JP2010086294A - Electronic device provided with dictionary function, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device provided with a dictionary function for obtaining appropriate example sentences by refining the search even when a user does not have enough knowledge about a language to be searched for. <P>SOLUTION: When a search keyword (word) "example" is input, all English example sentences comprising the input keyword "example" as a constitution word are extracted, the number of the same constitution words excluding the keyword "example" is counted in the extracted English example sentence, and a list screen Lc showing collocation candidates associated with the number of constitution words in descending order of the count is displayed. When an arbitrary collocation candidate (constitution word) is selected from the list screen Lc, English example sentences including the selected collocation candidate (structural word) are displayed in the list by refining the search from among the extracted English sentences including the keyword "example" as a constitution word. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and a program provided with a dictionary function capable of searching for example sentences including arbitrary keywords.

  Conventionally, in the dictionary database of the electronic dictionary, 0 to plural example sentences including the entry word are stored together with the dictionary information that is the explanation information of the entry word corresponding to each entry word. Thus, when the user searches for a word (headword) to be searched, the example sentence is also read and displayed, so that the scene where the word is actually used can be learned.

  In this conventional electronic dictionary, all example sentences stored in the dictionary database are extracted and stored in a database, and a desired word (entry word) is input as a keyword so that an example sentence including the input keyword can be obtained. It also has an example sentence search function for direct search and list display.

In this example sentence search function, when an example sentence search is performed using one word as a keyword, a large number of example sentences are searched and displayed in a list, and it is difficult to find an example sentence desired by the user. Thus, an electronic dictionary having an example sentence refinement search function for retrieving and displaying example sentences including a plurality of keywords is also considered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-316947 A

  In the conventional example sentence narrowing search function, if the second word that is combined as a collocation with the first word as the main keyword is not known in advance, the appropriate second and third words are input as keywords. In some cases, an example sentence including the plurality of keywords does not exist and may not be searched and displayed.

  Especially in English, it is important because the meaning varies greatly depending on this collocation.

  However, users who are in the process of learning by searching for example sentences are not able to sufficiently remember the collocation itself, and thus cannot perform a search for searching for appropriate example sentences.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an electronic apparatus having a dictionary function that makes it possible to perform an appropriate example sentence refinement search even when there is not enough knowledge about the language to be searched. The purpose is to provide a program.

  An electronic apparatus having the dictionary function according to claim 1 includes a dictionary information storage unit that stores a headword and dictionary information of each headword in association with each other, and a headword stored in the dictionary information storage unit. Corresponding example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence composed of a plurality of words including the headword, keyword input means for inputting a keyword in response to a user operation, and example sentence stored in the example sentence storage means From the example sentence extracting means for extracting an example sentence including the word including the keyword input by the keyword input means as a constituent word, and among the words constituting each example sentence extracted by the example sentence extracting means, the keyword input means A collocation list display means for obtaining an appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the input keyword and displaying each word in a list in descending order of the appearance frequency; When an arbitrary word is selected from among the words displayed in a list by the collocation list display means in response to a user operation, the selected word is selected from the example sentences extracted by the example sentence extraction means. And a combined word narrowed down example list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences included as a feature.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 2 is the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 1, wherein the collocation list display means counts the number of each word, Each word displayed as a list according to the number is characterized in that the number is added to each word and displayed as a list.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 3 is the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the example sentence extracting unit stores the example sentence stored in the example sentence storage unit. An example sentence including a word including a keyword input by the keyword input means as a constituent word of its original form or modified form is extracted.

  An electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 4 includes a dictionary information storage means for storing a first language entry word and dictionary information of the second language of the entry word in association with each other, and the dictionary information storage A first language example sentence composed of a plurality of words including the entry word, a second language example sentence synonymous with the first language example sentence, in association with the entry word of the first language stored in the means; Is input by the keyword input means from among the example sentence storage means for storing the keyword, the keyword input means for inputting a keyword in the first language in response to a user operation, and the example sentences in the first language stored in the example sentence storage means An example sentence extracting means for extracting an example sentence including a word including a keyword in the first language as a constituent word, and each example sentence in the second language having the same meaning as each example sentence in the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting means Word The frequency of appearance of each word in the second language, which is a parallel translation of the word including the keyword in the first language input by the keyword input means, is obtained, and the words in the second language are listed in descending order of their appearance frequency. The bilingual keyword list display means and the example sentence extracted by the example sentence extracting means when an arbitrary word is selected in accordance with a user operation from the words in the second language displayed as a list by the bilingual keyword list display means. Bilingual keyword narrowed example sentence list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences of the first language having the same meaning as the example sentence of the second language including the selected second language word as a constituent word from example sentences of one language It is characterized by having.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 5 is the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 4, wherein the parallel keyword list display unit counts the number of each word in the second language. Thus, the appearance frequency is obtained, and the number of the words is added to each word and displayed in a list.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 6 is the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the example sentence extracting means is stored in the example sentence storage means. An example sentence including a word including a keyword of the first language input by the keyword input unit as a constituent word of its original form or modified form is extracted from an example sentence of one language.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 7 is the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 4, wherein the words constituting each example sentence of the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting unit Of these, a collocation list display means for obtaining an appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the keyword of the first language input by the keyword input means, and displaying a list of the words of the first language in descending order of the appearance frequency. When an arbitrary word is selected in response to a user operation from the words in the first language displayed as a list by the collocation list display means, the example sentences in the first language extracted by the example sentence extraction means are selected. And a combined word narrowed-down example sentence list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences including the selected word in the first language as a constituent word.

  The program according to claim 8 includes a dictionary information storage unit that stores an entry word and dictionary information of each entry word in association with each other, and an entry word associated with the entry word stored in the dictionary information storage unit. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device comprising example sentence storage means for storing example sentences composed of a plurality of words including words, and keyword input means for inputting keywords in response to a user operation, An example sentence extracting means for extracting an example sentence including a word including a keyword input by the keyword input means as a constituent word from the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means, and each example extracted by the example sentence extracting means Of the words constituting the example sentence, the appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the keyword input by the keyword input means is obtained. The word list display control means for displaying a list of the words on the display unit in descending order of appearance frequency, and an arbitrary word is selected from the words displayed as a list by the word list display control means in response to a user operation. In this case, it is possible to search for an example sentence including the selected word as a constituent word from the example sentences extracted by the example sentence extracting means and to function as a combined word narrowing example list display control means for displaying a list on the display unit. It is a feature.

  The program according to claim 9 is a dictionary information storage means for storing the first language entry word and the second language dictionary information of the entry word in association with each other, and a first information stored in the dictionary information storage means. Example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence in a first language composed of a plurality of words including the entry word and an example sentence in a second language synonymous with the example sentence in the first language in association with the entry word in one language And a keyword input means for inputting a keyword in the first language in response to a user operation, the program for controlling the computer of the electronic device, wherein the computer is stored in the example sentence storage means. Example sentence extracting means for extracting an example sentence including a word including a keyword of the first language input by the keyword input means as a constituent word from the language example sentences, and extracted by the example sentence extracting means Each word of the second language, which is a translation of a word including a keyword of the first language input by the keyword input means, among words constituting each example sentence of the second language having the same meaning as each example sentence of the first language Bilingual keyword list display control means for obtaining the appearance frequency of words and displaying a list of each word in the second language on the display unit in descending order of appearance frequency, and the second language list displayed by the parallel keyword list display control means. When an arbitrary word of each word is selected in response to a user operation, the selected second language word is included as a constituent word from the first language example sentences extracted by the example sentence extracting means. It is characterized by functioning as a bilingual keyword narrowed example sentence list display control means for retrieving example sentences in the first language having the same meaning as the example sentences in the second language and displaying a list on the display unit.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even when there is not sufficient knowledge about the language made into search object, the electronic apparatus and program provided with the dictionary function which can perform the refinement | retrieval search of an example sentence can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of an electronic device having a dictionary function of the present invention.

  The electronic device having the dictionary function is configured as a portable device (electronic dictionary device 10) dedicated to the electronic dictionary described below, or a PDA (personal digital assistants), PC (personal computer), having a dictionary function, It is configured as a mobile phone, an electronic book, a mobile game machine, or the like.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded in various storage media or a transmitted program and whose operation is controlled by the read program. The electronic circuit includes a CPU ( a central processing unit) 11 is provided.

  The CPU 11 is a device control program stored in the main storage area (flash memory) 12 in advance, or a device control read from the external storage medium 13 such as a ROM card into the main storage area 12 via the storage medium read / write unit 14. Various kinds of data are stored in the work area (RAM) 16 in accordance with a program or a device control program read into the main storage area 12 from the Web server (in this case, a program server) 20 on the Internet N via the communication control unit 15. Stores work data and controls the operation of each part of the circuit.

  The device control program stored in the main storage area 12 is an input signal according to a user operation from the input unit 17 or communication with each Web server 20 on the Internet N connected via the communication control unit 15. It is activated in response to a signal or a connection communication signal with a memory card (storage medium) 13 such as an EEPROM, RAM, or ROM externally connected via the storage medium read / write unit 14.

  In addition to the main storage area 12, the storage medium read / write unit 14, the communication control unit 15, the work area 16, and the input unit 17, the CPU 11 is connected to a display unit 18 and the like.

  The device control program stored in the main storage area 12 includes a system program that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary device 10, each Web server 20 on the Internet N via the communication control unit 15, and a user PC (not shown) (not shown). In addition to storing a communication program for data communication with a personal computer), various dictionary information (translation, semantic content, example sentence ( Various processing programs 12a for controlling the overall processing based on the dictionary database 12b stored in the main storage area 12, such as read-out display processing of example) and the like, and example sentence search processing according to key input of a keyword (word) Is memorized.

  The dictionary database 12b has a plurality of types of dictionary contents 12b1, 12b2,. A plurality of dictionary data is stored in advance or downloaded.

  Each dictionary content 12b1, 12b2,... Is an entry word WO arranged in a predetermined order corresponding to each language, a translation, meaning content, example sentence (example) of the entry word associated with each entry word WO, etc. In addition to the dictionary information DI, there is an example sentence database 12c in which all example sentences included in the dictionary information DI for each entry word WO are extracted and converted into a database.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the example sentence database 12c1 included in the dictionary content (English-Japanese dictionary) 12b1 of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  In this English-Japanese dictionary example sentence database 12c1, all “English example sentences” stored as dictionary information DI associated with each entry word WO and each entry word WO of the English-Japanese dictionary, and “English example sentence” are stored. Extracted as the original form (the plural form of the noun is converted to the singular form, the current progression of the verb, the past, the past participle form, etc. are converted to the present form) “English example words” and “Japanese keywords” that are extracted from the keywords that make up the above “Japanese example sentences” as original forms (verb verbs are converted to ending forms) correspond to each “English example sentence”. Attached and memorized.

  The work area 16 is input / output to / from the CPU 11 in accordance with the various programs 12a, such as a display data storage area corresponding to the display screen of the display unit 18, a dictionary search processed entry word / dictionary information, and example sentence storage area. Various data storage areas are stored as necessary.

  The work area 16 is extracted from the example sentence database 12cn in accordance with the example sentence search process (program 12a), the input character string buffer 16a for storing input data such as characters, numbers and symbols input by the input unit 17 by the user. The extracted example sentence data buffer 16b for storing the example sentence data is provided.

  The input unit 17 includes a function key 17a, a dictionary content key 17b, a character input key 17c, a translation / decision key 17d, a cursor key 17e, a transparent touch panel 17f provided on the display screen of the display unit 18, and the like.

  Next, an example sentence search function by the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing example sentence search processing of the electronic dictionary device 10.

(Collocation refinement mode)
4A to 4G are diagrams showing display operations (No. 1 to No. 7) accompanying a user operation in the collocation narrowing mode in the example sentence search process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When the dictionary content 12b1 of “English-Japanese dictionary” is designated according to the operation of the dictionary content 17b and the dictionary search program (12a) is started (step S1 (YES)), as shown in FIG. A search mode list screen G that lists each search mode of “search”, “spell check”, “single phrase search”, and “example sentence search” is displayed on the display unit 18.

  In this search mode list screen G, when “example sentence search” is selected and the decision key 17d is operated by the moving display of the reverse cursor Ha according to the operation of the cursor key 17e (step S2 (YES)), FIG. 4B. As shown, the example sentence search menus of “Japanese keyword narrowing mode”, “collocation narrowing mode”, and “normal mode” in the determined “example sentence search” mode are expanded and displayed.

  In this example sentence search menu, when the “collocation narrowing mode” is selected and the decision key 17d is operated by moving and displaying the reverse cursor Hb according to the operation of the cursor key 17e (step S3a (YES)), FIG. As shown, a character input area (collocation refinement) Ac for inputting a search keyword desired by the user according to the cursor Cu is displayed (step S4a).

  In this character input area (collocation narrowing) Ac, as shown in FIG. 4D, when the word “example” is input and displayed as a search keyword by operating the character input key 17c and the translation / decision key is operated (step S5a ( YES)), a word that matches the input search keyword “example” is searched for “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” in the example sentence database 12c1 (see FIG. 2) (step) S6a).

  Although only words that match the search keyword are searched here, a word including the search keyword may be searched. Furthermore, although “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” are searched here, “English example sentence constituent words” of some “English example sentence” may be searched.

  Here, if it is determined that the word that matches the input search keyword “example” is among “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” (step S6a (YES)). Then, all example sentence data including the search keyword “example” as “English example sentence constituent words” is extracted and stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b (step S7a).

  Then, in the extracted example sentence data stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b, the appearance frequency of the same word in each constituent word other than the search keyword “example” is obtained. Here, the number of the words is counted (step S8a).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 4E, in accordance with the number of the same words in each constituent word other than the search keyword “example” counted in step S8a, the constituent words and the number in the order of the English example constituent words having the largest number. A collocation candidate list screen Lc that displays a list in association with each other is displayed (step S9a).

  In the collocation candidate list screen Lc shown in FIG. 4E, the English example word constituting word “for” which is one of the collocation candidates with the search keyword “example” is displayed by moving and displaying the reverse cursor Ha according to the operation of the cursor key 17e. Is selected and the enter key 17d is operated (step S10a), the extracted example sentence data including the search keyword “example” as “English example sentence constituent words” stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b, The “English example sentence” further including the selected English example sentence constituent word “for” is narrowed down and displayed as a collocation refined example sentence list screen Ec as shown in FIG. 4F (step S11a).

  In the collocation narrowed example sentence list screen Ec shown in FIG. 4F, the user-desired English example sentence “[E] Take Japan for example.” Is selected and determined by the moving display of the reverse cursor Ha according to the operation of the cursor key 17e. When the key 17d is operated (step S12a), as shown in FIG. 4G, the selected English example sentence “Take Japan for example.” And its corresponding Japanese example sentence “Let's look at Japan, for example, "Let's take an example" is read from the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b and displayed on the display unit 18 as an example sentence search result screen Gd together with the headword "example" of the example sentence (step S13a).

  If it is determined in step S6a that the word matching the input search keyword is not among the “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” (step S6a ( NO)), a message that there is no corresponding example sentence candidate is displayed on the display unit 18 (step S14).

  Therefore, according to the example sentence search function in the collocation narrowing mode by the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, when the search keyword (word) “example” is input, all English including the input keyword “example” as a constituent word After the example sentences are extracted, for the constituent words of the extracted English example sentence, the number of the same words in each constituent word other than the keyword “example” is counted, and the number of constituent words in descending order of the counted number is counted. A list screen Lc of collocation candidates that are associated with each other is displayed. When an arbitrary collocation candidate (component word) is selected from the list screen Lc, an English example sentence further including the selected collocation candidate (component word) from the extracted English example sentences including the keyword “example” as the component word. Are filtered and displayed in a list. For this reason, even when the user does not know the appropriate collocation to be combined with the keyword, it is possible to easily and reliably search for a desired example sentence.

(Japanese keyword refinement mode)
5A to 5G are diagrams showing display operations (No. 1 to No. 7) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword narrowing-down mode in the example sentence search process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When the dictionary content 12b1 of “English-Japanese dictionary” is designated according to the operation of the dictionary content 17b and the dictionary search program (12a) is started (step S1 (YES)), as shown in FIG. A screen G is displayed on the display unit 18.

  In this search mode list screen G, when “example sentence search” is selected and the decision key 17d is operated (step S2 (YES)), as shown in FIG. 5B, “Japan example” in the decided “example sentence search” mode is displayed. An example sentence search menu of “word keyword narrowing mode”, “collocation narrowing mode”, and “normal mode” is expanded and displayed.

  In this example sentence search menu, when “Japanese keyword narrowing mode” is selected and the enter key 17d is operated (step S3b (YES)), as shown in FIG. A character input area (Japanese keyword narrowing down) Aj for input is displayed (step S4b).

  In this character input area (Japanese keyword narrowing down) Aj, as shown in FIG. 5D, when the word “look” is input and displayed as a search keyword by operating the character input key 17c, the translation / decision key is operated (step S5b (YES)), a word that matches the input search keyword “look” is searched for “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” in the example sentence database 12c1 (see FIG. 2). (Step S6b).

  Although only words that match the search keyword are searched here, a word including the search keyword may be searched. Furthermore, although “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” are searched here, “English example sentence constituent words” of some “English example sentence” may be searched.

  Here, if it is determined that the word that matches the input search keyword “look” is among “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” (step S6b (YES)). Then, all example sentence data including the search keyword “look” as “English example sentence constituent words” is extracted and stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b (step S7b).

  Then, the appearance frequency of the same Japanese keyword in each Japanese keyword corresponding to the search keyword “look” included in each extracted example sentence data stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b is obtained. Here, the number of the Japanese keywords is counted (step S8b).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5E, according to the number of the same Japanese keywords in each Japanese keyword corresponding to the search keyword “look” counted in the step S8b, the Japanese keywords having a large number are included. A Japanese keyword list screen Lj is displayed in which the Japanese keywords and the numbers are associated with each other in the order of the number (step S9b).

  In the Japanese keyword list screen Lj shown in FIG. 5E, the Japanese keyword “see” which is one of the translation candidates of the search keyword “look” is displayed by moving and displaying the reverse cursor Ha according to the operation of the cursor key 17e. Is selected and the enter key 17d is operated (step S10b), the extracted example sentence data stored in the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b including the search keyword “look” as “English example sentence constituent words” is stored in the extracted example sentence data. An “English example sentence” including the selected Japanese keyword “view” is narrowed down and displayed as a Japanese keyword refined example sentence list screen Ej as shown in FIG. 5F (step S11b).

  In the Japanese keyword refined example sentence list screen Ej shown in FIG. 5F, the user-desired English example sentence “[C] look at him in an absent way” is displayed by moving and displaying the reverse cursor Ha according to the operation of the cursor key 17e. When selected and the enter key 17d is operated (step S12b), as shown in FIG. 5G, the selected English example sentence “look at him in an absent way” and its corresponding Japanese example sentence “disappointing him” "See" is read from the extracted example sentence data buffer 16b and displayed on the display unit 18 as an example sentence search result screen Gd together with the headword "absent" of the example sentence (step S13b).

  If it is determined in step S6b that the word matching the input search keyword is not among the “English example sentence constituent words” of all “English example sentences” (step S6b ( NO)), a message that there is no corresponding example sentence candidate is displayed on the display unit 18 (step S14).

  Therefore, according to the example sentence search function in the Japanese keyword narrowing mode by the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above configuration, when the search keyword (word) “look” is input, the input search keyword “look” is included as a constituent word. After all English example sentences have been extracted, each Japanese keyword corresponding to the search keyword “look” (which is a translated word) is targeted for Japanese keywords included in the Japanese example sentence corresponding to the extracted English example sentence. The number of the same Japanese keyword in is counted, and a Japanese keyword list screen Lj in which the number of the Japanese keyword is correlated in order from the largest Japanese keyword is displayed. When a Japanese keyword “look” that is a translation candidate of the search keyword “look” is selected from the list screen Lj, the selected Japanese sentence is extracted from the extracted English example sentences including the search keyword “look” as a constituent word. English example sentences corresponding to Japanese example sentences including the word keyword “view” are narrowed down and displayed in a list. For this reason, even if the user does not know the appropriate collocation to be combined with the search keyword, the user can easily and reliably search for a desired example sentence from search keyword parallel translation candidates (Japanese keywords) familiar to the user. be able to.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the case where “English-Japanese dictionary” (dictionary content 12b1) is selected as a dictionary to be searched and the example sentence search process is performed has been described, but other types of dictionaries (dictionary content 12b2, 12b3,. ) Is selected, it is possible to narrow down and search for a desired example sentence by performing example sentence search processing based on the corresponding example sentence databases 12c2, 12c3,.

  The example sentence search process in the collocation refinement mode described in each embodiment and the example sentence search process in the Japanese keyword refinement mode may be combined to perform a more limited example sentence refinement search easily and reliably. Good.

  It should be noted that each processing technique by the electronic dictionary device 10 described in the embodiment, that is, each technique in each narrowing mode in the example sentence search process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, is a program that can be executed by a computer. It can be stored and distributed in an external storage medium 13 such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. . The computer of the electronic device (10) having the dictionary database 12b reads the program stored in the external storage medium 13 into the storage device (12), and the operation is controlled by the read program. The example sentence search function in the collocation refinement mode and the Japanese keyword refinement mode described in the embodiment can be realized, and the same processing as described above can be executed.

  Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on the network N in the form of a program code, and the program data is transmitted to an electronic device (10 having a dictionary database 12b connected to the network N (10). ) By the communication control unit 15, it is possible to realize the example sentence search function in the collocation narrowing mode and the Japanese keyword narrowing mode described above.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention at the stage of implementation. Further, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent elements are deleted from all the constituent elements shown in each embodiment or some constituent elements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention If the effects described in the column “Effects of the Invention” can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent requirements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary apparatus 10 which concerns on embodiment of the electronic apparatus provided with the dictionary function of this invention. The figure which shows the specific example of the example sentence database 12c1 which the dictionary content (English-Japanese dictionary) 12b1 of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10 has. 7 is a flowchart showing example sentence search processing of the electronic dictionary device 10. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 1) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 2) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 3) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 4) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 5) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 6) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 7) accompanying user operation in the collocation narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 1) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 2) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation | movement (the 3) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 4) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword refinement | reduction mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 5) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword refinement | reduction mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 6) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword narrowing down mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation (the 7) accompanying a user operation in the Japanese keyword refinement | reduction mode in the example sentence search process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

10: Electronic dictionary device 11: CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Main memory area 12a ... Various processing programs 12b ... Dictionary database 12bn ... Dictionary content 12cn ... Example sentence database WO ... Headword DI ... Dictionary information 13 ... External storage medium 14 ... Storage medium read / write part 15 ... Communication control part 16 ... Work area 16a ... Input character string buffer 16b ... Extracted example sentence data buffer 17 ... Input unit 17a ... Function key 17b ... Dictionary content key 17c ... Character input key 17d ... Translation / decision key 17e ... Cursor key 17f ... Touch panel (integrated display unit)
18 ... Display unit 20 ... Web server N ... Communication network (Internet)
G ... Search mode list screen Ac ... Character input area (collocation refinement)
Aj ... Character input area (Japanese keyword narrowing down)
Lc… Colocation candidate list screen Lj… Japanese keyword list screen Ec… Colocation refinement example list screen Ej… Japanese keyword refinement example list screen Gd… Example search result screen

Claims (9)

Dictionary information storage means for storing a headword and dictionary information of each headword in association with each other;
An example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence composed of a plurality of words including the entry word in association with the entry word stored in the dictionary information storage means;
Keyword input means for inputting a keyword in response to a user operation;
An example sentence extracting means for extracting an example sentence including a word including the keyword input by the keyword input means as a constituent word from the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means;
Among words constituting each example sentence extracted by the example sentence extracting means, the appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the keyword input by the keyword input means is obtained, and the words are listed in descending order of the appearance frequency. A collocation list display means for displaying;
When an arbitrary word is selected from among the words displayed in a list by the collocation list display means in response to a user operation, the selected word is selected from the example sentences extracted by the example sentence extraction means. Collateral narrowed example sentence list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences included as,
An electronic apparatus having a dictionary function characterized by comprising:   2. The collocation list display means counts the number of each word, makes a word with a high number of appearances a word with a high appearance frequency, and displays the list with the number added to each word. An electronic device having the described dictionary function.   The example sentence extracting unit extracts, from the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage unit, an example sentence including a word including the keyword input by the keyword input unit as a constituent word of its original form or a modified form. An electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 1. Dictionary information storage means for storing the first language entry word and the second language dictionary information of the entry word in association with each other;
A first language example sentence composed of a plurality of words including the entry word in association with the entry word of the first language stored in the dictionary information storage means, and a second synonymous with the example sentence of the first language An example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence in a language;
Keyword input means for inputting a keyword of the first language in response to a user operation;
An example sentence extracting means for extracting, from among example sentences in the first language stored in the example sentence storage means, an example sentence including as a constituent word a word including the keyword of the first language input by the keyword input means;
Among words constituting each example sentence in the second language that is synonymous with each example sentence in the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting unit, a translation of words including the first language keyword input by the keyword input unit A bilingual keyword list display means for obtaining an appearance frequency of each word in a second language and displaying a list of each word in the second language in descending order of the appearance frequency;
When an arbitrary word is selected in accordance with a user operation from the words in the second language displayed in a list by the bilingual keyword list display means, the example sentences in the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting means are selected. Bilingual keyword narrowed example sentence list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences of the first language synonymous with the example sentence of the second language including the selected second language word as a constituent word;
An electronic apparatus having a dictionary function characterized by comprising:   The bilingual keyword list display means obtains the appearance frequency by counting the number of each word in the second language, and displays the list with the number added to each word. Electronic device with dictionary function.   The example sentence extracting unit includes a word including a keyword of the first language input by the keyword input unit as a constituent word of its original form or modified form among example sentences of the first language stored in the example sentence storage unit. 6. An electronic device having a dictionary function according to claim 4, wherein an example sentence is extracted. Of the words constituting each example sentence in the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting unit, the appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the first language keyword input by the keyword input unit is obtained, and the first A collocation list display means for displaying a list of each word of the language in descending order of appearance frequency;
When an arbitrary word is selected according to a user operation from the words in the first language displayed in a list by the collocation list display means, the example sentences in the first language extracted by the example sentence extraction means Collocation narrowed example sentence list display means for searching and displaying a list of example sentences including the selected first language word as a constituent word;
The electronic device with dictionary function according to claim 4, further comprising: A dictionary information storage means for storing an entry word and dictionary information of each entry word in association with each other, and a plurality of words including the entry word in association with the entry word stored in the dictionary information storage means. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device comprising example sentence storage means for storing example sentences and keyword input means for inputting keywords in response to a user operation,
The computer,
Example sentence extracting means for extracting, from the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means, example sentences including words including the keywords input by the keyword input means as constituent words;
Of the words constituting each example sentence extracted by the example sentence extracting means, the appearance frequency of each word other than the word including the keyword input by the keyword input means is obtained, and the words are displayed in descending order of the appearance frequency. Collateral list display control means for displaying a list on the part,
When an arbitrary word is selected from among the words displayed in a list by the collocation list display control means in response to a user operation, the selected word is configured from the example sentences extracted by the example sentence extraction means. Conjunction refinement example sentence list display control means for searching for example sentences including words and displaying the list on the display unit,
A computer-readable program designed to function as a computer. A dictionary information storage means for storing the first language headword and the second language dictionary information of the headword in association with each other, and a first language headword stored in the dictionary information storage means in association with each other. , An example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence in a first language composed of a plurality of words including the entry word, an example sentence in a second language synonymous with the example sentence in the first language, and a first in response to a user operation A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device comprising a keyword input means for inputting a language keyword,
The computer,
An example sentence extracting means for extracting, from among example sentences in a first language stored in the example sentence storage means, an example sentence including a word including a keyword in the first language input by the keyword input means as a constituent word;
Among words constituting each example sentence in the second language that is synonymous with each example sentence in the first language extracted by the example sentence extracting unit, a translation of words including the first language keyword input by the keyword input unit Bilingual keyword list display control means for obtaining the appearance frequency of each word in a certain second language and displaying a list of each word in the second language in the order of the appearance frequency,
Among the example sentences in the first language extracted by the example sentence extraction unit when an arbitrary word is selected according to the user operation among the words in the second language displayed in a list by the parallel keyword list display control unit. Bilingual keyword narrowing example sentence list display control means for retrieving a first language example sentence synonymous with the second language example sentence including the selected second language word as a constituent word and displaying a list on the display unit,
A computer-readable program designed to function as a computer.

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