JP2666289B2 - Dictionary editing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a configuration / use method of an electronic dictionary. In particular, a user can edit or construct a dictionary while using the dictionary. And a dictionary editing device. 2. Description of the Related Art Electronic dictionaries are widely used, for example, as found in kana-kanji conversion dictionaries in Japanese word processors and word dictionaries in electronic translators, and are classified into the following two forms. it can. One is that the dictionary information is fixed, and the user can only search and use it according to a predetermined procedure. The other is that the dictionary information can be user-defined. Various proposals have been made for these fixed dictionaries and dictionaries that can be defined by the user, including application aspects, and the former is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-1359.
No. 83, and with respect to the latter, for example,
No. 6, JP-A-55-131869 and JP-A-57-64865. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, conventionally, in a dictionary, a set of information already exists in a fixed manner and is regarded as a simple search target, and the user himself creates and uses the dictionary. That has been considered secondary. However, as personal computer systems have become remarkably widespread in recent years, when various types of information are stored, processed, and used, the function originally provided in dictionaries of "giving keys to search for corresponding contents" has been applied to various database systems. In such a case, the dictionary is not only convenient for use, but also can be freely edited,
It must be able to be created. Of course, a dictionary that can be defined by the user has been proposed as described above, but it is quite poor from the viewpoint that the user himself edits and creates the dictionary. It is an object of the present invention to provide a dictionary editing apparatus that allows a user to perform editing and creation simultaneously, in addition to the convenience of "direct search by key", based on the above idea. . In the specification, the dictionary is not only a so-called dictionary such as a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, but also arranged for a user in an order in which a pair of a key and a description (information) corresponding to the key is specified. In this case, it refers to a computerized database from which corresponding contents can be directly searched. [Means for Solving the Problems] For this purpose, the dictionary editing apparatus of the present invention stores the dictionary data in a document input apparatus that searches dictionary data by key input, reads data corresponding to the key, and displays the data on a display. A data file, an index file storing the dictionary data as a tree structure, display means for displaying the tree structure of the index file and dictionary data of the data file on the display, and the tree structure and the dictionary data on the display means. , And means for updating the data file and the index file. [Operation] In the present invention, the dictionary is structurally displayed on the display, and on the display, the user can edit and create the dictionary structure and data as necessary,
This can be sufficiently provided for the convenience of the user. Embodiment An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, the foreign language input device proposed earlier by the present applicant will be described as an example. This device is based on the fact that foreign words are frequently used on a daily basis.
As in the case of inputting a foreign language and outputting "elevater", a key input is performed in katakana when inputting a foreign language, thereby simplifying the input. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire system of a foreign language input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing correspondence between a display screen, a data dictionary, and an index file in a foreign language input device, and FIG. It is a figure showing a tree structure. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display, 2 denotes a CPU, 3 denotes a keyboard, 4 denotes a mouse, and 5 denotes a storage device in which a word processing program, a dictionary search program, an index file, a data file, and the like are stored. As shown in FIG. 2, the display 1 includes a window W1 for displaying the document currently being processed, a window W2 for displaying the contents of the index file 9 and the data file 10 storing the dictionary headings and the configuration information, and a window W2. It comprises a window W3 displaying an icon 7 which is a dictionary specifying search means for selecting whether to use a dictionary. The data file 10 of the storage device 5 includes "accessories"
For example, English words corresponding to a katakana foreign word as a key such as “accessory” are stored as a pair, and the index file 9 stores the relation or structure between the data as shown in FIG. It is stored in a tree structure. In this case, as shown in Fig. 3, foreign words are broadly classified into small items, food, vehicles, etc., each of which is subdivided into those beginning with a, those beginning with a, and finally specific. Terminology. Obviously, this has a tree structure. Now, it is assumed that an English text is being created on the window W1 of the display 1, and a case is desired where the word "accessory" is to be input. In this case, the "accessory" is ratchet-input, and then the cursor 8 is moved on the dictionary icon 7 to designate the item of "Japanese-English dictionary" in the window W1. As a result, the CPU searches the data file 10 using “accessory” as a key, reads out the corresponding English from the dictionary, and displays it in the window W4. Normally, the search of the dictionary contents is such a thing, but in the present invention, the structure and contents of the dictionary specified by the icon, in this case, the Japanese-English dictionary are read from the index file and displayed in the window W2. . The index file 9 can be edited in the window W2 of the disc play. For example, you can delete the “anchor” if it is no longer needed, and change “accessories” from “accessories” to “decorations”
Item, and of course, necessary terms can be additionally registered in an appropriate item. Then, after or simultaneously with the editing, the index file and the data file are updated. These processes can be performed using a CPU and a program for editing an index file in a storage device. As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various deformation | transformation is possible. For example, the example of the post-outpatient input device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in FIG. 2, "accessory" read from the data file is displayed in the window W4, but it is clear that it may be directly replaced in the text being created. Further, in this embodiment, an icon is used as a dictionary designation and search means, but it is also possible to select a popup menu, click a mouse button, or select with a predetermined key on a keyboard. The point is that by adding a systematic information (tree structure information) etc. to the so-called dictionary which collects a plurality of pairs of data and making it easier to edit, not only the usual one-to-one correspondence type dictionary can be used. In other words, it is possible to edit the dictionary while systematically viewing the contents of the dictionary. [Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, not only a normal dictionary search but also the contents of the dictionary index file and the data file are simultaneously displayed in a window, and the index file is displayed in the window. Editing such as adding or deleting contents or changing items can be performed. By implementing the basic support functions from creation and editing of any dictionary to its use,
The editing and creation of the dictionary can be performed simultaneously with the processing required by the user, and this can be provided to the user's convenience more than ever.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire system of a foreign language input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing correspondence between a display screen, a data file, and an index file in a foreign language input device; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a tree structure of the index file. 1 ... display, 2 ... CPU, 3 ... keyboard,
4 ... mouse, 5 ... storage device, 9 ... index file, 10 ... data file, W1, W2, W3, W4 ... window.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] In a document input device that searches dictionary data by key input, reads data corresponding to a key, and displays the data on a display, a data file storing the dictionary data, an index file storing the dictionary data as a tree structure, Display means for displaying the tree structure and the dictionary data of the data file on the display, and means for editing the tree structure and the dictionary data on the display means and updating the data file and the index file. Dictionary editing device.