JPH11232003A - Document display device, display method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To considerably improve work efficiency by directly displaying the detail of an arbitrary part in the content of a document on the display means of a display by means of selecting it. SOLUTION: Document data of a foreign language is read by a reader 11 from the storage means 10 of CD-ROM and the like and it is processed by CPU 12. It is displayed on the display part 13 of a display and the like. When a word whose meaning is not clear appears during the reading of a foreign document, the word is selected by a key operation from a keyboard 14. Dictionary data is read from a storage means 16 and the meaning content of the word is retrieved from dictionary data. One sentence containing the word is extracted from document data by the document extraction part 15a of a translation means 15 and a translation part 15b translates it. The optimum meaning content of the word in document data is selected from the meaning content of the retrieved word and the result of translation. The meaning content of the word is displayed on a display means 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document display device, a display method, and a recording medium for displaying a document such as a drawing or a document. And a document display device for displaying details of the document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, document data (documents) such as novels and magazines are stored on a floppy disk or CD-RO.
A so-called electronic book, which is stored in a storage medium such as a memory card or a memory card, is read by a reading means provided in an electronic document device such as a personal computer, and is displayed on a display means such as a display. Have been.
In recent years, such e-books have been widely diversified and many books in foreign languages have been published. These e-books have been used not only for entertainment and information collection but also for learning foreign languages. Is coming.

[0003]

However, when an electronic book storing the above-described document data in a foreign language is read by a conventional electronic document device and displayed on a display, the content of the meaning is included in the displayed document data. Whenever there is a word that cannot be understood, a dictionary must be checked each time to check the meaning of the word, which is troublesome. In addition, there is also a problem that, when reading foreign language documents and collecting predetermined information, extra time is required for the time required to read the dictionary, and the work efficiency is greatly reduced. In addition, if a storage medium storing a foreign language dictionary is commercially available and the document data displayed on the display is temporarily terminated, or if there is room in the memory of a personal computer or the like, the foreign language dictionary is overlaid on the document data. Is superimposed on the display, and the meaning of a predetermined word can be searched. However, even in this case, using the foreign language dictionary function to display the meaning of a given word requires multiple steps such as inputting the word to be searched and executing a search, which is troublesome and difficult to perform the search. The problem of taking time cannot be solved. Such problems can occur in other documents, such as mechanical, electrical, and architectural blueprints.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a document display device in which, when an arbitrary part in the contents of a document is selected, details of the part are immediately displayed. To provide a display method and a recording medium, and in particular, to provide a document display device, a display method, and a recording medium in which, when a document is a foreign language document, a semantic content of the selected word is displayed when the word is selected. A second object is a document display device having a function of automatically selecting an optimal meaning content when a document is a foreign language document and there are a plurality of meaning contents of a displayed word. A third object is to provide a method and a recording medium, wherein the document is a foreign language document and the pronunciation of the selected word Audio output that can be a high learning effect document display the correct pronunciation according No.,
It is an object to provide a display method and a recording medium.

[0005]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document display apparatus comprising: a first storage unit for storing a document; and a document read out from the first storage unit. First to display the contents of
Display means, first selection means for selecting an arbitrary part in the contents of the document displayed on the first display means, and second storage means for storing details of each part included in the contents of the document A second selecting means for selecting a detailed part of the corresponding part from the second storage means in correspondence with the part selected by the first selecting means; and displaying the read details of the part. And a second display means for displaying the document. With this configuration, for example, when the document is a mechanical design drawing, by selecting an arbitrary part in the content of the document displayed on the first display means such as a display by the first selection means, The details are selected from the second storage means such as a CD-ROM by the second selection means, and the read contents are displayed on the second display means common to or separate from the first display means. Note that the first storage means and the second storage means may be separate bodies, but the first storage means may serve as the second storage means, or the second storage means may serve also as the first storage means.

A document display device according to a second aspect is the document display device according to the first aspect,
The document is document data in a foreign language, and the second storage means stores the meaning of a word contained in the document data in a predetermined language, as a document display device. With this configuration, when an arbitrary word in the document data displayed on the first display means such as a display is selected, the meaning of the word is read out from the second storage means and is displayed on the second display means. Displayed on the means. The display by the second display means:
The document data may be displayed so as to be superimposed on the document data displayed by the first display means, or may be displayed on another display means.

A document display device according to claim 3,
3. The document display device according to claim 2, wherein, when an arbitrary word is selected by said first selecting means, a translating means for extracting and translating a sentence of a predetermined length including said word, and said translating means. And a third selecting means for selecting an optimum meaning content from the meaning contents of the word stored in the storage means based on the translation result. With such a configuration, even when a word selected as having unknown semantic content includes a plurality of semantic contents, the translating means translates a sentence including the word and having a length of, for example, one sentence. Then, the most suitable semantic content can be selected.

A document display device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the document display device according to the second or third aspect, wherein, when any of the words is selected by the first selecting means, the word is included. A document display device comprising: a third selection unit that selects an optimum meaning content from the meaning contents of the word stored in the second storage unit based on a relationship with one or more words before and after the word. It was constituted as. According to this configuration, the most suitable semantic content can be selected as in the document display device according to the second aspect. In other words, if the word selected as having no meaning is known and forms a series of idioms composed of a plurality of words, the optimum meaning can be selected from the relationship with the preceding and following words.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document display device of the third or fourth aspect, the second display means displays the optimum meaning content selected by the third selection means. It is configured to be highlighted. With this configuration, when there are a plurality of meaning contents of a word, all of the meaning contents are displayed on the second display means, and the most meaningful contents of the meaning contents are easily viewed by underlining, boldface, etc. Can be displayed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document display device according to the third aspect, further comprising a third display means for displaying the contents of translation by the translation means. It is a feature. With this configuration, it is possible to display the contents of a sentence, the contents of idioms, and the like translated by the translation means. Third
The display means may be provided separately from the first display means or the second display means, or may be displayed in the first display means or the second display means, for example, as a small window.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the document display device, in addition to the meaning of the word in a predetermined language, phonetic symbols of the word in a predetermined language are stored in the second storage means. The document display device according to any one of claims 2 to 6. With this configuration, since the pronunciation symbols can be known at the same time as the meaning contents of the words, the learning effect of the foreign language can be further enhanced.

The document display device according to claim 8 is the document display device according to claim 7,
The document display device is provided with a voice output means for producing the word read from the second storage means in accordance with the phonetic symbols. With this configuration, the correct pronunciation can be heard as a voice, so that the effect of learning a foreign language can be further enhanced.

[0013] In the document display device according to the ninth aspect, the word selecting means may move a cursor from the beginning of the document data to the end of the sentence at a speed corresponding to the reading speed of the reader, and may read the meaning in the document data. The word is selected by stopping the cursor at a word whose content is unknown. With this configuration, the cursor is moved at a speed corresponding to the reading comprehension of the reader, and the reader reads the document data in accordance with the movement of the cursor, and when a word whose meaning is unknown appears, By stopping the cursor at a word, the meaning of the word can be immediately displayed on a display or the like.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document display apparatus according to the ninth aspect, further comprising a cursor speed changing means capable of arbitrarily changing the moving speed of the cursor. With this configuration, the moving speed of the cursor can be arbitrarily changed according to the reading speed of the reader.

[0015] According to a still further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document display method comprising: reading out the contents of the document from a storage unit storing the document; displaying the read contents; The method includes a step of selecting, and a step of reading out and displaying details of the arbitrary part selected in this step from the storage unit. According to this method, when an arbitrary part in the contents of the document displayed on the display means such as a display is selected, the details of the part are displayed on the same display means or on a separate display means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document display method comprising: reading out and displaying the document data from a storage unit storing foreign language document data; and selecting an arbitrary word from the document data displayed in this step. And a step of reading the meaning of the arbitrary word selected in this step in a predetermined language from the storage unit and displaying it. According to this method, when an arbitrary word in the document data displayed on the display or the like is selected, the meaning of the word is read out from a storage means such as a CD-ROM and displayed on the display or the like. of course,
A memory card or a hard disk with a high access speed can be used instead of the CD-ROM.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document display device according to the twelfth aspect,
Extracting, when the arbitrary word is selected, a sentence of a predetermined length including the word; translating the document extracted by the step; translating the word based on a translation result by the step; , And a step of displaying the optimal semantic content selected in this step. According to this method, even when a word selected as having unknown semantic content includes a plurality of semantic contents, the translating means translates a sentence including the word and having a length of, for example, one sentence. , The most appropriate semantic content can be selected.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document display method according to the twelfth or thirteenth aspect, when any of the words is selected,
A step of selecting an optimal semantic content among the semantic contents of the word stored in the storage unit from a relationship with one or a plurality of words before and after including the word. . According to this method as well, the most suitable semantic content can be selected as in the document display method according to the tenth aspect. In other words, if the word selected as having no meaning is known and forms a series of idioms composed of a plurality of words, the optimum meaning can be selected from the relationship with the preceding and following words.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document display method according to the thirteenth or fourteenth aspect, further comprising a step of highlighting an optimum meaning of the word. Method. According to this method, when there are a plurality of meaning contents of a word, all of the meaning contents are displayed on the display means, and the most meaningful contents of the meaning contents are displayed in an easy-to-read manner by underlining or boldface highlighting. be able to.

A document display method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein a step of displaying translation contents is provided. With this method, it is possible to display the contents of sentences and idioms translated by the translation means.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the document display method according to any one of the twelfth to sixteenth aspects, the storage unit stores the predetermined content of the word in addition to the meaning of the word. It was configured to include phonetic symbols in languages. According to this method, since the pronunciation symbol can be known at the same time as the meaning content of the word, the learning effect of the foreign language can be further enhanced.

In a preferred embodiment, the method further comprises the step of pronouncing the word read from the storage unit in accordance with the phonetic symbols. It was configured as a feature. According to this method, since the correct pronunciation can be heard as a voice, the effect of learning a foreign language can be further enhanced.

[0023] The storage medium according to the nineteenth aspect is the first aspect.
A program for executing each step according to any one of claims 1 to 18 is stored. Storage media include magnetic or optical disks such as floppy disks, hard disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc.,
In addition to a semiconductor storage element such as a RAM or a ROM, a case where the software is installed on a hard disk or the like of a personal computer via a wired or wireless communication line is also included. Therefore, the act of installing the program from the storage medium into a personal computer or the like and implementing the document display method according to any one of claims 8 to 13 is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a document display method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. CD-R
Document data composed of foreign languages such as English, French, and Chinese stored in a storage unit 10 (first storage unit) such as an OM is read by a reader 11 and processed by a processing unit (CPU) 1.
2 is displayed on the display 13 as the first display means as a foreign language document. The CPU 12 is connected with a keyboard 14 and a mouse (not shown) as input means. Selection of an arbitrary word in the document data is performed by pressing a predetermined key on the keyboard 14. That is, in this embodiment, the keyboard 14
Constitute the first selecting means. Of course, if an arbitrary word can be selected from the document data, the third selecting means is a touch pen or a mouse such as a mouse which performs a certain operation by touching the surface of the display 13. Is also good.

The CPU 12 has a function of moving the cursor from the beginning of the foreign language document displayed on the display 13 to the end of the sentence, and changes the moving speed of the cursor as desired by the reader. It has a function that can be. The reader can read the text at a speed corresponding to the moving speed of the cursor by moving the cursor automatically or manually at a desired speed. A predetermined language of a word included in the document data, for example, a semantic content (dictionary data) in Japanese is previously stored in a CD-RO.
Storage means 16 such as M, RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.
(Second storage means). Of course, CD-RO
It may be stored in the storage means 10 such as M together with the document data. The dictionary data stored in the storage unit 16 is read by the reader 17 and subjected to predetermined processing by the CPU 12. When a predetermined word is selected by the keyboard 14, the meaning of the word in the predetermined language is selected from the dictionary data by the search unit 19, which is the second selection means provided in the CPU 12.

In this embodiment, the document display device is provided with a translation means 15 for translating a foreign language into a predetermined language. The translation means 15 includes a sentence extracting means 15a for extracting a sentence of one sentence including the word from the document data when an arbitrary word is selected by the keyboard 14, and a text extracting means 15a. And a translation unit 15b for translating a sentence of one sentence. For example, the document extracting unit 15a searches for a period that becomes a sentence delimiter before and after the word, and outputs a sentence between a period first detected before the word and a period first detected after the word. Is extracted. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the result translated by the translation unit 15b is partially displayed on the display 13 (third display).
(Display means). The dictionary data necessary for the translation unit 15b to perform the translation may be provided independently by the translation unit 15,
The meaning may be read from the storage unit 16 storing the meaning of a word corresponding to the document data stored in the storage unit 10 in a predetermined language.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an optimal semantic content selection for selecting the optimal semantic content based on the translation result of the translating means 15 when a plurality of semantic contents of a predetermined language of the word selected by the search unit 19 exist. (Third selection means). The meaning of the predetermined word selected in this way is displayed in a small window (second display means 21) in the display 13. The display at this time can be underlined, displayed in bold, or can be all highlighted to emphasize the optimum meaning. In this embodiment, phonetic symbols are included in the dictionary data stored in the storage unit 16, and a voice output unit 22 that outputs voice based on the phonetic symbols is provided.
The voice output to the voice output unit 22 is created by the word pronunciation creating unit 19 based on the phonetic symbols.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation of the above-structured document display device will be described together with an embodiment of the document display method according to the present invention. FIG.
It is a flowchart explaining the effect | action of the document display apparatus in the said embodiment. In the initial setting of step 1, the cursor movement speed, whether to automatically move the cursor,
Set whether to move manually or perform audio output. The foreign language document data is read from the storage means 10 such as a CD-ROM by the reader 11 (step S).
2) Processed by the CPU 12 and displayed on the display unit 13 such as a display (step S3). When a word whose meaning is unknown appears during the reading of the foreign language document, the reader selects a word by operating a key on the keyboard 14 (step S4). This selection can be made, for example, by pressing the stop key on the keyboard 14 when the cursor moving along the document moves to a word whose meaning is unknown. Of course, the selection can be made by pointing a predetermined word with a mouse or the like. When a word whose meaning is unknown is selected in this way, the dictionary data is read from the storage unit 16 (step S5), and the meaning of the word is searched from the dictionary data (step S6). . Further, a sentence of one sentence including the word is extracted from the document data by the document extracting unit 15a of the translating unit 15 (step S7), and the sentence of one sentence is translated by the translating unit 15b ( Step S8). At this time, data necessary for translation is read from the storage unit 16.

From the semantic content of the word retrieved in step S6 and the result of the translation in step S8, the optimal semantic content of the word in the document data is selected (step S9). The semantic content of the word is displayed on the display means 21, and when there are a plurality of semantic contents of the word, whether the optimal semantic content is displayed at the top or
Alternatively, it is displayed as an underline, bold, or the like (step S12). If voice output is selected, a pronunciation is generated in step S10 in accordance with phonetic symbols included in the dictionary data, and output from the audio output unit 22 such as a speaker (step S11). It is determined in step 13 whether or not the display of the translation content is selected. If it is determined that the display is provided, the translation content is displayed on a display or the like (step S14).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the translation means is provided, but this is for automatically selecting the optimum meaning content when there are a plurality of meaning contents of the selected word, and does not need to be provided in particular. Also,
Instead of providing the translation means, or together with the translation means, a means for selecting the optimal meaning content of the word selected from the relationship with the preceding and following words may be provided. When such a means is provided, if the word selected as having unknown meaning is composed of a series of idioms composed of a plurality of words, an optimum meaning is selected from the relationship with the preceding and following words. It can also be done. Further, although the content of the document is described as a foreign language document, the document may be another one, for example, a mechanical design drawing or the like. In this case, the details of an arbitrary part in the mechanical design drawing are displayed. What should I do?

[0031]

According to the present invention, by simply selecting an arbitrary part in the contents of a document, the details of the part can be immediately displayed on a display means such as a display. In particular, when the document is foreign language document data, when an arbitrary word in the document data is selected, the meaning of the word is immediately displayed on a display or the like,
This eliminates the need to check the meaning of a word using a dictionary or the like, and can greatly improve work efficiency. Further, by providing the translation means, when there are a plurality of meaning contents of the displayed word, the optimum meaning contents can be automatically selected. Furthermore, by adding or preliminarily including the phonetic symbols of the word in the dictionary data, it is possible to output an accurate pronunciation according to the phonetic symbols, thereby enhancing the learning effect. In addition, although the spread of the Internet and the like has been rapidly increasing in recent years, there is no need to look up a dictionary or activate the built-in dictionary function when translating e-mails and various information from overseas. Will greatly streamline.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a document display method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 storage means (first storage means) 12 CPU (second selection means) 13 display means (second display means) 14 keyboard (first selection means) 15 translation means 16 storage means (second storage means) 19 word pronunciation creation Unit 22 audio output unit (audio output unit) 20 optimum meaning content selection unit (third selection unit) 21 display unit (second display unit) 23 display unit (third display unit)

Claims (19)

[Claims] A first storage unit that stores a document; a first display unit that displays the content of the document read from the first storage unit; and a first display unit that displays the content of the document displayed on the first display unit. First selection means for selecting an arbitrary part in the contents, second storage means for storing details of each part included in the contents of the document, and a part corresponding to the part selected by the first selection means A second selection means for selecting a detailed part of the corresponding part from the second storage means, and a second display means for displaying the details of the part read out. apparatus. 2. The document display device according to claim 1, wherein the document is document data in a foreign language, and the second storage means stores a meaning content of a word included in the document data in a predetermined language. A document display device. 3. The document display device according to claim 2, wherein, when an arbitrary word is selected by the first selecting unit, a translating unit that extracts and translates a sentence of a predetermined length including the word. And a third selecting means for selecting an optimal semantic content from the semantic contents of the word stored in the storage means based on a translation result by the translating means. 4. The document display device according to claim 2, wherein when any of the words is selected by the first selecting means, the first and second selecting means selects one or more words before and after including the word. A document display device, comprising: a third selection unit that selects an optimum meaning content from the meaning contents of the word stored in the second storage unit based on the relationship. 5. The document display device according to claim 3, wherein said second display means is provided with said third display means.
A document display device, wherein the optimum semantic content selected by the selection means is highlighted. 6. The document display device according to claim 3, further comprising third display means for displaying the contents of translation by said translation means. 7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second storage unit stores not only the meaning of the word in a predetermined language but also phonetic symbols of the word. A document display device according to any one of the above. 8. The document display device according to claim 7, further comprising: a voice output unit that sounds the word read from the second storage unit in accordance with the phonetic symbols. Display device. 9. The first selecting means moves a cursor from the beginning of the document data to the end of the sentence of the document data at a speed according to the reading speed set by the reader, and moves the cursor at an arbitrary word in the document data. The document display device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein a word is selected by stopping a cursor. 10. The document display device according to claim 9, further comprising a cursor speed changing means for arbitrarily changing a moving speed of the cursor. 11. A step of reading and displaying the contents of the document from a storage unit storing the document, a step of selecting an arbitrary part from the contents of the document displayed in this step, and a step of selecting by this step Reading the details of the specified part from the storage unit and displaying the read details from the storage unit. 12. A step of reading and displaying the document data from a storage unit storing foreign language document data, a step of selecting an arbitrary word from the document data displayed in this step, Reading from the storage unit the semantic content of the arbitrary word selected by the predetermined language in a predetermined language, and displaying the read content. 13. The document display device according to claim 12, wherein when the arbitrary word is selected, a sentence of a predetermined length including the word is extracted; and the sentence extracted by the step is extracted. Translating; and selecting an optimal semantic content from the semantic contents of the word based on the translation result of the step; and displaying the optimal semantic content selected by this step. A document display method characterized in that: 14. The document display method according to claim 12, wherein when any of the words is selected, the storage unit is determined based on a relationship with one or more words before and after including the word. A step of selecting an optimum meaning content from the meaning contents of the word stored in the document. 15. The document display method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of highlighting an optimal meaning of the word. 16. The document display method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of displaying translation contents. 17. The storage unit according to claim 12, wherein the storage unit includes, in addition to the semantic content of the word, pronunciation symbols of the word in a predetermined language. Document display method. 18. The document display method according to claim 17, further comprising a step of pronouncing the word read from the storage unit in accordance with the phonetic symbols. 19. A storage medium storing a program for executing each of the steps according to claim 11. Description: