JPS6019034B2 - electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary that can display two or more translations of a word in one language in another language, including related translations such as synonyms, and in particular, the present invention relates to an electronic dictionary that can display two or more translations of a word in one language in another language, including related translations such as synonyms. This is intended to reduce the storage capacity of memory devices.

Dictionaries between two languages, such as English-Japanese dictionaries, Japanese-English dictionaries, Aoibutsu dictionaries, etc., have not only one translation for words in one language, but also synonyms and even translations with meanings beyond the range of synonyms. If all of these related translations were to be stored in a storage device, the bit capacity of each address would be set as large for words without related translations as for words with related translations, and the total storage capacity would be reduced. Either it must be made large, or the bit capacity value for each address must be processed in several ways, but in the latter case, the processing circuit becomes complex.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary that is capable of translating related words without having a complicated processing circuit and without significantly increasing the storage capacity. shall be.

The present invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of specific storage contents of each address in a storage device according to the present invention.

For example, a fixed storage ROM such as a discussion-only memory is used as a storage device, and A of this ROM is an address section that specifies individual storage locations, and B is an English word section that stores the binary code of the alphabetical notation of English words ( C is a Japanese translation word section that stores the binary code in kana notation for one translated word for an English word. D is a related address storage section that stores the address of a related translation of the English word stored in the English word section B at the same address. For example, the English word part INO stored in the English word part B corresponding to address 1'' of address part A in FIG.
Regarding TE'', the Japanese translation word section C stores the Japanese translation word ``memo'', and the related translation word address storage section D stores the address 4''.
The related translation word ``choushi'' is specified by ``. Similarly, "DATE" of English word part B corresponding to address n2"
'', the Japanese translation word section C stores the Japanese translation word ``Hizuke'', and the D section address 3'' specifies ``Yakusoku'' as a related translation word. In addition, in the conventional case, the related translation address field ○ is not provided, and instead, the related translations themselves are written together at the same address, and in address 1'', ``memo'' and r address ``2'' are written.
In ``, we will write down ``Hizuke'' and ``Yaksoku'', so
The written capacity had to increase. Note that if the address of part D is 0'', it means that no related translation is stored for the English word in that case.In the fixed storage device ROM shown in Figure 1, the number of words is 1000. needs only 10 bits in binary code (up to 1024 words can be addressed by 10 bits)
, A part, and D part each have a 10-bit configuration.

On the other hand, katakana requires at least 6 bits to represent one character, so if the Japanese translation word stored in section C requires two or more characters in katakana, then 6×2=12 bits or more, Generally, if it is 4 or more characters as shown in the first diagram, 6 x 4 = 24 bits or more are required, so the ROM
If two or more related translations are written in the C part of the middle, it is a ROM.
The storage capacity of the device must become large. Therefore, in the present invention, the related translation words are not written together, the C part is made into 24 bits to store only one translation word, and the D part is made into 10 bits to store the address of the related translation word. Save it and reduce the storage capacity of ROM. Next, FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the electronic dictionary of the present invention equipped with the above-mentioned storage ROM. Here, IPT is a key circuit constituting the input section, and is an input key group Y consisting of a garden key × that commands the display of Japanese translated words, and other alphabet keys 1, 2, 3, etc. It is equipped with CPU is a central processing unit that receives input from keys X and Y, OPT is CP
This is an output section consisting of a display of English words or Japanese translated words as output from U and a disturbance circuit. The ROM is a fixed memory having the configuration shown in FIG. When the user presses the key figure, 4, 4, of key group Y, this input DATE''
The binary code for is input to the central processing unit CPU, and the English word "DATE" is displayed on the display of the output unit OPT corresponding to the input data, and at the same time,
The data is temporarily stored outside the register provided in the CPU.

Next, when the user presses the key Send to address section A of ROM.
As a result, the content code of the English word section B at the specified address in the ROM is read out and sent from the B section of the ROM to the CPU via the signal line LB. This B content code is compared with the binary code of the Y key content stored in the register mentioned above by the CPU, and when the two match, the sequential sending of addresses from the CPU to the ROM is stopped. Ru. In the above example, the "DATE" read from part 8 at address 2" is the register content DATE.
'', address sending stops at address 2''. On the other hand, at the same time that the above-mentioned Tokyo passenger B is sent to the CPU, the contents of the Japanese translation word part C in the ROM are also sent to the CPU via the signal line LC, and when the address stops at 2'', the contents of the Japanese translation part C of the ROM are sent to the CPU. C Tokyo customer “Hizuke” is CP
It is sent from U to the output section OPT and displayed as "Hizuke". Here, when the user presses the garden key × again, the D section internal address 3'' at the address ``2'' at the time when the address transmission was stopped is read out from the ``ROM'' to the CPU via the signal line LD, and then Transferred from the CPU to the address section A of the ROM, the contents of the Japanese translation word C at the new address date 3'' are read out. The related translation ``yakusoku'' is transmitted from the C part of the ROM to the CPU' via the signal line LC.
This is transferred, and then sent to the output section OPT, where it is displayed as "Yakusoku". The sequence of operations centered on the central processing unit CPU mentioned above will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, after inputting the English word -alphabet using key group Y, when pressing key X, the central processing unit CPU
is the input alpha, and the same word as the pet is in the memory R
Detect whether it is in OM or apricot. Here, even if the maximum address of the ROM is increased to 1000, if the same word as the input word is not in the ROM (for example, due to a deliberate input of a word or insufficient capacity of the ROM), the step of determining the result After "noJ", it reaches ■, where the operation ends by displaying that there is no corresponding word, for example, by using a specific symbol.On the other hand, if the same word is in the ROM,
From the determination step, the process moves to the next step via "yes", the contents of the Japanese translation word section C of the address are displayed, and the address of the D section is taken into the CPU, and the process remains in that state for a period of time. In this state, if you press the garden key × again, the address of part D before stopping is transferred from the CPU to part A of the ROM, and the contents of part C at this new address, that is, the related translation, are output via the CPU. displayed on the section OPT. When there is no need to give a related translation to an English word at a certain address, the contents of part D at that address should be set to 0'', and when key It can be configured so that the Japanese translation word is displayed as is.Also, after pressing the key
When another key Y is pressed instead, the loop shown in FIG. 3 is exited and the process moves to the flow ``-'', where a new alphabet is input. Although the number of related translation words has been limited to one in the above, if the storage capacity of the ROM can be increased, the addresses of two or more related translation words can be stored in section D, and the mouse key X can be pressed two or more times. The translation words of the C part at these multiple addresses are sequentially proposed, and the output part O
Of course, it is also possible to display it on the PT. As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to complicate the configuration of the central processing circuit, and there is no need to dramatically increase the storage capacity of the memory device. hand,
Each time the Japanese translation key is operated, the Japanese translation of the input word can be displayed, and the greater the number of words stored in the memory, the greater the effect of reducing the storage capacity.

Generally, encoding the character notation of a word requires more bits than encoding the number, so the present invention is effective not only for the above-mentioned English-Japanese language, but also for Japanese-English language and various foreign languages. Further, the present invention has the advantage that it is sufficient to provide an address where the word to be compounded is stored even for a compound word, etc., and thereby the number of bits of the entire storage device can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a specific example of stored contents of each address in a storage device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an electronic dictionary according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a CPU according to the present invention. It is a flowchart of operation. mT...Input section, X...Japanese translation display command key, Y...Other key groups, CMJ...Central processing unit, OPT... Output section, ROM...
Fixed storage device, A...Address section, B...English word section, C...Japanese translation word section, D...Related address storage section. Figure 2 Figure 1 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When word data in the first language and its translation data in the second language are arranged in pairs at the same address, and there are two or more translations of the word in the first language in the second language, a storage device configured to store data at related addresses where data of one of the translated words and data of the remaining translated words are stored at a position at the same address as the word data of the first language; an output section capable of displaying the word and its translation in the second language; an input section capable of inputting the word in the first language; and a display command means for instructing display of the translated word in the second language on the output section. , after inputting word data in the first language through the input unit, storage in the storage device corresponding to the word data in the first language input from the input unit based on a display command from the display command means; said first
comprising a central processing unit that controls the output unit to display word data of a language, a translated word in the second language stored at the same address location, and the remaining translated word addressed by the related address. An electronic dictionary featuring