JPH0365762A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To know the meaning of a word only by observing the original form by retrieving the word so that the spelling of the inputted word can be coincident with the spelling of a word existent in the dictionary and displaying the contents of the word corresponding to the inputted word. CONSTITUTION:The word corresponding to a part separated from the head of an inflected form in the word by the prescribed number of characters is read from a dictionary part 8 and a table is prepared. The word corresponding to the inflected form is extracted into the table and afterwards, the contents of the word corresponding to the inflected form are read out from the dictionary part 8 and displayed in a display part 6. Accordingly, the inflected form is inputted from an input means 1 such as a keyboard, etc., and afterwards, the word in the original form corresponding to the inflected form can be retrieved and displayed. Thus, in a dictionary for foreign languages such as English, German and French, etc., to be complicatedly inflected, an effect can be expected for investigating the prototype.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to electronic dictionaries for various languages (words and parallel translations are stored in ROM read-only memory or FD floppy disk), and particularly relates to electronic dictionaries for various languages. The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary that searches for plural forms of nouns, past tense of verbs, and past participle forms when searching for words in the electronic dictionary.

(Example) Conventional technology In general, electronic dictionaries search using English or Japanese as headwords, like ordinary English-Japanese dictionaries or Japanese-English dictionaries. Unless you know the singular form and the present tense of the verb, its meaning or translation cannot be determined.

For example, in English "He acted the 5tory of C"
olumbus, “in a sentence” acted
If J was not known, the dictionary entry word was searched using 'acted J', and matching words or words with the same initial letter were displayed. However, in this case, ' act
It is fine if ``ed'' is a headword, but if it is an inflection, the parent word ``a (!tJ'' is used as a headword, and various attributes are attached to the child's word and the meaning, deformation, example sentences, etc. are displayed. Therefore, it was not possible to understand that "acted" is the past tense of "act" in just one operation.

Therefore, as an example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 35306/1983, the inflection endings of verbs are classified into several categories and rules are created. Third person singular present tense is rule A, B is S1, rule C, D is adding es, rules D and E have different headwords from present tense, D is adding es, rule E
adds ies.

Also, for the present participle, rules A, C, and D add ing, rule B adds the last letter of the headword spelling, and rule E adds ying.

(8) Problem to be solved by the invention In the conventional example, it is true that the inflected form (inflected form) is
This requires twice as many headwords, several ten times as many in German, and more than a hundred times as many in French.

On the other hand, there is a method of making rules as in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-35306, but this requires a lot of effort to sort according to the rules of A to H, and as a result, it is not very convenient.

Therefore, in view of the above drawbacks, the present invention inputs declensions (for example, plural nouns, past tense or past participle of verbs) as input words, and selects the original form (base form, singular noun, or past participle of verbs) from the deformed form. It provides an electronic dictionary that displays (present tense).

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes an input means, a first memory for storing time, a second memory having a dictionary section, an information processing section, and a display section, and the present invention comprises an input means, a first memory for storing time, a second memory having a dictionary section, an information processing section, and a display section, The spelling of a word is searched to match the spelling of a word existing in the dictionary, and the content of the word corresponding to the word is displayed on the display section.

(f) Effects In the electronic dictionary of the present invention, after inputting an inflected form as it is from an input means such as a keyboard, it is possible to search and display the original word corresponding to the inflected form, so that it is possible to search for and display words in the original form corresponding to the inflected form. It is extremely effective when looking up the original form in foreign language dictionaries such as English, German, and French.

(f) Example To explain the present invention according to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a flowchart when searching for a word in the electronic dictionary of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic dictionary, and Fig. 3 is a display section of the electronic dictionary. 2 is a drawing showing a display example of

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the drawing, (1) indicates a keyboard (K/B) as an input means, (
2) is an input section, (3) is a first memory as an input cover/noofer, (4) is an information processing section, (5> is a display control section, (
6) is the display part, (7> is the English dictionary! (8),
A second memory is shown having a word buffer (9>), a counter address (10) and an addressing section (11>).

In the drawing, "acted" from the keyboard (1)
When you key in, all the characters of the word are stored in the first memory (3), and in order to search, press the "Execute" key. Search the English dictionary 8〉.

In this case, the contents of the English dictionary have the following structure.

(Table 1)
ctually is set in the longest match method, i.e., a predetermined number of characters from the character order, in the second memory <7), and for example, a headword that matches 3 characters - 'aet~' is extracted and stored in the word buffer (9). .

At this time, the address is each word act, action,
11 words from active... to aCtually are stored in the word buffer (9). (W B in Figure 2
(1>...-W B (11)).

The number of matches with each address of the word that matches the three characters of "act" is stored in the counter address (10).

Here, the address (■) in the word buffer (9>) is searched sequentially from 1, and if the answer is No, there is no corresponding item, but in the above example, among the words stored in the word buffer (9) 'ae exists, i.e. is in the word buffer
When the input character string 'acted J corresponding to the child of tJ is searched and a match is found, the content is read out and the display section (6> shows the Lolo% act (X kt ) mouth as shown in the display example in Figure 3). ] -ed is displayed, and parallel translation 6 and heading count are displayed (CNT
÷11) is displayed.

Therefore, by keying in the spelling of the word 'acted J', that is, the inflected form; the original form (basic form) can be known from the English dictionary, and if it is sufficient for the user to know the original form, the above step is sufficient and the method can be used. If you do not know the parallel translation corresponding to the original form, you can search the English dictionary in the normal search mode by pressing the 'actJ' key again.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the electronic dictionary of the present invention, when the spelling of a declension is inputted as it is using an input means such as a keyboard, the spelling of the past tense in English, for example,
It is possible to extract matches of letters or more, search for the child's word among them, search for words that match the spelling of the deformed form, and display its original form, and change it to a headword like before. Compared to methods that include shapes or sort based on multiple rules, the user only needs to look at the original shape.
The meanings of words can be understood, a simple structure is sufficient, and the present invention is highly effective when used in electronic dictionaries.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart during a search in the electronic dictionary of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic dictionary, and FIG. 3 is a state diagram showing one embodiment of the display section of the electronic dictionary. (1>... Keyboard, (3>... First memory, (4>... Information processing section, (6)... Display section,
<7>...Second memory, (8)...English dictionary,
(9>...Word buffer, (10)...Counter address, (11)...Address specification section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) an input means for inputting a word; a first memory for temporarily storing the word; a second memory comprising a dictionary section storing meanings and variations of the word; In an electronic dictionary comprising an information processing section that performs search processing and a display section that displays output data obtained by the information processing section, a word corresponding to a predetermined number of characters from the beginning of a deformed form of a word is read from the dictionary section. After creating a table and extracting words corresponding to the inflected form in the table,
An electronic dictionary characterized in that the content of the word corresponding to the inflection is read from the dictionary section and displayed on the display section.