JP2010272116A - Online dictionary service providing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an online dictionary service providing apparatus and method for providing translation service based on language selected by a user for various kinds of languages. <P>SOLUTION: The online dictionary service providing apparatus includes: a query analysis unit for receiving a query including word index information corresponding to a word included in a loaded web page and predetermined translation language information from a user terminal and extracting the translation language information and the word index information; a dictionary data storage unit including at least one piece of dictionary data including translation data by object language for each word of original language; a dictionary selection unit for selecting the dictionary data based on the translation language information and the word index information; a search unit for searching for the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data: and a search result transmission unit for transmitting the translation data to a client. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing an online dictionary service.

  Recently, due to the increase in the population using the Internet and the activation of information retrieval via the Internet, not only web pages created in the native language but also web pages created in other languages have been executed. . In order to decode a web page created in a language of another country, the user must be proficient in the corresponding language, but only a small number of users have such language-skilling ability. Therefore, for the convenience of Internet users, a translation service or a dictionary service is provided to eliminate such language barriers.

  In the case of a normal translation service, if the text included in the web page or the URL of the web page to be translated is copied and input to the translation service providing web page or the like, the input original text is sent to the translation server, A method of transmitting the translation result for the original text to the user terminal is used. However, the translation quality of such a translation service is not satisfactory, and a complicated procedure for copying and inputting the original text or URL is required.

  In the case of a normal dictionary service, when a word to be searched is pointed with a pointing device such as a mouse, the corresponding word is transmitted to the web server, and the translation result is displayed. That is, translation is provided on a word-by-word basis.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an online dictionary service that is normally provided.

  A portal site such as Neighbor (www.naver.com) or Daum (www.daum.net) provides a toolbar service including various simple applications for the convenience of the user. An online dictionary service is provided as one service included in the toolbar service. As illustrated, if the cursor 10 of a pointing device such as a mouse indicates a word “research” included in a web page, a translation 20 for the corresponding word “research” is provided in the form of a tool tip. At this time, it is indicated that the cursor 10 is positioned around the word, but in most embodiments, the cursor 10 is positioned immediately above the word.

  On the other hand, the prior art provides only the translation of the designated first national language (eg, English) into the designated second national language (eg, Korean), and the translation to other national languages. Cannot be provided dynamically. Therefore, it is necessary to provide an online dictionary service that meets the needs of various users.

  An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an online dictionary service providing apparatus and method that can provide a translation service based on a language selected by a user for various types of languages.

  The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a query including word index information corresponding to a word included in a loaded web page and predetermined translation language information from a user terminal, and A query analysis unit for extracting translation language information and word index information; a dictionary data storage unit including at least one dictionary data including translation data in a target language for each word in the original language; the translation language information and the word index information A dictionary selection unit for selecting the dictionary data based on the search result, a search unit for searching for the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data, and a search result transmission for transmitting the translation data to the client The index information identifies a national language Providing an online dictionary service providing apparatus including a word identifier corresponding to the words in the word identifier and the original language.

  The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a query including word index information corresponding to a word included in a loaded web page and predetermined translation language information from a user terminal. Extracting the translation language information and the word index information from the query, and extracting the dictionary data based on the translation language information and the word index information from at least one dictionary data including each translation data in the target language for each word in the original language And searching for the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data, and transmitting the translation data to the user terminal, wherein the index information is a language for identifying a national language. An identifier including an identifier and a word identifier corresponding to the original language word. To provide a line dictionary service providing method.

  Also, the online dictionary service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention sets a translation language via a client installed in a user terminal, and uses a pointing device among words of a web page loaded on the user terminal. A query that extracts the indicated word, searches the index information of the extracted word from a word index storage unit including each word index having a system classified by each language, and includes the translated language information and the word index information And generating a dictionary server search result based on the query and displaying it on the user terminal.

  A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the processing described in the online dictionary service providing method is recorded.

  According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a translation service can be automatically provided for languages of various countries displayed on a web page according to a native language selected and input by a user via a client. . In particular, since the translation service is provided based on the user's native language, the service optimized for the user can be provided.

It is a figure for demonstrating the online dictionary service provided normally. It is the figure which showed the online dictionary service provision apparatus which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the detailed structure of the search word extraction part which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the index system classified by language of the word index storage part which concerns on one Example of this invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an online dictionary service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily carry out. The present invention can be implemented in a variety of different forms and is not limited by the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, in order to clearly describe the present invention, portions not related to the description are omitted, and similar portions are denoted by similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

  Throughout the specification, when one part is “coupled” or “connected” to another part, this is not only the case when “directly coupled or connected”, but in the middle This includes cases where the elements are “electrically coupled or connected” with the element interposed therebetween. Also, when one part “includes” one component, this means that it can further include other components, unless specifically stated to the contrary, other components are excluded. Means.

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

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an online dictionary service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The online dictionary service providing apparatus 100 includes a client 200 and a dictionary server 300. The client 200 is installed in the user terminal, collects various information, and transmits it to the dictionary server 300 via the network. The network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a value added network (VAN), a mobile communication network, or a satellite. It is realized in all kinds of wireless networks such as communication networks.

  The client 200 includes a translation language setting unit 210, a search word extraction unit 220, a word index search unit 230, a word index storage unit 240, a query generation unit 250, a search result display unit 260, and an environment setting unit 270.

  The client 200 is downloaded via a network and installed in a user terminal such as a computer or a portable terminal. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile uni-directional), PDC (Personal Digital System), PDS (Personal Handy-phone System), PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), PHS (Personal Handy-phone System). (Code Divi ion Multiple Access) -2000, includes a W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) wireless communications apparatus of all kinds of hand-held (Handheld) infrastructure, such as terminals.

  The translation language setting unit 210 sets the language selected by the user as the translation language. That is, a translation language to be a reference language for translating words on a web page is selected from a plurality of languages. According to the embodiment, the user can set the translation language in the process of installing the client 200 in the user terminal. For example, if the user selects a specific language from various languages such as English, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, the selected language is set as the translation language. In addition, the user's already set translation language can be changed by the user's selection. Usually, the user's native language is selected as the translation language.

  The search word extraction unit 220 recognizes and extracts a word at a position designated by a pointing device such as a mouse. A detailed configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a search word extraction unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The search word extraction unit 220 includes a word recognition unit 222 and a trimming processing unit 224.

  The word recognizing unit 222 detects an event in which the cursor of the pointing device is positioned on the word, recognizes the word at the point where the event has occurred, and transmits it to the trimming processing unit 224. At this time, the pointing device may be various types of input devices such as a mouse, a tablet, a touch pad, or a touch screen. In the case of a touch screen, the movement of the cursor is controlled by a finger in addition to a separate device.

  The word recognition unit 222 continuously senses whether or not the pointing device has moved, and recognizes the word at the point where the cursor is located when the time for which the cursor is positioned on the word is equal to or greater than a reference value. At this time, the sensitivity of word recognition can be adjusted by adjusting the reference value according to user settings. That is, if the reference value of the time when the cursor is positioned on the word is increased, the sensitivity of the word recognition is decreased. Conversely, if the reference value of the time when the cursor is positioned on the word is decreased, Increases word recognition sensitivity.

  The trimming processing unit 224 removes noise characters from the words recognized by the word recognition unit 222. Noise characters include various characters and various special characters not related to word translation. That is, various text codes such as “''”, ““ ””, “!”, “?”, Etc., positioned before, after, and in the middle of the recognized word are included in the noise character, and the trimming processing unit 234 performs a trimming process to remove such noise characters.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the word index search unit 230 uses a word index as an index of a word recognized by the word recognition unit 222 or a word recognized by the word recognition unit 222 and trimmed by the trimming processing unit 224. Search from the storage unit 240. In addition, the searched word index is transmitted to the query generation unit 250. If there is no searched word index, it is determined that there is no translation for the corresponding word in the dictionary server 300, and a query for the corresponding word is not generated.

  The word index storage unit 240 specifies and stores a unique index for each word registered in the dictionary server 300. The words recognized by the word recognition unit 222 may include words that are not registered in the dictionary server 300. When such a word is included in the query, the dictionary server 300 cannot return a search value for the corresponding word, which causes a problem of performing unnecessary calculations. Therefore, in the present invention, the index information of each word registered in the dictionary server 300 is stored in the client 200, and a query is generated only for each word registered in the dictionary server 300.

  On the other hand, the word index storage unit 240 has an index system that is distinguished by language. That is, different index systems are provided for various languages such as Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a language-based index system of the word index storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown, a unique index is assigned to each word. In addition, an index system that is divided into languages is provided. For example, each language has a different language identifier, such as EN for English, KR for Korean, JP for Japanese, and CN for Chinese. The language identifier and the word identifier (i, j, k, l in the drawing) of the corresponding language are combined to form one word index, and through this, an index system for each language word is formed. At this time, you may change an Example so that it may have an index system different from the illustrated index system.

  On the other hand, the language identifier is determined from the code pattern of the recognized word. That is, each word code has a specific pattern that can identify its nationality. For example, by realizing the specific portion of the code with binary data, the nationality of the corresponding word can be determined through the binary data. The code pattern of the word is stored in the index search unit 230 in the form of a table and is referred to.

  As a result, the word to be searched and the language to which the word corresponds can be confirmed only by the word index. The dictionary selection unit 320 described later selects any one of a plurality of dictionary data based on the language identifier of such word index information. Therefore, if the word index has a system in which each language is divided from each other, dictionary data can be selected more easily.

  In addition to Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese shown in FIG. 4, language identifiers for various languages such as German, French, Spanish, and Arabic may be additionally stored. Each data stored in the word index storage unit 240 is added, changed, or deleted according to the selection of the service provider that provides the online dictionary service.

  Referring to FIG. 2 again, the query generation unit 250 generates a query including translation language information and word index information. At this time, the translation language information is received from the translation language setting unit 210, and the word index information is received from the word index search unit 230. This is transmitted to the dictionary server 300. The dictionary server 300 selects appropriate dictionary data from the translation language information and word index information included in the query, and the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data. To search for. At this time, the query generation unit 250 generates the query only when the word identified by the word index information is registered in the dictionary data. That is, a query is not generated for a word whose index is not registered in the word index storage unit 240.

  The search result display unit 260 displays the translation data received from the dictionary server 300 on the client 200. Preferably, the translation data is displayed in a tooltip form at a position adjacent to the search target word designated by the pointing device.

  The environment setting unit 270 receives and stores each setting item selected by the user, thereby providing an online dictionary service. For example, the translation language set by the user can be changed. In addition, the word recognition unit 222 of the search word extraction unit 220 allows the user to directly set a reference value for the time when the cursor of the pointing device is positioned on the word.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the dictionary server 300 will be described.

  The dictionary server 300 receives a query from the client 200, selects optimal dictionary data based on translation language information and word index information, searches the selected dictionary data for a translation for the search target word, and transmits the translation to the client 200. To do. The dictionary server 300 includes a query analysis unit 310, a dictionary selection unit 320, a search unit 330, a search result transmission unit 340, and a dictionary data storage unit 350.

  The query analysis unit 310 of the dictionary server 300 analyzes the query received from the client 200 and extracts translation language information and word index information. Also, the translation language information is transmitted to the dictionary selection unit 320, and the word index information is transmitted to the dictionary selection unit 320 and the search unit 330.

  The dictionary selection unit 320 selects optimal dictionary data from the dictionary data storage unit 350 based on the translated language information and the language identifier of the word index.

  First, the dictionary data storage unit 350 will be described. The dictionary data storage unit 350 includes a plurality of dictionary data 352, 354, and 356. The dictionary data includes translation of various words in the original language into the target language. That is, various words in the original language are translated using the target language. At this time, the original language and the target language can be the same language. For example, there are a total of 16 types in which any one language of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English is the original language, and any one language of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English is the target language. Consider dictionary data. That is, dictionary data that translates English words into English, dictionary data that translates English words into Chinese, dictionary data that translates English words into Japanese, dictionary data that translates English words into Korean, Chinese words into English Dictionary data to translate in Chinese, dictionary data to translate Chinese words into Chinese, dictionary data to translate Chinese words into Japanese, dictionary data to translate Chinese words into Korean, translate Japanese words into English Dictionary data, dictionary data for translating Japanese words into Chinese, dictionary data for translating Japanese words into Japanese, dictionary data for translating Japanese words into Korean, dictionary data for translating Korean words into English, Consider dictionary data that translates Korean words into Chinese, dictionary data that translates Korean words into Japanese, or dictionary data that translates Korean words into Korean.

  That is, a total of n × m types of dictionary data in which any one of n languages is the original language and any one of the m languages is the target language are included.

  On the other hand, various words in the original language of the dictionary data are stored in a word index form. That is, since a search is performed based on the word index transmitted from the client 200, the dictionary data is configured to include word index information. On the other hand, the language identifier is omitted from the index information for each word in the dictionary data.

  On the other hand, the dictionary data of the present invention may include a simpler translation than a normal dictionary. That is, the dictionary data may be configured so that only representative translations for words to be searched are included in order to provide translation in the form of tooltips.

  The dictionary selection unit 320 will be described again. The dictionary selection unit 320 selects dictionary data whose original language corresponds to the language identifier of the word index information and whose target language corresponds to the translation language information. Since the word index information has an index system in which each language is classified according to each language, the original language can be confirmed therefrom.

  For example, when the translation language information is English and the word index represents Japanese, dictionary data whose original language is Japanese and whose target language is English is selected. That is, dictionary data for translating various Japanese words included in the web page into English is selected. If the translation language information is Korean and the word index represents Chinese, dictionary data whose original language is Chinese and whose target language is Korean is selected. That is, dictionary data for translating various Chinese words included in the web page into Korean is selected.

  The search unit 330 searches the dictionary data selected by the dictionary selection unit 320 for translation data corresponding to the word index information. Preferably, translation data corresponding to the word identifier included in the word index information is searched, and the searched translation data is transmitted to the search result transmission unit 340.

  The search result transmission unit 340 transmits the searched translation data to the client 200 via the network.

  For reference, each component shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention means a hardware component such as software, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). , Perform a predetermined role.

  However, “each component” is not limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured as a program so as to be included in an addressable recording medium, and includes one or more processors. May be configured to process.

  Therefore, as an example, the component includes each component such as each software component, each object-oriented software component, each class component, and each task component, each process, each function, each attribute, each procedure, Each subroutine, each segment of program code, each driver, firmware, microcode, circuit, data, database, each data structure, each table, each array, and each variable are included.

  The functions provided in each component and the corresponding component are combined with a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

  Hereinafter, an online dictionary service providing method according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online dictionary service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the language selected by the user via the client 200 is set as a translation language (step S510). Usually, the user's native language is selected as the translation language, and this is set as the translation language. The translation language can be selected directly by the user, but is automatically selected by selecting a specific language version of the client.

  Next, the identified word is extracted from the web page through the cursor of the pointing device (step S520). First, when the cursor of the pointing device is positioned on a word of the web page for a time longer than a reference value, the corresponding word is recognized. If necessary, a special character included in the recognized word is trimmed.

  Next, a word index for the extracted word is searched (step S530).

  A process of searching for an index for the recognized word or the trimmed word from each unique index assigned to each word registered in the dictionary server 300 is performed. At this time, the word index includes a language identifier and a word identifier of the corresponding language. That is, the word index has an index system that is classified by language.

  Next, a query including translation language information and word index information is generated and transmitted to the dictionary server 300 (step S540). A query is generated by the client 200 installed in the user terminal, and the query is transmitted through network means for connecting the user terminal and the dictionary server 300.

  The dictionary server 300 analyzes the received query and extracts translation language information and word index information (step S550). The extracted translated language information is transmitted to the dictionary selection unit 320, and the word index information is transmitted to the dictionary selection unit 320 and the search unit 330.

  Next, the dictionary selection unit 320 selects appropriate dictionary data based on the translation language information and the word index information (step S560). At this time, the language identified by the language identifier included in the word index information is used as the original language of the dictionary data, and the translation language information is used as the target language of the dictionary data.

  Next, the search unit 330 searches translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data (step S570). The search unit 330 searches the selected dictionary data for translation data corresponding to the word identifier of the word index information.

  Next, a search result including the searched interpretation data is transmitted to the client 200 by the search result transmission unit 340, and the transmitted translation data is displayed on the user terminal via the client 200 (step S580). Preferably, the translation data is displayed in a tooltip form at a position adjacent to the search target word designated by the pointing device.

  One embodiment of the present invention is also realized in the form of a recording medium including an instruction word executable by a computer such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer-readable recording media are any recording media that can be accessed by a computer and include all volatile and non-volatile recording media, separated and non-separable recording media. Computer-readable recording media include all computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media can be volatile and non-volatile, separable and non-separable implemented in any method or technique for the storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Includes all types of recording media. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism and includes any information delivery media.

  Although the method and system of the present invention have been described with reference to particular embodiments, some or all of these components, operations, are implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

  The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only, and other specific examples can be used without departing from the technical idea or essential configuration of the present invention, provided that the person has ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It can be understood that it can be easily transformed into a specific form. Accordingly, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, each component described as being distributed may be implemented in a combined form. Is possible.

  The scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims rather than the detailed description given above, and all modifications or variations derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the equivalent concept thereof. Should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100: Online dictionary service provision apparatus, 200: Client, 210: Translation language setting part, 220: Search word extraction part, 230: Word index search part, 240: Word index storage part, 250: Query generation part, 260: Search result Display unit, 270: environment setting unit, 300: dictionary server, 310: query analysis unit, 320: dictionary selection unit, 330: search unit, 340: search result transmission unit, 350: dictionary data storage unit

Claims (16)

A query analysis unit that receives a query including word index information corresponding to a word included in the loaded web page and predetermined translation language information from a user terminal, and extracts the translation language information and word index information;
A dictionary data storage unit including at least one dictionary data including translation data in a target language for each word in the original language;
A dictionary selection unit that selects the dictionary data based on the translation language information and the word index information;
A search unit for searching the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data;
A search result transmission unit for transmitting the translation data to the client,
The apparatus for providing an online dictionary service, wherein the index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word in the original language.   The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the language identifier is determined based on a word code pattern.   2. The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary data storage unit includes dictionary data for storing words in the original language in a word index form.   The online selection according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary selection unit selects dictionary data in which the original language corresponds to a language identifier of the word index information and the target language corresponds to the translation language information. Dictionary service providing device.   2. The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search unit searches translation data corresponding to a word identifier of the word index information from the selected dictionary data. The query is generated by a client installed in the user terminal,
The client
An interpretation language setting section for setting a specific language as a translation language;
A search word extraction unit for extracting a word designated by a pointing device from each word of a web page loaded on the user terminal;
A word index storage unit for storing the word index information;
A word index search unit for searching the index of the extracted word from the word index storage unit;
A query generator for generating a query including the translated language information and word index information;
A search result display unit that receives the translation data and displays it on the user terminal,
The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the word index search unit selects a language identifier based on a code pattern of the extracted word. The search term extraction unit
A word recognition unit for recognizing a corresponding word when the cursor of the pointing device is positioned on a word of the web page for a time equal to or greater than a reference value;
The online dictionary service providing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a trimming processing unit that removes noise characters including special characters from the words recognized by the word recognition unit. Receiving a query including word index information corresponding to words included in the loaded web page and predetermined translation language information from the user terminal;
Extracting the translated language information and word index information from the query;
Selecting dictionary data based on the translation language information and the word index information from at least one dictionary data including each translation data in the target language for each word of the original language
Search the translation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data,
Transmitting the translation data to the user terminal,
The method for providing an online dictionary service, wherein the index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word in the original language.   The method of claim 8, wherein the language identifier is determined based on a word code pattern. Selecting the dictionary data includes
9. The online dictionary service providing method according to claim 8, wherein the original language corresponds to a language identifier of the word index information, and dictionary data whose target language corresponds to the translated language information is selected. Retrieving the interpretation data includes
9. The method of providing an online dictionary service according to claim 8, wherein translation data corresponding to a word identifier of the word index information is searched from the selected dictionary data. Set the translation language via the client installed on the user terminal,
Extracting a word indicated by the pointing device from each word of the web page loaded on the user terminal;
Search the index information of the extracted word from the word index storage unit including each word index having a system classified by each language,
Generating a query including the translated language information and word index information;
An online dictionary service providing method comprising receiving a search result of a dictionary server based on the query and displaying the search result on the user terminal.   The method of claim 12, wherein the word index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word in the original language. Extracting the word indicated by the pointing device is:
When the pointing device cursor is positioned on a word of the web page for a time longer than a reference value, the corresponding word is recognized,
13. The method of providing an online dictionary service according to claim 12, further comprising trimming noise characters including special characters from the recognized words. Searching the index of the extracted words
13. The online dictionary service providing method according to claim 12, wherein a language identifier of a word index is selected based on the extracted word code pattern. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the processing according to any one of claims 8 to 15 is recorded.