JP2015179335A - Electronic equipment provided with dictionary function, electronic equipment provided with word book function, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment equipped with a dictionary function that allows word learning more widely and effectively, and electronic equipment equipped with a word book function.SOLUTION: In transmitting data of respective words registered with a word book data 22e to an electronic word book 30 as a learning target in accordance with a user operation of a "word book registration" key 14a as a dictionary is searched by the electronic dictionary 10, transfer word book data 26a where words, such as synonyms and antonyms related to respective registered words, words related to the respective words extracted on the basis of search history data 22f and jump history data 22g in accordance with related item designation data the user has set in advance as a word book is registered are added is generated, and transmitted to the electronic word book 30. Thus, in the electronic word book 30, it is not only that words of the word book data 22e registered in the electronic dictionary 10 and their meanings are simply switched and learned, but also that the related words are added and displayed, so that the word can be learned more widely and effectively.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a dictionary function suitable for word learning, an electronic device having a word book function, and a control program therefor.

  In recent years, electronic dictionaries are frequently used instead of paper book dictionaries because of their convenience and portability. This electronic dictionary is not only equipped with various dictionaries as a database, but also has multiple functions, and there are a history function and a word book function as its functions.

  In the history function, the searched word (entry word) is automatically saved as history data, so that the word that the user has examined in the past can be easily read out from the history data and reconfirmed.

  In the word book function, the word to be remembered is saved as word book data, and the word saved in the word book data is displayed by switching between the word and the translation like a paper word book, You can easily learn a desired word.

  It is a conventional data reproducing apparatus that can be used for memorizing data, and is used for text data such as words, idioms and sentences, audio data such as voice, image data such as still images, or video data such as moving images. It is conceivable to store a plurality of sets of data constituting the above and reproduce each data by an operation command (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, the dictionary data is taken from the electronic dictionary to a portable display device that is separate from the electronic dictionary, and the imported dictionary data is displayed at the user's hand by the portable display device, or the sound of the pronunciation is transmitted from the earphone. An electronic dictionary device that can learn words with good portability by outputting them is also considered (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  Also, a portable type that can easily learn a desired word by sequentially capturing words and their meaning as image data of the character string, and reading and displaying each of the captured image data in order according to a user operation A self-test learning machine is also considered (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2006-330520 A JP 2009-266024 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-83039

  However, as in the conventional devices, there is a demand not only to switch a plurality of words stored as electronic data and their meanings but to output them in order, and to learn each word more widely and effectively. There is.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an electronic device having a dictionary function, an electronic device having a word book function, and a control program therefor capable of performing word learning more effectively and effectively. The purpose is to provide.

  An electronic device having a dictionary function according to the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with an electronic device having a word book function, a word registration unit that registers an arbitrary word in response to a user operation, and a registration by the word registration unit. Explanation information acquisition means for acquiring explanation information of the word that has been registered, related word acquisition means for acquiring a word related to the word registered by the word registration means, and the explanation information for the word registered by the word registration means A word book transmission unit that causes the communication unit to transmit data associating the explanation information acquired by the acquisition unit with the related word acquired by the related word acquisition unit to the electronic device having the word book function; It is characterized by having.

  An electronic device having a word book function according to the present invention includes a word book storage unit that receives and stores data transmitted by a word book transmission unit of the electronic device having the dictionary function, and the word book storage unit. It is characterized by comprising a word book display means for sequentially reading the stored words and displaying the words and their explanation information alternately on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, word learning can be performed more widely and effectively.

The figure which shows the external appearance structure of the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 which applied the electronic device provided with the dictionary function of this invention, and the electronic device provided with the word book function, respectively. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary 10. FIG. The figure which shows the dictionary data 22b1 of the English-Japanese dictionary memorize | stored in the dictionary database 22b of the said electronic dictionary 10. FIG. The figure which shows the content of the word book data 22e memorize | stored in the said electronic dictionary. The figure which shows the related item designation | designated screen GK displayed on the touchscreen display part 15 with the word book registration process of the said electronic dictionary. The figure which shows the content of the transfer word book data memory 26a ensured in RAM26 of the said electronic dictionary 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic word book 30. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing by the electronic dictionary 10; 4 is a flowchart showing a word book transmission process by the electronic dictionary 10; 6 is a flowchart showing setting data acquisition processing accompanying the word book transmission processing by the electronic dictionary. The flowchart which shows the word book learning process by the said electronic word book 30. FIG. The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the user operation in the word book learning process of the said electronic word book.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of an electronic dictionary 10 and an electronic word book 30 to which an electronic device having a dictionary function and an electronic device having a word book function of the present invention are applied, respectively.

  The electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 are configured to be able to communicate with each other.

  The electronic dictionary 10 is configured as a portable device dedicated to an electronic dictionary, which will be described below, or a touch panel PDA (personal digital assistants), a PC (personal computer), a cellular phone, an electronic book, a mobile phone having a dictionary function. It is configured as a game machine or the like.

  The electronic dictionary 10 includes a foldable case whose main body case 11 and lid case 12 can be opened and closed via a hinge portion 13. On the surface of the main body case 11 with the folding case opened, a key input unit 14 including a character input key, a dictionary designation key, a [wordbook registration] key 14a, a [decision] key 14b, and the like is provided.

  Further, on the surface of the lid case 12, a touch panel display 15 with a backlight is provided on almost the entire surface.

  The touch panel display 15 has a structure in which a touch position detection device and a display device are integrated, and is configured by overlapping a transparent touch panel on a color liquid crystal display screen with a backlight.

  On the other hand, the electronic word book 30 is configured as a portable device dedicated to the electronic word book described below, or configured as a mobile phone, an electronic book, a portable game machine, or the like.

  The electronic word book 30 has, for example, a card-sized main body case, is provided with a vertically long key input unit 31 along the left end of the front surface thereof, and a display unit 32 in other areas.

  The key input unit 31 includes a forward key 31a for moving the word data displayed on the display unit 32 to the next data, a backward key 31b for returning to the previous data, and a check box for the word being displayed. [Check] key 31c for writing or erasing check data in ch (see FIG. 12), and for outputting sound of sound of data being displayed from earphone 45e (see FIG. 7) of sound output unit 45 [Audio] key 31d is provided.

  Here, for example, in the case of English words based on an English-Japanese dictionary, the word data includes the English word data and the Japanese meaning (explanatory information) data.

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

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

  The CPU 21 stores a dictionary control program 22a stored in the storage device 22 in advance, a dictionary control program 22a read from the external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card into the storage device 22 via the recording medium reading unit 24, or In accordance with the dictionary control program 22a read from the Web server (in this case, a program server) 50 on the Internet N via the communication unit 25, the operation of each part of the circuit is controlled using the RAM 26 as a working memory. .

  The dictionary control program 22 a stored in the storage device 22 is an input signal corresponding to a user operation from the key input unit 14, the touch panel display unit 15, or the Internet N connected via the communication unit 25. It is activated in response to a communication signal with the Web server 50... And the electronic word book 30.

  Thus, the storage device 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the communication unit 25, the RAM 26, the key input unit 14, and the touch panel display unit 15 are connected to the CPU 21.

  In the storage device 22, as a dictionary control program 22 a, a system program that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary 10, each Web server 50 on the Internet N via the communication unit 25, and a user PC (Personal Computer) (not shown). A communication program for data communication with the electronic word book 30 or the like is stored. As the dictionary control program 22a, search word input processing, headword search processing corresponding to the search term, list display processing with a preview of the search headword, meaning (meaning), example, explanation corresponding to the selected headword Read / display processing of various explanation information such as, registration / reading processing of word book, registration / reading processing of search history, jump search processing corresponding to specified character string, registration / reading processing of jump history, registration as the word book The dictionary database 22b, the synonym database 22c, and the like in the storage device 22, such as a word book transmission process for adding the word data related to the data of each word to the electronic word book 30 and transferring it to the electronic word book 30 Search based on word database 22d, word book data 22e, search history data 22f, jump history data 22g Dictionary search program for controlling the registration and reading, display, transmission and reception in general is stored.

  In the dictionary database 22b, for example, various dictionaries such as a Japanese dictionary, an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, an English-English dictionary, and an encyclopedia are stored.

  FIG. 3 is a view showing English-Japanese dictionary data 22b1 stored in the dictionary database 22b of the electronic dictionary 10. As shown in FIG.

  As the dictionary data 22b1 of this English-Japanese dictionary, explanatory information including the headwords of English words arranged in alphabetical order and the meaning of the Japanese is stored in association with each other.

  Note that various dictionary data other than the English-Japanese dictionary are basically stored in a data structure in which words as headwords and their meanings (explanatory information) are associated with each other as in the English-Japanese dictionary.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the word book data 22e stored in the electronic dictionary 10. As shown in FIG.

  The word book data 22e stores headwords (words) registered by the user as learning targets among the headwords of the dictionary stored in the dictionary database 22b. When transferring the word book data 22e to the electronic word book 30, the related item designation data for adding words related to the explanation information of the respective words, the words (table) → description information (the back) ) And the reverse data (“0” or “1”) for setting whether to display in the order or the reverse order are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a related item designation screen GK displayed on the touch panel display 15 in accordance with the word book registration process of the electronic dictionary 10.

  This related item designation screen GK is a screen for setting the related item designation data and front / back data associated with each word of the word book data 22e according to the user operation, and the related items that can be set on the screen GK. Items include “phonetic symbol”, “typical meaning (meaning level; from“ 1 ”to“ n ”level / all subordinate levels)”, “utilized form (in the case of verbs)”, “synonyms”, “opposite words” “Example”, “+ α (automatic selection)”, etc. are prepared.

  By default on the related item designation screen GK, only “representative meaning (meaning level“ 1 ”)” “front → back“ 0 ”” is set.

  When the related item “+ α (automatic selection)” on the related item designation screen GK is designated, the search history data 22f is added as an item to be added to the explanation information of the corresponding word in the word book data 22e. The related word based on and the related word based on the jump history data 22g are set.

  The related word based on the search history data 22f is, for example, a synonym of the corresponding word in the word book data 22e in the search history, and the related word based on the jump history data 22g is, for example, If the corresponding word is in the jump search source or jump search destination of the jump history, it becomes the jump search destination or jump search source word.

  The word book data 22e is generated for each type of dictionary stored in the dictionary database 22b or for any classification of the user.

  In the RAM 26, a transfer word book data memory 26a, a display data memory 26b, and the like are secured.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of the transfer word book data memory 26 a secured in the RAM 26 of the electronic dictionary 10.

  The transfer word book data memory 26a functions as a buffer when the word book data 22e is transferred to the electronic word book 30 by the word book transmission process. The memory 26a contains the word book data 22e. Explanation information including related words extracted from the databases 22b to 22d and the history data 22f and 22g according to the related item designation data of the word is stored in association with the registered word. . At this time, when related words such as “synonyms”, “opposite words”, and “jump (search) words” are extracted, the “synonyms” and “opposites” are used as the next words after the corresponding words in the word book data 22e. “Jump word” is added and the description information is associated and stored.

  Further, the transfer word book data memory 26a associates each word registered in the word book data 22e and its related word, and the front / back data (“0” or “0”) set in the word book data 22e. “1”) is stored as it is.

  The contents of the transfer word book data memory 26a are transmitted to the electronic word book 30 and stored in the storage device 42 as word book data 42b.

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

  In the electronic dictionary 10 configured as described above, the CPU 21 uses the dictionary control program 22a (search word input processing, headword search processing, headword list display processing with preview, explanatory information display processing of selected headword, word book Control the operation of each part of the circuit in accordance with instructions described in the registration process, search history registration process, jump search process, jump history registration process, word book transmission process, etc. And the hardware work together to realize the functions described in the description of the operation to be described later.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the electronic word book 30.

  The electronic circuit of the electronic word book 30 is configured by a computer whose operation is controlled by a program, and the electronic circuit is provided with a CPU 41.

  The CPU 41 controls the operation of each part of the circuit using the RAM 44 as a working memory in accordance with a word book control program 42 a stored in advance in the storage device 42. When the electronic word book 30 is provided with an external interface capable of communicating with other than the electronic dictionary 10, the word book control program 42 a or an external recording medium such as a ROM card or a Web server on the Internet N ( In this case, the program server) 50 can be read into the storage device 42.

  The word book control program 42 a stored in the storage device 42 receives an input signal corresponding to a user operation from the key input unit 31 or a communication signal with the electronic dictionary 10 connected via the communication unit 43. It is activated in response.

  Thus, the storage device 42, the communication unit 43, the RAM 44, the key input unit 31, the display unit 32, and the audio output unit 45 (earphone 45e) are connected to the CPU 41.

  In the storage device 42, as the word book control program 42 a, a system program that controls the entire operation of the electronic word book 30, a communication program for data communication with the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication unit 43, and the like. Remembered. Further, as the word book control program 42a, the transfer word book data 26a (see FIG. 6) transmitted from the electronic dictionary 10 is received along with the communication connection with the electronic dictionary 10, and the word book data is stored in the storage device 42. Data storage processing for storing as 42b, word book learning processing for displaying data of each word in the word book data 42b (26d) stored in the storage device 42 in order according to user operation, etc. A data processing program for controlling the overall display processing based on the word book data 42b in 42 is stored.

  In the RAM 44, a display data memory 44a for storing display data to be displayed on the display unit 32 is secured.

  In the electronic word book 30 configured as described above, the CPU 41 operates according to instructions described in the word book control program 42a (including a program for executing data reception processing, word book learning processing, etc.). And the software and hardware operate in cooperation to realize the function described in the following operation description.

  Next, operations of the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 configured as described above will be described.

(Electronic dictionary 10: dictionary search processing)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing by the electronic dictionary 10.

  In the electronic dictionary 10, an arbitrary dictionary (for example, an English-Japanese dictionary) is designated from various dictionary data stored in the dictionary database 22 b in accordance with a user operation, and a search term that the user wants to search is input to the touch panel. When displayed on the expression display unit 15 (step S1), headwords (words) that match the input search terms in front are read from the English-Japanese dictionary and displayed as a list on the display unit 15 as search candidates (steps). S2).

  When an arbitrary headword is selected from the headwords of the search candidates displayed in the list according to the user operation (step S3 (Yes)), the explanatory information corresponding to the selected headword (word) is obtained. It is read from the English-Japanese dictionary and expanded and displayed on the entire screen of the display unit 15 (step S4).

  Here, when the headword (word) displayed by the dictionary search this time is registered in the word book data 22e to be a learning target, the user operates the [word book registration] key 14a. If it is determined that the [wordbook registration] key 14a is operated by the user (step S5 (Yes)), the related item designation screen GK is displayed on the touch panel display 15 as shown in FIG. (Step S6).

  On the related item designation screen GK, the user designates an item to be output to the electronic word book 30 from items included in the description information of the headword (step S7). Here, “phonetic symbols” included in the explanation information, “typical meaning (meaning level; from“ 1 ”to“ n ”hierarchy / all lower hierarchies),“ utilized form (for verbs) ”, and so on, The related word items “synonyms”, “opposites”, and “+ α (automatic selection)” can be specified by check boxes. Note that “+ α (automatic selection)” is operated when a word that is considered necessary for learning is added based on the user's operation history and is left to the electronic dictionary 10 to determine. Further, radio buttons for front and back data for designating the order of display in the electronic word book 30 are displayed. These items are selectively designated by a user operation such as adding a check mark by a touch operation, and when the [OK] button or the [OK] key 14b on the screen GK is operated (steps S7 and S8 (Yes)). ), Related item designation data and front / back data of the designated contents are associated with the word searched in the dictionary and added to the word book data 22e and stored (step S9).

  The specific item specification data will be described in detail. In the word book data 22e shown in FIG. 4, the related item designation data associated with the word “word1” is stored as ““ 0 ”default”, the front / back data is stored as ““ 0 ”front → back”, and the word The related item designation data associated with “word2” is stored as “L2 (up to the meaning level“ 2 ”hierarchy)” and “class (synonyms)”, and the front and back data is stored as ““ 0 ”front → back”. Here, “0 default” in the related item designation data is a state in which the items “representative meaning” and “acquire up to the meaning level“ 1 ”hierarchy” are designated.

(Electronic dictionary 10: word book transmission process)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing word book transmission processing by the electronic dictionary 10.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing setting data acquisition processing accompanying the word book transmission processing by the electronic dictionary 10.

  In this word book transmission process, transfer word book data 26a (see FIG. 6) is generated based on the word book data 22e (see FIG. 4) registered as a learning target in accordance with the dictionary search process, and is transmitted to the electronic word book 30. .

  When the word book transmission process is activated in response to a user operation, the data of each word is sequentially read from the word book list stored in the word book data 22e (step T1).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the related item designation data associated with the read word is set to “0” (default) (step T2).

  Here, when it is determined that the related item designation data associated with the word is set to “0” (default) (step T2 (Yes)), the meaning (explanatory information) of the word is Representative meanings (up to the meaning level “1” hierarchy) stored in the dictionary database 22b are acquired and stored in association with the word in the transfer word book data memory 26a (step T3). At the same time, the front / back data associated with the word is also acquired and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a in association with the word (step T5).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the related item designation data associated with the word read from the word book list of the word book data 22e is not set to “0” (default) (step T2 (No)) ), The process proceeds to the setting data acquisition process in FIG. 10, and data corresponding to each item set in the related item designation data is acquired and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a in association with the word. (Step T4).

  In the setting data acquisition process (step T4), when “phonetic symbol” is set in the related item designation data associated with the word read from the word book data 22e, A phonetic symbol is acquired, included in the explanation information, and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a (step T41).

  When the meaning level “n” is set as the “typical meaning” of the related item designation data associated with the word, the hierarchy (or all lower levels) of the meaning level “n”. The meaning corresponding to the word is acquired, included in the explanation information of the word, and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a (step T42).

  In the related item designation data, when “utilization form (in the case of verb)” is set, the utilization form of the word is acquired and included in the explanation information in the transfer word book data memory 26a. Stored (step T43).

  In addition, in the related item designation data, when the related word items “synonyms” and “opposites” are set, the synonym database 22c and the antonym database 22d and the words that are synonyms of the word and Meaning (description information), a word that is an antonym and its meaning (description information) are acquired, and the next word associated with the word read from the word book and its transfer word book data memory 26a as its explanation information Is additionally stored (step T44).

  Further, when “example” is set in the related item designation data, the word example is similarly acquired, included in the explanation information, and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a (step T45). ).

  Further, when “+ α (automatic selection)” is set in the related item designation data associated with the word (step T46 (Yes)), it is related to the word based on the search history data 22f. A word and its meaning (explanation information) are acquired and stored in the transfer wordbook data memory 26a as the next word associated with the word read from the wordbook and its explanation information (step T47). ).

  For example, if the word read from the word book data 22e is "freedom" and the synonym "liberty" is in the search history data 22f, the synonym word "liberty" and its meaning (Explanation information) is acquired and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a as the next word associated with the word "freedom" and its explanation information (step T47).

  Further, a jump search source word and its meaning (explanation information) using the word read from the word book as a jump search source, or a jump search source word and its meaning (explanation information) using the word as a jump search destination ) Is acquired based on the jump history data 22g, and is additionally stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a as the next word associated with the word from the word book and its explanatory information (step T48).

  In addition, it is set in advance how many steps before or after the jump search history the word related to the word read from the word book acquired based on the jump history data 22g is included. Thus, the amount of information of related words to be added to the words in the word book is determined.

  Then, according to the series of setting data acquisition processing (steps T41 to T48), additional information according to the related item designation data of the word read from the word book is acquired, and the transfer word book data memory 26a When stored in association with the words from the word book, the front and back data associated with the words read from the word book are also acquired and stored in the transfer word book data memory 26a (step T5). .

  Thereafter, the transfer word book data 26a is generated and read from the word book data 22e by repeating the processing according to the steps T1 to T5 for each of the words sequentially read from the word book data 22e. If it is determined that there is no next word (step T6 (No)), the generated transfer word book data 26a is transmitted to the electronic word book 30 via the communication unit 25 (step T7).

(Electronic word book 30: data reception processing)
In the electronic word book 30, the transfer word book data 26a (see FIG. 6) transmitted by the word book transmission process of the electronic dictionary 10 is received via the communication unit 43, and the word book is stored in the storage device 42. It is stored as data 42b.

(Electronic word book 30: word book learning process)
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing word book learning processing by the electronic word book 30.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display operation corresponding to a user operation in the word book learning process of the electronic word book 30.

  When the word book learning process is started in response to a user operation on the electronic word book 30, a word stored in the word book data 42b (see FIG. 6) is designated (step P1), and the designated word Is a synonym of the previous designated word and an opposite word (steps P2, P3).

  For example, when the first word word1 “wine” of the word book data 42b (see FIG. 6) is designated, if it is determined that it is neither a synonym nor an antonym of the previously designated word (Step P2 (No), P3 (No)), it is determined whether or not the front / back data stored in association with the currently designated word word1 “wine” is set to “0” (front → back) (step P4).

  If it is determined that “0” (front → back) is set (step P4 (Yes)), the designated word word1 “wine” is displayed on the display unit 32 as shown in FIG. (Step P5a).

  When the “forward” key 31a is operated, as shown in FIG. 12B, the meaning (explanatory information) stored in the word book data 42b in association with the designated word word1 “wine” is shown. ) "A wine, wine b ..." is read and displayed on the display unit 32 (step P6a).

  Subsequently, when the [forward] key 31a is operated (step P7 (Yes)), the next word word2 “freedom” in the word book data 42b is designated (step P1).

  Then, as described above, it is determined that it is neither a synonym nor an antonym of the previously specified word (steps P2 (No), P3 (No)), and the front / back data is set to “0” (front → back). (Step P4 (Yes)), and as shown in FIG. 12C, the designated word word2 “freedom” is displayed on the display unit 32 (Step P5a).

  When the “forward” key 31a is operated, as shown in FIG. 12D, the meaning (explanatory information) stored in the word book data 42b in association with the designated word word2 “freedom” is shown. ) “(1) Free, self-independent (2)...” Is read and displayed on the display unit 32 (step P6a).

  At this time, the contents of the meaning (explanatory information) corresponding to the designated word displayed on the display unit 32 are contents including information of items set in advance by the user according to the related item designation data. Therefore, it is possible not only to learn only the representative meaning but also to learn the specified word more widely and effectively.

  Subsequently, when the [forward] key 31a is operated (step P7 (Yes)), the synonym “liberty” which is the next word of the word book data 26a is designated (step P1).

  Then, the currently designated word is determined to be a synonym of the previously designated word word2 “freedom” (step P2 (Yes)), and as shown in FIG. 12E, the previously designated word word2 “freedom” A message “What is the same meaning?” Is displayed on the display unit 32 asking whether the user can understand the synonym “liberty” (step P8).

  Here, when the [forward] key 31a is operated (step P10 (Yes)), as shown in FIG. 12 (F), the synonym “liberty” which is the word designated this time is displayed on the display unit 32. (Step P5a) Further, when the [Go] key 31a is operated, as shown in FIG. 12 (G), it is stored in the word book data 26a in association with the synonym “liberty” which is the designated word. The meaning (explanatory information) “(1) Free, release (2)...” Is read and displayed on the display unit 32 (step P6a).

  Further, when it is determined from the word book data 26a that the word designated this time is the opposite word of the last designated word (steps P1, P3 (Yes)), as in the case of the synonym, A message “What is the opposite word?” Is displayed on the display unit 32 asking whether the user knows the opposite word of the designated word (step P9).

  Here, when the [Forward] key 31a is operated (step P10 (Yes)), the antonym which is the word designated this time is displayed on the display unit 32 (step P5a), and the [Forward] key 31a is further displayed. Is operated, the meaning (explanatory information) stored in the word book data 26a in association with the opposite word that is the designated word is read and displayed on the display unit 32 (step P6a). .

  In this way, if the synonym of the previously specified word becomes the current specified word, let the user think about the synonym itself, and similarly, the opposite word of the previously specified word becomes the current specified word Makes the user think about the opposite word itself, so that not only the words and meanings of the word book data 22e registered in the electronic dictionary 10 are switched and learned, but also the related words are added and displayed. Learning about words can be performed more widely and effectively.

  On the other hand, the word word3 designated this time in the word book data 42b (see FIG. 6) (step P1) is determined to be neither a synonym nor an opposite word of the word word2 designated last time (step P2 ( No), P3 (No)), if it is determined that the front / back data stored in association with the word word3 specified this time is set to “1” (back → front) (step P4 ( No)), the meaning (explanatory information) associated with the word word3 designated this time is first displayed on the display unit 32 (step P5b).

  When the [Forward] key 31a is operated, the word word3 designated this time is displayed on the display unit 32 (step P6b).

  Therefore, according to the electronic dictionary 10 having the above-described configuration, each word data registered in the word book data 22e in response to a user operation of the [word book registration] key 14a accompanying the dictionary search is stored in the electronic word book 30 as a learning target. Is transmitted in accordance with the related item designation data set in advance by the user when the word book is registered, based on synonyms and opposite words related to the registered words, search history data 22f and jump history data 22g. Transfer word book data 26 a to which words related to the extracted words are added is generated and transmitted to the electronic word book 30.

  For this reason, the electronic word book 30 not only switches and learns the words of the word book data 22e registered in the electronic dictionary 10 and their meanings, but also displays related words in addition to the words. Learning can be performed more widely and effectively.

  Further, according to the electronic dictionary 10 having the above-described configuration, items to be included in the explanation information transmitted to the electronic word book 30 in association with the words registered in the word book data 22e are “phonetic symbols” and “typical”. The meaning level of meaning, “utilization form (in the case of verb)”, “example”, and the like can be set in advance by the related item designation data.

  For this reason, the content of the meaning (explanation information) of each word displayed by the word learning in the electronic word book 30 is the content including the information of the item set in advance according to the related item designation data. Therefore, it is possible not only to learn representative meanings but also to learn words more broadly and effectively.

  Further, according to the electronic word book 30 having the above-described configuration, when each word of the word book data 42b transferred from the electronic dictionary 10 and stored and its meaning (explanatory information) are alternately read and displayed, Next, if the word to be read and displayed is a related word such as a synonym or antonym of the previously displayed word, a message asking what the word related to the previously displayed word is (for example, the previous display Display a message asking what the synonym and antonym of the word are, and then display the related word (synonym, antonym, etc.).

  For this reason, when the user learns the word registered in the electronic dictionary 10 in the electronic dictionary 10, the user can not only simply display the registered words in order, but also learn synonyms, antonyms, etc. In addition to related words, the electronic word book 30 can actively learn by itself.

  In the dictionary search process of the electronic dictionary 10 of the above embodiment, on the related item designation screen GK (see FIG. 5) displayed on the touch panel display unit 15 when the word book is registered, it is desired to associate with the word to be registered. The item is set by adding a check mark by touch operation. However, by adding a color marker to the touched item and displaying it, the user can check the setting contents more clearly. It is good also as a structure.

  Moreover, in the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 of the said embodiment, although the specific example at the time of using an English-Japanese dictionary was demonstrated, it is applicable not only to this but also when using a national language dictionary, a textbook, etc. similarly to the above. Needless to say.

  In the electronic dictionary 10 of the embodiment, the related item designation screen GK is displayed for each word registered in the word book data 22e in accordance with the dictionary search process, and an item associated with the word individually each time. Although it is configured to designate, when the word book data 22e is transmitted to the electronic word book 30 by the subsequent word book transmission process, the related item designation screen GK is displayed and the word book data is displayed. It is good also as a structure which designates the item matched with respect to each word registered into 22e collectively.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the case where the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 were comprised as a separate apparatus, you may comprise as an integrated apparatus. In this case, it is not necessary to transfer the actual data of the items corresponding to the words of the word book data 22e and the related item designation data in the word book transmission process, and the transfer word book data 26a (42b) What is necessary is just to produce | generate by the information which designates data.

  Furthermore, according to the electronic dictionary 10 of the embodiment, by using the transfer word book data 26a generated with the word book transmission process, the electronic dictionary 10 itself can be used to learn the word book in the electronic word book 30. A process similar to the process can be executed.

  It should be noted that each processing technique and database using the electronic dictionary 10 and electronic word book 30 described in the above embodiments, that is, the dictionary search processing in the electronic dictionary 10 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, FIG. 9 and FIG. Each method such as a word book transmission process in the electronic dictionary 10 shown in the flowchart, a word book learning process in the electronic word book 30 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the dictionary database 22b, a synonym database 22c, an antonym database 22d Are database programs such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. Stored in the media of external recording devices such as It can be distributed. Then, the computer (control device) of the electronic device provided with the display unit reads the program stored in the medium of the external recording device into the storage device, and the operation is controlled by the read program, so that each of the above embodiments is performed. The dictionary search function, the word book transmission function, and the word book learning function described in the embodiment can be realized, and the same processing can be executed by the method described above.

  Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on the communication network (N) in the form of a program code, and from a computer device (program server) connected to the communication network (N). It is also possible to implement the above-described dictionary search function, word book transmission function, and word book learning function by taking the program data into an electronic device having a display unit and storing it in a storage device.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention when it is practiced. Further, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent elements are deleted from all the constituent elements shown in each embodiment or some constituent elements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention If the effects described in the column “Effects of the Invention” can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent requirements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

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

[1]
A communication means for communicating with an electronic device having a word book function;
Word registration means for registering an arbitrary word in response to a user operation;
Explanation information obtaining means for obtaining explanation information of the word registered by the word registration means;
Related word acquisition means for acquiring a word related to the word registered by the word registration means;
Data in which the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means and the related words acquired by the related word acquisition means are associated with the words registered by the word registration means by the communication means A word book transmission means for transmitting to the electronic device provided;
An electronic device having a dictionary function characterized by comprising

[2]
A related item designating unit for designating an item related to the word registered by the word registering unit according to a user operation;
When a synonym or antonym is specified as the item to be related by the related item specifying unit, the related word acquiring unit sets the synonym or antonym of the word as a word related to the word registered by the word registering unit. get,
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [1].

[3]
Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of words and their explanation information are associated;
A dictionary search means for searching the dictionary data for a word corresponding to a search word input in response to a user operation;
Search history storage means for storing a search history from the dictionary data of a word corresponding to the search word by the dictionary search means;
Jump search means for searching the dictionary data for a word corresponding to a character string designated according to a user operation from among character strings displayed on the display unit;
Jump history storage means for storing a search history from the dictionary data of a word corresponding to the designated character string by the jump search means;
The related word acquisition unit includes a word based on a search history stored by the search history storage unit and a search history stored by the jump history storage unit as a word related to the word registered by the word registration unit. To get a word based on,
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [2].

[4]
When the item of the description information is specified as the item to be related by the related item specifying unit, the description information acquiring unit is configured to store the specified item as the description information corresponding to the word registered by the word registering unit. Get descriptive information,
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [2] or [3].

[5]
An output order designating unit that designates an output order of the word registered by the word registration unit and its explanation information according to a user operation;
The word book transmission means is designated by the output order designation means and the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means, the related words acquired by the related word acquisition means, and the words registered by the word registration means. The data associated with the output order is transmitted to the electronic device having the word book function by the communication means.
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to any one of [1] to [4].

[6]
A word book storage means for receiving and storing data transmitted by a word book transmission means of an electronic device having the dictionary function according to [1];
A word book display means for sequentially reading the words stored by the word book storage means and displaying the words and their explanation information alternately on the display unit;
An electronic device having a word book function characterized by comprising

[7]
When the next word stored in the word book storage unit is read out and the next word is a synonym of the previous word, the word book display unit displays the previous word on the display unit. After displaying a message asking what the synonym is, it has a synonym display control means for displaying the word of the synonym.
An electronic device provided with the word book function according to [6].

[8]
When the next word stored in the word book storage means is read out and the next word is an opposite word of the previous word, the word book display means displays the previous word on the display unit. Having an antonym display control means for displaying a word asking the opposite word after displaying a message asking the opposite word.
An electronic device provided with the word book function according to [6] or [7].

[9]
A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device provided with communication means for communicating with another electronic device,
The computer,
Word registration means for registering an arbitrary word in the storage unit in response to a user operation;
Explanation information acquisition means for acquiring explanation information of the words registered by the word registration means;
Related word acquisition means for acquiring a word related to the word registered by the word registration means;
Data in which the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means and the related word acquired by the related word acquisition means are associated with the word registered by the word registration means by the communication means by the other electronic device. Word book transmission means to send to
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.

[10]
A program for controlling a computer of another electronic device including a communication unit that communicates with an electronic device controlled by the program according to [9],
The computer,
A word book storage means for receiving data transmitted from the electronic device and storing the data in a storage unit;
A word book display means for sequentially reading the words stored in the word book storage means and displaying the words and their explanation information alternately on the display unit;
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.

10 ... Electronic dictionary 14 ... Key input part (dictionary)
14a ... [Wordbook registration] key 15 ... Touch panel type display part 30 ... Electronic word book 31 ... Key input part (word book)
31a ... [forward] key 31b ... [return] key 31c ... [check] key 21, 41 ... CPU
22, 42 ... Storage device 22a ... Dictionary control program 42a ... Word book control program 22b ... Dictionary database 22c ... Synonym database 22d ... Opposite word database 22e ... Word book data 22f ... Search history data 22g ... Jump history data 23 ... External recording medium 24 ... Recording medium reading unit 25, 43 ... Communication unit 26, 44 ... RAM
26a (42b) ... Transfer word book data 50 ... Web server N ... Communication network

Claims (10)

A communication means for communicating with an electronic device having a word book function;
Word registration means for registering an arbitrary word in response to a user operation;
Explanation information obtaining means for obtaining explanation information of the word registered by the word registration means;
Related word acquisition means for acquiring a word related to the word registered by the word registration means;
Data in which the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means and the related words acquired by the related word acquisition means are associated with the words registered by the word registration means by the communication means A word book transmission means for transmitting to the electronic device provided;
An electronic device having a dictionary function characterized by comprising A related item designating unit for designating an item related to the word registered by the word registering unit according to a user operation;
When a synonym or antonym is specified as the item to be related by the related item specifying unit, the related word acquiring unit sets the synonym or antonym of the word as a word related to the word registered by the word registering unit. get,
An electronic apparatus having a dictionary function according to claim 1. Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of words and their explanation information are associated;
A dictionary search means for searching the dictionary data for a word corresponding to a search word input in response to a user operation;
Search history storage means for storing a search history from the dictionary data of a word corresponding to the search word by the dictionary search means;
Jump search means for searching the dictionary data for a word corresponding to a character string designated in accordance with a user operation from among character strings displayed on the display unit;
Jump history storage means for storing a search history from the dictionary data of a word corresponding to the designated character string by the jump search means;
The related word acquisition unit includes a word based on a search history stored by the search history storage unit and a search history stored by the jump history storage unit as a word related to the word registered by the word registration unit. To get a word based on,
An electronic apparatus having a dictionary function according to claim 2. When the item of the description information is specified as the item to be related by the related item specifying unit, the description information acquiring unit is configured to store the specified item as the description information corresponding to the word registered by the word registering unit. Get descriptive information,
4. An electronic device having a dictionary function according to claim 2 or claim 3. An output order designating unit that designates an output order of the word registered by the word registration unit and its explanation information according to a user operation;
The word book transmission means is designated by the output order designation means and the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means, the related words acquired by the related word acquisition means, and the words registered by the word registration means. The data associated with the output order is transmitted to the electronic device having the word book function by the communication means.
An electronic apparatus having a dictionary function according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A word book storage means for receiving and storing data transmitted by the word book transmission means of the electronic device having the dictionary function according to claim 1;
A word book display means for sequentially reading the words stored by the word book storage means and displaying the words and their explanation information alternately on the display unit;
An electronic device having a word book function characterized by comprising When the next word stored in the word book storage unit is read out and the next word is a synonym of the previous word, the word book display unit displays the previous word on the display unit. After displaying a message asking what the synonym is, it has a synonym display control means for displaying the word of the synonym.
An electronic apparatus having a word book function according to claim 6. When the next word stored in the word book storage means is read out and the next word is an opposite word of the previous word, the word book display means displays the previous word on the display unit. Having an antonym display control means for displaying a word asking the opposite word after displaying a message asking the opposite word.
An electronic device having the word book function according to claim 6 or 7. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device provided with communication means for communicating with another electronic device,
The computer,
Word registration means for registering an arbitrary word in the storage unit in response to a user operation;
Explanation information acquisition means for acquiring explanation information of the words registered by the word registration means;
Related word acquisition means for acquiring a word related to the word registered by the word registration means;
Data in which the explanation information acquired by the explanation information acquisition means and the related word acquired by the related word acquisition means are associated with the word registered by the word registration means by the communication means by the other electronic device. Word book transmission means to send to
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer. A program for controlling a computer of another electronic device provided with communication means for communicating with an electronic device controlled by the program according to claim 9,
The computer,
A word book storage means for receiving data transmitted from the electronic device and storing the data in a storage unit;
A word book display means for sequentially reading the words stored in the word book storage means and displaying the words and their explanation information alternately on the display unit;
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.

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