JPS5942348B2 - electronic translator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a character input key for inputting linguistic information (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) in a first language, and a method for temporarily inputting content input by operating the character input key. an input buffer register for storing linguistic information (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) of the first language, and a second linguistic information (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) corresponding to the first language; a storage device that stores a plurality of sets of linguistic information (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) of a language; , words, phrases, sentences, etc.) from the storage device, and are stored in association with the retrieved linguistic information (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) of the first language.

Outputting (displaying, printing,
This relates to an electronic translator equipped with a search/output control device that outputs voice (e.g., voice output), and in particular, the contents input into the cover register by operating the character input keys are stored in the storage device. language information of the first language (
(words, phrases, sentences, etc.),
Among the linguistic information of the first language stored in the storage device, means for externally outputting the linguistic information (word, phrase, sentence, etc.) that is closest to the content (having the largest number of matching characters from the beginning). The present invention provides an electronic translator characterized by the following features. 2. Description of the Related Art Electronic translators that translate words, sentences, etc. input using keys into corresponding words, sentences, etc. in other languages are being developed recently.

In most cases, the method of translating a word in one language into a word in another language involves first associating the word in the one language with the corresponding word in the other language in some way. The word entered using the key is searched from the contents of the storage device, and the target word in the other language (i.e., the word in the other language corresponding to the word entered using the key) is retrieved from the external memory. Output (display, printing, audio output, etc.)
This is the way to do it. In the case of words, sentences, etc., the same method is used. In either case, it is necessary to search the storage device, but if a word or sentence that is not stored in the storage device is entered, or if the user enters a key word with a wrong spelling, , it is necessary to inform the user of this fact. When an unsearchable word or sentence such as the one described above is entered manually, the electronic translator of the present invention searches the storage device and searches the word or sentence closest to the key-entered word or sentence (the first one). It is configured so that the words, sentences, etc. with the largest number of matching characters are output externally.

With the above configuration, the user is informed that the keyed words, sentences, etc. are not stored in the storage device, and if the user misspells them, the user can be informed I will have to correct it. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on Examples.

The embodiment to be described is an example in which the present invention is implemented in an electronic English-Japanese dictionary, and when an English word that is not searchable is key-input, the storage device is searched and the key-input word is searched in the storage device. It is configured so that the English word closest to the English word is displayed with a question mark "?" at the end.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the appearance of this embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is an alphanumeric key provided for inputting English words, and 2 is a Japanese translation that instructs the display of the Japanese word or phrase corresponding to the English word input by operating the alphanumeric key 1. The instruction key 3 displays the input content during the operation of the alphanumeric key 1, and also searches for a Japanese word or phrase corresponding to the input English word based on the operation of the Japanese translation instruction key 2. The latter is a display section that uses a dot matrix display method to display the Japanese word or phrase in katakana. 4 is a power switch.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the same embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is an alphanumeric key, 2 is a Japanese translation instruction key, and 3 is a display section. 5 is a key-in cover register.

On the other hand, 6 is a storage device that stores a plurality of pairs of English words and Japanese words or phrases corresponding to the English words. Third
The figure shows part of the storage contents of the storage device 6,
Pairs of English words and Japanese words or phrases corresponding to the English words are stored in alphabetical order as shown in the figure. 7 is an address counter, 8 is an address register,
9 is an address decoder.

10 is a buffer register that stores English words output from the storage device 6; 11 is a buffer register that stores Japanese words or phrases output from the storage device 6 and abbreviations representing parts of speech of the English words; be.

12 is an English word comparison sound device 13 is turned on based on the match detection signal Sll output from the English word comparison section 12, and at that time, the Japanese word or phrase stored in the buffer register 11 and the English word Abbreviations that represent the part of speech of a word (
That is, it is a display unit input gate that supplies the display unit 3 with a Japanese word or phrase corresponding to the English word input by operating the alphanumeric keypad 1 and an abbreviation representing the part of speech of the input English word.

14 counts the number of matching characters (the number of consecutive matching characters starting from the first character) between the English word input into the key input buffer register 5 and the English word taken out into the buffer register 10. This is a matching character count counting section.

15 operates based on the mismatch detection signal Sl2 output from the English word comparing section 12, and the matching character number counting section 14
Compares the count content A of , and the memory content B of the matching character count register 16 (the register 16 is reset at the start of the search operation), and if A>B, outputs the signal S2l, If A=B, output the signal S22, and then
<If it is B, it is a matching character number comparison unit that outputs the signal S23.

Reference numeral 17 denotes an input gate of the matching character number register 16 which is turned on based on the signal S2l and transfers the count content A of the matching character number counting section 14 at that time to the matching character number register 16.

Reference numeral 18 denotes an input gate of the English word register 19 which turns on based on the signal S2l and transfers the contents of the buffer register 10 at that time to the English word register 19. Note that the address register 8 receives the signal S2.
1 or signal S22 is output, the address counter 7 counts up and sets the next English word storage area designation content.

20 is a "?" mark synthesis section that outputs the English words stored in the English word register 19 with a "?" mark added to the end thereof; 21 is turned on based on the signal S23; This is a display section manual gate that supplies the output of the "?" mark synthesis section 20 to the display section 3.

As a result, the English words stored in the English word register 19 are displayed on the display section 3 together with the "?" mark. Hereinafter, the operation will be explained by taking as an example a case where "EVERYBADY" is entered by mistake when "EVERYBODY" should be entered. FIG. 4 shows the above [EV
3 is a diagram showing the display state on the display section 3 at the time when the key input of "ERYBADY" is completed.

After inputting "EVERYBADY", the user operates the Japanese translation instruction key 2 to start the search. English words are sequentially output from the storage device 6 and compared with the content "EVERYBADY" input to the key input buffer register 5. When the comparison operation with "EVER" shown in FIG. ", but since the English word comparing section 12 outputs the mismatch detection signal Sl2, the matching character number comparing section 15 operates, and the count content A of the matching character number counting section 14 (in this case, "5") is performed. ]) and the content B (“4” in this case) of the matching character count register 16 is compared. Since A>B, the signal S2l is output. Based on this signal S2l, gates 18 and 17
is turned on, the current contents of the buffer register 10 and matching character number counting section 14 are transferred to the English word register 19 and matching character number register 16, respectively. Therefore, the contents of the English word register 19 and the number of matching characters register 16 are "EVERY" and [5], respectively.
Also, since the address register 8 counts up based on the signal S2l, the next English word "E" is stored from the storage device 6.
VERYBODY” and abbreviations representing the part of speech of the English word [
PRON. ] and the corresponding Japanese colloquial language phrase "daredemo" are output and stored in buffer registers 10 and 11, respectively. Thereafter, comparison operations similar to those described above are performed. When this comparison operation is completed, English word register 1
9 and the contents of the matching character count register 16 are respectively “
EVERYBODY” and “6”.

Then, the process proceeds to a comparison operation with the next English word "EVERYONE". In this case, as in the case described above, the English word comparison section 12 outputs the mismatch detection signal Sl2, so the number of matching characters comparison section 15 operates. However, this time, the counted content A of the matching character number counting section 14 is smaller than the content B of the matching character number register 16, so the signal S23 is output. Then, the display unit input gate 21 is turned on based on this signal S23, so that the English word "EVERYBODY" stored in the English word register 19 is changed to "?" added by the "?" mark synthesis section 20. ” with the mark,
The signal is supplied to the display section 3. FIG. 5 shows the display state on the display section 3 at this time. Furthermore, the search operation is ended by outputting the signal S23. As described above in detail based on the embodiments, the electronic translator of the present invention is capable of ensuring that the words, sentences, etc. input by the keys are other than the words, sentences, etc. stored in the storage device. In some cases, it is characterized by being configured to display the word, sentence, etc. that is closest to the input word, sentence, etc.
This provides the following effects.

(1) If the user keys in a wrong spelling, there is a high possibility that the correct spelling will be displayed. If the displayed spelling is correct, if you operate the search key again, you can search with the correct spelling this time and output the corresponding word, phrase, or sentence. If you enter something, you can easily make corrections and search again according to the display. (2) When entering a word or sentence to be searched, you do not have to enter the entire spelling of the word, but you can search by manually inputting the length that allows you to distinguish it from other words or sentences with similar spellings. This makes the operation easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the external appearance of an electronic English-Japanese dictionary which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment, and Fig. 3 is the storage contents of the storage device of the embodiment. FIGS. 4 and 5 are display state diagrams for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A character input key for inputting linguistic information of a first language, an input buffer register for temporarily storing content input by operating the character input key, and a language of the first language. a storage device for storing a plurality of pairs of linguistic information in a second language corresponding to the linguistic information in the first language; Linguistic information of a first language is searched from the storage device, and the linguistic information of the first language corresponding to the linguistic information of the first language is stored in association with the searched linguistic information of the first language. In an electronic translator equipped with a search/output control device that outputs the linguistic information of the second language to the outside through an external output device, the linguistic information of the first language is sequentially read from the storage device, and the input content is read out sequentially from the storage device. a means for detecting a match/mismatch with the first language; and a language of the first language stored in association with the linguistic information of the first language in which the match was detected based on the match detection output from the means. means for externally outputting linguistic information in the second language corresponding to the information;
Based on the mismatch detection output from the match/mismatch detection means, the number of matching characters from the beginning of the input content and the linguistic information of the first language read last time, and the linguistic information of the first language read this time and the number of matching characters from the beginning of the input content, and if the latter is greater than the former, the above match/mismatch detection means is instructed to detect a match/mismatch between the next linguistic information and the input content, and the former is larger than the latter, means for externally outputting the linguistic information of the first language read last time.