JP5515571B2 - Electronic device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a program for performing a dictionary search for a character string included in displayed text .

  As an electronic device having a dictionary function, there is a portable dedicated device called an “electronic dictionary” that can be carried anywhere. Normally, various types of dictionaries such as “Japanese dictionary”, “Encyclopedia”, “English-Japanese dictionary”, “Japanese-English dictionary” are installed in this electronic dictionary. The user can switch these dictionaries appropriately by operating buttons, and for example, if it is an “English-Japanese dictionary”, it is possible to easily check the translation of English words and pronunciation symbols included in the displayed English text.

  On the other hand, with regard to translation, there is one in which a translation of each word included in the original text of the text is searched by dictionary and displayed in association with the original text (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 7-21189 A

  In the conventional electronic dictionary, in order to search the dictionary for words in the text in a state where some text is displayed, a designation operation by the user is required. That is, the user has to perform a troublesome operation such as selecting a dictionary each time and designating a word to be searched in the dictionary. In addition, there may be no corresponding word in the selected dictionary, and a wasteful operation may be performed.

  In Patent Document 1 described above, it is assumed that a translation dictionary is used, and it is not possible to check a person's name or place name using another dictionary. In addition, regarding the display, since the translated word information obtained by the dictionary search is always displayed on the same screen as the text, it may interfere with the text browsing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic device and a program that can easily display a desired type of dictionary information for a character string in a text during text browsing. And

An electronic device according to claim 1 of the present invention is an electronic device having a display unit and a dictionary function, a dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of different dictionaries in which headwords and explanation information are associated with each word, text A text storage means for storing the data, a dictionary to be searched according to a user operation from each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means in association with the text stored in the text storage means, and the dictionary A dictionary / display type setting means for setting a display type, which is a type of information to be displayed among the explanatory information, and a text display for reading the selected text from the text storage means and displaying it on the display unit in accordance with a text display instruction And the character string included in the text displayed by the text display means, the text and the text type are displayed by the dictionary / display type setting means. A dictionary search means for searching a dictionary set in the dictionary, and when the dictionary search means searches for a headword corresponding to the character string, the dictionary / display type setting means sets the description information of the headword Information display means for reading out information of a type corresponding to the displayed display type and displaying the information on the display unit , wherein the dictionary / display type setting means is a first and first search target according to a user operation. The second dictionary is set, the display type is set for each, and the first search method for searching the second dictionary for the headword searched in the first dictionary and the first dictionary are used. A plurality of dictionary search method setting means for setting any one of the second search methods for searching the second dictionary for the entry word if no corresponding entry word is found, according to a user operation; Serial information display means, when said first search method is set is displayed side by side display type of information obtained from each of said first and second dictionary, the second search method When the headword is searched in the first dictionary when the headword is found and the headword is found, the display type information obtained from the first dictionary is displayed and the headword is found in the first dictionary. If no headword is found, the display type information of the corresponding headword obtained from the second dictionary is displayed.

According to the present invention, there is provided a first search method in which first and second dictionaries to be automatically searched for text and display types are set, a first dictionary is searched, and a second dictionary is further searched. If there is no corresponding entry word by searching the first dictionary, one of the second search methods for searching the second dictionary can be set, and the character string in the text can be easily set according to this setting. The first and second dictionaries can be appropriately utilized by a user-specified search method to visually recognize desired types of dictionary information.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the dictionary names of the first and second dictionaries in which the headword has been searched can be displayed together with the searched information, whereby the desired character string in the text can be easily obtained. The type of dictionary information and the dictionary name of the information source can be visually recognized.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration when an electronic dictionary device is taken as an example of an electronic device having a dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of various dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit of the memory provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3A is an “ABC English-Japanese dictionary”, and FIG. ) Shows the configuration of dictionary data for “examination words”, and FIG. 5C shows the configuration of dictionary data for “personal dictionary”. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dictionary and display type setting data stored in a setting storage unit of a memory included in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4A shows a text name “mamals”, FIG. 5B shows the text set “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 4C shows the dictionary set for the text name “Les Miserable 3” and display type setting data. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of various text data stored in a text storage unit of a memory provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 5A shows a text name “mamals” and FIG. ) Is a text name “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 10C shows a part of the text data of the text name “Les Miserables 3”. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a CPU provided in the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic dictionary text display process in the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic dictionary text display process in the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary / display type setting process of the electronic dictionary in the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search processing operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen when a Japanese dictionary is set as an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary in the embodiment, and FIG. 11A shows a dictionary and display type setting screen. FIG. 6B shows a state in which a Japanese dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen when an English dictionary is set as an example of dictionary / display type setting of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 12A shows a dictionary and display type setting screen. FIG. 5B shows a state in which an English dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which a finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed as an example of dictionary / display type setting of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. 14A and 14B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 14A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 14B shows a display example of the sub screen. . 15A and 15B are diagrams showing an example of a screen during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 15A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 15B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 16A shows a state where a text list is displayed, and FIG. 16B shows setting of the dictionary and display type. The screen is displayed, FIG. 10C shows the state where the Japanese dictionary list screen is displayed, and FIG. 9D shows the state where the finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed. . FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 17A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 17B shows a display example of the sub screen. . 18A and 18B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 18A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 18B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 19A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 19B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 20A shows a state where a text list is displayed, and FIG. 20B shows setting of the dictionary and display type. The screen is displayed, and FIG. 10C shows the state where the English dictionary list screen is displayed. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a setting example of the dictionary / display type of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 21A shows a state where “Further search” is selected on the dictionary and display type setting screen. (B) shows a state where an English dictionary list screen is displayed, and (c) shows a state where a finalized dictionary and display type setting screen are displayed. 22A and 22B are diagrams showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment. FIG. 22A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 22B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device according to the embodiment, FIG. 23A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 23B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 24A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 24B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 25A shows a display example of the main screen, and FIG. 25B shows a display example of the sub screen. . FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of operation related to “examination word collection” of the electronic dictionary device in the embodiment, FIG. 26A is a diagram showing an example of a checked word list display screen, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the explanatory information corresponding to the word selected in the list display screen.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration when an electronic dictionary device is taken as an example of an electronic device having a dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 includes a foldable case in which a lid case 11 and a main body case 12 can be expanded / closed via a hinge portion 13. A first display unit 14 is provided on the surface of the lid case 11 in which the folding case is developed.

  The first display unit 14 is composed of a liquid crystal display device with a backlight of, for example, 480 × 320 dots, and the liquid crystal display screen is used as the main screen 14a. In addition, the first display unit 14 is integrated with a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by the user with the pen 15 or the like, and is displayed on a main screen 14 a disposed on substantially the entire surface of the lid case 11. The transparent touch panel 14b is overlaid.

  On the other hand, a second display unit 16 is provided on the surface of the main body case 12. The second display unit 16 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device of 256 × 64 dots, and the liquid crystal display screen is used as the sub screen 16a. Similar to the first display unit 14, the second display unit 16 also has a structure integrated with a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by the user with the pen 15 or the like. The transparent touch panel 16b is overlaid on the sub-screen 16a arranged on the screen.

  A key input unit 17 for inputting various keys and giving instructions is provided on the surface of the main body case 12. The key input unit 17 includes various keys including a power key 17a, a dictionary / mode selection key 17b, a character input key 17c, an up / down / left / right cursor key 17d, and an enter key 17e. .

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10 in the same embodiment.

  The electronic dictionary device 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. The electronic circuit includes a CPU ( a central processing unit) 21 is provided. The CPU 21 executes information display control according to the present invention in addition to the processing related to each function of the electronic dictionary by starting the program according to the input instruction.

  The CPU 21 is connected to the first display unit 14 (main screen 14a and transparent touch panel 14b), the second display unit 16 (sub screen 16a and transparent touch panel 16b) shown in FIG. The unit 17 is connected, and the memory 23, the transmission control unit 24, the recording medium reading unit 27, and the like are connected.

  The memory 23 includes a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various data necessary for the processing operation of the CPU 21. In the present embodiment, the memory 23 includes a program storage unit 31, a dictionary storage unit 32, a setting storage unit 33, a text storage unit 34, and a word check storage unit 35, and temporarily stores various data. A work area 36 is provided.

  The program storage unit 31 stores an information display control program executed by the CPU 21. This information display control program is a program for displaying explanatory information such as readings, parts of speech, and texts corresponding to headwords obtained as a dictionary search result on the main screen 14a or the sub screen 16a.

  Various dictionary data are stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 (see FIG. 3). Specifically, the dictionary data includes “CDE National Language Dictionary”, “Encyclopedia”, “Geography Dictionary”, “Person's Dictionary”, “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, and “Special Exam Dictionary” It is. In this “examination word collection”, English words with a high examination question rate are registered as learning objects.

  The setting storage unit 33 stores a dictionary set by the user for each text file on a predetermined setting screen and display type setting data (see FIG. 4).

  Various text files are stored in the text storage unit 34 (see FIG. 5). Specifically, the text file has a text name “mamaals”, a text name “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and a text name “Les Miserables 3”. These files are registered in advance or externally. It is additionally registered through the medium as appropriate.

  The word check storage unit 35 stores check data attached to a learned word among each word (English word) registered as a headword in the “examination word collection”.

  In addition, the transmission control unit 24 transmits and receives various data such as programs, dictionaries, texts, and the like to and from the external communication device 26 via the network 25. The network 25 includes a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), the Internet, or the like. Note that a configuration may be adopted in which the external communication device 26 is directly connected to the external communication device 26 wirelessly or via a wire without going through the network 25.

  The recording medium reading unit 27 is a device for reading various data including a program recorded on the recording medium 28. Examples of the recording medium 28 include a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.), and a semiconductor memory.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of various dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIG. 3 (a) is “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, FIG. 3 (b). Shows the configuration of the dictionary data of “Examination word collection”, and FIG.

  Each type of dictionary data includes a headword and explanation information corresponding to the headword. For example, in the case of “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary”, types of information such as “yomi”, “part of speech”, and “text” are included as explanatory information corresponding to headwords. In addition, in the case of “Examination word collection”, the explanation information corresponding to the headword includes types of information such as “part of speech” and “text”. In the case of the “personal dictionary”, the explanation information corresponding to the headword includes types of information such as “yomi”, “part of speech”, “text”, and “image”.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the dictionary and display type setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIG. 4A shows the text name “mamalals”. FIG. 5B shows the text set “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 6C shows the dictionary set for the text name “Les Miserable 3” and display type setting data.

  In the example of FIG. 4A, “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” is set as the English dictionary, “CDE Japanese-Language Dictionary” is set as the Japanese dictionary, and “Yomi” is displayed when the corresponding entry word exists in the text. Is set. In the example of FIG. 4B, “examination word collection” and “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” are set as English dictionaries, and when the corresponding entry word exists in the text, the “examination word collection” includes “summary”, “ “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” is set to display “Yomi”. The “outline” is a part of the content at the beginning of the “text” of the dictionary.

  In the example of FIG. 4C, “person name dictionary” is set as the Japanese dictionary, and “image” is set to be displayed when the corresponding headword exists in the text.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of various text data stored in the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG. 5A shows a text name “mamals”, and FIG. Is the text name “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address”, and FIG. 9C shows the contents of a part of the text data of the text name “Les Miserables 3”.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the CPU 21 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10.

  The CPU 21, which is the main control device, includes a dictionary / display type setting unit 21a, a text display unit 21b, a dictionary search unit 21c, an information display unit 21d, an identification display unit 21e, and a learning word registration unit 21f as functional configurations related to information display. Is provided.

  The dictionary / display type setting unit 21 a displays each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 in association with the text stored in the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 by displaying a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 described later. A process for setting a dictionary to be searched from among the above and a display type which is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary is performed.

  The text display unit 21 b performs processing for reading the text selected by the user's operation from the text storage unit 34 of the memory 23 and displaying it on the main screen 14 a of the first display unit 14.

  The dictionary search unit 21c performs processing for searching the dictionary set in the text by the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a for the character string included in the text displayed by the text display unit 21b.

  The information display unit 21d reads out the second type of information corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a when the dictionary search unit 21c searches for a headword corresponding to the character string. Processing for displaying on the sub-screen 16a of the display unit 16 is performed.

  The identification display unit 21e performs a process for identifying and displaying a character string in which a headword is searched for by the information display unit 21d in the text displayed on the main screen 14a. Specifically, in addition to adding an underline to the character string, the identification display includes marking with color, displaying the character string in italics or bold, displaying it with colored characters, and the like.

  The learning word registration unit 21f displays the “learning” displayed on the sub-screen 16a by the information display unit 21d when the “learning word collection” that is a special dictionary is set as a search target by the dictionary / display type setting unit 21a. Along with the confirmation operation of the information related to the word registered in the “word collection”, processing for registering the word as learned in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23 is performed.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.
In the following, each processing operation will be described in detail with specific examples of operations, divided into (a) text display processing and (b) dictionary search processing.

(A) Text display processing
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of the text display process of the electronic dictionary device 10 in the same embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is recorded on the recording medium 28 in the form of a program readable by the CPU 21 and installed through the recording medium reading unit 27 or stored in the memory 23 in advance.

  Now, with the list of text displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 by the operation of the dictionary / mode selection key 17b of the key input unit 17 provided in the electronic dictionary device 10, the user presses the cursor key 17d. It is assumed that the text to be displayed is selected by the operation (step A11).

  When the text is selected, the CPU 21 refers to the dictionary / display type setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 to determine whether or not a dictionary is set for the text (step A12). ). If no dictionary is set for the text (Yes in step A12), the CPU 21 executes the following dictionary / display type setting process to the user and explains the dictionary used for the text and the dictionary. A display type that is the type of information to be displayed is selected from the information (step A13).

  Here, the dictionary / display type setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 11 to 13.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary / display type setting process of the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when a text with no dictionary set is selected, the CPU 21 temporarily stores the text name as a setting target in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step B11), as shown in FIG. A dictionary and display type setting screen 51 is displayed on the main screen 14a (step B12).

  The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and can be configured to set two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 respectively. When two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 are set, “Further search” or “Search if there is no” can be selected. “Further search” means searching for a headword in the dictionary 1 and then searching for the same headword using the dictionary 2. “Search if there is no” means whether to search for a headword using the dictionary 2 if not in the dictionary 1.

  As shown in FIG. 11 (a), when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the first language setting unit 52, The list is switched to a Japanese dictionary list screen 54 as shown in b), and a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “CDE Japanese dictionary” in the Japanese dictionary and “Yomi” as the display type are selected.

FIG. 12 shows an example in which an English dictionary is set continuously.
As shown in FIG. 12A, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the second language setting unit 53, FIG. The list screen 55 of the English dictionary as shown in FIG. 5 is switched, and a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” in the English dictionary and “Yomi” as the display type are selected.

  After selecting the dictionary and display type, when the selection content is confirmed by operating the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 13 is finally displayed. Thus, it can be confirmed that “CDE Japanese dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are set as the Japanese dictionary, and “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are set as the English dictionary.

  When the dictionary and the display type are set by the user operation in this way (step B13), the CPU 21 associates the dictionary and the display type setting data with the text name temporarily stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23. In addition, it is stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 as in the example of FIG. 4 (step B14).

  At this time, when the dictionary 1 and the dictionary 2 are set for the same language, a search attribute indicating whether “search further” or “search if there is no” is included in the setting data and stored. Shall.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 7, when the dictionary and the display type are set for the text selected by the user, the CPU 21 displays the text on the main screen 14a so as to be viewable (step A14). In that case, when the same text was browsed last time, it is displayed from the end point of the previous browsing.

  When the text is displayed on the main screen 14a, the CPU 21 extracts a character string from the beginning of the displayed text as a dictionary search word (step A15). Then, the CPU 21 reads the dictionary 1 set by the user from the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23 based on the setting data stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23, and the extracted character string in the dictionary 1. It is determined whether there is a headword corresponding to (step A16).

  If a dictionary 1 is set for each of a plurality of different languages, the dictionary 1 for each language is searched. That is, in the example of FIG. 13, “CDE Japanese dictionary” for Japanese and “ABC English-Japanese dictionary” for English are set as the dictionary 1. The presence / absence of the corresponding headword is searched.

  Here, when there is no headword corresponding to the dictionary 1 (No in Step A16), the CPU 21 determines that the text “If there is no dictionary 2 based on the search attribute included in the setting data”. It is determined whether or not “search” is set (step A17). If “search for dictionary 2 if not present” is set (Yes in step A17), CPU 21 reads dictionary 2 from dictionary storage unit 32 of memory 23, and the extracted character string is stored in dictionary 2. It is determined whether there is a headword corresponding to (step A18). Also in this case, if a dictionary 2 is set for each of a plurality of different languages, the dictionary 2 for each language is searched.

  As a result of searching the dictionary 2, if a corresponding headword is present (Yes in step A 18), the CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step). A19), the dictionary 2 is associated with the character string and stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step A20).

  On the other hand, when there is a headword corresponding to the dictionary 1 (Yes in step A16), the CPU 21 performs “search further in the dictionary 2” for the text based on the search attribute included in the setting data. It is determined whether it is set (step A21). If “search further dictionary 2” is not set (No in step A21), the CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step A22). The dictionary 1 is associated with the character string and stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step A23).

  If “Search further dictionary 2” is set (Yes in step A21), the CPU 21 reads the dictionary 2 from the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23, and the extracted character is stored in the dictionary 2. It is determined whether there is a headword corresponding to the column (step A24).

  As a result, if there is no entry word corresponding to the dictionary 2 (No in step A24), the CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step A22). Then, the dictionary 1 is associated with the character string and stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step A23).

  If there is a headword corresponding to the dictionary 2 (Yes in step A24), the CPU 21 identifies and displays the character string of the currently displayed text with an underline (step A25). The dictionary 1 and the dictionary 2 are associated with the character string and stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 (step A26).

  In this manner, the CPU 21 searches the dictionary set by the user while sequentially extracting the character string as the dictionary search word from the top of the currently displayed text (step A27), and when the corresponding entry word exists. The character string is identified and displayed, and the dictionary is associated and stored in the work area 36 (step A28 → A16). When the character string is extracted to the end of the text (Yes in step A28), the following processing is performed.

  That is, first, the CPU 21 designates and displays the location identified (displayed at the beginning of the currently displayed text) (that is, the character string existing in the dictionary) as a sub-screen display target (step A29). As a method of designation display, for example, a red underline or a marker is added to the character string of the part, but the display form is not particularly limited.

  Next, the CPU 21 retrieves a dictionary corresponding to the character string at the designated and displayed location, and reads out information corresponding to the display type designated by the user from the description information of the headword registered in the dictionary. This is displayed on the sub-screen 16a together with the dictionary name (step A30).

  It should be noted that the dictionary corresponding to the character string at the designated and displayed location can be determined from the correspondence between the character string stored in the work area 36 of the memory 23 and the dictionary. The display type designated by the user can be determined from the dictionary stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23 and the display type setting data.

FIG. 14 shows a display example at this time.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display. FIG. 14A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 14B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a.

  Assume that a certain text is displayed on the main screen 14a as shown in FIG. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a designation display by a red underline or a marker, and indicates a character string to be displayed on the sub screen.

  In the case where “mammals” and “belong” character strings in the text exist in the dictionary, first, “mammals” at the head thereof is designated and displayed with an underline or marker as a sub-screen display target. Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the dictionary information related to “mammals” is displayed together with the dictionary name on the sub-screen 16a. In this example, the information “Yomi” (phonetic symbol) set as the display type among the explanation information of the headword “mammals” from “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” is displayed on the sub-screen 16a.

  In this state, for example, when the user performs a designated display movement operation using the left and right cursor keys 17d (Yes in step A31), the CPU 21 determines the position of the designated display according to the instruction of the movement operation (dictionary setting). Moved in units of (completed character string) (step A32). Then, the CPU 21 searches again the dictionary corresponding to the character string of the movement destination, reads out the information of the type corresponding to the display type set by the user from the description information of the headword registered in the dictionary, This is displayed on the sub-screen 16a (step A32 → A30).

FIG. 15 shows a display example at this time.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen example during text display. FIG. 15A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 15B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a.

  When the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d to designate "belong" as the next sub-screen display target, "belong" is designated and displayed by an underline or a marker, as shown in FIG. Information on the dictionary related to “belong” is displayed on the screen 16a together with the dictionary name. In this example, “Yomi” (phonetic symbol) information set as a display type among the explanation information of the headword “belong” from “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” is displayed on the sub-screen 16a.

  In this way, if the type of information to be displayed as a dictionary is set in advance in the text, the dictionary information related to the corresponding character string can be easily obtained without opening a dictionary search operation when the text is opened. Can be confirmed. At this time, since the dictionary information is displayed not on the main screen 14a which is a text display screen but on the physically separated sub-screen 16a, there is no hindrance to text browsing. In particular, since it is possible to set the type of information to be displayed on the sub-screen 16a, there is an advantage that only the necessary information can be easily confirmed by shifting the eye line slightly.

  In addition, since the display type, which is the type of information to be displayed as a dictionary, can be set for multiple texts, when each text is displayed, the user does not need to perform a dictionary search operation. A desired type of information can be easily obtained from the corresponding dictionary.

  Further, as the display type of information to be displayed on the sub-screen 16a, “image” information can be designated in addition to the types of information such as “reading” and “outline”.

Specific examples are shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 to 18.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a setting example of the dictionary / display type of the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIGS. 17 to 18 are diagrams showing display examples of the main screen 14a and the sub screen 16a during text display.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 16A, with the text list 50 displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14, the text “Les Miserables 3” in [A] is the user. Is selected.

  When no dictionary is set for the selected text, a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 16B is displayed on the main screen 14a. The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 can be set respectively.

  Here, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to set the cursor CL in the input field of the dictionary 1 in the first language setting unit 52 of the setting screen 51, as shown in FIG. The list screen 54 of the Japanese dictionary is switched, and a desired dictionary and a display type which is a type of information to be displayed among the description information of the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “person name dictionary” in the Japanese dictionary and “image” as the display type are selected.

  After the user selects a dictionary and display type, when the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17 is operated, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 16D is displayed, and “personal dictionary” is displayed as a Japanese dictionary. The type “image” is set. Thereby, the setting data as shown in FIG. 4C is stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23.

  After the dictionary and the display type are set in this way, when the text “Les Miserables 3” is read, the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 and the sub-screen 16a of the second display unit 16 are shown in FIG. A display like 17 is made.

  FIG. 17A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 17B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a designation display by a red underline or a marker, and indicates a character string to be displayed on the sub screen.

  On the main screen 14a, the text “Les Miserables 3” is displayed, and the character string existing as a headword in the dictionary “personal dictionary” specified by the user is identified by an underline UL. Is displayed. Further, among these character strings, a character string that is a sub-screen display target is designated and displayed with a red underline UL (r). In this example, underlined UL is added to the character strings of names such as “Louis XII”, “Henri IV”, “Louis XIV”, and “Louis XII” at the top of the character string is red. Underlined UL (r).

  At this time, on the sub screen 16a, an image relating to the current sub screen display target “Louis XII” is displayed together with the dictionary name “personal dictionary” of the registration destination.

  When the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d, the sub-screen display target is switched to another character string as shown in FIGS. 18A and 18B, and the information in the dictionary 1 corresponding to the character string is displayed. It is displayed on the sub screen 16a. In this example, the sub screen display target is switched to “Henri IV”, and an image related to “Henri IV” is read from the “person name dictionary” and displayed on the sub screen 16a. Yes.

  Here, when the image information corresponding to the character string in the text is displayed on the sub screen 16a, the user selects the dictionary name on the sub screen 16a by touching with the pen 15 or the like (in step A33). Yes), the CPU 21 reads the entire description information related to the character string from the selected dictionary, and displays the window on the main screen 14a from the top of the description information (step A34).

This is shown in FIG.
FIG. 19A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 19B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. If the user touches the dictionary name “personal dictionary” on the subscreen 16a with the pen 15 or the like while the image relating to “Henri IV” is displayed on the subscreen 16a, the “personal dictionary” to “Henri IV” The description information text is read out, and the display screen 56 of the description information text is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

  In this way, if the text describes a large number of people, if you specify "person name dictionary" as the dictionary and "image" as the display type, even if you do not perform special operations such as jump search while displaying the text, The image of each person can be easily confirmed on the sub-screen 16a, which is very useful for understanding the contents of the text.

  Further, it is convenient that detailed information of the currently displayed person can be confirmed on the main screen 14a simply by touching the sub-screen 16a. In this case, the detailed information of the person is not always displayed on the main screen 14a, but is displayed only when designated by the user, so that it does not interfere with the text browsing.

  In this example, “Image” is specified as the display type, but the same applies when other information such as “Reading” and “Summary” is specified as the display type. By touching 16a, the detailed information can be confirmed on the main screen 14a.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the dictionary selected by the user touching the sub screen 16 a is a special dictionary “test word collection” (Yes in step A <b> 35), the CPU 21 displays the current sub screen. Assuming that the user has learned the word in the text designated as the target, the headword corresponding to the word in the “test word collection” stored in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23 indicates learned. A check mark is registered (step A36).

This situation will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 20 and 21 and FIGS.
20 and 21 are diagrams showing examples of setting the dictionary and display type of the electronic dictionary device 10, and FIGS. 22 to 25 are diagrams showing examples of displaying the main screen 14a and the sub screen 16a during text display.

  Now, with the text list 50 displayed on the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 as shown in FIG. 20 (a), the text of “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address” in [B] therein. Is selected by the user.

  When no dictionary is set for the selected text, a dictionary and display type setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 20B is displayed on the main screen 14a. The setting screen 51 is provided with setting sections 52 and 53 for each language (here, Japanese and English), and two types of dictionaries 1 and 2 can be set respectively.

  Here, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 to move the cursor CL to the input field of the dictionary 1 in the second language setting unit 53 of the setting screen 51, as shown in FIG. The display screen is switched to a list screen 55 for the English dictionary, and a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL.

  In this example, the “examination word collection” included in the English dictionary and the state where “summary” is selected as the display type are shown. In this embodiment, by designating a dictionary of “examination word collection”, it is possible to learn words (English words) registered in the “examination word collection” during text display.

FIG. 21 shows an example in which an English dictionary is set continuously.
As shown in FIG. 21A, when the user operates the cursor key 17d of the key input unit 17 and selects the item “Further search” in the second language setting unit 53, the item shown in FIG. By switching to the English dictionary list screen 55, a desired dictionary and a display type corresponding to the dictionary can be selected with the cursor CL. In this example, “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” in the English dictionary and “Yomi” as the display type are selected.

  When the user operates the enter key 17e of the key input unit 17 after selecting the dictionary and display type, a setting screen 51 as shown in FIG. 21 (c) is displayed. “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” and display type “Yomi” are set as the display type “summary”, and the dictionary 2 to be searched. Thereby, setting data as shown in FIG. 4B is stored in the setting storage unit 33 of the memory 23.

  After the dictionary and display type are set in this way, when the text “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address” is read, the main screen 14a of the first display unit 14 and the sub-screen 16a of the second display unit 16 are displayed. A display as shown in FIG. 22 is made.

  22A shows a display example of the main screen 14a, and FIG. 22B shows a display example of the sub screen 16a. UL in the figure is underlined, indicating that the character string exists as a headword in the dictionary. UL (r) is a red underline and indicates that it is a sub-screen display target.

  On the main screen 14a, the text “Abraham Lincoln-The Gettysburg Address” is displayed, and the dictionary “examination word collection” specified by the user in the text and the character string existing as an entry word in the “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” Is underlined with an underline UL. Further, among these character strings, a character string that is a sub-screen display target is designated and displayed with a red underline UL (r). In this example, an underline UL is added to a character string of English words such as “conceive”, “Liberty”, “conceived”, and a red underline UL (r) is attached to “conceive” at the head of the character string. ing.

  At this time, the information obtained from the dictionary 1 and the information obtained from the dictionary 2 are displayed side by side on the sub-screen 16a. Specifically, “Summary”, which is the display type of the user setting related to “conceive” that is the current sub-screen display target in the text, is displayed together with the dictionary name “Examination word collection” of the user setting, and “ “Reading”, which is the display type of the user setting related to “conceive”, is displayed together with the dictionary name “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” set by the user.

  Further, when the user operates the left and right cursor keys 17d, the sub-screen display target is switched to another character string as shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b), and the dictionary 1, dictionary 2 corresponding to the character string is switched. Is displayed on the sub-screen 16a. In this example, the sub-screen display target is switched to “Liberty”, and “Summary” of the display type of the user setting is read out from the explanation information of “Liberty” of “Examination word collection”, and further, “ABC English-Japanese” Of the explanation information of “Liberty” in the “Dictionary”, the display type “Read” of the user setting is read and displayed on the sub-screen 16a.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 24A and 24B, when the user touches the dictionary name “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” on the sub-screen 16 a with the pen 15 or the like, the description from “ABC English-Japanese Dictionary” to “Liberty” The entire information is read out, and the display screen 57 for the explanation information is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B, when the user touches the dictionary name “examination word collection” on the sub-screen 16a with the pen 15 or the like, the explanation information about “Liberty” from the “examination word collection” Is displayed, and the display screen 58 for the explanation information is displayed in a window near the character string on the main screen 14a.

  At that time, it is assumed that the user has learned the word “Liberty”, and a check mark indicating that the headword corresponding to the word registered in the “examination word collection” has been learned is attached, A message 59 for notifying the user that the check mark has been registered is displayed on the main screen 14a.

  Thereafter, when “Examination word collection” is selected, the check mark of the word registered during the text display is reflected. The “tested word collection” will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 10 and 26.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the user instructs “return” by a predetermined operation (Yes in step A <b> 37), the process returns to step A <b> 31 and the same process is repeated.

  Further, when there is a page turning operation by the operation of the up / down cursor keys 17d or the like (Yes in step A38), the CPU 21 switches the display range of the currently displayed text to a page in the direction specified by the user and displays the page ( Step A39).

(B) Dictionary search processing
Next, the dictionary search process will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search processing operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 according to the embodiment. Note that the processing shown in this flowchart is recorded in the recording medium 28 in the form of a program readable by the CPU 21 and installed through the recording medium reading unit 27, or in the memory 23, as in the above-described flowcharts. Stored in advance.

  As shown in FIG. 10, for example, in a state where the main menu is displayed on the main screen 14 a of the first display unit 14, the user operates the dictionary / mode selection key 17 b provided in the key input unit 17 to change the dictionary. When the selection is made (step C11), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the selected dictionary is an “examination word collection” (step C12).

  Here, if the selected dictionary is other than “examination word collection” (No in step C12), normal dictionary search processing is executed.

  That is, first, the CPU 21 displays a search input screen (not shown) on the main screen 14a (step C13). Then, the CPU 21 searches for a headword corresponding to the search character from the dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage unit 32 of the memory 23 based on the search character input by the user through the search input screen (step C15). ).

  When there is a corresponding headword, the CPU 21 reads out the explanation information corresponding to the headword from the data of the dictionary and displays it on the main screen 14a as a search result (step C16). Thereafter, when there is an end operation by the user (Yes in step C17), the dictionary search process is ended here and the original screen is restored.

  On the other hand, if the selected dictionary is “Examination word collection” (Yes in step C12), the following dictionary search processing is executed.

  That is, the CPU 21 first determines whether or not a checked word list is instructed by the user (step C18). When there is an instruction for a checked word list (Yes in step C18), the CPU 21 determines each of the words registered in the “examination word collection” based on the check data stored in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23. The checked words are read out from the words, and a list of these words is displayed on the main screen 14a (see step C19, FIG. 26A).

  Here, when the user designates a desired word in the displayed list of checked words (step C20). The CPU 21 reads out the explanation information of the designated word from the “examination word collection” and displays it on the main screen 14a (see step C21, FIG. 26B).

  If there is an instruction to change the presence / absence of check (Yes in step C22), the CPU 21 changes the presence / absence of checking of the designated word and registers it in the word check storage unit 35 of the memory 23 ( Step C23). Thereafter, when there is an end operation by the user (Yes in step C24), the dictionary search process is ended here and the screen returns to the original screen.

This will be specifically described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an operation example related to “Examination word collection”, FIG. 26A is a diagram showing an example of a list display screen of checked words, and FIG. 26B is a selection in the list display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the explanatory information corresponding to the made word.

  As described above, when the checked word list is instructed after the selection of “examination word collection”, the checked word list display screen 61 as shown in FIG. 26A is displayed on the main screen 14a.

  The checked word list display screen 61 includes words with check marks 62 indicating that the user has learned. In addition to the words that were explicitly checked when the user opened the “Examination word collection” and learned, the words linked to the “Examination word collection” during text display as shown in FIG. Automatically checked words are included in the selection operation.

  Here, if the user selects a word to be confirmed by operating the cursor key 17d, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), the explanation information of the selected word is read from the “examination word collection”, A description information display screen 63 is displayed on the main screen 14a. In this example, a state in which explanatory information related to “liberty” is displayed is shown.

  It is also possible to select a word that needs to be learned again from the checked word list display screen 61 and remove the check mark 62 attached to the word.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can arbitrarily set the dictionary that the user wants to automatically search and the display type that is the type that the user wants to display among the description information of the dictionary according to the content of the text. When there is a character string corresponding to the set dictionary entry word during text display, dictionary information (display type information specified by the user) related to the character string is displayed on the sub-screen 16a. Can do.

  Also, if there is a character string corresponding to a dictionary entry word in the text, the character string is identified and displayed by an underline or the like, so useless operations such as searching for a character string that is not registered in the dictionary It is convenient that the dictionary information of the corresponding character string can be confirmed on the sub screen 16a without performing the above.

  In addition, if a plurality of dictionaries are set as search targets, the search results of these dictionaries can be displayed. For example, together with the explanation of the words in the “examination word collection”, from a general dictionary You can use it by learning while simultaneously checking the readings (phonetic symbols) of the words you get.

  Furthermore, as described with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, when the user confirms the explanation information of the word registered in the “examination word collection” during the text display, a check mark indicating that the word has been learned is automatically displayed. Attached. Therefore, when the user learns using the “examination word collection”, it is possible to efficiently learn while checking the presence / absence of a learned word according to the check mark.

  In the above embodiment, a Japanese dictionary and an English dictionary have been described as examples. However, for example, a dictionary related to another language such as Chinese or Korean is also applicable.

  The present invention is not limited to an electronic dictionary, and can be applied to any electronic device having a dictionary function such as a portable terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or a translation device.

  In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

  Furthermore, the method described in the above-described embodiment is applied to a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. as a program that can be executed by a computer. It can be written and applied to various devices, or transmitted by a communication medium and applied to various devices. A computer that implements this apparatus reads the program recorded on the recording medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation by this program.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary apparatus, 11 ... Cover case, 12 ... Main body case, 13 ... Hinge part, 14 ... 1st display part, 14a ... Main screen, 14b ... Transparent touch panel, 15 ... Pen, 16 ... 2nd display 16a ... sub-screen, 16b ... transparent touch panel, 17 ... key input part, 17a ... power key, 17b ... dictionary / mode selection key, 17c ... character input key, 17d ... up / down / left / right cursor key, 17e ... decision key, 21 ... CPU, 21a ... Dictionary / display type setting unit, 21b ... Text display unit, 21c ... Dictionary search unit, 21d ... Information display unit, 21e ... Identification display unit, 21f ... Learning word registration unit, 22 ... System bus, 23 ... Memory, 24 ... Electric transmission control unit, 25 ... Network, 26 ... Communication device, 27 ... Recording medium reading unit, 28 ... Recording medium, 31 ... Program storage unit, 32 ... Dictionary description 33: Setting storage unit, 34 ... Text storage unit, 35 ... Word check storage unit, 36 ... Work area, 50 ... Text list, 51 ... Dictionary and display type setting screen, 52 ... First language setting unit, 53 ... Second language setting unit, 54 ... Japanese dictionary list screen, 55 ... English dictionary list screen, 56 ... Description information display screen, 57 ... Description information display screen, 58 ... Description information display screen, 59 ... Check mark registration notification message, 61 ... Checked word list display screen, 62 ... Check mark, 63 ... Description information display screen, CL ... Cursor, UL ... Underline, UL (r) ... Red underline .

Claims (7)

In an electronic device with a display and a dictionary function,
Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of different dictionaries in which headwords and explanation information are associated with each word;
Text storage means for storing text;
Corresponding to the text stored in the text storage means, the dictionary to be searched according to the user operation from each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means, and the information to be displayed among the explanation information of the dictionary A dictionary / display type setting means for setting a display type as a type,
In accordance with a text display instruction, text display means for reading out the selected text from the text storage means and displaying it on the display unit;
Dictionary search means for searching a dictionary set in the text by the dictionary / display type setting means for a character string included in the text displayed by the text display means;
When an entry word corresponding to the character string is searched by the dictionary search means, information of a type corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting means is read out from the explanation information of the entry word. Information display means for displaying on the display unit;
Equipped with,
The dictionary / display type setting means sets the first and second dictionaries to be searched according to a user operation, sets the display type for each of the first and second dictionaries, and further includes the headword searched for in the first dictionary. Either of a first search method for searching a second dictionary and a second search method for searching the second dictionary for the headword if a corresponding headword is not found by searching the first dictionary. A plurality of dictionary search method setting means for setting according to user operation;
When the first search method is set, the information display means displays the display type information obtained from each of the first and second dictionaries side by side, and the second search method When the headword is searched in the first dictionary when the headword is found and the headword is found, the display type information obtained from the first dictionary is displayed and the headword is found in the first dictionary. If no headword is found , the electronic device displays information on the display type of the headword obtained from the second dictionary . When the first search method is set, the information display means displays display type information obtained from each of the first and second dictionaries and dictionary names of the first and second dictionaries. Are displayed side by side, and when the second search method is set, when the headword is searched in the first dictionary and the corresponding headword is found, the headword is obtained from the first dictionary. When the display type information and the dictionary name of the first dictionary are displayed and the headword is not searched in the first dictionary, the display type information obtained from the second dictionary and the second dictionary 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a dictionary name is displayed. The text storage means stores a plurality of different texts,
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary / display type setting means sets a dictionary and a display type to be searched for text arbitrarily selected from these texts. A main screen and a sub screen at a position physically different from the main screen are provided in the display unit,
The text display means displays the selected text on the main screen,
The information display means displays information of a type corresponding to the set display type on the sub-screen,
An identification display means for identifying and displaying a character string in which a headword is searched for by the dictionary search means in the text displayed on the main screen;
The information display means has a type corresponding to the display type set by the dictionary / display type setting means in the explanation information of the corresponding headword in accordance with the designation operation of the character string identified and displayed by the identification display means. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information is read and displayed on the sub-screen. The display type includes an image,
When the image displayed as the display type on the sub-screen is selected, the information display means reads out the text of the description information of the headword corresponding to the image from the dictionary and displays it on the main screen The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein: Each dictionary stored in the dictionary storage means includes a special dictionary in which words to be learned are registered,
When the special dictionary is set as a search target by the dictionary / display type setting means, accompanied by an operation for confirming information on words registered in the special dictionary displayed on the sub-screen by the information display means. The electronic device according to claim 4 , further comprising learning word registration means for registering the word as learned. Computer for controlling an electronic device comprising a display, a first memory for storing a plurality of different dictionaries in which headwords and explanation information are associated with each word, and a second memory for storing text A program executed by
In the computer,
In association with the text stored in the second memory, a dictionary to be searched from among the dictionaries stored in the first memory according to a user operation and the description information of the dictionary are displayed. Dictionary / display type setting function to set the display type that is the type of information,
A function of reading the selected text from the second memory and displaying the selected text on the display unit in accordance with a text display instruction;
A function for searching the dictionary set in the text for the character string included in the displayed text,
An information display that reads out information of a type corresponding to the set display type from the explanation information of the headword when the headword corresponding to the character string is searched by this dictionary search, and displays it on the display unit Function and
Realized
The dictionary / display type setting function sets the first and second dictionaries to be searched in response to a user operation, sets the display type for each of the first and second dictionaries, and further includes the headword searched for in the first dictionary. Either of a first search method for searching a second dictionary and a second search method for searching the second dictionary for the headword if a corresponding headword is not found by searching the first dictionary. With multiple dictionary search method setting function to set according to user operation,
The information display function displays the display type information obtained from each of the first and second dictionaries side by side when the first search method is set, and the second search method When the headword is searched in the first dictionary when the headword is found and the headword is found, the display type information obtained from the first dictionary is displayed and the headword is found in the first dictionary. a function of displaying display type of information of the headword obtained from said second dictionary is not found headword, program characterized with Rukoto.

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