JP2015022473A - Dictionary management device, dictionary management method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dynamically manage a plurality of dictionaries that an IME uses when presenting complementary candidate words and phrases with respect to input content from a user, in order to use the words and phrases that a Web site, an application and the like present, in the IME assisting character input in a terminal.SOLUTION: A dictionary management device 100 includes: a basic dictionary DB131 which includes a plurality of words and phrases; a user dictionary DB132 which can register words and phrases arbitrarily; an additional dictionary designation unit 120 which includes a plurality of words and phrases, and which designates an application dictionary DB 112 used when an application 110 presents complementary candidate words and phrases as an additional dictionary (additional dictionary DB121); a complementary candidate extraction unit 134 which extracts the complementary candidate words and phrases predicted from input content from a user, from the basic dictionary DB131, the user dictionary DB132 and the additional dictionary (additional dictionary DB121); and a presentation unit 150 which presents the complementary candidate words and phrases extracted by the complementary candidate extraction unit 134 to the user.

Description

  The present invention relates to a dictionary management device, a dictionary management method, and a program for managing a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words for completion with respect to input content from a user.

  There is a function to suggest a station name based on a few key inputs from a user in a transfer guidance site. For example, when the user inputs “Kii”, the word of the candidate for completion predicted from “Ki” is displayed, and the user can select “Kiiura God” that he / she has requested. However, after that, when the user wrote an email saying “Let's meet with Kiiura God”, it could not be successfully converted to “Kiiura God”. IME (Input Method Editor) installed in the terminal has various support functions such as display of candidate words and phrases that are predicted from an input character string, correction of typo, and handwriting input. However, because there is no means for IME to acquire “Kiiura God” selected by the user for “Kii” in the transfer guidance site, there is a problem that IME cannot be successfully converted to “Kiiura God” in e-mails. It was.

  In addition, when a site operator intends to provide a suggestion function as described above, it is necessary to implement not only words but also the function itself. This is because the support function of the IME installed in the terminal cannot be used from the site side.

  Therefore, as a technique for solving the above problems, if a library (dictionary) cannot be installed on the terminal because it is not a user terminal, a library suitable for IME is used from the server based on the terminal context. Thus, a technique for providing an IME support function using a library according to a user has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  Further, a technique has been proposed in which words that are not in the user dictionary are extracted from sentences such as e-mails in the terminal, and words that are frequently used are registered in the user dictionary by registering readings and notations in the user dictionary. . In this technique, a technique is also proposed in which a genre dictionary in which readings and notations are registered by genre is created, and the conversion rate of words of an interesting genre that is frequently used by users can be increased (Patent Document 2). reference).

Special table 2010-524135 gazette JP 2004-295426 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a library (dictionary) suitable for IME can be used from a server, but a phrase provided by a website or application used in the past is used in another application. There was a problem that it was not possible. Further, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, a phrase added to the user dictionary is a phrase already included in a sentence already in the user's terminal, and does not include a phrase provided by a website or application. For this reason, there is a problem that words / phrases provided by a website or application cannot be added to the user dictionary, and these words / phrases cannot be used in other applications.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention presents complementary candidate words for the input contents from the user in order to use the words provided by the website or application, etc., in the IME that assists character input in the terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a dictionary management device, a dictionary management method, and a program for dynamically managing a plurality of dictionaries used by the IME.

  The present invention proposes the following matters in order to solve the above problems. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  (1) The present invention is a dictionary management apparatus that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words for completion with respect to input contents from a user, and includes a basic dictionary including a plurality of words (for example, FIG. 1) (corresponding to one basic dictionary DB 131), a user dictionary (for example, corresponding to the user dictionary DB 132 in FIG. 1) that can arbitrarily register words, and a plurality of words and phrases, including an application (for example, the application 110 in FIG. 1). Corresponds to an additional dictionary (for example, equivalent to the additional dictionary DB 121 of FIG. 1) as an additional dictionary (for example, equivalent to the application dictionary DB 112 of FIG. 1). (E.g., equivalent to the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 in FIG. 1), and words of complementary candidates predicted from the input content from the user, the basic dictionary, the user dictionary Complement candidate extraction means (for example, corresponding to the complement candidate extraction unit 134 in FIG. 1) extracted from the additional dictionary, and presentation means for presenting the words of the complement candidates extracted by the complement candidate extraction means to the user ( For example, a dictionary management device is proposed, which is characterized in that it corresponds to the presentation unit 150 in FIG.

  (2) In the dictionary management apparatus according to (1), the present invention is a dictionary extracted from the additional dictionary, in which the completion candidate words selected by the user among the completion candidate words presented by the presenting unit. In some cases, a registration means (for example, equivalent to the registration unit 135 in FIG. 1) is provided that acquires a word of a candidate for complement selected by the user from the additional dictionary and registers it in the user dictionary. A dictionary management device is proposed.

  (3) The present invention relates to the dictionary management device of (2), in which the registration means is registered when a word to be registered in the user dictionary from the additional dictionary is already registered in the user dictionary. A dictionary management apparatus has been proposed in which the priority in the user dictionary is increased in the selection of a candidate word for completion in the candidate extraction means.

  (4) The present invention relates to the dictionary management device according to (1) to (3), wherein when the application dictionary is stored in an external server, the application dictionary is acquired from the external server and temporarily stored. And a dictionary management device, wherein the additional dictionary designating unit designates the application dictionary stored in the temporary storage unit as an additional dictionary.

  (5) In the dictionary management device according to (1) to (4), the present invention provides priority control means for raising the priority of the additional dictionary over the priority of the basic dictionary and the user dictionary (for example, FIG. Corresponding to a priority control unit 133), and the complement candidate extraction unit determines a complement candidate predicted from the input content from the user according to the priority from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary. It proposes a dictionary management device that is characterized by the extraction.

  (6) In the dictionary management device according to (5), the priority control means sets the priority of words registered in the user dictionary among the words in the additional dictionary to the other dictionary. We have proposed a dictionary management device that is characterized by being higher than words.

  (7) According to the present invention, in the dictionary management device according to (5) or (6), when the priority control unit detects that the input area where the input content is displayed is focused, the addition is performed The priority of the dictionary is raised from the priority of the basic dictionary and the user dictionary, and the priority of the additional dictionary is returned to the original in response to detecting that the input area is out of focus. A dictionary management device is proposed.

  (8) The present invention is a dictionary management method in a dictionary management device that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words for completion with respect to input contents from a user, wherein the dictionary management device includes a plurality of dictionary management devices. A basic dictionary including words, a user dictionary that can arbitrarily register words, an additional dictionary specifying means, a complement candidate extracting means, and a presenting means, wherein the additional dictionary specifying means includes a plurality of words A first step (for example, corresponding to step S1 in FIG. 2) of designating an application dictionary used when the application presents a word of a candidate for completion as an additional dictionary; 2 is extracted from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary (for example, the step of FIG. 2). And the presenting means includes a third step (for example, corresponding to step S4 in FIG. 2) for presenting the word of the candidate for completion extracted in the second step to the user. We propose a dictionary management method characterized by

  (9) The present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a dictionary management method in a dictionary management apparatus that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words for completion with respect to input content from a user. The dictionary management device includes a basic dictionary including a plurality of words, a user dictionary capable of arbitrarily registering words, an additional dictionary designating unit, a complementary candidate extracting unit, and a presenting unit, and the addition A first step (for example, corresponding to step S1 in FIG. 2), in which the dictionary designating unit designates, as an additional dictionary, an application dictionary that includes a plurality of words and is used when the application presents candidate words for completion; Candidate extraction means extracts from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary the candidate words that are predicted from the input content from the user. A second step (for example, corresponding to step S3 in FIG. 2) and a third step (for example, FIG. 2) in which the presenting means presents to the user the word of the candidate for completion extracted in the second step. 2 is equivalent to step S4 in FIG. 2).

  According to the present invention, a phrase provided by a website, an application, or the like can be used in an IME that assists character input in a terminal.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the dictionary management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the dictionary management process in the dictionary management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the additional dictionary designation | designated process in the additional dictionary designation | designated part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the priority control process in the priority control part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of a registration process in the registration part which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the constituent elements in the present embodiment can be appropriately replaced with existing constituent elements and the like, and various variations including combinations with other existing constituent elements are possible. Therefore, the description of the present embodiment does not limit the contents of the invention described in the claims.

<Configuration of dictionary management device>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dictionary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the dictionary management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is an apparatus that manages a plurality of dictionaries that are used when an IME (Input Method Editor) presents complementary candidate words corresponding to input contents from a user.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the dictionary management apparatus 100 presents an application (hereinafter referred to as an application) 110, an additional dictionary specifying unit 120, an IME 130 that supports character input, an input unit 140 such as a keyboard, and a liquid crystal display. Part 150. In the present embodiment, the IME 130 is Japanese input, but may be another language such as Chinese or Korean.

  The application 110 is an application that requests the user to input a phrase, for example, a message application that can send characters and the like to the other party. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the application 110 includes an input area control unit 111 and an application dictionary DB 112. In this embodiment, the application 110 is included in the dictionary management apparatus 100, but may be an application or a website on a network. The application dictionary DB 112 may be in an external server that can communicate with the application 110.

  The input area control unit 111 presents the input content input from the user via the input unit 140 in the input area displayed on the presentation unit 150 or corresponds to the input content extracted by the complement candidate extraction unit 134. Control is performed to present a candidate word or a phrase selected by the user from among the candidate words. Here, the input contents include not only kana and alphabet but also handwritten input contents.

  The application dictionary DB 112 is a dictionary that is used when the application 110 presents words to be complemented, and is a dictionary associated with the application 110 or an input area of the application 110. Specifically, the application dictionary DB 112 is composed of a combination of a word notation and accompanying information of the word. For example, the reading and notation of the word, a part and notation of the word, a word similar to the word and the notation It consists of a combination. For example, in a transfer guidance application, when the user inputs “Kii”, “Kii”, “Kiiura God”, and “Kii Katsuura” are extracted from the dictionary as candidates for completion and presented to the user. As described above, the application 110 uses the application dictionary DB 112, so that it is possible to present to the user a word of a complementary candidate corresponding to the application “Kii”.

  The additional dictionary specifying unit 120 specifies the application dictionary DB 112 as an additional dictionary of the IME 130. As a result, when the IME 130 extracts a candidate word for completion, the data in the application dictionary DB 112 can be used.

  Specifically, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 temporarily stores the data in the application dictionary DB 112 in the additional dictionary DB 121 or temporarily stores an identifier that can refer to the data in the application dictionary DB 112 in the additional dictionary DB 121. It is specified as an additional dictionary of the IME 130. If the data format of the application dictionary DB 112 cannot be recognized by the IME 130, it is desirable that the data format be changed to a format that can be recognized by the IME 130 and then temporarily stored in the additional dictionary DB 121.

  The application dictionary DB 112 temporarily stored in the additional dictionary DB 121 and the identifier that can refer to the data of the application dictionary DB 112 may be deleted when the application 110 is terminated, or can be accumulated and used by other applications. You may do it. When accumulating, it is desirable to delete the oldest one when the capacity that can be temporarily stored is exceeded.

  When the application dictionary DB 112 is in the external server, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 downloads the data of the application dictionary DB 112 acquired based on the link to the external server associated with the application 110 or the input area of the application 110. The application dictionary DB 112 is designated as an additional dictionary of the IME 130 by temporarily storing it in the additional dictionary DB 121.

  The timing acquired from the external server includes, for example, when an application is activated, when a screen including an input area is displayed, and when an input area is selected. If convenience is improved, before the input area is selected, the application dictionary DB 112 is acquired from an external server and temporarily stored in the additional dictionary DB 121, whereby the application dictionary DB 112 is designated as the additional dictionary of the IME 130. It is desirable to keep it. If the application dictionary DB 112 has already been designated as an additional dictionary of the IME 130, information is not acquired from the external server again. Thereby, it is possible to suppress a decrease in performance.

  The IME 130 operates on a terminal such as the dictionary management apparatus 100, and supports input of the user's words / phrases according to the input content from the user. As a main function, one IME 130 is mounted on the terminal and used in every scene where a word is input, and converts the user's input contents into a word. Specifically, there are a function of presenting candidate words and phrases corresponding to the input contents of the user and allowing the user to select, a function of converting kana to kanji, and a function of detecting and correcting a user's typo. In this embodiment, the IME 130 includes a basic dictionary DB 131, a user dictionary DB 132, a priority control unit 133, a complement candidate extraction unit 134, and a registration unit 135, as shown in FIG.

  When the priority of each dictionary is left to the IME 130, the IME 130 does not need to include the priority control unit 133. Further, if only the application dictionary DB 112 can be used from the IME 130, the IME 130 may not include the registration unit 135.

  The basic dictionary DB 131 is one of the dictionaries used when the IME 130 presents complementary candidate words corresponding to the input content from the user, and is a dictionary unique to the IME 130 and cannot be changed. Specifically, similar to the application dictionary DB 112, the basic dictionary DB 131 is also configured by a combination of word notation and accompanying information of the word. For example, the word reading and notation, part of the word and notation, It consists of a combination of words and notations similar to.

  The user dictionary DB 132 is one of the dictionaries used when the IME 130 presents candidate words for completion with respect to the input contents of the input area. The user dictionary DB 132 is different from the basic dictionary DB 131 in that the stored words and phrases are registered by the user. It is a point that is a phrase. Specifically, the user dictionary DB 132 is also composed of a combination of phrase notation and accompanying information of the phrase, like the application dictionary DB 112 and the basic dictionary DB 131. It is composed of notations and combinations of phrases and notations similar to phrases.

  The priority control unit 133 raises the priority of words in the additional dictionary DB 121 higher than the priority of words in the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132. Thereby, an application-specific phrase, for example, a station name in a route search or a place name in a map search can be preferentially presented as a complementary candidate phrase.

  By the way, conventionally, since the IME 130 cannot use the application dictionary DB 112 storing the application-specific word / phrase, it is impossible to present the application-specific word / phrase as a word as a supplement candidate. For this reason, a suggestion function for presenting an application-specific word / phrase as a candidate for completion has to be introduced into the application 110. In the present embodiment, by specifying the application dictionary DB 112 as the additional dictionary DB 121 of the IME 130, the IME 130 can use the data of the application dictionary DB 112. As a result, the IME 130 can preferentially present words unique to the application as candidate words for completion, and there is also an advantage that it is not necessary to introduce a suggestion function to the application 110 for presenting words unique to the application to the candidate candidates.

  Further, the priority control unit 133 may raise the priority of the additional dictionary DB 121 from the priority of the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132 in response to detecting that the input area is focused. In this case, the priority control unit 133 may restore the priority of the additional dictionary DB 121 in response to detecting that the input area is out of focus. Thereby, only when displaying a candidate word for completion corresponding to the input content input in the input area of the application 110, the word unique to the application can be preferentially presented as a candidate word for completion.

  Furthermore, the priority control unit 133 can also increase the priority of a part of the words in the additional dictionary DB 121. The priority control unit 133 first determines whether each word / phrase in the additional dictionary DB 121 is registered in the user dictionary DB 132. Then, the priority control unit 133 raises the priority of the word / phrase determined to be registered in the user dictionary DB 132 over the word / phrase determined not to be registered in the user dictionary DB 132. As a result, by displaying preferentially the words / phrases registered in the user dictionary DB 132 for reasons such as the application's unique words and the frequency of use by the user, the user can select more appropriate candidate words for completion. The effect that it can be presented is obtained.

  The complement candidate extraction unit 134 extracts, from the basic dictionary DB 131, the user dictionary DB 132, and the additional dictionary DB 121, candidate phrases that are predicted from the input content input from the user to the input area via the input unit 140.

  Specifically, words that at least partially match the input content such as readings input to the input unit 140 are used as complementary candidate words based on the priority of each dictionary DB or the priority of words in the additional dictionary DB 121. Extract. When the additional dictionary is not specified by the additional dictionary specifying unit 120, the complementary candidate extracting unit 134 extracts the complementary candidate words predicted from the input contents from the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132. Here, the priority is basically based on the setting of the IME 130. When the priority control unit 133 is provided in the IME 130, the priority determined by the priority control unit 133 is followed. The complement candidates extracted by the complement candidate extraction unit 134 are presented to the input area or the vicinity of the input area via the input area control unit 111.

  First, the registration unit 135 includes words that are candidates for completion selected by the user (hereinafter referred to as “selected words”) among the words that are candidates for completion presented in the input area. In addition, it is determined whether or not the word is not registered in the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132. When the registration unit 135 determines that the selected phrase is a phrase registered in the additional dictionary DB 121 and not registered in the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132, the additional dictionary 135 The notation of the selected phrase and the accompanying information of the phrase, for example, the notation and reading of the selected phrase are acquired from the DB 121 and registered in the user dictionary DB 132.

  On the other hand, when the registration unit 135 determines that the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase not registered in the additional dictionary DB 121 or a word / phrase registered in the basic dictionary DB 131 or the user dictionary DB 132, the selected word / phrase is stored in the user dictionary. Not registered in the DB 132.

  By registering the words / phrases in the additional dictionary DB 121 used by the user in the user dictionary DB 132, the words / phrases can be used in other applications that could not be done in the past. Further, by automatically registering the words / phrases of the additional dictionary DB 121 used by the user in the user dictionary DB 132, the troublesomeness of the user editing the dictionary by himself / herself is reduced. Furthermore, since words and phrases required by the user are added to the user dictionary as needed, the frequency of updating the basic dictionary DB 131 of the IME 130 can be reduced.

  When the registration unit 135 determines that the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the additional dictionary DB 121 and a word / phrase already registered in the user dictionary DB 132, the registration unit 135 stores the word / phrase in the user dictionary DB 132. The priority of the selected phrase may be increased. As a result, frequently used phrases are preferentially presented to the user, and the user dictionary can be optimized.

  Note that the registration unit 135 may register when the selected word is selected by the user, or may register when the application ends or when the screen transition is performed.

<Dictionary management processing flow>
The flow of dictionary management processing in the dictionary management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described using FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 1, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 performs an additional dictionary specifying process in which the application dictionary DB 112 is used as the additional dictionary DB 121 of the IME 130.

  Next, in step S <b> 2, the priority control unit 133 performs priority control processing for determining the priority of words registered in the basic dictionary DB 131, the user dictionary DB 132, and the additional dictionary DB 121.

  Next, in step S <b> 3, the supplement candidate extraction unit 134 adds the supplement candidate words predicted from the input contents input by the user to the input area via the input unit 140, the basic dictionary DB 131, the user dictionary DB 132, and the addition. Extracted from the dictionary DB 121.

  Next, in step S <b> 4, the presentation unit 150 presents the supplement candidate words extracted in step S <b> 3 to the user.

  Next, in step S <b> 5, the registration unit 135 performs a registration process for registering in the user dictionary DB 132 the selected word / phrase selected by the user from the word / phrase for completion candidate presented in step S <b> 4.

<Additional dictionary specification processing flow>
With reference to FIG. 3, the flow of additional dictionary designation processing in the additional dictionary designation unit 120 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  First, in step S11, the additional dictionary designating unit 120 determines whether or not there is an application dictionary DB 112 that is used when the application 110 presents a candidate word for complementation. If there is an application dictionary DB 112 that is used when the application 110 presents the candidate words for completion (YES), the process proceeds to step S12, while the application dictionary DB 112 that is used when the application 110 presents the candidate words for completion. If there is no (NO), the process is terminated.

  Next, in step S12, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 determines whether or not the application dictionary DB 112 is in an external server. If the application dictionary DB 112 is in the external server (YES), the process proceeds to step S14. On the other hand, if the application dictionary DB 112 is provided in the application 110 instead of the external server (NO), the process proceeds to step S13.

  Next, in step S <b> 13, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 temporarily stores the data in the application dictionary DB 112 included in the application 110 in the additional dictionary DB 121 and specifies the application dictionary DB 112 as an additional dictionary of the IME 130.

  Next, in step S <b> 14, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 determines whether the application dictionary DB 112 has already been specified as an additional dictionary of the IME 130. If the application dictionary DB 112 has already been specified as an additional dictionary for the IME 130 (YES), the process ends. On the other hand, if the application dictionary DB 112 has not already been specified as an additional dictionary for the IME 130 (NO), step S15 is performed. Proceed with the process.

  Next, in step S15, the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 temporarily stores the data in the application dictionary DB 112 downloaded from the external server in the additional dictionary DB 121, and specifies the application dictionary DB 112 as the additional dictionary of the IME 130.

<Priority control processing flow>
The priority control processing flow in the priority control unit 133 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 21, the priority control unit 133 determines whether or not the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 specifies an additional dictionary of the IME 130. If an additional dictionary is specified by the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 (YES), the process proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, if an additional dictionary is not specified by the additional dictionary specifying unit 120 (NO), The process is terminated.

  Next, in step S <b> 22, the priority control unit 133 raises the priority of the words in the additional dictionary DB 121 over the words in the basic dictionary DB 131 and the user dictionary DB 132.

  Next, in step S <b> 23, the priority control unit 133 raises the priority of words / phrases in the additional dictionary DB 121 registered in the user dictionary DB 132 over other words / phrases in the additional dictionary DB 121.

<Registration process flow>
The registration process flow in the registration unit 135 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 31, the registration unit 135 determines whether or not the selected word / phrase selected by the user among the word / phrase candidates for completion presented in the input area is a word / phrase registered in the additional dictionary DB 121. . If the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the additional dictionary DB 121 (YES), the process proceeds to step S32. On the other hand, if the selected word / phrase is not a word / phrase registered in the additional dictionary DB 121 (NO). The process is terminated.

  Next, in step S <b> 32, the registration unit 135 determines whether or not the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the basic dictionary DB 131. When the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the basic dictionary DB 131 (YES), the process is terminated. On the other hand, when the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase not registered in the basic dictionary DB 131 (NO), the step is completed. The process proceeds to S33.

  Next, in step S <b> 33, the registration unit 135 determines whether or not the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the user dictionary DB 132. When the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase registered in the user dictionary DB 132 (YES), the process proceeds to step S34. On the other hand, when the selected word / phrase is a word / phrase not registered in the user dictionary DB 132 (NO), Then, the process proceeds to step S35.

  Next, in step S34, the registration unit 135 increases the priority of the selected word / phrase in the user dictionary DB 132.

  Next, in step S35, the registration unit 135 registers the selected word / phrase in the user dictionary DB 132.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, by making the IME 130 use a dictionary provided by a website, application, etc., unique words / phrases of the website, application, etc. can be used as user input contents. The IME 130 can be presented as a corresponding candidate word for completion. In addition, by registering a word selected by the user in the user dictionary that is a unique word such as a website or application that is presented as a candidate for completion, the word or phrase that has not been possible in the past is registered in another application. It became possible to use with.

  The dictionary management device of the present invention can be realized by recording the processing of the dictionary management device on a recording medium readable by the computer system, causing the dictionary management device recorded on the recording medium to read and execute the processing. . The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW (World Wide Web) system is used. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Dictionary management apparatus 110 Application 111 Input area control part 112 Application dictionary DB
120 Additional dictionary specification unit 121 Additional dictionary DB
130 IME
131 Basic dictionary DB
132 User dictionary DB
133 Priority control unit 134 Supplement candidate extraction unit 135 Registration unit 140 Input unit 150 Presentation unit

Claims (9)

It is a dictionary management device that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words and phrases for input contents from a user,
A basic dictionary containing multiple words,
A user dictionary that can optionally register words,
An additional dictionary specifying means for specifying, as an additional dictionary, an application dictionary that includes a plurality of words and that is used when the application presents candidate words for completion;
Complement candidate extraction means for extracting from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary the candidate words predicted from the input content from the user;
Presenting means for presenting to the user the words of the candidate for completion extracted by the means for extracting candidate for completion;
A dictionary management device comprising:   When the candidate completion phrase selected by the user among the candidate completion phrases presented by the presenting means is a word extracted from the additional dictionary, the candidate completion phrase selected by the user is The dictionary management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit that acquires from an additional dictionary and registers in the user dictionary.   When a word to be registered in the user dictionary from the additional dictionary is already registered in the user dictionary, the word candidate to be complemented is selected by the complement candidate extracting means for the registered word / phrase. The dictionary management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the priority in the user dictionary is increased. When the application dictionary is stored in an external server, the application dictionary is acquired from the external server, and includes temporary storage means for temporarily storing the application dictionary,
4. The dictionary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional dictionary designating unit designates the application dictionary stored in the temporary storage unit as an additional dictionary. Priority control means for raising the priority of the additional dictionary over the priority of the basic dictionary and the user dictionary;
The complement candidate extraction unit extracts a complement candidate predicted from input contents from the user from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary according to the priority. The dictionary management device according to claim 4.   6. The dictionary management according to claim 5, wherein the priority control means raises the priority of a word / phrase registered in the user dictionary among the words / phrases of the additional dictionary over other words / phrases of the additional dictionary. apparatus.   The priority control means raises the priority of the additional dictionary above the priority of the basic dictionary and the user dictionary in response to detecting that the input area where the input content is displayed is focused, and the input The dictionary management device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the priority of the additional dictionary is returned to the original in response to detecting that the area is out of focus. It is a dictionary management method in a dictionary management device that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words and phrases for input content from a user,
The dictionary management device includes a basic dictionary including a plurality of phrases, a user dictionary capable of arbitrarily registering phrases, an additional dictionary specifying unit, a complement candidate extracting unit, and a presentation unit,
A first step in which the additional dictionary designating unit includes a plurality of words and designates an application dictionary as an additional dictionary to be used when the application presents a candidate word for completion;
A second step in which the completion candidate extraction unit extracts words of a completion candidate predicted from the input content from the user from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary;
A third step in which the presenting means presents to the user the word or phrase of the completion candidate extracted in the second step;
A dictionary management method comprising: A program for causing a computer to execute a dictionary management method in a dictionary management device that manages a plurality of dictionaries used when presenting candidate words for completion with respect to input content from a user,
The dictionary management device includes a basic dictionary including a plurality of phrases, a user dictionary capable of arbitrarily registering phrases, an additional dictionary specifying unit, a complement candidate extracting unit, and a presentation unit,
A first step in which the additional dictionary designating unit includes a plurality of words and designates an application dictionary as an additional dictionary to be used when the application presents a candidate word for completion;
A second step in which the completion candidate extraction unit extracts words of a completion candidate predicted from the input content from the user from the basic dictionary, the user dictionary, and the additional dictionary;
A third step in which the presenting means presents to the user the word or phrase of the completion candidate extracted in the second step;
A program that causes a computer to execute.

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