JP2503357B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multimedia dictionary system in an information processing device such as a word processor.

In recent years, word processors have been widely and commonly used for various business purposes. Normally, this word processor is provided with a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, but in some cases, a specialized dictionary such as a specialized word dictionary or a related word dictionary is provided for a specific purpose. However, most of these are mainly composed of characters, and some users may not be satisfied with this alone.
As a result, a word processor to which a device for outputting image information such as pictures and photographs and a sound can be added has been provided.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a word processor using the above CD-ROM, dictionaries can be recorded in a CD-ROM to store not only text data such as characters but also voice together with image information such as pictures and photographs. it can.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the operation sequence of the conventional example.
In a word processor equipped with a CD-ROM, an operation sequence when the CD-ROM is used during document creation is shown.

FIG. 8 (1) shows a normal conversion operation in a word processor. When "Cat" is input on the document creation screen a and the conversion key is operated, conversion b is executed, and "Kneko" is stored as Kanji information. , “Cat”, “cat”, etc. are sequentially displayed by operating the conversion keys.

On the other hand, the example of (2) shows the operation when referring to a dictionary such as a CD-ROM. In the document creation screen a, "Cat" is input, and information related to this "Cat" ( For example, if you want to see (cat's image information), even if you operate the conversion key, you cannot get it as shown in (1) above. When the process of interrupting the creation is performed, the end display b is output.

Thereafter, the storage medium c such as a CD-ROM is loaded (or replaced with another storage medium currently loaded), the dictionary system is activated, and the word processor is activated again. Then, when the keyword "cat" is entered on the search screen d, the contents of the CD-ROM are searched, and related commentary articles and images (cat pictures or pictures) are output as the search result screen e as shown in the figure. Is displayed.

[0008]

As described above, during the creation of a document by the word processor,
Merely performing kana-kanji conversion may cause interest in various matters related to the word, or may make a demand for associative knowledge. In such a case, it is necessary to interrupt the document creation each time as shown in FIG. 8, start each system according to the type of information, and restart the word processor to perform the search. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes a considerable amount of time to acquire information about the item associated with a certain word. In this case, it takes a long time until the information is obtained after the person wants to think in the thinking process, so that he or she may forget what to search for, which is a great obstacle to thinking.

The present invention is a multiprocessor such as an image processor which can quickly obtain information on matters that occur one after another in relation to a certain word in document creation using a word processor from a dictionary of various media by a simple operation. The purpose is to provide a media dictionary system.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a processing unit, 10 is a mode switching unit that performs control to change the current mode (type of media-compatible dictionary in use), 11 is a mode holding unit that holds the set search mode, and 12 is A keyword search unit that searches the dictionary corresponding to the mode in the multimedia dictionary using the input character information as a keyword, 13 is a search information retrieval unit that retrieves the information retrieved from the multimedia dictionary, and 14 is the retrieval information It is a mode correspondence information output unit for outputting to the output unit corresponding to the medium. 2 is a medium corresponding to various modes, that is, kanji,
Dictionary 2-1 corresponding to each media such as meaning, voice, picture, etc.
~ 2-n is a multimedia dictionary, 3 is a character,
A display unit for outputting pictures, moving images, still images, etc., 4 is an audio output unit for outputting voices and music, 5 is an input unit, and 5a is a mode switching key. The display unit 3 includes not only a means for displaying a screen but also a display unit for printing out on paper.

According to the present invention, when the user wants to use one of the dictionaries of a large number of media, the mode is switched to the dictionary, the dictionary is searched using a keyword, and the searched information is retrieved. Each is output from the output unit corresponding to the medium.

[0012]

When the user operates the mode switching key 5a to change the current search mode while a document is being input to the processing unit 1 from the input unit 5, a mode switching request is input to the processing unit 1. Accordingly, the mode switching unit 10 switches the mode held in the mode holding unit 11. This switching is performed either by key input for designating a specific search mode or by changing the mode in a predetermined order each time the mode switching key 5a is pressed. The search mode selected by switching is It is held in the mode holding unit 11.

When it is desired to obtain information of a certain word during document creation, when the character information is input from the input unit 5 and a search is requested, the keyword search unit 12 is driven and the currently set search mode is maintained. Identified by section 11,
The dictionary 2-1 corresponding to each medium stored in the multimedia dictionary 2 using the input character information as a keyword
From among 2-n, the dictionary of the media corresponding to the current search mode is selected and searched. When the information corresponding to the keyword is retrieved, it is retrieved by the retrieval information retrieval unit 13, and the mode corresponding information output unit 14 identifies the mode holding unit 11 and displays the retrieval information corresponding to the current retrieval mode on the display unit 3 or. Output to the audio output unit 4.

[0014]

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment. Figure 2
20 is an information processing device having a document creation function,
Reference numeral 21 is a memory provided in the information processing device 20, 22 is a multimedia database (corresponding to the multimedia dictionary 2 of FIG. 1), 23 is a speaker for outputting voice, 24 is a display, and 25 is a mode switching key (of FIG. 1). 5
a), a keyboard including various function keys such as conversion keys and various character / number keys, 26 is a mouse, 27
Is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk for storing the created document.

The information processing apparatus 20 is provided with an FM sound source 20a and a PCM sound source 20b for outputting voice (music). Further, the memory 21 is provided with a mode-specific information management table 21a that stores information about the multimedia database 22 and a current mode holding unit 21b that stores the current search mode.

FIG. 3 shows the basic data structure of the mode-specific information management table. As shown in A of FIG. 3, each mode-specific information is composed of 2 bytes that indicate the type of search mode and 80 bytes that indicate the dictionary name. In this example, the search mode types are 0: kanji mode, 1: meaning mode,
2: Each mode such as a color still image mode ... Is prepared. B of FIG. 3 shows an array state of data of the mode-specific information management table, and 82 bytes are stored as each mode-specific information.

FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the mode-based information management table and the multimedia database structure. As shown in FIG. 3, in the mode-specific information management table 21a in the memory 21 shown in FIG. 2, the information of each mode type and the reference database name (the same as the dictionary name in FIG. 3) correspond to each search mode. It is stored. As shown in FIG. 4, the reference database is a Kanji dictionary 22a for the Kanji mode, a Japanese dictionary 22b for the semantic mode, a color still image database 22c for the color still image mode, and a moving image database 22 for the moving image mode.
d, a voice database 22e for a voice mode, a music database 22f for a music mode, an English dictionary 22g for an English mode, etc., and these databases 22a, 22b ... It is stored in the media database 22.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are processing flows (1) and (2) of the embodiment. This processing flow is shown in FIG.
In the information processing apparatus, the processing is executed using the multimedia database having the configuration shown in FIGS.

First, an input from the user is accepted (50 in FIG. 5), and it is determined whether the input is a search mode switching request (51). That is, the keyboard 2 of FIG.
5 determines whether the mode switching key has been operated, and if there is a switching request, the path B. of FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the mode switching is designated in order (69 in FIG. 6). This determination is made when the request for mode switching is specified to switch in a predetermined order in response to the pressing of the mode switching key, or when the mode switching keys are provided corresponding to each of the plurality of modes (for example,
When there are ten function keys corresponding to mode 1 to mode 10), it is determined whether or not that one key has been input. As a result, when it is specified to switch the modes in order, the next search mode is set according to the order determined by referring to the mode-specific information management table 21a (7 in FIG. 6).
0), if any of the plurality of function keys is designated, the corresponding search mode is set (at step 71).
Thereafter, the set search mode is stored in the current mode holding section 21b in the memory 21 (at step 72), and the process returns to step 50 in FIG. The contents of the current mode holding unit 21b are displayed on a part of the screen of the display 24 (FIG. 2).

In step 51 of FIG. 5, if the input from the user is not a search mode switching request, it is determined whether it is a keyword search request (52 in FIG. 5). This time,
If it is found that it is not a keyword search, the input ends as unrelated input (53 in FIG. 5). If the request is a keyword search request, a database to be searched is selected by referring to the mode-by-mode information management table 21a using the set search mode (at step 53), and the corresponding information is obtained by performing a keyword search from that database. (Id. 54).
That is, the database (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the search mode set and held by the process of B of FIG. 6 is selected, the search is performed, and information is obtained as the search result.

Next, it is determined whether or not the information to be output exists in the search information obtained from the database (55 in FIG. 5). If it does not exist, the process ends. At the th position, the information of sequentially changing to the next order by the conversion key is acquired (at step 56). Thereafter, the process corresponding to the search mode is selected (step 57), and the process proceeds to A of FIG. 6 via.

That is, it is determined whether the output data is an image (still image) (60 in FIG. 6), and if it is applicable, the image is displayed (61). In this case, a still image is displayed on the display 24 of FIG. If the output data is not an image, it is then determined whether it is text (62), and if it is applicable, the text is displayed (63). When the search mode is "Kanji mode", the output data is displayed as text data. Further, it is determined whether the output data is voice (64), and if it is voice, the voice is reproduced by the output data (65). In this case, the sound (music) is reproduced from the FM sound source 20a or the PCM sound source 20b shown in FIG.

Finally, it is determined whether the output data is a moving image (see FIG. 6).
66), and if applicable, a video display 24 (FIG. 2)
From (67 in FIG. 6) and the display order proceeds to the next (68). After this, follow step 5 in FIG.
Move to 0.

Next, a concrete example of the search operation according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Shown in In FIG. 7, a. The search mode is switched by continuously pressing the mode switch key shown in, and the desired search mode is set. This state is held in the current mode holding unit (21b in FIG. 2) as described above. By this switching, d. It shall be set to "Kanji mode" as shown in b. Enter the character "neko" on the document creation screen as shown in, and c. It is assumed that the "conversion key" shown in is pressed.

In this case, the kanji dictionary (22a in FIG. 4) corresponding to the current search mode is selected and the search is performed using "cat" as a keyword. As a result of this search d.
As shown in, the "cat" is first obtained as output information and displayed on the screen. After that, if you press the conversion keys in order,
Information such as “cat”, “cat”, “cat” ... is output one after another.

Next, when the mode switching key is operated, the "Kanji mode" of the current mode holding section is switched to another mode, and when "Voice mode" is selected from among them, e.
The "voice mode" is set as shown in. After that, when the conversion key is pressed, the voice database (22 in FIG.
e) is searched using "cat" as a keyword, the corresponding voice data is searched, and the voice of the cat "Meow meow" is output. Is sequentially output from the speaker. When the search mode is switched to the "still image mode" by pressing the mode switching key in the "voice mode", the search mode is f. The still image mode is set as shown in. After that, when the conversion key is pressed, the color still image database (22c in FIG. 4) is searched using "cat" as a keyword, and "image 1", "image 2" of the searched color still image ... The image data of is displayed on the display in order according to the depression of the conversion key.

[0027]

According to the present invention, in an information processing device such as a word processor, information of various multimedia databases (dictionaries) can be referred to and used by a simple and unified operation. As a result, various information (kanji, meaning, image, voice, etc.) directly related to the words used in the sentence can be immediately acquired while the sentence is being created. ， It is possible to refer immediately without interrupting the document creation.

Further, the present invention can realize a data acquisition method that obtains various related information based on a certain image, which is close to a human thought pattern, and can realize a function as an idea processor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a data basic structure of a mode-specific information management table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a mode-based information management table and a multimedia database structure.

FIG. 5 is a processing flow (1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a processing flow (2) of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a specific example of a search operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation sequence example of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Processing Section 10 Mode Switching Section 11 Mode Holding Section 12 Keyword Search Section 13 Search Information Extraction Section 14 Mode Corresponding Information Output Section 2 Multimedia Dictionary 3 Display Section 4 Voice Output Section 5 Input Section 5a Mode Switching Key

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing device such as a word processor, which supports an input unit, a processing unit for processing instructions and character information from the input unit, and a plurality of media such as text data, image data, and voice data. A multimedia dictionary configured with information such as a dictionary and an output unit for outputting information of each medium are provided, a mode switching key is provided at the input unit, and the processing unit is driven by a request of the mode switching key to search. A mode switching unit for switching the mode, a keyword search unit for searching a dictionary of media corresponding to the current search mode from the multimedia dictionary using the character information input from the input unit as a keyword, and a search for the media dictionary. And a mode-compatible information output unit that outputs the recorded information in a format compatible with the medium. Information processing device. 2. The memory of the processing unit according to claim 1, comprising a mode holding unit for holding a current search mode, and a mode-specific information management table for storing management information of a multimedia dictionary of each search mode, In response to a keyword search request from an input unit, an information processing apparatus is characterized in that a dictionary of media corresponding to a search mode held by the mode holding unit is obtained from the mode-based information management table and a keyword search is executed.