JP5024335B2 - Information display control device and information display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display control device and an information display control program for storing various dictionary databases converted into electronic data and searching and displaying explanatory information such as language translations and meaning contents corresponding to arbitrary headwords.

  Traditionally, various dictionaries and dictionaries such as English-Japanese dictionaries, English-English dictionaries, English thesauruses, Japanese-English dictionaries, and Japanese dictionaries are converted into electronic data and stored in storage media such as ROM, and various languages and phrases are searched based on this data. 2. Description of the Related Art An electronic dictionary device that is input as a character string and that reads out and displays explanatory information such as translated words and meaning contents of searched headwords (words, etc.) is widely used.

  In recent years, in such an electronic dictionary device, after searching for a desired headword and displaying the headword and explanation information, an arbitrary character string in the explanation information is directly designated, and this designation is made. A jump search function is provided to perform a dictionary search for each character string.

  On the other hand, in a conventional electronic dictionary device, a character string to be input or specified as a search target or a jump search target is, for example, in English in units of English characters or words. ) Is found from the dictionary database and displayed.

  Here, a spell check device is considered in which words similar to the input character string or word spelling (spelling) are retrieved and displayed as candidates (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-095977

  A conventional electronic dictionary device or spell check device searches a dictionary database for words that match or are similar in spelling (spelling) of character strings and words to be searched, and displays a list of searched words. Although it is possible to search for words that have phonetic symbols that match or cannot be similar, it is particularly recommended to perform further dictionary searches by directly specifying an arbitrary character string in the displayed explanation information. When the jump search function is used, there is a problem that it is not possible to specify a word included in the explanation information as a search target and perform a dictionary search from a phonetic symbol corresponding to the word.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems. For example, when explanation information is displayed in association with a normal dictionary search, a word included in the explanation information is designated as a search target and the word is designated as the search word. An object of the present invention is to provide an information display control device and an information display control program capable of searching and displaying a headword associated with a corresponding phonetic symbol.

The information display device of the present invention includes a dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of headwords, phonetic symbols, and explanation information in association with each other, and a storage for storing phonetic symbols and pronunciation symbols similar to the pronunciation in association with each other Pronunciation storage means, first information display control means for controlling to display any headword stored in the dictionary storage means and its explanation information, and display control by the first information display control means A designation means for designating a word in the explanation information according to a user operation from the found headword and its explanation information, and in response to the designation of one word by the designation means, When selecting means for allowing the user to select whether to search for a similar word or to search for a similar word by using the pronunciation, and when selecting to search in another dictionary by this selecting means, the word specified by the specifying means of Search and jump search means for performing with writing, when to search for words that are similar by pronunciation by said selecting means is selected, the word designated by said designation means to phonetic symbols corresponding to the words Conversion means for conversion, phonetic symbols converted by the conversion means, and phonetic symbols obtained by replacing the phonetic symbols with phonetic symbols stored in the similar phonetic storage means are stored in the dictionary storage means in association with each other. A headword search means for searching for a headword, a list display means for displaying a list of headwords searched by the headword search means, and a list of headwords displayed by the list display means And second information display control means for controlling to display the explanation information stored in the dictionary storage means in association with the found headword.

According to the present invention, when a word is specified from the displayed explanation information, the user selects whether to search in another dictionary or to search for a similar word by pronunciation, and to search in another dictionary is selected If the search is performed using another dictionary for the specified word and a similar word is selected by pronunciation , the specified word is converted into a phonetic symbol and the pronunciation is performed. It is possible to further search for and display a headword having a phonetic symbol similar to , and easily display the explanation information of the searched headword.

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 table data of the similar pronunciation table 12c memorize | stored in the memory 12 of the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The figure which shows the table data of the phonetic symbol table 12d memorize | stored in the memory 12 of the said portable apparatus (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing (part 1) by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10; 7 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing (part 2) by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10; The figure which shows the operation display state when the phonetic symbol in description information is directly designated with the jump search in the dictionary search process by the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 (the 1). The figure which shows the operation display state when the phonetic symbol in description information is directly designated with the jump search in the dictionary search process by the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 (the 2). The figure which shows the operation display state at the time of designating the word in description information and selecting "similar pronunciation search" with the jump search in the dictionary search process by the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG. The figure which shows the jump content / dictionary selection window W2 'in the dictionary search process by the said portable device (electronic dictionary) 10. FIG.

  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), a PC (personal computer), a mobile phone, an electronic book having an electronic dictionary function described below, or a portable device dedicated to the electronic dictionary. Configured as The portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded in various storage 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 storage medium 13 such as a ROM card into the memory 12 via the storage medium reading unit 14 or a Web on the Internet N. The device control program stored in the memory 12 controls the operation of each part of the circuit according to the device control program read into the memory 12 from the server (in this case, the program server) 20 via the communication unit 15. Is an input signal according to a user operation from the input unit 16 including a key or a touch panel, a communication signal with each Web server 20 on the Internet N connected via the communication unit 15, or a storage medium reading unit 14 Memory card such as EEPROM, RAM, ROM connected externally It is activated in response to a connection communication signal (storage medium) 13.

  In addition to the memory 12, the storage medium reading unit 14, the communication unit 15, and the input unit 16, the CPU 11 is connected to a display unit 17 including an LCD.

  The memory 12 stores a system program that controls the overall operation of the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 and a communication program for data communication with each Web server 20 on the Internet N via the communication unit 15. In addition, the headword search process according to the input of the search character string based on the dictionary data (12b), the reading and displaying process of various explanation information such as the translation and meaning contents corresponding to the designated headword, and the search from the explanation information Stored is a dictionary search processing program 12a for controlling overall search processing based on dictionary data (12b) such as jump search processing according to word designation.

  The memory 12 includes a dictionary data memory 12b, a similar pronunciation table 12c, a pronunciation symbol table 12d, a search character data memory 12e, a work area 12f, and the like.

  In the dictionary data memory 12b, different types of dictionary data such as “English-Japanese dictionary”, “English-English dictionary”, “English-thesaurus”, “Japanese-English dictionary”, “Japanese dictionary”, “Kan-Japanese dictionary”, etc. are stored in advance or downloaded for each type. A plurality of dictionaries are stored. For example, “Li * Darts English-Japanese Dictionary”, “Di * Nias English-Japanese Dictionary”, “Ro * Guman English-English Dictionary”, and “English Thesaurus” are stored as English dictionaries.

  Note that English dictionary data generally associates each headword (word) in alphabetical order with pronunciation information of the headword and explanatory information such as a translated word and example sentence.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing table data of the similar pronunciation table 12 c stored in the memory 12 of the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  In the similar pronunciation table 12c, for example, for each English phonetic symbol, a phonetic symbol of a pronunciation similar to the pronunciation is associated with each other and stored in a table.

  The table data of the similar pronunciation table 12c is used when a word having a phonetic symbol similar to the phonetic symbol to be searched is searched for.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing table data of the phonetic symbol table 12 d stored in the memory 12 of the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  In the phonetic symbol table 12d, for example, each English word is associated with a phonetic symbol and stored in a table.

  The table data of the phonetic symbol table 12d is used when finding a phonetic symbol corresponding to a word designated as a search target when performing a jump search from the description information searched in the dictionary by “similar pronunciation search”. .

  The search character data memory 12e stores character strings such as words and phonetic symbols that are input or designated as a dictionary search target.

  In the work area 12f, various data input / output to / from the CPU 11 according to various device control programs such as the dictionary search processing program 12a is stored as necessary.

  On the other hand, a series of character input keys for arbitrarily inputting alphabetic characters, numbers, hiragana, katakana, and kanji are arranged in the input unit 16, and various main dictionaries stored in the dictionary data memory 12b are arranged. Each dictionary key "English-Japanese", "English-English", "National language" for searching for the headword corresponding to the input character string and its description information by specifying the search target and instructing the start of the search process “Translate / Determine” key for performing, “Jump” key for switching to the jump search mode, up / down / left / right cursor keys appropriately operated in accordance with the movement of the reverse curl K when selecting various data, etc. Provided.

  Next, a dictionary information display control function by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 having the above-described configuration will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing (part 1) by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing (part 2) by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation display state (part 1) when a phonetic symbol in the description information is directly designated in accordance with a jump search in the dictionary search process by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation display state (part 2) when a phonetic symbol in the description information is directly designated in accordance with a jump search in a dictionary search process by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  For example, when an English-Japanese dictionary search is to be performed, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the dictionary key “English-Japanese” 16a is selected, the dictionary of the selected dictionary type “English-Japanese” is selected in the dictionary data memory 12b. Data is read and activated (step S1).

  Then, a search character input screen (not shown) corresponding to the dictionary search of “English and Japanese” is displayed, and a desired search target character string (for example, “content”) is input and displayed according to the operation of the character input key. When a search start is instructed in response to the operation of the “translate / decide” key 16b (step S2), the headword (word) “content” corresponding to the input character string is searched, and FIG. ), The explanation information including the phonetic symbol corresponding to the searched word “content” is read from the dictionary data (12b) of “English-Japanese” and displayed on the display unit 17 as the explanation information search screen G1. (Step S3).

  When the “jump” key 16c is operated in this explanation information search screen G1 to perform a jump search by designating an arbitrary character string in the explanation information (step S4), The first head character string, in this case, the searched headword (word) “content” is set as the character string to be searched for jump (step S5), and is identified and displayed by the reverse cursor K (step S6).

  Here, in order to set the character string of the jump search target to the phonetic symbol “ka'ntent” in the explanation information search screen G1 of the headword (word) “content” displayed in FIG. When the “→” cursor key 16d is operated (step S7), the reverse cursor K is moved and displayed in the direction corresponding to the cursor operation, and the phonetic symbol “ka'ntent” is changed and set as a character string to be jump searched. (Step S8).

  Note that phonetic symbols in this specification are indicated by alternative symbols because accurate input notation is difficult.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the start of the jump search process is instructed by operating the “translation / decision” key 16b (step S9), the jump search target designated and displayed by the reverse cursor K is displayed. Of the character string (in this case, the phonetic symbol “ka'ntent”) is detected (step S10), whether the character type is an English word (step S12), or a phonetic symbol (step S13), or Whether it is a Japanese character (step S30) is determined.

  Here, when it is determined that the character type of the character string to be searched for jump is “phonetic symbol” (step S13), as shown in FIG. The dictionary names (“Li * Dars English / Japanese”, “Di * Nias English / Japanese”, “Ro * Guman English / English”, “English Synonyms”) are displayed as a jump destination dictionary selection window W1 for selecting a jump destination dictionary (step S14). ).

  In this jump destination dictionary selection window W1, the selection mark M is arbitrarily moved between the dictionary names by operating the up / down cursor keys, and the user's desired jump destination dictionary (for example, “Li * Ders English / Japanese” is selected). In the state, as shown in FIG. 7C, when the “translation / decision” key 16b is operated, the phonetic symbol “ka'ntent” designated as the character string to be jump searched is divided into syllables. The “overall syllable” tag TG1, the “first syllable” tag TG2, and the “second syllable” tag TG3 are displayed as tags, and the “whole syllable” tag TG1 as the head is identified and displayed by the inverted cursor K ( Step S15).

  Then, based on the dictionary data (12b) of the jump destination dictionary selected in step S14 (for example, “Li * Ders English and Japanese”), the phonetic symbol “ka'ntent” designated as the character string to be searched for jumps. Are first searched for, and the phonetic symbol "ka'ntent" to be searched is sequentially replaced with similar phonetic symbols according to the similar phonetic table 12c, and the similar phonetic symbols are searched. Are sequentially retrieved and displayed as a similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2 as shown in FIG. 7C (step S16).

  In the similar pronunciation symbol headword list screen G2, as shown in FIG. 7D, the “first syllable” tag TG2 is designated by the reverse cursor K by operating the “→” cursor key 16d. (Step S17), among the headwords (words) that are the same and similar phonetic symbols as the jump search phonetic symbol “ka'ntent” displayed in the search list in step S16, “first” A list of headwords (words) having the same phonetic symbol of “syllable: ka′n˜” is displayed (step S18).

  Furthermore, when the “second syllable” tag TG3 is designated and displayed by the reverse cursor K by operating the “→” cursor key 16d (step S19), the search list is displayed in step S16. Of the headwords (words) that have the same and similar phonetic symbol as the jump search phonetic symbol “ka'ntent”, the headwords (words) that have the same phonetic symbol for “second syllable: ~ tent” are displayed in a list. (Step S20).

  In the similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2 in which any one of the tags “TGn”, “TG1”, “TG2” and “TG2” TG3 is designated and displayed, When a desired headword is selected by operating the up / down cursor key 16e, identified and displayed by the reverse cursor K, and the "translation / decision" key 16b is operated (step S21), an explanation corresponding to the selected headword. Information is read out from the dictionary data (12b) of “Li * Dar's Eiwa”, which is a jump destination dictionary, and displayed on the display unit 17 as an explanation information search screen G1 (see FIG. 6A) (step S22).

  In this way, the phonetic symbol is directly specified from the explanation information displayed in the dictionary search by jump search, and the headword (word) having the same and similar phonetic symbol as the specified phonetic symbol is further searched and displayed. Of these, the explanation information of the desired headword can be easily displayed.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation display state when a word in the explanation information is designated and “similar pronunciation search” is selected in association with a jump search in the dictionary search process by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  For example, when a dictionary search for an English synonym is desired, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the dictionary key “English adjective” 16f is selected and operated, the selected dictionary type “English synonym” in the dictionary data memory 12b is selected. "Is read and activated (step S1).

  Then, a search character input screen (not shown) corresponding to the dictionary search for “English synonyms” is displayed, and a desired search target character string (for example, “nicely”) is input and displayed according to the operation of the character input key. When a search start is instructed in accordance with the operation of the “translation / decision” key 16b (step S2), a translation corresponding to the input character string “nicely” and the words “well” “right” corresponding to the input character string “nicely” are associated with this. Explanation information consisting of “nicely”, “successfully”... Is searched from the dictionary data (12b) of “English synonyms” and displayed on the display unit 17 as an English synonym search screen G3 as shown in FIG. Step S3).

  When the “jump” key 16c is operated in this English word search screen G3 in order to perform a jump search by specifying an arbitrary character string in the description information (step S4), The first character string in this case, in this case, the retrieved translated word “good” is set as the character string to be jump searched (step S5), and is identified and displayed by the reverse cursor K (step S6).

  Here, when the “→” cursor key 16d is operated to set the character string to be searched for jump to the word “right” which is a synonym in the English word search screen G3 displayed in FIG. 8A. (Step S7) In response to the cursor operation, the reverse cursor K is moved and displayed, and the synonym word “right” is changed and set as a character string to be jump searched (step S8).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the start of the jump search process is instructed by operating the “translation / decision” key 16b (step S9), the jump search target designated and displayed by the reverse cursor K is displayed. Is detected (step S10), whether the character type is an English word (step S12), a phonetic symbol (step S13), or Japan Whether it is a word character (step S30) is determined.

  If it is determined that the character type of the character string to be jump searched is “English word” (step S12), the search method selection items are “normal search” T as shown in FIG. 8B. Shown as “similar pronunciation search” R (step S23), and English dictionary names (“Li * Dars English-Japanese”, “Di * Nias English-Japanese”, “Ro * Guman English-English”, “English” stored as dictionary data 12b) A jump content / dictionary selection window W2 for selecting one of the synonyms ") as a jump destination dictionary is displayed (step S24).

  In this jump contents / dictionary selection window W2, first, the left / right cursor key 16d is operated to move the reverse cursor K between the selection items of the search method, and either “normal search” T or “similar pronunciation search” R is selected. After selecting (step S25), the up / down cursor key 16e is operated to arbitrarily move the selection mark M between the respective dictionary names, and the user selects a desired jump destination dictionary (step S26). When the “OK” key 16b is operated, it is determined whether “similar pronunciation search” R or “normal search” T is selected as the current search method (step S27).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 8B, when it is determined that "similar pronunciation search" R is selected as the current search method (step S27 (Yes)), it is designated as the jump search target. The current word “right” is converted into a phonetic symbol “ra'it” in accordance with the phonetic symbol table 12d (step S28).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8 (C), the phonetic symbol “ra'it” of the designated word “right” is divided into syllables and displayed as “total syllable” tag TG1 and “first syllable” tag TG2. At the same time, the “whole syllable” tag TG1 as the head is identified and displayed by the reverse cursor K (step S15).

  Then, based on the dictionary data (12b) of the jump destination dictionary (for example, “Li * Dahs Eiwa”) selected in step S26, the pronunciation symbol “ra ′” of the designated word that is the target of the jump search (similar pronunciation search). A headword (word) having the same “it” as a whole is first searched, and the phonetic symbol “ra'it” to be searched is sequentially replaced with similar phonetic symbols according to the similar phonetic table 12c. A headword (word) that is identical to the phonetic symbol is sequentially searched and displayed as a similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2 (step S16).

  When the “→” cursor key 16d is operated on the similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2, the “first syllable” tag TG2 is designated by the reverse cursor K and displayed (step S17). Of the headwords (words) that are the same as and similar to the jump search phonetic symbol “ra'it” displayed in the search list in step S16, the phonetic symbol of “first syllable: ra'it˜” A list of headwords (words) having the same is displayed (step S18).

  Then, in the similar phonetic symbol entry word list screen G2 in which any one of the “total syllable” tag TG1 and the “first syllable” tag TG2 is designated and displayed, the user can select a desired one by operating the up and down cursor keys 16e. Is selected and displayed with the reverse cursor K and the “translation / decision” key 16b is operated (step S21), the explanation information corresponding to the selected headword is the jump destination dictionary “ It is read out from the dictionary data (12b) of “Li * Dar's English and Japanese” and displayed on the display unit 17 as an explanation information search screen G1 (see FIG. 6A) (step S22).

  In this way, a word that is a synonym is specified as a jump search target from the explanation information searched and displayed as an English synonym, and when the “similar pronunciation search” is selected as a search method, the specified word is converted into a phonetic symbol. Thus, a headword (word) having a phonetic symbol that is the same as or similar to the phonetic symbol can be further searched and displayed, and the explanation information of the desired headword can be easily displayed.

  On the other hand, in the display state of the jump content / dictionary selection window W2 shown in FIG. 8B, when “normal search” T is selected as the current search method (step S27 (No)), jump search is performed. The explanation information of the headword corresponding to the designated English word “right” as a target is retrieved and retrieved from the dictionary data (12b) of “Li * Darz Eiwa” as a jump destination dictionary, and is explained, and the explanation information search screen G1 ( As shown in FIG. 6A, it is displayed on the display unit 17 (step S29).

  In the jump content / dictionary selection window W2 shown in FIG. 8B, selection items of “normal search” T and “similar pronunciation search” R are shown, and a jump search method is selected by selecting one of the items. However, a configuration may be adopted in which the same search method is selected and determined by the jump content / dictionary selection window W2 'as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a jump content / dictionary selection window W2 ′ in the dictionary search processing by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10.

  In the jump contents / dictionary selection window W2 ′, an item “similar pronunciation search” in which the check box CH can be turned ON / OFF by, for example, repeated operation of the “SET” key is displayed at the head position of the window W2 ′. The jump search method of “similar pronunciation search” can be determined when the check box CH is ON, and “normal search” when the check box CH is OFF.

  Note that, in the case of performing a jump search process by selecting the “similar pronunciation search”, each English dictionary data (12b) selected as the jump destination dictionary has the same phonetic symbol notation. However, if it is a different symbol notation, prepare a phonetic symbol conversion table to convert it to a phonetic symbol of a predetermined symbol notation, and make the correct phonetic symbol notation between each dictionary, so that the correct `` Jump search processing by “similar pronunciation search” can be performed.

  On the other hand, in the explanation information search screen G1 shown in FIG. 6A or the English synonym search screen G3 shown in FIG. 8A, any character string in the search screen G1 or G3 is displayed. When the “translation / decision” key 16b is designated as a jump target character string (steps S4 to S9), and it is determined that the character type of the designated jump target character string is “Japanese character”. (Steps S10 → S30), the names of the Japanese-based dictionaries (“modern national language”, “broad * 苑”...) Stored as the dictionary data 12b are displayed as a jump destination dictionary selection window (not shown). (Step S31).

  In this jump destination Japanese dictionary selection window, use the up and down cursor keys to move the selection mark M arbitrarily between each dictionary name, and select the desired jump destination dictionary (for example, “Wide * 苑”) When the “translation / decision” key 16b is operated in the state of being entered (step S32), the explanation information of the headword corresponding to the designated Japanese character that is the jump search target is the “destination dictionary” that is the “destination dictionary”. "Is retrieved and read from the dictionary data (12b) and displayed on the display unit 17 (step S33).

  Therefore, according to the dictionary information display control function by the mobile device (electronic dictionary) 10 having the above-described configuration, for example, the headword (English) corresponding to the search character string input in accordance with the dictionary search in the “English-Japanese” dictionary (12b). When a search is started after a phonetic symbol is specified as a jump search target and a jump destination dictionary is selected in a state where explanatory information including the word) and its phonetic symbol is displayed as the explanation information search screen G1, the same phonetic symbol as the specified phonetic symbol is specified. A headword (word) having a phonetic symbol and a headword (word) having a phonetic symbol sequentially replaced with a similar phonetic symbol by the similar phonetic table 12c are searched and displayed as a similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2. Therefore, a dictionary search can be performed by designating phonetic symbols included in the explanation information as a search target.

  In addition, according to the dictionary information display control function of the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 having the above-described configuration, the nth syllable tag TGn that displays the specified phonetic symbol for each syllable on the similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2. If any one of is selected, only the headwords (words) of similar phonetic symbols including the same phonetic symbol as the selected nth syllable phonetic symbol are retrieved and displayed in a list. It is possible to easily find similar words (words) having the same pronunciation as a part of a symbol.

  Further, according to the dictionary information display control function by the mobile device (electronic dictionary) 10 having the above-described configuration, for example, the display state of the English word search screen G3 for explanation information accompanying the dictionary search process in the “English word dictionary” dictionary (12b) is changed. When a synonym word is specified as a jump search target and a search method of “similar pronunciation search” R is selected and the search is started, the specified word is converted into a phonetic symbol by the phonetic symbol table 12d, and the same phonetic symbol is converted. The headwords (words) having the phonetic words (words) and the phonetic symbols sequentially replaced with similar phonetic symbols by the similar phonetic table 12c are searched and displayed as the similar phonetic symbol headword list screen G2. By specifying an English word included in the explanation information and selecting the “similar pronunciation search” method, a dictionary search is easily performed with the phonetic symbol of the specified word as a search target. Door can be.

  Note that each method of processing by the portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 described in the embodiment, that is, each method in the dictionary search processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, can be executed by a computer. The program may be stored and distributed in an external storage medium 13 such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. it can. The various computer terminals storing the dictionary database read the program stored in the external storage medium 13 into the memory 12 by the storage medium reading unit 14, and the operation is controlled by the read program. The dictionary search and display function described in the embodiment can be realized, and the same processing can be executed by the method described above.

  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 ) The above-mentioned program data can be fetched from 20 to realize the dictionary search and display function 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 requirements are combined, the problem 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.

10 ... Mobile device (electronic dictionary)
11 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Memory 12a ... Dictionary search processing program 12b ... Dictionary data memory 12c ... Similar pronunciation table 12d ... Phonetic symbol table 12e ... Search character data memory 12f ... Work area 13 ... External storage medium 14 ... Storage medium reading part 15 ... Communication part 16 ... Input unit 17 ... Display unit 20 ... Web server N ... Communication network (Internet)

Claims (3)

Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of headwords, phonetic symbols, and explanation information in association with each other;
A similar pronunciation storage means for storing a pronunciation symbol and a pronunciation symbol similar to the pronunciation in association with each other;
A first information display control means for controlling so as to display one of the entry words and their explanatory information stored by the dictionary storage means,
Designation means for designating a word in the explanation information according to a user operation from the headword displayed and controlled by the first information display control means;
A selection means for allowing the user to select whether to search in another dictionary or to search for a similar word by pronunciation in response to the designation of one word by the designation means;
A jump search means for performing a search using another dictionary for the word designated by the designation means when the selection means selects to search in another dictionary;
A conversion means for converting the word designated by the designation means into a phonetic symbol corresponding to the word, when searching for a similar word by pronunciation is selected by the selection means;
The headword stored in the dictionary storage unit is retrieved in association with the phonetic symbol converted by the conversion unit and the phonetic symbol obtained by replacing the phonetic symbol with the phonetic symbol stored in the similar phonetic storage unit . A headword search means;
List display means for displaying a list of headwords searched by the headword search means ;
Second information display control means for controlling to display the explanation information stored in the dictionary storage means in association with the headword selected from the list of headwords displayed by the list display means; ,
An information display control device comprising: Pronunciation syllable selection means for selecting the whole syllable, first syllable or second syllable of the phonetic symbol converted by the conversion means in response to a key operation;
When the whole syllable, the first syllable, or the second syllable of the phonetic symbol is selected by the phonetic syllable selection unit, the finding stored in the dictionary storage unit in association with the phonetic symbol having the selected syllable A syllable selection headword search means for searching for a word;
A headword list display control means for controlling the headwords searched by the syllable selection headword search means to be displayed in a list;
Control is performed to display the explanation information stored in the dictionary storage unit in association with the headword selected according to the key operation among the headwords displayed as a list by the headword list display control unit. Selected headword information display control means,
The information display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Electronic equipment comprising dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of headwords, phonetic symbols, and explanation information in association with each other, and similar pronunciation storage means for storing phonetic symbols and pronunciation symbols similar to the pronunciation in association with each other An information display control program for controlling the computer of
The computer,
First information display control means for controlling to display any headword stored in the dictionary storage means and its explanation information;
Designation means for designating a word in the explanation information according to a user operation from the headword displayed and controlled by the first information display control means,
A selection means for causing the user to select whether to search in another dictionary or to search for a similar word by pronunciation in response to the designation of one word by the designation means;
A jump search means for performing a search using another dictionary for the word designated by the designation means when the selection means selects to search in another dictionary;
A conversion means for converting the word designated by the designation means into a phonetic symbol corresponding to the word when the selection means selects to search for a similar word by pronunciation;
The headword stored in the dictionary storage unit is retrieved in association with the phonetic symbol converted by the conversion unit and the phonetic symbol obtained by replacing the phonetic symbol with the phonetic symbol stored in the similar phonetic storage unit . Headword search means,
List display means for displaying a list of headwords searched by the headword search means;
Second information display control means for controlling to display the explanation information stored in the dictionary storage means in association with the headword selected from the list of headwords displayed by the list display means;
An information display control program designed to function as

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