JP2015194552A - Word learning apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a word learning apparatus allowing a user to learn various meaning corresponding to a word having excellent operability and usability.SOLUTION: English words are sequentially read out from a word book data and displayed responding to an operation made on a [Feed] key 31a. When a "display responding to inclination operation" is selected as a display method, which is set corresponding to an operation made by a user, plural word meanings corresponding to the an English word are assigned in 4 directions; i.e., upper, lower, right and left of the word book body. Also, a word class inclination key guide screen KGh or a word basis inclination key guide screen KGt which indicates plural assignment directions of the word meaning are displayed together with the English word. When the word book body is inclined in a direction according to the inclination key guide screen KG, the meaning assigned to the English word on the display is displayed according to the inclination direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a word learning device suitable for word learning and a control program thereof.

  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.

  Some conventional electronic dictionaries have the word book function and a history function (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).

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

JP 2005-292303 A JP 2009-266024 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-83039

  In the conventional portable display device, a plurality of words stored as electronic data and their meanings can be switched and output in order by the user, and word learning can be easily performed anywhere.

  On the other hand, there are few words that have only one Japanese translation (meaning) for English words, and many words often have multiple meanings. For this reason, there is a desire to learn not only typical meanings corresponding to each word but also a plurality of meanings with good usability and operability.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a word learning device and a control program therefor that can learn various meanings corresponding to words with good usability and operability. And

  The word learning device according to the present invention includes a word storage means for storing a word and a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word in association with each other, and a plurality of meanings corresponding to a plurality of movements of the apparatus body according to a user operation. Meaning assigning means for assigning each and meaning display means for displaying on the display section the meaning assigned by the meaning assigning means according to the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to learn various meanings corresponding to words with good usability and operability.

The figure which shows the external appearance structure in the state which connected the electronic word book 30 which concerns on embodiment of the word learning apparatus of this invention to the electronic dictionary. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic word book 30. FIG. The figure which shows the content of the word book data 42b memorize | stored in the said electronic word book 30. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing by the electronic dictionary 10; 5 is a flowchart showing communication processing with the electronic word book 30 by the electronic dictionary 10; 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 accompanying the setting of the display method according to the word book learning process of the said electronic word book. The flowchart which shows the inclination operation | movement process in the word book learning process of the said electronic word book 30. FIG. The figure which shows the display operation corresponding to the user operation according to the inclination operation | movement process of the said electronic word book. The figure which shows the display operation | movement of the word book learning screen G according to the word book learning process by the said electronic dictionary.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration in a state where an electronic word book 30 according to an embodiment of the word learning device of the present invention is connected to an electronic dictionary 10.

  The electronic word book 30 can communicate with the electronic dictionary 10.

  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 foldable case opened, a key input unit 14 having a character input key, a dictionary designation key, a [decision] key, a [return] key, a [wordbook registration] key 14a, etc. It is done.

  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 [Send] key 31a for sending word data displayed on the display unit 32 to the next data, a [Return] key 31b for returning to the previous data, and a word data being displayed. A [Check] key 31c for writing a check mark and a [Sound] key 31d for outputting sound of the sound of the data being displayed are provided.

  This electronic word book 30 has a built-in inclination detector 45 (see FIG. 3) using an acceleration sensor, and can detect the inclination of the word book body.

  The word data is English word data and its Japanese translation (meaning) data in English-Japanese mode, and Japanese data and its English translation (meaning) in Japanese-English mode. It is data.

  The word meaning corresponding to the word may have one part of speech and a plurality of word meanings, or each of a plurality of part of speech may have a plurality of word meanings. In the setting of the display method to be described later (see FIG. 8), when [by part of speech] Fb1 of [tilt operation] Fb for tilting the word book body to perform display operation is set, the operation of the [feed] key 31a is performed. For each part of speech specified accordingly, a plurality of meanings included in the part of speech are switched and displayed according to the inclination direction of the word book body. In addition, when [by word] Fb2 of the [tilting operation] Fb is set, a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word for each word specified in accordance with the operation of the [feed] key 31a are stored in the word book body. The display is switched according to the tilt direction.

  The check mark for the data of the word being displayed is written by the user's own operation in order for the user to confirm that the user does not remember the corresponding word, for example.

  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 written in the storage device 22 from an external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card via the recording medium reading unit 24, or In accordance with the dictionary control program 22a written to the storage device 22 from the Web server (in this case, the 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 input on the Internet N connected via the key input unit 14, an input signal according to a user operation from the touch panel display unit 15, or the communication unit 25. It is activated in response to a communication signal with each 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 the dictionary control program 22a, a system program that controls the entire operation of the electronic dictionary 10, each Web server 50 on the Internet N via the communication unit 25, and a user PC (Personal) (not shown). Computer), a communication program for data communication with the electronic word book 30 and the like are stored. Further, as the dictionary control program 22a, there are various search word input processing, headword search processing corresponding to the search word, list display processing with a preview of the search headword, meaning / example / explanation corresponding to the selected headword. Processing for reading and displaying explanation information, processing for generating a list (word book list) of selected headwords (words) and registering it as word book data 22c, and transmitting the registered word book data 22c to the electronic word book 30 Search, reading, display, registration, transmission, and reception processing based on the dictionary database 22b and the word book data 22c in the storage device 22 such as processing, processing for receiving updated word book information from the electronic word book 30, and the like. A program for controlling is stored.

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

  Among them, as the dictionary data of the English-Japanese dictionary, headwords of English words arranged in alphabetical order and explanation information including the meaning of the Japanese are stored in association with each other.

  Various types of dictionary data other than the English-Japanese dictionary are also stored as a data structure in which each headword and its meaning (explanatory information) are associated with each other, as in the English-Japanese dictionary.

  As the word book data 22c, the [word book registration] key 14a of the key input unit 14 is operated in a state where the explanation information of the head word (word) searched according to the head word search process is displayed. The word and its meaning (explanatory information) are stored in association with each other.

  The word book data 22c is generated for each type of dictionary stored in the dictionary database 22b or for any user classification, and word book data for the electronic word book 30 is also generated.

  In the RAM 26, an input data memory 26a, a display data memory 26b, and the like are secured.

  In the input data memory 26a, individual input data corresponding to user operations of the key input unit 14 and the touch panel display unit 15 are sequentially stored.

  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, the word book The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled according to instructions described in (including a program for executing registration, transmission, reception processing, etc. of the data 22c), and the software and hardware cooperate to operate as described later. The function described in the explanation of the operation is realized.

  FIG. 3 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, in addition to the storage device 42, the communication unit 43, the RAM 44, the key input unit 31, and the display unit 32, the tilt detection unit 45 is connected to the CPU 41.

  The tilt detection unit 45 detects the tilt direction of the main body of the electronic word book 30, and for example, tilts in four directions (up, down, left and right) with respect to the screen of the display unit 32 are detected.

  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, a data reception process for receiving the word book data 22c transmitted from the electronic dictionary 10 in connection with the communication connection with the electronic dictionary 10 and storing it in the storage device 42, A word book learning process for learning while sequentially displaying the data of each word in the word book data 42b stored in the storage device 42 according to a display method arbitrarily set by the user, updated according to this word book learning process Further, the word book data 42b in the storage device 42, the display method, such as data transmission processing for transmitting the marker information of the word book data 42b to the electronic dictionary 10 and reflecting it with the communication connection with the electronic dictionary 10 A data processing program for controlling the entire display / reception / transmission process based on the setting data 42c is stored.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the word book data 42b stored in the electronic word book 30. As shown in FIG.

  As the word book data 42b, each word of the word book data 22c received from the electronic dictionary 10 and its meaning (explanatory information) are stored in association with each other. In addition, the number of displays that are associated with each meaning and counted each time the meaning is displayed in the word book learning process, and a marker flag that is set when the number of times of display is a predetermined number (for example, 5 times) or more. Is memorized.

  The marker flag is information for displaying the meaning of which the flag is set by adding a marker when the electronic dictionary 10 performs word book learning. The marker information updated in the electronic word book 30 is At the time of communication connection with the electronic dictionary 10, it is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10 and reflected in the word book data 22c.

  The display method setting data 42 is data for setting how to display words and meanings in the word book learning process. Here, each word and its meaning (explanatory information) stored in the word book data 42b are sequentially switched according to a key operation to be displayed or displayed according to a part of speech according to a tilt operation of the word book body. Setting data on whether to switch and display a plurality of meanings or to switch and display a plurality of meanings of each word according to a tilt operation of the same word book body is selected and stored based on a user operation. .

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

  The electronic word book 30 configured as described above is based on instructions described in the word book control program 42a (including a program for executing data reception processing, word book learning processing, data transmission processing, etc.) by the CPU 41. By controlling the operation of each part of the circuit and the software and hardware operating in cooperation, the functions described in the following operation description are realized.

  Next, the operation of the electronic word book 30 configured as described above will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing by the electronic dictionary 10.

  In the electronic dictionary 10, when a user-desired dictionary (for example, [English-Japanese dictionary]) is selected in accordance with the operation of the key input unit 14 (step S1), a search word input screen corresponding to the selected dictionary ( (Not shown) is displayed on the touch panel display 15 (step S2).

  When a desired search word, for example, “drag” is input on the search word input screen (step S2), a headword “drag” corresponding to the input search word is selected in the dictionary database 22b. Searched from the dictionary [English-Japanese dictionary], the meaning (explanatory information) corresponding to the searched entry word “drag” is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S3).

  Then, when it is desired to register the searched entry word (word) in a desired word book, when the [word book registration] key 14a of the key input unit 14 is operated to register to the word book (step) S4 (Yes)), a list of a plurality of types of word books is displayed. When a desired word book is designated from this word book list (step S5), the searched entry word (word) “drag” and its meaning are stored in the word book data 22c corresponding to the designated word book. (Description information) is associated and registered (step S6).

  Thereafter, when further headword search is performed (step S7 (Yes)), the process returns to step S2, the next search word is input by the user, and the same processing as described above is performed.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing communication processing with the electronic word book 30 by the electronic dictionary 10.

  When the electronic dictionary 10 is set to the communication mode with the electronic word book 30 and is determined to be connected to the electronic word book 30 via the communication unit 25 (step A1), A communication selection menu (not shown) that prompts the user to select an item to be communicated is displayed on the touch panel display 15 (step A2).

  The communication selection menu includes an item [send word book] for specifying sending of the word book data 22c of the electronic dictionary 10 and reception of marker information updated in the word book data 42b from the electronic word book 30. The specified item [Receive marker information] is displayed.

  Here, when the item [send word book] is selected (step A3 (transmission)), each word registered in the word book data 22c and its meaning (explanatory information) are read, and the communication unit 25 to the electronic word book 30 (step A4).

  When the item [Receive Marker Information] is selected (Step A3 (Receive)), a remote signal instructing transmission of the marker information included in the word book data 42b is transmitted to the electronic word book 30. Then, in response to this, marker information (a word (for example, “drag”) in which the marker flag “1” is set) in the word book data 42b (see FIG. 4) transmitted from the electronic word book 30 → the part of speech “transitive verb” "→ identification information of the meaning" (2) dragging into a dispute ") is received (step A5). Then, in the word book data 22c in the electronic dictionary 10, based on the marker information from the electronic word book 30, a marker flag is set and reflected for the corresponding word → part of speech → meaning (step A6).

  Thereby, when performing word book learning based on the word book data 22c of the electronic dictionary 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, in the word book learning screen G, a marker m is added to the meaning of the marker flag set. Can be added for identification display. Therefore, the user can recognize again the meaning of an important word that the user has repeatedly learned in the electronic word book 30, and the learning efficiency of the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 can be improved. .

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing word book learning processing by the electronic word book 30.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display operation associated with setting of a display method according to the word book learning process of the electronic word book 30.

  In the electronic word book 30, when the word book learning process in FIG. 7 is started, as shown in FIG. 8A, an item [learning] E for selecting the start of learning and an item for selecting the setting of the display method [Display Method] An initial menu in which F is arranged is displayed on the display unit 32 (step T1).

  In this initial menu, the item is switched by operating the [Feed] key 31a or the [Return] key 31b, and when the item [display method] F is selected (step T2 (display method setting)), FIG. 8 (B). As shown, items [Key Operation] Fa and [Tilt Operation] Fb are displayed for setting whether to display according to the key operation or to display according to the tilt operation.

  Here, when the item [key operation] Fa is selected, the selected display method is set in the display method setting data 42c (step T3), and the initial menu shown in FIG. 8A is displayed. Return (step T1).

  On the other hand, when the item [tilting operation] Fb is selected in FIG. 8B, whether the meaning display for each part of speech or the meaning display for each word is displayed as shown in FIG. 8C. Items [by part of speech] Fb1 and [by word] Fb2 are displayed.

  Here, when the item [by part of speech] Fb1 for setting the meaning display for each part of speech or the item [by word] Fb2 for setting the meaning display by word is selected, the selected display method is the display method. The setting data 42c is set (step T3), and the display returns to the initial menu display shown in FIG. 8A (step T1).

Next, the learning operation will be described (steps T1, T2 (learning)).
First, the item [key operation] Fa shown in FIG. 8B is selected, and the display method “display according to key operation” is set in the display method setting data 42c (step T3). The case where the item [learning] E in the initial menu is selected (steps T1 and T2 (learning)) will be described.

  In this case, the word data stored in the word book data 42b (see FIG. 4) is read sequentially or randomly from the beginning (step T4), and the English words of the read word data Is displayed on the display unit 32 (step T5).

Next, it is determined whether or not the display method setting data 42c stores setting data for displaying by tilting operation. In this case, it is determined that “display according to key operation” is set (step T6 (No), and the operation of the [Send] key 31a is awaited.
Then, the user confirms whether he / she remembers the meaning of the displayed English word, and when the [Send] key 31a is operated (step T7 (Yes)), the meaning of the read word data ( Explanation information) is displayed on the display unit 32 (step T8).

  When the [SEND] key 31a is operated (step T9 (Yes)), the data of the next word stored in the word book data 42b is read (step T4), and the English word is converted into the word. It is displayed on the display part 32 (step T5).

  In other words, when “display according to key operation” is set as the display method setting data 42c, each English stored in the word book data 42b according to the operation of the [Feed] key 31a. The word and its meaning (explanatory information) are sequentially switched and displayed (steps T4 to T6 (No), T7 to T9 (Yes) → T4).

  Next, a learning operation when the display method is “display according to tilt operation” and is set in the display method setting data 42c as “meaning display by part of speech” or “meaning display by word” (step T1). , T2 (learning)) will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a tilt operation process in the word book learning process of the electronic word book 30.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display operation corresponding to a user operation in accordance with the tilt operation process of the electronic word book 30.

  First, the word data stored in the word book data 42b (see FIG. 4) is read sequentially or randomly from the beginning (step T4), and the English word of the read word data is read. It is displayed on the display part 32 (step T5).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the English word “drag” stored in the word book data 42 b (see FIG. 4) is displayed on the display unit 32.

  Next, it is determined whether “display according to tilt operation” is set in the display method setting data 42c. If it is determined that the display method setting data 42c is set (step T6 (Yes)), the tilt operation processing in FIG. 9 is performed. Transitioned (step TP).

  In this tilting operation process, first, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of parts of speech for the English word displayed in step T5 (step P1).

  For example, when the English word “drag” displayed on the display unit 32 is determined based on the word book data 42b, the part of speech includes a plurality of “transitive verbs”, “intransitive verbs”, and “nouns” (step P1). (Yes)), it is determined whether “meaning display by part of speech” or “meaning display by word” is set in the display method setting data 42b (step P2).

  Then, if it is determined that the “meaning display by part of speech” is set (step P2 (Yes)), the first part of speech “transitive verb” of the English word “drag” of the displayed word book data 42b is determined. The four meanings (1), (2), (3), and (4) corresponding to the specified part of speech “transitive verb” are assigned in the four directions of top, bottom, left, and right of the display unit 32 (step P4). ).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10 (A1), together with the displayed English word “drag”, the assignment of the specified part of speech “transitive verb” and the four meanings (1) (2) (3) (4) A part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh showing the direction is displayed (step P7), and the apparatus enters a standby state for determining whether or not the [feed] key 31a is operated or whether or not the inclination detection unit 45 detects inclination (steps P8 and P9). .

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10 (A2), when the word book body (30) is tilted to the right according to the user operation, it is determined that the tilt to the right is detected by the tilt detector 45. (Step P9 (Yes)), the meaning “(2) dragging into the dispute etc.” assigned to the inclination direction “right” is displayed on the display unit 32 (Step P10).

  Then, the display count managed in the word book data 42b is counted up for the meaning of the transitive verb “(2) dragging into a dispute etc.” in the displayed word “drag” (step P11), and the display count is It is determined whether or not the predetermined number (here, 5 times) has been reached (step P12).

  Here, if it is determined that the display number of the meaning (2) of the transitive verb in the word “drag” has not reached the predetermined number (step P12 (No)), the word book body detected by the inclination detecting unit 45 A standby state is entered in which it is determined whether or not the inclination of “30” to “right” has been returned (step P14) or whether or not the [feed] key 31a has been operated (step P15).

  When it is determined that the inclination of the word book body (30) detected by the inclination detection unit 45 to the “right” has been returned (step P14 (Yes)), it is shown in FIG. 10 (A1). Thus, together with the English word “drag”, the part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh showing the allocation direction of the specified part of speech “transitive verb” and the four meanings (1), (2), (3), and (4) is displayed. (Step P7).

  Then, in the part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh corresponding to the part-of-speech “transitive verb” of the English word “drag”, when the inclination detection unit 45 detects the inclination “up”, the inclination direction “up” is displayed. If the assigned meaning `` (1) drag, pull '' is displayed, and if the inclination to `` down '' is detected, the meaning assigned to the inclination direction `` down '' `` (3) search, farewell '' Is displayed, and when the inclination to “left” is detected, the meaning “(4) prolong” assigned to the inclination direction “left” is displayed (steps P9 (Yes), P10). .

  After this, for example, the inclination detection to the right by the inclination detection unit 45 is repeated, so that the display of the meaning “(2) dragging into a dispute, etc.” assigned to the inclination direction “right” is repeated, When it is determined that the display count managed in the word book data 42b has reached a predetermined number (five times) (steps P11, P12 (Yes)), the part of speech “transitive verb” of the English word “drag” The marker flag “1” is set for the corresponding meaning (2) (step P13).

  On the other hand, in the display state of the part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh shown in FIG. 10A1 (step P7), it is determined that the [Feed] key 31a is operated (step P8 (Yes)), or When it is determined that the [Feed] key 31a is operated (Step P15 (Yes)) in the meaning display state (Steps P10 to P15) according to the tilt direction shown in FIG. The part-of-speech “autonomous word” next to the part-of-speech “transitive verb” of the English word “drag” is specified (steps P16, P17 (Yes) → P3).

  Then, the three meanings (1), (2) and (3) corresponding to the specified part of speech “intransitive verb” are respectively assigned to the four directions of the display unit 32 (step P4), and FIG. 10 (A3) As shown in FIG. 5, the part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh showing the allocation direction of the specified part of speech “autonomous” and the three meanings (1), (2), and (3) together with the displayed English word “drag” Is displayed (step P7).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that “word-by-word display” is set in the display method setting data 42b for the English word “drag” having a plurality of parts of speech displayed on the display unit 32 (step P2 ( No)), the first meaning (1) of each of the plurality of parts of speech “transitive verbs”, “intransitive verbs”, and “nouns” is assigned in four directions, up, down, left, and right of the display unit 32 (step P5).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10 (B1), along with the displayed English word “drag”, a word-by-word inclination guide screen KGt indicating the allocation direction of the plurality of part of speech “transitive verbs”, “intransitive verbs”, and “nouns” is displayed. (Step P7), a determination standby state is made to determine whether or not the [feed] key 31a is operated or whether or not the tilt detector 45 detects tilt (steps P8 and P9).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10 (B2), when the word book body (30) is tilted to the right in response to a user operation, the tilt detector 45 determines that the tilt to the right is detected. (Step P9 (Yes)), the first meaning “moving slowly” of the part of speech “autonomous word” assigned to the inclination direction “right” is displayed on the display unit 32 (step P10).

  Then, the display count managed in the word book data 42b is counted up for the first meaning of the intransitive word “drag” in the displayed word “drag” (step P11). It is determined whether or not the predetermined number (5 times) has been reached (step P12).

  Here, when it is determined that the display count of the first meaning (1) of the intransitive verb in the word “drag” has not reached the predetermined number (step P12 (No)), the word detected by the inclination detection unit 45 A determination is made as to whether or not the inclination of the book body (30) to “right” has been returned (step P14), or whether or not the [Send] key 31a has been operated (step P15).

  If it is determined that the inclination of the word book main body (30) detected by the inclination detecting unit 45 to the “right” has been returned (step P14 (Yes)), it is shown in FIG. 10 (B1). Thus, the display returns to the word-by-word inclination guide screen KGt showing the allocation directions of the plural parts of speech “transitive verbs”, “autonomous words”, and “nouns” together with the English word “drag” (step P7).

  Then, in the word-by-word inclination guide screen KGt of the English word “drag”, when the inclination detection unit 45 detects the inclination “up”, the part of speech “transitive verb” assigned to the inclination direction “up” Is displayed, and when a downward inclination is detected, the first meaning of the part of speech “noun” assigned to the downward direction “down” is “dragging”. Is displayed (steps P9 (Yes), P10).

  In the case of the setting of “semantic display by word”, the display of the first meaning of the part of speech having the displayed English word is repeated as in the case of the setting of “semantic display by part of speech”. When it is determined that the display count managed in the data 42b has reached a predetermined number (five times) (steps P11 and P12 (Yes)), the first meaning (1) of the corresponding part of speech of the English word Is set with a marker flag “1” (step P13).

  Then, in the display state of the word-by-word inclination guide screen KGt shown in FIG. 10B1 (step P7), it is determined that the [Send] key 31a is operated (step P8 (Yes)), or When it is determined that the [Feed] key 31a is operated (step P15 (Yes)) in the display state of the first meaning of the part of speech corresponding to the tilt direction shown in FIG. 10 (B2) (steps P10 to P15). In accordance with the determination that “word-by-word display” is set in the display method setting data 42b (step P16 (No)), the data of the next word is read from the word book data 42b (step T4). ).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the English word displayed on the display unit 32 does not have a plurality of parts of speech in accordance with steps T4 and T5 when the tilt movement process in FIG. 9 is performed (step TP). (Step P1 (No)), regardless of whether the display method set in the display method setting data 42b is "meaning display by part of speech" or "meaning display by word" Are assigned to four directions, up, down, left and right of the display unit 32 (step P6).

  Then, along with the displayed English word, a meaning-specific inclination guide screen (corresponding to a word-specific inclination guide screen KGt without part of speech notation shown in FIG. 10 (B1)) indicating the direction of assignment of the plurality of meanings is displayed. (Step P7), similarly to the above, it enters a standby state for determining whether or not the [Feed] key 31a is operated or whether or not the tilt detector 45 detects tilt (Steps P8 and P9).

  In this meaning-dependent inclination guide screen, even when any of the inclinations “up”, “down”, “left”, and “right” is detected by the inclination detection unit 45, the inclination is similarly assigned to the inclination direction. Meanings are displayed (steps P9 (Yes), P10).

  Then, when it is determined that the [Feed] key 31a is operated (step P8 (Yes)) in the display state of the meaning-specific inclination guide screen (step P7), or the meaning display state according to the inclination direction If it is determined in (Steps P10 to P15) that the [Send] key 31a has been operated (Step P15 (Yes)), it is determined that the displayed English word does not have a plurality of parts of speech (Step S15). Based on P1), regardless of whether the display method set in the display method setting data 42b is “meaning display by part of speech” or “meaning display by word” (steps P16 (No), P17). (No)), data of the next word is read from the word book data 42b (step T4).

  Therefore, according to the word book learning function by the electronic word book 30 having the above-described configuration, the user can operate the English words sequentially read out from the word book data 42b according to the operation of the [Send] key 31a and displayed. Accordingly, when “display according to tilt operation” is set as the display method set in the display method setting data 42c, a plurality of meanings corresponding to the English word are respectively stored in the word book body (30). A part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGh, a word-by-word inclination guide screen KGt, etc., which are assigned in four directions, up, down, left and right, and indicate the assignment directions of the plurality of meanings are displayed. When the word book body (30) is tilted in the direction according to the tilt guide screen KG, the meaning of the displayed English word assigned according to the tilt direction is displayed.

  As a result, various meanings corresponding to words can be efficiently learned with good usability and operability.

  Further, according to the word book learning function by the electronic word book 30 having the above configuration, the meaning of the displayed English word assigned according to the tilt direction is displayed by the tilt operation of the word book body (30). At this time, the display count of the meaning is counted and stored in association with the meaning of the corresponding English word in the word book data 42b. Then, when the counted number of times of display reaches a predetermined number, it is displayed by adding the marker m to the corresponding meaning as the meaning that the user has reviewed many times and is an important meaning or a meaning that is difficult to remember. The marker flag “1” is set in association with the meaning of the corresponding English word in the word book data 42b. The marker information for the meaning of the English word in the word book data 42b is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10 along with the communication connection with the electronic dictionary 10, and is reflected in the word book data 22c.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display operation of the word book learning screen G according to the word book learning process by the electronic dictionary 10.

  As shown in FIG. 11, when performing word book learning based on the word book data 22c of the electronic dictionary 10, a marker m can be added to the meaning of the marker flag set for identification display. Therefore, the user can recognize again the meaning of an important word that the user has repeatedly learned in the electronic word book 30, and the learning efficiency of the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 can be improved. .

  In the embodiment, the word book learning process in the English-Japanese mode has been described. Needless to say, the “display according to the tilting operation” can also be executed in the Japanese-English mode.

  In the embodiment, when displaying the meaning (explanatory information) corresponding to the English word, a plurality of meanings (if there are a plurality of parts of speech, a plurality of meanings classified by part of speech or the first meaning of each part of speech) are stored in the word book. The main body (30) is assigned to each tilt direction and displayed. On the other hand, an important meaning or a meaning having an example among the plurality of meanings may be always assigned and displayed in a specific tilt direction.

  In the embodiment, the plurality of meanings of each English word read from the word book data 42b are displayed by assigning the respective meanings to the four tilt directions of the word book body (30), up, down, left, and right. However, when there are five or more meanings assigned to the four tilt directions, the following meanings may be further displayed according to the number of tilts in each tilt direction.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although it was set as the structure which assigns and displays several meanings corresponding to each inclination direction of a word book main body (30), it is not restricted to this, For example, a word book main body (30) is vertically and horizontally The plurality of meanings may be assigned and displayed in correspondence with the detectable movement of the word book body (30), such as the direction of the word book.

  It should be noted that each processing method using the electronic dictionary 10 and the electronic word book 30 described in each of the embodiments, that is, the dictionary search processing of the electronic dictionary 10 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, and the electronic dictionary 10 shown in the flowchart of FIG. Each of the communication processing, the word book learning processing of the electronic word book 30 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, and the tilt operation processing in the word book learning processing of the electronic word book 30 shown in the flowchart of FIG. As a program that can be executed on a medium of an external recording device 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. Can be stored and 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 communication function, and the word book learning function described in the embodiment can be realized, and the same processing by the method described above can be executed.

  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). The data of the program can be taken into an electronic device having a display unit and stored in a storage device to realize the dictionary search function, communication function, and word book learning function described above.

  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]
Word storage means for storing a word and a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word in association with each other;
Meaning assignment means for assigning each of the plurality of meanings corresponding to a plurality of movements of the apparatus main body according to a user operation;
Meaning display means for displaying on the display unit the meaning assigned by the meaning assignment means in accordance with the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation;
A word learning device comprising:

[2]
The word learning device according to [1], wherein the plurality of movements of the device main body are inclinations in a plurality of directions.

[3]
Display number storage means for counting and storing the number of times the meaning is displayed by the meaning display means in association with the meaning stored by the word storage means;
Identification information storage means for storing identification information for identifying and displaying the meaning in association with the meaning that the display count stored by the display count storage means reaches a predetermined number;
The word learning device according to [1] or [2], comprising:

[4]
A display method setting means for setting a display method of meaning according to a user operation,
The meaning display means is assigned by the meaning assignment means according to the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation when a display method for displaying the meaning according to the movement of the apparatus main body is set by the display method setting means. Displayed meaning on the display,
The word learning device according to any one of [1] to [3].

[5]
A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device including a storage unit and a display unit,
The computer,
Word storage means for associating a word with a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word and storing them in the storage unit;
Meaning assignment means for assigning each of the plurality of meanings corresponding to a plurality of movements of the apparatus main body according to a user operation;
Meaning display means for displaying on the display unit the meaning assigned by the meaning assignment means according to the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation,
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 ... [Feed] 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 ... Word book data (dictionary)
42b ... Word book data (word book)
42c ... Display method setting data 23 ... External recording medium 24 ... Recording medium reading unit 25, 43 ... Communication unit 26, 44 ... RAM
45 ... inclination detection unit 50 ... Web server N ... communication network KGh ... part-of-speech inclination guide screen KGt ... word-specific inclination guide screen G ... word book learning screen m ... marker

Claims (5)

Word storage means for storing a word and a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word in association with each other;
Meaning assignment means for assigning each of the plurality of meanings corresponding to a plurality of movements of the apparatus main body according to a user operation;
Meaning display means for displaying on the display unit the meaning assigned by the meaning assignment means in accordance with the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation;
A word learning device comprising:   The word learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of movements of the apparatus main body are inclinations in a plurality of directions. Display number storage means for counting and storing the number of times the meaning is displayed by the meaning display means in association with the meaning stored by the word storage means;
Identification information storage means for storing identification information for identifying and displaying the meaning in association with the meaning that the display count stored by the display count storage means reaches a predetermined number;
The word learning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: A display method setting means for setting a display method of meaning according to a user operation,
The meaning display means is assigned by the meaning assignment means according to the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation when a display method for displaying the meaning according to the movement of the apparatus main body is set by the display method setting means. Displayed meaning on the display,
The word learning device according to claim 1, wherein the word learning device is a word learning device. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device including a storage unit and a display unit,
The computer,
Word storage means for associating a word with a plurality of meanings corresponding to the word and storing them in the storage unit;
Meaning assignment means for assigning each of the plurality of meanings corresponding to a plurality of movements of the apparatus main body according to a user operation;
Meaning display means for displaying on the display unit the meaning assigned by the meaning assignment means according to the movement of the apparatus main body by the user operation,
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.

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