JP2014059890A - Electronic apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a desired kind of dictionary information on a character string in a text without disturbing text browsing.SOLUTION: In an electronic dictionary device 10 comprising a main screen 14a and a sub screen 16a, a user sets a dictionary to be searched from among dictionaries, and a display type being the type of information to be displayed among description information of the dictionaries, in association with a text through a predetermined setting screen. Thereby, a CPU 21 searches the set dictionary for a character string included in the text when displaying the text on the main screen 14a, reads information of a kind corresponding to the set display kind when a corresponding headword is searched, and displays it on the sub screen 16a.

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device having a dictionary function, and more particularly to an electronic device and a program capable of optionally displaying information related to dictionary search on a sub-screen provided separately from a main screen.

As an electronic device with a dictionary function, there is a portable dedicated device called "electronic dictionary"
You can carry it anywhere. Usually, this electronic dictionary has “Japanese dictionary”, “Encyclopedia”
, “English-Japanese dictionary”, “Japanese-English dictionary” and other types of dictionaries are installed. The user can switch these dictionaries appropriately by operating buttons, and for example, if it is an “English-Japanese dictionary”, it is possible to easily check the translation of English words and pronunciation symbols included in the displayed English text.

On the other hand, with regard to translation, there is one in which a translation of each word included in the original text of the text is searched by dictionary and displayed in association with the original text (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 7-21189 A

In the conventional electronic dictionary, in order to search the dictionary for words in the text in a state where some text is displayed, a designation operation by the user is required. That is, the user has to perform a troublesome operation such as selecting a dictionary each time and designating a word to be searched in the dictionary. In addition, there may be no corresponding word in the selected dictionary, and a wasteful operation may be performed.

In Patent Document 1 described above, it is assumed that a translation dictionary is used, and it is not possible to check a person's name or place name using another dictionary. In addition, regarding the display, since the translated word information obtained by the dictionary search is always displayed on the same screen as the text, it may interfere with the text browsing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an electronic device and a program capable of displaying a desired type of dictionary information for a character example in a text without hindering text browsing. With the goal.

The electronic device according to claim 1 of the present invention is an electronic device having a dictionary function in which a main screen and a sub-screen are provided at positions physically different from the main screen. A dictionary storage unit that stores a plurality of different dictionaries associated with each other, a text storage unit that stores text, and a text stored in the text storage unit,
A dictionary and display type setting means for setting a dictionary to be searched from each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means and a display type that is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary;
In accordance with a text display instruction, the dictionary / display type setting for the text display means for reading the selected text from the text storage means and displaying it on the main screen, and for the character string included in the text displayed by the text display means A dictionary search means for searching a dictionary set in the text by the means, and when the dictionary search means searches for a headword corresponding to the character string, the dictionary / display type of the description information of the headword And an information display unit that reads out information of a type corresponding to the display type set by the setting unit and displays the information on the sub-screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, a plurality of different texts are stored in the text storage unit, and the dictionary / display type setting unit stores the texts. A dictionary to be searched and a display type are set for a text arbitrarily selected from among them.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, an identification display for identifying and displaying a character string in which a headword is searched for by the dictionary search means in the text displayed on the main screen. And the information display means displays the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting means among the explanation information of the corresponding headword in accordance with the designation operation of the character string identified and displayed by the identification display means. A corresponding type of information is read out and displayed on the sub-screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, the display type includes an image, and the information display unit selects an image displayed as the display type on the sub-screen. When this is done, the body of the description information of the headword corresponding to the image is read from the dictionary and displayed on the main screen.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, the dictionary / display type setting means sets the first and second dictionaries as search targets and sets a display type for each of the first and second dictionaries. The information display means further searches the second dictionary for the headword searched in the first dictionary set by the dictionary / display type setting means, Display type information obtained from each of the first and second dictionaries is arranged and displayed on the sub-screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means includes a special dictionary in which words to be learned are registered, and the dictionary / display type When the special dictionary is set as a search target by the setting means, the word is learned along with the confirmation operation of the information related to the word registered in the special dictionary displayed on the sub-screen by the information display means. It further comprises learning word registering means for registering as completed.

A program according to claim 7 of the present invention is provided with a main screen and a plurality of different dictionaries in which a sub screen is provided at a position physically different from the main screen, and headwords and explanation information are associated with each word. Is a program executed by a computer for controlling an electronic device having a first memory for storing text and a second memory for storing text, the program being stored in the second memory in the computer A function of setting a dictionary to be searched from among the dictionaries stored in the first memory and a display type that is a type of information to be displayed among explanatory information of the dictionary , A function for reading out the selected text from the second memory in accordance with a text display instruction and displaying the selected text on the main screen, and a character string included in the displayed text About the function for searching the dictionary set for the text, and when the headword corresponding to the character string is searched by this dictionary search, it corresponds to the set display type among the explanation information of the headword And a function of reading out the type of information to be displayed on the sub-screen.

According to the present invention, if a dictionary to be automatically searched for text and the type of information to be displayed in the explanation information are set, the user can perform a dictionary search operation according to the displayed text. The dictionary set in this manner is automatically searched, and the display information of the user setting type among the searched headword information can be displayed on a sub screen physically different from the main screen. Thereby, it is possible to visually recognize a desired type of dictionary information for a character string in the text without hindering text browsing.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration when an electronic dictionary device is taken as an example of an electronic device having a dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of various dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit of the memory provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3A is an “ABC English-Japanese dictionary”, and FIG. ) Shows the configuration of dictionary data for “examination words”, and FIG. 5C shows the configuration of dictionary data for “personal dictionary”. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dictionary and display type setting data stored in a setting storage unit of a memory included in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4A shows a text name “mamals”, FIG. 5B shows the text set “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 4C shows the dictionary set for the text name “Les Miserable 3” and display type setting data. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of various text data stored in a text storage unit of a memory provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 5A shows a text name “mamals” and FIG. ) Is a text name “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 10C shows a part of the text data of the text name “Les Miserables 3”. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a CPU provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic dictionary text display process in the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic dictionary text display process in the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary / display type setting process of the electronic dictionary in the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search processing operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen when a Japanese dictionary is set as an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary in the embodiment, and FIG. 11A shows a dictionary and display type setting screen. FIG. 6B shows a state in which a Japanese dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen when an English dictionary is set as an example of dictionary / display type setting of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 12A shows a dictionary and display type setting screen. FIG. 5B shows a state in which an English dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which a finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed as an example of dictionary / display type setting of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. 14A and 14B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 14A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 14B shows a display example of the sub screen. . 15A and 15B are diagrams showing an example of a screen during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 15A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 15B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 16A shows a state where a text list is displayed, and FIG. 16B shows setting of the dictionary and display type. The screen is displayed, FIG. 10C shows the state where the Japanese dictionary list screen is displayed, and FIG. 9D shows the state where the finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed. . FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 17A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 17B shows a display example of the sub screen. . 18A and 18B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 18A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 18B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 19A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 19B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 20A shows a state where a text list is displayed, and FIG. 20B shows setting of the dictionary and display type. The screen is displayed, and FIG. 10C shows the state where the English dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a setting example of the dictionary / display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 21A shows a state where “Further search” is selected on the dictionary and display type setting screen. (B) shows a state where an English dictionary list screen is displayed, and (c) shows a state where a finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed. 22A and 22B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 22A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 22B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment, FIG. 23A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 23B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 24A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 24B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 25A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 25B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of operation related to “examination word collection” of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 26A is a diagram showing an example of a checked word list display screen, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the explanatory information corresponding to the word selected in the list display screen.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration when an electronic dictionary device is taken as an example of an electronic device having a dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic dictionary device 10 includes a foldable case in which a lid case 11 and a main body case 12 can be expanded / closed via a hinge portion 13. A first display unit 14 is provided on the surface of the lid case 11 in which the folding case is developed.

The first display unit 14 is composed of a liquid crystal display device with a backlight of, for example, 480 × 320 dots, and the liquid crystal display screen is used as the main screen 14a. In addition, the first display unit 14 is integrated with a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by the user with the pen 15 or the like, and is displayed on a main screen 14 a disposed on substantially the entire surface of the lid case 11. The transparent touch panel 14b is overlaid.

On the other hand, a second display unit 16 is provided on the surface of the main body case 12. The second display unit 16 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device of 256 × 64 dots, and the liquid crystal display screen is used as the sub screen 16a. Similar to the first display unit 14, the second display unit 16 also has a structure integrated with a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by the user with the pen 15 or the like. The transparent touch panel 16b is overlaid on the sub-screen 16a arranged on the screen.

A key input unit 17 for inputting various keys and giving instructions is provided on the surface of the main body case 12.
Is provided. The key input unit 17 includes a power key 17a, a dictionary / mode selection key 17b, a character input key 17c, and up / down / left / right cursor keys 1 arranged on the surface of the main body case 12.
7d, various keys including a determination key 17e.

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

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) 21 is provided. The CPU 21 executes information display control according to the present invention in addition to the processing related to each function of the electronic dictionary by starting the program according to the input instruction.

The CPU 21 is connected to the first display unit 14 (main screen 14a and transparent touch panel 14b), the second display unit 16 (sub screen 16a and transparent touch panel 16b) shown in FIG. The unit 17 is connected, and the memory 23, the transmission control unit 24, the recording medium reading unit 27, and the like are connected.

The memory 23 includes a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various data necessary for the processing operation of the CPU 21. In the present embodiment, the memory 23 includes a program storage unit 31, a dictionary storage unit 32, a setting storage unit 33, a text storage unit 34, and a word check storage unit 35, and temporarily stores various data. A work area 36 is provided.

The program storage unit 31 stores an information display control program executed by the CPU 21. This information display control program is a program for displaying explanatory information such as readings, parts of speech, and texts corresponding to headwords obtained as a dictionary search result on the main screen 14a or the sub screen 16a.

Various dictionary data are stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 (see FIG. 3). Specifically, the dictionary data includes “CDE Japanese dictionary”, “Encyclopedia”, “Geography dictionary”, “Person dictionary”, “AB
In addition to “C English-Japanese Dictionary” and the like, “Examination word collection” is included as a special dictionary. In this “examination word collection”, English words with a high examination question rate are registered as learning objects.

The setting storage unit 33 stores a dictionary set by the user for each text file on a predetermined setting screen and display type setting data (see FIG. 4).

Various text files are stored in the text storage unit 34 (see FIG. 5). Specifically, the text file has a text name “mamalals” and a text name “Abrah”.
am Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address "and text name" Les Miserables 3 ", and these files are registered in advance or additionally registered as appropriate through an external medium.

The word check storage unit 35 stores each word registered as a headword in the “examination word collection” (
The check data attached to the learned words in (English words) is stored.

In addition, the transmission control unit 24 transmits and receives various data such as programs, dictionaries, texts, and the like to and from the external communication device 26 via the network 25. As network 25, L
An AN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the Internet is included. Note that a configuration may be adopted in which the external communication device 26 is directly connected to the external communication device 26 wirelessly or via a wire without going through the network 25.

The recording medium reading unit 27 is a device for reading various data including a program recorded on the recording medium 28. Examples of the recording medium 28 include a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.), and a semiconductor memory.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of various dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIG. 3 (a) is “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, FIG. 3 (b). Shows the configuration of the dictionary data of “Examination word collection”, and FIG.

Each type of dictionary data includes a headword and explanation information corresponding to the headword. For example, in the case of “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, types of information such as “yomi”, “part of speech”, and “text” are included as explanatory information corresponding to headwords. In addition, in the case of “Examination word collection”, the explanation information corresponding to the headword includes types of information such as “part of speech” and “text”. In the case of the “personal dictionary”, the explanation information corresponding to the headword includes types of information such as “yomi”, “part of speech”, “text”, and “image”.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the dictionary and display type setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIG. 4A shows the text name “mamalals”.
"(B) shows the text name" Abraham Lincoln-The Gettys ".
"Burg Address", (c) in the figure shows the dictionary set to the text name "Les Miserables 3" and display type setting data.

In the example of FIG. 4A, the English dictionary “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” and the Japanese dictionary “CDE” are used.
“Japanese dictionary” is set, and “Yomi” is set to be displayed when the corresponding headword exists in the text. In the example of FIG. 4 (b), “examination word collection” and “A
“BC English-Japanese Dictionary” is set, and when there is a corresponding headword in the text, “Summary” is displayed in “Examination Word Collection” and “Yomi” is displayed in “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”.
The “outline” is a part of the content at the beginning of the “text” of the dictionary.

In the example of FIG. 4C, “person name dictionary” is set as the Japanese dictionary, and “image” is set to be displayed when the corresponding headword exists in the text.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of various text data stored in the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIG. 5A illustrates a text name “mamals”,
The figure (b) shows the text name “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysbu.
“rg Address”, FIG. 5C shows a part of the text data of the text name “Les Miserables 3”.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the CPU 21 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10.

The CPU 21, which is the main control device, includes a dictionary / display type setting unit 21a, a text display unit 21b, a dictionary search unit 21c, an information display unit 21d, an identification display unit 21e, and a learning word registration unit 21f as functional configurations related to information display. Is provided.

The dictionary / display type setting unit 21a is associated with the text stored in the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 by displaying a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 described later, and the dictionary storage unit 32.
A process for setting a dictionary to be searched from among the dictionaries stored in and a display type that is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary is performed.

The text display unit 21 b performs processing for reading the text selected by the user's operation from the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 and displaying it on the main screen 14 a of the first display unit 14.

The dictionary search unit 21c performs processing for searching the dictionary set in the text by the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a for the character string included in the text displayed by the text display unit 21b.

The information display unit 21d reads out the second type of information corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a when the dictionary search unit 21c searches for a headword corresponding to the character string. Processing for displaying on the sub-screen 16a of the display unit 16 is performed.

The identification display unit 21e is an information display unit 21d in the text displayed on the main screen 14a.
The process for identifying and displaying the character string for which the headword has been searched is performed. Specifically, in addition to adding an underline to the character string, the identification display includes marking with color, displaying the character string in italics or bold, displaying it with colored characters, and the like.

When the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a sets a “learning word collection”, which is a special dictionary, as a search target, the learning word registration unit 21f displays the sub screen 1 using the information display unit 21d.
Along with the confirmation operation of the information related to the word registered in the “learning word collection” displayed on 6a, a process for registering the word as learned in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23 is performed.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.
In the following, each processing operation will be described in detail with specific examples of operations, divided into (a) text display processing and (b) dictionary search processing.

(A) Text display processing
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of the text display process of the electronic dictionary device 10 in the same embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is recorded on the recording medium 28 in the form of a program readable by the CPU 21 and installed through the recording medium reading unit 27 or stored in the memory 23 in advance.

Now, with the list of text displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 by the operation of the dictionary / mode selection key 17b of the key input unit 17 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, the user presses the cursor key 17d. It is assumed that the text to be displayed is selected by the operation (step A11).

When the text is selected, the CPU 21 refers to the dictionary / display type setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 to determine whether or not a dictionary is set for the text (step A12). ). If no dictionary is set for the text (step A1
2), the CPU 21 executes the following dictionary / display type setting process to determine the dictionary used by the user for the text and the display type that is the type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary. Select (step A13).

Here, the dictionary / display type setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 11 to 13.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary / display type setting process of the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG.
1 to 13 are diagrams showing examples of dictionary / display type settings.

As shown in FIG. 9, when a text for which no dictionary is set is selected, the CPU 21 temporarily stores the text name as a setting target in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step B11).
Then, a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the main screen 14a (step B12).

The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and can be configured to set two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 respectively. Also,
When two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 are set, “Further search” or “Search if no” can be selected. “Further search” means searching for a headword in the dictionary 1 and then searching for the same headword using the dictionary 2. “Search if there is no” means whether to search for a headword using the dictionary 2 if not in the dictionary 1.

As shown in FIG. 11 (a), when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the first language setting unit 52, The list is switched to a Japanese dictionary list screen 54 as shown in b), and a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “CDE Japanese dictionary” in the Japanese dictionary and “Yomi” as the display type are selected.

FIG. 12 shows an example in which an English dictionary is set continuously.
As shown in FIG. 12A, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the second language setting unit 53,
), And a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, the English dictionary “A
“BC English-Japanese Dictionary” and “Yomi” selected as the display type are shown.

After selecting the dictionary and display type, when the selection content is confirmed by operating the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 13 is finally displayed. As a result, “CDE Japanese dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are used as a Japanese dictionary, and “A” is used as an English dictionary.
It can be confirmed that “BC English-Japanese Dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are set.

When the dictionary and the display type are set by the user operation in this way (step B13)
The CPU 21 associates the dictionary and display type setting data with the text name temporarily stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23, and the setting storage unit 3 of the memory 23 as shown in the example of FIG.
3 (step B14).

At this time, if the dictionary 1 and the dictionary 2 are set for the same language, “Further search”
It is assumed that a search attribute indicating whether or not “search if there is no” is included in the setting data and stored.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 7, when the dictionary and the display type are set for the text selected by the user, the CPU 21 displays the text on the main screen 14a so as to be viewable (step A14). In that case, when the same text was browsed last time, it is displayed from the end point of the previous browsing.

When the text is displayed on the main screen 14a, the CPU 21 extracts a character string from the beginning of the displayed text as a dictionary search word (step A15). And CPU21
Is based on the setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23, reads the dictionary 1 set by the user from the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23, and corresponds to the extracted character string in the dictionary 1. It is determined whether or not an entry word exists (step A16).

If a dictionary 1 is set for each of a plurality of different languages, the dictionary 1 for each language is searched. That is, in the example of FIG. 13, “CDE Japanese dictionary” for Japanese and “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” for English are set as the dictionary 1. The presence / absence of the corresponding headword is searched.

Here, if there is no entry word corresponding to the dictionary 1 (No in step A16).
) Based on the search attribute included in the setting data, the CPU 21 determines whether or not “search the dictionary 2 if not present” is set for the text (step A17). If “search dictionary 2 if none” is set (Yes in step A17), CP
U21 reads the dictionary 2 from the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23, and determines whether or not a headword corresponding to the extracted character string exists in the dictionary 2 (step A18). Also in this case, if a dictionary 2 is set for each of a plurality of different languages, the dictionary 2 for each language is searched.

If the corresponding entry is found as a result of searching the dictionary 2 (Yes in step A18)
s) The CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step A19) and associates the character string with the dictionary 2 and stores it in the work area 36 of the memory 23. (Step A20).

On the other hand, when there is a headword corresponding to the dictionary 1 (Yes in step A16), C
Based on the search attribute included in the setting data, the PU 21 determines whether “search further in the dictionary 2” is set for the text (step A21). If “search further dictionary 2” is not set (No in step A21), the CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step A22). The dictionary 1 is associated with the character string and stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step A23).

If “search further dictionary 2” is set (Yes in step A21)
The CPU 21 reads the dictionary 2 from the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23, and determines whether or not a headword corresponding to the extracted character string exists in the dictionary 2 (step A24).
).

As a result, if there is no entry word corresponding to the dictionary 2 (No in step A24), C
The PU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline or the like (step A22), and associates the dictionary 1 with the character string and stores it in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step S22). A23).

If there is a headword corresponding to the dictionary 2 (Yes in step A24), C
The PU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline or the like (step A25), and stores the dictionary 1 and the dictionary 2 in association with the character string in the work area 36 of the memory 23. (Step A26).

In this manner, the CPU 21 searches the dictionary set by the user while sequentially extracting the character string as the dictionary search word from the top of the currently displayed text (step A27), and when the corresponding entry word exists. The character string is identified and displayed, and the dictionary is associated and stored in the work area 36 (step A28 → A16). When the character string is extracted to the end of the text (Yes in step A28), the following processing is performed.

That is, first, the CPU 21 designates and displays the location identified (displayed at the beginning of the currently displayed text) (that is, the character string existing in the dictionary) as a sub-screen display target (step A29). As a method of designation display, for example, a red underline or a marker is added to the character string of the part, but the display form is not particularly limited.

Next, the CPU 21 retrieves a dictionary corresponding to the character string at the designated and displayed location, and reads out information corresponding to the display type designated by the user from the description information of the headword registered in the dictionary. This is displayed on the sub-screen 16a together with the dictionary name (step A30).

It should be noted that the dictionary corresponding to the character string at the designated and displayed location can be determined from the correspondence between the character string stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 and the dictionary. The display type designated by the user can be determined from the dictionary stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 and the display type setting data.

FIG. 14 shows a display example at this time.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display. FIG. 14A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 14B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a.

Assume that a certain text is displayed on the main screen 14a as shown in FIG. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a designation display by a red underline or a marker, and indicates a character string to be displayed on the sub screen.

In the case where “mammals” and “belong” character strings in the text exist in the dictionary, first, “mammals” at the head thereof is designated and displayed with an underline or marker as a sub-screen display target. Then, as shown in FIG.
In a, the dictionary information related to “mmmals” is displayed together with the dictionary name. In this example,
Of the explanation information of the headword “mammals” from “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, information on “yomi” (phonetic symbol) set as the display type by the user is displayed on the sub-screen 16a.

In this state, for example, when the user performs a designated display movement operation using the left and right cursor keys 17d (Yes in step A31), the CPU 21 determines the position of the designated display according to the instruction of the movement operation (dictionary setting). (Step A32)
. Then, the CPU 21 searches again the dictionary corresponding to the character string of the movement destination, reads out the information of the type corresponding to the display type set by the user from the description information of the headword registered in the dictionary, This is displayed on the sub-screen 16a (step A32 → A30).

FIG. 15 shows a display example at this time.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display. FIG. 15A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 15B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a.

When the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d to designate "belong" as the next sub-screen display target, "belong" is designated and displayed by an underline or a marker, as shown in FIG. Information on the dictionary related to “belong” is displayed on the screen 16a together with the dictionary name. In this example, the headword “belong” is derived from “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”.
The information “Yomi” (phonetic symbol) set as the display type by the user is displayed on the sub-screen 16a.

In this way, if the type of information to be displayed as a dictionary is set in advance in the text, the dictionary information related to the corresponding character string can be easily obtained without opening a dictionary search operation when the text is opened. Can be confirmed. At that time, a main screen 14 which is a text display screen.
Since the dictionary information is displayed not on the sub screen 16a but on the physically separated sub screen 16a, there is no hindrance to text browsing. In particular, since it is possible to set the type of information to be displayed on the sub-screen 16a, there is an advantage that only the necessary information can be easily confirmed by shifting the eye line slightly.

In addition, since the display type, which is the type of information to be displayed as a dictionary, can be set for multiple texts, when each text is displayed, the user does not need to perform a dictionary search operation. A desired type of information can be easily obtained from the corresponding dictionary.

Further, as the display type of information to be displayed on the sub-screen 16a, “image” information can be designated in addition to the types of information such as “reading” and “outline”.

Specific examples are shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 to 18.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a setting example of the dictionary / display type of the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIGS. 17 to 18 are diagrams showing display examples of the main screen 14a and the sub screen 16a during text display.

Now, as shown in FIG. 16A, with the text list 50 displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14, the text “Les Miserables 3” in [A] is the user. Is selected.

When no dictionary is set for the selected text, a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 16B is displayed on the main screen 14a. The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 can be set respectively.

Here, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the first language setting unit 52 of the setting screen 51, FIG.
Is switched to the list screen 54 of the Japanese dictionary as shown in FIG. 5A, and a desired dictionary and a display type which is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “person name dictionary” in the Japanese dictionary and “image” as the display type are selected.

When the user operates the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17 after selecting the dictionary and display type, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 16 (d) is displayed, and “personal dictionary” as a Japanese dictionary is displayed.
And the display type “image” are set. Thereby, the setting data as shown in FIG. 4C is stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23.

After the dictionary and the display type are set in this way, when the text “Les Miserables 3” is read, the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 and the sub-screen 16a of the second display unit 16 are shown in FIG. A display like 17 is made.

FIG. 17A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 17B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a designation display with a red underline or marker,
Indicates a character string to be displayed on the sub screen.

On the main screen 14a, the text “Les Miserables 3” is displayed, and the character string existing as a headword in the dictionary “personal dictionary” specified by the user is identified by an underline UL. Is displayed. Further, among these character strings, a character string that is a sub-screen display target is designated and displayed with a red underline UL (r). In this example, underlined UL is added to the character strings of names such as “Louis XII”, “Henri IV”, “Louis XIV”, and “Louis XII” at the top of the character string is red. Underline UL (
r) is attached.

At this time, on the sub screen 16a, an image relating to the current sub screen display target “Louis XII” is displayed together with the dictionary name “personal dictionary” of the registration destination.

When the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d, the sub-screen display target is switched to another character string as shown in FIGS. 18A and 18B, and the information in the dictionary 1 corresponding to the character string is displayed. It is displayed on the sub screen 16a. In this example, the sub screen display target is switched to “Henri IV”, and an image related to “Henri IV” is read from the “person name dictionary” and displayed on the sub screen 16a. Yes.

Here, when the image information corresponding to the character string in the text is displayed on the sub screen 16a, the user selects the dictionary name on the sub screen 16a by touching with the pen 15 or the like (in step A33). Yes), the CPU 21 reads the entire description information related to the character string from the selected dictionary, and displays the window on the main screen 14a from the top of the description information (step A34).

This is shown in FIG.
FIG. 19A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 19B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. If the user touches the dictionary name “personal dictionary” on the subscreen 16a with the pen 15 or the like while the image relating to “Henri IV” is displayed on the subscreen 16a, the “personal dictionary” to “Henri IV” The description information text is read out, and the display screen 56 of the description information text is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

In this way, if the text describes a large number of people, if you specify "person name dictionary" as the dictionary and "image" as the display type, even if you do not perform special operations such as jump search while displaying the text, The image of each person can be easily confirmed on the sub-screen 16a, which is very useful for understanding the contents of the text.

Further, it is convenient that detailed information of the currently displayed person can be confirmed on the main screen 14a simply by touching the sub-screen 16a. In this case, the detailed information of the person is not always displayed on the main screen 14a, but only when designated by the user.
It won't get in the way of text viewing.

In this example, “Image” is specified as the display type, but the same applies when other information such as “Reading” and “Summary” is specified as the display type. By touching 16a, the detailed information can be confirmed on the main screen 14a.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 8, if the dictionary selected by the user touching the sub-screen 16 a is the “examination word collection” which is a special dictionary (Yes in step A <b> 35), the CPU 2.
1 corresponds to the word in the “examination word collection” stored in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23 on the assumption that the user has learned the word in the text currently designated as the sub-screen display target. A check mark indicating that learning has been completed is registered in the headword (step A36).
).

This situation will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 20 and 21 and FIGS.
20 and 21 are diagrams showing examples of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIGS. 22 to 25 are diagrams showing examples of displaying the main screen 14a and the sub screen 16a during text display.

Now, as shown in FIG. 20A, in the state where the text list 50 is displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14, "Abraham Lincoln-The" in [B] therein.
Assume that the text “Gettysburg Address” is selected by the user.

When no dictionary is set for the selected text, a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 20B is displayed on the main screen 14a. The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 can be set respectively.

Here, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to move the cursor CL to the input field of the dictionary 1 in the second language setting unit 53 of the setting screen 51, FIG.
The list screen 55 of the English dictionary as shown in FIG. 5 is switched, and a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL.

In this example, the “examination word collection” included in the English dictionary and the state where “summary” is selected as the display type are shown. In this embodiment, by designating a dictionary of “examination word collection”, it is possible to learn words (English words) registered in the “examination word collection” during text display.

FIG. 21 shows an example in which an English dictionary is set continuously.
As shown in FIG. 21A, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 and selects the item “Further search” in the second language setting unit 53, the item shown in FIG. By switching to the English dictionary list screen 55, a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” in the English dictionary and “Yomi” as the display type are selected.

When the user operates the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17 after selecting the dictionary and display type, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 21 (c) is displayed. “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are set as the display type “summary”, and the dictionary 2 to be further searched. Thereby, setting data as shown in FIG. 4B is stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23.

After setting the dictionary and display type in this way, “Abraham Lincoln-T
When the text “he Gettysburg Address” is read, the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 and the sub-screen 16a of the second display unit 16 are displayed as shown in FIG.

22A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 22B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a red underline and indicates that it is a sub-screen display target.

The main screen 14a displays “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysb.
"urg Address" text is displayed, and the character strings existing as headwords in the dictionary "Examination word collection" and "ABC English-Japanese Dictionary" specified by the user are displayed with an underline UL. The Further, among these character strings, a character string that is a sub-screen display target is designated and displayed with a red underline UL (r). In this example, an underline UL is added to a character string of English words such as “conceive”, “Liberty”, “conceived”, and “conceive” at the head of the character string.
Is underlined with a red underline UL (r).

At this time, the information obtained from the dictionary 1 and the information obtained from the dictionary 2 are displayed side by side on the sub-screen 16a. Specifically, “c” that is the current sub-screen display target in the text.
“Summary” which is the display type of the user setting related to “onceive” is the dictionary name “user setting”
“Reading word book” is displayed together with “conceptive”, and “reading” which is a display type of the user setting is displayed together with dictionary name “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” set as the user.

Further, when the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d, the sub-screen display target is switched to another character string as shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b), and the dictionary 1, dictionary 2 corresponding to the character string is switched. Is displayed on the sub-screen 16a. In this example, the sub screen display target is “Live”.
rty ”,“ Summary ”of the display type of the user setting is read out from the explanation information of“ Liberty ”of“ Examination word collection ”, and“ Liber ”of“ ABC English-Japanese Dictionary ”is further read.
"Read" of the display type set by the user is read out from the description information of "ty", and the sub screen 16a
The state displayed in is shown.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 24A and 24B, the user selects the dictionary name “A” on the sub-screen 16a.
Touching the “BC English-Japanese Dictionary” with the pen 15 or the like will change the “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” to “Libert”
The entire explanation information regarding “y” is read out, and the explanation information display screen 57 is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B, when the user touches the dictionary name “examination word collection” on the sub-screen 16a with the pen 15 or the like, the explanation information about “Liberty” from the “examination word collection” Is displayed, and the display screen 58 for the explanation information is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

At that time, it is assumed that the user has learned the word “Liberty”, and a check mark indicating that the headword corresponding to the word registered in the “examination word collection” has been learned is attached, Message 5 for notifying the user that the check mark has been registered
9 is displayed on the main screen 14a.

Thereafter, when “Examination word collection” is selected, the check mark of the word registered during the text display is reflected. Regarding “Examination word collection”, FIG. 10 and FIG.
Will be described in detail.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the user instructs “return” by a predetermined operation (Yes in step A <b> 37), the process returns to step A <b> 31 and the same process is repeated.

Further, when there is a page turning operation by the operation of the up / down cursor keys 17d or the like (Yes in step A38), the CPU 21 switches the display range of the currently displayed text to a page in the direction specified by the user and displays the page ( Step A39).

(B) Dictionary search processing
Next, the dictionary search process will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search processing operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 according to the embodiment. Note that the processing shown in this flowchart is recorded in the recording medium 28 in the form of a program readable by the CPU 21 and installed through the recording medium reading unit 27, or in the memory 23, as in the above-described flowcharts. Stored in advance.

As shown in FIG. 10, for example, a main menu is displayed on the main screen 14 of the first display unit 14.
The dictionary / mode selection key 17 provided to the key input unit 17 by the user while being displayed in a.
When a dictionary is selected by the operation b (step C11), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the selected dictionary is a “tested word collection” (step C12).

Here, if the selected dictionary is other than “Examination word collection” (N in step C12).
o) A normal dictionary search process is executed.

That is, first, the CPU 21 displays a search input screen (not shown) on the main screen 14a (step C13). Then, the CPU 21 searches for a headword corresponding to the search character from the dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23 based on the search character input by the user through the search input screen (step C15). ).

When there is a corresponding headword, the CPU 21 reads the explanation information corresponding to the headword from the data of the dictionary and displays it on the main screen 14a as a search result (
Step C16). After that, when there is an end operation by the user (Yes in step C17)
Then, the dictionary search process here is terminated and the original screen is restored.

On the other hand, when the selected dictionary is “Examination word collection” (Yes in step C12).
The following dictionary search processing is executed.

That is, the CPU 21 first determines whether or not a checked word list is instructed by the user (step C18). When there is an instruction for a checked word list (Yes in step C18), the CPU 21 determines each of the words registered in the “examination word collection” based on the check data stored in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23. The checked words are read out from the words, and a list of these words is displayed on the main screen 14a (Step C19,
(See FIG. 26 (a)).

Here, when the user specifies a desired word in the displayed list of checked words (
Step C20). The CPU 21 reads out the explanation information of the designated word from the “examination word collection” and displays it on the main screen 14a (see step C21, FIG. 26B).

If there is an instruction to change whether or not to check (Yes in step C22), C
The PU 21 changes the presence / absence of the check of the designated word, and the memory 21
Are registered in the word check storage unit 35 (step C23). Thereafter, when there is an end operation by the user (Yes in step C24), the dictionary search process is ended here and the screen returns to the original screen.

This will be specifically described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an operation example related to “Examination word collection”, FIG. 26A is a diagram showing an example of a list display screen of checked words, and FIG. 26B is a selection in the list display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the explanatory information corresponding to the made word.

As described above, when the checked word list is instructed after the selection of “examination word collection”, the checked word list display screen 61 as shown in FIG. 26A is displayed on the main screen 14a.

The checked word list display screen 61 includes words with check marks 62 indicating that the user has learned. In addition to the words that were explicitly checked when the user opened the “Examination word collection” and learned, the words linked to the “Examination word collection” during text display as shown in FIG. Automatically checked words are included in the selection operation.

Here, if the user selects a word to be confirmed by operating the cursor key 17d, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6B, the explanation information of the selected word is read from the “tested word collection”, and the explanation information display screen 63 is displayed on the main screen 14a. In this example, "li
The state where the explanatory information related to “berry” is displayed is shown.

It is also possible to select a word that needs to be learned again from the checked word list display screen 61 and remove the check mark 62 attached to the word.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can arbitrarily set the dictionary that the user wants to automatically search and the display type that is the type that the user wants to display among the description information of the dictionary according to the content of the text. When there is a character string corresponding to the set dictionary entry word during text display, dictionary information (display type information specified by the user) related to the character string is displayed on the sub-screen 16a. Can do.

Also, if there is a character string corresponding to a dictionary entry word in the text, the character string is identified and displayed by an underline or the like, so useless operations such as searching for a character string that is not registered in the dictionary It is convenient that the dictionary information of the corresponding character string can be confirmed on the sub screen 16a without performing the above.

In addition, if a plurality of dictionaries are set as search targets, the search results of these dictionaries can be displayed. For example, together with the explanation of the words in the “examination word collection”, from a general dictionary You can use it by learning while simultaneously checking the readings (phonetic symbols) of the words you get.

Furthermore, as described with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, when the user confirms the explanation information of the word registered in the “examination word collection” during the text display, a check mark indicating that the word has been learned is automatically displayed. Attached. Therefore, when the user learns using the “examination word collection”, it is possible to efficiently learn while checking the presence / absence of a learned word according to the check mark.

In the above embodiment, a Japanese dictionary and an English dictionary have been described as examples. However, for example, a dictionary related to another language such as Chinese or Korean is also applicable.

The present invention is not limited to an electronic dictionary, and can be applied to any electronic device having a dictionary function such as a portable terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or a translation device.

In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

Furthermore, the method described in the above-described embodiment is applied to a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. as a program that can be executed by a computer. It can be written and applied to various devices, or transmitted by a communication medium and applied to various devices. A computer that implements this apparatus reads the program recorded on the recording medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation by this program.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary apparatus, 11 ... Cover body case, 12 ... Main body case, 13 ... Hinge part, 14 ...
First display unit, 14a ... main screen, 14b ... transparent touch panel, 15 ... pen, 16 ... second display unit, 16a ... sub-screen, 16b ... transparent touch panel, 17 ... key input unit, 17a
... Power key, 17b ... Dictionary / mode selection key, 17c ... Character input key, 17d ... Up / down / left / right cursor key, 17e ... Set key, 21 ... CPU, 21a ... Dictionary / display type setting unit, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1b ... Text display part, 21c ... Dictionary search part, 21d ... Information display part, 21e ... Identification display part, 21f ... Learning word registration part, 22 ... System bus, 23 ... Memory, 24 ... Electric transmission control part, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Network, 26 ... Communication apparatus, 27 ... Recording medium reading part, 28 ... Recording medium, 31 ... Program storage part, 32 ... Dictionary storage part, 33 ... Setting storage part, 34 ... Text storage part, 35 ...
Word check storage unit 36 ... work area 50 ... text list 51 ... dictionary and display type setting screen 52 ... first language setting unit 53 ... second language setting unit 54 ... Japanese dictionary list Screen 55: English dictionary list screen 56 Description information display screen 57 Description information display screen 58 Description information display screen 59 Check mark registration notification message 6
1 ... Checked word list display screen, 62 ... Check mark, 63 ... Explanation information display screen, CL ... Cursor, UL ... Underline, UL (r) ... Red underline.

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a program for performing a dictionary search for a character string included in displayed text .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic device and a program that can easily display a desired type of dictionary information for a character string in a text during text browsing. And

Electronic device according to claim 1 of the present invention, in the electronic apparatus including a display unit, a dictionary storage for storing a plurality of Japanese dictionary and a plurality of English dictionary entry word and explanatory information is attached corresponds means and, the dictionary and Japanese-English dictionary setting means for setting a Japanese dictionary and English dictionary to be searched in response to a user operation from among the dictionary that has been stored in the storage means, the display unit of the text a text display control means Ru is displayed on the main screen provided, the character string included in the text by the text display means, dictionary search means for searching for each dictionary that has been set by the Japanese-English dictionary setting means If, when said Japanese or English entry word corresponding to the character string in the dictionary is retrieved, description information of the headword and the headword is searched by the dictionary search means Japanese Characterized by comprising, characterized in that the equipped and a different sub-screen information dictionary name display control means Ru is displayed as the main screen of the display unit and the dictionary name in English dictionary.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device including a display unit, wherein the electronic device includes a display unit, a dictionary storage unit that stores a plurality of Japanese dictionaries associated with headwords and explanation information, and the dictionary storage unit Setting means for setting a Japanese dictionary as a search target in accordance with a user operation from each of the stored dictionaries, text display control means for displaying text on the main screen provided in the display unit, and the text A dictionary search means for searching a dictionary set by the setting means for a character string included in the text displayed by the display means, and a headword corresponding to the character string in the Japanese dictionary by the dictionary search means. When searched, the description information of the headword and the Japanese dictionary name in which the headword was searched are displayed on a sub-screen different from the main screen of the display unit. Information dictionary name display control means for, characterized by comprising a.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device including a display unit, a dictionary storage unit that stores a plurality of English dictionaries in which headwords and explanation information are associated with each other, and stores the dictionary in the dictionary storage unit. A dictionary setting means for setting an English dictionary to be searched in accordance with a user operation from the respective dictionaries, a text display control means for displaying text on the main screen provided in the display section, and the text display A dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary set by the dictionary setting unit for a character string included in the text displayed by the unit, and a dictionary search unit that searches for an entry word corresponding to the character string in the English dictionary If the sub-screen is different from the main screen of the display unit, the description information of the headword and the dictionary name of the English dictionary in which the headword was searched are displayed. Characterized in that the information dictionary name display control means for displaying, equipped to.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, if a Japanese dictionary and an English dictionary to be searched are set according to a user operation, each dictionary set for a character string included in the displayed text The headword explanation information and the dictionary name of the searched dictionary can be displayed on a sub-screen different from the main screen of the display unit .
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, if a Japanese dictionary to be searched is set in response to a user operation, it is possible to search with a dictionary set for a character string included in the displayed text. The headword explanation information and the dictionary name of the searched dictionary can be displayed on a sub-screen different from the main screen of the display unit.
According to the invention described in claim 8, if an English dictionary to be searched is set in response to a user operation, the dictionary set for the character string included in the displayed text can be searched. The description information of the headword and the dictionary name of the searched dictionary can be displayed on a sub-screen different from the main screen of the display unit.

Claims (7)

In an electronic device having a dictionary function in which a main screen and a sub screen are provided at positions physically different from the main screen,
Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of different dictionaries in which headwords and explanation information are associated with each word;
Text storage means for storing text;
Corresponding to the text stored in the text storage means, a dictionary to be searched from each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means, and a display type which is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary Dictionary / display type setting means for setting and
In accordance with a text display instruction, a text display means for reading the selected text from the text storage means and displaying it on the main screen;
Dictionary search means for searching a dictionary set in the text by the dictionary / display type setting means for a character string included in the text displayed by the text display means;
When an entry word corresponding to the character string is searched by the dictionary search means, information of a type corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting means is read out from the explanation information of the entry word. An electronic device comprising: information display means for displaying on the sub-screen. The text storage means stores a plurality of different texts,
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary / display type setting means sets a dictionary and a display type to be searched for text arbitrarily selected from these texts. An identification display means for identifying and displaying a character string in which a headword is searched for by the dictionary search means in the text displayed on the main screen;
The information display means has a type corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting means in the explanation information of the corresponding headword in accordance with the designation operation of the character string identified and displayed by the identification display means. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information is read and displayed on the sub-screen. The display type includes an image,
When the image displayed as the display type on the sub-screen is selected, the information display means reads out the text of the description information of the headword corresponding to the image from the dictionary and displays it on the main screen The electronic device according to claim 1. The dictionary / display type setting means has setting items for setting the first and second dictionaries as search targets and setting the display type for each of them.
The information display means further searches the second dictionary for the headwords searched in the first dictionary set by the dictionary / display type setting means, so that the first and second dictionaries are searched. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display type information obtained from each of the information is displayed side by side on the sub-screen. Each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means includes a special dictionary in which words to be learned are registered,
When the special dictionary is set as a search target by the dictionary / display type setting means, accompanied by an operation for confirming information on words registered in the special dictionary displayed on the sub-screen by the information display means. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising learning word registration means for registering the word as learned. A first screen that stores a plurality of different dictionaries in which a main screen and a sub screen are provided at positions physically different from the main screen, and headwords and explanation information are associated with each word;
A program executed by a computer for controlling an electronic device having a second memory for storing text,
In the computer,
Corresponding to the text stored in the second memory, the type of information to be displayed among the dictionaries to be searched from the dictionaries stored in the first memory and the description information of the dictionary A function to set the display type,
A function of reading the selected text from the second memory and displaying it on the main screen in accordance with a text display instruction;
A function for searching the dictionary set in the text for the character string included in the displayed text,
A function that reads out information of a type corresponding to the set display type from the explanation information of the headword when the headword corresponding to the character string is searched by the dictionary search, and displays it on the sub-screen; A program characterized by realizing.

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