JP2009175941A - Electronic dictionary device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic dictionary device allowing easy reference to only a part of information stored in a storage means of the electronic dictionary device. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic dictionary device 1 has: an input means 20; a CPU (central processing unit) 10 having a retrieval means; the storage means 40 having an extraction target data storage means 41 storing data of an extraction target including first entry information and an extraction data storage means 42 storing extraction target identification data; and an extraction target identification data generation means 13 associating second entry information input from the input means 20 with identification information of an extraction target portion of the data of the extraction target input from the input means 20, and generating the extraction target identification data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary device having a dictionary search function.

In recent years, from various advantages such as excellent portability and greatly shortening the labor of drawing a dictionary, such as dictionaries such as Japanese dictionary, Hanwa dictionary, encyclopedia, English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary, English-English dictionary, etc. Electronic dictionary devices that store dictionary information and perform searches based on user input operations are widely used.
With respect to this electronic dictionary device, various forms have been proposed for input methods, types and quantities of dictionaries and dictionaries, search methods, display methods, display means, and the like. Furthermore, there are electronic dictionary devices having various functions such as those having functions other than dictionary search such as a computer function and those having a voice output function.

One of the functions other than the dictionary search provided in these electronic dictionary devices is a word book function for storing a headword portion of dictionary data selected by a user. As a result, the user can easily refer to the stored headwords and dictionary data thereof as learning English words or as memos.
In addition, when the entry word A includes a plurality of words (for example, the word a and the word b), the dictionary word with the word a as the entry word and the dictionary data with the word b as the entry word are used as the information of the entry word A. There is a technique that is added and stored (for example, Patent Document 1). As a result, when the user inputs search execution using either the word a or the word b of the headword A as a search key, the dictionary data of the word to be referred to based on the search result is added to the dictionary data. The information of the headword A is described.

An electronic dictionary device having a new function for registering dictionary data has also been proposed. The new dictionary data registration function is a function for associating a headword as a search word with related information (dictionary data) corresponding to the headword and newly storing it as dictionary data. A means for registering dictionary data is provided to the user of the apparatus.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-306858

  However, when information is added to the dictionary data stored in advance by the electronic dictionary device or when the word book function is used, for example, original headwords such as some words in the dictionary data stored in advance. Non-word phrases cannot be registered as new headwords. In addition, words that are not included in the headword cannot be registered as headwords. Thus, when it is desired to refer to only a part included in the dictionary data, the headword registered in the word book for referring to the part is limited to the original headword or a part of the original headword. There is a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances and has been made to solve the above-described problems. The object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily refer to only a part of the information stored in the storage means provided in the electronic dictionary device. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary device that can be used.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides an electronic dictionary device that includes an input unit, a search unit, and a storage unit, and the storage unit stores the extraction target data including the first headword information. An extraction data storage unit for storing extraction target identification data; second headword information input from the input unit; and an extraction target part of the extraction target data input from the input unit An electronic dictionary device comprising extraction target identification data generating means for generating extraction target identification data in association with identification information.

  Further, according to the present invention, the extraction target data storage unit associates the first headword information with the headword related information related to the first headword information, and extracts each first headword information. The target data is stored, and the extraction target identification data generating means uses the identification information of the first headword information corresponding to the headword related information from which the extraction target portion is extracted as the extraction source identification information. It is characterized by being added to.

  The present invention is further characterized by further comprising a headword generation means for generating a second headword candidate from the data of the extraction target portion.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the headword related information stored in the extraction target data storage means is one or a plurality of text documents composed of an arbitrary character string.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the extraction target data stored in the extraction target data storage means is dictionary data.

According to the present invention, an electronic dictionary device including an input unit, a search unit, and a storage unit is input from the input unit and the identification information of the extraction target portion of the data to be extracted including the first headword information. The extraction object identification data generating means that associates the second headword information with the second entry word information is generated and stored in the storage means.
Thereby, there is an effect that a phrase other than the first headword information included in the data to be extracted can be set as the second headword information by the input means.

Further, according to the present invention, the electronic dictionary device adds the identification information of the first headword information given to the extraction source data of the extraction target portion as extraction source identification information to the extraction target identification data. did.
Thereby, there is an effect that it becomes possible to refer to the extraction source data of the extraction target portion based on the identification information of the first headword information.

According to the present invention, the electronic dictionary device further includes headword generation means for generating a second headword candidate from the data of the extraction target portion.
As a result, the electronic dictionary device generates words and phrases that are candidates for the second headword information from the words included in the data of the extraction target portion, so that the user can easily set the second headword information. There is an effect of becoming.

According to the present invention, the headword-related information stored in the extraction target data storage means is one or a plurality of text documents composed of an arbitrary character string.
As a result, it is possible to extract a part of data such as text data created by the user.

According to the present invention, the extraction target data stored in the extraction target data storage means is dictionary data.
As a result, it is possible to extract not only the text document but also a part of the dictionary data.

  First, the outline | summary is demonstrated about the structure and operation | movement which implement | achieve the extraction function which is the characteristics of this invention in the electronic dictionary apparatus to which this invention is applied. The electronic dictionary device 1 to which the present invention is applied is not limited to dictionary data provided in a normal electronic dictionary device, but via an input interface provided in advance in the electronic dictionary device by a user (user) such as text data created by a computer device or the like. Storage means for storing the input text data and extracted data identification information described later.

  The electronic dictionary device to which the present invention is applied has a range selected by the user, such as a part of a sentence included in dictionary data or text data, as an extraction target range, that is, identification information of the extraction target portion. And extraction data identification information including title information (entry word information) is generated and stored in the storage means. Accordingly, for example, the user can easily refer to information in a range selected as extraction data, such as a part of an article in dictionary data, based on the title information.

Next, a specific configuration of the electronic dictionary device 1 will be described with reference to the drawings as an embodiment of the configuration for realizing the above-described extraction function of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to the present embodiment. The electronic dictionary device 1 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 10, input means 20, display means 30, storage means 40, and temporary storage means 50.
The CPU 10 includes a CPU and various memories, and controls each unit, temporarily stores data, transfers data, and the like. The CPU 10 includes a display control unit 11, an entry word generation unit 12 including an extraction data decomposition unit 121 and a decomposition data determination unit 122, and an extraction target identification data generation unit 13. The CPU 10 is preliminarily provided with a kana-kanji conversion function, a dictionary search function, and the like as basic function processing means (not shown).

The display control unit 11 controls the display unit 30 based on the display request input from the input unit 20.
In the headword generation means 12, the extraction data decomposition means 121 decomposes the sentence of the extraction target part, extracts all the words constituting the sentence, and stores the extracted words in the decomposition data temporary storage means 51. In the headword generation unit 12, the decomposed data determination unit 122 excludes words inappropriate for the headword from the words extracted by the decomposition data determination unit 122.

  If the sentence to be decomposed is an English sentence, the extracted data decomposition unit 121 extracts a word from the sentence to be decomposed by using a space in the sentence as a word break. Further, the extracted data decomposition unit 121 searches for different forms of each extracted word based on the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411. As a result, the extraction data decomposition unit 121 decomposes the text to be extracted.

Here, the different forms of words are, for example, verbs such as past tense, past participle form, progressive form, third person singular present tense, etc. For example, a singular word corresponding to a word. The extracted data decomposition unit 121 writes the extracted word and the extracted word in a different form into the decomposed data temporary storage unit 51.
When the extraction target sentence is Japanese, the extraction data decomposition unit 121 performs morphological analysis, decomposes the extraction target sentence, and extracts words constituting the extraction target sentence.

  The decomposed data determination unit 122 reads out the headline inappropriate word information stored in the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43 of the storage unit 40 and stores the words extracted by the extracted data decomposition unit 121 in the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43. It is determined whether or not it has been done. Based on the determination result, the decomposed data determination unit 122 determines whether or not the determination target word is a headline inappropriate word, and determines a word that does not correspond to the headline inappropriate word as a headword candidate, thereby performing the exclusion process. Do.

The extraction target identification data generation means 13 generates extraction target identification data by associating headword information of the extraction target portion with identification information of the extraction target portion of the extraction target data storage means 41.
The input unit 20 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, buttons, keys, and the like, detects input operations by these users, and outputs information input by the user to the CPU 10 based on the detected input operations.
The display means 30 has a function of displaying images and information on a display such as an LCD (liquid crystal display). Further, a speaker may be provided on the display means 30 to output sound.

The storage unit 40 includes an extraction target data storage unit 41 including a dictionary data storage unit 411 and a text data storage unit 412, an extraction data storage unit 42, and a headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43.
The dictionary data storage unit 411 of the extraction target data storage unit 41 stores dictionary data composed of a plurality of articles. The dictionary data is, for example, a dictionary such as an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, a Japanese dictionary, a Han-Japanese dictionary, or dictionary information. Each article of the dictionary data is information in which a headword and headword related information related to the headword are associated with each headword.
For example, if it is an article in dictionary data of an English-Japanese dictionary, the headword corresponds to an English word, and the headword-related information includes phonetic symbols, parts of speech, Japanese translations, example sentences, synonyms, synonyms, antonyms of the English words. It corresponds to information related to headwords such as.

  FIG. 2 is a data configuration example of dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411. Each article in the dictionary data shown in FIG. It consists of four pieces of information: (number), reading for search, headword for display, and explanation. Here, the search reading is the reading information of the headword used during the search process. For example, if the display headword is a Chinese character, it becomes the reading information of the Chinese character. The explanation is information corresponding to the headword, and corresponds to the headword-related information described above.

  The text data storage unit 412 stores text data arbitrarily input by the user, such as text data created by an external computer device or text data input based on an operation input of the character key 22 by the user. Each article can be stored as one article, and a plurality of articles can be stored. The text data stored in the text data storage unit 412 is given individual identification information such as a title.

The extracted data storage means 42 is a table shown in FIG. 3 showing extraction target identification data, which is information associating headword information, reading information of the headword used when searching, and extraction data identification ID (IDentification). Remember as.
FIG. 3 is an example of the data structure of the table of extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage unit 42. In FIG. Is a number uniquely assigned to each piece of extraction target identification data. For example, data No. In the table “TX0001”, the reading information “denshijosho” for searching for the headword used for the search, the headword “electronic dictionary” for display, and the extracted data identification ID “CD0001” are used. It is stored in the extracted data storage means 42 as associated extraction target identification data.
For example, when the entry word is set by the user based on the operation of the character key 22, the search reading information is stored in the input character information based on the operation, thereby obtaining the extraction target identification data generating unit 13. May be set, or may be set based on processing such as morphological analysis.

  Here, the extraction data identification ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the extraction target portion (extraction data). In the present embodiment, the extracted data identification ID is identification information including extraction source identification information. The extraction source identification information is identification information of articles of dictionary data or text data stored in the extraction target data storage unit 41. As an example of the extraction source identification information, if the extraction source is text data, it is identification information such as the title of the text data, and if the extraction source is dictionary data, it is identification information based on the extraction source dictionary type, headword, etc. is there.

  In this embodiment, as an example of the format of the extracted data identification ID, the “CD” portion of the extracted data identification ID “CD0001” in FIG. 3 is used as the extraction source identification information. Therefore, data No. Since the extraction source identification information of the extraction data identification ID “CE0001” described in the table “TX0002” is “CE”, the data No. “TX0001” and data No. This means that the extraction source data “TX0002” is a different article.

  The numeric part “0001” of the extraction data identification ID “CD0001” is a unique number for each extraction target part set in the extraction source data. For example, when a plurality of extraction target portions are set in the extraction source data of the extraction source identification information “CD”, the extraction source identification data “CD0002” or the like is included in the other extraction target identification data. Extracted data identification IDs having the same identification information but different numbers are generated.

The headline inappropriate word information storage means 43 stores words that are inappropriate for the headword in advance. Here, a word unsuitable for a headword is a word that is unlikely to be selected by the user as a headword when presented to the user as a headword candidate. For example, in the case of English words, words that are unsuitable for headwords are words that do not have a characteristic meaning, such as prepositions, articles, be verbs, auxiliary verbs, and the like. Further, in the case of a Japanese word, a particle or a moving verb is stored in the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43 as a word unsuitable for the headword.
The temporary storage means 50 is, for example, a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and includes a decomposed data temporary storage means 51 that temporarily stores decomposed data output from the extracted data decomposition means 121.

Next, the configuration of the input unit 20 provided in the electronic dictionary device 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the external appearance of the electronic dictionary device 1. The input means 20 provided in the electronic dictionary device 1 includes an ON / OFF key 21 for turning on / off the power, a character key 22 for inputting kana and alphabets, and an extraction key 23 for inputting an extraction process start request. , A direction key 24 for moving the cursor, a movement key 25 for referring to dictionary data of other linked headwords, a conversion key 26 for Kana-Kanji conversion, and confirming input information A determination key 27 for requesting execution of the process is provided.

<Extraction process>
Next, regarding the operation of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention, an extraction process and a search process will be described. FIG. 5 shows a process flow of the extraction process of the electronic dictionary device 1 in the present embodiment. 6 to 12 show transitions of screens displayed by the display means 30 during the extraction process. Here, a process of extracting a part from text data stored in advance in the text data storage unit 412 will be described as an example.

  In the electronic dictionary device 1, the input unit 20 inputs a text data display request stored in the text data storage unit 412 included in the extraction target data storage unit 41 of the storage unit 40 to the CPU 10 as extraction target data based on a user operation. To do. Upon receiving this display request, in the CPU 10, the display control means 11 reads the text data from the text data storage means 412 and displays the read text data on the display means 30 (step S1). A screen 31a in FIG. 6 is a screen example of the display means 30 when the text data is displayed in step S1.

When the extraction key 23 is pressed by a user operation while the data to be extracted is displayed on the display unit 30 as in the screen 31a of FIG. 6, the input unit 20 inputs an extraction start request to the CPU 10. (Step S2). When an extraction start request is input, the display control means 11 of the CPU 10 displays a screen indicating that the start point position selection mode has been started on the display means 30 together with a cursor for position selection (step S3).
In the start position selection mode, after detecting that the user presses the enter key 27 after moving the cursor based on the pressing of the direction key 24, the input unit 20 inputs the detection result to the CPU 10 (step S4).

  The extraction target identification data generation unit 13 of the CPU 10 generates an extraction data identification ID by using the input of the detection result of pressing of the determination key 27 input from the input unit 20 as an input for notifying the confirmation of the start point position of the extraction target portion. To do. The extraction target identification data generation unit 13 inserts the start point tag including the generated extraction data identification ID into the start point position of the extraction target portion, that is, writes the start point tag at the start point position in the text data to be extracted (step S5). .

The start point tag inserted at the start point position of the extraction target is a tag indicating that it is the start point position of the extraction target portion. In addition, the extracted data identification ID included in the start point tag indicates which of the extraction target portions indicates the start point position. As an example of the format of this tag, “<extract start =“ extraction data identification ID ”>” will be described as a start point tag.
After the start point tag writing process, the extraction target identification data generation unit 13 outputs a start request for the end point position selection mode to the display control unit 11. The display control unit 11 causes the display unit 30 to display a screen indicating that the end point position selection mode has been started based on the input end position selection mode start request (step S6).

In the end point position selection mode, after detecting that the user presses the enter key 27 after moving the cursor based on the pressing of the direction key 24, the input unit 20 inputs the detection result to the CPU 10 (step S7).
When the determination key 27 is pressed, the extraction target identification data generating unit 13 of the CPU 10 displays the end point tag including the extracted data identification ID generated in step S5. The end point tag is written at the cursor position, that is, the end point position of the text data (step S8). Here, the end point tag is a tag indicating the end point position of the extraction target portion. In addition, the extraction data identification ID assigned to the end tag indicates which of the extraction target portions the end tag corresponds to the start point tag. As an example of the format of this tag, “<extract end =“ extraction data identification ID ”>” will be described as an end point tag.

  After the end tag writing process, the extraction target identification data generation unit 13 outputs a headword generation request including character information of the extraction target portion in the text data to the headword generation unit 12. When the headword generation request is input, the extracted data decomposition unit 121 performs the processing of disassembling the sentence of the extraction target portion as described above, and the decomposed data of the temporary storage unit 50 using all the extracted words as headword candidates. Write to the temporary storage means 51 (step S9).

The extracted data decomposition unit 121 outputs a determination request to the decomposition data determination unit 122 after the entry word candidate writing process. Based on the input determination request, the decomposed data determination means 122 reads the headword candidates stored in the decomposed data temporary storage means 51 of the temporary storage means 50, and converts the read headword candidates into headwords as described above. An inappropriate word which is an inappropriate word is excluded (step S10).
The extracted data decomposition unit 121 outputs the headword candidate after the inappropriate word exclusion process to the display control unit 11. The display control means 11 causes the display means 30 to display a list of inputted headword candidates and a character input area (step S11).

  When the direction key 24 and the determination key 27 are operated by the user based on the display of the display unit 30 and any of the headword candidates is selected as the headword, the extraction target identification data generation unit 13 of the CPU 10 is selected. A headword candidate is used as headword information (step S12). The extraction target identification data generation unit 13 generates extraction target identification data by associating headword information with the extraction data identification ID, and stores the generated extraction target identification data in the extraction data storage unit 42 of the storage unit 40 ( Step S13).

  In addition, when no entry word is selected from the entry word candidates, the character key 22 is operated by the user, and the input unit 20 inputs character information as an entry word to the CPU 10 based on the input operation received by the character key 22, the extraction target The identification data generation means 13 uses the input character information as headword information, and proceeds to the process of step S13 (step S14).

Next, screen transition of the display unit 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 12 as an execution example of the extraction process shown in the flowchart of FIG.
A screen 31a in FIG. 6 is an example of a text data display screen in step S1 in FIG. As shown in the screen 31a in FIG. 6, the extraction key 23 is input by the user when the text data stored in the text data storage unit 412 or the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411 is displayed. Then, the screen shifts to the screen 31b (step S3) in FIG. 7 as the start point position selection mode. In the screen 31b of FIG. 7, the display means 30 displays a start point icon b1 for requesting the user to input the extraction start position, and as shown in a rectangular frame of the cursor frame b2 as a cursor for selection input of the start point position. The character “T” that is the first character of the text data is displayed in a rectangular frame.

Then, when the user presses the direction key 24, the cursor moves to the first character of the extraction target portion, and when the determination key 27 is pressed, the start position selection is input.
At this time, the display control unit 11 uses the current rectangular frame portion displayed as the cursor as the first character portion of the extraction target portion, and sends the position information of the cursor to the extraction target identification data generation unit 13. To enter.

  After the start point tag writing process by the extraction target identification data generation unit 13, the display control unit 11 displays the screen 31c of FIG. 8 on the display unit 30, and the setting of the start point that is the first character of the extraction target portion is completed by the message window c2. To the user. Here, for example, “the TR-700 became the first machine on the market” with “t” shown in the cursor frame c1 as the first character is extracted from the text data displayed on the screen 31a of FIG. The case of extracting will be described.

  After displaying the completion notification of the start point setting, as the end point selection mode in step S6 in FIG. 5, as shown in the screen 31d in FIG. 9, the end point icon d1 for requesting the user to input the extraction end position, and the set extraction target A cursor frame d2 of the first character part is displayed. Thereafter, as in the case of the selection input of the start point position, when the user presses the direction key 24, the cursor for the selection input of the end point position moves to the last character “t” of the extraction target portion described above. The end point position selection is input by pressing the button.

  After the end point tag writing process by the extraction target identification data generation unit 13, the display control unit 11 displays the screen 31e of FIG. 10 on the display unit 30, and extracts the character “t” at the position of the cursor frame e1 from the message window e2. The user is notified of the completion of the end point setting as the last character of the target part.

The extracted data decomposing means 121 extracts “the” “TR-700” “became” “the” “first” “machine” “on” “from” “the TR-700 became the first machine on the market”. A total of nine words “the” and “market” are extracted. For each of these nine words, the extracted data decomposition unit 121 searches the dictionary data storage unit 411 for a different form of each word, and extracts “become” which is the original form of “became” based on the search result.
At this time, among the extracted nine words and “become” in different forms, “the” overlaps and there are three words in total. Therefore, the extracted data decomposing means 121 summarizes this into one word and enters a total of eight words “the”, “TR-700”, “became”, “become”, “first”, “machine”, “on”, and “market” as candidate words. Is written in the decomposed data temporary storage means 51.

  The decomposed data determination means 122 reads the 8 words of the headword candidate written in the decomposed data temporary storage means 51 and uses the headword “the” and the preposition “on” stored in the headword inappropriate word information storage means 43 as headwords. Exclude from candidates. Then, the decomposed data judging means 122 sorts “became”, “become”, “first”, “machine”, “market”, “TR-700” in which the six words excluding the article “the” and the preposition “on” are rearranged in alphabetical order. ”As new headword candidates, the headword candidates stored in the decomposed data temporary storage means 51 are rewritten.

  A screen 31f in FIG. 11 is an example of a screen displayed in step S11 in FIG. In the screen 31 f of FIG. 11, the character input area f <b> 1 is a character input area for the user to arbitrarily input a headword that becomes the title of the extraction target portion using the character key 22. An underline f2 indicates the cursor position when inputting characters. The character type notification area f3 indicates the input character type of the entry word to be input, and here indicates that kana-kanji characters can be input.

  The headword candidate display area f4 is an area for displaying a list of headword candidates extracted by the headword generation means 12. At this time, when the cursor is moved in one of the upper and lower directions by the direction key 24, it is also possible to select a headword from any of the headword candidates displayed in the headword candidate display area f4. The notification area f5 is an area for displaying an operation method in the entry word input / selection operation. As shown in the notification area f5, the input character type shown in the character type notification area f3 can be switched to alphabet, katakana, or the like by the left or right input of the direction key 24.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating screen transition when the user sets the headword “electronic dictionary” by operating the character key 22 without selecting a headword from the headword candidates. A screen 31g in FIG. 12 is an example of a screen when the input character “Denjisho” is displayed in the character input area g1 based on the user operation of the character key 22. The screen 31h is a state in which the character “denshijo” is converted by kana-kanji conversion, which is a basic function of the CPU 10, based on the user input operation of the conversion key 26, and the character “electronic dictionary” is displayed in the character input area h1. Is shown. The screen 31 i is a screen example in which a message window i 1 for notifying that “electronic dictionary” is set as a headword based on a user input operation of the enter key 27 is displayed.

<Search process>
Next, a search process of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 13 shows a processing flow of the search processing process of the electronic dictionary device 1 in the present embodiment. Here, based on the search request from the user, the CPU 10 stores the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411, the text data stored in the text data storage unit 412, and the extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage unit 42. From the above, search processing of articles having search reading information including a search word is performed. As an example of the search processing process, a plurality of corresponding articles (dictionary data, text data, extraction target identification data) are obtained as search results, and processing for a case in which extraction data based on the extraction target identification data is selected. explain.

14 and 15 show transitions of screens displayed by the display means 30 during the search process.
In the electronic dictionary device 1, the input unit 20 inputs a search screen display request to the CPU 10 based on a user operation. In the CPU 10, the display control unit 11 causes the display unit 30 to display a search screen. When the character key 22 and the decision key 27 are pressed by a user operation while the search screen is displayed on the display unit 30, the input unit 20 executes a search including a search word based on the user operation of the character key 22. A request is input to the CPU 10 (step S21).

  Based on the input search execution request, the CPU 10 adds dictionary data, text data, and extracted data identification information to which the headword including the input search word is given from the extraction target data storage unit 41 and the extracted data storage unit 42. Is searched (step S22). CPU10 outputs a search result to the display control means 11, and the display control means 11 displays the result of the search process of CPU10 on the display means 30 in step S22 (step S23).

  Here, among the search results displayed on the display means 30, the headword for display of the extracted data identification information is selected as a display (reference) request target by the user. Therefore, the input unit 20 detects the operation of the direction key 24 and the determination key 27 operated by the user as a display request, and outputs a display request for the extraction target portion as a detection result to the CPU 10 (step S24).

  In the CPU 10, the display control unit 11 reads out the extraction target identification data of the extraction target part to be displayed from the extraction data storage unit 42 based on the display request input of the extraction target part from the input unit 20 (step S25). The display control unit 11 reads the extraction source article from the extraction target data storage unit 41 based on the read extraction target identification data. The display control unit 11 reads, as an extraction target part, character information in a range surrounded by the start point tag and the end point tag to which the extraction data identification ID is assigned from the extraction source article (step S26). The display control unit 11 includes character information of the extraction target portion read from the extraction target data storage unit 41, headwords based on the extraction target identification data read from the extraction data storage unit 42, and link information to the source article. Is displayed on the display means 30 (step S27).

  Here, when the input unit 20 is operated by the user and a link to the extraction source serving as a reference request for the extraction source article is selected (step S28), the display control unit 11 extracts the extraction source data as the extraction target. Read from the data storage means 41 (step S29). The display control means 11 performs tag non-display processing by generating data excluding all start point tags and end point tags from the read source data (step S30), and performs tag non-display processing. The displayed data is displayed on the display means 30 (step S31).

  Next, screen transition of the display means 30 in the execution example of the search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13 will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, in FIGS. 6 to 12, an example is shown in which a search is made using the word “electronic dictionary” subjected to the extraction process as a search key. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing screen transitions in the process of steps S21 to S27 in FIG. FIG. 15 is a screen example of the display means 30 when the extraction source data displayed in step S31 of FIG. 13 is displayed.

  A screen 31A of FIG. 14 is a screen example of the display means 30 when the search term “denshijo” is input to the character input area A1 and the search result is displayed in steps S21 to S23 of FIG. . The character type notification area A2 indicates the input character type in the character input area A1. In the search result display area A3, search results of articles having the search term “denshijo” as a headword are displayed. Here, as an example, a total of four cases were retrieved, one each from the national language dictionary, encyclopedia, Japanese-English dictionary stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411, and extracted data identification information stored in the extracted data storage unit 42. An example is shown. In the range shown in the preview area A4, a part of the article at the cursor portion indicated by the rectangular frame is previewed in the search result display area A3. In the area shown in the notification area A5, information for notifying the user of the operation method is displayed.

  The screen 31B is extracted from the search results displayed in the search result display area A3 of the screen 31A based on the input of the direction key 24 and the enter key 27 by the user operation and displayed on the display unit 30 in step S27 of FIG. It is an example of a screen of an object part. The data type notification area B1 notifies which of the dictionary data, text data, and data of the extraction target part is being referred to by the currently displayed content. In addition, the article display field B2 displays the headword “Denshoji (electronic dictionary)”, the link “to the original text”, and the extraction target part “the TR-700 became the first machine on the market”. It is an area to do.

  The screen 31C is a screen example of the display means 30 that shows a state in which the cursor has moved to the link “to original text” as indicated by the cursor frame C1 based on the user operation of the direction key 24. At this time, when the enter key 27 is pressed by the user, that is, when a link is selected in step S28 of FIG. 13, the extraction source data is displayed on the display means 30, as shown in a screen 31D of FIG. It will be.

  The data type notification area D1 on the screen 31D notifies which of the dictionary data, text data, and data of the extraction target portion the currently displayed extraction source data is referring to. The display control unit 11 causes the display unit 30 to display the extraction source data in the article display field D2 with the extraction target portion “the TR-700 became the first machine on the market” as the head. As a result, there is an effect that the extraction target portion can be easily recognized by the user as compared with the case where the extraction source data is displayed from the top as in the screen 31A of FIG.

  In the embodiment described above, by displaying the headword candidate in the headword candidate display area f4 of the screen 31f of FIG. 11 and allowing the user to select one as a headword, the user can select the headword of the extraction target portion. Thus, there is an effect that it is possible to determine the headword of the extraction target portion without coming up with.

  Further, by providing the character input area f1 on the screen 31f in FIG. 11, the user can arbitrarily input the headword of the extraction target portion based on the operation of the character key 22. Therefore, as an entry word to be added to the extraction target part, it is possible to set an extraction object part or a phrase other than the entry word of the extraction source data as the entry word. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, even when a part of English text data is an extraction target part, the “electronic dictionary” is set as a headword, regardless of the language type of the extraction source data, There is an effect that it is possible to set a headword that can be easily recognized by the user.

  In addition, the headword given to the extraction target portion does not need to be a general and general headword, that is, a headword that can be easily identified by other users, but the user who owns the electronic dictionary device 1 himself / herself Therefore, it is sufficient that the extraction target part can be easily identified. Therefore, it is possible to set a phrase using an abbreviation or a symbol that is easy for the user to understand as a headword.

  For example, when a plurality of extraction target parts are set, the user can set the same word, the same symbol, or the like to some of the headwords of the extraction target part of the same genre. At this time, for each genre input by the user included in each headword when trying to select and refer to any extraction target portion from the list of headwords of all extraction target portions stored in the extracted data storage means 42 It is possible to make it easier for the user to identify the extraction target portion based on the common word, common symbol, and the like.

  In addition, as described above, the display control unit 11 is configured to write the start point tag and the end point tag to which the extraction data identification ID is assigned to the extraction target data as a method for identifying the extraction target portion. Thereby, for example, even if the user performs an editing operation such as insertion or deletion of text on the text data stored in the text data storage unit 412, the position of the extraction target portion in the text data changes. Based on the start point tag and the end point tag, the display control unit 11 has the effect of being able to identify the extraction target portion.

  Since the electronic dictionary device 1 described above provides an extraction function, an article that frequently refers to a part of an article, for example, when using the extraction function in this embodiment as a substitute for a word book function, There is an effect that the user can refer to a necessary article portion immediately without searching from the whole, and the time and labor required for the search can be reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, in the table configuration of the extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage unit 42, the extraction data identification ID is configured as one piece of information from the extraction source identification information and the numeric part. Although it demonstrated, it is not restricted to this, The structure of the table which makes extraction origin identification information and the numerical part of extraction data identification ID each independent information may be sufficient.

  Further, in this embodiment, as a method for identifying the extraction target portion, the start point tag and the end point tag assigned with the extraction data identification ID are written in the extraction target data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the start point position of the extraction target portion The memory address at the end point position may be used. FIG. 16 shows a table example of extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage means 42 at this time. The extraction target identification data in FIG. 16 is different in that the extraction start address information, the extraction end address information, and the extraction source link information are replaced with the extraction data identification ID of the extraction target identification data in FIG.

The extraction start address information in FIG. 16 is memory address information in the extraction target data storage unit 41 at the start point position of the extraction target portion. Similarly, the extraction end address information is memory address information in the extraction target data storage unit 41 of the end point position of the extraction target portion. The extraction source link information is identification information of an extraction source article.
By using the memory address information without using the start point tag and the end point tag as described above, for example, editing the dictionary data according to the contents of the license agreement between the manufacturer that manufactures the electronic dictionary device 1 and the dictionary data provider, Even when modification or the like is prohibited, the electronic dictionary device 1 can provide the user with an extraction processing function without editing and modifying dictionary data. In addition to the memory address information, for example, information indicating the character position in the extraction source article stored in the extraction target data storage unit 41 is used, for example. The extraction target part may be identified.

Further, the extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage means 42 may have a table configuration to which character information of the extraction target portion is added. Accordingly, there is an effect that it is possible to omit the process of reading the extraction target portion from the extraction target data storage unit 41 in step S27 of FIG.
Further, as shown in the present embodiment, since the extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage unit 42 has a data configuration that does not include the extraction target part, the extraction target identification data stored in the extraction data storage unit 42 There is an effect that the memory usage can be suppressed.

In the present embodiment, the information stored in the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43 is described as a headline inappropriate word that is a word that is inappropriate as a headword. ”,“ Article ”,“ auxiliary verb ”, etc., information of part of speech that is inappropriate for the headword may be stored. As long as the decomposed data determination unit 122 can exclude words that are unlikely to be set as a headword based on information stored in the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43, the headline inappropriate word information storage unit 43 determines which information. May be stored.
Further, in FIG. 11 of the present embodiment, the words that are the headword candidates are displayed in alphabetical order. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the order of appearance of words in the extraction target portion may be used, and any order may be used. May be displayed.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the word extraction process performed by the extracted data decomposition unit 121, a spell check or the like may be performed based on the dictionary data in the dictionary data storage unit 411.
In the present embodiment, the extraction target data storage unit 41 includes the dictionary data storage unit 411 and the text data storage unit 412. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the text data storage unit 412 is not provided. The present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which an article of text data is not stored in the data storage unit 412. At this time, the electronic dictionary device 1 executes the extraction process using only the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411 as extraction target data.

In the present embodiment, the CPU 10 is configured such that the basic function processing means (not shown) has the kana-kanji conversion function, but the kana-kanji conversion function may not be used. At this time, “denshijo” that has not undergone kana-kanji conversion shown in the character input area g1 of the screen 31g in FIG. Further, the extraction target identification data table stored in the extracted data storage unit 42 of FIG. 3 may not include the display headword item.
In the present embodiment, as an example, the operation of the extraction process has been described using the text data stored in the text data storage unit 412 as an extraction source article. However, the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage unit 411 is used as an extraction source article. It is possible to apply the above-described extraction process.

  Note that the search means described in the present invention corresponds to the CPU 10. The extraction target data described in the present invention corresponds to the dictionary data and text data stored in the extraction target data storage means 41, and the identification information of the extraction target portion described in the present invention is the extracted data identification ID. Correspond.

  The electronic dictionary device 1 described above has a computer system inside. The process of the operation of the CPU 10, the input means 20, and the display means 30 of the electronic dictionary device 1 is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and this program is read and executed by the computer system. The above processing is performed. The “computer system” herein includes a CPU, various memories, an OS, and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the program for realizing each step shown in FIG. 5 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program for realizing each step shown in FIG. 13 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. In addition, a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in FIG. 1 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed, thereby allowing electronic You may perform the process which extracts a part of article memorize | stored in the extraction object data storage means 41 of the dictionary apparatus 1. FIG.
The “computer-readable recording medium” means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk built in a computer system, etc. This is a storage device.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an electronic dictionary device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a data structural example of the dictionary data which the dictionary data storage means 411 by one Embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. It is a data structural example of the extraction object identification data which the extraction data storage means 42 by one Embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the external appearance of the electronic dictionary apparatus 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. 5 shows a processing flow of an extraction processing process of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the display means 30 in the extraction process process by one Embodiment of this invention. 5 shows a processing flow of a search processing process of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 shows transition of a screen displayed by the display means 30 in a search processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention. The example of a screen displayed by the display means 30 in the search process process by one Embodiment of this invention is shown. It is an example of composition of extraction object discernment data by other embodiments of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Electronic dictionary device 10 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Display control means 12 Headword generation means 121 Extraction data decomposition means 122 Decomposition data determination means 13 Extraction object identification data generation means 20 Input means 30 Display means 40 Storage means 41 Extraction object data storage means 411 Dictionary data storage means 412 Text data storage Means 42 Extracted data storage means 43 Headline inappropriate word information storage means 50 Temporary storage means 51 Decomposed data temporary storage means 21 ON / OFF key 22 Character key 23 Extraction key 24 Direction key 25 Move key 26 Conversion key 27 Determination key

Claims (5)

An electronic dictionary device comprising input means, search means, and storage means,
The storage means comprises extraction target data storage means for storing extraction target data including first headword information; and extraction data storage means for storing extraction target identification data;
Extraction target identification data for generating extraction target identification data by associating the second headword information input from the input means with the identification information of the extraction target portion of the extraction target data input from the input means An electronic dictionary device comprising a generating means. The extraction target data storage unit associates the first headword information with headword related information related to the first headword and stores data to be extracted for each first headword. And
The extraction target identification data generating means adds the identification information of the first headword corresponding to the headword related information from which the extraction target portion is extracted as extraction source identification information to the extraction target identification data. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1, further comprising headword generation means for generating a second headword candidate from the data of the extraction target portion. The headword related information stored in the extraction target data storage means is:
The electronic dictionary device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electronic dictionary device is one or a plurality of text documents including an arbitrary character string. The extraction target data stored in the extraction target data storage means is:
It is dictionary data. The electronic dictionary apparatus in any one of Claim 1 to 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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