JPH1069478A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously retrieve plural electronized dictionaries at the performing KANA (Japanese syllabary)-KANJI (Chinese character) conversion by connecting a Japanese dictionary and a Japanese-English dictionary to each other based upon a converted KANJI word as an index thereby retrieving them, and displaying the KANJI word, KANJI word examples and English words collectively. SOLUTION: When an operator makes a request to connect or disconnect a KANJI dictionary 81, the Japanese dictionary 82, and the Japanese-English dictionary as electronized dictionaries 8 connected to a word processor 9, a dictionary connecting means 2 selects a process according to a set kind and process a dictionary management file 6. When the operator inputs a document during document preparations on the work processor 9 and makes a request for retrieval from a dictionary, a dictionary retrieval request means 3 passes the document to a dictionary retrieval means 4. Then the dictionary retrieval means 4 finds target information in the connected dictionary by referring to the dictionary management file 6 and expands it in a dictionary expansion area 6, and a dictionary information output means 7 edits the dictionary information in the dictionary expansion area 6 into a screen layout and outputs it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly, to a word processor for collectively searching a plurality of electronic dictionaries by using converted kanji words as indexes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a kana-kanji conversion is performed during document creation by a word processor, a request to know the meaning or example of a kanji as a conversion candidate or a request to know an English word obtained by converting the kanji into Japanese or English may occur. is there. In this case, a book version dictionary is searched, or a search is performed using an electronic dictionary function provided by means other than a word processor. In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 299104, a word processor incorporating a kanji meaning dictionary for displaying the meaning of a homonym when converting a typed document is proposed.

[0003]

The first problem is that it takes time and effort when a book version dictionary is searched or an electronic dictionary provided by means other than a word processor is searched. The reason is that in conjunction with the kana-kanji conversion, it is not possible to search, so the document creation work must be interrupted, and a book version dictionary must be kept at all times.

[0004] The second problem is that according to the above publication, in the case of a word processor having a kanji meaning dictionary, it is not easy to revise the kanji meaning dictionary. The reason is that the kanji meaning dictionary is built in the word processor,
It is difficult to revise the kanji meaning dictionary or use a commercially available computerized Japanese language dictionary.

A third problem is that, in the case of a word processor having a kanji meaning dictionary, for example, it is not possible to solve the demand for Japanese-English conversion. The reason is that in order to use the Japanese-English dictionary, it is necessary to incorporate the Japanese-English dictionary in the word processor, and to incorporate the dictionary, the word processor itself in the above-mentioned publication must be revised.

An object of the present invention is to provide a word processor capable of simultaneously searching a plurality of digitized dictionaries when converting kana-kanji characters.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a kanji dictionary for converting a kanji into a kanji input, a means for connecting a Japanese language dictionary and a Japanese-English dictionary using the converted kanji word as an index, and searching for the kanji word.
Means for collectively displaying the kanji word, the kanji word example, and the English word.

Further, the word processor registers, deletes, and updates an electronic dictionary including a kanji dictionary, a Japanese language dictionary, and a Japanese-English dictionary, and connects the dictionaries with an index of a kanji word. Dictionary management means for managing dictionary management information; a dictionary management file for registering the dictionary management information; a dictionary search requesting means for specifying, as an index, kanji words whose input has been converted to kanji; and Dictionary connection means for disconnecting or connecting an electronic dictionary; dictionary search means for referring to the dictionary management file based on the index to search for an electronic dictionary to be searched; and dictionary development for storing search results of the electronic dictionary Area and dictionary information output for expanding the search result into a screen layout and outputting it to display means of the word processor Characterized in that it comprises a stage, a.

The dictionary management means and the dictionary connection means manage information on electronic dictionaries usable by the word processor and dictionary management information on connection status. This makes it possible to easily connect and update the electronic dictionary by updating the dictionary management information without affecting the word processor itself when a new electronic dictionary is added or revised. The word processor can search a plurality of electronic dictionaries simultaneously by the dictionary search request unit, the dictionary search unit, and the dictionary output unit. As a result, it is not necessary to look up a book version dictionary or use the electronic dictionary function provided by a function other than the word processor.

[0010]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
, The dictionary management means 1 connects and manages each electronic dictionary by using kanji words as indices. Dictionary connection means 2
The connection and disconnection of the kanji dictionary 81 of the electronic dictionary 8 that can be searched from the word processor 9, the dictionary 82, and the Japanese-English dictionary 83 are set. The index information and the connection status of the electronic dictionary 8 are stored and managed in the dictionary management file 5. Dictionary search request means 3
Makes a dictionary search request using the kanji word of the kana-kanji conversion as an index while the word processor 9 is creating a document. The dictionary search means 4 searches for a target word from the connected dictionary 8 according to the search request, and expands the target word in the dictionary expansion area 6 on the memory. The dictionary information output means 7 edits the dictionary information in the dictionary development area 6 into a display screen layout, and outputs the edited layout.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each operation of this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2A, after the operator issues a request for registration, deletion, and updating of an electronic dictionary usable by the word processor 9, the dictionary management unit 1 selects a process according to the requested management type. Each processing is performed on the dictionary management file 5 (step 11). The information of the electronic dictionary is registered (step 12). The information of the electronic dictionary is deleted (step 13). The information of the electronic dictionary is updated (step 14). Referring to FIG. 2B, each of the dictionaries 81 and 8 of the electronic dictionary 8 connected to the word processor 9 by the operator.
When a request for connection or disconnection of the connection 2 or 83 has been made, the dictionary connection means 2 selects a process according to the requested setting type, and performs each process on the dictionary management file 6 (step 21). Each dictionary 81 of the electronic dictionary 8 to be connected,
The connection indications of 82 and 83 are turned on (step 22).
A plurality of dictionaries to be connected can be specified. The connection display of the dictionaries 81, 82, 83 of the electronic dictionary 8 to be disconnected
Set to F (step 23). Referring to FIG. 2C,
When the operator inputs a sentence during document creation by the word processor and makes a dictionary search request, the dictionary search request stage 3 transfers the sentence to the dictionary search means 4 (step 31). The dictionary search means 4 refers to the dictionary management file 6, assigns target information from the connected dictionary, and expands it in the dictionary expansion area 6 (step 32). The dictionary information output means 7 edits and outputs the dictionary information in the dictionary development area 6 to a screen layout (step 33).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of an operation from a dictionary search request to a dictionary search result output in this embodiment. Each of the dictionaries 81 to 84 of the electronic dictionary 8 connected to the word processor 9 is connected to the kanji dictionary 8 by the dictionary connection means 2.
1. It is assumed that the Japanese language dictionary 82 and the Japanese-English dictionary 83 have been set. When the operator requests a dictionary search for the word “measure” 51 on the word processor screen 50 while creating a sentence in the word processor 9, the dictionary search request 31 sends the dictionary search index word “measure” to the dictionary search 41. hand over. The dictionary search 41 transfers words related to the index word “Hakaru” 51 from the connected electronic dictionary 8 to the dictionary information output 54 from the kanji dictionary 81, the Japanese dictionary 82, and the Japanese-English dictionary 3. The dictionary information output 54 lays out a search word 531 from the kanji dictionary 81, a search word 532 from the Japanese language dictionary 82, and a search word 533 from the Japanese-English dictionary 83 in the search result 53 on the screen 50 of the word processor 9 and outputs it.

[0013]

As described above, according to the first effect of the present invention, a variety of conversion requests for input text can be solved by a single operation while a word processor is creating a document. As a result, the efficiency of document creation can be improved. The reason is that the dictionary connection means can search a word processor and a plurality of electronic dictionaries.

A second advantage is that registration, deletion, and change of the electronic dictionary can be easily performed. The reason is that the dictionary connection means manages an electronic dictionary that can be used as an external function of the word processor using the dictionary management information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary management unit, FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary connection unit, and FIG. 2C is a flowchart showing the operation of the dictionary search unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the operation of the embodiment in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dictionary management means 2 Dictionary connection means 3 Dictionary search request means 4 Dictionary search means 5 Dictionary management file 6 Dictionary development area 7 Dictionary information output means 8 Electronic dictionary 81 Kanji dictionary 82 Japanese dictionary 83 Japanese-English dictionary

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A kanji dictionary for converting kana to kanji input, a means for connecting a Japanese language dictionary and a Japanese-English dictionary using the converted kanji word as an index, and searching for the kanji word, the kanji word examples and English words collectively Means for displaying, a word processor. 2. The word processor according to claim 1, further comprising: an electronic dictionary including a kanji dictionary, a Japanese language dictionary, and a Japanese-English dictionary, registering, deleting, and updating the kanji dictionary and the electronic dictionary; Dictionary management means for managing dictionary management information; a dictionary management file for registering the dictionary management information; a dictionary search requesting means for specifying, as an index, kanji words whose input has been converted to kanji; and Dictionary connection means for disconnecting or connecting the electronic dictionary, and referring to the dictionary management file based on the index,
Dictionary search means for searching for an electronic dictionary to be searched; dictionary development area for storing search results of the electronic dictionary; dictionary information output means for developing the search results on a screen layout and outputting to a display means of the word processor The word processor according to claim 1, further comprising: