JPH074672Y2 - Dictionary display - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a dictionary display device for displaying dictionary contents so that a dictionary search can be easily performed.

[Summary] The present invention, in a dictionary display device that switches and displays the contents of a dictionary page by page, fixedly displays an index graph to which index items of the dictionary are marked, and displays the index graph currently displayed on the index graph. By displaying the predetermined mark at the position corresponding to the page, the difference between the currently displayed page indicated by the predetermined mark and the towing item corresponding to the search target can be easily recognized, and the dictionary search can be performed quickly. It was done like this.

[Prior Art] Kanji input methods are roughly classified into three types: a dial input method, a kana-kanji conversion method, and an associative code input method.

In the dial input method, all the keys corresponding to the Chinese characters are arranged on one keyboard, and the Chinese characters are directly input by touching the keys with a pen.

In the kana-kanji conversion method, when a phonetic kana of a kanji is inputted and designated for conversion, all kanji corresponding to the kana are displayed, and a desired kanji is selected and designated from the kana to be inputted.

The associative code method inputs a two-character kana associated with a Chinese character.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the dial input method has a drawback in that the number of kanji that can be input is limited because the kanji is associated with the keys one-to-one.

In addition, the kana-kanji conversion method cannot be entered if the kanji cannot be read, and the operation of entering the kana using the keyboard is difficult for unfamiliar people such as housewives and children. However, there is a drawback that the operation of inputting the kana and selecting and designating the desired kanji if there are homophones is complicated.

In addition, the associative code method, for kanji with tens of thousands of characters,
There is a drawback that it takes a long time to master, because it is necessary to remember the two-character kana associated with the kanji.

Therefore, in order to be able to select the desired kanji from among many kanji that can be entered with a simple operation, for example, the contents of a kanji dictionary in which the readings as headings are arranged in the Japanese syllabary order are stored and the page is stored. It is possible to switch and display in units.

However, in this method, when the page switching key is continuously operated in order to quickly display the page corresponding to the desired reading (Kanji), the display content changes at high speed, so that the page corresponding to the desired reading is changed. I miss you. Therefore, there is no choice but to switch pages slowly to some extent, and it becomes impossible to search quickly.

This is because the distance (proximity) between the currently displayed page and the desired page is not known, and it is necessary to judge whether or not the page is the desired page based on the display screens that are continuously switched and displayed. caused by.

Then, if it is possible to display the distance between the currently displayed page and the desired page, it is obvious that the search can be performed quickly.

An object of this invention is to enable display so that the distance between the currently displayed page and a desired page can be known.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The means of the present invention are as follows.

The storage means a (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores the contents of dictionaries such as a kanji dictionary and an English-Japanese dictionary.

The display means b has a plurality of display areas.

The first display control means c displays an index graph in which a specific traction of the dictionary in the storage means a is arranged in a predetermined display area on the display means b, and the dictionary is displayed in another display area. The contents of are switched and displayed page by page.

Each time the first display control means c performs the switching display (page break) of the dictionary contents, the second display control means d sets a predetermined mark at the position on the index graph corresponding to the page currently being displayed. To display.

[Operation] The operation of the means of this invention is as follows.

Now, in the storage means a, the contents of the kanji dictionary in which the readings as headings are arranged in the order of Japanese syllabary are stored, and the indexes are "a", "ka", "sa", "ta", and "na". 」、「 は 」、
It is assumed to be “Ma”, “ya”, “ra”, and “wa”.

In this case, the first display control means c displays, in a predetermined display area on the display means b, for example, the total length of the bar corresponds to the number of pages of the entire Kanji dictionary, and the index is shown on the bar. A bar-shaped index bar with the letters "a", "ka", "sa" ... is fixedly displayed. Regarding the display position of the characters, for example, the kanji that begins with "ka"
When it is stored from the 10th page of the Kanji dictionary with 100 pages, "ka" is displayed at the position of 1/10 of the index bar.

When the page switching is instructed in units of 1 page, 5 pages, 10 pages, etc., the first display control means c switches the contents of the Kanji dictionary to another display area in the instructed page unit. indicate.

Then, when the contents of the Kanji dictionary are switched and displayed by the first display control means c, the second display control means d sets a predetermined position on the index graph corresponding to the currently displayed page each time. Move and display the mark. That is, in the above example, if the currently displayed page is the 5th page, a mark such as ▲ is displayed at the 1/20 position of the index bar, and further switching display is performed to display the 8th page. When it is done, the mark is displayed at the position of 4/25.

Therefore, it is possible to display so that the distance between the currently displayed page and the desired page can be known.

[Embodiment] An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the dictionary display device, which has a control unit 1, a kanji dictionary memory 2, a display unit 3, a keyboard 4, and a mouse 5. Further, the control unit 1 creates, for example, a document or performs sticker printing based on the CG6 preset with character pattern data, the graphic memory 7 preset with predetermined graphic data, and the input Chinese character. The processing device 8 is connected.

The control unit 1 includes the CPU 1, displays the contents of the Kanji dictionary memory 2 on the display unit 3 while changing the page by page based on the operation of the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5, and selects by operating the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5. The designated kanji (kanji code) is read from the kanji dictionary memory 2 and output to the processing device 8.

As shown in a part of FIG. 3, the kanji dictionary memory 2 stores the contents of a kanji dictionary in which kanji data of a large number of kanji are arranged in the Japanese syllabary order with the reading as a heading. The readings are shown in katakana in the case of phonetic reading, and in hiragana in the case of kun reading, and the sending kana is also shown. Also, the headline (reading) is for one screen (one page)
There are two columns per page, and at the top of each column for each screen (for each page), the heading range and the last heading in the column are set as the heading range in order to easily search for the desired Kanji. Is remembered. A page number is stored at the top of each page, and this page number is used as a read delimiter when performing a page break.

All the characters in the Kanji dictionary memory 2 are stored in Kanji code, and when displayed on the display unit 3, they are converted into character pattern data using CG6 under the control of the control unit 1. Is displayed.

The keyboard 4 is displayed on the previous page key 4A, the next page key 4B, and the display section 3 for instructing to change the contents of the Kanji dictionary memory 2 displayed on the display section 3 to the previous page and the next page, respectively. Move the cursor up, down, left, right respectively Up move key 4U, Down move key 4D, Left move key 4L, Right move key 4R, and Kanji specified by the cursor Select as input Kanji Select Has a key 3S.

The mouse 5 has button switches 5A and 5B. When the button switch 5A is turned on, the mouse mode is set, and a mouse cursor having a shape different from the above cursor is displayed on the display screen. When moved on a desk or the like, the mouse cursor moves along a locus similar to the movement. Then, when the button switch 5B is turned on, the display content of the mouse cursor position at that time is input.

The graphic memory 7 is preset with graphic data showing an index bar as shown in FIG. 4 and graphic data showing an image of a book as shown in FIG. The index bar and the graphic data of the book are fixedly displayed in the guidance area E1 and the dictionary area E2 on the display screen of the display unit 3, respectively.

The total length of the index bar corresponds to the total number of pages of the Kanji dictionary in the Kanji dictionary memory 2, and "a", "ka", "sa", "ta" displayed on the index bar,
"Na", "ha", "ma", "ya", "ra", "wa" are
The index of the Kanji dictionary is shown, and its display position corresponds to the position in the dictionary of the Kanji that makes them the first character of the kana. On this index bar, as shown in FIG. 5, a ▲ mark indicating the currently displayed page is displayed at a position corresponding to the page of the Kanji dictionary displayed in the dictionary area E2. In controlling the display of the ▲ mark, the control unit 1
Uses various registers that it has.

Further, the contents of the Kanji dictionary are displayed together with the graphic data of the book, as shown in FIG. 5, and displayed as an image of an actual dictionary.

In an actual dictionary, the left side and the right side are generally paged as separate pages, but in the present embodiment, a combination of the left side and the right side, that is, one screen is called one page.

Next, the dictionary search processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

When the dictionary search mode is set by operating a predetermined key of the key input unit 4, the control unit 1 first sets "1" in the display page register P as the initial value of the page number (step S
1). Then, the contents of the page indicated by the display page register P in the Kanji dictionary memory 2 are displayed in the dictionary area E2 and the index bar is displayed in the guidance area E1 (step S2).

Next, the position corresponding to the currently displayed page on the index bar is calculated, and the triangle mark is displayed at that position (step S3). Then, it waits for the previous page key 4A or the next page key 4B to be operated (steps S4 and S5), and when the previous page key 4A or the next page key 4B is operated, the ▲ mark is erased (step S6). ). Next, previous page key 4A
If is operated, the contents of the display page register P are
If it is decremented by "1" and the next page key 4B is operated, the content of the display page register P is incremented by "1" (step S7) and the process returns to step S2. As a result, in the dictionary area E2, when the previous page key 4A is operated, the display is switched to the content of the page immediately before the currently displayed page, and when the next page key 4B is operated, the content of the immediately following page is displayed. The display is switched. At this time, in the guidance area E1,
The index bar itself remains fixed,
The mark moves left or right by one page.

Next, the mark display processing in step S3 of FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 7, but before that, various data used in the description of this processing will be described.

△ X: The number of dots moved in the X direction of the ▲ mark that should be moved per page break (movement amount: fixed data). This amount of movement ΔX is
It is determined by the number of pages of the Kanji dictionary and the length of the index bar. For example, if the Kanji dictionary has 100 pages and the length of the index bar is 20 cm, it will be 2 mm.

X0: Display position coordinates of the ▲ mark in the X direction when the first page is displayed (fixed data).

X: Display position coordinate of X mark in X direction (variable data).

Y: Display position coordinate of Y mark in Y direction (fixed data). This Y is a predetermined coordinate in the Y direction on the index bar.

The fixed data ΔX, X0, Y are held in the control unit 1 in advance.

In the mark display process, first, a value obtained by subtracting "1" from the current display page in the display page register P is set in the register N (step S31). Then, the calculation of X0 + content of register N × ΔX ... (1) is performed to obtain the display position coordinate of the ∘ mark in the X direction, that is, X, and it is set in the register X (step S32). Then, a ▲ mark is displayed at the coordinate position of (X, Y) (step S33).

With this kind of processing, when the page of the Kanji dictionary is changed,
Move left or right on the index bar with the mark indicating the currently displayed page. In this case, the index parts such as “A”, “A”, etc. that are fixedly displayed on the index bar are
When the mark passes, a buzzer will sound to that effect to improve usability. Further, the usability is further improved by changing the tone color of the buzzer according to the content of the passed index, or by sounding the content of the passed index (for example, "A") itself. When such a sound is made, when the current display position (X coordinate component) of the ▲ mark is calculated in step S32 in FIG. 7, a gap between the current display position of the ▲ mark and the previous display position is displayed. It is only necessary to judge whether or not the index is displayed on the screen, and to make a sound when the index is displayed on the screen.

As mentioned above, the ▲ mark moves according to the page break.
For example, when searching for kanji whose kana begins with "ka", the "ka" that is fixedly displayed on the index bar is displayed without looking at the kanji dictionary on the screen that is sequentially switched and has poor visibility. It is sufficient to continuously switch the display until the ▲ mark comes to the position.

Mark erasure in step S6 of FIG.
The current display position of the ▲ mark is recognized by Y, and an erasing command is issued to the display position to erase the ▲ mark being displayed.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, a pie chart may be used instead of the bar chart (index bar). It is also possible to apply the dictionary contents to an electronic dictionary that does not undergo input processing. Further, it is also possible to give a line feed instruction in combination with a key for page-breaking in units of a plurality of pages such as 5 pages and 10 pages.

[Advantage of Device] According to this device, the distance between the currently displayed page and the desired page can be confirmed, the above confirmation is not required on the display switching screen, and the screen can be switched (page break) at high speed. You will be able to search quickly. Further, since it is not necessary to look at the switching screen, the operator's eye fatigue is also reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of an embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a Kanji dictionary memory, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a graphic memory.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example on the display unit, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a dictionary search process, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a mark display process in FIG. 1 ... control unit, 2 ... Kanji dictionary memory, 3 ... display unit,
4 ... Keyboard, 4A ... Previous page key, 4B ... Next page key, 7 ... Graphic memory.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A storage means for storing the contents of the dictionary, a display means having a plurality of display areas, and a specific index of the dictionary in the storage means a is arranged in a predetermined display area on the display means. First display control means for displaying the index graph and switching display of the contents of the dictionary page by page in another display area, and whenever the display of the dictionary contents is switched by the first display control means. , A second mark which moves and displays a predetermined mark to the position on the index graph corresponding to the page currently being displayed.
And a display control means for the dictionary display device.