifth to eighth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to search for an example sentence by automatically transforming a word input as a search word according to the part of speech of the word. As a result, it is also possible to search for and display example sentences that contain the words input as search words in a deformed form.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the example sentence including all the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input means Basic search means (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2 and step B4 in FIG. 8) for searching from among the example sentences stored in the storage means, the example sentence display means has the above-described example sentences searched by the search means. It is characterized by having first priority display means (for example, the CPU 21 in FIG. 2 and step A8 in FIG. 7) that preferentially displays example sentences searched by the basic search means.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to preferentially display an example sentence including all words input as search words, and then to display an example sentence including a word transformed into a variation or the like. . This makes it easier for the user to confirm from an example sentence that includes all words entered as search terms.

  According to the present invention, an example sentence can be searched by automatically transforming a word input as a search word according to a grammatical rule. As a result, it is also possible to search for and display example sentences that contain the words input as search words in a deformed form. In addition, if there is a designation that the word order specifying means searches for an example sentence in which the word entered as a search word is included in the order of entry, the word order designation means includes all of the deformed words and It is possible to search and display example sentences whose word order is the input word order.

  In addition, an example sentence including any of a plurality of words input by the first search means can be searched, and an example sentence including all the input words can be searched from the searched example sentences. .

  Also, it is possible to search for an example sentence by automatically transforming a word input as a search word according to the part of speech of the word. As a result, it is also possible to search for and display example sentences that contain the words input as search words in a deformed form.

  In addition, it is possible to preferentially display an example sentence including all words input as search words, and then to display an example sentence including a word transformed into a variation. This makes it easier for the user to confirm from an example sentence that includes all words entered as search terms.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1-15, embodiment of the information display control apparatus which concerns on this invention is described in detail. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a foldable portable electronic dictionary, which is a kind of information display control device, will be described as an example. However, embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are limited to this. It is not a thing.

  The portable electronic dictionary incorporates various electronic dictionary data (dictionary database) such as a Japanese dictionary, an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, a synonym dictionary, and a proverb dictionary. This dictionary database stores character data, image data, moving image data, audio data, and the like for explaining the found words in association with the found words. The user can display an explanation of the word by selecting the dictionary type and inputting the word. In the following description, an example in which a portable electronic dictionary has a dictionary database of English-Japanese dictionaries will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a perspective overview of a portable electronic dictionary 1. As shown in the figure, the portable electronic dictionary 1 includes a display screen 11 and various key groups 12, includes a built-in battery (not shown), etc., and is casing with metal or resin. .

  The display screen 11 is a portion on which various data necessary for using the portable electronic dictionary 1 such as characters and codes in response to pressing of the various keys described above are displayed. The display screen 11 is an element such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an ELD (Electronic Luminescent Display), and is realized by a combination of one or more elements.

  Each key constituting the various key groups 12 is assigned with a unique function, and the user operates the portable electronic dictionary 1 by pressing these keys. Specifically, a character input key, a dictionary type selection key, a jump key to a designated word, an example display key for a designated word, and the like are provided. Further, by switching the input mode, it is possible to switch between kana input and alphabet input using a character input key.

  The portable electronic dictionary 1 further includes a slot 13 for the storage medium 200. The storage medium 200 is a storage medium that stores various dictionary databases, programs, and the like, and is, for example, a memory card or a hard disk. The slot 13 is a device in which the storage medium 200 is detachably attached and data can be read from and written to the storage medium 200, and is appropriately selected according to the type of the storage medium 200.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable electronic dictionary 1. As shown in the figure, the portable electronic dictionary 1 includes a CPU 21, an input unit 22, a display unit 23, a communication unit 24, a RAM 25, a ROM 26, and a storage medium reading unit 27, and each unit is connected by a bus 28. ing.

  The CPU 21 executes processing based on a predetermined program in accordance with an input instruction, performs an instruction to each function unit, data transfer, and the like, and controls the portable electronic dictionary 1 in an integrated manner. Specifically, the CPU 21 reads a program stored in the ROM 26 in response to a press signal input from the input unit 22 and executes processing according to the program. Then, the processing result is stored in the RAM 25, and a display signal for displaying the processing result is appropriately output to the display unit 23 to display the corresponding display information.

  Further, the CPU 21 performs an example sentence search by reading an example sentence search program 261 described later and executing an example sentence search process. Specifically, the CPU 21 causes the display unit 23 to display an input screen for inputting a search term. When a search word consisting of a plurality of words is input by the user, an example sentence including the search word is searched from an English-Japanese dictionary database (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) 266, and the searched example sentence is displayed on the display unit. 23.

  The input unit 22 is an input device provided with a key group necessary for inputting characters such as kana and alphabets and selecting functions, and outputs a pressed signal of a pressed key to the CPU 21. By means of key input in the input unit 22, in particular, input means such as input of a search word, selection of a dictionary type, search execution instruction, and mode switching instruction are realized. The input unit 22 corresponds to the various key groups 12 shown in FIG.

  The display unit 23 displays various screens based on display signals input from the CPU 21. The display unit 23 corresponds to the display screen 11 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 24 includes a communication device for transmitting / receiving predetermined information to / from another device (for example, the dictionary server 310) connected via the network 300. A network such as LAN, WAN, or the Internet is applied to the network 300, and the CPU 21 is connected to the outside via a communication unit 24 and a communication line such as a telephone line, an ISDN line, a wireless communication line, a dedicated line, a CATV line, Control to communicate with the device.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure directly connected with an external apparatus by wired or wireless communication not via the network 300. FIG.

  The dictionary server 310 publishes dictionary data stored in the net dictionary DB 320 managed by the dictionary server 310 so that it can be searched and displayed. Specifically, the dictionary server 310 searches for the entry word data designated from the net dictionary DB 320 in response to a search request for dictionary data transmitted from the portable electronic dictionary 1, and corresponds to the entry word data. By transmitting the explanation data to the portable electronic dictionary 1, the network dictionary DB 320 is disclosed and provided. The network dictionary DB 320 is updated as needed, for example, by adding new words, and when the dictionary data is updated, the corresponding update date is updated as appropriate.

  The RAM 25 includes a memory area that temporarily holds various programs executed by the CPU 21 and data related to the execution of these programs. In the present embodiment, in particular, a search word storage area 251, a modified search word storage area 252, a first example sentence number storage area 253, a second example sentence number storage area 254, a first example sentence storage area 255, and a second example sentence storage area 256 And a display example sentence storage area 257.

  The search word storage area 251 stores a plurality of words input by the input unit 22. Hereinafter, among a plurality of input words, each word is referred to as a search word, and a group of a plurality of words is referred to as a plurality of search words. In addition, the term “search word” refers to a word input for search by the user, and includes both a case where the word consists of one word and a case where the word consists of a plurality of words (that is, a plurality of search words). The variation search word storage area 252 stores a variation of the search word stored in the search word storage area 251.

  In the first example sentence number storage area 253 and the second example sentence number storage area 254, example sentence identification information extracted in the process of executing the example sentence search process by the CPU 21 is stored. The first example sentence storage area 255 and the second example sentence storage area 256 store example sentences searched in the process in which the CPU 21 executes the example sentence search process. In the display example sentence storage area 257, example sentences displayed on the display unit 23 by the CPU 21 are stored.

  The ROM 26 stores programs for realizing various functions of the portable electronic dictionary 1. In this embodiment, the ROM 26 stores an example sentence search program 261, a description rule search program 262, a grammar rule search program 263, an example sentence rearrangement program 264, identification mark data 265, and an English-Japanese dictionary DB 266.

  The example sentence search program 261 is a program for causing the CPU 21 to execute an example sentence search process for searching the English-Japanese dictionary DB 266 for an example sentence including a search word input by a user and displaying the searched example sentence on the display unit 23.

  The description rule search program 262 is a subroutine program included in the example sentence search program 261. When a predetermined symbol is included in the searched example sentence, the example sentence is replaced according to the predetermined symbol and whether or not the search word is included again is determined. This is a program for causing the CPU 21 to execute a description rule search process to be determined.

  The grammatical rule search program 263 is a subroutine program included in the example sentence search program 261. The grammar rule search program 263 acquires a change form of a search word and causes the CPU 21 to execute a grammar rule search process for searching an example sentence including the change form from the English-Japanese dictionary DB266. It is a program.

  The example sentence rearrangement program 264 is a subroutine program included in the example sentence search program 261, and is a program for causing the CPU 21 to execute an example sentence rearrangement process in which the retrieved example sentences are rearranged and stored in the display example sentence storage area 257.

  The identification mark data 265 stores an image (mark) for indicating the degree of matching of the search word with the example sentence displayed by executing the example sentence search process. Specifically, for example, images such as “◎”, “◯”, and “Δ” are stored. When the input search word is included in the example sentence as it is, the CPU 21 displays “◎” at the head of the sentence of the example sentence. In addition, when the search word converted into the variation is included in the example sentence, the CPU 21 displays “◯” at the beginning of the sentence, and when the input search word is included in the example sentence in random order, the CPU 21. Displays “△” at the beginning of the sentence.

  The English-Japanese dictionary DB 266 includes a headword data table 2661, an example sentence data table 2662, a word example sentence data table 2663, and a variation word data table 2664. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the headword data table 2661. As shown in FIG. The headword data table 2661 includes a headword (for example, “English”) and explanatory data indicating the meaning of the headword (for example, “form” of England, English,...)). In order to designate an example sentence included in the explanation data, example sentence identification information is stored in association with each other.

  The example sentence identification information is information for identifying example sentences stored in an example sentence data table 2662 described later, and is represented by an example sentence number or an address. The example sentence number and the address are synonymous example sentence identification information for indicating the same example sentence, and either one may be stored as the example sentence identification information. Hereinafter, description will be made using example sentence numbers as example sentence identification information.

  For example, when the CPU 21 displays the explanation data “form” of English, English of England, etc. on the display unit 23, an example sentence corresponding to the contents of the explanation data is also displayed. The The CPU 21 reads example sentence identification information (example sentence number “00566,...) Corresponding to the headword“ English ”, reads an example sentence corresponding to the example sentence identification information from the example sentence data table 2662, and displays it together with explanation data.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the example sentence data table 2662. As shown in FIG. In the example sentence data table 2662, example sentence identification information and an example sentence corresponding to the example sentence identification information are stored in association with each other. The meaning of example sentences is also stored.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the word example sentence data table 2663. In the word example sentence data table 2663, words and the example sentence numbers of all example sentences including the word are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the variation word data table 2664. The variation word data table 2664 stores variations for original words classified by part of speech. For example, the folder 2653a stores a variation of the verb word. Specifically, the verb form with the third person singular “s” appended, the past tense, the past participle form, the present progressive form, etc. are stored. In the case of “keep”, “keeps, keep, keeping” etc. All variations to “keep” are remembered.

  In addition, the folder 2653b stores variations of the noun word (words with a single “a” or “an” added to the original form, plural forms, etc.). In the folder 2653c, changes (comparison grade, highest grade, etc.) of the adjective words are stored.

  In the folder 2653d, a form obtained by changing the pronoun word to another corresponding word is stored. For example, “you, we, he, she, they” and the like are stored for “I”, and “oneself, myself, yourselves, ourselves, himself, herself, themselves” and the like are stored in association with each other.

  The storage medium reading unit 27 is a functional unit that reads / writes data from / to the storage medium 200 such as a memory card or a hard disk. The storage medium reading unit 27 corresponds to the slot 13 shown in FIG.

  The CPU 21 searches the dictionary DB stored in the ROM 26 (English-Japanese dictionary DB 266 in the present embodiment), the various dictionary DBs stored in the storage medium 200, and the dictionary DB including any one of the net dictionary DB 320 to search for an example sentence including the search word. It is possible. In this case, the dictionary DB and the net dictionary DB 320 stored in the storage medium 200 have the same data structure as the English-Japanese dictionary DB266. In the present embodiment, a case where an example sentence is searched using the English-Japanese dictionary DB 266 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the example sentence search process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the example sentence search program 261. The flow of example sentence search processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the CPU 21 displays an input screen 100 for inputting a search term as shown in FIG. When a search word is input by the user (step A1), the CPU 21 displays characters in the input character display area 101 based on a pressed signal of the pressed key, and stores the input search word in the search word storage area 251. To do.

  Here, for example, when searching for an example sentence including a collocation or phrase that uses the words “adult” and “accordingly” in succession, the user enters a space between “adult” and “accordingly”. On the other hand, when searching for an example sentence in which “adult” and “accordingly” are included in any order in the example sentence, the user inputs “&” between “adult” and “accordingly”. A space or “&” may be used as another predetermined symbol. In addition, even if “adult accordingly” or “adult & accordingly” is input, the search word storage area 251 stores two search words in the order in which they are input, for example, “adult, accordingly”. .

  Then, the example sentence number corresponding to the first search word of the input search word is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 (step A2). For example, when “adult accordingly” is input in step A1, example sentence numbers (00197,...) Including “adult” are extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 in step A2.

  Next, the example sentence number corresponding to the search word next to the input search word is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 (step A3). For example, when “adult accordingly” is input in step A1 as described above, example sentence numbers (00197,...) Including “accordingly” are extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 in step A3.

  The CPU 21 extracts a common example sentence number from the example sentence numbers extracted in steps A2 and A3, and stores the example sentence number in the first example sentence number storage area 253 (step A4). In the same manner as described above, when “adult accordingly” is input in step A1, the example sentence number “00197” is extracted in both steps A2 and A3. That is, the common example sentence number is “00197”. Accordingly, in step A4, the example sentence number “00197” is stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253.

  In the present embodiment, a case where a plurality of search words including two search words is input in step A1 will be described. However, two or more search words may be input. In that case, CPU21 extracts the example sentence number of the example sentence containing the said search word about each search word, and extracts the common example sentence number at the end.

  Next, the CPU 21 shifts the processing to grammatical rule search processing (step A5). FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the grammar rule search process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the grammar rule search program 263. First, for the search word stored in the search word storage area 251, the CPU 21 reads the change form from the change word data table 2664 and stores it in the change search word storage area 252 (step B1).

  For example, when “adult, accordingly” is stored in the search word storage area 251, “adults”, which is a plural form of “adult”, is stored in the change word data table 2664. “Adults” is stored in the storage area 252. “Accordingly” is an adverb and has no variation. Therefore, “adults, accordingly” is stored in the variation search word storage area 252.

  Then, the example sentence number corresponding to the first search word stored in the variation search word storage area 252 is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 (step B2). For example, when “adults, accordingly” is stored in the variation search word storage area 252 in step B1, the example sentence number “adults” is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 in step B2. Since there is no item “adults” in the word example sentence data table 2663 shown in FIG. 4, no example sentence number is extracted.

  Next, the example sentence number corresponding to the next search word stored in the variation search word storage area 252 is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 (step B3). For example, when “adults accordingly” is stored in the variation search word storage area 252 in step B1 as described above, the example sentence number “accordingly” is extracted from the word example sentence data table 2663 in step B3. Specifically, in the word example sentence data table 2663 shown in FIG. 5, the example sentence numbers of example sentences including “accordingly” are “00197,...”.

  Then, the CPU 21 extracts a common example sentence number from the example sentence numbers extracted in steps B2 and B3, and stores the example sentence corresponding to the example sentence number in the second example sentence number storage area 254 (step B4). As described above, when “adults, accordingly” is stored in the variation search word storage area 252 in step B1, there is no common example sentence number among the example sentence numbers extracted in step B2 and step B3. In this case, the example sentence number is not stored in the second example sentence number storage area 254. And CPU21 transfers a process to step A6 of example sentence search process.

  In step B1, the search word stored in the search word storage area 251 is read out from the change word data table 2664 to convert the search word. If there are a plurality of corresponding change words, different combinations are used. A search term is determined every time. And the process of step B2-B4 is repeated about the combination of each different variation.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 shifts the process to a description rule search process (step A6). FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the description rule search process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the description rule search program 262.

  First, the CPU 21 determines whether or not an example sentence number is stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253 (step C1). If the example sentence number is not stored (step C1; No), the description rule search process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step A7 of the example sentence search process.

  When the example sentence number is stored (step C1; Yes), the CPU 21 reads the example sentence and the translation corresponding to the example sentence number stored at the head from the example sentence data table 2662, and a delimiter (separator data) is included in the read example sentence. It is determined whether it is included (step C2).

  The delimiter is a character such as “, (comma)”, “= (equal)”, “. (Period)”. A comma in the example sentence indicates a break in meaning. The equals in the example sentences indicate that the sentences before and after are almost synonymous. A period marks the end of the sentence. Therefore, when a delimiter is included in an example sentence, sentences before and after the sentence can often be used independently.

  When the read example sentence includes a delimiter (step C2; Yes), the CPU 21 divides the example sentence with the delimiter as a boundary, and searches for a search word from each of the divided sentences (step C3).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step C2 that the read example sentence does not include a delimiter (step C2; No), the CPU 21 determines whether or not “[] (brackets or square brackets)” is included in the example sentence. Judgment is made (step C4). The square brackets in the example sentences indicate that they are almost synonymous even if the word in the brackets is replaced with the immediately preceding word.

  When the example sentence includes square brackets (step C4; Yes), the CPU 21 deletes the sentence in which the word in the brackets is deleted from the example sentence and the sentence in which the word in the brackets is replaced with the immediately preceding word. A search word is searched from each sentence (step C5).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step C4 that the read example sentence does not have square brackets (step C4; No), the CPU 21 determines whether or not “() (parentheses or parentheses)” is included in the example sentence. Judgment is made (step C6). The parentheses in the example sentence indicate that the example sentence including the word in the parenthesis is almost synonymous with the sentence in which the word in the parenthesis is deleted.

  When the example sentence includes a parenthesis (step C6; Yes), the CPU 21 searches from the sentence in which the word in the parenthesis is deleted from the example sentence and the sentence including the word in the parenthesis. A word is searched (step C7). If it is determined in step C6 that the read example sentence has no parentheses (step C6; No), the CPU 21 proceeds to step C9.

  Then, the CPU 21 determines whether or not there is a sentence including all the search words among the plurality of sentences developed according to various delimiters in step C3, step C5, or step C7 (step C8). When it is determined that there is no sentence including all the search terms (step C8; No), the CPU 21 shifts the process to step C10.

  When it is determined that there is a sentence including all the search words (step C8; Yes), the CPU 21 stores a sentence including all the search words and a translation thereof among the plurality of sentences expanded according to various delimiters. It memorize | stores in the area | region 255 (step C9).

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 designates the next example sentence number stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253 (step C10), and shifts the processing to step C1. When the processing of steps C1 to C10 is completed for all the example sentence numbers in the first example sentence number storage area 253, the processes of steps C1 to C10 are repeated for the example sentence numbers stored in the second example sentence number storage area 254. At this time, the CPU 21 performs a search based on the search word converted into the variation in steps C3, C5, and C7. In step C9, the retrieved example sentence is stored in the second example sentence storage area 256.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the storage contents of the search word storage area 251, the first example sentence number storage area 253, and the first example sentence storage area 255. With reference to FIG. 12, a specific processing flow of the description rule search processing will be described.

  FIG. 12A is a diagram illustrating an example of the storage contents of each storage area when “adult accordingly” is input in step A1 of the example sentence search process. In this case, the example sentence number “00197” of the example sentence including “adult” and “accordingly” is stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253 in step A4. In step C2, an example sentence “She is an adult, so you should treat her accordingly.” Corresponding to the example sentence number “00197” and its translation are read from the example sentence data table 2662.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a separator is included in the read example sentence. Since the read example sentence includes a comma, in step C3, the example sentence is divided into “She is an adult” and “so you should treat her accordingly”, and “adult” and “ It is searched whether "follow accordingly" is included.

  However, neither “She is an adult” nor “so you should treat her accordingly” includes both “adult” and “accordingly”. Accordingly, no example sentence is stored in the first example sentence storage area 255.

  FIG. 12B is a diagram illustrating an example of storage contents of each storage area when “for English” is input in step A1 of the example sentence search process. In this case, the example sentence number “00566” of the example sentence including “for” and “English” is stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253 in step A4. In step C2, the example sentence “get an A in [for] English” corresponding to the example sentence number “00566” and its translation are read from the example sentence data table 2662.

  Since no delimiter is included in the read example sentence, it is determined in step C4 whether a bracket is included. Since the read example sentence includes square brackets, two synonymous sentences “get an A in English” and “get an A for English” are created from the example sentence in step C5. "For" and "English" are searched for.

  Here, “get an A in English” does not include both “for” and “English”, but “get an A for English” includes both “for” and “English”. Accordingly, “get an A for English” and its translation are stored in the first example sentence storage area 255 in step C9.

  FIG. 12C is a diagram illustrating an example of the storage contents of each storage area when “moment of” is input in step A1 of the example sentence search process. In this case, the example sentence number “00320” of the example sentence including “moment” and “of” is stored in the first example sentence number storage area 253 in step A4. In step C2, the example sentence “in (a moment of) aberration” corresponding to the example sentence number “00320” and its translation are read from the example sentence data table 2662.

  Since the read example sentence does not include a delimiter or a bracket, it is determined in step C6 whether a parenthesis is included. Since the read example sentence includes parentheses, two synonymous sentences “in aberration” and “in a moment of aberration” are created from the example sentence in step C7. "And" of "are searched.

  Here, “in aberration” does not include both “moment” and “of”, but “in a moment of aberration” includes both “moment” and “of”. Accordingly, in step C9, “in a moment of aberration” and its translation are stored in the first example sentence storage area 255.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 shifts the processing to the example sentence rearrangement processing (step A7). FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the example sentence rearranging process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the example sentence rearranging program 264.

  First, the CPU 21 extracts an example sentence including a search word continuously and its translation from the first example sentence storage area 255 and stores it in the display example sentence storage area 257 (step D1). At the same time, “◎” stored in the identification mark data 265 is stored in association with the extracted example sentence. Hereinafter, the display example sentence storage area 257 stores example sentences according to the stored order.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not “&” is input between the search words when the search word is input (step D2). In other words, in step A1 of the example sentence search process, for example, it is determined whether an input is made with a space between search words such as “in school” or an input “&” such as “in & school”. To do.

  When it is determined that “&” has not been input (step D2; No), the CPU 21 extracts, from the second example sentence storage area 256, an example sentence including the search word converted into a variation and a translation thereof. And stored in the display example sentence storage area 257 (step D3). At the same time, “◯” stored in the identification mark data 265 is stored in association with the extracted example sentence. Then, the CPU 21 ends the example sentence rearrangement process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that “&” has been input (step D2; Yes), the CPU 21 stores the first example sentence containing the example sentences including the search words in the order stored in the search word storage area 251 and the translations thereof. Extracted from the area 255 and stored in the display example sentence storage area 257 (step D4). At the same time, “◯” stored in the identification mark data 265 is stored in association with the extracted example sentence.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 extracts the example sentences including the search words stored in the search word storage area 251 in the reverse order and the translated sentences from the first example sentence storage area 255 and stores them in the display example sentence storage area 257 (step D5). ). At the same time, “Δ” stored in the identification mark data 265 is stored in association with the extracted example sentence.

  Next, the CPU 21 extracts, from the second example sentence storage area 256, an example sentence including the search word converted into the change form in the order stored in the change form search word storage area 252, and the display example sentence storage. It memorize | stores in the area | region 257 (step D6). Then, the CPU 21 extracts, from the second example sentence storage area 256, the example sentence including the search word converted into the change form in the reverse order stored in the variation search word storage area 252 and the translated sentence, and displays the example sentence storage area. It memorizes to 257 (Step D7). When the example sentence rearrangement process ends, the CPU 21 shifts the process to step A8 of the example sentence search process.

  Next, a specific processing flow of the example sentence rearranging process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 shows a search word storage area 251, a modified search word storage area 252, a first example sentence storage area 255, and a second example sentence storage when “in school” or “in & school” is input in step A1 of the example sentence search process. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of storage contents of an area 256 and a display example sentence storage area 257.

  In each storage area of FIG. 13, example sentence 12a, example sentence 12b, example sentence 12c, and the like are stored in the first example sentence storage area 255 in step C9 of the description rule search process. In addition, “school” is converted into a variation and “in, schooled” is stored in the variation search word storage area 252. Accordingly, the second example sentence storage area 256 stores the example sentence 12d and the like.

  Then, in step D1 of the example sentence rearranging process, the example sentence 12a including “in” and “school” successively and “◎ (M1)” are stored in the display example sentence storage area 257. When “in school” is entered with a space between search words in step A1 of the example sentence search process, an example sentence including “in” and “schooled” in succession is stored in the second example sentence memory in step D3. A search is performed from area 256. Since the second example sentence storage area 256 shown in FIG. 13 does not store an example sentence including “in” and “schooled” in succession, an additional example sentence is stored in the display example sentence storage area 257. There is no.

  On the other hand, if “&” is entered between the search words in step A1 of the example sentence search process and “in & school” is entered, in step D4, the example sentence includes two search words in the order of “in” and “school”. 12b and “◯ (M2)” are stored in the display example sentence storage area 257. In this case, there may be another word between the search words “in” and “school”. In step D5, the example sentence 12c including two search words in the order of “school” and “in” and “Δ (M3)” are stored in the display example sentence storage area 257.

  Next, in step D6, an example sentence including two search words in the order of “in” and “schooled” is extracted. Since the second example sentence storage area 256 shown in FIG. 13 does not store example sentences including two search words in the order of “in” and “schooled”, the example sentence is added to the display example sentence storage area 257. It will never be remembered. In step D7, an example sentence 12d including two search words in the order of “schooled” and “in” and “Δ (M4)” are stored in the display example sentence storage area 257.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 proceeds to the processing of step A8 of the example sentence search process, and causes the display unit 23 to display the example sentences stored in the display example sentence storage area 257, their translations, and identification marks. Then, the CPU 21 ends the example sentence search process.

  FIG. 14A is an example of an input screen displayed on the display unit 23 in step A1 of the example sentence search process. An example of a search result display screen when “in school” is input is shown in FIG. FIG. 15A shows an example of an input screen displayed in step A1 of the example sentence search process. FIG. 15B shows an example of a search result display screen when “in & school” is entered. When displaying the retrieved example sentence and its translation on the display unit 23, the CPU 21 displays the word inputted as the search word with an underline.

  As described above, when searching for example sentences with a space between the search words, only the example sentences containing the input search words are searched. For this reason, it is possible to search and display example sentences suitable for the purpose. It also searches for example sentences using variations of the search word. Therefore, the example sentences converted to the changed form and used can be displayed as search results. Thereby, it is possible to automatically search for an example sentence in which the search word is used in both the original form and the modified form.

  In addition to the example sentences displayed as search results, identification marks are displayed in order according to the degree of matching of the input search terms. This makes it easier for the user to recognize example sentences close to the target example sentence.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. .

  For example, an input search word is converted into a search form, and a search is performed. For example, a personal pronoun is changed, and the search word is further rearranged so that an example sentence of a question sentence can be searched. You may comprise.

  For example, when the search word is a personal pronoun, in step B1 of the grammatical rule search process, the CPU 21 determines a word changed to another personality from the change word data table 2664 as a search word, and the search word is a question form. The process of rearranging is performed. Specifically, when “I would like” is input as a search word, “I” is changed to “you”, and the search words are further rearranged to be “would you like”. Thereby, in addition to the input search word, it is possible to further search for an example sentence that has been transformed into a question form such as “Would you like ~?”.

  In addition, when displaying the searched example sentence and its translation on the display unit 23, the word input as the search word is displayed with an underline, but the font or style of the word can be changed, The color may be changed and displayed.

  Furthermore, although the English-Japanese dictionary DB 266 is provided with the change word data table 2664, a change form of the entry word may be stored together with each entry word of the entry word data table 2661.

The figure which shows an example of the perspective view schematic of the portable electronic dictionary to which this invention is applied. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable electronic dictionary 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of a headword data table. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of an example sentence data table. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of a word example sentence data table. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of a variation | change form word data table. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of an example sentence search process. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of a grammar rule search process. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of a description rule search process. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of an example sentence rearrangement process. The figure which shows the input screen for inputting a search term. The figure which shows an example of the memory content of a search word storage area, a 1st example sentence number storage area, and a 1st example sentence storage area. The figure which shows an example of the memory content of a search word memory area, a variation search word memory area, a 1st example sentence memory area, a 2nd example sentence memory area, and a display example sentence memory area. The figure which shows an example of the input screen displayed on a display part, and the display screen of a search result. The figure which shows an example of the input screen displayed on a display part, and the display screen of a search result.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable electronic dictionary 11 Display screen 12 Key group 13 Slot 14 Memory card 21 CPU
22 Input unit 23 Display unit 24 Communication unit 25 RAM
251 Search word storage area 252 Variation search word storage area 253 First example sentence number storage area 254 Second example sentence number storage area 255 First example sentence storage area 256 Second example sentence storage area 257 Display example sentence storage area 26 ROM
261 Example sentence search program 262 Description rule search program 263 Grammar rule search program 264 Example sentence rearrangement program 265 Identification mark data 266 English-Japanese dictionary DB
2661 Headword data table
2662 Example sentence data table
2663 word example sentence data table
2664 Variation word data table 27 Storage medium reading unit 300 Network 310 Dictionary server 320 Net dictionary DB

Claims (10)

In an information display control device comprising example sentence storage means for storing a plurality of example sentences, and means for searching and displaying example sentences including a search word input from example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means,
A plurality of search word input means for inputting a plurality of words as search words;
A word order designating unit for designating whether or not to search for an example sentence including the search terms input by the plurality of search word input units in the input order;
Word transformation means for transforming a word input by the plurality of search word input means according to a predetermined grammatical rule;
Determining means for deciding a word for example sentence search by replacing at least one word among the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input means with a word transformed by the corresponding word transformation means;
When the word order designating unit does not specify that the example sentences included in the input order are to be searched, the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage unit include all the example sentences for the example sentence search determined by the determining unit. When there is a designation to search for example sentences included in the input order, all the words for example sentence search determined by the determining means are included, and the word order of the words is the plurality Search means for searching example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means for example sentences in word order inputted by the search word input means;
An example sentence display means for displaying example sentences searched by the search means;
An information display control device comprising: The plurality of search word input means is means for inputting a plurality of words by putting a predetermined symbol between words,
The word order designating unit is not designated to search for an example sentence including search words included in the input order when there is no predetermined symbol between words input by the plurality of search word input units, It is a means that there is a designation when there is a symbol,
The information display control device according to claim 1.   The example sentence display means preferentially displays example sentences in which the words determined by the determination means are used continuously over example sentences in which the words determined by the determination means are not continuously used among the example sentences searched by the search means. The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sequential order priority unit. The example sentence storage means includes a word-example sentence storage means for storing a word included in the example sentence and the example sentence in association with each other,
The search means includes
First search means for searching example sentences associated with all of the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input means from the word-example sentence storage means;
Second search means for searching for example sentences including all the words for example sentence search from the example sentences searched by the first search means;
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The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein the example sentence display unit is a unit that displays an example sentence searched by the second search unit.   The word deforming means determines whether the word input by the plural search word input means is a noun, and when it is determined as a noun, the noun deforming means deforms the word into a singular or plural form. The information display control device according to claim 1, comprising:   The word transformation means determines whether or not the word input by the plurality of search word input means is a verb, and if it is determined to be a verb, the word is converted to a present tense, past tense, past participle or present progression The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a verb deforming unit that transforms into a shape.   The word deforming means determines whether or not the word input by the plurality of search word input means is an adjective, and when it is determined to be an adjective, the adjective deforming means deforms the word to a comparative level or a superlative level. The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display control apparatus includes:   The word transformation means determines whether or not the word input by the plurality of search word input means is a personal pronoun, and when it is determined that the word is a personal pronoun, the personality that transforms or changes the word to another personality The information display control device according to claim 1, further comprising pronoun deformation means. Further comprising basic search means for searching example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means for example sentences including all of the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input means,
9. The example sentence display means includes first priority display means for preferentially displaying the example sentences searched by the basic search means over the example sentences searched by the search means. The information display control apparatus according to claim 1. A computer equipped with example sentence storage means for storing a plurality of example sentences,
A function for searching and displaying an example sentence including a search word input from the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means;
A multiple search word input function for inputting a plurality of search words,
A word order designating function for designating whether or not to search for an example sentence including the search terms input by the plurality of search term input means in the input order;
A word transformation function for transforming a word input by the multiple search word input function according to a predetermined grammar rule;
A determination function for determining a word for example sentence search by replacing at least one word among the plurality of words input by the plurality of search word input functions with a word after deformation by the corresponding word deformation function;
When the word order designating unit does not specify that the example sentences included in the input order are to be searched, the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage unit include all the example sentences for the example sentence search determined by the determining unit. When there is a designation to search for example sentences included in the input order, all the words for example sentence search determined by the determining means are included, and the word order of the words is the plurality A search function for searching example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means for example sentences in word order input by the search word input means;
Example sentence display function for displaying example sentences searched by this search function,
A program to realize

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