JP2008176381A - Electronic dictionary device, program of electronic dictionary, and method of processing electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deliver an input character or character string to a suitable search item when changing dictionaries. <P>SOLUTION: In an electronic dictionary device 100 that searches an English-Japanese dictionary and a travel conversation dictionary, an English-Japanese input part 110 and a travel conversation input part 120 each have a plurality of input fields set for different kinds, accept the input of characters or character strings in the input fields, and search corresponding ones of the plurality of dictionaries. A switching part 140 accepts the operation of switching the dictionary to be searched, and the input part corresponding to the dictionary designated by this switching operation switches to a screen to be displayed; the character or character string input to the input field of the input part displayed before this switching is input to the input field after the switching, whose kind matches that of the input field to which the character or character string has been input. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary device, an electronic dictionary program, and an electronic dictionary processing method, and more particularly to an electronic dictionary device that searches a plurality of dictionaries, an electronic dictionary program, and an electronic dictionary processing method.

A conventional electronic dictionary device has a plurality of types of dictionaries that use characters in the same language as headwords, such as English-Japanese dictionaries and English-English dictionaries. When switching to, the phrase input before switching is displayed on the input screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1). At this time, the words entered before switching are displayed on the input screen only when the same language characters are used for the headword as in the English-Japanese dictionary and the English-English dictionary. When characters of a different language are used for a headword as in a dictionary, the phrase input before switching is discarded. Here, a headword is a phrase that looks up a dictionary. If it is an English-Japanese dictionary or English-English dictionary, it is an English word, and if it is a national language dictionary, it is a Japanese word.
In addition, some conventional electronic dictionary devices include a plurality of search items for one dictionary such as translated words, phrases, and example sentences as well as dictionary entries.
JP 2003-330951 A

  However, in the conventional electronic dictionary device, although the input word / phrase is handed over at the time of dictionary switching, for example, after inputting a word / phrase (English word) using an example sentence of an English-English dictionary as a search item, There is a problem that the user may have to input again without handing over even if there is an input field of the same character type afterwards, as when switching to a Japanese-English dictionary with a different character type of the search item of the first input field. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary device and an electronic dictionary program that are capable of handing over input words at the time of dictionary switching and saving the trouble of re-input. And an electronic dictionary processing method.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an electronic dictionary device according to the present invention includes a plurality of input fields each having a type set in an electronic dictionary device that searches a plurality of dictionaries. Receiving input of a character or a character string in the input field, receiving a plurality of input receiving means for searching the corresponding dictionary among the plurality of dictionaries, and switching operation of the dictionary to be searched, The display is switched to the display by the input receiving unit corresponding to the dictionary specified by the switching operation, and the character or character string input in the input field of the input receiving unit displayed before the switching is replaced with the character or character It is characterized by comprising switching means for inputting into the input field after switching that has the same type as the input field in which the column has been input.

  The electronic dictionary device of the present invention is the electronic dictionary device described above, wherein the type is a character type that can be input.

  The electronic dictionary device of the present invention is the above-described electronic dictionary device, wherein the type is a search item.

  The electronic dictionary device according to the present invention is the above-described electronic dictionary device, wherein the type is a character type and a search item that can be input, and the switching unit includes the input receiving unit that is displayed before switching. When the character or character string that has been entered in the input field is input to the input field after switching that matches the input field in which the character or character string has been entered and the corresponding input field does not exist, The input is performed in the input field after switching in which the character type matches the input field in which the character or character string has been input.

  Further, the electronic dictionary program of the present invention includes a computer provided in an electronic dictionary device for searching a plurality of dictionaries, having a plurality of input fields each of which is set with a character or character in the input field. Accepts a column input, accepts a plurality of input accepting means for retrieving a corresponding dictionary among the plurality of dictionaries, accepts a switching operation of a dictionary to be searched, and corresponds to a dictionary designated by the switching operation The display is switched to the display by the input receiving means, and the character or character string input in the input field of the input receiving means displayed before the switching is changed to the input field and the type in which the character or character string is input. Function as switching means for inputting into the input field after switching.

  Further, the electronic dictionary processing method of the present invention is a search phrase input method in an electronic dictionary device for searching a plurality of dictionaries, wherein the electronic dictionary device corresponds to a dictionary currently being searched, and a type is set for each. A first process of displaying a plurality of input fields, a second process in which the electronic dictionary device accepts an input of a character or a character string in the input field, and the electronic dictionary device to be searched A third process of accepting a dictionary switching operation and displaying a plurality of input fields corresponding to the dictionary designated by the switching operation and each having a type set; and The input field displayed in the third step in which the character or character string input in the step 2 matches the type of the input field in which the character or character string has been input. Characterized by comprising a fourth step of inputting.

  According to the present invention, even when the dictionary is changed to a different type of dictionary due to, for example, an incorrect dictionary specification, the user can easily search the electronic dictionary device without inputting characters once input from the keyboard. it can.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic dictionary device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic dictionary device 100 includes an English-Japanese input unit (input reception unit) 110, a travel conversation input unit (input reception unit) 120, an input character storage unit 130, a switching unit (switching unit) 140, an English-Japanese storage unit 150, a travel conversation storage unit. 160. The English-Japanese input unit 110 is a dictionary corresponding to the English-Japanese input unit 110 that has a plurality of input fields, each of which has a type set, accepts input of characters or character strings in the input field, and stores English-Japanese storage. The English-Japanese dictionary stored in the part 150 is searched. The input fields of the English-Japanese input unit 110 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Here, the types set in the input field are two types: a character type that can be input in the input field and a search item. The travel conversation input unit 120 is a dictionary corresponding to the travel conversation input unit 120, having a plurality of input fields each of which is set with a type, accepting input of characters or character strings in the input fields, The travel conversation dictionary stored in the travel conversation storage unit 160 is searched. The input fields of the travel conversation input unit 120 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The input character storage unit 130 stores characters or character strings input in the input fields of the English-Japanese input unit 110 and the travel conversation input unit 120. The switching unit 140 receives a switching operation of a dictionary to be searched, and switches to an input unit corresponding to the dictionary designated by the switching operation, that is, a screen displayed by the English-Japanese input unit 110 or the travel conversation input unit 120. The character or character string stored in the input character storage unit 130 is input to the input field after switching that matches the character type with the input field in which the character or character string has been input. Here, there are two types of character types: “kana-kanji” composed of hiragana, katakana and kanji, and “english characters” composed of alphabets. The English-Japanese storage unit 150 stores dictionary data of English-Japanese dictionaries. The travel conversation storage unit 160 stores dictionary data of a travel conversation dictionary.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the electronic dictionary device 100. The electronic dictionary device 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, an input unit 102, a display unit 103, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 104, and a RAM (Random) which are connected by a bus so that the CPU 101 can control each of them. (Access Memory) 105. The CPU 101 operates according to a program stored in the program storage unit 106 of the ROM 104 and controls the entire electronic dictionary device 100. The input unit 102 includes a cursor key, a dictionary designation key, and the like, and is a keyboard for inputting a word to be searched, an instruction to the electronic dictionary device 100, and the like. The display unit 103 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel. The ROM 104 includes a program storage unit 106 that stores a program for operating the CPU 101, and a dictionary data storage unit 107 that stores dictionary data of English-Japanese dictionaries and travel conversation dictionaries. A RAM 105 is a work memory for the CPU 101 to operate.

  In the electronic dictionary device 100 of the present embodiment, the CPU 101 reads a program recorded in the program storage unit 106, and performs processing of each unit of the English-Japanese input unit 110, the travel conversation input unit 120, and the switching unit 140 illustrated in FIG. Do. The English-Japanese storage unit 150 and the travel conversation storage unit 160 shown in FIG. 1 are configured by the dictionary data storage unit 107, and the input character storage unit 130 is configured by the RAM 105.

  FIG. 3A shows an example of an input screen that the English-Japanese input unit 110 displays on the display unit 103, that is, an input screen example when the dictionary to be searched is an English-Japanese dictionary. As shown in FIG. 3A, the input screen displayed by the English-Japanese input unit 110 is an input field of the English-Japanese input unit 110 (an input field of the screen displayed by the English-Japanese input unit 110), and the search item is “English-Japanese”. ”Is an input field A1 whose character type can be entered as“ English characters ”, an input field A2 whose search item is“ example sentences ”and whose character type is“ English characters ”, and a character type which can be entered as“ Seijo ”as a search item. Is an input field A3 of “English characters” and an input field A4 of “Kana-Kanji” that can be input with the search item “translation”.

  FIG. 3B is an example of an input screen displayed on the display unit 103 by the travel conversation input unit 120, that is, an input screen example when the dictionary to be searched is a travel conversation dictionary. As shown in FIG. 3B, the input screen displayed by the travel conversation input unit 120 is an input field of the travel conversation input unit 120 (an input field of a screen displayed by the travel conversation input unit 120), and a search item Is an input field A5 in which the character type that can be input is "English character" and an input field A6 in which the search item is "Japanese" and the character type that can be input is "Kana-Kanji".

  FIG. 3C shows that when the dictionary to be searched is an English-Japanese dictionary, the English-Japanese input unit 110 is displayed on the display unit 103 when “a” is input to the input field A4 for translation search using the input unit 102. It is an example of a screen to be made. As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the English-Japanese input unit 110 searches the English-Japanese storage unit 150 for a headword in which the translated word “a” input in the input field A4 matches the prefix, and finds the translated word together with the headword. A list is displayed in the field A7, and the information acquired from the English-Japanese storage unit 150 is displayed in the field A8 for the headword selected by the cursor while the list is displayed.

  FIG. 3D shows the screen display shown in FIG. 3C in which the travel conversation input unit 120 is displayed on the display unit when a travel conversation dictionary key that designates a dictionary to be searched for as a travel conversation dictionary is pressed. FIG. As shown in FIG. 3D, the travel conversation input unit 120 displays “A” in the Japanese input field A6 whose character type matches the input field A4, and includes the keyword that matches “A” in front. A word example sentence is retrieved from the travel conversation storage unit 160, displayed in a list in the field A9, and information obtained from the travel conversation storage unit 160 for the Japanese example sentence selected by the cursor in the list display is displayed. Display in field A10.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic dictionary device 100. In this embodiment, the dictionary to be searched in the default state is an English-Japanese dictionary. First, the English-Japanese input unit 110 displays an input screen as illustrated in FIG. 3A on the display unit 103, and accepts character input (Sa1). When the character input is received, the English-Japanese input unit 110 displays the character input in the selected input field (in this case, translation search), and stores the character in the input character storage unit 130 (Sa2). Further, the English-Japanese input unit 110 searches the English-Japanese storage unit 150 for characters input in the input field for the search item corresponding to the input field, that is, the translated word, and displays the result as illustrated in FIG. 103 is displayed. Next, the switching unit 140 determines whether or not there is a dictionary change by the dictionary designation key included in the input unit 102 (Sa3). If there is no dictionary change, the process returns to step Sa1 again. Here, the description will be made assuming that the travel conversation dictionary key is pressed and the travel conversation dictionary is designated.

  When the switching unit 140 accepts the depression of the travel conversation dictionary key, the switching unit 140 proceeds to step Sa4, and the input of the English-Japanese input unit 110 in which characters are input in the input field of the travel conversation input unit 120 which is the input unit after switching. It is determined whether there is an input field whose character type matches the field (Sa4). When it is determined that there is no matching input field, the switching unit 140 switches to the screen displayed by the travel conversation input unit 120 specified by the travel conversation dictionary key (Sa7), and transitions to step Sa1. On the other hand, when it is determined in step Sa4 that there is a matching input field, the process proceeds to step Sa5, and the switching unit 140 switches to the screen displayed by the travel conversation input unit 120 specified by the travel conversation dictionary key. (Sa5) The character stored in the input character storage unit 130 is input into the input field of the travel conversation input unit 120 whose character type matches the input field in which the character has been input. Here, the switching unit 140 inputs the Japanese character whose character type matches the character type “Kana-Kanji” of the translation search, which is the input field in which the character has been input.

  The travel conversation input unit 120 accepts input of characters into the input field (here, Japanese) by the switching unit 140, displays the characters input in the corresponding input field (Japanese), and responds to the input field. For the search item, that is, Japanese, the character entered in the input field is searched from the travel conversation storage unit 160, and the result is displayed on the display unit 103 as illustrated in FIG. 3D (Sa6). Thereafter, the process returns to step Sa1, and the same is repeated.

  As described above, in step Sa6, the switching unit 140 replaces the character stored in the input character storage unit 130 with an input unit (English-Japanese input unit 110 or travel unit) whose character type matches the input field in which the character has been input. Since the input is made to the conversation input unit 120), even when the dictionary is changed to a different type of dictionary due to an incorrect dictionary specification or the like, the user can cause the electronic dictionary device 100 to search without inputting the input characters from the keyboard again. Can do.

[Second Embodiment]
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic dictionary device 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The electronic dictionary device 200 includes an English-Japanese 1 input unit (input reception unit) 210, an English-Japanese 2 input unit (input reception unit) 220, an input character storage unit 230, a switching unit (switching unit) 240, an English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250, and English-Japanese 2 A storage unit 260 is provided. The English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 is a dictionary corresponding to the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210, having a plurality of input fields each set with a type, accepting input of characters or character strings in the input fields, The English-Japanese dictionary 1 stored in the English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250 is searched. The input fields of the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 is a dictionary corresponding to the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220, having a plurality of input fields, each of which has a type set, accepting input of characters or character strings in the input fields, The English-Japanese dictionary 2 stored in the English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260 is searched. The input fields of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The input character storage unit 230 stores characters or character strings input to the input fields of the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 and the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 and search items of the input field. The switching unit 240 receives a switching operation of a dictionary to be searched, and switches to a screen displayed by the input unit corresponding to the dictionary specified by the switching operation, that is, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 or the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220. Then, the character or character string stored in the input character storage unit 230 is input to the input field after switching that matches the search item with the input field in which the character or character string has been input. If there is no input field that matches the search item, input is made in the input field that matches the character type. Here, the search items are “English-Japanese” that is a search by entry word, “example sentence” that is an example sentence of the entry word, “sung phrase” that is an entry phrase using the entry word, and “translation word” that is a translation of the entry word There are two types of character types: “kana-kanji” composed of hiragana, katakana and kanji, and “english characters” composed of alphabets. The English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250 stores dictionary data of the English-Japanese dictionary 1. The English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260 stores dictionary data of the English-Japanese dictionary 2.

  The hardware configuration of the electronic dictionary device 200 is the same as that of the electronic dictionary device 100, and includes a CPU 101, an input unit 102, a display unit 103, a ROM 104, and a RAM 105. The ROM 104 includes a program storage unit 106 and a dictionary data storage unit 107. The CPU 101 reads the program recorded in the program storage unit 106 and performs processing of each unit of the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210, the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220, and the switching unit 240 shown in FIG. The English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250 and English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260 shown in FIG. 5 are configured by the dictionary data storage unit 107, and the input character storage unit 230 is configured by the RAM 105.

  FIG. 6A shows an example of an input screen that the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 displays on the display unit 103, that is, an input screen example when the dictionary to be searched is the English-Japanese dictionary 1. As shown in FIG. 6A, the input screen displayed by the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 is an input field of the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 (an input field of the screen displayed by the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210), and the search item Is input field B1 in which the character type that can be input is "English character", the input field B2 in which the search item is "example sentence" and the character type that can be input is "English character", and the search item is input in "sung phrase" It has an input field B3 in which the possible character type is “English characters” and an input field B4 in which the search item is “translation” and the character type that can be input is “Kana-Kanji”.

  FIG. 6B is an example of an input screen displayed on the display unit 103 by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220, that is, an input screen example when the dictionary to be searched is the English-Japanese dictionary 2. As shown in FIG. 6B, the input screen displayed by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 is an input field of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 (an input field of a screen displayed by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220), and is a search item. Input field B5 where the character type that can be input is "English character", the input field B6 that the search item is "example sentence" and the character type that can be input is "English character", and the search item is input as "song" It has an input field B7 in which the possible character type is “English characters” and an input field B8 in which the search item is “translation” and the character type that can be input is “Kana-Kanji”.

  FIG. 6C shows that when the dictionary to be searched is the English-Japanese dictionary 1, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 displays the display unit 103 when “carry & out &” is input to the example sentence search input field B2 using the input unit 102. It is an example of a screen displayed on the screen. Here, “&” means that all character strings delimited by the characters or variations of the words are included. As shown in FIG. 6C, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 stores English-Japanese 1 sentence examples including “carry” and “out” of “carry & out &” input to the input field B2 or their variations. The search result is displayed in the field B9 in the field B9, and the information acquired from the English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250 is displayed in the field B10 for the example sentence selected by the cursor in the list display.

  6D shows an example of the screen shown in FIG. 6C, when the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key for specifying the dictionary to be searched for in the English-Japanese dictionary 2 is pressed, the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 displays the display unit. FIG. As shown in FIG. 6D, the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 displays “carry & out &” in the input field B6 of the example sentence search in which the search item matches the input field B2, and “carry” and “out”, or these Are retrieved from the English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260, displayed in a list in the field B11, and the example sentence selected by the cursor in the list display is acquired from the English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260. The information is displayed in the field B12.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic dictionary device 200. In the present embodiment, the dictionary to be searched in the default state is the English-Japanese dictionary 1. First, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 displays an input screen as illustrated in FIG. 6A on the display unit 103 and accepts character input (Sb1). Upon receiving the character input, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 displays the input character in the selected input field (here, example sentence search), and displays the character and “example sentence” that is the search item of the input field. The data is stored in the input character storage unit 230 (Sb2). Further, the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 searches the English-Japanese 1 storage unit 250 for characters input in the input field for the search item corresponding to the input field, that is, the example sentence, and displays the result as illustrated in FIG. It is displayed on the display unit 103. Next, the switching unit 240 determines whether or not there is a dictionary change by the dictionary designation key included in the input unit 102 (Sb3).

  If there is no dictionary change, the process returns to step Sb1 again. Here, however, an explanation will be given assuming that the English-Japanese dictionary 2 is designated by pressing the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key. When the switching unit 240 accepts the depression of the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key, the switching unit 240 proceeds to step Sb4, and the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 in which characters are input in the input field of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 that is the input unit after switching. It is determined whether or not there is an input field whose search item matches the input field (Sb4). When it is determined that there is a matching input field, the process proceeds to step Sb5 to switch to the screen displayed by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 designated by the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key (Sb5) and stored in the input character storage unit 230. The input character is input to the input field of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 that matches the search item stored in the input character storage unit 230. Here, the switching unit 240 inputs the search item “example sentence” stored in the input character storage unit 230 to the example sentence search that matches the search item. The English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 accepts input of characters into the input field (example sentence search here) by the switching unit 240, displays the characters input in the corresponding input field (example sentence search), and inputs the example sentence. The characters entered in the field are searched from the English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260, and the result is displayed on the display unit 103 as illustrated in FIG. 6D (Sb6). Thereafter, the process returns to step Sa1, and the same is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step Sb4 that there is no input field that matches the search item, the process proceeds to step Sb7, and the switching unit 240 further displays the input field of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 that is the input unit after switching. Then, it is determined whether or not there is an input field whose character type matches the input field of the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 in which the character is input (Sb7). If it is determined that there is no matching input field, the switching unit 240 switches to the screen displayed by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 designated by the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key (Sb10), and the process proceeds to step Sb1. On the other hand, when it is determined in step Sb7 that there is a matching input field, the process proceeds to step Sb8, and the switching unit 240 switches to a screen displayed by the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 specified by the English-Japanese dictionary 2 key. (Sb8) The character stored in the input character storage unit 230 is input to the input field of the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 whose character type matches the input field in which the character has been input. The English-Japanese 2 input unit 220 accepts the input of characters into the input field by the switching unit 240, displays the characters input in the corresponding input field, and the search item corresponding to the input field is input into the input field. Are retrieved from the English-Japanese 2 storage unit 260 and the result is displayed on the display unit 103 (Sb9).

  In this way, in step Sb6, the switching unit 240 replaces the character stored in the input character storage unit 230 with the input field (English-Japanese 1 input unit 210) whose search item matches the input field in which the character has been input. Alternatively, if there is no input field that matches the search item, the switching unit 240 inputs the character stored in the input character storage unit 230 in step Sb9. Since the input field (English-Japanese 1 input unit 210 or English-Japanese 2 input unit 220) whose character type matches the input field that has been set is input, even if the dictionary is changed to a different type of dictionary due to an incorrect dictionary specification, the user once The electronic dictionary device 200 can be made to search without inputting the input characters from the keyboard again.

  The ROM 104 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, or a flash memory, a storage medium that can only be read such as a CR-ROM, a volatile memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), Or it shall be comprised by these combination.

  Further, a computer program for realizing the functions of the English-Japanese input unit 110, the travel conversation input unit 120, the switching unit 140 in FIG. 1, and the English-Japanese 1 input unit 210, the English-Japanese 2 input unit 220, and the switching unit 240 in FIG. The processing of each unit may be performed by recording the program on a readable recording medium, reading the program recorded on the recording medium into a computer system, and executing the program. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The present invention is suitable for use in an electronic dictionary device having a function of searching a plurality of dictionaries, but is not limited to this.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus 100 by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the electronic dictionary apparatus 100 in the embodiment. It is an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary apparatus 100 in the same embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the electronic dictionary apparatus 100 in the embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus 200 by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary device 200 in the same embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the electronic dictionary apparatus 200 in the embodiment.

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100, 200 ... Electronic dictionary device 101 ... CPU
102 ... Input unit 103 ... Display unit 104 ... ROM
105 ... RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 106 ... Program storage part 107 ... Dictionary data storage part 110 ... English-Japanese input part 120 ... Travel conversation input part 130, 230 ... Input character storage part 140, 240 ... Switching part 150 ... English-Japanese storage part 160 ... Travel conversation storage part 210 ... English-Japanese 1 input unit 220 ... English-Japanese 2 input unit 250 ... English-Japanese 1 storage unit 260 ... English-Japanese 2 storage unit

Claims (6)

In an electronic dictionary device that searches a plurality of dictionaries,
A plurality of input receiving means each having a plurality of input fields each having a type set therein, and receiving input of characters or character strings in the input fields, and searching corresponding dictionaries among the plurality of dictionaries. When,
Accepting the switching operation of the dictionary to be searched, switching to the display by the input receiving means corresponding to the dictionary specified by the switching operation, and inputting to the input field of the input receiving means displayed before this switching An electronic dictionary device comprising: switching means for inputting the input character or character string into the input field after switching that matches the type of the input field into which the character or character string has been input.   The electronic dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type is an inputable character type.   The electronic dictionary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type is a search item. The type is an inputable character type and a search item,
The switching means displays the character or character string input in the input field of the input receiving means displayed before the switching, after the switching in which the input field in which the character or character string is input matches the search item. 2. If there is no corresponding input field, input is made to the input field after switching that matches the character type with the input field in which the character or character string has been input. The electronic dictionary device described in 1. A computer provided in an electronic dictionary device that searches a plurality of dictionaries,
A plurality of input receiving means each having a plurality of input fields each having a type set therein, and receiving input of characters or character strings in the input fields, and searching corresponding dictionaries among the plurality of dictionaries. ,
Accepting the switching operation of the dictionary to be searched, switching to the display by the input receiving means corresponding to the dictionary specified by the switching operation, and inputting to the input field of the input receiving means displayed before this switching A program for an electronic dictionary that functions as switching means for inputting a character or character string that has been input into an input field after switching that matches the type of the input field into which the character or character string has been input. In an electronic dictionary processing method in an electronic dictionary device that searches a plurality of dictionaries,
A first process in which the electronic dictionary device displays a plurality of input fields each corresponding to a dictionary to be searched and set with a type;
A second process in which the electronic dictionary device accepts an input of a character or a character string in the input field;
A third process in which the electronic dictionary device receives a switching operation of a dictionary to be searched and displays a plurality of input fields corresponding to the dictionary designated by the switching operation and each having a type set. When,
The electronic dictionary device displays the character or character string input in the second step displayed in the third step whose type matches the input field in which the character or character string has been input. A method for processing an electronic dictionary, comprising: a fourth step of inputting into a field.

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