JPH03110674A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the retrieval of related information in an IC card without increasing a memory of the IC card, and also, without limiting the data constitution of an application by utilizing the sequential information in an array of headers in the body. CONSTITUTION:Ranking from a reference part of a desired keyword in a keyword storage means 22b is stored in a precedence storage means 24b, and information related to a keyword stored in a related information storage part 23b of an external storage means 23 is retrieved in accordance with precedence with an address of the part corresponding to the reference part stored in an index storage part of the keyword storage means 22b and the related information storage part 23b. In such a way, the related information in an IC card can be retrieved without enlarging a memory size of the IC card and without limiting a data structure of the IC card side.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary in which applications can be expanded by installing an IC card, and in particular information related to headwords in the main body can be expanded. [Prior Art] Conventionally, when storing related information (opposite words, synonyms, meanings, etc.) in an extended IC card, the data structure on the card side usually consists of a heading section and a related information section. A method of searching for related information by looking at a match in heading data, or a method of storing address information as a position pointer on the IC card side in advance in the main body, etc., have been used.

[Problem that the invention is trying to solve] However,
When the IC card contains index information, the index data overlaps with the index data in the main body, resulting in an increase in the memory size of the IC card. Also,
If the IC card address information is stored in the main body in advance, the data structure on the IC card side will be limited, and when adding card applications one after another,
The drawback was that there were restrictions on the card specifications.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the electronic dictionary of the present invention includes: keyword storage means for storing keywords; index storage means for storing addresses of reference locations of the keyword storage means; a related information storage unit that stores information related to a keyword in the same arrangement as the related keyword stored in the keyword storage means; and an index that stores an address of a location corresponding to the reference location on the related information storage device. an external storage means having a storage section; a ranking storage means for storing a ranking based on the reference location for a specific keyword; and an external storage means having a storage section; It is provided with a search means for searching according to the address of the location and the ranking from the location. [Operation] According to the present invention, the ranking of a desired keyword from a reference position in the keyword storage means is stored in the ranking storage means, and the information related to the keyword stored in the related information storage section of the external storage means is A search is performed according to the address of the location corresponding to the reference location stored in the index storage unit and the ranking. [Embodiment J Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings, taking as an example an application that allows searching for semantic information for headwords using an IC card. FIG. 1 shows the outside of the main body of an electronic dictionary which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an alphabet key, which is used to input a headword by inputting Roman characters. Reference numeral 2 denotes a display device, which displays the entered headword, kanji information as a search result, and meaning as related information. Reference numeral 3 is a conversion key, and by pressing this key after entering the headword, a search operation is performed and kanji information is displayed. 5 is a left search key, and by pressing this key, the searched headword can be searched in reverse order in the dictionary order. Reference numeral 6 is a right search key, which can similarly be used to perform a sequential search. Reference numeral 7 denotes an IC card insertion slot, and by inserting a dedicated IC card, an IC card application can be used on the main body side. Next, FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of the configuration of this embodiment. In the figure, 21 is a CPU that controls the entire device. 22 is a ROMI that stores a control program for processing the apparatus, heading information, and a dictionary that stores kanji information. In this ROMI, 22a is a control program memory that stores a control program, and 22b is a dictionary memory that stores a dictionary. Further, 23 is a ROM 2 on the IC card side connected to the main body, which includes a card application control program memory 23a for controlling the card application, and a related information memory 23b for expansion.
24 is the work area for various programs 24a% ROM
This RAM has an order information storage area 24b for temporarily storing order information of headings generated when searching the dictionary memory 22b from I, and a -time save area 24c. Reference numeral 25 denotes a keyboard unit including alphabet keys 1 for inputting headings and performing various controls, and 26 a display drive unit that controls a display screen of a display unit 27, which will be described later, based on display control by the CPU. 27 is a display drive unit 26
This is a display unit that displays characters according to the display drive of the display unit. Next, FIG. 3 shows the storage state of each data in the ROMI and ROM2. In the figure, 31 is an index section on the main body side, which is divided into rows A to W, and the beginning of each row in the data section 32. The data is stored in pairs with the address information corresponding to the data. 32a stores the data length of each data in the data section of the main body, 32b stores heading reading information, and 32c stores Kanji information in a coded manner. Reference numeral 33 denotes an index section on the IC card side, which has the same configuration as 31, and the address information is the start address of each row of the IC card side data section 34, which will be described later. 34a is the data length of each data in the IC card side data section, and 34b stores semantic data corresponding to the heading on the main body side. Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when a heading is input and a conversion operation is performed in step S1, in step S2, the main body index section 31 determines in which part of the rows to rows the first character of the input characters is included. Find 0
Next, in step S3, the index is set to the starting address of the data section.0 Next, since this is the starting position of each block of the data section (divided by rows A to W), O is the initial value of the order information. is set in the order information storage area 24b (step 54) 0 Next, in step S5, the reading data of the heading of the data section is compared with the input character, and if it does not match in step S6, the data is After adding the length and updating the next heading address (step S7), and at the same time counting up the order information (step S8), a comparison with the read data is performed in the same manner. This step S5~S
8 is repeated until a match is found in step S6, and if the data match in step S6, the kanji data corresponding to the heading is searched for and displayed in kanji in step S9. Here, if the related key is pressed in step S10, the start address of each block of related information (semantic data) is set from the index section 33 on the IC card side in step Sll using the same procedure as in step S2 (step 512). , This time, the data is skipped by the number of clicks of the order information obtained in step S8, and a sequential operation is performed (step 513), and after the address of the desired data position is set, the semantic data is displayed in step S14. . Next, FIG. 5 shows the flow of searching for data stored in ROMI and ROM2. First, when "Let's Shinrabanjo" is input as a heading, a character string is stored in the temporary save area 24c of RAM24. When searching for the first character "shi" using the index of the main body side index section 31, since it is a s line, 3000, which is the first address of the s line of the main body side data section 32, is obtained. When looking at the data of the address pointer 3000, it reads "Saikai", and when the reading data "Saikai" is compared with the input characters "Shinrabanjo", they do not match, so the next heading is "Disaster". This is repeated until the matching heading "Mori Odori Bansho" is obtained.The number of skips (5) is stored in the order information storage area 24b.0 Next, when the related key is pressed, the index section 33 on the IC card side The first address 20000 of the meaning data of the row "S" is obtained. Then, if the five headings are skipped according to the order information 5 stored earlier, "Shinranbansho" is obtained.
This means that we can obtain semantic data for.

[Other Examples]

In the above embodiment, an example was given in which semantic data is searched as related information, but the present invention is not limited to this, but an IC that stores data necessary for translation into another language as related information. A system that performs translation operations between two languages using a card application is also conceivable. FIG. 6 shows the storage state of data for English translation, 34a is the data length of each data in the data section on the IC card side,
4b stores English translation data corresponding to the headings on the main body side. From this, after obtaining the start address of the data with index 3, data in the data section is skipped according to the order information, and the desired English translation is searched and displayed. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, by using order information in the arrangement of headings in the main body, searching for related information in an IC card can increase the memory of the IC card. As long as the order of the headings is the same as the main body, the data structure of the application can be freely configured without being limited, which is a great advantage.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external view of one experimental example of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is an external view of one experimental example of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data storage state; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the search operation; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data flow in the search; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another implementation. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data storage state in an example. 1... Alphabet key 2... Display 3... Conversion key 4... Related key 5... Reverse search key 6... Similar search key 7... IC card insertion slot 21... CPU 22...-ROMI 23...ROM2 4...-RAM 5...Keyboard part 6...Display drive unit 7...Display unit main body (RO 100 l) IC73-': (ROM?) Main body (ROt-j f) Inra Rough Matata Department Data Department

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Keyword storage means for storing keywords, index storage means for storing addresses of reference locations of the keyword storage means, and information related to each keyword stored in the keyword storage means for storing the keywords. external storage means having a related information storage section for storing related keywords in the same arrangement as the related keywords stored in the means; and an index storage section for storing addresses of locations corresponding to the reference locations on the related information storage section; , a ranking storage means for storing a ranking based on the reference location for a specific keyword; and a ranking storage means for storing the ranking based on the reference location for a specific keyword; An electronic dictionary characterized by comprising a ranking and a search means for searching according to the ranking.