JP4114695B2 - Information display control device and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display control device and a program for searching for an example sentence including a designated search word.

  Conventionally, a dictionary database (Data Base; hereinafter referred to as “DB”) is provided, and a search word consisting of a plurality of words is input to search for a search word corresponding to the search word from the dictionary DB. There is known an electronic dictionary that is a kind of information display control device that displays related information such as the meaning of the found headword and example information using the headword, phrases, pronunciation, and commentary (for example, Patent Document 1). ). Also, an electronic dictionary having a function of displaying information related to a word / phrase when a word / phrase included in the related information of the displayed word is specified is known (for example, Patent Document 2).

In addition, if the jump function provided in the electronic dictionary is used, for example, a character string in the description information of the Japanese dictionary is specified, and the character string is used as a search word, and the Japanese dictionary, which is the same dictionary, or another dictionary, Japanese-English. It is possible to display the explanation information of the headwords of the dictionary and encyclopedia. The jump function provided in the electronic dictionary means that when explanation information corresponding to a headword is displayed, a part of the character string in the explanation information is designated, and the designated character string is used again as a search word. It is a function to perform a search.
JP 2002-108857 A (page 2-4, FIG. 1) JP 2000-276485 A (page 3-5, FIG. 2)

  By the way, when examining the meaning of a word included in an example sentence displayed by an example sentence search, there is the following incompatibility. That is, when the above-described conventional jump function is executed for a word included in the displayed example sentence, the explanation information for the word is read from the dictionary DB and displayed from the top. For this reason, the user needs to find out the meaning of the word included in the example sentence from the displayed explanation information, which is unusable.

  In particular, in recent years, so-called full content type electronic dictionaries, in which all paper dictionaries are digitized, have come to be used frequently. In this type of dictionary, there is a large amount of explanation information for one headword, and it is displayed one after another. Therefore, it is necessary to move many pages (screen scroll etc.) to search for desired explanation information. It took time and effort.

  The objective of this invention is providing the information display control apparatus and program which display appropriately the meaning corresponding to the word contained in an example sentence.

  In order to solve the above problems, the information display control device according to claim 1 includes a headword information storage unit that stores a headword and explanation information of the headword in association with each meaning (for example, 2 and the example sentence using the headword stored in the headword information storage means in association with the headword and the meaning of the headword. Example sentence storage means (for example, the example sentence data table 2632 in FIG. 2) and example sentence display control means (for example, control for displaying the example sentence stored in the example sentence storage means and the headword associated with the example sentence) CPU 21 in FIG. 2; step A2 in FIG. 6; steps B1 and B5 in FIG. 7, and word selection means for selecting words from the example sentences and headwords displayed by the example sentence display control means in accordance with user operations This word When the word selected by the selection means is the same as the headword stored in the example sentence storage means in association with the example sentence including the word, the headword stored in association with the example sentence Among the explanation information, control is performed to display the explanation information of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the example sentence, and when it is not the same as the headword stored by the example sentence storage means, Using the selected word as a new search word, a search word corresponding to the search word is searched from the search words stored in the search word information storage means, and explanation information of the search word is displayed. And a display control means for performing control.

  Further, the program according to claim 4 includes a headword information storage unit (for example, a headword data table in FIG. 2) that stores a headword and explanation information of the headword in association with each meaning. 2631) and example sentence storage means for storing example sentences using the entry words stored in the entry word information storage means in association with the entry words and the meaning of the entry words (for example, FIG. Example sentence display control means (for example, step of FIG. 6) for controlling a computer provided with the example sentence data table 2632) to display the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage means and the headwords associated with the example sentences. A2; Steps B1 and B5 in FIG. 7, a word selection means for selecting a word from the example sentence and the headword displayed by the example sentence display control means in accordance with a user operation, and a single word selected by the word selection means. Is the same as the headword stored in association with the example sentence containing the word and stored in the example sentence storage means, among the explanation information of the headword stored in association with the example sentence, the example sentence Control is performed to display the explanation information of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the headword, and when the headword stored in the example sentence storage means is not the same as the headword, the selected word is replaced with a new one. Display control means for performing a control to search for the headword corresponding to the search word as a search word from the headwords stored in the headword information storage means and to display the explanation information of the headword; It is a program to make it function as.

  According to the invention of claim 1 or 4, when the word selected from the example sentence and the entry corresponding to the example sentence is the entry used in the example sentence, The meaning of the headword used in the example sentence can be displayed. That is, for example, even when there are a plurality of meanings of the headword, the explanation information corresponding to the meaning of the headword used in the example sentence is displayed immediately, so that the user can use the headword used in the example sentence. Can be confirmed at a glance without moving the screen display.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the information display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit associates the word selected by the word selection unit with an example sentence including the word. When the headword is the same as the headword stored in the storage means, the explanation information of the headword stored in association with the example sentence is read out from the headword information storage means and displayed, and the explanation Among the information, control is performed to specially display the explanation information part of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the example sentence (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2; step A14 in FIG. 6).

  According to the invention of the second aspect, the meaning of the headword used in the example sentence can be displayed specially. That is, for example, even when there are a plurality of meanings of the headword, the explanation information corresponding to the meaning of the headword used in the example sentence is displayed specially, so that the user can search for the headword used in the example sentence. You can check the meaning immediately.

  Invention of Claim 3 is the information display control apparatus of Claim 1 or 2, Comprising: The input means which inputs a some word as a search word according to user operation, All the words input by this input means Extraction means for extracting an example sentence containing the sentence from the example sentence storage means, and the example sentence display control means is stored in the example sentence storage means in association with the example sentence among the example sentences extracted by the extraction means. The extracted headword is extracted so that the same example sentence as the input word is displayed earlier than the example sentence that is not the same as any word input as the search word. Control is performed to switch the display order of the example sentences (for example, CPU 21 in FIG. 2; step A2 in FIG. 6; steps B3 to B5 in FIG. 7).

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to preferentially display an example sentence associated with a word input as a search word as a headword. Therefore, for example, when there are a plurality of example sentences including the input word, the example sentence in which the input word from the plurality of example sentences is associated as a headword can be displayed from the top of the screen. Can confirm a desired example sentence at a glance.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 or 4, when the word selected from the example sentence and the found word associated with the example sentence is the found word used in the example sentence, The meaning of the headword used in the example sentence can be displayed. That is, for example, even when there are a plurality of meanings of the headword, the explanation information corresponding to the meaning of the headword used in the example sentence is displayed immediately, so that the user can use the headword used in the example sentence. Can be confirmed at a glance without moving the screen display.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the meaning of the headword used for the example sentence can be displayed specially. That is, for example, even when there are a plurality of meanings of the headword, the explanation information corresponding to the meaning of the headword used in the example sentence is displayed specially, so that the user can search for the headword used in the example sentence. You can check the meaning immediately.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to preferentially display an example sentence associated with a word input as a search word as a headword. Therefore, for example, when there are a plurality of example sentences including the input word, it is possible to display an example sentence in which the input word from the plurality of example sentences is associated as a headword, for example, from the top of the screen. The user can confirm a desired example sentence at a glance.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information display control device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a foldable portable electronic dictionary, which is a kind of information display control device, will be described as an example. However, embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are limited to this. It is not a thing.

  The portable electronic dictionary incorporates various electronic dictionary data (dictionary DB) such as a Japanese dictionary, an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, a synonym dictionary, and a proverb dictionary. The dictionary DB stores character data, image data, moving image data, audio data, and the like for explaining the headword in association with the headword. The user can display an explanation of the word by selecting the dictionary type and inputting the word. In the following description, an example in which a dictionary DB of English-Japanese dictionaries is built in a portable electronic dictionary will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a perspective overview of a portable electronic dictionary 1. As shown in the figure, the portable electronic dictionary 1 includes a display screen 11 and various key groups 12, includes a built-in battery (not shown), etc., and is casing with metal or resin. .

  The display screen 11 is a portion on which various data necessary for using the portable electronic dictionary 1 such as characters and codes in response to pressing of the various keys described above are displayed. The display screen 11 is an element such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an ELD (Electronic Luminescent Display), and is realized by a combination of one or more elements.

  Each key constituting the various key groups 12 is assigned with a unique function, and the user operates the portable electronic dictionary 1 by pressing these keys. Specifically, a character input key, a dictionary type selection key, a specified word example display key, and the like are provided.

  Each key group 12 includes a jump key 121, a direction key 122, and an enter key 123. The direction key 122 is configured by four keys indicating up, down, left, and right, for example. When the jump key 121 is pressed, the first displayed word is selected from the displayed words. When the direction key 122 is further pressed, another word is selected according to the pressed direction key 122.

  The direction key 122 is used when selecting a setting item on various setting screens or when scrolling the screen. The determination key 123 is used when executing various modes, determining setting items on various setting screens, and the like.

  The portable electronic dictionary 1 further includes a slot 13 for the storage medium 200. The storage medium 200 is a storage medium that stores various dictionary databases, programs, and the like, and is, for example, a memory card or a hard disk. The slot 13 is a device in which the storage medium 200 is detachably attached and data can be read from and written to the storage medium 200, and is appropriately selected according to the type of the storage medium 200.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable electronic dictionary 1. As shown in the figure, the portable electronic dictionary 1 includes a CPU 21, an input unit 22, a display unit 23, a communication unit 24, a RAM 25, a ROM 26, and a storage medium reading unit 27, and each unit is connected by a bus 28. ing.

  The CPU 21 executes processing based on a predetermined program in accordance with an input instruction, performs an instruction to each function unit, data transfer, and the like, and controls the portable electronic dictionary 1 in an integrated manner. Specifically, the CPU 21 reads a program stored in the ROM 26 in response to a press signal input from the input unit 22 and executes processing according to the program. Then, the processing result is stored in the RAM 25, and a display signal for displaying the processing result is appropriately output to the display unit 23 to display the corresponding display information.

  Further, the CPU 21 reads a source jump program 261, which will be described later, and executes source jump processing to search for and display example sentences including all of the input words, and the meaning of the selected word among the displayed example sentences. Is displayed.

  Specifically, the CPU 21 causes the display unit 23 to display an input screen for inputting a search term. When a search word composed of a plurality of words is input by the user, an example sentence including the search word is searched from the English-Japanese dictionary DB 263, and the searched example sentence is displayed on the display unit 23. Further, when the user selects a word in the example sentence and performs a predetermined operation, the meaning of the word is displayed on the display unit 23.

  The input unit 22 is an input device provided with a key group necessary for inputting characters such as kana and alphabets and selecting functions, and outputs a pressed signal of a pressed key to the CPU 21. By means of key input in the input unit 22, in particular, input means such as input of a search word, selection of a dictionary type, search execution instruction, and mode switching instruction are realized. The input unit 22 corresponds to the various key groups 12 shown in FIG.

  The display unit 23 displays various screens based on display signals input from the CPU 21. The display unit 23 corresponds to the display screen 11 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 24 includes a communication device for transmitting / receiving predetermined information to / from another device (for example, the dictionary server 310) connected via the network 300. A network such as LAN, WAN, or the Internet is applied to the network 300, and the CPU 21 is connected to the outside via a communication unit 24 and a communication line such as a telephone line, an ISDN line, a wireless communication line, a dedicated line, and a CATV line. Control to communicate with the device.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure directly connected with an external apparatus by wired or wireless communication not via the network 300. FIG.

  The dictionary server 310 publishes dictionary data stored in the net dictionary DB 320 managed by the dictionary server 310 so that it can be searched and displayed. Specifically, the dictionary server 310 searches for the entry word data designated from the net dictionary DB 320 in response to a search request for dictionary data transmitted from the portable electronic dictionary 1, and corresponds to the entry word data. By transmitting the description information to the portable electronic dictionary 1, the network dictionary DB 320 is disclosed and provided. The network dictionary DB 320 is updated as needed, for example, by adding new words, and when the dictionary data is updated, the corresponding update date is updated as appropriate.

  The RAM 25 includes a memory area that temporarily holds various programs executed by the CPU 21 and data related to the execution of these programs. In the present embodiment, a search word storage area 251, an example sentence storage area 252 and a selected word storage area 253 are particularly provided.

  In the search word storage area 251, the word input by the input unit 22 is stored. Hereinafter, among the input words, each word is referred to as a search word, and a group of a plurality of words is referred to as a plurality of search words. In addition, the term “search word” refers to a word input for search by the user, and includes both a case where the word consists of a single word and a case where the word consists of a plurality of words (that is, a plurality of search words).

  The example sentence storage area 252 stores example sentences, citations, translations, and the like extracted in the process of performing the source jump process by the CPU 21.

  The ROM 26 stores programs and data for realizing various functions of the portable electronic dictionary 1. In the present embodiment, the ROM 26 stores a source jump program 261, an example sentence search display program 262, an English-Japanese dictionary DB 263, and the like.

  The source jump program 261 searches the display unit 23 for an example sentence including the search word input by the user from the English-Japanese dictionary DB 263, and displays the meaning of the word when a word included in the example sentence is selected. This is a program for causing the CPU 21 to execute source jump processing.

  The example sentence search display program 262 is a subroutine program included in the source jump program 261, and is a program for causing the CPU 21 to execute an example sentence search display process for searching and displaying an example sentence including the input search word from the English-Japanese dictionary DB 263. .

  The English-Japanese dictionary DB 263 includes a headword data table 2631, an example sentence data table 2632, a phrase data table 2633, and a word example sentence data table 2634.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the headword data table 2631. The headword data table 2631 includes headwords (for example, “at”) and explanatory information indicating the meaning of the headwords (for example, “previous” 14.... In this case, "...") is stored. The explanation information is divided and stored for each meaning. Furthermore, an example sentence number for designating a related example sentence is associated with each meaning and stored. The example sentence number is for identifying an example sentence stored in an example sentence data table 2632 described later.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the example sentence data table 2632. As shown in FIG. In the example sentence data table 2632, an example sentence number, a source of an example sentence, and an example sentence are stored in association with each other. The translation is also stored along with the example sentences. The source indicates a headword associated with the example sentence and its meaning. For example, “be slow [quick] at learn”, which is an example sentence of the example sentence number “5”, indicates that the sentence is related to the 14th meaning of the preposition of the headword “at”.

  Hereinafter, the headword included in the source stored in the example sentence data table 2632 is referred to as “source headword”, and the meaning included in the source is referred to as “source meaning”.

  FIG. 5A shows an example of the data structure of the phrase data table 2633. The phrase data table 2633 includes a phrase (for example, “make a good [poor] fist at [of] O”) and explanatory information indicating the meaning of the phrase (for example, “. And “do” are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the word example sentence data table 2634. In the word example sentence data table 2634, words and the example sentence numbers of all example sentences including the word are stored in association with each other.

  The storage medium reading unit 27 is a functional unit that reads / writes data from / to the storage medium 200 such as a memory card or a hard disk. The storage medium reading unit 27 corresponds to the slot 13 shown in FIG.

  The CPU 21 searches the dictionary DB stored in the ROM 26 (English-Japanese dictionary DB 263 in the present embodiment), the various dictionary DBs stored in the storage medium 200, and the dictionary DB including one of the net dictionary DB 320 to search for an example sentence including the search word. It is possible. In this case, the dictionary DB and the net dictionary DB 320 stored in the storage medium 200 have the same data structure as the English-Japanese dictionary DB 263. In the present embodiment, a case where an example sentence is searched using the English-Japanese dictionary DB 263 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the source jump process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the source jump program 261. The flow of the source jump process will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the CPU 21 displays an input screen 100 for inputting a search term as shown in FIG. When a search word is input by the user (step A1), the CPU 21 displays characters in the input character display area 101 based on a pressed signal of the pressed key, and stores the input search word in the search word storage area 251. To do.

  Here, for example, when searching for an example sentence including the words “good” and “at”, the user inputs “good & at”. Note that “&” may be another predetermined symbol. The search word storage area 251 stores the search words in the order in which they are input, for example, “good, at”.

  Next, the CPU 21 shifts the processing to the example sentence search display processing (step A2). FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the example sentence search display process executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the example sentence search display program 262. First, the CPU 21 extracts example sentence numbers of example sentences including all the search words stored in the search word storage area 251 from the word example sentence data table 2634 (step B1).

  Specifically, for example, when “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251, the example sentence number (1, 8, 100, 101, 102,...) Corresponding to “good” from the word example sentence data table 2634 is stored.・ ・) Is extracted. Next, an example sentence number (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100, 101, 102...) Corresponding to “at” is extracted. Then, common example sentence numbers are extracted from the example sentence numbers extracted for the respective words.

  Next, the CPU 21 refers to the example sentence data table 2632 and stores the example sentence, the source, and the translation corresponding to the example sentence number extracted in step B1 in the example sentence storage area 252 (step B2). FIG. 10A shows the search word storage area 251, the example sentence storage area 252, and the selected word storage area 253 at the end of the process of step B2 of the example sentence search display process when “good & at” is input from the input unit 22. It is the figure which showed an example of the memory content. In the search word storage area 251, “good, at” is stored according to the input search word. The example sentence storage area 252 stores an example sentence including both “good” and “at”, a source, and a translated sentence.

  Then, the CPU 21 searches the example sentence stored in the example sentence storage area 252 for an example sentence having the same source word as the search word stored at the top of the search word storage area 251, and finds the example sentence, the source, and the translated sentence. It moves to the head of the example sentence storage area 252 and stores it (step B3).

  Specifically, referring to an example of the storage contents of each storage area in FIG. 10A, “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251. The example sentence 252c having “good” is moved to the head of the example sentence storage area 252 and stored. In addition, the example sentence whose source headword is “good”, the source, and the translated sentence are similarly moved to the head of the example sentence storage area 252 and stored.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 searches the example sentences stored in the example sentence storage area 252 for an example sentence having the same source word as the search word stored second in the search word storage area 251, and The translated sentence is moved to and stored after the example sentence, the source and the translated sentence having the same source search word as the head search word (step B4).

  Specifically, referring to an example of the storage contents of each storage area in FIG. 10A, since “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251, the source headword of the example sentence is The example sentence 252b that is “at” is moved and stored next to the example sentence whose source headword is “good”, the source, and the translation.

  FIG. 10B is a diagram showing an example of the storage contents of the search word storage area 251, the example sentence storage area 252, and the selected word storage area 253 at the end of the process of step B4 of the example sentence search display process. Since “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251, the example sentence 252 c whose source headword is “good” is stored at the head of the example sentence storage area 252. The example sentence 252b whose source headword is “at” is stored next to the example sentence whose source headword is “good” such as the example sentence 252c, the source, and the translated sentence. Furthermore, the example sentence 252a whose source headword is not “good” or “at” is stored after the example sentence whose source headword is “good” and “at”, the source and the translated sentence.

  When three or more search words are stored in the search word storage area 251, the CPU 21 rearranges and stores the example sentences, sources, and translations stored in the example sentence storage area 252 based on the order of the search words. Repeat the process.

  Next, the CPU 21 displays a list of example sentences on the display unit 23 based on the contents stored in the example sentence storage area 252 (step B5). FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of the display screen 102 displayed in step B5.

  And CPU21 complete | finishes example sentence search display processing, and transfers a process to step A3 of citation jump processing. Subsequently, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the jump key 121 has been pressed (step A3). When determining that the jump key 121 has not been pressed (step A3; No), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the direction key 122 has been pressed (step A5). When it is determined that the direction key 122 has been pressed (step A5; Yes), the CPU 21 scrolls the screen display of the display unit 23 according to the pressed direction key 122 (step A6).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the direction key 122 has not been pressed (step A5; No), the CPU 21 proceeds to another process (step A8). If it is determined in step A3 that the jump key 121 has been pressed, the CPU 21 selects the first word among the words displayed on the display unit 23 and stores the word in the selected word storage area 253 (step S3). A4). The selected word is highlighted, for example, to indicate that it is in a selected state.

  Subsequently, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the direction key 122 has been pressed (step A7). If it is determined that the direction key 122 has not been pressed (step A7; No), the CPU 21 shifts the processing to another process (step A8). If it is determined that the direction key 122 has been pressed (step A7; Yes), the CPU 21 selects another word according to the pressed direction key 122, and updates and stores the word in the selected word storage area 253 (step A9). ).

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the enter key 123 has been pressed (step A10). When determining that the enter key 123 has not been pressed (step A10; No), the CPU 21 proceeds to step A7.

  FIG. 8C shows an example of the display screen 103 displayed when the jump key 121 is pressed in step A3 and the direction key 122 is repeatedly pressed to select the word 104. is there. The word 104 is highlighted, for example, to indicate that it is in a selected state.

  FIG. 11 shows a search word storage area 251 and an example sentence storage area 252 when the jump key 121 is pressed in step A3 and the direction key 122 is repeatedly pressed and the word 104 on the display screen 103 is selected. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the stored contents of a selected word storage area 253. FIG. The selected word storage area 253 stores the selected word “at”.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step A10 that the enter key 123 has been pressed (step A11; Yes), the CPU 21 displays the jump destination item in a window on the display unit 23 (step A11).

  FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of the display screen 106 displayed when the enter key 123 is pressed in step A10. The window 107 displays jump destination items. When determining the jump destination, the user selects the radio button corresponding to the item and presses the determination key 123.

  Then, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the radio button 108 corresponding to the example source jump has been selected and the enter key 123 has been pressed (step A12). When it is determined that the radio button 108 has been selected and the enter key 123 has been pressed (step A12; Yes), the CPU 21 determines which of the words stored in the selected word storage area 253 is stored in the search word storage area 251. It is determined whether or not the search word is the same (step A13).

  When it is determined that the word stored in the selected word storage area 253 is the same as any search word stored in the search word storage area 251 (step A13; Yes), the CPU 21 is selected. Source headwords and source meanings of example sentences including words are extracted from the example sentence data table 2632. Then, the extracted source headword is used as a headword, and among the explanation information corresponding to the headword, the explanation information corresponding to the extracted source word meaning is read from the headword data table 2631 and displayed on the display unit 23. (Step A14). Further, the CPU 21 selects an example button corresponding to the meaning.

  FIG. 9B is a diagram showing an example of the display screen 109 displayed in step A14. For example, if the meaning explanation information corresponding to the selected word is 110, the explanation information 110 is specially displayed by inserting an underline. In addition, the display may be reversed or the font, character color, or the like may be changed. Further, the example button 111 corresponding to the explanation information 110 is automatically selected.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step A13 that the word stored in the selected word storage area 253 is different from the search word stored in the search word storage area 251, the CPU 21 stores the word in the selected word storage area 253. With the word as a headword, the explanation information of the headword is read from the headword data table 2631 and displayed on the display unit 23 (step A15).

  If it is determined in step A12 that the example source jump has not been selected, the CPU 21 determines whether the phrase jump radio button 115 has been selected (step A17). When the phrase jump radio button 115 is not selected (step A17; No), the CPU 21 proceeds to another process (step A19).

  When the phrase jump radio button 115 is selected (step A16; Yes), the CPU 21 extracts phrase and explanation information including all the search words stored in the search word storage area 251 from the phrase data table 2633, and displays the display unit. 23 (step A17). For example, when “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251, the phrase “make a good [poor] fist at [of] O” including both “good” and “at” from the phrase data table 2633. Is retrieved and displayed on the display unit 23 together with the explanation information. Thereby, it is not necessary to return to the input screen and input the search word again to perform the phrase search, and the phrase search can be performed immediately. Then, the source jump process is terminated.

  FIG. 9C shows an example of the display screen 112 when the display screen 109 shown in FIG. 9B is displayed on the display unit 23, the example button 111 is selected, and the enter key 123 is pressed. It is a figure. On the display screen 112, examples of the meaning number “14” of the headword “at” are displayed as a list. Further, an example including all search words stored in the search word storage area 251 is specially displayed. For example, when “good, at” is stored in the search word storage area 251, an underline or the like is inserted in the example 113 and displayed.

  As described above, when an example sentence search is performed based on the input search word, and the word meaning of the word is displayed by selecting a word included in the searched example sentence, the word corresponds to the example sentence. If it is the same as the headword, the corresponding explanation information of the source meaning is displayed on the display unit 23. Thus, even when the selected word has a plurality of meanings, the user can confirm the desired meaning at a glance without moving the screen display or the like.

  In addition, in the example sentence searched in the example sentence search, the example sentence whose search word is the source headword is preferentially rearranged and displayed according to the input order of the search word, so that the user does not move the screen display, etc. The desired example sentence can be confirmed immediately.

  Furthermore, when displaying the explanation information of the source corresponding to the example sentence and the examples including all the search words when displaying a list of examples of the explanation information, the user immediately recognizes the display of the meaning of the selected word. be able to.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. .

The figure which shows an example of the perspective view schematic of the portable electronic dictionary to which this invention is applied. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable electronic dictionary 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of a headword data table. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of an example sentence data table. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of a phrase data table and a word example sentence data table. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of a source | sauce jump process. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the portable electronic dictionary which concerns on execution of an example sentence search display process. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on a display part. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on a display part. The figure which shows an example of the memory content of a search word memory area, an example sentence memory area, and a selection word memory area. The figure which shows an example of the memory content of a search word memory area, an example sentence memory area, and a selection word memory area.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable electronic dictionary 11 Display screen 12 Key group 13 Slot 14 Memory card 21 CPU
22 Input unit 23 Display unit 24 Communication unit 25 RAM
251 Search word storage area 252 Example sentence storage area 253 Selected word storage area 26 ROM
261 Source Jump Program 262 Example sentence search display program 263 English-Japanese Dictionary DB
2631 Headword data table
2632 Example sentence data table
2633 phrase data table
2634 Word example sentence data table 27 Storage medium reading unit 300 Network 310 Dictionary server 320 Net dictionary DB

Claims (4)

A headword information storage means for storing a headword and explanation information of the headword in association with each meaning;
Example sentence storage means for storing an example sentence using the entry word stored in the entry word information storage means in association with the entry word and the meaning of the entry word;
Example sentence display control means for performing control to display the example sentence stored by the example sentence storage means and the headword associated with the example sentence;
Word selection means for selecting a word from the example sentences and headwords displayed by the example sentence display control means according to a user operation;
If the word selected by the word selection unit is the same as the headword stored in the example sentence storage unit in association with the example sentence including the word, the headword stored in association with the example sentence is stored. In the explanation information of the word, control is performed to display the explanation information of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the example sentence, and when it is not the same as the headword stored by the example sentence storage means The headword corresponding to the search word is searched from the headwords stored in the headword information storage means using the selected word as a new search word, and the explanation information of the headword is obtained. Display control means for controlling the display;
An information display control device comprising:   If the word selected by the word selection unit is the same as the headword stored in the example sentence storage unit in association with the example sentence including the word, the display control unit associates the word with the example sentence. The stored explanation information of the headword is read from the headword information storage means and displayed, and the explanation information part of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the example sentence in the explanation information The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display is controlled to be specially displayed. An input means for inputting a plurality of words as search words according to a user operation;
An extraction means for extracting from the example sentence storage means an example sentence including all words input by the input means;
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In the example sentence display control means, among the example sentences extracted by the extraction means, the headword stored in the example sentence storage means in association with the example sentence is the same as any word input as the search word The display example of the extracted example sentence is switched and displayed so that the same example sentence as any of the input words is displayed earlier than the example sentence that is not.
The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display control apparatus is an information display control apparatus. A headword information storage means for storing a headword and explanation information of the headword in association with each meaning, and an example sentence using the headword stored in the headword information storage means, A computer comprising the headword and example sentence storage means for storing the headword in association with the meaning of the headword;
Example sentence display control means for performing control to display the example sentence stored by the example sentence storage means and the headword associated with the example sentence;
Word selection means for selecting a word from the example sentences and headwords displayed by the example sentence display control means in accordance with a user operation;
If the word selected by the word selection unit is the same as the headword stored in the example sentence storage unit in association with the example sentence including the word, the headword stored in association with the example sentence is stored. In the explanation information of the word, control is performed to display the explanation information of the meaning of the headword stored in association with the example sentence, and when it is not the same as the headword stored by the example sentence storage means The headword corresponding to the search word is searched from the headwords stored in the headword information storage means using the selected word as a new search word, and the explanation information of the headword is obtained. Display control means for controlling the display;
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