JP4534557B2 - Information display control device and information display control processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is to store various dictionary databases and electronic data relates to information display control device and information display control program for displaying information such as various languages spelling and pronunciation symbols.

  Traditionally, various foreign language dictionaries such as English, German, French, etc. are converted into electronic data and stored in a storage medium such as a ROM. Based on this, words in various languages are entered as headwords and their translation information is searched. Electronic dictionary devices that are displayed widely are widely used.

  In such an electronic dictionary device, there is a pronunciation electronic dictionary device that outputs a phonetic symbol as well as a spelling of a word searched based on an inputted headword, and further outputs a voice of the pronunciation. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In this electronic pronunciation dictionary device, a part of the searched dictionary data is specified and a pronunciation operation is performed. If the specified data is a word consisting of alphabets, the pronunciation data is generated in accordance with English basic rules. If the designated data is a phonetic symbol, the phonetic symbol is converted into a unique symbol for voice output, and phonetic data is generated from this symbol and output as a voice.
JP 2000-330998 A

  For example, in English learning at junior and senior high schools, it is widely used to compare different pronunciations with the same pronunciation and spelling as words learned in the past. And as a pronunciation test, there is often a problem of selecting the same or different pronunciations for words learned in the past and new words, but there are many students who are not good at such pronunciation problems.

  The reason why students are not good at pronunciation problems is that students usually memorize words by memorizing their spelling and meaning, and even if the pronunciation is the same in katakana It is difficult to learn even slightly different pronunciations.

  Therefore, in the case where the pronunciation data of the searched word is simply output by voice as in the conventional pronunciation electronic dictionary device, it is possible to systematically learn the sameness and subtle differences in pronunciation between different words. There is a problem that cannot be done.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information display control device and an information display control processing program capable of efficiently learning pronunciation contents between different words. And

In the information display control device according to claim 1 of the present invention, an information storage means for storing explanatory information including the phonetic symbol of the headword in association with the headword, and a search history of the headword as a history A history storage means, a headword selection means for selecting any headword stored in the information storage means by a user operation, and a headline for registering the headword selected by the headword selection means in the history storage means A word registration unit, a description information display control unit that reads out the description information associated with the headword selected by the headword selection unit from the information storage unit and displays it on the display unit; and the description information display control unit A vowel part identification display means for identifying and displaying the character of the vowel part of the headword on which the explanatory information is displayed as the designated character of the headword; Vocal part identical headword extraction for extracting a headword having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character of the vowel part identified and displayed as the designated character by the head identifying display means from the headword registered in the history storage means And a vowel part same headword display control means for displaying the headword extracted by the same vowel part headword extracting means together with the explanation information displayed on the display unit in a divided display. And

According to this, the character of the vowel part is identified and displayed as the designated character for the selected headword, and the past selected headword having the same pronunciation part as the pronunciation part of the character of the vowel part is extracted and selected headword It is possible to learn a new selected headword with reference to the past selected headword display having the same pronunciation part without the need of user designation for the characters of the vowel part of the selected headword because it is displayed in a divided display together with the explanation information of become.

The information display control device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the information display control device according to claim 1, further comprising a user who designates a character of the headword selected by the headword selection means by a user operation. A user designating unit comprising character designating means, and extracting a headword having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character designated by the user operation by the user character designating means from the headword registered in the history storage means It is characterized by comprising the same headword extracting means and the user designated portion same headword display control means for displaying the headword extracted by the user designated portion same headword extracting means on the display portion.

According to this, since a headword having the same pronunciation as the pronunciation of the user-specified character portion is extracted and displayed corresponding to the new selected headword, a past word having the same pronunciation as the designated character portion is displayed. A new selected headword can be learned with reference to the selected headword.

The information display control device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the information display control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the same vowel part headword extraction means is designated by the vowel part identification display means. A headword having the same pronunciation as the character identified and displayed as a character and having the same pronunciation as the designated character is extracted from the headwords registered in the history storage means. The same pronunciation and the same character extraction means, and the headword having the same pronunciation as the character identified and displayed as the designated character by the vowel part identification display means, and the same pronunciation character is different from the designated character The same pronunciation different character extraction means for extracting from the headword registered in the history storage means, the vowel part same headword display control means, the same pronunciation same character extraction It comprises a headword extracted by means of the same phase different character based display control means for displaying different display areas of the display unit and the extracted entry word by the same pronunciation phase different character extracting means, and characterized in that To do.

According to this, since the headwords with the same pronunciation and the same characters and the headwords with the same pronunciation and different characters are displayed in different display areas, whether the characters are the same or different in the same pronunciation depends on the display area. A new selected headword can be learned while distinguishing and recognizing .

According to the information display control device of the first aspect of the present invention, for the selected headword, a character having a vowel part is identified and displayed as a designated character, and the past having a pronunciation part identical to the pronunciation part of the character of the vowel part Selected headwords are extracted and displayed together with the explanation information of the selected headwords in a divided display, so that past selected headwords having the same pronunciation part can be displayed without the need of user designation for the characters of the vowels of the selected headwords. A new selected headword can be learned with reference.

According to the information display control device according to claim 2 of the present invention, since the headword having the same pronunciation as the pronunciation of the character part specified by the user is extracted and displayed corresponding to the new selected headword, A new selected headword can be learned with reference to a past selected headword having the same pronunciation as the designated character portion.

According to the information display control device of the third aspect of the present invention, the headwords having the same pronunciation and the same characters and the headwords having the same pronunciation and different characters are displayed in different display areas. Thus, a new selected headword can be learned while recognizing whether the characters are the same or different according to the display area .

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information display control device and an information display control processing program that can efficiently learn the pronunciation content between different words.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of a portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 according to an embodiment of an information display control device of the present invention.

  The portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 is configured as a PDA (personal digital assistants) which is a portable terminal having an electronic dictionary function described below, or is configured as a portable device dedicated to the electronic dictionary. This portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded in various recording media or a transmitted program and whose operation is controlled by the read program. CPU (central processing unit) 11 is provided.

  The CPU 11 is a device control program stored in the memory 12 in advance, or a device control program read from the external recording medium 13 such as a CD-ROM into the memory 12 via the recording medium reading unit 14 or on the Internet N. A device control program read into the memory 12 from the Web server (in this case, the program server) via the power transmission control unit 15, or a user PC (personal computer) 30 and communication from the Web server (program server) on the Internet N The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with a device control program read into the memory 12 via the unit 16, and the device control program stored in the memory 12 is input from an input unit 17 including keys and a touch panel. Input signal according to the user's operation or transmission control unit 15 and the Web server 20 on the Internet N connected via the communication unit 16 (user PC 30).

  The CPU 11 is connected to the memory 12, the recording medium reading unit 14, the transmission control unit 15, the communication unit 16, and the input unit 17. In addition, the display unit 18 including an LCD, an audio output unit including an amplifier and a speaker 19 etc. are connected.

  In the memory 12, communication for data communication with each Web server 20 on the Internet N via a system program that controls the entire operation of the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 and the transmission control unit 15 (communication unit 16). In addition to storing programs, dictionary search for searching for explanation information such as spelling, pronunciation and translation of words according to headword input based on dictionary data (12d) stored in advance or downloaded from outside The processing program 12a, information related to the word (search word) searched according to the dictionary search processing program 12a is registered as history data (word search history) (12e) and word book data (12f), and related to pronunciation of the search word From the history data (12e) and the word book data (12f) Out word information display process for or to see displayed program 12b and the associated sound word display processing program 12c are stored.

  The memory 12 includes a dictionary data memory 12d, a history data memory 12e, a word book data memory 12f, an input entry word memory 12g, a designated word memory 12h, a designated character memory 12i, an identical pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12j, The same pronunciation / different spelling part word memory 12k and the different pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12l are prepared, and a work area 12m, which is a temporary storage area for work data, is prepared.

  In the dictionary data memory 12d, dictionary data centered on various language dictionaries such as English-Japanese dictionaries and English-English dictionaries are stored in advance or downloaded from the outside.

  In the history data memory 12e, information on a word (search word) acquired with the search of the dictionary data is automatically stored and registered as a search word history.

  In the word book data memory 12f, information on words (search words) acquired by searching the dictionary data is stored and registered in alphabetical order or registration operation order in accordance with an instruction of “word book registration” by a user operation. In response to a user operation for each word in the word book data, a check mark indicating that the word has been learned is associated and stored.

  The input headword memory 12g stores headwords input by the user in the dictionary data search process.

  The designated word memory 12h stores a word (designated word) designated as a search target from among the search candidate words displayed in a list according to the input headword.

  In the designated character memory 12i, for example, a character of the vowel part or a character arbitrarily designated by the user, which is a characteristic part of the pronunciation of the designated word, is stored as a designated character.

  In the same pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12j, there is a word having the same pronunciation (part) as the word (search word) acquired in the search of the dictionary data and the same pronunciation part being the same spelling part. It is extracted from the history registered words in the history data memory 12e and stored.

  In the same pronunciation / different spelling part word memory 12k, a word that has the same pronunciation (part) as the word (search word) acquired in the search of the dictionary data and whose spelling part is different is the word. It is extracted from the history registration words in the history data memory 12e and stored.

  In the different pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12l, a word having the same spelling part as the word (search word) acquired in the search of the dictionary data and having the same spelling part as a different pronunciation (part) is stored. It is extracted from the history registration words in the history data memory 12e and stored.

  In the work area 12m, various data input / output to / from the CPU 11 according to various device control processing programs such as the dictionary search processing program 12a, the word information display processing program 12b, and the related pronunciation word display processing program 12c as required. Remembered.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a search display screen G1 for English-Japanese history data and a search display screen G2 for English word data accompanying dictionary search processing in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, when the “English-Japanese” key 17a and the “history” key 17b of the input unit 17 are operated, the history data (English words) associated with the “English-Japanese” dictionary search registered in the history data memory 12e. Search) is read out and displayed on the display unit 18 as an English-Japanese history search display screen G1 arranged in the order of registration, for example.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the “English-Japanese” key 17a of the input unit 17 is operated to input the search target heading word “bus” and the “translation / decision” key 17c is operated, the dictionary data The search target word “bus” and its explanation information are searched based on the “English-Japanese” dictionary data stored in the memory 12d and displayed as an English word search display screen G2.

  Next, a dictionary search function by the mobile device (electronic dictionary) 10 having the above-described configuration will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing word information display processing which is a dictionary search function by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  For example, by operating the “English-Japanese” key 17 a and setting the “English-Japanese” dictionary search mode, the dictionary search processing program 12 a is activated, and a headword input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 18. In this state, when a character (string) to be searched is input and displayed by operating the character input key of the input unit 17 on this entry word input screen (step S1 → S2), the input character (string) Are searched for based on the “English-Japanese” dictionary data (12d) and displayed on the display unit 18 as a headword list screen (not shown) (step S3).

  In this headword list screen, when the headword of the word that the user wants to search is selected according to the operation of the cursor key or the like and the “translation / decision” key 17c is operated (step S4), this “English-Japanese” dictionary The headword word selected and determined as the search target is automatically registered in the history data memory 12e as a search word in the “English-Japanese” dictionary (step S5).

  Then, the headword (word) registered in the history and the explanation information thereof are searched from the dictionary data (12d) of “English-Japanese” and correspond to the search word “bus”, for example, as shown in FIG. The English word search display screen G2 is displayed (step S6).

  When the “word book registration” key 17i is operated in the display state of the English word search display screen G2 (see FIG. 9A), the word being searched and displayed is “English-Japanese” in the word book data memory 12f. Is additionally registered as a word book (steps S7 → S8).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the related pronunciation word display process (A) accompanying the word information display process in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a related pronunciation history word list screen G3 displayed in association with the related pronunciation word display process (A) in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  For example, as shown in the English-Japanese history data search display screen G1 in FIG. 2A, each search word “English-Japanese” is registered in the history data memory 12e, and FIG. ) When the search display screen G2 for the English word “bus” is displayed (steps S1 to S6), as shown in FIG. 5A, the “pronunciation history” key 17d of the input unit 17 is displayed. Is operated, the pronunciation data “bus” P of the heading word “bus” being displayed for search is output from the voice output unit 19 (step S9 → S10), and the related pronunciation word display process (A) in FIG. 4 is activated. (Step SA).

  In the related pronunciation word display process (A), first, the user-designated word “bus” is detected from the search result of the “English-Japanese” dictionary (step A1), and the phonetic symbol of the designated word “bus” is read. As shown in FIG. 5A, it is displayed in the upper area of the related pronunciation history word list screen G3.

  At this time, the character of the vowel part in the display spelling of the designated word “bus” is highlighted and displayed as the designated character X of the characteristic part by default, and corresponds to the default designated character X in the phonetic symbol of the designated word The underline Y is added to the vowel symbol.

  Here, if the designated word “bus” has a designated character that is arbitrarily set as a characteristic part instead of the default designated character X of the vowel part (characteristic part), the cursor is operated to move the designated word. The designated character X in the displayed spelling is moved and displayed, and the underline Y indicating the corresponding phonetic symbol is also moved and displayed (step A3 → A4).

  Then, the phonetic symbol corresponding to the designated character “u” of the designated word “bus” indicated by the underline Y is read (step A5) and each word registered in the history data memory 12e ( Each phonetic symbol is read (see FIG. 2) (step A6).

  Then, the location corresponding to the designated character “u” of the designated word “bus” read in step A5 from among the registered words (see FIG. 2) in the history data read in step A6. History registered words “cup”, “factory”, “public”, “country”... Having the same phonetic symbols as those of the phonetic symbols are extracted (step A7), and in the related pronunciation history word list screen G3 shown in FIG. A list is displayed together with each corresponding phonetic symbol and a part of the explanation information (step A8).

  As a result, the user can view the history registered words having the same pronunciation part as the characteristic pronunciation part in the designated word “bus” in the dictionary search this time on the related pronunciation history word list screen G3, and search in the past. The pronunciation of the search word can be efficiently learned with reference to the pronunciation of the learned English word.

  Thereafter, when the user changes the designated word or the designated character, the process returns to the process from step A5, and the designated word and the designated character after the change are designated in the same manner as described above. History registered words having the same phonetic symbols as the corresponding phonetic symbols are extracted and displayed in a list on the related pronunciation history word list screen G3 (steps A9 → A5 to A8).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, for the designated word “bus” displayed in the upper row on the related pronunciation history word list screen G3, the designated character X is arbitrarily changed to “b” by the operation of the left cursor key 17f. In this case, the history registration words “book”, “bath”, “public”... Having the same phonetic symbols as the phonetic symbols corresponding to the changed designated character X “b” are extracted, and the related pronunciation history words are extracted. A list is displayed together with each corresponding phonetic symbol and a part of the explanation information on the list screen G3 (steps A5 to A8).

  In this related pronunciation history word list screen G3, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, when the down cursor key 17e is operated, one of the history registered words is designated. The inversion cursor K is sequentially moved in the direction of the cursor, and the pronunciation data P corresponding to the pronunciation symbol of the corresponding word is output from the voice output unit 19. The history cursor word designated by the user is designated by the inversion cursor K. When the “translation / decision” key 17c is operated in a state of being set, a dictionary search process for searching for the arbitrarily specified history registration word is executed, and the English word search display screen G2 (see FIG. 2B). ) To return to the display state of the search target word and its explanatory information (step SA → S6).

  In the related pronunciation word display process (A) described in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, the related pronunciation history word list screen G3 is displayed and output as one independent screen as shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ may be divided and displayed on the English word search display screen G2 displayed in step S6.

  FIG. 6 shows a related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ (part 1) divided and displayed on the word search display screen G2 in association with the related pronunciation word display processing (A) in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows a related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ (part 2) divided and displayed on the word search display screen G2 in association with the related pronunciation word display processing (A) in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG.

  That is, in the search display screen G2 for the English word “bus” shown in FIG. 2 (step S6), as shown in FIG. 6A, when the “pronunciation history” key 17d is operated, the designated word “ The pronunciation data P of “bus” is output by voice (step S10), and the related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ is divided and displayed according to the related pronunciation word display process (A) shown in FIG.

  In the related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ on the English word search display screen G2, the phonetic symbol corresponding to the designated word “bus” is read out and displayed as well as the designated character “ An extraction list display of history registered words “cup”, “factory”, “public”, “country”,... having the same phonetic symbol as that corresponding to “u” is performed (steps A1 to A8).

  In this related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′, as shown in FIGS. 6 (B) and 6 (C), when the right cursor key 17g is operated, inversion for designating one of the history registered words is performed. While the cursor K is sequentially moved and displayed in the direction of the cursor, the pronunciation data P corresponding to the pronunciation symbol of the corresponding word is output from the voice output unit 19 and the partial display of the pronunciation symbol and the explanation information of the corresponding word is displayed as the explanation information. This is done by the window W1.

  As a result, the user selects a history registered word having the same pronunciation part as the characteristic pronunciation part in the designated word “bus” in the dictionary search this time, on the related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ on the English word search display screen G2. The pronunciation of the current search word can be efficiently learned while referring to the pronunciation of the English word that was previously learned by searching.

  Then, when the “translation / decision” key 17c is operated in a state where the user's arbitrary history registered word is designated by the reverse cursor K, dictionary search processing is executed for the arbitrarily designated history registered word as a search target. Then, the display returns to the display state of only the search target word and its explanatory information on the English word search display screen G2 (see FIG. 2B) (step SA → S6).

  When the up cursor key 17h is operated in the display state of the related pronunciation history word list area G3 ′ on the English word search display screen G2, as shown in FIG. 7A, the designated word “bus” is displayed. History registered words “bath”, “cat”, “that”... Having similar phonetic symbols to the pronunciation of the designated character “u” are extracted and displayed in a list.

  Also in this case, as shown in FIG. 7B, when the right cursor key 17g is operated, the reverse cursor K for designating one of the history registered words is sequentially moved and displayed in the direction of the cursor. However, the pronunciation data P corresponding to the phonetic symbol of the corresponding word is output from the voice output unit 19, and the phonetic symbol of the corresponding word and a part of the explanation information are displayed by the explanation information display window W1.

  As a result, the user can also register a history registered word having a pronunciation part similar to the characteristic pronunciation part in the designated word “bus” in the current dictionary search in the related pronunciation history word list area G3 on the English word search display screen G2. It can be seen at ', and the pronunciation of the current search word can be efficiently learned while referring to similar pronunciations in English words searched and learned in the past.

  On the other hand, when the “history” key 17b is operated in the display state of the English word search display screen G2 (see FIG. 2B) in step S6 (step S11), it is registered in the history data memory 12e at that time. The history data (English word search) associated with the “English-Japanese” dictionary search being read is read out, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the display unit 18 is displayed as an English-Japanese history search display screen G1 displaying a list of each search word. (Step S12).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the word book data accompanying the word information display process in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display operation for explaining the related pronunciation word display processing (B) based on the word book data in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10, and FIG. The figure which shows the display screen G2, the figure (B) is a figure which shows the word book list display screen G4, and the figure (C) is the related pronunciation word list window W2 corresponding to the cursor designated word on the word book list display screen G4. FIG.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the search display screen G2 for the English word “lion” is displayed (steps S1 to S6), when the “word book registration” key 17i is operated, this search display is displayed. The word “lion” is additionally registered as the latest registered word of the “English-Japanese” word book in the word book data memory 12f (steps S7 → S8).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the “word book display” key 17j is operated (step S13), the word book data registered in the word book data memory 12f at that time is read out. The word list display screen G4 displaying a list of each registered word is displayed on the display unit 18 (step S14).

  In this word book list display screen G4, check boxes 18a, 18b,... For indicating whether or not the registered words have been completely learned are displayed together, and the cursor up / down keys 17e, 17h are operated. (Step S15), the reverse cursor K for designating the registered word is moved up and down in accordance with the direction of the cursor operation (Step S16).

  When a registered word that is recognized by the reverse cursor K as being fully learned by the user or not being completely learned is designated and the “check ON / OFF” key 17k is operated (step S17), the designated word is being selected. The check marks in the check boxes 18a, 18b,... Corresponding to the registered words are changed ON / OFF (step S18).

  In the word book list display screen G4, as shown in FIG. 9C, the reverse cursor K is moved and displayed by operating the cursor key 17e (step S15 → S16), and the registered word “cup” is designated. When the “pronunciation history” key 17d is operated (step S19), the pronunciation data “cup” P of the designated word “cup” is read and output from the audio output unit 19 (step S20), and the word in FIG. The related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the book data is started (step SB).

  In the related pronunciation word display processing (B) based on the word book data, first, the designated word “cup” by the user is detected from the reverse cursor K on the word book list display screen G4 (step B1), and The phonetic symbol of the designated word “cup” is read (step B2).

  At this time, the character of the vowel part in the display spelling of the designated word “cup” is identified and displayed as the designated character X of the characteristic part by default, and corresponds to the default designated character X in the phonetic symbol of the designated word. An underline Y is added to the vowel symbol.

  Here, if the designated word “cup” is not the default designated character X of the vowel part (feature part), but there is a designated character arbitrarily set as a characteristic part by the user, the specified word “cup” is selected by cursor operation. The designated character X in the displayed spelling is moved and displayed, and the underline Y indicating the phonetic symbol corresponding thereto is also moved and displayed (step B3 → B4).

  The phonetic symbol corresponding to the designated character “u” of the designated word “cup” indicated by the underline Y is read (step B5), and a check mark registered in the word book data memory 12f is read. The phonetic symbols for each of the registered words are read (steps B6 and B7).

  Then, the location corresponding to the designated character “u” of the designated word “cup” read in step B5 from among the registered words with check marks in the word book data read in step B6. Checked word book registered words “factory”, “public”, “country”... Having the same phonetic symbols as the phonetic symbols are extracted (step B8), and the relations corresponding to the cursor designated words on the word book list display screen G4 are extracted. A list is displayed in the pronunciation word list window W2 (step B9).

  As a result, the user selects a word book registered word with a check having a pronunciation part identical to the characteristic pronunciation part in the designated word “cup” in the dictionary search this time, and a related pronunciation word list window on the word book list display screen G4. The pronunciation of the current search word can be efficiently learned with reference to the pronunciation of English words learned in the past.

  Thereafter, when the user has changed the designated word or the designated character, the process returns to step B5, and the designated word and the designated character after the change are designated in the same manner as described above. A checked word book registered word having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character is extracted and displayed as a list in the related pronunciation word list window W2 on the word book list display screen G4 (step B10 → B5-B9).

  When the “word book display” key 17j is operated in the display state of the related pronunciation word list window W2 on the word book list display screen G4, as shown in FIG. 9B, the word is again displayed. Return to the display state of the book list display screen G4 (steps SB → S13 → S14).

  On the other hand, in the state where an arbitrary word book registered word is designated by the reverse cursor K on the word book list display screen G4 (see FIG. 9B) (step S15 → S16), the “translation / decision” key 17c is operated. When this is done (step S21), a dictionary search process is executed with the designated word book registered word as a search target, and only the search target word and its explanation information on the English word search display screen G2 (see FIG. 9A). (S21 → S5, S6).

  When the “pronunciation history” key 17d is operated in the display state of the English word search display screen G2 (see FIGS. 2B and 9A) (steps S6 to S9), refer to FIG. The process proceeds to the related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the word book data described above (steps S10 and SB), and as shown in FIG. 9C, the related pronunciation words on the word book list display screen G4. The list window W2 may be displayed.

  In the related pronunciation word display process (A) based on the history data described with reference to FIG. 4, a history registration word having the same pronunciation symbol as the pronunciation symbol corresponding to the designated character of the designated word is extracted and listed. In the related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the word book data described with reference to FIG. 8, the checked word book having the same pronunciation symbol as the pronunciation symbol corresponding to the designated character of the designated word The registered words are extracted and displayed as a list, and as shown in the related pronunciation word display process (C) described with reference to FIGS. History-registered words whose same pronunciation part is the same spelling part, history registration words that have the same pronunciation part as the specified word and whose same pronunciation part is different, and the same spelling as the specified word May and three in divided into extracted to list structure of the history registered word which is a same spelling section is different pronunciation (parts) have.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the related pronunciation word display process (C) accompanying the word information display process in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display operation for explaining the related pronunciation word display processing (C) in the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10, and FIG. 11 (A) shows an English word search display screen G2. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a three-part division list screen G5 of related pronunciation history words.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, when the search display screen G2 for the English word “door” is displayed (steps S1 to S6), as shown in FIG. When the “pronunciation history” key 17d is operated, the pronunciation data “door” P of the heading word “door” in the search display is output from the voice output unit 19 (step S9 → S10), and the related pronunciation word display processing in FIG. (C) is activated (step SC).

  In this related pronunciation word display process (C), first, the user-designated word “door” is detected from the search result of the “English-Japanese” dictionary (step C1), and the phonetic symbol of the designated word “door” is read. Is output (step C2) and displayed in the upper area of the related pronunciation history word three-type division list screen G5 as shown in FIG. 11B.

  Then, the phonetic symbol of each word (see FIG. 2) registered in the history data memory 12e is read (step C3).

  Then, the first history registration word registered in the history data memory 12e is designated (step C4), and the phonetic symbol of the designated history registration word is read (step C5).

  Then, the spelling and pronunciation symbol of the designated word “door” in the search display are compared with the spelling and pronunciation symbol of the designated history registration word read from the history data memory 12e, and the designated history registration word is compared. Is determined to be a history registration word having the same pronunciation (part) as the search designated word “door” and the same pronunciation part being the same spelling part (step C6).

  Here, the history registration word in which the designated history registration word read from the history data memory 12e has the same pronunciation (part) as the search designation word "door" and the same pronunciation part is the same spelling part. If it is determined that this is, the history registered word is displayed together with the pronunciation symbol in the same pronunciation / spelling area G5a on the related pronunciation history word three-type division list screen G5 (steps C6 → C7).

  If “No” is determined in step C6, the designated history registration word has the same pronunciation (part) as the search designated word “door” and the same pronunciation part is a different spelling part. It is determined whether or not it is a certain history registered word (step C8).

  Here, the specified history registration word read from the history data memory 12e is a history registration word that has the same pronunciation (part) as the search specified word “door” and the same pronunciation part is a different spelling part. If it is determined that there is, the history registration word is displayed together with the pronunciation symbol in the same pronunciation / different spelling area G5b on the related pronunciation history word three-type division list screen G5 (steps C8 → C9).

  If it is determined “No” in steps C6 and C8, the designated history registration word has the same spelling part as the search designated word “door”, and the same spelling part has a different pronunciation ( Part)) is determined (step C10).

  Here, the specified history registration word read from the history data memory 12e is a history registration word that has the same spelling part as the search specified word “door” and the same spelling part is a different pronunciation (part). If it is determined that there is, the history registration word is displayed together with the phonetic symbol in the different pronunciation / spelling area G5c in the related pronunciation history word three-type division list screen G5 (step C10 → C11).

  Then, the presence / absence of the next history registration word is determined for the history data memory 12e (step C12). If there is a next history registration word, the next history registration word is newly designated (step C13). The comparison determination process with the specified history registered word for the search specified word “door” from step C5 and the classification display process on the three-type division list screen G5 (G5a / G5b / G5c) are repeated (steps C5 to C11). .

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 11B, for the search designated word “door”, the history registered words “all” and “call” have the same pronunciation (part), and the same pronunciation portion It is determined that it is a history registration word that is a different spelling part and is displayed in the same pronunciation / different spelling area G5b, and the history registration word “poor” has the same spelling part and the same spelling part has a different pronunciation ( Part) is displayed in the different pronunciation / spelling area G5c.

  As a result, for the designated word “door” in the dictionary search this time, the history registration word having the same pronunciation and the same spelling part and the history registration word having the same pronunciation and the different spelling part are different from each other. You can see the history registration word that has a part in the three-part divided list screen G5 of related pronunciation history words, and the pronunciation of the current search word with reference to various pronunciations and spellings of English words that have been searched and learned in the past・ You can learn spelling efficiently.

  In the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 described so far, as shown in FIG. 1, the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 itself includes dictionary data 12d, a dictionary search processing program 12a, and word information display processing. The self-contained information display control apparatus has been described as having a built-in program 12b and a related pronunciation word display processing program 12c and directly responding to user operations. However, as shown in FIG. The dictionary management server 20 is provided with the same dictionary function, word information display function, and related pronunciation word display function as described above, and the dictionary management server 20 is provided with a mobile phone with a communication function possessed by each individual user such as a mobile phone or a PDA. By accessing from a terminal, the same network search processing, word information display processing, and related pronunciation word display processing as those described above are provided. It may be a user-responsive information display control device.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the dictionary management server 20 according to the embodiment of the information display control device of the present invention.

  The dictionary management server 20 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded on various recording media or a transmitted program and whose operation is controlled by the read program. The electronic circuit includes a CPU ( a central processing unit) 21 is provided.

  The CPU 21 is a server control program stored in the memory 22 in advance, or a server control program read from the external recording medium 23 such as a CD-ROM into the memory 22 via the recording medium reading unit 24, or on the Internet N. The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with a server control program read into the memory 22 from another Web server (in this case, a program server) via the power transmission control unit 25, and stored in the memory 22. The server control program includes an input signal corresponding to a server management operation from the input unit 27 such as a key or a touch panel, or each user terminal (portable device) 10 ′ on the Internet N connected via the power transmission control unit 25. Activated in response to the communication signal.

  In addition to the memory 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the power transmission control unit 25, and the input unit 26, the CPU 21 is connected to a display unit 27 including an LCD.

  The memory 22 stores a system program that controls the overall operation of the dictionary management server 20 and a communication program for data communication with each mobile terminal 10 ′ on the Internet N via the power transmission control unit 25. A dictionary search processing program 22a for searching for explanatory information such as spelling, pronunciation and translation of words according to access from each user terminal 10 'based on dictionary data (22d) incorporated in advance, and this dictionary Information related to a word (search word) searched according to the search processing program 22a is registered as history data (word search history) (22en1) and word book data (12en2) for each user terminal (22en), and pronunciation of the search word A word having a pronunciation related to the word (related pronunciation word) is stored in the history data (22en1) or wordbook data for each corresponding terminal (22en). A word information display processing program 22b and a related pronunciation word display processing program 22c for extracting from the data (22en2), sending a response to the terminal 10 ', and displaying the reference are stored.

  In this memory 22, as management data (n) 22en... For each customer terminal, history data memory 22en1, word book data memory 22en2, input headword memory 22en3, designated word memory 22en4, designated character memory 22en5, identical pronunciation The same spelling part word memory 22en6, the same pronunciation / different spelling part word memory 22en7, and the different pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 22en8 are prepared.

  The functions of the server control programs 22a, 22b and 22c and the data memories 22en1 to 22en8 for each customer terminal in the dictionary management server 20 are self-contained information described with reference to FIGS. The function is substantially the same as that of the display control device, and the only difference is that the input / output processing is performed with each user terminal (portable terminal) 10 'on the communication network (Internet) N. Detailed operation description is omitted.

  By configuring such an information display control apparatus for a net user as the dictionary management server 20, each user terminal 10 ′... Does not have any dictionary function, and the mobile device (electronic dictionary) 10. The same dictionary search display, word information display, and related pronunciation word display can be performed as in the self-contained information display control device.

  Therefore, according to the mobile device 10 (dictionary management server 20) that implements the information display control device having the above-described configuration, a search target word is input and dictionary data of a word corresponding to the input head word is searched and displayed. The search word information is registered in the history data memory 12e and the word book data memory 12f. Then, with respect to a word displayed in a dictionary search corresponding to a new input headword, registered words and word book data in the history data (12e) having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol of the feature (designated character) portion The registered words in (12f) are read out, and the history registered words and word book registered words that are the same pronunciation words are displayed in a list with their pronunciation symbols. The pronunciation of new search words can be learned efficiently with reference to pronunciation.

  In addition, according to the portable device 10 (dictionary management server 20) that implements the information display control device having the above-described configuration, the feature (designated character) portion of the word that is displayed in the dictionary search corresponding to the new input headword is displayed. The phonetic symbol is the same as the phonetic symbol, and the same phonetic portion is divided into the same spelling and the different spelling, and the registered words and word book data (12f) in the history data (12e) The registered words are read out and displayed with a phonetic symbol, so the user can not only pronounce the words that have been learned in the past, but also the spelling differences, and use them to identify new search words. You will be able to learn efficiently.

  Furthermore, according to the mobile device 10 (dictionary management server 20) that implements the information display control device having the above-described configuration, the feature (designated character) portion of the word displayed in the dictionary search corresponding to the new input headword is displayed. The registered words in the history data (12e) and the registered words in the word book data (12f), which are the same spelling as the spelling and the same spelling part are different phonetic symbols, are also read out and listed together with the phonetic symbols. As a result, the user can efficiently learn the pronunciation and spelling of a new search word by referring to words that have the same spelling but different pronunciations from words that have been learned by searching in the past.

  In addition, according to the portable device 10 (dictionary management server 20) that implements the information display control device having the above-described configuration, the feature (designated character) portion of the word that is displayed in the dictionary search corresponding to the new input headword is displayed. When reading a registered word in the word book data (12f) associated with pronunciation or spelling, it reads out from the registered word with a check mark that means complete learning, so that only words that the user has learned reliably in the past You can learn more effective words with reference to.

  Furthermore, according to the mobile device 10 (dictionary management server 20) that implements the information display control device having the above-described configuration, the feature (designated character) portion of the word displayed in the dictionary search corresponding to the new input headword is displayed. When reading the history registration words and word book registration words associated with pronunciation and spelling and displaying them together with their phonetic symbols, voice output corresponding to the phonetic symbols of the new search word is performed, so past learning words can be efficiently used. Not only can it be used as a reference, but it also enables more effective word learning using actual pronunciation sounds.

  Note that each processing method by the mobile device 10 (dictionary management server 20) described in the embodiment, that is, the word information display processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the first history data based on the history data shown in the flowchart of FIG. Related pronunciation word display processing (A), related pronunciation word display processing (B) based on the word book data shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, and second related pronunciation word display processing (based on the history data shown in the flowchart of FIG. Each method such as C) is a program that can be executed by a computer, such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.). It can be stored and distributed in an external storage medium 13 (23) such as a semiconductor memory.Various computer terminals having a communication function with the communication network (Internet) N transfer the program stored in the external storage medium 13 (23) to the memory 12 (22) by the storage medium reading unit 14 (24). By reading and controlling the operation by the read program, the information display control function having the dictionary search display, word information display, and related pronunciation word display described in the above embodiment is realized, and the same processing by the method described above is performed. Can be executed.

  Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on a communication network (Internet) N as a program code form, and a computer terminal (program server) connected to the communication network (Internet) N ) To obtain the information display control function having the dictionary search display, word information display, and related pronunciation word display described above.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention at the stage of implementation. Further, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in each embodiment or some constituent features are combined, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved. When the effects described in the column of the effect of the invention can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent elements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10 which concerns on embodiment of the information display control apparatus of this invention. The figure which shows the search display screen G1 of English-Japanese history data accompanying the dictionary search process in the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10, and the search display screen G2 of English word data. 5 is a flowchart showing word information display processing which is a dictionary search function by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. The flowchart which shows the related pronunciation word display process (A) accompanying the word information display process in the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The figure which shows the related pronunciation history word list screen G3 displayed with the related pronunciation word display process (A) in the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The figure which shows the related pronunciation history word list area G3 '(the 1) dividedly displayed on the word search display screen G2 with the related pronunciation word display process (A) in the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The figure which shows the related pronunciation history word list area G3 '(the 2) dividedly displayed on the word search display screen G2 with the related pronunciation word display process (A) in the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The flowchart which shows the related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the word book data accompanying the word information display process in the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows the display operation | movement for demonstrating the related pronunciation word display process (B) based on the word book data in the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10, The figure (A) shows the English word search display screen G2. FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a word book list display screen G4, and FIG. 4C is a diagram showing a related pronunciation word list window W2 corresponding to the cursor designated word on the word book list display screen G4. The flowchart which shows the related pronunciation word display process (C) accompanying the word information display process in the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows the display operation | movement for demonstrating the related pronunciation word display process (C) in the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10, The figure (A) is a figure which shows the English word search display screen G2, FIG. B is a diagram showing a three-part divided list screen G5 of related pronunciation history words. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit of the dictionary management server 20 which concerns on embodiment of the information display control apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Mobile device (electronic dictionary)
10 '... mobile terminal (user terminal)
20 ... dictionary management server 11, 21 ... CPU
12, 22 ... Memory 12a, 22a ... Dictionary search processing program 12b, 22b ... Word information display processing program 12c, 22c ... Related pronunciation word display processing program 12d, 22d ... Dictionary data 22en ... Management data by customer terminal (n)
12e, 22en1 ... History data memory 12f, 22en2 ... Word book data memory 12g, 22en3 ... Input headword memory 12h, 22en4 ... Designated word memory 12i, 22en5 ... Designated character memory 12j, 22en6 ... Same pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12k , 22en7 ... Same pronunciation / different spelling part word memory 12l, 22en8 ... Different pronunciation / same spelling part word memory 12m ... Work area 13, 23 ... External storage medium 14, 24 ... Storage medium reading part 15, 25 ... Electric transmission control part 16 ... Communication unit 17, 26 ... Input unit 17a ... "English-Japanese" key 17b ... "History" key 17c ... "Translation / decision" key 17d ... "History pronunciation" key 17e-17h ... Cursor key 17i ... "Wordbook registration" key 17j: “Wordbook display” key 17k: “Check ON / OFF” key 18, 27: Display 1 ... audio output unit 30 ... communication equipment (PC)
N ... Communication network (Internet)
P… pronunciation data X… specified character

Claims (4)

Information storage means for storing explanation information including the phonetic symbol of the headword in association with the headword;
History storage means for storing a search history of headwords as history;
Headword selection means for selecting any headword stored in the information storage means by a user operation;
A headword registration means for registering the headword selected by the headword selection means in the history storage means ;
And explanatory information display control means for displaying on the display unit the description data that is correlated to the entry word is selected or we read out the information storage unit by the headword selection means,
A vowel part identification display means for identifying and displaying the character of the vowel part of the headword on which the explanation information is displayed by the explanation information display control means ;
The same vowel part heading that extracts the headword having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character of the vowel part identified and displayed as the designated character by the vowel part identification display means from the headword registered in the history storage means Word extraction means;
The vowel part identical headword display control means for displaying the headword extracted by the vowel part identical headword extraction means together with the explanation information displayed on the display unit in a divided display ;
An information display control device comprising: further,
User character designating means for designating a character of the headword selected by the headword selecting means by user operation ,
A user designation unit identical entry word extracting means for extracting an entry word having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character designated by the user operation by the user character designation means from the entry word registered in the history storage means; ,
A user-specified-part headword display control means for displaying the headword extracted by the user-specified-part headword-extracting means on the display section ;
The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The vowel part identical headword extraction means includes:
A headword having the same pronunciation as that of the character identified and displayed as the designated character by the vowel part identification display means and having the same pronunciation as the designated character is registered in the history storage means. The same pronunciation and the same character extraction means for extracting from the entered headword ;
A headword having the same pronunciation as that of the character identified and displayed as the designated character by the vowel part identifying and displaying means and a headword different from the designated character is registered in the history storage means. The same pronunciation different character extraction means for extracting from the headword;
With
The vowel part same headword display control means displays the headword extracted by the same pronunciation identical character extraction means and the headword extracted by the same pronunciation different character extraction means in different display areas of the display section. A display control means for displaying the same different characters to be displayed;
Information display control device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that. An information storage unit that stores explanatory information including a phonetic symbol of the headword in association with the headword, a history storage unit that stores a search history of the headword as a history, and a display unit. An information display control processing program for controlling a computer,
The computer,
Headword selection means for selecting any headword stored in the information storage means by a user operation;
Headword registration means for registering the headword selected by the headword selection means in the history storage means;
Explanation information display control means for reading the explanation information associated with the entry word selected by the entry word selecting means from the information storage means and displaying it on the display unit;
A vowel part identification display means for identifying and displaying the character of the vowel part of the headword on which the explanation information is displayed by the explanation information display control means, as the designated character of the headword;
The same vowel part heading that extracts the headword having the same phonetic symbol as the phonetic symbol corresponding to the character of the vowel part identified and displayed as the designated character by the vowel part identification display means from the headword registered in the history storage means Word extraction means,
The vowel part same headword display control means for displaying the headword extracted by the same vowel part headword extraction means in a divided display together with the explanation information displayed on the display unit,
A computer-readable information display control processing program adapted to function as a computer program.

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