JP2013152594A - Electronic dictionary device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic dictionary device capable of performing a direct jump retrieval with a simple operation even with respect to a desired word relating to a displayed arbitrary word.SOLUTION: An electronic dictionary device includes an association table so as to associate each of a plurality of words with words relating to the word (words such as other parts of speech, variations, synonyms, and opposite words) and store them. A jump retrieval mode is set in an explanation information display screen G displayed in a main display part 16, and when a scroll pad 17 is set to a down-flick d in a state where a word "acceptance" of a retrieval target is set to a designation-display h, related words "Acceptability","Acceptable", and "Acceptation" stored in the association table are developed in a related word window W and displayed in association with the designated word "acceptance". When an arbitrary word within the related word window W is selected and decided, the selected word is retrieved from a dictionary for a jump destination, and the explanation information thereof is displayed.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary device and a control program for searching for explanation information of an arbitrary word or phrase.

  In a conventional electronic dictionary device, in a state where an arbitrary word is searched and its explanation information is displayed, the function of examining the next word based on this display is to specify the displayed arbitrary word and There is a “jump search function” for displaying explanation information and a “further search function” for inputting an arbitrary word and displaying the explanation information.

  An electronic dictionary having a “jump search function” capable of selecting and setting a jump destination dictionary has been considered (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  An information display control device having a “jump search function” that can also select a synonym dictionary as a jump destination dictionary has been considered (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  If it is in the display state of the explanation information of an arbitrary word, it accepts further search word input on one of the divided display screens. For example, an electronic dictionary device having a “further search function” that accepts user input has been considered (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

  On the other hand, in a portable electronic device, an electronic device in which a scroll pad is provided on the side of a display screen has been considered in order to improve display browsing operability (for example, see Patent Document 4).

JP 2001-134585 A JP 2005-293113 A JP 2007-193438 A JP 2003-296015 A

  In a conventional electronic dictionary device provided with a “jump search function”, only displayed words can be examined. In addition, in the conventional electronic dictionary device provided with “further search function”, the search word can be input while looking at the original display screen, but the user has to input the search word, and the normal search operation is troublesome. It is no different from doing it repeatedly.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an electronic dictionary device and a control thereof capable of directly jump-searching a desired word related to an arbitrary displayed word with a simple operation. The purpose is to provide a program.

  An electronic dictionary device according to the present invention includes a related word storage unit that stores a plurality of words and a word related to each word in association with each other, a text display unit that displays arbitrary text on a display unit, and a user operation. Mode setting means for setting a jump mode according to the word setting means for specifying an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display means in accordance with a user operation in the jump mode set by the mode setting means. Then, after an arbitrary word is specified by the word specifying unit, when an operation of the predetermined operation unit by the user is detected, the specified unit stored in the storage unit in association with the specified word is stored. A related word display unit that reads a word related to a word and displays the word on the display unit, and the word specified by the word specifying unit, or the related item A word associated with the specified word displayed by the display means is characterized by comprising a jump search means for searching the jump destination dictionary and displays the explanatory information on the display unit.

  A program according to the present invention is a program for controlling a computer of an electronic device having a display unit and a predetermined operation unit, and the computer associates a plurality of words with a word related to each word. In addition, the storage means for storing in the memory, the text display means for displaying arbitrary text on the display unit, the mode setting means for setting the jump mode according to the user operation, the jump mode set by the mode setting means, A word designating unit for designating an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display unit in response to a user operation. After an arbitrary word is designated by the word designating unit, the user operation is detected by the predetermined operation unit. The specified word stored in the storage means in association with the specified word. The related word display means for reading out the word to be displayed and displaying it on the display unit, the word specified by the word specifying means, or the word related to the specified word displayed by the related word display means is retrieved from the jump destination dictionary. It is characterized by functioning as a jump search means for searching and displaying the explanation information on the display section.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic dictionary device and a control program for the electronic dictionary device that can directly perform a jump search with respect to a desired word related to an arbitrary displayed word.

1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG. The figure which shows the content of the related table 22c memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 22 of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing overall processing of the electronic dictionary device 10; 5 is a flowchart showing related dictionary setting processing in a function setting mode of the electronic dictionary device 10; The figure which shows the related dictionary setting screen GT displayed on the main display part 16 with the related dictionary setting process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus. 7 is a flowchart showing jump processing accompanying dictionary search processing of the electronic dictionary device 10. The figure which shows the related word display operation | movement when the scroll pad 17 is operated with the jump process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10 (the 1). The figure which shows the related word display operation (the 2) at the time of operating the scroll pad 17 with the jump process of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

  The electronic dictionary device 10 includes a foldable case in which a main body case 11 and a lid case 12 can be expanded / closed via a hinge portion 13. A character input key 14a, a dictionary designation key 14b, a [translation / decision] key 14c, a [return] key 14d, a cursor key 14e, a [Jump] key 14f, and the like are provided on the surface of the main body case 11 in which the folding case is developed. A key input unit 14 and a touch panel sub display unit 15 are provided.

  The touch panel type sub-display unit 15 has a structure in which a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by a user with a pen, a finger, and the like and a display device are integrated. For example, 256 × A transparent touch panel 15t is overlaid on a 64-dot backlit color liquid crystal display screen 15d. The sub-display unit 15 is configured to input a handwritten character input area for inputting a handwritten character, a key input area for various functions, an area where the input areas are mixed, or a word for a jump search target, as necessary. It is possible to switch to a word display area for displaying candidates.

  And the locus | trajectory accompanying the handwriting input in the state which the said sub display part 15 was switched to the handwritten character input area is echoed back and displayed on the color liquid crystal display screen 15d with a backlight.

  Further, on the surface of the lid case 12, for example, a touch panel type main display unit 16 with a backlight of 480 × 320 dots, for example, and a vertically long scroll pad 17 along the right end of the main display unit 16 are provided. Provided.

  Similarly to the sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16 has a structure in which a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by a user with a pen, a finger, and the like and a display device are integrated. A transparent touch panel 16t is overlaid on the attached color liquid crystal display screen 16d.

  The scroll pad 17 includes a touch position detection device corresponding to the vertical length of the main display unit 16.

  Then, the electronic dictionary device 10 scrolls the display contents targeted for the display screen G such as explanation information and example sentence list of words searched for headwords as a function executed in response to a user operation of the scroll pad 17. In addition to the function, it has a function of opening and displaying a list of words related to the word specified in the jump search mode in the window W, and performing a jump search by directly specifying the related word in the window W with the reverse cursor Cu.

  For example, on the explanation information display screen G in FIG. 1, when the word “acceptance” of the jump source is designated and displayed and the scroll pad 17 is flicked down, another part of speech having a longer number of characters than the designated word “acceptance” is displayed. A word such as a variation is displayed as a related word window W, and the jump target word “Acceptable” is directly designated by the reverse cursor Cu. Here, “flick” means that the user touches the scroll pad 17 with a finger and touches the scroll pad 17 in the longitudinal direction of the scroll pad quickly.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded on various recording media and whose operation is controlled by the read program. The electronic circuit includes a CPU (central processing unit) 21. It is done.

  The CPU 21 is a device control program 22a stored in advance in the storage device 22, or a device control program 22a read from the external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card into the storage device 22 via the recording medium reading unit 24, or the Internet. The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled by using the RAM 26 as a working memory in accordance with a device control program 22a read into the storage device 22 from the N web server (in this case, the program server) 30 via the communication unit 25.

  The device control program 22a stored in the storage device 22 is an input signal corresponding to a user operation from the key input unit 14, the touch panel sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16 or the scroll pad 17, or the communication unit 25. It is started in response to a communication signal with each Web server 30 on the Internet N connected via the Internet.

  As described above, the CPU 21 is connected to the storage device 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the communication unit 25, the RAM 26, the key input unit 14, the touch panel sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16, and the scroll pad 17. Is done.

  In the storage device 22, as a device control program 22 a, a system program that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary device 10, each Web server 30 on the Internet N via the communication unit 25, and a user PC (Personal Computer) (not shown). A communication program or the like for data communication is stored. Further, as the device control program 22a, various description information such as a search word input process, a headword search process corresponding to the search word, a list display process of search headwords, a translation / meaning content corresponding to the selected headword, and the like. Search and display based on various databases stored in the storage device 22, such as read display processing, jump search processing of a specified word, display processing of related words according to user operation of the scroll pad 17 accompanying the jump search processing, etc. A dictionary search program for controlling the overall processing is stored.

  In addition to the device control program 22a, the storage device 22 stores a content database 22b, a related table 22c, a synonym dictionary 22c1, and an antonym dictionary 22c2.

  In the content database 22b, for example, [Japanese language dictionary] in which Japanese explanation information is described in association with Japanese headwords, and [Japanese-English dictionary in which Japanese explanation information is described in association with English headwords] ], [Japanese-English dictionary] in which English explanation information is described in association with Japanese headwords, [Synonym dictionary] [opposite dictionary] for each headword of [English-Japanese dictionary] Types of dictionary data are stored in advance or downloaded and stored.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the association table 22 c stored in the storage device 22 of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  In this association table 22c, for example, each word collected in the [English-Japanese dictionary] is stored in association with a word associated with the corresponding word. The related word is each word of the part of speech / variation of the corresponding word. For example, as shown in the specific example of FIG. 3, in the case of the word “acceptance”, The words “Accept”, “Accepter”, “Acceptor” such as part of speech / variation are stored in the upward table 22 cu, and the other words “Acceptability”, “Acceptable”, “Acceptation” of other parts of speech / variation, etc. having a longer number of characters "Is stored in the downward table 22cd.

  Then, in the related table 22c, in order to further associate more related words with each of the words, words registered in the [synonym dictionary] and [opposite dictionary] are operated by a user operation. Additional words can be set as related words. In the specific example “acceptance” of FIG. 3, the words “Reception”, “Pass”,... “Embrace” recorded in the synonym dictionary 22c1 are set in addition to the downward table 22cd and recorded in the antonym dictionary 22c2. This indicates that the words “Reject”, “Refuse”... “Repel” are set in addition to the upward table 22cu.

  Each related word stored in the downward table 22cd is displayed in the related word window W when the scroll pad 17 is flicked down with the jump source word designated and displayed in the jump search mode. On the other hand, each related word stored in the upward table 22cu is displayed in the related word window W when the scroll pad 17 is flicked upward.

  Furthermore, as words related to the jump source word, not only other words such as other parts of speech / variations, synonyms, antonyms, and the like that are semantically related, but also one character of the jump source word, Also included are words that have a spelling that partially matches, such as words that have been searched (wildcard search) replaced with one character, and words that have been searched (blank word search) replaced with a plurality of other characters.

  In this embodiment, the word searched for the wild card is displayed in the character designation related word window Ws when the scroll pad 17 is flicked down, and the word searched for the blank word is flicked up the scroll roll pad 17. In this case, the character designation related word window Ws is displayed.

  In the RAM 26, a main screen data memory 26a, a sub screen data memory 26b, a wild card data memory 26c, a blank word data memory 26d, and the like are secured.

  In the main screen data memory 26a, display data to be displayed on the touch panel type main display unit 16 is developed and stored in a bitmap pattern.

  In the sub screen data memory 26b, display data to be displayed on the touch panel type sub display unit 15 is developed and stored in a bitmap pattern.

  The wild card data memory 26c stores each word that has been wild card searched by designating one character of the word designated and displayed as the jump source.

  The blank word data memory 26d stores each word searched for a blank word by designating one character of the word designated and displayed as the jump source.

  In the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above, the CPU 21 uses the device control program 22a (search word input processing, headword search processing, headword list display processing, explanation information display processing of selected headword, jump search of a specified word. Software and hardware that controls the operation of each part of the circuit in accordance with instructions described in (including a program for executing related word display processing according to user operation of the scroll pad 17 associated with processing and jump search processing). Function in cooperation with each other to realize the function described in the following operation description.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the overall processing of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When an arbitrary dictionary is selected by the dictionary specification key 14b (step S1 (Yes)), a screen (not shown) for inputting a search word of the selected dictionary is displayed on the main display unit 16 ( Step S2).

  When a search word to be checked is input and displayed on this search word input screen (step S3), headwords that match the input search word are searched and displayed in a list, and a desired word is displayed from the list of headwords. When the headword is selected, the explanation information of the selected headword is read from the selected dictionary and displayed on the main display unit 16 (step S4).

  When the [Jump] key 14f is operated on the searched headword explanation information display screen G (step S5 (Yes)), the jump search mode is set, and a jump process (see FIGS. 7 and 8) described later is set. (Step SJ).

  On the other hand, when the dictionary is not selected and the function setting mode is switched according to the operation of the [SET] key (not shown) (Yes in step S6), the process proceeds to the setting process in FIG. 5 (step ST). ).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing related dictionary setting processing in the function setting mode of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a related dictionary setting screen GT displayed on the main display unit 16 in association with the related dictionary setting process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When the setting of the related dictionary is selected as a function setting target in the function setting mode (step T1), for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a related dictionary setting screen GT is displayed on the main display unit 16, and the related table 22c is used. Selection of a dictionary to be added as a related word associated with the jump source word is prompted (step T2).

  When a dictionary to be added according to a user operation is selected on the related dictionary setting screen GT ([Synonym Dictionary] or / and [Antonym Dictionary] on the related dictionary setting screen GT in FIG. 6) (Step T3), The selected dictionary is added as a related dictionary (step T4).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, each synonym of the synonym dictionary 22c1 is added to the lower table 22cd of the related table 22c as a related word, and the antonym dictionary 22c2 is added to the upper table 22cu. Each antonym is added as a related word.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a jump process associated with the dictionary search process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When the explanation information display screen G corresponding to the headword arbitrarily searched by the user is displayed on the main display unit 16 (steps S1 to S4), when the [Jump] key 14f is operated, the process proceeds to jump processing. (Step S5 (Yes) → SJ). In the jump process, when a word to be examined in the explanation information display screen G is selected by a touch operation or a cursor operation by the user (step J1 (Yes)), the selected word is inverted and displayed (designated display h). (Step J2).

  Here, when the [translation / decision] key 14c is operated (step J3 (Yes)), the dictionary corresponding to the character type of the designated and displayed word is set as the jump destination dictionary and matches the designated word. The headword and its explanation information are retrieved and read out and displayed on the main display section 16 (step J4).

  Thereby, a jump search can be performed by directly specifying a desired word in the explanation information display screen G searched for a headword.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a related word display operation (part 1) when the scroll pad 17 is operated in accordance with the jump process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, on the explanatory information display screen G corresponding to the headword “propose”, the desired word “acceptance” is selected and displayed (step J1 (Yes) → J2). When the scroll pad 17 is flicked downward (step J5 → J6 (Yes)), the associated table 22c is stored in the downward table 22cd (see FIG. 3) in association with the designated word “acceptance”. Related words (words of other parts of speech / variations) “Acceptability”, “Acceptable”, “Acceptation” having a longer character length than the designated word are read out, and as shown in FIG. (Step J7).

  At this time, when the synonym dictionary 22c1 is additionally associated with the downward table 22cd of the related table 22c by the related dictionary setting process (see FIGS. 5 and 6), it is displayed in the related word window W. Each of the related words (other parts of speech / variable words) “Acceptability” “Acceptable” “Acceptation”, each word “Reception” “Pass”… “Embrace” read from the synonym dictionary 22c1 is also added It is displayed by scrolling the related word window W according to the moving operation of the reverse cursor Cu.

  When an arbitrary related word displayed in the related word window W is selected by the reverse cursor Cu (“Acceptable” in FIG. 8B), the [translation / decision] key 14c is operated (step J3 ( Yes)), the explanation information corresponding to the selected related word “Acceptable” is read out from the jump destination dictionary and displayed on the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen G (step J4).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8A, in the explanation information display screen G corresponding to the headword “propose”, the desired word “acceptance” is selected and designated and displayed (step J1 ( If the scroll pad 17 is flicked upward (Yes) → J2) (Step J5 → J8 (Yes)), the association table 22c is associated with the designated word “acceptance” in the upward table 22cu (see FIG. 3). "Accept", "Accepter", and "Acceptor" are read out and displayed as a related word window W (steps). J9).

  At this time, if an antonym dictionary 22c2 is additionally associated with the upward table 22cu of the related table 22c by the related dictionary setting process (see FIGS. 5 and 6), the related word window W is displayed. Following each of the displayed related words (other parts of speech / variable words) “Accept” “Accepter” “Acceptor”, each word “Reject” “Refuse”… “Repel” read from the antonym dictionary 22c2 Is added, and is displayed by scrolling the related word window W according to the moving operation of the reverse cursor Cu.

  In the case of the related word display associated with the upper flick u, as in the case of the lower flick d, an arbitrary related word displayed in the related word window W is selected by the reverse cursor Cu, and the [translation / decision] key is selected. When 14c is operated (step J3 (Yes)), the explanation information corresponding to the selected related word is read from the jump destination dictionary and displayed on the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen G ( Step J4).

  Thereby, not only the word specified and displayed as the jump source on the explanation information display screen G searched for the headword (“acceptance” in FIG. 8A), but also other words associated as related words of the word Words that are parts of speech, variations, synonyms, antonyms, etc. (“Acceptable” in FIG. 8B) can be easily and directly specified to perform a jump search.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a related word display operation (part 2) when the scroll pad 17 is operated in accordance with the jump process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, on the explanatory information display screen G corresponding to the headword “silo”, the desired word “silo” is selected and designated and displayed (step J1 (Yes) → J2). When it is desired to examine a related word in which a part of the spelling of “silo” is replaced, if one letter “o” of the word “silo” is touched and designated (step J10 (Yes)), the designated letter The display color of “o” is changed and the identification display hr is performed (step J11).

  Then, with respect to the word “silo” that has been designated and displayed, the words “silk”, “sill”, “silt”,. Card search) and stored in the wild card data memory 26c (step J12).

  In addition, for the word “silo” that is designated and displayed, the words “silent”, “silica”, “silver”,. Word search) and stored in the blank word data memory 26d (step J13).

  Here, when the scroll pad 17 is flicked downward (step J5 → J6 (Yes)), it is determined that there is a designation of the letter “o” that is identified and displayed hr for the word “silo” that has been designated and displayed. Then (step J14 (Yes)), the wildcard searched words “silk”, “sill”, “silt”... Stored in the wildcard data memory 26c are read out, as shown in FIG. The character designation related word window Ws is displayed (step J15).

  When an arbitrary related word displayed in the character designation related word window Ws is selected by the reverse cursor Cu (“silk” in FIG. 9), and the [translation / decision] key 14c is operated (step J3 (Yes )), The explanation information corresponding to the selected related word “silk” is read out from the jump destination dictionary and displayed on the main display section 16 as the explanation information display screen G (step J4).

  On the other hand, when the scroll pad 17 is flicked upward (step J5 → J8 (Yes)), it is determined that there is a designation of the letter “o” that is identified and displayed hr for the word “silo” that has been designated and displayed. (Step J16 (Yes)), the words “silent”, “silica”, “silver”... Searched for the blank word stored in the blank word data memory 26d are read and displayed as the character designation related word window Ws. (Step J17).

  In the case of the related word display associated with the upper flick u, as in the case of the lower flick d, an arbitrary related word displayed in the character designation related word window Ws is selected by the reverse cursor Cu, and [Translation / Decision] is selected. ] Key 14c is operated (step J3 (Yes)), the explanation information corresponding to the selected related word is read from the jump destination dictionary and displayed on the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen G. (Step J4).

  Thereby, not only the word (“silo” in FIG. 9) designated and displayed as the jump source in the explanation information display screen G searched for the headword, but also some characters of the word are replaced with other characters. A word searched for a wild card or a word searched for a blank word ("silk" in FIG. 9) can be easily and directly specified to perform a jump search.

  Therefore, according to the jump search function of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, each of a plurality of words is associated with a word related to the word (words such as other parts of speech, variations, synonyms, antonyms, etc.) and stored. A related table 22c. Then, in the explanation information display screen G displayed on the main display unit 16, when the jump search mode is set and the search target word is designated and displayed, the scroll pad 17 is flicked to correspond to the designated word. The related words attached and stored in the related table 22c are expanded and displayed in the related word window W. When an arbitrary word in the related word window W is selected and determined, the selected word is jumped to. It is searched from the dictionary and its explanatory information is displayed.

  For this reason, each displayed word can be designated and displayed and jump search can be performed in the same manner as before, but not only that, but also other words related to the designated and displayed word can be directly operated with a simple operation. Jump search can be specified.

  Further, according to the jump search function by the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above configuration, the related table 22c is composed of a downward table 22cd and an upward table 22cu, and when the scroll pad 17 is flicked downward, When a part-of-speech / variable word or synonym having a longer number of characters than the designated word stored in the direction table 22cd is expanded and displayed in the related word window W, conversely, when the scroll pad 17 is flicked up, Other part-of-speech / variable words or antonyms having a shorter number of characters than the designated word stored in the upward table 22cu are expanded and displayed in the related word window W.

  For this reason, it is possible to selectively display related words grouped in advance by the way of flicking the scroll pad 17, and it is possible to more easily specify a desired word related to a specified word and perform a jump search. it can.

  Further, according to the jump search function of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, when a part of the character displayed in the designated display h is designated and identified and displayed hr, the designated character is replaced with the same number of characters ( Words that are replaced with wildcards) or other different numbers of characters (blank words) are searched. When the scroll pad 17 is flicked downward, the wild card searched word is expanded and displayed in the character designation related word window Ws. When the scroll pad 17 is flicked up, the blank word searched word is character designation related. The word window Ws is expanded and displayed.

  For this reason, not only words such as other parts of speech / variations, synonyms, antonyms, etc. that are semantically related to the word that has been designated and displayed, but also some characters of the word are replaced with other characters, Even if the spelling partially matches, even related words can be directly specified and jump-searched with a simple operation.

  In the above embodiment, the lower table 22cd of the related table 22c stores other part-of-speech / variant words and synonyms longer than the original word as related words, and the upper table 22cu stores the original table Other parts of speech / variant words and antonyms shorter than the word of the word are stored, and these related words are selectively displayed in the related word window W by flicking the scroll pad 17 down or flicking up. It was. In addition, for each word in which some characters are replaced with respect to the original word, the word searched for the wild card is displayed with the lower flick, and the word searched for the blank word is displayed with the upper flick. .

  The grouping of the words selectively displayed by the lower flick or the upper flick is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be configured to be appropriately changed and set according to the user operation.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, about the case where the jump search mode is set and the desired jump search target word is designated and displayed on the explanation information display screen G in the explanation information screen G searched for an entry word from an arbitrary dictionary. explained.

  Thus, the original text file for setting the jump search mode and designating and displaying the desired jump search target word is not limited to the dictionary data of the above embodiment, but any kind of text file such as an electronic book. It may be.

  In the embodiment, the related words displayed on the related word window W and the character designation related word window Ws on the explanation information display screen G displayed on the main display unit 16 are displayed on the sub display unit 15. It is good also as a structure.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the scroll pad 17 is comprised independently of the touchscreen main display part 16, when this electronic dictionary apparatus 10 is implemented by a tablet-type terminal, for example, it is one touchscreen type. A configuration may be adopted in which a part of the area of the display portion is functioned as a scroll pad. Further, instead of the scroll pad, the up and down cursor keys may be assigned to the operation of up and down flicks, and the above-described functions may be operated by the operation of the cursor keys.

  Each processing method and database by the electronic dictionary device 10 described in the embodiment, that is, the overall processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the related dictionary setting processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the jump processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. Databases including each method and dictionary content DB 22b and related table 22c are programs that can be executed by a computer, such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), It can be stored and distributed in an external recording medium 23 such as an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory or the like. Then, the computer of the electronic device provided with the display units (15, 16) and the contact position detection unit (17) reads the program recorded in the external recording medium 23 into the storage device 22, and the operation is performed by the read program. By being controlled, it is possible to realize the direct jump search function to the related word described in the above embodiment, and to execute the same processing by the method described above.

  The 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 the display unit (15, 16) and the contact position detection unit (17). The above-described direct jump search function for related words can also be realized by importing into the computer of the electronic device equipped with the communication unit 25.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, the embodiments include 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 requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment or some constituent requirements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention are not solved. When 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.

  Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.

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Storage means for storing a plurality of words and words related to each word in association with each other;
Text display means for displaying arbitrary text on the display unit;
Mode setting means for setting a jump mode in response to a user operation;
In the jump mode set by the mode setting means, a word specifying means for specifying an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display means according to a user operation;
After an arbitrary word is specified by the word specifying unit, when an operation of the predetermined operation unit by the user is detected, the specified word stored in the storage unit in association with the specified word is stored. Related word display means for reading related words and displaying them on the display unit;
Jump search means for searching a word designated by the word designation means or a word related to the designated word displayed by the related word display means from a jump destination dictionary and displaying the explanation information on the display unit When,
An electronic dictionary device comprising:

[2]
The storage means stores words related to each word separately into longer words and shorter words than the respective words,
When the user operates the predetermined operation unit in one direction, the related word display unit is associated with the specified word that is associated with the specified word and is stored separately by the storage unit. When a word is read out and displayed and the user operates in the direction opposite to the direction, a related word shorter than the designated word stored in correspondence with the designated word and stored separately by the storage means is displayed. Read and display,
The electronic dictionary device according to [1], wherein

[3]
The storage means stores a word related to each word separately into synonyms and antonyms of each word,
When the user operates the predetermined operation unit in one direction, the related word display unit reads a synonym of the specified word that is associated with the specified word and stored separately by the storage unit. When the user operates in the direction opposite to the direction, the opposite word of the designated word that is associated with the designated word and stored separately by the storage unit is read and displayed.
The electronic dictionary device according to [1], wherein

[4]
Character designation means for designating a part of characters of an arbitrary word designated by the word designation means in response to a user operation;
A replacement word search means for searching for a word in which some of the characters designated by the character designation means are replaced with other characters;
After a part of the arbitrary word is specified by the character specifying unit, when the predetermined operation unit is operated by the user, some characters of the specified word searched by the word searching unit Replacement word display means for displaying on the display unit the word replaced with the character of
The jump search means includes the word specified by the word specifying means, the word related to the specified word displayed by the related word display means, or the specified word displayed by the replacement word display means. A word in which some characters are replaced with other characters is searched from a dictionary to jump to and its explanation information is displayed on the display unit.
The electronic dictionary device according to [1], wherein

[5]
A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device having a display unit and a predetermined operation unit,
The computer,
Storage means for associating a plurality of words and words related to each word in a memory,
Text display means for displaying arbitrary text on the display unit;
Mode setting means for setting a jump mode in accordance with a user operation;
In the jump mode set by the mode setting means, a word specifying means for specifying an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display means in accordance with a user operation,
After an arbitrary word is designated by the word designation means, when the user operation is detected by the predetermined operation unit, the designated word stored in the storage means in association with the designated word A related word display means for reading a word related to and displaying it on the display unit,
Jump search means for searching a word designated by the word designation means or a word related to the designated word displayed by the related word display means from a jump destination dictionary and displaying the explanation information on the display unit ,
Program to function as.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary apparatus 11 ... Main body case 12 ... Lid case 13 ... Hinge part 14 ... Key input part 14a ... Character input key 14b ... Dictionary designation key 14c ... [Translation / determination] key 14d ... [Back] key 14e ... Cursor Key 14f ... [Jump] key 15 ... Touch panel sub display 15d ... Color liquid crystal display (with backlight)
15t ... Transparent touch panel 16 ... Touch panel main display unit 16d ... Color liquid crystal display unit (with backlight)
16t ... Transparent touch panel 17 ... Scroll pad 21 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 22 ... Memory | storage device 22a ... Device control program 22b ... Content database 22c ... Related table 22c1 ... Synonym dictionary 22c2 ... Opposite word dictionary 23 ... External recording medium 24 ... Recording medium reading part 25 ... Communication part 26 ... RAM
26a ... Main screen data memory 26b ... Sub screen data memory 26c ... Wild card data memory 26d ... Blank word data memory 30 ... Web server N ... Communication network GT ... Related dictionary setting screen G ... Explanation information display screen h ... Designation display hr ... Identification display d ... Flick down W ... Related word window Ws ... Character designation related word window Cu ... Reverse cursor

Claims (5)

Storage means for storing a plurality of words and words related to each word in association with each other;
Text display means for displaying arbitrary text on the display unit;
Mode setting means for setting a jump mode in response to a user operation;
In the jump mode set by the mode setting means, a word specifying means for specifying an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display means according to a user operation;
After an arbitrary word is specified by the word specifying unit, when an operation of the predetermined operation unit by the user is detected, the specified word stored in the storage unit in association with the specified word is stored. Related word display means for reading related words and displaying them on the display unit;
Jump search means for searching a word designated by the word designation means or a word related to the designated word displayed by the related word display means from a jump destination dictionary and displaying the explanation information on the display unit When,
An electronic dictionary device comprising: The storage means stores words related to each word separately into longer words and shorter words than the respective words,
When the user operates the predetermined operation unit in one direction, the related word display unit is associated with the specified word that is associated with the specified word and is stored separately by the storage unit. When a word is read out and displayed and the user operates in the direction opposite to the direction, a related word shorter than the designated word stored in correspondence with the designated word and stored separately by the storage means is displayed. Read and display,
The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1. The storage means stores a word related to each word separately into synonyms and antonyms of each word,
When the user operates the predetermined operation unit in one direction, the related word display unit reads a synonym of the specified word that is associated with the specified word and stored separately by the storage unit. When the user operates in the direction opposite to the direction, the opposite word of the designated word that is associated with the designated word and stored separately by the storage unit is read and displayed.
The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1. Character designation means for designating a part of characters of an arbitrary word designated by the word designation means in response to a user operation;
A replacement word search means for searching for a word in which some of the characters designated by the character designation means are replaced with other characters;
After a part of the arbitrary word is specified by the character specifying unit, when the predetermined operation unit is operated by the user, some characters of the specified word searched by the word searching unit Replacement word display means for displaying on the display unit the word replaced with the character of
The jump search means includes the word specified by the word specifying means, the word related to the specified word displayed by the related word display means, or the specified word displayed by the replacement word display means. A word in which some characters are replaced with other characters is searched from a dictionary to jump to and its explanation information is displayed on the display unit.
The electronic dictionary device according to claim 1. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device having a display unit and a predetermined operation unit,
The computer,
Storage means for associating a plurality of words and words related to each word in a memory,
Text display means for displaying arbitrary text on the display unit;
Mode setting means for setting a jump mode in accordance with a user operation;
In the jump mode set by the mode setting means, a word specifying means for specifying an arbitrary word in the text displayed by the text display means in accordance with a user operation,
After an arbitrary word is designated by the word designation means, when the user operation is detected by the predetermined operation unit, the designated word stored in the storage means in association with the designated word A related word display means for reading a word related to and displaying it on the display unit,
Jump search means for searching a word designated by the word designation means or a word related to the designated word displayed by the related word display means from a jump destination dictionary and displaying the explanation information on the display unit ,
Program to function as.

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