JPH0146897B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to a translation machine that inputs a first language such as English (or Japanese) and displays a corresponding second language such as Japanese (or English). In such translators, when Japanese people input English, it is desirable for Japanese to be displayed in a display format that includes kanji, from the viewpoint of readability, and it is also desirable for Japanese people to be able to pronounce the Japanese that includes kanji. In order to make it easier to read, it is desirable that the Japanese language be displayed in hiragana format. Also, when translating English into Japanese, it is desirable for foreigners to have Japanese displayed in Roman letters when they input English, and also to display Japanese in Hiragana. It may be desirable to Katakana may be used instead of Hiragana. Also, when translating Japanese into English,
It may be desirable to display English in alphabetical spelling, and then switch to display the English phonetic symbols. An object of the present invention is to provide a translation machine that can switch and display a translated second language in a plurality of display formats. The present invention provides a translation machine that translates an input first language into a second language, wherein the first language is stored in each of a plurality of storage areas of a first memory, and the first language is translated into a second language. One specific display format of the second language is stored in each of the plurality of storage areas of the second memory, and other display formats different from the specific display format of the second language into which the first language is translated are stored in each of the plurality of storage areas of the second memory. , are stored in each of a plurality of storage areas of the third memory, and the storage areas of the first, second, and third memories in which the first language and the second language that is its translation are stored are located at the same address. , a translation key KT is provided, and a second language stored in the storage area of the second or third memory having the address of the storage area of the first memory where the input first language is stored.
The language is switched and displayed in the display format stored in each storage area each time the translation key KT is operated, and the key KS is used to translate the translation direction of multiple languages.
A key KL for selecting a second language, display parts each displayed at a fixed position to represent multiple languages to be translated into each other, outputs for a translation direction selection key KS and a second language selection key KL. In response to, among the plurality of display portions,
Display control means for moving and displaying a first language selection mark representing a display portion corresponding to the first language and a second language selection mark representing a display portion corresponding to the second language to each display portion. This is a translation machine that features: FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.
Cabinet B is provided with keys KA corresponding to characters such as English, Japanese, and German, and the translated second language is displayed on display D using a liquid crystal dot matrix or the like. With this translator,
It is possible to translate between English, Japanese with kanji, Japanese with hiragana, and German. The character "E" which is the display part displayed at a fixed position on cabinet B near display D indicates English, the character "J1" which is the display part indicates Japanese mixed with Kanji, and the character which is the display part "J2" indicates Japanese hiragana, and the display part is the letter "G"
indicates German. The translation direction selection key KS is for selecting the translation direction from the first language to the second language. For example, when translating from English to Japanese, by pressing this translation direction selection key KS, the direction of translation is reversed and translation from Japanese to English becomes possible. 2nd language selection key
By operating KL, the inverted triangular second language selection mark P1 displayed on display D changes to "E",
Move to "J1", "J2", and "G". The first language selection mark P2 has an upright triangular shape and moves to "E", "J1", "J2", and "G" on the display D. In the state shown in the first diagram, a state in which English as a first language is translated into Japanese mixed with Kanji as a second language is shown. In this state, if you input "INVENTION" by operating the key KA as shown in Figure 2 1 and then press the translation key KT, the result will be "INVENTION" in Japanese mixed with kanji as shown in Figure 2 2. is displayed, then the translation key KT again
By pressing , the Japanese hiragana ``hatsumei'' will be displayed as shown in FIG. 2. When changing from the display format shown in FIG. 2 to the display format shown in FIG. 2, the display format is switched only by pressing the translation key KT without operating the second language selection key KL. After that, by operating the translation key KT again, the Japanese word "invention" mixed with kanji will be displayed as shown in Fig. 2 2, and in the same manner, the display of Figs. This will be repeated sequentially by pressing the KT. FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In this translator, an English memory module M1 is installed in the body L in advance. This aircraft L can further be equipped with a Japanese memory module M2 containing kanji, a Japanese memory module M3 containing hiragana, and a German memory module M4, depending on the user's selection. can. Mounting positions 1 to 4 are set on the fuselage L, and memory modules M1 to M are installed in these mounting positions 1 to 4.
4 are installed respectively. Memory module M1
~M4 is a mounting position 1 that is different from the illustrated embodiment~
4, most of the following description will be made in the illustrated mounting state for convenience. Identification codes C0 to C3 for identifying the memory modules M1 to M4 are stored in the first storage area of the memory modules M1 to M4. In the memory modules M1 to M4, a large number of store areas following the store areas in which the identification codes C0 to C3 are stored correspond to each memory module M1 to M4, and the corresponding contents are stored. There is. Corresponding store areas have the same address. For example, the address of the store area where the store content "INVENTION" is stored in the memory module M1 is the same as the address of the store area where the store content "INVENTION" is stored in the memory module M2. The module select circuit CU includes a so-called page counter PC for selecting memory modules M1 to M4 and a storage area CO1 to CO1 as shown in FIG.
It has CO3. Their store area CO1
-CO3, the storage area CO1 stores the mounting positions 1-4 in which the memory modules M1-M4 of the first language are mounted. Store area CO2, CO
3 relates to the second language. store area
CO2 stores mounting positions 1 to 4 in which memory modules M1 to M4 in which a certain display form of a second language is stored are mounted. Store area CO3
, mounting positions 1 to 4 in which memory modules M1 to M4 in which other display forms of the second language are stored are stored. For example, in this embodiment, memory modules M1-M3 are located at mounting positions 1-
3, so the store area
By storing "1" to "3" in CO1 to CO3 respectively, if English as the first language is input using the key KA, Japanese with kanji and Japanese with hiragana will be translated. It can be obtained as described later by operating the selection key KS. Signals from the second language selection key KL and the translation direction selection key KS are input to the counter K. Counter K has a 4-bit register K1 to K4 as shown in Table 1. The fact that the count content of this counter K is, for example, "0000" means that the first language is the memory module (M1 in this embodiment) installed at the installation position 1, and the second language is the memory module installed at the installation position 2. This indicates that the memory module (M2 in this embodiment) is installed in the memory module. The adjacent count content "0001" indicates that the first and second languages are installed in the memory modules installed at installation positions 2 and 1, respectively (in this example, M2 and M
1), which is opposite to the translation direction of the count content "0000". In general, adjacent pairs of count contents have language translation directions opposite to each other.

[Table] By pressing the second language selection key KL, the count contents change by 2 in binary notation. For example, when you do not operate the translation direction selection key KS,
Each time the second language selection key KL is operated, the sequence changes from "0000" to "0010" → "0100" → "0110" → "1000" →
It changes to "1010" and returns to "0000" again. In this way, a translation from a first language to a second language can be selected. By pressing the translation direction selection key KS, the counter contents of the counter K change by 1 between the count contents of an adjacent pair.
Increases and decreases alternately with each KS operation. Therefore, when the stored content of counter K is, for example, "0000", operating the translation direction selection key KS changes the count content to "0001", thereby reversing the translation direction. . When the count content of the count K is "0001", the count content returns to "0000" by operating the translation direction selection key KS. When the count content of counter K is "0001",
When you operate the second language selection key KL, the count increases by 2 as described above, so "0011" → "0101" → "0111" → "1001" →
It will be changed to "1011". In this way, it becomes possible to arbitrarily select the first language and the second language by operating the second language selection key KL and the translation direction selection key KS. Also, memory modules M2 to M4
When one or more of the memory modules are not installed in the installation positions 1 to 4, the count contents of the counter K are changed between the installed memory modules M1 to M4 by operating the second language selection key KL. Counter K is a detection circuit so that only translation is possible.
It changes by multiples of 2 in response to the output of JC. The detection circuit JC reads the identification codes C0 to C3 of the memory modules M1 to M4, and detects which mounting positions 1 to 4 these memory modules M1 to M4 are mounted. Referring also to Figure 5, by operating the second language selection key KL and translation direction selection key KS, translation from English as the first language to Japanese in a display format containing kanji as the second language is performed. and further translation keys
Let us assume a case where translation is performed so that Japanese can be displayed in hiragana display format by operating KT. In this case, by operating the second language selection key KL and translation direction selection key KS, the first and second
Language selection marks P2 and P1 are "E" and "J1"
Set it so that As a result, counter K sets the count content to "0000" in response to the output from detection circuit JC. Then, when you operate key KA and enter an English alphanumeric character at step m1, the conditional flip-flops F1 to F4 provided on the aircraft L will move to step m1.
It is reset at m2 to m5. The English input from key KA is stored in buffer register BK and displayed on display D via display switching circuit S. The stored contents of buffer register BK are given to one input of comparison circuit JL. When the translation key KT is pressed in the next step n1, the conditional flip-flop F
1 is set in step n2. In the present state, conditional flip-flop F1 remains reset, so conditional flip-flop F1 is set in step n3. The comparison detection circuit JK has a function of determining the count contents of the counter K, and performs steps n4, n7, and
Achieve n40, n10. Since the count content of the counter K is "0000", the process moves from step n4 to steps n5 and n6, and the module select circuit CU
``1'' and ``2'' are stored in the storage areas CO1 and CO2, respectively. As explained in connection with FIG. 4, the page counter P has store areas CO1 to CO1.
The stored contents of CO3 are transferred. In step n13, the contents of the store area CO1 are transferred to the page counter PC and the page counter
Set the PC store contents to "1". As a result, the module select circuit CU has selected the mounting position 1, and therefore the memory module M1 has been selected. Therefore, in step n14,
In order to specify the next store area after the store area CO in the memory module M1, the store content of the address counter AO is set to "2". The contents of address counter AC are applied to memory module M1 via address decoder AD. step
At n15, the comparison circuit JL compares the contents stored in the buffer register BK. Stored contents of buffer register BK and memory module M
If the contents from the store area 1 do not match, the address counter AC is set in step n16.
1 is further added to the store contents to designate the next store area of memory module M1. In this way, the comparison circuit JL sequentially compares the contents stored in the buffer register BK and the contents stored in the memory module M1. If there is a match in comparison circuit JL, the contents of address counter AC are transferred to auxiliary register AB in step n17. At step n18, the contents of the store area CO2 of the module select circuit CU are stored in the page counter.
Transferred to PC. As a result, mounting position 2 is selected, and therefore memory module M2 is selected. At step n19, the stored contents of auxiliary register AB are stored in address counter AC.
Transfer to. Therefore, in step n20, the contents stored at the address specified by the address counter AC of the memory module M2 are displayed on the display D. In this way, the word "invention", which is a Japanese word mixed with kanji, is displayed from the memory module M2. If you want to switch the display format from Japanese mixed with kanji to Japanese in hiragana, return to step n1 again and operate the translation key KT. At this time, it is determined in step n2 whether or not the conditional flip-flop F1 is set. Since the conditional flip-flop F1 has already been set in the aforementioned step n3, the process moves to step n21. Here, "1" is stored in the address counter AC. As a result, the identification codes C0 to C3 in the memory modules M1 to M4 are detected. step n22
At this point, the content "2" of the store area CO2 of the module select circuit CU is transferred to the page counter PC. This selects mounting position 2, and therefore memory module M2. Since the identification code of the memory module M2 is C1, the process moves from step n23 to n24, the conditional flip-flop F4 is set, and the process moves to step 26. In step 26, it is determined whether conditional flip-flop F2 is set. Since conditional flip-flop F2 has not yet been set, it is set at step n30. step n31
Now, "2" is stored in the page counter PC. This selects mounting position 2 and therefore memory module M2. Since the conditional flip-flop F4 is set at step n24 mentioned above, the conditional flip-flop F4 is set from step n32.
Move to n33. Since the identification code of memory module M2 is C1, the steps start from step n33.
Move to n36. In step n36, page counter
It is determined that the content of the PC is not "4", and the process moves from step n36 to step n37. At step n37, "1" is added to the page counter PC, and mounting position 3, and therefore memory module M3, is selected. The process proceeds from step n32 to step n33, where it is determined that the identification code of the memory module M2 is C2, and the process proceeds to step n34. At step n34, the content "3" of the page counter PC at this time is transferred to and stored in the store area CO3 of the module select circuit CU, and is used at step n29, which will be described later. Next, step
At step n19, the contents of the auxiliary counter AB are applied to the address counter AC, and at step n20, the contents "Hatsumei" addressed by the address counter AC of the memory module M3 are displayed on the display D. In this way, by operating the translation key KT, the display format is switched from Japanese mixed with kanji to Japanese written in hiragana. When Japanese in hiragana is displayed, if you want to change the display format again to Japanese mixed with kanji, operate the translation key KT at stop n1. Below, steps n2→n21→n22→n23→n24→
Move to step n27 via n26. Since the conditional flip-flop F3 is not set, the process advances from step n27 to step n28, where it is set. At step n18, the contents of the page counter PC become the contents of the store area CO2, thereby selecting the mounting position 2 and therefore the memory module M2. At step n19, the contents of auxiliary counter AB are converted to the address counter.
Given to AC. Therefore, in step n20,
Auxiliary counter AB in memory module M2
The content "Invention" stored in the store area addressed by the address counter AC is displayed through the address counter AC. If you want to change the display format to Hiragana Japanese again, operate the translation key KT in step n1. Therefore, steps n1 to n2→n21→n22→
Proceed to step n29 via n23→n24→n26→n27. In step n29, the content "2" of the store area CO2 of the module select circuit CU is transferred to CO3.
and puts the content "3" of CO3 into CO2, thus alternating the contents of the store areas CO2 and CO3. Therefore, in the store area CO2,
The content "3" which selects the mounting position 3 and therefore the memory module M3 is stored. store area
The content "2" for selecting the mounting position 2, and thus the memory module M2, will be stored in CO3. Next, the process moves to step n18, and memory module M3 is selected. Steps n19 to n20
Then, the content "Hatsumei" stored in the memory module M3 is displayed. If you want to change the display format to Japanese mixed with kanji again, operate the translation key KT in step n1. Therefore, the process moves to step n25 via steps n2→n21→n22→n23. At step 22, since the memory module M3 is selected according to the mounting position 3, the code C2 identifying the memory module M3 is determined at step n25, and the process moves to step n26. Thereafter, after step n27, in step n29, the mounting position 2,
Therefore, the content "2" for selecting memory module M2 is stored. Step n18→
Steps n19→n20 are executed, and the display D displays the content "invention" of the memory module M2. When performing (1) translation from Japanese mixed with kanji to English, (2) translation from English to Japanese hiragana, and (3) translation from German to Japanese hiragana, (1) ) step n7→n8→n9, (2)n40→
n41→n42 and (3) n10→n11→n12 are respectively executed. The same applies to the other translation operations shown in Table 1, and those steps are omitted in FIG. When translating from English to Hiragana Japanese, set the count contents of counter K to "0010" as shown in Table 1 by operating the second language selection key KL and translation direction selection key KS. do. Therefore, the steps m1→m2→m3→m4→m5→n1→n2→n3→
n4→n7→n40→n41→n42→n13→n14→n15, n16
→n17→n18→n19→n20 are executed sequentially.
Therefore English "INVENTION" by key KA
When inputting , the Japanese hiragana ``hatsumei'' is displayed on the display D. Then, in order to change the display format from Japanese in hiragana to Japanese in kanji, operate the translation key KT in step n1. Therefore, steps n2→n21→n22 are executed in the order. Since the identification code of the selected memory module M3 is C2, the process proceeds in the order of steps n23→n25→n26→n30→n31. At this point, conditional flip-flop F4 is not set, so step n32
Move to n35. In step 31 described above, the content of the page counter PC is set to "2", thereby selecting mounting position 2, and therefore memory module M2. Since the identification code of the memory module M2 is C1, the process moves from step n35 to n34. The contents of the page counter PC at this time will be stored in the store area CO3 and will be used in step n29. Step of memory module M2 selected in step n31
The content "invention" stored at the address specified in n19 is displayed on the display D in step n20. In the previous paragraph, memory module M2
is installed at the installation position 2, but as another example, assume that it is installed at the installation position 4. In this case, it is assumed that the memory module M4 is installed at the installation position 2. Move from step n31 to n32 → n35 → n36, then step
At n37, the content of the page counter PC changes to "3", and the process moves to steps n32→n35→n36→n37 again. Here, the content of the page counter PC becomes "4", and the process proceeds to steps n32→n35→n34→n19. In this way, the stored content "invention" of the memory module M2 mounted at the mounting position 4 is displayed on the display D at step n20. If memory module M2 is not installed anywhere, follow steps n31→n32→n35→n36→
After the routine from n37 to n32 is repeated and the content of the page counter PC reaches "4", the process proceeds from steps n36 to n38 and n39, and the conditional flip-flops F1 and F2 are reset. At this time, of course, Japanese characters mixed with kanji are not displayed. As another embodiment of the present invention, instead of or in addition to the mixed kanji or hiragana display format, a Roman alphabet or katakana display format may be used. As yet another embodiment, the display format of the spelling characters of English or the like as the second language and their pronunciation symbols may be switched and displayed. As described above, according to the present invention, in a translation machine that translates from a first language to a second language, the second language
It will now be possible to select and switch the display mode of the language, expanding the scope of use of the translator. In particular, in the present invention, when the first language is input,
Find the address of the first memory store area where the first language is stored, address the second or third memory store area having the same address as this address, and Since the second language stored in the storage area of the third memory is displayed in the display format stored in that storage area, the display format can be changed by selecting the second or third memory. This makes it possible to perform switching, simplify arithmetic processing operations, and enable quick translation display operations. Furthermore, according to the present invention, each time the translation key KT is operated, the display form can be switched to display the second language, making the operation easy. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the translation direction selection key
The first language selection key is selected by operating KS and second language selection key KL.
The language and the second language can be selected, thereby reducing the number of keys required. Moreover, according to the present invention, the display portions are respectively displayed at fixed positions to represent a plurality of languages to be translated into each other, and the display portions are respectively displayed at fixed positions, and the display portions are respectively displayed at fixed positions to represent a plurality of languages to be translated into each other.
Using KS and second language selection key KL, the first language selection mark and second language selection mark are moved and displayed on these display areas. This makes the first
and can easily display the second language,
Moreover, it has the effect of being easy to see.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing the display state on the display device D, Fig. 3 is a block circuit diagram, and Fig. 4 is a module selection circuit CU. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the translation operation. KA...key, KT...translation key, KL...second
Language selection key, KS...Translation direction selection key, D...
...Display unit, BK...Buffer register, JL...Comparison circuit, CU...Module selection circuit, 1~
4...Mounting position, M1 to M4...Memory module.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a translation machine that translates an input first language into a second language, the first language is stored in each of a plurality of storage areas of the first memory, and the first language is stored in each of a plurality of storage areas of the first memory. One specific display form of the translated second language is stored in each of the plurality of storage areas of the second memory, and another display form different from the specific display form of the second language into which the first language is translated is stored in each of the plurality of storage areas of the second memory. The display form is stored in each of the plurality of storage areas of the third memory, and the storage areas of the first, second, and third memories in which the first language and the second language that is its translation are stored are as follows: have the same address, are provided with a translation key KT, and are stored in a storage area of the second or third memory that has the address of the storage area of the first memory where the input first language is stored. The second
Each time the translation key KT is operated, the language is switched and displayed in the display format stored in each storage area, and the key KS for selecting the translation direction of multiple languages and the second language are displayed. In response to the output of the selection key KL, the display portions each displayed at a fixed position to represent the plurality of languages to be translated into each other, the translation direction selection key KS and the second language selection key KL. , among the plurality of display parts,
Display control means for moving and displaying a first language selection mark representing a display portion corresponding to the first language and a second language selection mark representing a display portion corresponding to the second language to each display portion. A translation machine featuring