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Foreign language pronunciation notation method and information display device

The present invention relates to a foreign language pronunciation notation method and information display, and more particularly, to a foreign language pronunciation notation method and an information display device that indicate the pronunciation of a foreign word or sentence using Japanese .

Pronunciation of the foreign language is generally International Phonetic Alphabet (International Phonetic Alphabet, hereinafter referred to as phonetic symbols) are represented by. Phonetic symbols are composed of alphabets and special characters, including sounds that are not in Japanese.

  The spelling of “tax” in English shown in FIG. 1 is “tax”. The phonetic symbol of “tax” is “FIG. 1-1”. As shown in FIG. 1-2, when “tax” in English is written in Japanese, it is “tax” in katakana, “tax” in hiragana, and “takekusu” in romaji.

  The “T” and “T” in “Tax” and “Tax” shown in FIG. 1-2 are not pronounced in English, and when written in Roman characters, there are clearly two extra vowels “u” in Japanese. , It becomes a notation of sound far from the original pronunciation of English.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pronunciation of foreign languages such as English cannot be expressed accurately in Japanese.

  For Japanese who are used to foreign languages and foreign languages written in katakana, phonetic symbols are said to be difficult to understand because they are not seen outside textbooks and dictionaries.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-205126

  In the notation method of Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-205126, pronunciation of a foreign language is indicated by katakana or hiragana, so it is not possible to clearly express consonant sounds, double vowels, and triple vowels. The accent sound is not clearly displayed.

  A phonetic symbol generally used as a method of expressing pronunciation in a foreign language is composed of alphabets and special characters.

  The phonetic symbol indicates a sound that is pronounced strong or high with an accent symbol, but does not show the detailed strength and inflection or pitch of the word pronunciation.

  In addition, there are words and sentences in foreign languages whose pronunciation, strength, inflection, or pitch of the word itself changes depending on the relationship and sentence type of the word before and after, so the pronunciation of the phrase or sentence can be expressed in detail only with pronunciation symbols I can't.

  In Japan, foreign languages and foreign words are generally written in katakana, as the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has established “notation of foreign words”. However, commonly used foreign languages, foreign words, and katakana notation defined in “foreign language notation” are written in katakana far from the original pronunciation of foreign languages.

  While Japanese people are accustomed to reading foreign languages in katakana, they usually use the original pronunciation of a foreign language and the distant katakana notation, so the katakana notation commonly used in Japan is a foreign language. Is said to be an obstacle when learning.

  The present invention accentuates the pronunciation of a foreign language using a unique kana symbol that combines Japanese and symbols with the sound of Japanese syllabary, muddy sound, semi-turbid sound, and roaring sound. It is an object of the present invention to provide a foreign-language pronunciation notation method for expressing inflections or pitches of information and an information display device for executing the method.

One information display device according to an aspect of the present invention that solves the above problems displays an input unit, a display device, and a pronunciation corresponding to the spelling of a foreign language input to the input unit on the display device using kana symbols. In the information display device including the control unit, the control unit is configured to set the display position of the kana symbol on the display device to sound higher than the previous sound for each sound in accordance with the inflection or pitch of the foreign language pronunciation. Is set above the display position of the previous kana symbol, and the sound that falls is set below the display position of the previous kana symbol. Thereby, the inflection or pitch of the pronunciation of the foreign language is visually discriminated.

Preferably, the setting of the display position on the upper or lower part of the kana symbol is stepwise, and the level of the step is based on the size of the kana symbol, and the vertical position of the kana symbol vertically from the center of the kana symbol. It is set in the range of about 25% to 50% of the length. Thereby, the stage can be visually discriminated, and there is no difficulty in displaying the stage.

Preferably, the display of the kana symbol in the upper Symbol display device is made to overlap with the display of one or more of a line drawn in the array direction of the kana symbols. The line in the background makes the positions of the kana symbols above and below clear, so that the inflection of the pronunciation or the pitch can be expressed more easily visually.

Preferably, the display device includes a screen display such as a CRT or LCD, a printing device, a terminal, or the like.

  The information display device of the present invention can visually express pronunciation of a foreign language as an accent of pronunciation, strength of pronunciation, inflection of pronunciation or pitch.

FIG. 1-1 shows a phonetic symbol of “tax” in English. FIG. 1-2 compares English “tax” in phonetic symbols, katakana, hiragana, and romaji. FIG. 2-1 is a notation example of a kana symbol that is pronounced only by a vowel. FIG. 2-2 is a notation example of a kana symbol of a sound that is pronounced as a consonant or vowel. FIG. 3 shows a kana symbol representing the size of a kana symbol of a sound when a word “wa” is normally pronounced from a line “50”. FIG. 3A shows a kana symbol indicating the volume of a normal sound in the reference color. FIG. 3-2 is a notation example in which shading is added to FIG. 3-1. FIG. 4 shows a kana symbol representing the size of a kana symbol of a sound that is pronounced higher or stronger than a normal sound with accentuated lines a to a. FIG. 4A is expressed in reference colors. FIG. 4B is a notation example in which shading is added to FIG. 4A. FIG. 5 shows a kana symbol representing a sound that produces only a consonant from the 50-line K-line. FIG. 5A is expressed in reference colors. FIG. 5-2 is a notation example in which shading is added to FIG. 5-1. FIG. 6 shows a kana symbol representing a sound that normally generates consonants and sounds small vowels from the 50th to the last line. FIG. 6A represents the reference color. FIG. 6B is a notation example in which shading is added to FIG. 6A. FIG. 7 shows vowels that are pronounced smaller than normal pronunciations in kana symbols. FIG. 7A shows the reference color. FIG. 7-2 is a notation example in which shading is added to FIG. 7-1. FIG. 8 shows a single vowel phonetic symbol in which a kana symbol is represented by a kana symbol. FIG. 8A shows a single vowel kana symbol without an accent. FIG. 8-2 shows a kana symbol of a single vowel sound when an accent is placed. The phonetic symbols represented by the single vowel kana symbols are displayed at the top. FIG. 9 shows a double vowel represented by a kana symbol combining a vowel and a vowel. A kana symbol for a double vowel without an accent is shown in FIG. 9-1, and a kana symbol for a double vowel when an accent is placed is shown in FIG. 9-2. The phonetic symbols represented by the double vowel kana symbols are displayed at the top. FIG. 10 shows triple vowels represented by kana symbols combining vowels. A kana symbol of a triple vowel without an accent is shown in FIG. 10-1, and a kana symbol of a triple vowel when an accent is placed is shown in FIG. 10-2. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols of the triple vowel are displayed at the top. FIG. 11 shows kana symbols representing long tones and special phonetic symbols. FIG. 11A shows a long sound represented by a kana symbol. A notation of a reference color (RGB: # 000000) and a notation of a kana symbol in which shades (RGB: # 777777) are added to the reference color to indicate the strength of the sound are shown. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols of the long sound are displayed at the top. FIG. 11B shows phonetic symbols that are pronounced in American English but not pronounced in English. The phonetic symbol represented by this kana symbol is displayed at the top. FIG. 11C shows the phonetic symbol “TH” which is not found in Japanese sounds. The phonetic symbol represented by this kana symbol is displayed at the top. FIG. 12 is an explanation of the background for outputting, expressing, and printing transliteration data. FIG. 12A shows the transliteration data of “chocolate” in English without “inflection or pitch” and “chocolate” with inflection or pitch in plain background. FIG. 12-2 shows transliteration data of English “chocolate” on a background with a line drawn. FIG. 13 shows a notation example of annotation symbols and annotation symbols in the transliteration data of FIG. FIG. 14 is a block diagram for explaining the information display apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining information processing in the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a diagram for comparing and explaining the difference in sounds of single vowels in which “hat”, “hut”, and “hot” are represented by kana symbols. FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining annotation symbols. FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating the notation of kana symbols “L” and “R” and annotation symbols. FIG. 17B is a diagram for explaining the notation and annotation symbols of kana symbols “F” and “TH”. FIG. 17C is a diagram for explaining the notation of kana symbols “V” and annotation symbols. FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining an example when the pronunciation, intonation, or pitch changes when the pronunciation of a word becomes a phrase or sentence. FIG. 18A shows transliteration data of “apple” and transliteration data of “an apple”. FIG. 18-2 shows the transliteration data of “the apple” in English and the transliteration data of “the pear”. FIG. 18-3 shows transliteration data of an English affirmative sentence “This is a pen.” And a question sentence “Is this a pen?”. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which phonetic symbols, katakana, hiragana, romaji, and transliteration data of English “tax” are written .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a foreign language pronunciation notation method which is one embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The Japanese syllabary used in Japan consists of a combination of five vowels, consonants and vowels. In Roman letters, vowels are written as “a, i, u, e, o”, and sounds composed of consonants and vowels are “ka line, sa line, ta line, na line, ha line, ma line, ya line, "Ra line, wa line".

In the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention, the sound obtained by adding the Japanese syllabary, the muddy sound, the semi-turbid sound, and the stuttering sound is divided into a consonant and a vowel, and a kana symbol combined with Japanese and a symbol is used. The pronunciation of

In order to express the strength, intonation, or pitch of a kana symbol, the character size of the kana symbol is set in a plurality of stages, and the expression color of the characters and symbols of the kana symbol is set by the following method .

(1) FIG. 2 shows a display example of a kana symbol of a sound generated by combining a sound generated by one vowel sound, a consonant, and a vowel .

The five vowels “a, i, u, e, o” shown in FIG. 2A when the fifty-sounds are written in roman letters are represented by a single kana symbol because they are sounds produced by one vowel .

Fig. 2-2 shows an example of kana symbol notation for sounds that are produced by combining consonants and vowels. The sound of the ka line “ka, ki, ku, ke, ko”, which is generated by combining consonants and vowels, is the “ka, ki, k, ke, ko, ko” "Is a consonant character, and the vowel part is expressed as a kana symbol representing one sound by combining the vowels" a, i, u, e, o "as vowel characters .

A kana symbol that is a combination of consonants and vowels is composed of a pair of characters that are approximately half the width of a consonant character and a vowel character, based on the width of a single character that is represented by a single vowel. Is set to be equal to the character width of a single vowel. Lines of Japanese syllabary other than ka-line, muddy sound, semi-turbid sound, and roar are also expressed as kana symbols by the above method .

(2) FIG. 3 shows a notation example of the size of the kana symbol of the sound and the gradation of the expression color when normally sounding. FIG. 3A shows the size of the character that serves as a reference indicating the size of the sound of normal pronunciation in the color that is the reference color (RGB: # 000000). FIG. 3-2 is a display example in which shading (RGB: # 777777) is added to the reference color with respect to the reference color in order to more visually represent the intensity of the sound. Turbidity, semi-turbidity, and stuttering are also expressed as kana symbols using the above method. Normal pronunciation is a sound that has no loudness, pitch, or inflection when it is normally pronounced .

(3) FIG. 4 shows a notation example of the size of the kana symbol of the sound that is pronounced higher or stronger than the sound of the normal pronunciation as the accent and the shade of the expression color. A vowel character that is pronounced high or strong as an accent with respect to a normal sounding character of (2) is described in a size of about 1.2 to 1.6 times that of a normal sounding character. FIG. 4A shows the reference color (RGB: # 000000). FIG. 4B is a notation example in which shading (RGB: # 777777) is added to the reference color for the reference color only for the consonant in order to more visually express the strength of the sound. Turbidity, semi-turbidity, and stuttering are also described using the above method .

(4) FIG. 5 shows kana symbols that generate only consonants. Kana symbols that contain consonants are written as a pair of consonants and vowels.However, kana symbols that produce only consonants and do not produce vowels are represented by symbols that indicate that they are not pronounced, instead of vowel characters that are not pronounced. Make up a sound. The symbol indicating that the vowel is not pronounced may be another symbol such as a rectangle (see FIG. 5-2) other than the circle symbol (see FIG. 5-1) as in the display example .

FIG. 5A shows kana symbols that generate only consonants as a reference color (RGB: # 000000) .

FIG. 5B shows kana symbols that generate only consonants as rows, and in order to more visually express the strength of the sounds, the colors of the consonants and symbols are expressed in shades of colors (RGB: # 777777 and # It is a display example to which (CCCCCC) is given. The phonetic symbol represented by each line of the consonant of the kana symbol is displayed at the top. Turbidity, semi-turbidity, and stuttering are also described using the above method.

(5) FIG. 6 shows a notation example of the size of the kana symbol and the tone of the expression color of the sound that normally produces consonants and produces small vowels. A vowel character that is pronounced smaller than the normal pronunciation is described with a size of about 0.5 to 0.8 times that of the normal pronunciation character .

FIG. 6A represents the reference color (RGB: # 000000). In FIG. 6B, in order to more visually represent the strength of the sound, the consonant is expressed in light and shade (RGB: # 777777) with respect to the reference color, and the vowel is expressed in light and shade (RGB: This is a notation example to which #CCCCCC) is given. You are viewing the phonetic symbols that represent each line of the child sound of the kana symbol at the top. Turbidity, semi-turbidity, and stuttering are also described using the above method .

(6) FIG. 7 shows a notation example of the size of the kana symbol of the vowel that is pronounced the smallest and the density of the expression color. It is written in a size of about 0.5 to 0.8 times that of a normal vowel character .

FIG. 7A represents the reference color (RGB: # 000000). FIG. 7B is a notation example in which shades (RGB: #CCCCCC) are added to the expression color with respect to the reference color in order to express the strength of the sound. The phonetic symbols represented by the vowel kana symbols are displayed at the top .

(7) FIG. 8 shows single vowels represented by kana symbols. Single vowel sounds that cannot be expressed with a single letter are represented by kana symbols that combine Japanese vowels and vowels. The size and shading of the characters are the same as defined in (2) to (6) .

FIG. 8A shows a single vowel kana symbol without an accent. FIG. 8-2 shows a kana symbol of a single vowel sound when an accent is placed. The phonetic symbols represented by the single vowel kana symbols are displayed at the top .

(8) FIG. 9 shows a double vowel represented by a kana symbol combining a vowel and a vowel. A kana symbol for a double vowel without an accent is shown in FIG. 9-1, and a kana symbol for a double vowel when an accent is placed is shown in FIG. 9-2. The phonetic symbols represented by the double vowel kana symbols are displayed at the top. The size and shading of the characters are the same as defined in (2) to (6).

(9) FIG. 10 shows triple vowels represented by kana symbols combining vowels. A kana symbol of a triple vowel without an accent is shown in FIG. 10-1, and a kana symbol of a triple vowel when an accent is placed is shown in FIG. 10-2. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols of the triple vowel are displayed at the top. The size and shading of the characters are the same as defined in (2) to (6) .

(10) FIG. 11 shows kana symbols representing long tones and special phonetic symbols. FIG. 11A shows a long sound represented by a kana symbol. A notation of a reference color (RGB: # 000000) and a notation of a kana symbol in which shades (RGB: # 777777) are added to the reference color to indicate the strength of the sound are shown. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols of the long sound are displayed at the top .

FIG. 11B shows phonetic symbols that are pronounced in American English but not pronounced in English. An example of notation of a kana symbol in which a reference color (RGB: # 000000) and an expression color shade (RGB: #CCCCCC) are given to the reference color in order to express the strength of sound are shown. However, the symbol on the right can be substituted with a different symbol. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols are displayed at the top .

FIG. 11C shows the phonetic symbol “TH” which is not found in Japanese sounds. The left consonant is written with one of the kana symbols by the following sound. In order to express the intensity of the sound and the reference color (RGB: # 000000), and the reference color is shaded (RGB: # 777777 for consonants, RGB: #CCCCCC for symbols) An example of the kana symbol notation is shown. However, the symbol on the right can be substituted with a different symbol. The phonetic symbols represented by the kana symbols are displayed at the top .

(11) In the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention, a foreign language word, phrase or sentence is represented by a kana symbol set in (1) to (10) for each sound based on the pronunciation symbol .

As shown in FIGS. 12-2 and 16-19, kana symbols are used for each sound in accordance with the inflection or pitch of the pronunciation of the foreign language. It is desirable that the sound that falls below the display position of the kana symbol is arranged stepwise below the display position of the previous kana symbol.

The upper and lower stages of arranging the kana symbols are in the range of about 25% to 50% of the vertical length of the kana symbols up and down from the center of the kana symbols based on the size of the kana symbols described in (2). Set. Further, it is only necessary to be able to determine whether the stage of the arrangement position is higher or lower than the previous sound, and the font of the kana symbol and the transliteration data are adjusted according to the medium to be output, written or printed .

(12) The foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention in which the pronunciation of a foreign language is represented by a kana symbol is referred to as transliteration data .

(13) With reference to FIG. 12, the background for outputting, writing, and printing transliteration data will be described. The transliteration data can be expressed more effectively as inflections or intervals by outputting, notation, or printing on a background in which lines are drawn in the arrangement direction of kana characters. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 12-1 and 12-2 shown below .

FIG. 12A shows transliteration data of “chocolate” in English without giving the inflection or pitch of (11) and transliteration data of “chocolate” with inflection or pitch in plain background .

FIG. 12-2 shows transliteration data of English “chocolate” in the left-right direction (in time series) on a background with a line (one or three horizontal lines in this example) drawn. Compared to FIG. 12A, the upper and lower positions of the kana symbols are clarified by the presence of a line in the background, and the inflection of the pronunciation or the pitch can be expressed more visually. The background line is changed from a single line to a plurality of lines, and the number, color, and thickness to be displayed are adjusted according to the medium on which transliteration data is output, written, or printed .

( 14) A notation example of an annotation symbol added to a kana symbol of a sound that does not have Japanese pronunciation or a sound that requires attention, and an example in which an annotation symbol is added to the transliteration data of FIG. “L” and “R” with the same kana symbol and different pronunciation, “TH”, “F”, and “V” sounds that are not in the Japanese syllabary, are output or written with annotation symbols, printed Is possible. It is only necessary to know that the pronunciation of the kana symbol is “L, R, TH, F, V”, and a different symbol can be substituted for the annotation symbol. In addition, annotation symbols can be assigned to other sounds in the same manner .

Annotation symbols can be output, written or printed with shades added to the colors and expression colors. In this embodiment, description will be made using an annotation symbol A (annotation symbol group A) and an annotation symbol B (annotation symbol group B) shown in FIG .

The size of the kana symbols constituting the transliteration data expressed by the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention can be adjusted so that the size of the kana symbols can be distinguished in a plurality of stages according to the notation medium and the font used. .

Even if the kana symbols of the transliteration data are output, written, or printed in a single color, it is possible to sufficiently express the difference in sound volume, inflection or pitch. Furthermore, the tone of a phonetic symbol in transliteration data can be output, written, or printed with gradation or color added step by step, thereby expressing the strength of the pronunciation, intonation, or pitch more effectively. The color representing the transliteration data and the gradation level of the color are adjusted according to the medium to be output, written or printed. The drawings for explaining the present invention are explained by giving shades to the colors of a single color and a kana symbol due to restrictions on drawing.

The transliteration data generated by the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention and the information display device to be described later can describe the pronunciation of the foreign language in combination with the accent of pronunciation, the strength of pronunciation, the inflection of pronunciation, or the pitch.

In the present invention, katakana and hiragana are created by using kana symbols that are a combination of Japanese syllabary, half-sounding, and stuttering, combined with consonants and vowels, vowels and vowels, and consonants and symbols. It is possible to clearly indicate the sound of only the consonant that could not be expressed (see FIG. 5), and the difference between the single vowel, double vowel, and triple vowel (see FIGS. 8, 9, and 10) .

For example, “hat”, “hut”, and “hot” in English are all expressed as “hat” in katakana. FIG. 16 shows “hat”, “hut”, and “hot” represented by transliteration data using kana symbols. Comparing transliteration data “Ha-Air-”, “Haato-” and “Ha-Oato-” (see FIG. 16 for a more accurate expression) expressing the pronunciation of “hat”, “hut” and “hot” with kana symbols. The transliteration data clearly expresses pronunciations that cannot be clearly expressed only by katakana and hiragana, clear accent sounds, consonant notations, and pronunciation inflections or intervals that cannot be expressed by phonetic symbols. Note that the circle symbol (see FIG. 5-1) is not visible in the example in which the shading in FIG. 16 is added due to drawing restrictions.

Moreover, since the kana symbols used in the transliteration data are composed of Japanese and symbols, they are easier to understand for Japanese compared to phonetic symbols composed of alphabets and special characters .

FIG. 17 shows transliteration data expressed by adding annotation symbols to sounds that are not in Japanese, particularly sounds that require attention .

FIG. 17A is a transliteration example of transliteration data including “L” and “R” sounds that have the same notation of kana symbols. When transliteration data is used for English “light” and “right”, The kana symbol of will be the same. In such a case, the difference in pronunciation is expressed by adding or outputting the notation symbol shown in FIG.

FIG. 17-2 shows transliteration data of “F” that requires attention in pronunciation, “TH” that is not in Japanese pronunciation, and “grandfather” in English including “(r)” shown in FIG. 8-5. It is written with an annotation symbol .

FIG. 17C shows English “vitamin” including “V” that requires attention in pronunciation with a transliteration data added with an annotation symbol .

By adding annotation symbols to kana symbols and expressing them, it is possible to output, describe, and print as transliteration data in which sounds that are not in Japanese and sounds that require attention are clarified .

In the pronunciation of a foreign language, there are those in which the pronunciation, inflection, or pitch of a word changes when it becomes a phrase or sentence, but the information display device of the present invention inputs a plurality of words in step F1 of the flowchart of FIG. 14 is determined, the combination of words input by the information control program stored in the information control unit D1 of FIG. 14 and the sentence pattern are determined, and the transliteration data in which the arrangement of the kana symbols is expressed in accordance with the inflection or the change in the pitch. Can be generated. An example of a combination of pronunciation and intonation or changing pitch is shown in FIG .

When “apple” in English is combined with “an apple”, the pronunciation of “apple” changes. FIG. 18A shows transliteration data of “apple” and transliteration data of “an apple” .

FIG. 18-2 shows the transliteration data of “the apple” in English and the transliteration data of “the pear”. The pronunciation of “the” changes depending on whether the next sound is a vowel or a consonant. It shows the difference between the transliteration data notation of “the” at the time of “the apple” and the transliteration data notation of “the” at the time of “the pear” .

FIG. 18-3 shows transliteration data of an English affirmative sentence “This is a pen.” And a question sentence “Is this a pen?”. “Is” is not pronounced greatly in affirmative sentences, but is pronounced loudly or strongly in question sentences. In the transliteration data, the difference in the pronunciation of “is” is described. The last “pen” inflection or pitch of an affirmative sentence changes when it becomes an interrogative sentence .

FIG. 19 shows an example in which transliteration data of “tax” is written in addition to the phonetic symbol, katakana, hiragana, and romaji in addition to the English “tax” in FIG. 1 described in the technical background. Compared with the conventional notation method, it can be seen that the transliteration data expresses only consonant sounds that cannot be expressed in Japanese, single vowel sounds, pronunciation accents, pronunciation inflections or pitches that are not in Japanese .

The information processing apparatus of the present invention uses the above-described method to judge the input word or phrase type, and to output, describe, or print by reflecting pronunciation, strength of pronunciation, inflection of pronunciation or change in pitch in transliteration data Can

Since the kana symbols used in the present invention are expressed by decomposing Japanese sounds into consonants and vowels, only the consonants of foreign languages that could not be expressed in Japanese can be expressed. In addition, by combining vowels and vowels, it is a foreign language pronunciation notation method that can also express the pronunciation of single vowels, double vowels, and triple vowels in foreign languages that are not in Japanese .

The present invention describes the strength of pronunciation of foreign languages by the size and display color of the kana symbol, the kana symbol based on the inflection of the pronunciation or pitch data, and the sound that rises above the previous sound is the previous kana symbol. This is a foreign language pronunciation notation method that allows the inflection of the pronunciation or the pitch to be visually expressed by placing the sound that falls above the display position and below the display position of the previous kana symbol .

The transliteration data generated by the foreign language pronunciation notation method of the present invention and the information display device is composed of kana symbols combining Japanese and symbols, and the accent of the foreign language, the strength of the pronunciation, the inflection of the pronunciation, or the pitch is indicated. It is a new foreign language pronunciation notation method unique to Japan. This will give foreign generations from infants to seniors who are unfamiliar with phonetic symbols the opportunity to learn pronunciation of foreign languages, and will demonstrate an unprecedented effect on learning pronunciation of foreign languages .

Next, an apparatus for executing the above-described foreign language pronunciation notation method will be described. FIG. 14 is a block diagram for explaining the information display apparatus of the present invention for executing the above-described foreign language pronunciation notation method.

As shown in FIG. 14, the information display device of the present invention includes an information control unit D1 , an input device unit D2 , an output device unit D3, and a database unit D4 , each of which is connected to an Internet communication line. Devices that can communicate with

The information control unit D1 is stored in a computer such as a Web server, and performs input control operation, output control operation, user authentication control operation, input data verification control operation, database inquiry control operation, phonetic symbol data acquisition control operation, transliteration data generation control operation Equipped with a program that causes a computer to execute pronunciation inflection or pitch control operations, transliteration data recombination control operations, and annotation symbol assignment control operations.

The input device unit D2 is an input unit for inputting spelling data in a foreign language from a keyboard, touch panel, mouse, voice recognition device, etc., and includes a personal computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone including a communication device connected to an Internet communication line. , such as a tablet type mobile terminal is applicable.

The output device unit D3 is an output unit that outputs generated transliteration data, and includes a personal computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet including a communication device having a display device such as a CRT and an LCD and connected to an Internet communication line. This corresponds to the type portable terminal.

The database unit D4 , which is a large-capacity storage medium , stores a foreign language spelling database, a foreign language phonetic symbol database, a kana symbol database, an annotation symbol database, a pronunciation inflection or pitch database, and a transliteration data recombination database.

  Information processing of the information display apparatus of the present invention is performed according to the processing procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG.

The computer executes the following procedure (Start). First, spelling foreign language to be converted to phonetic transcription data is input from the client input device by the user (step F1).

The computer executes the control program, queries the foreign language spelling database for the spelling of the input foreign language word, phrase, or sentence, verifies the input spelling, and passes the data to the next process only if it is correct. If the input data is a word, the data is transferred to the process of step F3 (F3-1 to F3-4) , and if a plurality of words are input, the data is transferred to the process of step F4 ( F4-1 to F4-5) . (Step F2) .

When the foreign language spelling data delivered in step F2 is a word (step F3) , the phonetic symbol is acquired from the spelling input by connecting to the foreign language phonetic symbol database (step F3-1 ).

Next, the kana symbol database is connected to acquire a kana symbol representing the acquired phonetic symbol (step F3-2) .

Next, the phonetic inflection or pitch database is connected, and the acquired kana symbols are arranged in accordance with the phonetic inflection or pitch (step F3-3) .

If no annotation symbol is given (route P2), it is output as transliteration data to the client display device (step F5), and the process is terminated (END) .

When giving an annotation symbol (route P1) , it connects to the annotation symbol database, adds an annotation symbol to the kana symbol (step F3-4) , and outputs it as transliteration data to the client display device (step F5). End (END) .

When there are a plurality of input data delivered from step F2 (step F4) , connection is made to the transliteration data recombination database, and the pronunciation, intonation, or change in pitch is verified from the combination of the input data and the sentence pattern of the data. The result of verification is given and the data is transferred to the next process (step F4-1) .

Next, a phonetic symbol of each verified data is acquired by connecting to the foreign language phonetic symbol database (step F4-2) .

Next, the kana symbol database is connected, and kana symbols representing the acquired phonetic symbols are acquired (step F4-3) .

Next, the phonetic inflection or pitch database is connected, and the acquired kana symbols are arranged in accordance with the phonetic inflection or pitch (step F4-4) .

If no annotation symbol is given ( route P3), it is output as transliteration data to the client display device (step F5), and the process ends (END) .

When adding an annotation symbol ( route P4), connect to the annotation symbol database, add the annotation symbol to the kana symbol (step F4-5) , and output it as transliteration data to the client display device (step F5). End (END) .

The user can connect to the information display device of the present invention via the Internet communication line. When a user inputs a spelling of a foreign language to an information display device from a terminal equipped with an input device and a display device, the information control unit D1 performs a series of processes shown in the flowchart of FIG. 15 and transmits transliteration data to the user display device. Output.

  The present invention also provides a program for causing a computer to function as the above-described information display device, and further, an information storage medium such as a flash memory, a hard disk, an optical disk, a CD, or a DVD disk that stores the program. Also provide.

  In addition, the present invention provides a program for causing each terminal such as a personal computer, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet portable terminal, and an ultrabook notebook personal computer to function as the above information display device via a communication line.

  Transliteration data generated by the above-described method and information display device for pronunciation of a foreign language is accumulated and databased in association with the spelling of the foreign language. Transliteration data in a database for each foreign language is provided to electronic dictionaries, Web contents, electronic learning materials, etc.

  Transliteration data generated by the above method and information display device for pronunciation of foreign languages is printed and provided on paper media such as dictionaries, textbooks, reference books, magazines, comics, and other printable media.

  The present invention can be effectively used as a foreign language learning tool.

D1 Information control unit D2 Input device unit D3 Output device unit D4 Database unit F1 Spell data input operation F2 Input data verification and data distribution processing F3 Processing range when input data is word F3-1 Phonetic symbol acquisition processing F3-2 Kana Symbol acquisition processing F3-3 Pronunciation inflection or pitch data acquisition processing F3-4 Annotation symbol acquisition processing F4 Processing range when there are multiple input data F4-1 Input data verification and transliteration data recombination data addition processing F4-2 Phonetic symbols Acquisition process F4-3 Kana symbol acquisition process F4-4 Pronunciation inflection or pitch data acquisition process F4-5 Annotation symbol acquisition process F5 Transliteration data output process P1 Transliteration data generation process P2 Transliteration without adding annotation data Data generation process P3 Transliteration data generation process P4 without annotation data added Transliteration with annotation data added Data generation process

Claims (3)

An information display device comprising: an input unit; a display unit; and a control unit that displays a pronunciation corresponding to a spelling of a foreign language input to the input unit on the display device with a kana symbol ,
The control unit sets the display position of the kana symbol on the display device for each sound in accordance with the inflection or pitch of the foreign language, and the sound rising above the previous sound is above the display position of the previous kana symbol. Further, the sound that falls is set below the display position of the previous kana symbol . The setting of the display position on the upper or lower part of the kana symbol is gradual, and the level of the step is based on the size of the kana symbol, and the vertical length of the kana symbol is up and down from the center of the kana symbol. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display device is set in a range of about 25% to 50%. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display of the kana symbols on the display device overlaps with the display of one or more lines drawn in the arrangement direction of the kana symbols .