JPH02138660A - Display device for translated word - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and quickly obtain all phonetic symbols corresponding to a keyword regardless of the related parts of speech and translated words by showing continuously plural phonetic symbols if exist to the keyword on a display means when a phonetic symbol key is operated. CONSTITUTION:A control means 11 shows continuously plural phonetic symbols if exist to a keyword on a display means 2 when a phonetic symbol key 9c is operated. Thus all phonetic symbols corresponding to the keyword are easily and quickly obtained regardless of the related parts of speech and translated words. Furthermore the means 11 also displays the related parts of speech and/or translated words in the case the displayed phonetic symbols are related to the specific ones among those parts of speech and/or translated words corresponding to the keyword. Thus it is possible to easily and quickly grasp a specific phonetic symbol that is related to a specific part of speech and translated word.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a translation display device for electronic dictionaries, electronic learning devices, etc., which displays translated words, phonetic symbols, etc. corresponding to headwords.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in printed dictionaries, there are usually multiple parts of speech and translations for a headword, and if each part of speech or translation is associated with a different phonetic symbol, the pronunciation of each Symbols are arranged consecutively with related parts of speech and translated words.

That is, by arranging them in this manner, it is possible to easily understand and confirm which part of speech or translated word each phonetic symbol is associated with.

On the other hand, even when phonetic symbols are arranged consecutively with related parts of speech or translated words as described above, they can be easily viewed in a printed dictionary. Therefore, even when you want to know all the phonetic symbols corresponding to a headword, you can easily refer to them, regardless of the related part of speech or translation. In particular, phonetic symbols were usually written in square brackets ([, ]), thus making it easier to refer to all phonetic symbols.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In recent years, instead of dictionaries printed on paper, translation display devices such as so-called electronic dictionaries and electronic learning devices that store and display translation data corresponding to headwords have come into use. In such translated word display devices, as the capacity of memory elements increases, it is becoming possible to store not only translated words but also phonetic symbols. In this case, when displaying the phonetic symbols, it is conceivable to display the phonetic symbols consecutively with the related parts of speech or translated words, as in a printed dictionary.

However, translation display devices usually have a limited amount of information that can be viewed compared to printed dictionaries. For this purpose, if the phonetic symbols are displayed consecutively with the related parts of speech and translations as described above, when you want to know all the phonetic symbols that correspond to a headword, regardless of the related parts of speech or translations, It is necessary to frequently scroll or jump the display screen, and to search for phonetic symbols.

Therefore, the operation becomes multi-stage and complicated, resulting in a problem that the operability deteriorates.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the translation display device according to the present invention includes a display means for displaying a headword, a part of speech, a translated word, and a pronunciation symbol, a headword input key for inputting a headword, and a headword input key for inputting a headword, and a headword input key for inputting a headword. The headword search key to instruct the display of the part of speech and translation corresponding to the word, the phonetic symbol key to instruct the display of the phonetic symbol corresponding to the entered headword, and the headword input key were operated. Then, when the headword search key is operated, the part of speech and translation corresponding to the entered headword are displayed on the display means, and when the phonetic symbol key is operated, the part of speech corresponding to the headword is displayed.
If there are multiple phonetic symbols, they are displayed consecutively on the display means, and if the displayed phonetic symbol is related to a specific part of speech and/or translation corresponding to the entry word, , the related part of speech and/or the translated word are also displayed.

[For production]

With the above configuration, when the phonetic symbol key is operated, if there is a plurality of phonetic symbols corresponding to the headword, the control means consecutively displays them on the display means, so that the display means displays the phonetic symbols in succession, so that the phonetic symbols corresponding to the headword are displayed consecutively on the display means. You can easily and quickly learn all phonetic symbols, regardless of the related parts of speech or translations.

Moreover, when the displayed phonetic symbol is related to a specific part of speech and/or translation corresponding to the headword, the control means also displays the related part of speech and/or translation. Therefore, it is possible to easily and quickly understand and confirm which part of speech or translated word each phonetic symbol is associated with.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the translated word display device according to the present invention has an openable and closable device main body that is shaped like a double-page spread notebook.
have. At the top of the left side part 1a of the device main body 1,
A liquid crystal display device (hereinafter referred to as LCD) 2 is provided as a display means for displaying messages as data contents, calculation results, headwords, parts of speech, translations, phrases, pronunciation symbols, and the like. This LCD 2 has a donmatrix configuration. An input key group 3 for inputting various information is provided below the LCD 2 and on the right side 1b of the device body 1.

Of this input key group 3, a mode setting key group 4 for calling up and setting various functions of the translation display device is arranged at the upper part of the right side portion 1b. This mode setting key group 4 includes a card key 4a for setting the operation mode to card mode, and other keys for setting calendar, schedule, calculation, telephone, and memo modes.

In the center of the right part 1b, a group of Romaji-kana conversion keys 5 for inputting character information in Romaji is arranged, and in the lower part of the right part 1b, numerical keys are arranged for inputting numerical information when used as a calculator. An input key group 6 is arranged. Each key of the Romaji-kana conversion key group 5 and the numerical input key group 6 also serves as an alphabet entry key. That is, the Romaji-kana conversion key group 5 and the numerical input key group 6 constitute a double-large index key 20 for inputting an English index word.

A power ON key 7, a power OFF key 8, and other keys are arranged between the mode setting key group 4 and the Romaji-kana conversion key group 5.

In addition, at the bottom of the input key group 3 in the left side part 1a,
A headword search key 9a for instructing the display of the part of speech and translation corresponding to the input headword; an idiom key 9 for instructing the display of the compound word corresponding to the input headword;
An English-Japanese dictionary dedicated key group 9 is provided, which includes a phonetic symbol key 9C for instructing the display of phonetic symbols.

A scroll key group 10 for advancing the display is arranged below this English-Japanese dictionary key group 9. The scroll key group 10 includes an upper display key 10a that displays content above the content displayed on the screen, and a lower display key 10b that displays content below.

The configuration of the control section of the translated word display device will be explained based on FIG. 4.

This control section is housed in the device main body 1, and the CFull
It is composed of a microcomputer centered on. This CPtJll is connected to the LCD 2 via the LCD driver 12. The LCD driver 12 is a drive circuit that drives the LCD 2 according to commands from the CPU II.

Further, various input keys of the input key group 3 are connected to this CPU II via an I10 port 13. Therefore, the CPU II can determine which input key has been pressed based on the address of the I10 boat 13.

The main body of the translation display device includes ROM14 and RAM.
15 and RTC 16 are arranged, respectively, and the above-mentioned CPU
Connected to 1. The ROM 14 is a read-only storage device that stores operating programs for the translation display device, particularly input/output control programs, and various data such as dictionary data.

The dictionary data stored in the ROM 14, for example, in the case of dictionary data corresponding to the headword "rdtffuse" has a structure as shown in Table 1 below.

(Left below) Table 1 Furthermore, more specifically, the dictionary data described above is stored in the ROM 14 in the form of numerical values. For example, in the case of the phonetic symbol data in Table 1 above, data as shown in Table 2 below The numbers are memorized.

(The following is a blank space) Table 2 The RAM 15 is a readable and writable storage device used for recording data input from the input key group 3 and for the work of the CPUI 1. The RTC 16 is a real-time clock, and is a circuit that measures the current date and time in real time based on a calendar, starting from the date and time initially set by the input key group 3 and the like.

A battery 17 is further housed within the device main body 1 of the translation display device, and is adapted to supply power to each of the circuits described above. Also, this battery 17 is the power source of the translation display device.
'From time to time, the RAM 15 is backed up to retain the stored contents.

In the translation display device having the above configuration, the CPU 11 performs processing according to the input from the input key based on the operation program in the ROM 14, and displays the processing results on the LCD 2, so that each I! Executes one function.

In addition, a control device is configured by the CPU II, ROM 14, and RAM 15, and in the English-Japanese dictionary mode, when the entry key 20 is operated and then the entry word search key 9a is operated, the input heading While displaying the part of speech and translated word corresponding to the word on the LCD 2, when the phonetic symbol key 90 is operated, the part of speech corresponding to the headword is displayed,
If there are multiple phonetic symbols, they are displayed on the LCD 2 consecutively, and when the displayed phonetic symbols are related to a specific part of speech and/or translated word among the parts of speech and/or translated word corresponding to the headword, The related parts of speech and/or translations are also displayed.

In the above configuration, for example, the English word 'diffSeJ'
The operations to be performed when displaying the translated word and phonetic symbol corresponding to , and the operation to be performed on the CPUI 1 when the phonetic symbol is displayed will be explained based on the flowchart 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 5. do.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, the card key 4a is operated to change the operation mode to the card mode, that is, the English-Japanese dictionary mode (Sl). Then, the screen shown in FIG. 6(a) is displayed on the LCD 2.
A message prompting you to enter a headword will be displayed, as shown in . Therefore, operate the heading input key 20 and input the heading word character string rdiffuse (32).
At this time, the input character string is displayed on the LCD 2, as shown in FIG. 6(b).

Next, when the headword search key 9a is operated (S3), R
A search is made for the headword string stored in OM14,
As shown in Table 1 above, the input word entry character string r
It is detected that a character string equal to "diffuse" is stored after address n1. Therefore, based on the data stored in addresses n2 to n5, as shown in FIG. Toki's translation "diffuse" and the English word rdiffu
The symbol “〈
``form〉'' and the translated word ``diffuse'' when used as an adjective are displayed.

In this state, for example, if you operate the phonetic symbol key 9C (S
4) The CPU 1 performs the operations shown in FIG. 1 and displays phonetic symbols.

First, in steps 311 to S13, an end code or phonetic symbol code is searched from the data from address n5 onward in the ROM 14.

That is, the data starting from address n4 is read one byte at a time (311), and the read data is an end code indicating the end of the phonetic symbol data, such as a predetermined alphabetic character, number, or
Determine whether it is a code other than phonetic symbols (S1
2). If the read data is an end code, the display of phonetic symbols is ended.

If the read data is not an end code, the process moves to S13, where the read data is a numerical value Fl (in hexadecimal notation, the same applies hereinafter) indicating the phonetic symbol code.
In other words, it is determined whether the data stored in the ROM 14 after the address where the data was read is phonetic symbol data.

In S13, if the read data is not a phonetic symbol code, the process returns to Sll, reads 1 byte of data stored at the next address, and then repeats 311 until the end code or phonetic symbol code is read. ~S13
repeat. Here, the numerical value F1 indicating the phonetic symbol code is stored at address n1, so when this data is read, the process moves to S14 and the square brackets ( Display [).

Next, 1 stored at address n, +1 in the ROM 14
The byte data is read (315), and it is determined whether the read data is a translated word correct display code, that is, whether it is equal to the numerical value EO (316). Here, n,
Since the data at address +1 is the numerical value 64, which is the character code of the phonetic symbol rdJ, and 64≠EO, the process moves to S17.

In S17, the phonetic symbol "d" whose character code is the numerical value 64 is displayed on the LCD 2, and the process returns to 315.

Thereafter, the same operation is repeated at 315 to 317, and the phonetic symbol rd'' is displayed followed by the phonetic symbol rifj (z:z).Then, at 315, the numerical value stored at address nb 18 is read. In 816, this value is determined to be EO, and the process moves to S18.In other words, this value E
The data indicated by O is the translated word number and display code, so based on the numerical value stored at the following address n6+9,
Processing is performed to display the translated word "diffusion" to which the phonetic symbol rdifj(i:z) is related.

First, after displaying square brackets (]) at 31B, the numerical value 01 stored at address nh+9 is read (S19). This numerical value 01 is the phonetic symbol rdifj displayed based on the data stored in addresses nb+1 to n, +7 as described above.
6:z" is a phonetic symbol used as a verb with the meaning "to spread," which is stored as translated character string 1. Then, the translated word string l stored at addresses n3 to n4-1 is read (320), the translated word "diffusion" which is the read translated word string 1 is displayed (521), and the process returns to Sll.

Below, 5ll-321 is repeated in the same way, and this time,
The phonetic symbol rdifjfi:s'' and the translated word ``diffused'' are displayed on the LCD 2.

In this way, the display as shown in FIG. 6(d) is made, so that the English word "rdiffuse" is
It is pronounced in two ways: fj (x:z) and difj (z:s), and when used as a verb to mean "diffuse," the former is pronounced while '' When used as an adjective, it is easy to understand that the latter pronunciation is used.

Here, addresses n, +9 and addresses n, +9 each contain a 1-byte number 01 or 02 as a translation seed.
Since only the translated word string 1 and the translated word string 2 are memorized and displayed, the increase in the amount of data is kept small.

When all phonetic symbols and translations are displayed, next
The data read in ll is determined in 512 to be an end code indicating the end of the phonetic symbol data, that is, a code other than predetermined alphabetic characters, numbers, or phonetic symbols, and the data is not pronounced without proceeding to S13. Ends the symbol display operation.

In this way, the pronunciation symbols are displayed consecutively, regardless of the related translation word or part of speech, so you can easily understand all the pronunciation symbols. You can know for sure what is being done when used as a.

In this embodiment, an example was explained in which the translated word is displayed together with the phonetic symbol, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the part of speech may also be displayed, or the translated word and the part of speech may be displayed together. You can.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the translated word display device according to the present invention includes display means for displaying headwords, parts of speech, translated words, and pronunciation symbols;
A headword entry key for inputting a headword, a headword search key for instructing the display of the part of speech and translation corresponding to the entered headword, and a headword search key for instructing the display of the phonetic symbol corresponding to the entered headword. When the headword search key is operated after the pronunciation symbol key and the headword entry key are operated, the part of speech and translation corresponding to the entered headword are displayed on the display means, while the pronunciation key is operated. When the symbol key is operated, if there are multiple pronunciation symbols corresponding to the headword, they will be displayed successively on the display means, and the displayed phonetic symbols will also display the parts of speech and / that correspond to the headword. Alternatively, when the translated word is related to a specific part of speech and/or translated word, the configuration includes a control means for displaying the related part of speech and/or translated word together.

This allows all phonetic symbols corresponding to the headword to be
Regardless of the related parts of speech or translation, you can easily and quickly find out which part of speech or translation each phonetic symbol is related to. Moreover, there is no possibility that operability will deteriorate due to multi-step or complicated operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation performed by the CPU, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the translated word display device, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of the translated word display device, and FIGS. 6(a) to (d) are display examples of the LCD. FIG. 2 is an LCD (display means), 9a is a headword search key,
9c is the phonetic symbol key 11 is the CPU (control means), 1
4 is ROM (control means), 15 is RAM (control means)
, 20 are heading invitation keys. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying headwords, parts of speech, translations, and phonetic symbols; headword input keys for inputting headwords;
A headword search key for instructing the display of the part of speech and translation corresponding to the input headword, a phonetic symbol key for instructing the display of the phonetic symbol corresponding to the input headword, and a headword input key is operated, and when the headword search key is operated, the part of speech and translation corresponding to the entered headword are displayed on the display means, while when the phonetic symbol key is operated, the part of speech corresponding to the headword is displayed. If there are multiple pronunciation symbols, they are displayed consecutively on the display means, and the displayed pronunciation symbols are displayed for a specific part of speech and/or translation corresponding to the headword. A translated word display device characterized by comprising a control means for displaying the related part of speech and/or translated word together when they are related.