JP3164573B2 - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary, and more particularly to an electronic dictionary that inputs first linguistic information and outputs second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information. It is.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, such electronic dictionaries and electronic translators have been known. With this type of device, for example, English words,
A sentence is input, and words and sentences translated into other languages such as Japanese are displayed and output. That is, the first language information,
The conversion into the second language information is performed by a microprocessor searching a memory storing the first language and the second language in association with each other for the first language information. The output form is mainly display output by a liquid crystal display or the like, but forms such as voice output and printer output are also known.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Consider the above electronic dictionary constructed as an English-Japanese dictionary, the simplest one is to input English words,
It outputs one Japanese word with the corresponding meaning, but in the case of English words, there are usually multiple Japanese words corresponding to English words, and when trying to translate English sentences, which Japanese translation is In order to determine the correctness, it is necessary to output the Japanese translation as much as possible and to output a plurality of sentence examples using English words, so that the translation work is more accurate.

However, in the case of electronic dictionaries, as described above, Japanese translations and sentence examples are often stored in a memory, which increases the memory capacity, increases costs, and is unnecessary for a specific operator. Information is output, which causes confusion in translation work, and has a disadvantage that a display device for displaying a large amount of information becomes large in size, and the cost including a driving device is greatly increased.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and to add or delete information specified by an operator for specific word information stored in a fixedly prepared dictionary, and to output the dictionary. Is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object, an electronic dictionary of the present invention includes a first dictionary in which word information is stored in a non-rewritable manner in association with a headword, and A second dictionary in which correction information for specific word information is rewritably stored in association with a storage position of the word information in the first dictionary, input means for inputting a headword, and input from the input means A first search unit that searches the first dictionary for word information corresponding to the searched headword, and a storage position of the word information searched by the first search unit in the first dictionary. A second search means for searching the second dictionary for correction information for the word information; and if there is correction information searched for by the second search means, the first search is performed based on the correction information. Search by means Display means for correcting the displayed word information and displaying the searched word information as it is, if there is no such corrected correction information, for the word information being displayed by the display means,
Editing means for adding information input by the operator or deleting information instructed by the operator, and storing the correction information corresponding to the result of addition or deletion by the editing means in the storage location of the word information in the first dictionary And a registering means for registering in the second dictionary in association with the above.

[Operation] According to the present invention, for a headword input from the input means, word information stored in a non-rewritable manner in association with the headword is searched from the first dictionary by the first search means. A second search means for searching the second dictionary for correction information stored rewritably in association with a storage position of the searched word information in the first dictionary;
If there is the searched correction information, the searched word information is corrected and displayed by the display means based on the corrected information. If there is no searched correction information, the searched word information is displayed as it is. Means to add information input by the operator or delete information specified by the operator with respect to the word information being displayed by the display means, and respond to the result of addition or deletion by the editing means. The correction information to be registered is registered in the second dictionary by the registration unit in association with the storage position of the word information in the first dictionary.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an English-Japanese dictionary to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, a keyboard unit 2 and a display unit 3 are provided on an upper surface of an apparatus main body 1.
Keyboard 2 has character input keys 4 and function keys 5
Divided into The character input keys 4 are ones in which alphabetic and symbolic character keys are arranged as a 7 × 5 matrix as shown in the figure, but the key arrangement is not limited to this and is arbitrary.

The display 3 is an area 3a for displaying the input English word.
And an area 3b for displaying Japanese corresponding to English words, parts of speech, example sentences, and the like. The display characters are 5 × 7 dots of the minimum dot configuration for displaying alphabets and kana, but the display characters may be configured by changing the number of constituent dots by kanji display or the like.

The function keys 5 include the following keys.

Keys 5a and 5b are keys for instructing power-on and power-off of the apparatus, respectively. The key 5a operates as a display clear key when operated in a power-on state. A key 5c provided with a horizontal arrow is a cursor key for controlling the position of the editing cursor in the display 3.

The conversion key 6 is for instructing a process of converting an input English word into Japanese. As shown in the figure, when the English word “go” is input and the conversion key 6 is pressed to perform conversion, the part-of-speech information “VI (intransitive verb)” and the translated word “Iku, Susumu” are output to the display 3. Is done.

The key group indicated by reference numeral 7 is a function key that allows the operator to add or delete new information, the heading key 7a is a key for switching to a mode for newly setting and inputting an English word as a headword, and the translation key 7b is a Japanese translation. A key to switch to the mode to add a new translation or delete a preset translation, a memo key 7c is a mode switching key to add a sentence example or comment separately from the translation, and a registration key 7d is to add and delete new information And a key for releasing the switching state to each mode.

 FIG. 2 shows a display example according to this embodiment.

Fig. 2 (a) shows the translated word "~ ninar" as new information.
In the display state of FIG. 1, the translation key 7b is pressed to switch to the translation correction mode, and the alphabet key 4 is used to convert the characters to Roman alphabet. Is input, "~ Ninal" is displayed on the display area 3a of the display 3 (not shown), and when the registration key 7d is pressed, additional translated word information "~ Ninal" is stored and at the same time, as shown in FIG. Is displayed as follows. Once set, when "go" is input and the conversion key 6 is pressed the next time, the contents shown in FIG. 2 (a) will always be displayed instead of the display state shown in FIG.

Next, FIG. 2 (b) shows a state in which the operator considers it important in the translated word and displays an underline below the translated word for the purpose of making it easier to see.

As the operation, the translation key 7b in the display state of FIG.
To switch to the translation correction mode, and use the alphabet key 4 When the input is entered, the internal circuit performs the Roman alphabet Kana conversion, "Susumu" is displayed in the display area 3a (not shown), and when the registration key 7d is pressed, the information stored in advance matches the newly input information. By configuring the control means to display an underline at the lower part of the information, an underline is displayed at the lower part of "SUSUMU" as shown in FIG. 2 (b), and the translation of "SUSUMU" is given to the operator. It is easy to be recognized, the efficiency of translation work is measured,
When learning an English word, the operator can mark a translation that is easy to make an error, thereby improving the learning effect.

Next, the state shown in FIG. 2 (c) shows a state where the previously displayed translated word is deleted and displayed if it is unnecessary. In the operation described in the state shown in FIG. Press the "*" key to enter "*
When "*" is marked, unlike the process of displaying an underline, a control means for deleting the translated word is configured so that after the registration key 7d is pressed, as shown in FIG. 2 (c). "Susumu" is not displayed on the screen.

Next, the state shown in FIG. 2 (d) shows a state where memo information such as a sentence example as an information other than the translation or an operator comment is added and displayed. In the display state of FIG. After pressing to switch to the memo mode, enter "I go to school-Gakuko Hake-" with the alphabet key 4 and press the registration key 6, it will be stored in the main unit and will be converted to "go" from the next time The display shown in FIG. 2 (d) is always obtained.

2 (a) to 2 (d), the display states are individually divided to explain the respective functions. However, it is needless to say that information combining these can be added, deleted and underlined. .

FIG. 3 shows the structure of a control system of the apparatus shown in FIG. This device is configured to operate a CPU 9 by a system control unit 8a stored in a ROM 8, and control a display 13 via a keyboard 10, a RAM 11 as a writable and readable memory, and a display driving device 12. .

In the ROM 8, in addition to the above-described system control unit 8a, a dictionary data unit 8b including various data as a dictionary and an index required at the time of search and a comparison match between data in the RAM and data in the ROM described later are determined. And a comparison control unit 8c.

In the RAM 11, a work area 11a as a memory area and a stack area necessary for operation in the system control unit 8a, and a user dictionary area 11b and R for storing data set as new information by an operator according to the present invention.
A display combining area 11c as a memory area for performing combining when displaying data read from the OM 8 and the RAM 11.Display data combined in the display combining area 11c is displayed by the display driving device 12. The data is converted into possible data and displayed on the display unit 13.

FIG. 4 shows the storage state of the dictionary data section 8b in the ROM 8. Addresses a _n , a _{n + 1} , ‥‥, a of dictionary data section 8b
_{n + m} is stored in the form of an English word as a headword, part-of-speech information, Japanese translation, and memo information in the form of a character code, with a part-of-speech code as a delimiter code and an identification code, a translation code, and a memory code. ing.

When the word "go" is input from the keyboard 10 and the conversion key 6 is pressed, the system control unit 8a determines whether or not the word matches the English word in the dictionary data unit, reads out the corresponding address information, and displays the address information in the RAM 11. On the combining area 11C, the data is developed into a predetermined display format based on the identification code, and display font data corresponding to the character code constituting the data is read out from the character data portion (not shown) in the ROM 8 and combined, and is displayed on the display unit 13. indicate.

FIG. 5 shows a storage state in the user dictionary area 11b in the RAM 11, in which address information of the dictionary data section 8b, a code indicating the type of information, and a character code as information are stored in this order. Further, when the same data as the information set in the ROM in advance as the translated word information, the identification of the case of displaying the underline and the case of deleting it is realized by adding a * code before the character code.
In other words, when there is no * code, underline is displayed,
* If there is a code, it is set to be controlled by the system control unit 8a so as to delete it.

The word search in the case of setting new information in the RAM 11 will be described. When an English word "go" is input from the keyboard 10 and the conversion key 6 is pressed, the dictionary data section 8b
At the same time as transferring the data below the matched address to the display synthesis area 11c, the comparison control unit 11c checks whether there is information in the user dictionary area 11b that matches the address information of the dictionary data unit 8b. When there is a matching address, the data stored below the matching address is transferred to the display combining area 11c.

Therefore, in the display combining area 11c, the data transferred from each is combined and deleted based on the identification code, or the data structure is modified by adding an underline code, and the character font data is combined and transferred to the display driving device 12. Then, the information of the ROM 8 and the RAM 11 is displayed on the display 13 in a combined form.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment in the above configuration will be described in detail.

6 and 7 show a control procedure of the system control unit 8a of FIG.

When an English word is input and a corresponding Japanese translation is output, the input of a desired English word is firstly accepted by the alphabet key 4 in step S1. Next, in step S2, it is determined whether the conversion key 6 has been operated. When both steps S1 and S2 are denied, these steps are repeated in order.

When an English word is input and the exchange key 6 is pressed, an input word is searched from the dictionary data 8b in the ROM 8 in a loop of steps S3 to S5. At this time, the head address A of the dictionary data 8b to be searched is determined based on the head character of the input word, words are sequentially output from the address A, and are compared with the input word in step S4. The read address A of the dictionary data 8b is advanced to the next position, and the process returns to step S3.

If the same headline word as the input word is found, step
Go to S6.

In step S6, all the translated words and memo information data X following the headword in the dictionary data 8b are stored in the work area 11a in the RAM 11 in a state where they are divided into identification codes.

Next, in step S7, the comparison with the address information stored in the user dictionary area 11b in the RAM 11 corresponding to the address A in the dictionary data 8b, which matches the input word, is sequentially executed.

Here, if no match is found, that is, if additional information is not separately registered, the data X is transferred from the work area 11a to the display synthesis area 11c in step S8, and the data X is synthesized by the identification code based on the display format. At the same time, character font data corresponding to each character code is synthesized, and displayed and output to the display 13 via the display driving device 12 in step S9.

In step S7, when there is the matching information of the address A in the user dictionary area 11b, the matching information Y in the user dictionary area 11b is changed to the work area 1 in step S10.
Transfer to 1a.

Here, in step S11, it is determined whether there is any matching data among the data X and Y. If no match is found, data X and Y are combined based on the identification code in the display combining area 11c in step S12, font data corresponding to each character code is added, and displayed and displayed on the display 13 in step S9. I do.

However, if matching data exists in step S11,
Next, in step S13, the presence or absence of the * mark of the matching data in the data Y is confirmed. If there is a mark, the matching data is deleted from both data X and Y in step S14, and the deleted data X and Y are combined in step S12,
In step S9, the display is output to the display 13.

When it is confirmed in step S13 that there is no * mark in the matching data, the underline information Z is stored in the work area 11a in step S15, and the process proceeds to step S16.
Then, the data X, Y, and Z are combined in the display combining area 11c, and the matched data is underlined and output in step S9.

After the search screen is displayed in step S9, the process returns to the waiting for new search and shifts to the correction mode shown in FIG.

Next, FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 7 explains an operation procedure for displaying an underline for the purpose of adding, deleting or emphasizing new data on the contents of the screen when the search screen is displayed.

In the search screen display state of step S9, step S1
At 7, it is determined whether or not the heading key has been operated. When the depression of the heading key 7a is confirmed, an input of an English word as a heading is awaited in step S18. When all the word characters are inputted by the alphabet key 4, step S19
Waits for the registration key 7d to be pressed.
In S20, the English word a is stored in the work area 11a in the RAM 11. When steps S18 and S19 are denied, these steps S are repeated.

If the operation of the heading key 7a is not confirmed in step S17, the English word 9 is stored in the RAM 11 in step S20, and then the presence or absence of the operation of the translation key 7b is confirmed in step S21. When it is confirmed that the translation key 7b is pressed, step S2 is performed.
In step 2, the input of the translated word information b is awaited, all the information is input, and when the registration key 7d is confirmed to be pressed in step S23, the translated word b is stored in the work area 7a in the RAM 11 together with the translated code in step S14. You. When steps S22 and S23 are denied, these steps are repeated.

Next, in step S21, the translation key 7b is denied, and step S24 is performed.
When the translated word b is stored in the RAM 11, it is checked in step S25 whether the memo key 7c has been pressed. When the memo key 7c is pressed, the input of the memo information c is awaited in step S26,
All the memo information c is entered, and the registration key 7d is entered in step S27.
Is pressed, the memo information c is stored in the work area 1 in the RAM 11.
Stored in 1a. Again, as described above, step S2
6, If S27 is denied, these steps are repeated.

If the press of the memo key 7c is denied in step S25 or the memo information c is stored in the RAM 11 in step S28, the sixth
It waits for a new word input as shown in the figure.

6 and 7, after a search screen is output by inputting an English word and performing a conversion search operation, a heading key 7a,
If the translation key 7b and memo key 7c are not pressed,
When the next English word input is awaited and the translated word content is not changed, the operation flow of inputting English word → search display → inputting English word and ordinary electronic dictionary is simply repeated.

Second Embodiment In the above-described operation of adding or deleting a translated word or adding memo information as a sentence example, in the previous embodiment, when one change is completed in the operation flow of adding or deleting information of a headline, a translated word, and a memo, the changed screen is displayed. Is displayed once and a new word input or a change mode switching key input wait is performed, the same change mode can be continuously executed, and the changed screen can be checked at all times.

When the English word is input and the translation screen is displayed and output, as shown in the example of FIG. 8, a new English word is input or the translated word key 7b (heading key 7b, memo key 7c) is input in step S29. Is pressed), the process proceeds to steps S30, S31, and S32 as described with reference to FIG.
At 33, the corrected display is output. In other words, if the translated word b matches the data in the ROM, the translated word is underlined. If the word matches and the * mark is added, the translated word is deleted. If not, the translated word b is additionally displayed. is there.

Next, in step S34, the system waits for a new word input. If YES, the process proceeds to the search flow in FIG.
In step S35, input of a change switching key (translation key, heading key, memo key) is awaited, and if the translation key 7b is pressed, the process proceeds to step S30. If the translation key 7b is depressed, the user waits for another change key (heading key, memo key) or a new English word.

Embodiment 3 In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, addition or deletion of a translated word or addition of memo information such as a sentence example is performed by designating a change place in advance using a key. By doing so, desired editing can be performed on the actual screen, which is more convenient.

FIG. 9 shows the upper screen of the device according to the third embodiment. The parts performing the same functions as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.

In FIG. 9, the display 3 has a display area defined in advance for each item, and an area 3a for displaying an English word as a headword.
And an area 3b for displaying Japanese and its part of speech corresponding to English words, and an area 3c for displaying sentence examples, comments, etc.
Is set in advance.

Further, as the correction key group 14, a correction key 14a for setting the display screen to the correction screen state, an insertion key 14b for adding a space for inserting a new character between characters, a delete key 14c for deleting display characters one by one, and An execution key 14d is provided for the purpose of fixing the screen after correction.

The alphabet key 4 is provided with an underline key 4a for displaying an underline. By pressing the underline key 4a, an underline can be additionally displayed below a desired character.

Next, an actual correction method will be described. When the English word "go" is input using the alphabet key 4 and the conversion key 6 is pressed, information stored in advance from the ROM 8 is displayed as shown in FIG.

Here, when the correction key 14a is pressed, the state shown in FIG. 10A is obtained. That is, first, the cursor is displayed so as to blink below the first character “g” of the headword “go”. When the execution key 14d is pressed in this state, all information following the headword is apparently deleted. The apparent deletion means that the data in the ROM is not deleted, and when the same word is registered as the heading information in the RAM, control is performed so as not to display all the words.

Next, when correcting the translated word information, the cursor is moved rightward with the cursor key 5c from the state shown in FIG. 10 (a), and when the cursor is moved to the right end of the display area 3a, a line feed is performed.
3b The cursor starts moving sequentially from the left end, and FIG. 10 (b)
In order to correct "Susum" as shown in Fig. 7, move the cursor to the position of "Su". If you want to delete "Susumu" here, press the delete key 14c to delete one character at a time.
When 14d is pressed, "Smooth" is displayed in the RAM 11 when the search is performed again with the same control as described above by storing "* Smooth" and * code together with the display area information as in the above-described embodiment. Disappears.

To add an underline to the lower part of "SUSUMI", press the underline key 4a in the state of FIG.
By pressing the key once and pressing the execution key 14d, "SUSUMI" is stored in the RAM 11 as a display with an underline.

Next, when adding a translation, move the cursor to the location to be added as shown in FIG. 10 (c), enter additional characters with the alphabet key 4, and press the execution key 14d. Is stored.

In addition, when adding a character or the like, the cursor key 5c is further depressed, the cursor is moved to the position shown in FIG.
By pressing the execution key 14d, the additional character code is stored in the RAM 11 together with the display area information of the memo.

By performing the addition / deletion by the above operation, the corrected screen is always displayed in the next word input search, and the addition can be performed on the corrected screen.

Embodiment 4 In the embodiment described above, the embodiment of the English-Japanese dictionary was shown. However, it is needless to say that the same configuration can be applied to other languages such as a Japanese language dictionary and a French-Japanese dictionary.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, for an input headword, word information stored in a non-rewritable manner in association with the headword is retrieved from the first dictionary. Searching the second dictionary for correction information stored in a rewritable manner in association with the storage location of the information in the first dictionary, and if there is the searched correction information, the searched word is determined based on the correction information. Correct the information so that it is displayed, add the information input by the operator or delete the information specified by the operator to the word information being displayed, and modify the information corresponding to the result of the addition or deletion. Since the information is registered in the second dictionary in association with the storage position of the word information in the first dictionary, the display of the word information for the specific word information stored irreversibly is performed. When the operator inputs information to be added or instructs information to be deleted, when the word information is subsequently searched and displayed, the previously input information is added or There is an effect that the displayed information can be deleted and displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of the electronic dictionary to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a display state of the display shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the apparatus shown, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage structure of a ROM, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage structure of a RAM, FIG. 6 and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control unit, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of another embodiment, FIG. 9 is a top view of an electronic dictionary according to another embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a display device. 1 ... main body, 2 ... keyboard, 3 ... display, 4 ... alphabetical keys, 5 ... function keys, 6 ... conversion keys, 7 ... correction keys, 8 ... ROM, 9 ... CPU, 10 ... keyboard, 11 ... RAM, 12 ... display drive, 13 ... display, 14 ... key for correction.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first dictionary in which word information is stored in a non-rewritable manner in association with a headword, and correction information for specific word information of the first dictionary is stored in the first dictionary of the word information. A second dictionary rewritably stored in association with the storage position, input means for inputting a headword, and a second dictionary for searching word information corresponding to the headword inputted from the input means from the first dictionary. A first search unit, and the first information of the word information searched by the first search unit.
A second search means for searching the second dictionary for correction information for the word information based on a storage position in the dictionary, and if there is the correction information searched by the second search means,
Display means for correcting and displaying the word information searched by the first search means based on the correction information, and displaying the searched word information as it is if there is no such searched correction information; Editing means for adding information input by the operator or deleting information specified by the operator to word information being displayed by the display means; and correction information corresponding to the result of addition or deletion by the editing means A registration unit for registering the word information in the second dictionary in association with the storage position of the word information in the first dictionary. 2. If there is correction information searched by the second search means, and if there is no part corresponding to the correction information in the word information searched by the first search means, the display means: 2. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the word information and the correction information are combined and displayed. 3. If there is correction information searched by the second search means, and if there is a portion of the word information searched by the first search means, which part matches the correction information,
2. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the display unit deletes and displays the matching part from the word information.