JP2017010409A - Dictionary terminal and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive a text part designated by a user, to search for a word in the text part by performing entry word search, and to display its explanation information in a dictionary terminal.SOLUTION: A designated text part (h) by a user u among text data (Gt) displayed by communication equipment 30 is received by a dictionary terminal 10 and displayed to a text area at of a text transfer search screen Gf. In the designated text part, a head word is automatically designated and displayed h or a character string including one or more words is designated and displayed h by the user u. With respect to the word automatically designated and displayed h, longest match search of an entry word corresponding to the word is performed in a dictionary selected by the user, and its explanation information is displayed. With respect to the character string including one or more words designated and displayed h by the user u, perfect match search of the entry word corresponding to the designated character string (words) is performed in the dictionary selected, and its explanation information is displayed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a dictionary terminal such as an electronic dictionary and a control program therefor.

  In general, an electronic dictionary is used as a portable electronic device for examining the meaning and contents of words such as words. The electronic dictionary has a dictionary database of various dictionaries such as an English-Japanese dictionary and a national language dictionary, and searches for a dictionary entry corresponding to a word input by operating a character input key. Explanation information such as a meaning associated with a word) is displayed.

  On the other hand, when a user-desired word is designated on an English text displayed on a display unit of an information communication device such as a personal computer, the designated word is transmitted to a nearby electronic dictionary by infrared communication. Then, it is considered to search and display the explanation information of the designated word in the electronic dictionary (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4496581

  In the conventional electronic dictionary, when searching for a word in the text displayed on the personal computer, it is necessary to designate each word and transmit it to the electronic dictionary to be searched. To search for a word, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome and complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and can receive a text portion designated by the user, search for any word in the text portion, and display the explanation information. An object is to provide a dictionary terminal and its control program.

  The dictionary terminal according to the present invention includes a dictionary storage unit that stores dictionary data in which a plurality of sets of headwords and explanation information of the headwords are associated with each other, and text that is designated in response to a user operation on an external communication device Any one of a text part receiving means for receiving a part, a text part display control means for displaying a text part received by the text part receiving means on a display part, and a text part displayed by the text part display control means A word designating unit for designating at least one word from the dictionary data and searching for a headword corresponding to the word designated by the word designating unit, and displaying the description information of the searched headword in the display unit And an explanation information display control means to be displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a text portion designated by a user, search for any word in the text portion, and display the explanation information.

The figure which shows the external appearance structure of the communication dictionary system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the dictionary terminal 10 in the said communication dictionary system. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the communication apparatus 30 in the said communication dictionary system. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary terminal cooperation processing by the communication device 30. 5 is a flowchart showing information display control processing by the dictionary terminal 10; The flowchart which shows the cooperation process (the 1) with a communication apparatus accompanying the information display control process of the said dictionary terminal. The flowchart which shows the cooperation process (the 2) with a communication apparatus accompanying the information display control process of the said dictionary terminal. The flowchart which shows the cooperation process (the 3) with a communication apparatus accompanying the information display control process of the said dictionary terminal. The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process of the said communication apparatus 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 (the 1). The figure which shows the display operation (the 2) according to the cooperation process of the said communication apparatus 30 and the dictionary terminal 10. FIG. The figure which shows the display operation (the 3) according to the cooperation process of the said communication apparatus 30 and the dictionary terminal 10. FIG. The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process after receiving the designation | designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal 10 (the 1). The figure which shows the display operation (the 2) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal. The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process after receiving the designation | designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal 10 (the 3). The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process after receiving the designation | designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal 10 (the 4). The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal 10 (the 5). The figure which shows the display operation | movement according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the said dictionary terminal 10 (the 6). The figure which shows the display operation in the case of registering the designated text part from the said communication apparatus 30 in the text folder in the said dictionary terminal. The figure which shows the display operation | movement in the case of seeing the designated text part registered into the said text folder in the said dictionary terminal. The figure which shows the display operation at the time of targeting Japanese text according to the cooperation process of the said communication apparatus 30 and the dictionary terminal 10. FIG.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a communication dictionary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The communication dictionary system is configured by combining a dictionary terminal 10 and a communication device 30 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. Both the dictionary terminal 10 and the communication device 30 have a short-range wireless communication function such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The dictionary terminal 10 has a main body structure in which a main body case 11 and a lid body case 12 can be opened and closed via a hinge 13. On the surface of the main body case 11, a key input unit 14 having an ON (power) key, a menu key, a character input key, a dictionary selection key, a translation / decision key, and the like is provided. The lid case 12 is provided with a display unit 15 with a touch panel having a color liquid crystal display screen with a backlight on substantially the entire surface thereof.

  The communication device 30 is provided with a display unit 31 with a touch panel having a color liquid crystal display screen with a backlight on substantially the entire surface on one side. The communication device 30 includes a dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b (see FIG. 3) for establishing a communication with the dictionary terminal 10 by the short-range wireless communication function and performing a cooperation process, for example, on the Internet. It is downloaded from a dedicated site related to the dictionary terminal 10 established at

  The communication device 30 has a function of acquiring user-desired text data such as news and books and displaying it as a text screen Gt, and a designated text arbitrarily designated by the user u among the texts displayed on the text screen Gt. A function for designating and displaying the part by reversal or the like, and text data of the designated text part displayed on the designation display h is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 by the short-range wireless communication Bt according to the operation of the [transfer] key F by the user u. It has a function to do.

  The dictionary terminal 10 has a function of receiving text data of a designated text portion transmitted from the communication device 30, a function of displaying the received designated text portion in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf, the text area at A function that automatically designates and displays the first word in the designated text portion displayed on the screen, and designates and displays a user-specified word (character string), and the dictionary selected by the dictionary selection tag dtn and search A function for searching for a headword / sentence / example sentence / history corresponding to the word indicated and displayed according to the search method selected by the method selection tag stn, and a search result for the headword / sentence / example sentence / history of the search result Function to display a list in the area ak, the first character in the search result character string displayed in the search result area ak A function for automatically selecting and displaying hs by inversion or the like, and selecting and displaying a character string selected by the user, and explanation information corresponding to the character string of the search result that has been selected and displayed hs is displayed as a preview in the preview area ae. A function for normally displaying the explanation information displayed in the preview in the explanation information display area AE (see FIG. 13C).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the dictionary terminal 10 in the communication dictionary system.

  The electronic circuit of the dictionary terminal 10 includes a CPU 16 that is a computer. The CPU 16 reads the information display control program 17a stored in the storage unit 17 such as a flash ROM in advance, or the information read from the external recording medium 18 such as a memory card by the recording medium reading unit 19 and stored in the storage unit 17. The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with the display control program 17 a or the information display control program 17 a downloaded from the external communication device 30 via the short-range wireless communication unit 20 and stored in the storage unit 17.

  The CPU 16 is connected to the key input unit 14, the display unit 15 with a touch panel, the storage unit 17, and the recording medium reading unit 19, and also a short-range wireless communication unit (Bluetooth) that communicates with the communication device 30. 20 is also connected.

  The storage unit 17 stores the information display control program 17a and the dictionary database 17b, and secures a text partial data area 17c, a history data area 17d, a text book data area 17e, and the like.

  The information display control program 17a is based on a system program that controls the overall operation of the dictionary terminal 10, various dictionary data stored in the dictionary database 17b, and search history data stored in the history data area 17d. Dictionary search program for performing headword search, phrase search, example sentence search, history search, etc., and communication device for performing the headword search, phrase search, example sentence search, history search, etc. in cooperation with the communication device 30 A cooperation processing program and the like are stored.

  The dictionary database 17b stores dictionary data such as various English-Japanese dictionaries, English-English dictionaries, phrase phrases dictionaries, example sentence DBs (databases), and national language dictionaries. In each of these dictionary data, explanation information such as meanings and translations is collected in association with words and sentences as head words.

  In the text portion data area 17c, text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 according to the communication device cooperation processing program is stored.

  In the history data area 17d, when the description information of the search result is displayed according to the headword search, phrase search, and example sentence search, the headword, phrase, and example sentence of the search result are displayed as the search target. It is stored in association with the dictionary.

  The text book data area 17e has a plurality of text folders selected by the user u, and the text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 is stored in the selected text folder. At this time, history data obtained by performing a headword search, a phrase search, and an example sentence search based on the text data is also added and stored in the text data of the designated text portion stored in the text folder. Further, each of the headwords, phrases, and example sentences stored as the history data is checked by the user himself / herself for the degree of importance and understanding such as whether or not the user u has learned the corresponding headword, phrase, and example sentence. Check data for confirmation is added and stored.

  In the dictionary terminal 10 configured as described above, the CPU 16 controls the operation of each part of the circuit in accordance with the instructions described in the information display control program 17a, and the software and hardware operate in cooperation with each other. An information display control function including a cooperation function with the communication device 30 and a dictionary search function as described in the following operation description is realized.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the communication device 30 in the communication dictionary system.

  The electronic circuit of the communication device 30 includes a CPU 32 that is a computer. The CPU 32 reads the communication device control program 33a stored in the storage unit 33 such as a flash ROM in advance or the recording medium reading unit 36 from the external recording medium 35 such as a memory card and stores the communication in the storage unit 33. Downloaded from the device control program 33a, the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b, or the Web server (in this case, the program server 40) on the communication network N via the wireless communication unit (wi-fi communication / mobile communication) 34, the memory The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled according to the information display control program 33a and the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b stored in the part 33.

  In addition to the storage unit 33, the wireless communication unit 34, and the recording medium reading unit 36, the CPU 32 is also connected with a short-range wireless communication unit (Bluetooth) 37 that performs communication with the dictionary terminal 10.

  The storage unit 33 has a work data area for storing various work data in addition to program areas such as the communication device control program 33a and the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b.

  The communication device control program 33a is connected to a system program that controls the overall operation of the communication device 33, a Web server (information server, etc.) 40 on the communication network N, and performs data communication with each other in response to a user operation. A web browser program for storing data is stored.

  In the communication device 30 configured as described above, the CPU 32 controls the operation of each part of the circuit in accordance with the instructions described in the communication device control program 33a and the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b, and the software and hardware cooperate. By operating as described above, a Web browser function and a dictionary terminal cooperation function as described in the following operation description are realized.

  Next, the operation of the communication dictionary system having the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing dictionary terminal cooperation processing by the communication device 30.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing information display control processing by the dictionary terminal 10.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (part 1) with the communication device accompanying the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (part 2) with the communication device accompanying the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (part 3) with the communication device accompanying the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

  First, start-up of a wireless communication function between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 will be described.

  The dictionary terminal 10 continuously performs an ON key detection process and a detection process of receiving an activation cooperation signal from the communication terminal 30 with low power consumption in a display OFF state in which an apparent operation is stopped. The processing state to be performed is set (step S1).

  When the communication device 30 is instructed to start up a short-range wireless communication function by a user operation and the dictionary terminal 10 is selected as a communication partner, an operation confirmation signal for the dictionary terminal 10 is received from the short-range wireless communication unit 37. Is transmitted (step T1).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a signal indicating that the cooperative operation is being performed is received from the dictionary terminal 10 (step T2).

  Here, when a signal indicating that the cooperative operation is being performed is not received from the dictionary terminal 10 (step T2 (No)), an activation cooperative signal (activation signal) is sent from the short-range wireless communication unit 37 to the dictionary terminal 10. And the cooperative operation setting signal) are transmitted (step T3), and the operation confirmation signal is repeatedly transmitted (step T1).

  When the dictionary terminal 10 receives the activation cooperation signal transmitted from the communication device 30 (step S2 (Yes)), the dictionary terminal 10 shifts to a cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 (step S12, SA).

  When the mode is shifted to the cooperation processing mode and it is determined that the activation cooperation signal from the communication device 30 has been received (step A1 (Yes)), the short-range wireless communication unit 20 is in cooperation with the communication device 30. Is transmitted, and the short-range wireless communication function with the communication device 30 is activated (step A2).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a designated text portion (see FIG. 1) designated and displayed according to a user operation is received from the communication device 30 (step A3).

  If it is determined that the auto power-off setting time has elapsed without receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 (step A4 (Yes)), short-range wireless communication with the communication device 30 is performed. The function is canceled and the display is returned to the OFF state (step S1).

  When the communication device 30 receives a signal indicating that a cooperative operation is being performed from the dictionary terminal 10 (step T2 (Yes)), the short-range wireless communication function with the dictionary terminal 10 is activated, It is determined whether or not there is an instruction to transmit the designated text portion (see FIG. 1) to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T4).

  Here, if it is determined that a certain time (for example, 3 minutes) has passed without an instruction to transmit the designated text portion (step T6 (Yes)), short-range wireless communication with the dictionary terminal 10 is performed. The function is canceled, and the process returns to the standby state for the instruction to start up the short-range wireless communication function by the user operation (step T1).

  On the other hand, when the dictionary terminal 10 detects the input of the ON key of the key input unit 14 in a state where the short-range wireless communication function with the communication device 30 is not activated (step S3 (Yes) )), The display of the display unit 15 with a touch panel is turned on, and the operation state is shifted to a user operation (step S4).

  When a dictionary is selected by operating the dictionary selection key (step S5), dictionary search processing based on the selected dictionary is executed (step S6). For example, a headword corresponding to a character string input by the user or designated by the user in the display unit 15 with a touch panel is searched from the selected dictionary, and explanation information of the searched headword is displayed. .

  If an activation cooperation signal is received from the communication device 30 during execution of the dictionary search process (step S7 (Yes)), similarly to the above, the process shifts to a cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 (step S7). S12, SA).

  When a learning function selected by the user is selected from a menu of various learning functions or a menu of books displayed according to the operation of the menu key of the key input unit 14, or when a book is selected (step S8). Then, the process of the selected learning function is executed, or information on the contents of the selected book is displayed on the display unit 15 with the touch panel (step S9).

  Here, similarly to the above, when an activation cooperation signal is received from the communication device 30 (step S10 (Yes)), the processing shifts to a cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 (step S12, SA).

  Also, when a cooperation processing key with the communication device 30 is input from the communication function startup menu displayed in accordance with the operation of the menu key (step S11 (Yes)), the cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 is performed. (Step S12, SA).

  When another key is input (step S20 (Yes)), another process corresponding to the content of the input key is executed.

  The processing related to the text folder (steps S13 to S19) will be described later.

  Then, when it is determined that the auto power-off setting time has elapsed in the state where no key input processing related to the steps S5 to S20 has been executed (step S21 (Yes)), Similarly to the above, the display is returned to the OFF state (step S1).

  Next, a user-specified text portion is designated from among various text data displayed on the communication device 30, and the text data of the designated text portion is transferred to the dictionary terminal 10. An operation of executing various dictionary search processes based on the transferred designated text portion will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display operation (part 1) in accordance with the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

  In the communication device 30, the information server 40 on the communication network N is accessed, and as shown in FIG. 9A, user-specified text data “Inventors experimented ... as typists.” Such as news and books is downloaded. It displays on the text screen Gt of the display part 31 with a touch panel.

  Then, among the text data displayed on the text screen Gt, the word “Inventors” (one word) that the user u wants to examine is touched and designated and displayed, and as shown in FIG. 9B, [Transfer] Touch key F.

  Then, it is determined that an instruction to transmit the designated text portion “Inventors” indicated by the designation display h to the dictionary terminal 10 is given (step T4 (Yes)), and the designated text portion “Inventors” is the short-range wireless communication function. Is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 started up (step T5).

  Here, when the short-range wireless communication function with the dictionary terminal 10 is not started up, the communication process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 is executed in the same manner as described above, and the mutual communication function is established. The designated text portion “Inventors” is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T5).

  When the designated text portion “Inventors” transmitted from the communication device 30 is received in the dictionary terminal 10 (step A3 (Yes)), whether the head of the designated text portion is English or Japanese. Determination is made (steps A5 and A7).

  When the head of the designated text portion “Inventors” is determined to be English (step A5 (Yes)), a plurality of English-based dictionaries (here, “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary”, “ The English-Japanese dictionary, “English-Japanese dictionary”, “OA English-English dictionary”...) Are set as search target dictionaries (step A6).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 9C, the dictionary search result of the character string designated and displayed in the text area at is displayed in the upper part of the text area at which the received designated text portion “Inventors” is displayed. A text transfer search combining a search result area ak for displaying a list on the lower left side and a preview area ae for previewing the explanation information corresponding to the search result selected and displayed in the search result area ak on the lower right side. A screen Gf is displayed.

  In the text transfer search screen Gf, the dictionary tags [Leaders] dt1, [English-Wait University] dt2 of a plurality of dictionaries set as the search target are arranged in the middle horizontal direction along the upper end of the search result area ak. , [Large English] dt3, [OA English-English] dt4,... Are displayed, and the leftmost dictionary tag [Leaders] dt1 is selected by default and selected and displayed by coloring (step A9).

  In the text transfer search screen Gf, search method tags [words] st1, each consisting of a headword (word) search / sentence search / example sentence search / history search are arranged in the vertical direction along the left side of the search result area ak. [Phrase] st2, [example sentence] st3, [history] st4 are displayed, and the search method tag [word] st1 at the top is selected by default and selected and displayed by coloring (step A10).

  If it is determined that the word entry word search is selected according to the selected and displayed search method tag [word] st1 (step A11 (Yes)), the selected and displayed dictionary tag [leads] dt1 is displayed. The longest match search from the head of the specified text portion “Inventors” is performed using the corresponding “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” as a search target dictionary, and the headwords (in this case “Inventor”) searched in the longest match order are A list is displayed in the search result area ak.

  Then, the head entry word “Inventor” displayed in a list in the search result area ak is selected and displayed hs, and explanation information corresponding to the entry word “Inventor” is displayed in preview in the preview area ae (step A12). .

  In the case where any character string is designated and displayed by the user u in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the headword corresponding to the designated character string is displayed as the headword. Searched from the search target dictionary.

  Then, in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the first word is automatically designated and displayed when the text is English, and the first character is automatically designated when the text is Japanese. (Step A13).

  The headword searched by the longest match search includes a compound word composed of a plurality of words (English) / characters (Japanese) (for example, “United States” in the case of English).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display operation (part 2) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

  Similarly to FIG. 9A, the user u wants to examine the text data “Inventors experimented as typists.” Displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30 as shown in FIG. 10A. A range “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” Including a plurality of words is touched to display it, and the [Transfer] key F is touched as shown in FIG.

  Then, in the same manner as described above, the designated text portion “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” That is designated and displayed this time is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 in which the short-range wireless communication function has been started (steps T4 and T5). .

  In the dictionary terminal 10, following the same processing as described above, as shown in FIG. 10C, the designated text portion “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” Is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf. (Steps A3, A5 to A10).

  Then, the longest match search from the head of the designated text portion “Inventors experimented… in the early typewriters.” Is performed, and the searched entry word “Inventor” is listed in the search result area ak. The explanation information corresponding to “Inventor” is previewed in the preview area ae (steps A11 and A12).

  In the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the first word “Inventors” is automatically designated and displayed (step A13).

  That is, of the text data “Inventors experimented... As typists.” Displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30, when the word “Inventors” is transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 as the designated text part, the text Even when the range “Inventors experimented… in the early typewriters.” Including a plurality of words in the data is transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 as the designated text portion, the search is performed for the headword “Inventor” searched for the longest match from the beginning. It is possible to display the result information in the result area ak and display the explanation information in the preview area ae.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display operation (part 3) in accordance with the cooperation processing between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 11A, as shown in FIG. 11A, among the text data “Inventors experimented as typists.” Displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30, as shown in FIG. Touch a range “United States,... As typists.” Including a plurality of words to be checked, and display the designation h, and touch the [Transfer] key F as shown in FIG.

  Also in this case, in the dictionary terminal 10, according to the same processing as described above, as shown in FIG. 11C, the designated text portion “United States,... As typists.” Received from the communication device 30 is transferred to the text. It is displayed in the text area at of the search screen Gf (steps A3, A5, A6, A9, A10).

  Then, the longest match search from the head of the designated text portion “United States,... As typists.” Is performed, and the searched headword “United States” is displayed in a list in the search result area ak. Explanation information corresponding to “United States” is previewed in the preview area ae (steps A11 and A12).

  Then, in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the leading word “United” is automatically designated and displayed (step A13).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 11D, in the designated text portion “United States,... As typists.” Displayed in the text area at, the character string “United” containing one or more words by the user u. When “States” is specified and designated and displayed (step A14 (Yes)), the headword “United States” that exactly matches the character string displayed in the designated and displayed h is retrieved, and the retrieved headword “ "United States" is displayed as a list in the search result area ak, and explanatory information corresponding to the headword "United States" is previewed in the preview area ae (step A16).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11B, the designated text portion “United States,... As typists.” By the user u is transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 and displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf. Immediately after the entry, the headword “United States” is searched by the longest match search from the beginning of the designated text portion, and the head word “United” is automatically designated and displayed h. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 11D, the character string “United States” including one or more words of the designated text portion “United States,... As typists.” Displayed in the text area at is designated and displayed. In the case of h, the headword “United States” that exactly matches the character string that has been designated and displayed is retrieved.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display operation (part 1) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the designated text portion “Inventors experimented in the early typewriters.” Designated by the user u in the communication device 30 and transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 is as shown in FIG. In the state displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf of the dictionary terminal 10 (steps A3, A5, A6, A9 to A13), the search method tag [example sentence] st3 is touched by the user u to search for example sentences. Is selected (step A20 (Yes) → A24 (Yes)).

  Then, the example sentence “the inventor of the vacuum cleaner.” Corresponding to the first word “Inventors” of the specified text portion is retrieved from the dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” selected by the dictionary tag [Leaders] dt1 or the example sentence database. "Is searched and displayed in a list in the search result area ak. Then, the first example sentence among the example sentences displayed in the list is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information of the selected example sentence is previewed in the preview area ae (step A25).

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 12B, the dictionary tag [OA English-English] dt4 is touched by the user u to select “OA English-English dictionary” (step A27 (Yes)).

  Then, the example sentence “Inventors are not mad scientists.” Corresponding to the first word “Inventors” in the designated text part is searched from the selected dictionary “OA English-English dictionary” and example sentence database, and the search result is the same as above. A list is displayed in the area ak. Then, the first example sentence among the example sentences displayed in the list is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information of the selected example sentence is previewed in the preview area ae (step A28).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12C, one or more words (here, “basic”) are specified by the user u among the designated text portion “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” Displayed in the text area at. ) Is designated and designated and displayed (step A26 (Yes)).

  Then, an example sentence “basic information / facts / ideas.”... Corresponding to the designated word “basic” is searched from the dictionary “OA English-English dictionary” and the example sentence database selected in the same manner as described above. A list is displayed in the search result area ak. Then, the first example sentence among the example sentences displayed in the list is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information of the selected example sentence is previewed in the preview area ae (step A28). At this time, when a plurality of words are designated u1, u2, u3 and designated and displayed h1, h2, h3 in order in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at (see FIG. 15), the designation is made. Example sentences in which words appear in order are searched and displayed.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display operation (part 2) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  After an example sentence search from the “OA English-English dictionary” corresponding to the designated word “basic”, subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13A, the user u touches the search method tag [sung phrase] st2 to form a phrase. Search is selected (step A32 (Yes) → spoken search).

  Then, the phrase search is executed in the same manner as the headword search process (step A11-) and example sentence search process (step A24-), and the dictionary “OA English-English dictionary selected by the dictionary tag [OA English-English] dt4 is executed. ”And the phrase dictionary, the phrase“ go / get back to basics ”corresponding to the word“ basic ”that is designated and displayed is searched for and displayed in a list in the search result area ak. Then, the first phrase among the phrases displayed in the list is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information of the selected phrase is previewed in the preview area ae.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 13B, when the search method tag [word] st1 is selected, the dictionary selected by the dictionary tag [OA English-English] dt4 according to the same keyword search processing as described above. From the “OA English-English dictionary”, the headword corresponding to the word “basic” displayed on the designated display h is searched for the longest match and displayed as a list in the search result area ak as “basic” “BASIC” “basically”. The Then, the first word “basic” among the headwords displayed in the list is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information of the selected word by the “OA English-English dictionary” is previewed in the preview area ae (step) A14, A16).

  Here, further, in the search result area ak, the entry word “basically” is selected and displayed hs by the user u, and the dictionary tag [Leaders] dt1 is selected as shown in FIG. 13C. In the same manner as described above, the explanation information corresponding to the selected entry word “basically” from the selected dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese Dictionary” is previewed in the preview area ae (steps A14, A15, A16). ).

  When the translation / decision key is operated, the entire explanation information corresponding to the headword “basically” displayed on the selection display hs is displayed in the explanation information display area AE (steps A17 and A18).

  Then, the history data searched for the headword “basically” from the dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese Dictionary” is registered in the history data area 17d (step A19).

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13D, the designated text displayed in the text area at in the state where the headword search (st1) from the “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” (dt1) is selected. When the character string (word) “typewriters” is designated and displayed by the user u in the portion, a headword search corresponding to the designated word “typewriters” is executed in the same manner as described above. The headword “typewriter” searched from the “English-Japanese dictionary” is displayed in the search result area ak. Then, the explanation information of the headword “typewriter” is previewed in the preview area ae (steps A14 and A16).

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display operation (part 3) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 10C, the designated text portion “Inventors experimented ... in the early typewriters.” Received from the communication device 30 is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf. As shown in (A), in the state where the first word “Inventors” is designated and displayed and the headword is searched (steps A11 to A13), the word “Inventors” which is designated and displayed by the user u is displayed. As indicated by the arrow x from the end, the range of the designation display h is changed (step A14 (Yes)).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 14B, an entry word search corresponding to the character string “Invent” designated and displayed after the change of the designated display range is executed, and the entry word “Invent” corresponding to the searched entry word “Invent” is executed. The headwords in the search result area ak and the description information in the preview area ae are updated and displayed (step A16).

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display operation (part 4) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 15A, the designated text portion “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” Received from the communication device 30 is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf, and the dictionary tag [ Leads] dt1 and search method tag [example sentence] st3 are selected, and a plurality of words (here, “in”, “the”, “early”) included in the designated text portion are designated by the user in order u1 , U2, u3 to designate designations h1, h2, h3. When the user selects the [Display all] key DA4, the words “in”, “the”, and “early” specified in the above order are specified and displayed h1, h2, h3, as shown in FIG. As shown, the specified order (1), (2) and (3) are added and displayed.

  Then, an example sentence in which each word “in”, “the”, “early” appears in the order of the designation indications h1, h2, h3 is searched from the selected dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” and example sentence database. According to the search, the search result area ak and the preview area ae are updated and displayed in the same manner as described above (steps A26 and A28).

  As shown in FIG. 15 (C), as shown in the case where a plurality of words “with” and “experimented” included in the designated text portion are designated in order and designated and displayed h1 and h2, Is displayed in addition to the corresponding word in the designated text part (FIG. 15B), the word “with experiment” arranged in the designated order is displayed in the designated word frame bw. It may be shown.

  Even in the preview display state of the example sentence search result (FIG. 15C), when the translation / decision key is operated, the example sentence “results concordant with the selected and displayed hs in the search result area ak is displayed. The description information of “experimental data” is displayed not as the preview area ae but as the description information display area AE (see FIG. 13C) similar to the case of the headword search. (Steps A29 and A30).

  Then, history data obtained by searching an example sentence “results concordant with the experimental data” corresponding to the specified word “with experiment” from the dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” is registered in the history data area 17d (step A31). .

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display operation (part 5) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 13D, the character string (word) “typewriters” of the designated text portion is designated and displayed and selected from the dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” corresponding to the selected dictionary tag dt1. In the text transfer search screen Gf searched for the headword in accordance with the search method tag st1 (steps A11 to A16), as shown in FIG. 16A, another dictionary tag [English-Japanese University] dt2 is selected by the user u. Is done. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 16B, the dictionary selection key SL is touch-operated u1 to display the jump dictionary selection menu Mj, and [English-Japanese University Dictionary] is touched u2 from the menu Mj to select and display hs2. The translation / decision key is operated (step A15 (Yes)).

  Then, the headword search corresponding to the designated character string (word) “typewriters” is executed in the same manner as described above, and the selected dictionary “English-Japanese University Dictionary” is searched as shown in FIG. The headword “typewriter” is displayed in the search result area ak. Then, the explanation information of the headword “typewriter” is displayed as a preview in the preview area ae (step A16).

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display operation (No. 6) according to the cooperation process after receiving the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 17A, the character string (word) “typewriters” of the designated text portion is designated and displayed, and the currently selected search from the dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” corresponding to the selected dictionary tag dt1. In the text transfer search screen Gf searched for the headword according to the method tag st1 (steps A11 to A16), the search method tag [history] st4 is selected (step A20 (Yes) → history search).

  Then, in the history data area 17d, a search history from a character string (word) included in the designated text portion among search histories registered in association with the selected dictionary “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary”. (Here, the headwords “typewriter”, “experiment”, “Inventor”, “early”) are read out and displayed in a list in the search result area ak as shown in FIG.

  At this time, the heading word “typewriter” among the headwords displayed in a list in the search result area ak is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information is previewed in the preview area ae.

  Here, a check box is added to the head of each of the headwords “typewriter”, “experiment”, “Inventor”, and “early” displayed in a list in the search result area ak, as shown in FIG. For example, when the chuck key CH is touched for the head word “typewriter” displayed on the selection display hs as a word that the user has already learned, a check mark ch is added to the check box of the corresponding head word “typewriter”. Is done.

  Then, check data indicating whether or not the check mark ch is added is also registered in association with each headword of the search history registered in the history data area 17d.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a display operation when the designated text portion from the communication device 30 is registered in the text folder in the dictionary terminal 10.

  As shown in FIG. 18A, each headword “typewriter” “experiment” “Inventor” is a search history from the “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary” corresponding to the designated text portion “Inventors experimented... In the early typewriters.” In order to register the designated text portion with “early” displayed, as shown in FIG. 18B, the [Register] key RE is touched (step A21 (Yes)).

  Then, a storage folder designation screen Gr for allowing the user to designate a text folder that can be registered in the text book data area 17e is displayed on the display unit 15 with a touch panel (step A22).

  When [text folder 1] is designated by the user u and designated and displayed hs on the storage folder designation screen Gr, a registration execution message “Register” mr is displayed as shown in FIG. (Step A22).

  When the translation / decision key is operated, the designated [text folder 1] is associated with the designated text portion “Inventors experimented… in the early typewriters.” And its search history (including check data), It is registered in the text book data area 17e (step A23).

  Here, as described with reference to FIGS. 17A to 18C, in the history search from the keyword search corresponding to the designated text portion, the processing for registering the text portion (steps A21 to A21). Although A23) has been described, in the history search from the example sentence search corresponding to the designated text portion, the processing for registering the text portion (steps A33 to A35) is also executed in the same manner as described above.

  That is, the search history of example sentences corresponding to the specified text portion “Inventors experimented ... in the early typewriters.” And the character string (word) specified and displayed in the specified text portion in the user-specified [text folder n] ( Are included in the text book data area 17e.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display operation when viewing the designated text part registered in the text folder in the dictionary terminal 10.

  When the item “view text folder” of “text folder function” is specified from the menu screen for selecting various operation modes displayed in response to the operation of the menu key of the key input unit 14 (step S13 ( Yes)), as shown in FIG. 19A, a text folder list screen Gh for allowing the user to designate a text folder to be viewed is displayed on the display unit 15 with the touch panel (step S14).

  In the text folder list screen Gh, when [text folder 1] to be viewed is designated by the user u (step S15), it is registered in the text book data area 17e in association with the designated [text folder 1]. The text (the designated text portion) is read and displayed as a registered text list screen Gha as shown in FIG. 19B (step S16).

  In the registered text list screen Gha, when the text u wants to see is designated and designated and displayed hs (step S17), as shown in FIG. 19C, the designated text (the designated text portion ( Here, “Inventors experimented… in the early typewriters.”)) Is displayed in the text area at at the top of the screen. Then, each headword “typewriter” “experiment” “Inventor” “early” and its check data, which is a search history of a dictionary (here, “Leaders English-Japanese dictionary”) registered in association with the designated text part. Are displayed in a list in the search result area ak on the lower left side of the screen. Further, the heading word “typewriter” of the search history headwords displayed in a list in the search result area ak is selected and displayed hs, and the explanation information is previewed in the preview area ae on the lower right side of the screen (step). A18).

  It should be noted that, for the search history headwords associated with the text (designated text portion) registered in the [text folder n], only the headwords to which the chuck mark ch is not added as the check data are included in the search result area ak. [Display with no check] to display a list, [Display with check] to display only the headwords with the same chuck mark ch in the search result area ak, or [Display all] It is preset by the user. Thereby, very effective learning can be performed by registering each entry word (word) in the search history with or without a check according to the importance level or the understanding level.

  Thereafter, when the dictionary tags dt1 to dt4 are selected or the search method tags st1 to st4 are selected and a dictionary search operation is performed (step S19 (Yes)), the user operation is similarly performed as described above. Each process is executed.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a display operation when Japanese text is processed in accordance with the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

  As in the case of the English text, as shown in FIG. 20A, the user u examines the text data “typewriter... Type” acquired by the communication device 30 and displayed on the text screen Gt. A range including a plurality of words “Touch with fingertips ... Practical use” is touched to display h, and the [Transfer] key F is touched as shown in FIG.

  Then, in the same manner as described above, the designated text portion “designated with fingertips ... put into practical use” that is designated and displayed this time is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 with the short-range wireless communication function activated (steps T4 and T5).

  In the dictionary terminal 10, according to the same processing as described above, as shown in FIG. 20 (C), the designated text portion “with fingertips ... put into practical use” is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf ( Steps A3, A7 to A10).

  At this time, since the head of the designated text portion “with fingertips ... put into practical use” is determined to be Japanese (step A7 (Yes)), a plurality of Japanese-based dictionaries (here) are stored in the dictionary database 17b. Then, “Shin-Nikuni dictionary”, “Hiroshima dictionary”, “Mingoku dictionary”, “Hanlin dictionary”,...) Are set as search target dictionaries (step A8).

  Then, the longest match search from the head of the designated text part “with fingertips ... put into practical use” is performed on the dictionary currently selected by the dictionary tag [Shinichi Country] dt1, and the searched entry word “Shito” is selected. [Finger], “Ibi [Finger]”, “Oyubi [拇 / finger]”... Are listed in the search result area ak, and the explanation information corresponding to the heading word “Shi [Finger]” A preview is displayed in the preview area ae (steps A11 and A12).

  Then, in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the leading word “finger” is automatically designated and displayed (step A13).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 20D, after the user u selects the dictionary tag [Hiroshima] dt2, as shown in FIG. 20E, in the designated text portion displayed in the text area at. When the character string “European typewriter” including one or more words is designated and designated and displayed by the user u (step A14 (Yes)), a headline that completely matches the designated and designated character string The word “Oubu typewriter [European typewriter]” is searched, and the searched headwords are displayed in a list in the search result area ak. Then, the explanation information corresponding to the heading “Oubu typewriter [European typewriter]” is previewed in the preview area ae (step A16).

  That is, similarly to the case where the English text is targeted, even when the Japanese text is targeted, the text u designated by the user u “Practical use with fingertips” is transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 to transmit the text. Immediately after being displayed in the text area at of the transfer search screen Gf, the headwords “Shou [finger]” “Ibi [finger]”... The word “finger” is automatically designated and displayed. Thereafter, when the character string “European typewriter” including one or more words of the designated text portion “with fingertips ... put into practical use” displayed in the text area at is designated and displayed, The headword “Oubu typewriter [European typewriter]” that exactly matches the character string that has been set is searched.

  Therefore, according to the dictionary terminal 10 of the communication dictionary system having the above-described configuration, the specified text portion in the range specified by the user u is included in the text data acquired and displayed by the communication device 30 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. It is received by the dictionary terminal 10 and displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf. In the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the first word is automatically designated and displayed, or a character string including one or more words is designated and designated by the user u. Display h. Then, for the word automatically designated and displayed h, the headword corresponding to the word is searched with the longest match from the dictionary selected by the user, and the description information is displayed. For a character string including one or a plurality of words designated and displayed by the user u, a headword corresponding to the designated character string (word) is searched from the currently selected dictionary with a complete match, and an explanation thereof. Information is displayed.

  As a result, it is possible to receive the text portion designated by the user, search for any word (including compound words) in the text portion, and display the explanation information.

  Further, according to the dictionary terminal 10 having the above-described configuration, the text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 and displayed in the text area at and one or more words of the designated text portion are designated and headed. The search history of the keyword searched for the word can be registered in the text book data area 17e in association with the text folder designated by the user u.

  Then, the user u can add and register a check mark ch according to the importance level and the understanding level of the headword in the headword of the search history.

  As a result, the designated text portion registered in the text folder of the text book data area 17e and the search history entry corresponding to the designated text portion can be read, displayed, and learned as required by the user u. . At this time, each headword in the search history can be selectively read and displayed according to the presence or absence of the check mark ch, so that each headword in the search history can be learned more effectively.

  Further, according to the dictionary terminal 10 having the above-described configuration, one or more words are designated from the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, and an example sentence including the designated one or more words is retrieved from the example sentence database. You can also search and display them. In this example sentence search, each example sentence of the search history associated with the designated text portion can be registered in the text folder in the same manner as in the headword search.

  In addition, each processing method by the communication dictionary system described in each embodiment, that is, dictionary terminal cooperation processing by the communication device 30 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, information display control by the dictionary terminal 10 shown in the flowchart of FIG. Each method such as processing, communication device cooperation processing associated with the information display control processing of the dictionary terminal 10 shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 8 is a program that can be executed by a computer as a memory card (ROM card, RAM cards, etc.), magnetic disks (floppy (registered trademark) disks, hard disks, etc.), optical disks (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memories, etc. can be stored and distributed.

  Further, the 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 the program data is transmitted to the computer of the electronic device connected to the communication network N as a communication unit. By taking in, it is possible to realize the above-described cooperation function between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 and the dictionary search function at the dictionary terminal 10 based on the cooperation with the communication device 30.

  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]
Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of sets of headwords and explanation information of the headwords are associated;
A text part receiving means for receiving a text part designated in response to a user operation in an external communication device;
Text part display control means for displaying on the display part the text part received by the text part receiving means;
Word designating means for designating at least one or more of the text parts displayed by the text part display control means;
An explanation information display control means for searching for an entry word corresponding to the word designated by the word designation means from the dictionary data and displaying the explanation information of the found entry word on the display unit;
A dictionary terminal characterized by comprising:

[2]
A text part registration means for registering the displayed text part and the searched headword in association with each other;
Registered text part display control means for causing the display part to display the text part registered by the text part registration means and the searched entry word according to a user operation;
The dictionary terminal according to [1], further comprising:

[3]
The text part registration means has a checked headword registration means for registering the searched headword with a check mark added according to a user operation,
The registered text part display control means has display target setting means for setting whether or not to make the headword registered with a check mark by the headword registration means with check a display target, and the text part registration means Displaying the text portion and the searched headword registered by the display unit according to the display target setting by the display target setting unit,
The dictionary terminal according to [2], wherein

[4]
Example sentence storage means for storing example sentence data including a plurality of example sentences;
Example sentence display control means for retrieving an example sentence including a plurality of words designated by the word designation means from the example sentence data and displaying it on the display unit;
The dictionary terminal according to any one of [1] to [3], comprising:

[5]
The word designating means includes first word designating means for designating a leading word among the text parts displayed by the text part display control means,
The explanation information display control means has longest match search means for searching for a headword corresponding to the word specified by the first word specifying means from the dictionary data with the longest match, and is searched by the longest match search means. Display the description information of the headword on the display unit,
The dictionary terminal according to any one of [1] to [4].

[6]
The word designating unit includes a second word designating unit for designating one or a plurality of words in response to a user operation among the text parts displayed by the text part display control unit,
The explanation information display control means has an exact match search means for searching for a headword corresponding to the word specified by the second word specifying means from the dictionary data with an exact match, and is searched by the exact match search means. Display the description information of the headword on the display unit,
The dictionary terminal according to any one of [1] to [5].

[7]
Computer
Dictionary acquisition means for acquiring dictionary data in which a plurality of sets of headwords and explanation information of the headwords are associated;
A text part receiving means for receiving a text part designated in response to a user operation in an external communication device;
Text part display control means for displaying on the display part the text part received by the text part receiving means;
Word designating means for designating at least one or more of the text parts displayed by the text part display control means;
An explanation information display control means for retrieving an entry word corresponding to the word designated by the word designation means from the dictionary data and displaying the explanation information of the found entry word on the display unit;
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Dictionary terminal 14 ... Key input part 15 ... Display part with a touch panel 16 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 17 ... Memory | storage part 17a ... Information display control program 17b ... Dictionary database 17c ... Text partial data area 17d ... History data area 17e ... Text book data area 18 ... External recording medium 19 ... Recording medium reading part 20 ... Near field communication part ( Bluetooth)
30: Communication equipment (smartphones, tablet devices, etc.)
33b ... Dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 40 ... Web server (information server, etc.)
N ... Communication network (Internet etc.)
Gt ... text screen F ... transfer key Gf ... text transfer search screen at ... text area ak ... search result area ae ... preview area dtn ... dictionary tag stn ... search method tag bw ... designated word frame AE ... description information display area

Claims (7)

Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of sets of headwords and explanation information of the headwords are associated;
A text part receiving means for receiving a text part designated in response to a user operation in an external communication device;
Text part display control means for displaying on the display part the text part received by the text part receiving means;
Word designating means for designating at least one or more of the text parts displayed by the text part display control means;
An explanation information display control means for searching for an entry word corresponding to the word designated by the word designation means from the dictionary data and displaying the explanation information of the found entry word on the display unit;
A dictionary terminal characterized by comprising: A text part registration means for registering the displayed text part and the searched headword in association with each other;
Registered text part display control means for causing the display part to display the text part registered by the text part registration means and the searched entry word according to a user operation;
The dictionary terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: The text part registration means has a checked headword registration means for registering the searched headword with a check mark added according to a user operation,
The registered text part display control means has display target setting means for setting whether or not to make the headword registered with a check mark by the headword registration means with check a display target, and the text part registration means Displaying the text portion and the searched headword registered by the display unit according to the display target setting by the display target setting unit,
The dictionary terminal according to claim 2. Example sentence storage means for storing example sentence data including a plurality of example sentences;
Example sentence display control means for retrieving an example sentence including a plurality of words designated by the word designation means from the example sentence data and displaying it on the display unit;
The dictionary terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: The word designating means includes first word designating means for designating a leading word among the text parts displayed by the text part display control means,
The explanation information display control means has longest match search means for searching for a headword corresponding to the word specified by the first word specifying means from the dictionary data with the longest match, and is searched by the longest match search means. Display the description information of the headword on the display unit,
The dictionary terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The word designating unit includes a second word designating unit for designating one or a plurality of words in response to a user operation among the text parts displayed by the text part display control unit,
The explanation information display control means has an exact match search means for searching for a headword corresponding to the word specified by the second word specifying means from the dictionary data with an exact match, and is searched by the exact match search means. Display the description information of the headword on the display unit,
6. The dictionary terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: Computer
Dictionary acquisition means for acquiring dictionary data in which a plurality of sets of headwords and explanation information of the headwords are associated;
A text part receiving means for receiving a text part designated in response to a user operation in an external communication device;
Text part display control means for displaying on the display part the text part received by the text part receiving means;
Word designating means for designating at least one or more of the text parts displayed by the text part display control means;
An explanation information display control means for retrieving an entry word corresponding to the word designated by the word designation means from the dictionary data and displaying the explanation information of the found entry word on the display unit;
A computer-readable program that allows it to function as a computer.