JPS6379173A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a translated word only of a part of speech specified in response to an inflection pattern by retrieving a dictionary memory in terms of a word ending processed character string where the word ending is deleted or replaced and obtaining a headword corresponding to an input character string. CONSTITUTION:An optional character string of the 1st language supplied from an input means is converted into a word ending processed character string where the word ending is deleted or replaced based on the information on the inflected word ending stored in an inflection pattern table by a retrieving means. Then a dictionary memory is retrieved based on said processed character string for retrieval of a headword in the original form of a word corresponding to the input character string. Then an output control means specifies the corresponding inflection pattern code out of the inflection pattern code of the headword detected by said retrieving means based on the inflected word ending information used in a retrieving mode. At the same time, the meaning caused by the inflection pattern code of the headword is displayed on a display means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention provides an electronic dictionary that displays dictionary information in a second language (for example, Japanese) by inputting words in a first language (for example, English). In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic dictionary in which a usage pattern code table is provided in the storage means so that the original form of a word can be reliably detected even when a word that changes regularly is input in a modified form.

(Prior art) In recent years, control devices have been equipped with dictionary memories that store Japanese translations (meanings) and part-of-speech information for each of a large number of English words arranged in a predetermined order. An electronic dictionary that searches the dictionary for words and displays dictionary information such as parts of speech and translations of entry words with the same spelling as the input word on a display device in the same format as an original bound dictionary. has been put into practical use.

However, the amount of dictionary information such as the many headwords including variations of the words that make up the electronic dictionary and the translations of the headwords is enormous, and the huge amount of data stored in the dictionary memory is large. ROM (read-only memory)
There are problems such as an increase in the size of the dictionary, and a slowdown in the processing speed of dictionary searches.

Conventionally, for example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-864, the first word of an electronic dictionary is divided into spelling data, part-of-speech code data,
The address data in which the meaning (translation) is written, the delimiter code for identifying the phonetic symbol data, the delimiter code for determining the address data for the phonetic symbol data, the past and inflected forms of the past participle, and the inflected forms are written. It consists of address data, delimiter code for identifying the idiom data, idiom data, idiom alphabet code data, idiom meaning data, etc., and 1 as the spelling data of the word.
If there is a same character starting from the first character compared to the last memorized word, the number of characters is memorized as a $n code, and rti.

Memorize syllables such as "n" and ringJ as one code,
When a word is spelled as an irregular verb inflection, past tense, past participle code data, and original form address data are stored in place of the part-of-speech code and translation address data;
Furthermore, the meaning of a word is composed of the meaning data of the word, the delimiter code data that distinguishes the meaning data from the next address data, the spelling data of the word indicated by the meaning, etc. The translated words are arranged in alphabetical order so that they can be used as dictionary data, and the words that have the same first two letters in meaning are considered as one block, and the meanings with the common words omitted within that block are stored in the dictionary data. An electronic dictionary that compresses the .

(Invention/!l'j!'i Problems to be Solved) According to the electronic dictionary described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-864, the spelling of words, that is, the root form of words and the past of irregular verbs, is used as headwords. It memorizes declensions such as form and past participle, and when inputting a word that is a declension of an irregular verb, the original form and declension of the word such as past or past participle are displayed, but even if you are proficient in English. When a beginner enters a word in the inflected form, such as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb, which changes regularly in conjugation such as plural, past tense/past participle, comparative/superlative, etc., the original form of the word is searched. The fatal flaw is that it cannot be done.

In addition, extra delimiter code data is provided to separate address data that records meanings, phonetic symbol data, inflected address data, idiom data, etc., and address data that stores translated words and phonetic symbols are also provided. Semantic data, pronunciation symbol data, inflection data, idiom data, etc. are indirectly addressed by addresses such as address data that stores address data, address data that stores inflections, etc., so the amount of data in dictionary information can be reduced. The problem is that the control program for dictionary searches becomes more complex, and when searching for words that have multiple parts of speech, such as nouns and verbs, it is not possible to specify the part of speech, so translations associated with all parts of speech are not displayed. Another drawback is that it can be confusing to choose an appropriate translation.

(Object of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to perform a dictionary search for the entry word in the original form obtained by processing the ending of an arbitrary character string (word) in the first language input in the inflected form using conjugation pattern information. To provide an electronic dictionary capable of displaying only the translation (meaning) of a part of speech specified according to the usage pattern of an input character string among the meanings of a headword.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. a storage means that stores dictionary information about a large number of words; a control means that searches the storage means for a word corresponding to a character string input by the input means; and a display that displays search results of the control means. In the electronic dictionary, the storage means is provided with a conjugation pattern table storing conjugation pattern codes for the endings of words in the first language and conjugation pattern codes that are classified and coded. A dictionary memory is provided that stores a headword expressed in the original form of each word in the first language, the conjugation pattern code, and the meaning in the second language corresponding to each conjugation pattern code, and The control means converts the input character string from the input means into a word ending processed character string in which the word ending is deleted or replaced based on the conjugated ending information in the conjugation pattern table, and stores the word ending processed character string in a dictionary memory. By searching, a search means is provided to search for the headword of the original form of the word corresponding to the input character string, and the headword detected by the search means has the same characteristics based on the inflection ending information used at the time of the search. The apparatus is provided with an output control means for specifying a corresponding usage pattern code from the usage pattern codes and displaying the meaning associated with the usage pattern code of the headword on the display means.

(Function) In the electronic dictionary according to the present invention, an arbitrary character string in the first language inputted from the input means is subjected to word ending processing in which the ending is deleted or replaced by the search means based on the conjugated ending information in the conjugated pattern table. The input character string is converted into a character string, the dictionary memory is searched for the end-processed character string, and the headword of the original form of the word corresponding to the input character string is searched.

Next, the output control means specifies the corresponding conjugation pattern code from the conjugation pattern code of the headword detected by the search means based on the conjugation ending information used at the time of search, and also identifies the corresponding conjugation pattern code of the headword detected by the search means. The meaning associated with the usage pattern code is displayed on the display means.

(Effect of the invention) According to the electronic dictionary according to the present invention, as explained above,
It is equipped with a conjugation pattern table that stores conjugation patterns of the endings of words in the first language and conjugation pattern codes that are coded by classifying the part of speech. corresponding second
Since the meaning in the language is memorized, even if the input character string is a variation of a word that changes regularly, the original form can be found using the word ending processing string based on the conjugation ending information in the conjugation pattern table. Words can be detected.

Furthermore, a corresponding usage pattern code is specified from the usage pattern code of the headword detected based on the conjugation ending information, and the meaning associated with the identified usage pattern code is displayed. Therefore, even beginners of English learning can effectively utilize this electronic dictionary efficiently and with a sense of security.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example in which the electronic dictionary according to the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor that also processes English text will be explained with reference to the drawings.

The Japanese word processor (hereinafter referred to as word processor) basically includes a keyboard 1, a display mechanism, and a control device C.

The following operating members such as various keys for operating a word processor are arranged on the keyboard 1.

Namely, various character symbol keys corresponding to alpha vents, numbers, and symbols, alphanumeric mode key to select alphanumeric mode, hiragana mode key to select hiragana mode, katakana mode key to select katakana mode, and line feed key. , space key, conversion key that converts hiragana and katakana character input into kanji or displays the translated word when in alphanumeric mode, no conversion key, shift key, tab key, the meaning of the English word entered when using the English-Japanese dictionary described below. This is the next candidate key for sequentially displaying the candidates.

Note that the other keys are provided in a normal word processor, so their explanation will be omitted.

The display mechanism has a general configuration including a display 2 consisting of a seven-line liquid crystal display (LCD) and a display controller 3 that outputs drive signals to the display 2.

Next, the control device C will be explained with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

The control device C includes a CPU (central processing unit) 4 and a ROM (
A keyboard 1, a display controller 3, a ROM 5, and a RAM 6 are connected to the CPU 4 as shown in the figure.

The ROM 5 includes a character generator that stores display data for displaying characters, etc. on the display 2 in correspondence with code data of each writing style and symbol, an English-Japanese dictionary, and a program for utilizing words contained in this English-Japanese dictionary. A usage pattern table having pattern information and part-of-speech information, a control program for controlling a display mechanism, a dictionary information display control program and input for displaying parts of speech and translated words corresponding to headwords and part-of-speech codes in a predetermined dictionary format. The computer is also provided with a program memory that stores an English-Japanese dictionary (hereinafter referred to as dictionary) search control program for searching and displaying translated words on the display 2 corresponding to the English words.

The English-Japanese dictionary stores approximately 20,000 English words (headwords) arranged alphabetically as described below, as well as Japanese translations and part-of-speech codes corresponding to each English word.

The RAM 6 includes a word memory that temporarily stores the latest English words input from the keyboard 1 when inputting English characters, that is, character strings between word spaces, and all input characters and symbols. etc., a counter I that increments the count value by 1 each time a dictionary is searched, and a counter I that processes the endings of words written in the word memory so that they can be searched in the dictionary in their original form. A deleted character memory for storing deleted characters (e d % d -, s, etc.) and various time memory memories necessary for controlling the display mechanism and searching the dictionary are provided.

The CPU 4 sequentially stores code data corresponding to each character and symbol such as alphabets, numbers, hiragana, katakana, and other symbols inputted from the character symbol keys of the keyboard l in the word memory and text memory of the RAM 6, and Display data corresponding to these code data are sequentially read out from the character generator of the ROM 5 and output to the display controller 3.

Further, the CPU 4 outputs a control signal corresponding to the input code data to the display controller 3 by processing code data input from various function keys of the keyboard 1 using a control program read from the program memory of the ROM 5.

Next, the outline and features of the electronic dictionary of the present application will be explained.

Entries in the English-Japanese dictionary include the base forms of intransitive and transitive verbs whose conjugated forms of past and past participles change regularly, the base forms of nouns whose multiple conjugations regularly change, and the conjugated forms of comparatives and superlatives whose conjugated forms regularly change. The original forms of adjectives and adverbs, the original forms of possessive pronouns whose conjugations change regularly, the conjugations of intransitive and transitive verbs whose conjugations of past and past participles change irregularly,
The conjugated forms of nouns in which a plurality of conjugated forms change irregularly, and the conjugated forms of adjectives and adverbs in which comparative and superlative conjugated forms change irregularly are stored.

Intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns whose conjugations change regularly (base forms) include past tense,
Part-of-speech codes containing various conjugation patterns corresponding to past participle, plural, comparative, superlative, and possessive pronouns are provided, followed by translations.

Furthermore, by setting the code ranges for the headword code used for headwords, the part-of-speech code representing part-of-speech information and conjugation patterns, and the translation word code used for translated words (kanji, hiragana, etc.), each header Since there is no need for delimiter codes to distinguish between words, part-of-speech codes, and translated words, the amount of data stored in the English-Japanese dictionary can be minimized, and input words (intransitive verbs with regular changes, transitive verbs, nouns, (adjectives, adverbs, etc.) In other words, even if the target word of a dictionary search is a conjugated form, the correct original form can be retrieved by performing ending processing according to the ending of the word, and the conditions for ending processing of the target word of a dictionary search. By referring to the conjugation pattern of the part-of-speech code provided in the original form of the target word that has been subjected to end-of-word processing, it is possible to determine whether the target word is conjugated incorrectly, and if the conjugation of the target word is correct, the end-of-word processing of the target word is correct. Only the part of speech corresponding to the conjugation (condition) and the Japanese translation of that part of speech can be specified and displayed, and the target word can be conjugated irregularly such as intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, nouns, etc. (past, past participle, In the case of (plural), the feature is that in addition to the original form of the target word, its conjugation form can also be displayed.

For example, as shown in Figure 3, if you input "■ ring" and operate the conversion key when the cursor is within or immediately after the character string rring'J, the input word 1'-r ingJ will be changed to In its original form, the word "rin"
All parts of speech such as nouns, intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, etc. related to gJ and all translations corresponding to each part of speech are displayed on the display 2.

That is, the words corresponding to this target word [ringJ include the noun rringj and the regularly changing verb [ringJ
and the irregularly changing verb rring, part 3.
All parts of speech and translations related to the word "ringJ" are displayed.

Also, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, rl rangJ
When you input this and operate the conversion key, the entry word "rangJ", a verb that changes irregularly depending on the conjugation, "intransitive and transitive verbs corresponding to ringJ, plus the past of rring" is displayed.

As shown in Figure 5, when you input "I ringed" and operate the conversion key, in addition to displaying the intransitive and transitive verb translations corresponding to the verb "ringJ," which changes regularly according to the headword rringJO4 conjugation pattern, "past of rring" is displayed.

Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, rI 1ayJ
When you input and operate the conversion key, first the target word rlay
Displaying the part of speech and translation corresponding to J, then displaying the target word rla
In addition to the intransitive translation corresponding to the original form 1"1ieJ of yJ, "lie's past" is displayed.

Next, the structure of a usage pattern table including the usage pattern information and parts of speech, which is unique to the electronic dictionary of the present application, will be explained in detail based on Tables 1 to 7.

First, to explain the first part of speech code that includes the various conjugation patterns, this first part of speech code has two meanings: 13 types of parts of speech such as intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, and nouns that change regularly, and 25 types of conjugation patterns. It is expressed in one byte and is allocated to the code area of 40 to 7B, as shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1 (First part-of-speech code table) First part-of-speech codes 40 to 4B Each code is assigned an intransitive verb (indicated by [self]), and each code from 40 to 57 is assigned a transitive verb (indicated by [other]
Intransitive verbs and transitive verbs (indicated by [self/other]) are assigned to each code from 58 to 63, and 64
A noun (indicated by [name]) is assigned to each code from ~69, and an adjective (indicated by [form]) to each code from 6A to 6E.
is assigned, and each code from 6F to 73 is assigned an adverb ([adverse]
A pronoun (indicated by [substitute]) is assigned to each code from 74 to 75, and a auxiliary verb (indicated by [auxiliary]) is assigned to code 76, and a auxiliary verb (indicated by [auxiliary]) is assigned to code 77. Conjunctions (expressed as [contact]) are used in the 78 code, but prepositions (
The code for 79 has an article (shown in front), and the code for 7A has an abbreviation (shown in [omitted]).
Idioms (indicated by [juku]) are assigned to each code of B.

Each intransitive verb, transitive verb, intransitive/transitive verb's first part of speech code is assigned each conjugation pattern 1 to 12, and each noun's first part of speech code is assigned each conjugation pattern 13.
-18 are assigned, each conjugation pattern 19-23 is assigned to the first part-of-speech code of each adjective and adverb, and each conjugation pattern 24-25 is assigned to each part-of-speech code of the pronoun.

The table shown in Table 1 of the parts of speech and usage patterns corresponding to each of the first parts of speech codes, that is, the first part of speech code table is stored in the ROM 5 in advance.

Each of the conjugation patterns 1 to 12 in the first part of speech code table includes intransitive, transitive, intransitive, and
Inflections of the third-person singular present, present participle, and past/past participle of transitive verbs are set.

Table 2 In Table 2, the ** symbol is the same as Alphavent 2.
y-+ies and y-+i 6d represent inflections of the final letter y.

Usage patterns 13 to 18 of the first part of speech code table above
As shown in Table 3 below, the inflection of the noun's ending when it is in the plural form is set for each of the nouns.

Table 3 Utilization patterns 19 to 23 of the first part of speech code table
For each, as shown in Table 4 below, the comparative and superlative inflections of adjectives and adverbs are set.

Table 4 Furthermore, usage pattern 24 of the first part of speech code table
~25, as shown in Table 5 below, the inflection of the ending of the pronoun when it is a possessive pronoun is set.

Table 5 Tables 2 to 5 are stored in the ROM 5 together with Table 1.

Furthermore, as shown in Table 6 below, a second part-of-speech code table is provided separately, in which the entry word has an irregular conjugation form (
past, past/past participle, present participle...), the conjugated form set in the range of 7C to 83 instead of the first part of speech code for the headword! 2nd part of speech code)
Either one of these is provided.

Table 6 (Second part-of-speech code table) A table of usage forms corresponding to each of the above-mentioned usage form codes, that is, a usage form code table, is stored in the ROM 5 in advance.

Next, the structure of the English-Japanese dictionary stored in the ROM 5 will be explained based on FIG.

An English-Japanese dictionary consists of an index and a dictionary main body. When searching the dictionary for an input word, the index uses the first letter of the word to specify the start address of the search area in the dictionary main body for each alphabetical character. amz is stored.

For example, headwords whose first character is a are stored from address 3000 of the dictionary main body.

Approximately 20,000 headwords are stored in the dictionary in alphabetical order, and each headword is followed by the first part-of-speech code (in the case of irregular changes, the conjugation form code) and the Japanese translation. When a plurality of parts of speech exist for one headword, the first part of speech code and translation are stored in sequence. Incidentally, the headword is basically stored in lowercase letters, except in special cases such as proper nouns.

While the part-of-speech code consisting of the first part-of-speech code and the conjugation form code is set in the range of 40 to 83, the headword code of each alphabento character that constitutes the headword and the kanji that constitutes the translated word, For translation codes such as hiragana, katakana, symbols, etc., the code range of each code is set in the code range table shown in Table 7 below.

Table 7 (Code Range Table) For example, the headword alphabetical character raJ has the code “
00'', rbJ is set to code ``01'', and so on.

The above code range table is stored in ROM5,
This code range table makes it possible to distinguish whether read code data is a headword code, a part of speech code, or a translated word code.

For example, in Figure 3, the dictionary searched word "ringJ"
As shown in Figure 8, the entry word rringJ is followed by part-of-speech code 64 (noun conjugation pattern 13),! Then, the translation of the noun, then part-of-speech code 4C (transitive verb, conjugation pattern 1), followed by the translation, then part-of-speech code 40 (intransitive verb, conjugation pattern 1), then the translation, then part-of-speech code 41.
(intransitive verb, conjugation pattern 2), followed by the translation, then part-of-speech code 4D (transitive verb, conjugation pattern 2), and then the translation are stored in sequence.

The headwords rlayJ and rlieJ include Figure 1) and Figure 9.
As shown in the figure, the first part-of-speech code and translation are stored, similar to the headword "ringJ."

As shown in FIG. 10, the dictionary information regarding the target word rrangJ (irregular change) in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, as dictionary information regarding the target word rlayJ (irregular change), addresses of the headword rlayJ, inflection code 7C (past tense), and original form rli eJ are stored in sequence.

Next, in order to make it easier to understand the explanation based on the flowchart of the search control routine for searching the English-Japanese dictionary using the data in the usage pattern tables (Tables 1 to 7), an outline of this control will be explained.

The input word is written to the word memory of RAM6,
When the conversion key is operated, the word in the word memory (
A dictionary search is performed on the data).

If the word data in the word memory and the entry word are spelled incorrectly, all parts of speech and translated words corresponding to the first part of speech code (or conjugation form code) following the entry word are displayed on the display 2. (See Figure 3) When the next candidate key is operated after all parts of speech and translations of the searched headword are displayed, if the data in the word memory contains capital letters, the The dictionary search is performed again using the data with uppercase letters converted to lowercase letters, and
If the data matches the headword, the part of speech and translated word following the headword are displayed.

As a result of a dictionary search, if the word data in the word memory and the headword do not match, the word data in the word memory is not the original form or irregularly inflected form of a certain word (regularly changing). Depending on the ending of the word data, the ending is processed based on the ending information of the conjugation pattern table, and if the processed word (i.e., the original form of the target word) and the headword are defeated, the headword (that is, the target word) (original form), the conjugation form, the part of speech corresponding to the first part of speech code specified from the content of the ending processing, and the translated word for that part of speech are displayed. (See FIG. 5) Next, the search control routine performed by the control device C of the Japanese word processor will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 to 15.

This control is started when the word processor is powered on, and in step Sl (hereinafter simply referred to as 81 and other steps are handled in the same way), the counter I of RAM6 is
Initial settings such as setting 0 to 0 are performed.

At the next step 32, a word is input from the keyboard 1,
The input word data is written into the word memory of RAM6.

In the next step 83, the conversion key is operated in order to display the part of speech and translation of the input word on the display 2.

Next, in step 84, the search start address of the dictionary is read based on the first character of the word data written in the word memory and the index data of the English-Japanese dictionary, and the search start address of the dictionary is read based on the word data and the headword code. A dictionary search is performed to search for headwords with the same spelling as the word data in order from the search start address of the dictionary main body.

In the next step 85, it is determined whether the input word (target word) and the entry word match based on the word data in the word memory and the entry word code data, and if they do not match, that is, the entry word If contains a capital letter or the rule has changed, the process moves to Sll, and if there is a match, the process moves to S6.

To explain the candidate display processing routine in S6 with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 15, in 361, R
Based on the second part-of-speech code table of OM5, it is determined whether the part-of-speech code following the matching headword in S5 is included in the second part-of-speech code table. If it is included in the first part-of-speech code table and is a regular change, the process moves to 362, and if it is included in the second part-of-speech code table, that is, if it is an irregular change, the process moves to S63.

In S62, the dictionary information display control program in the ROM 5 is read out, and the headword and all parts of speech and translations following the headword are displayed on the display 2 based on a predetermined dictionary format.
Candidates are displayed, and the process moves from S62 to S87.

For example, based on the dictionary information of rringJ shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG.
Name] Ring, [Other] Surround..., [Self] Ring will be displayed.

For example, based on the dictionary information of l"1ayJ shown in Figure 1), as shown in Figure 6, the part of speech and translation based on the first part of speech code 4D following the entry word "1ayJ" can be added as shown in Figure 6. Put ~ in (...)... is displayed.

In S63, the dictionary information display control program is read out, and based on the headword code and the original address data,
The original form of the headword and the corresponding usage form (past, past, etc.)
past participle, past participle, etc.) are displayed, and the translation according to the conjugation form is displayed in a predetermined dictionary format, and S63
87.

For example, as shown in Figures 4 and 10, the target word 1"
Based on the conjugation code (7C) of the headword rrangJ corresponding to rangJ and the second part of speech code table, first the past of rring is displayed, and then the conjugation code 7C indicates the past of irregular changes. Table 2
Usage patterns 2, 4, and 6 where the usage pattern is irregular
・First part of speech code 41, 43, 45 corresponding to 8 and 10
・47・4D・4F・51・53・59・5B・5D・
5F is specified, and the first part-of-speech code corresponding to any of these first part-of-speech codes, i.e. rringJ (original form)
Based on the address data, 41 and 4D of the first part-of-speech codes in FIG. 8 are selected, and the parts of speech and translated words corresponding to only the first part-of-speech codes 41 and 4D are displayed.

In the next step 87, it is determined whether or not the next candidate key has been operated, and if the next candidate key has been operated within a predetermined time, the process moves to S9, and if the next candidate key has not been operated, that is, in S6, the desired translated word is selected. When is displayed, S8
Then, the counter r in the RAM 6 is cleared, and this control ends.

In S9, use the target word searched in the dictionary in S5 again.
The search is performed, and it is determined whether there is a next candidate for the same entry word as the target word. If there is a next candidate, the process moves to S6.

Then, steps 86 to S7 and S9 are repeated, and when the next candidate key is not operated in S7, this control is ended and S
If it is determined in step 9 that there is no next candidate for the same entry word, that is, NO, the process moves to SIO in step 39.

At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, if the target word is r
When ``layJ'' matches the headword rlayJ in Figure 12, and its conjugation form code is 70, it displays ``past of 1ie'' and the headword 1'-1ieJ based on the second part-of-speech code table. rlfe depending on usage pattern
Only the parts of speech and translated words related to the verb J (intransitive or transitive) are displayed.

In SIO, 1 is added to the value of counter I, and the process moves from S10 to 312.

At Sll, 1 is added to counter I.

The next steps 312 to S14 are steps for converting the uppercase letters to lowercase letters when the word data in the word memory contains uppercase letters.In S12, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "1" or not, and when it is "1", Move to S13 and select “1” again.
”, the process moves to S15.

In S13, the word data in the word memory and the table 7
It is determined whether or not the word data contains capital letters based on the headword code data of
Move to ll. In S14, uppercase letters in the word data are converted to lowercase letters, and the process continues from S14 to 85.

Then, 85 to S7 and S9 are repeated, and when all the next candidates for the entry word that is the same as the target word are displayed in S9, from 89 to S9
Move to IO.

The following steps 315 to S64 process endings according to the endings of the target words that change according to rules, and display the translation and conjugated form of the headword corresponding to the original form of the target word by searching the dictionary with the processed words. First, 315~S
Step 17 is a step of deleting rsJ at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary.In step S15, it is determined whether the value of the counter ■ is "2" or not, and when it is "2", step S16 is performed.
If the value is not "2", the process moves to S20.

In S16, it is determined whether or not the ending of the target word is rsJ based on the word data in the word memory and the headword code data. If the ending is rsJ, the process moves to S17, and if the ending is not "S", the process goes to Sll. Move to.

In S17, rsJ at the end of the target word is written into the deletion character memory, and the dictionary is searched for the word from which rsJ has been deleted (word to be processed at the end).

In the next step 818, it is determined whether or not the word ending processed in 317 matches the entry word. If they match, the process moves to 319, and if they do not match, the process moves to Sll, and the words after Sll are manipulated. It will be done.

In S19, the dictionary information display control program is read, and the usage patterns of the translated words displayed at this time are 1 to 1 because the word ending information written in the deletion memory is "S".
8, 13, and 24, and the first part of speech code of the detected headword is either 40 to 47 (intransitive verb), 4C to 53 (transitive verb), or 58 to 5F (intransitive/transitive verb), the dictionary In addition to displaying the part of speech and translation based on the format, "3rd person singular present of (headword)" is displayed,
When the first part of speech code is 64 (noun), “(entry word)
"Plural of" is displayed, and when the first part of speech code is 74 (pronoun), "(headword) possessive pronoun" is displayed,
The process moves from S19 to 87.

The next steps 320 to S22 are the steps of deleting "eS" at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary.In S20, it is determined whether the value of the counter ■ is "3" or not, and when it is "3", the process proceeds to S21. If the value is not "3", the process moves to S23.

In S21, it is determined whether or not the ending of the target word is resJ. If the ending is reSJ, the process moves to S22, and if the ending is not resJ, the process moves to SLl.

In S22, resJ at the end of the target word is written to the deletion memory, and the dictionary is searched for the word from which resJ has been deleted, and the process moves from S22 to 318, and S18 and subsequent steps are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in S18 and displayed in 319 is 48 to 49.
(transitive) or 54-55 (transitive) or 60-6
1 (intransitive/transitive verb), in addition to displaying the part of speech and translation, [3rd person singular present of (headword)] is displayed, and when the first part of speech code is 65 (noun), "(headword)" is displayed. "Plural of words)" is displayed.

The next steps 323 to S25 are the steps of deleting rdJ at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary. In S23, it is determined whether the value of the counter ■ is "4" or not, and when it is "4", the process moves to S24. If the value is not "4", the process moves to S26.

In S24, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is rdJ or not. If the ending is rdJ, the process moves to S25 and the ending is r.
If it is not dJ, the process moves to 31).

In S25, rdJ at the end of the target word is written to the deleted character memory, the dictionary is searched for the word with rdJ deleted, and the process moves from S25 to S18, and steps 318 and subsequent steps are executed.

At this time, it is determined Yes in S18, and the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word displayed in S19 is 44.4.
6.4B or 50.52.57 or 5C.5E.
63, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and translation, "
"Past/past participle of (entry word)" is displayed.

The next steps 326 to 328 are steps of deleting "ed" at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary.In 826, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "5" or not, and when it is "5", the process advances to S27. If there are many f lines and it is not "5", the process moves to S29.

In S27, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "edJ", and if the ending is I"edJ, the process moves to S28, and if the ending is not (-edJ), the process moves to S L' 1.

At 32B, the ending "ed" of the target word is written into the deletion memory, and the dictionary is searched for the word with red J deleted, and the process moves from S28 to 318, and S18 and subsequent steps are executed.

For example, the target word is rringed as shown in Figure 5.
In the case of j, the dictionary is searched for the processed word "ringJ" with the ending l"edJ deleted, and among the headwords for "rring shown in Figure 8 which matches r ingJ", the past
It is determined that the conjugation pattern with ``edJ'' in the past participle is 1 or 9;
That is, the part of speech code is 40.48 (intransitive) or 4C.5
Only parts of speech and translated words corresponding to either 4 (transitive verb) or 58 or 60 (transitive/transitive verb) are displayed.

In this case, part-of-speech codes 40 and 4C are targeted, and in addition to displaying these parts of speech and translated words, "the past of ring"
is displayed.

The next steps 329 to S31 are steps of deleting "ing" at the end of the target word and searching for the word 8. In S29, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "6", and if it is "6", step S30 If the value is not "6", the process moves to S32.

In 530, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "ringJ", and if the ending is "ing", the process moves to S31, and if the ending is not "ingJ", the process moves to S1).

In S31, ringJ at the end of the target word is written into the deletion character memory, a dictionary search is performed using the word from which ringJ has been deleted, and the process moves from S31 to 318, and S18 and subsequent steps are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in S18 and displayed in S1.9 is 40~
41, 48-4B, 40-4D, 54-57, or 58-59, 60-63, and in addition to the displayed part of speech and translated word, "present participle of original form" is displayed.

The next steps 332 to S34 are steps of deleting ringJ at the end of the target word, adding reJ, and searching the dictionary.
32, it is determined whether the value of the counter ■ is "7" or not;
When it is "7", the process moves to S33, and when it is not "7", the process moves to S35.

In S33, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "ingJ", and if the ending is "ringJ", the process moves to S34, and if the ending is not "ingJ", the process moves to Sll.

In S32, ringJ at the end of the target word is written to the deleted character memory, and a dictionary search is performed using the word with ringJ deleted and reJ added, and the process moves from S34 to 318.
18 and later are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 318 and displayed in S19 is 44 to 45.
Alternatively, it is either 50-51 or 50-5D, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and translation, "present participle of (entry word)" is displayed.

The next steps 335 to S37 are steps for searching the dictionary by deleting the ending of the target word "ring" and the character before it. In S35, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "8" or not. When the value is "8", the process moves to S36, and when it is not "8", the process moves to S38.

In S36, it is determined whether the end of the target word is r i n gJ and the two characters before it are the same character. If YES, the process moves to S37, and if NO, the process moves to Sll.

In S37, a dictionary search is performed using a word obtained by deleting l"ingJ at the end of the target word and one character before it, and the process moves from S37 to 318, and the steps from 318 onwards are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 318 and displayed in S19 is 42 to 43.
Alternatively, it is either 4E to 4F or 5A to 5B, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and translation, "present participle of (entry word)" is displayed.

The next step 338 to S'40 is a step of deleting "er" at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary.In 838, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "9" or not. The process moves to S39, and if it is not "9", the process moves to S41.

In S39, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "6r", and if the ending is rerJ, the process moves to S40, and if the ending is not "er", the process moves to Sli.

In S40, the ending rerJ of the target word is written into the deleted character memory, the dictionary is searched for the word from which rerJ has been deleted, and the process moves from S40 to S18, and S18 and subsequent steps are executed.

At this time, the first part-of-speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 318 and displayed in 319 is 6B, and in addition to displaying the part-of-speech and the translated word, "comparative of (headword)"
is displayed.

The next steps 341 to S43 are steps of deleting "resL" at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary. In S41, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "10", and if it is "10", the process moves to S42. Also, if it is not "lO", S4
Move to 4.

At step 342, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "es tJ", and if the ending is "restJ", the process moves to S43, and if the ending is not "es tJ", the process moves to Sll.

In S43, "es tj" at the end of the target word is written into the deleted character memory, the dictionary is searched for the word with restJ deleted, and the process moves from 343 to S18, and the steps from 318 onwards are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 818 and displayed in S19 is 6B, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and the translated word, "the superlative of (headword)"
is displayed.

The next steps 344 to S46 are steps of deleting rrJ at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary.In S44, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "1)", and if it is "1)", the process advances to S45. If the transition is not "1)", S47
Move to.

In S45, it is determined whether or not the ending of the target word is rrJ. If the ending is rrJ, the process moves to S46 and the ending is r.
If it is not rJ, it shifts to Sll.

In S46, rrJ at the end of the target word is written into the deletion character memory, and the dictionary is searched for the word from which rrJ has been deleted, and the process moves from S46 to 318, and S18 and subsequent steps are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 818 and displayed in 319 is 6F, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and the translated word, [comparative of (headword)]
is displayed.

The next steps 347 to S49 are steps of deleting "St" at the end of the target word and searching the dictionary. In S47, it is determined whether the value of the counter I is "12" or not, and when it is "12", the process advances to S48. Transition.

At 348, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is "s tJ", and if the ending is "St", the process moves to S49, and if the ending is not "s tJ", the process moves to Sll.

At 349, the ending rstJ of the target word is written into the deleted character memory, and the dictionary is searched for the word from which l'-s tJ has been deleted, and the process moves from S49 to 818, and the steps from 318 onwards are executed.

Thereafter, in the same way, when the ending is riesJ, [1
Dictionary search using word endings with esJ deleted and ryJ added (plural form if the first part of speech code is 66; third person singular present if the first part of speech code is 4A-4B, 56-57, 62-63) ), when the ending is rvesJ, search the dictionary using the processed word with the ending "veS" deleted and rfJ added (when the first part of speech code is 67, it is plural),
When the ending is ri e rJ, delete rierJ and use r
Dictionary search using word endings with yJ added (comparative when the first part of speech code is 6D or 72), the word ending is "1es"
When the word ends in tJ, riestJ is deleted and ryJ is added to the final processed word (superlative when the first part of speech code is 6D or 72), and when the ending is
A dictionary search is performed using the ending processed word with vesJ deleted and rf eJ added (first part-of-speech code is 68, plural form).

Then, the next 370 to S72 are the rie at the end of the target word.
This is a step of deleting dJ and adding ryJ to perform a dictionary search.In 570, it is determined whether the value of counter 1 is "17", and when it is "17", the process moves to S71 and "1" is added.
7", the process moves to 373.

In S71, it is determined whether the ending of the target word is rtedJ or not. If the ending is riedJ, the process moves to S72, and if the ending is not "ied", the process moves to Sll.

In S72, a dictionary search is performed using the word ending processed by deleting riedJ at the end of the target word and adding ryJ, and S72
The process moves from 318 to 318, and the steps after 318 are executed.

At this time, the first part of speech code corresponding to the translated word that is determined to be Yes in 318 and displayed in S19 is 4A.56.
・Any of 62, and in addition to displaying the part of speech and translation,
The past/past participle of (headword) is displayed.

In S73, when the dictionary is searched using the end-processed word in any of the 16 types in 815 to S72, but it does not match the headword, the target word is considered to have a spelling error. Please display the error message, and in the next 374, the counter I
is cleared and this control ends.

For example, when a dictionary is searched for the input word "plaiedJ", the dictionary is searched first for the word rplai6d, but it does not match the headword, and after going through 370 to S72, when the dictionary is searched for the word ending processing word rp 1 a yJ, It matches the entry word, but the first part of speech code of rplayJ is 4.
Since it is 0 or 4C, it does not match the conjugation form of the past/past participle of conjugation pattern 1, and an error message of "incorrect conjugation" is displayed.

Here, the electronic dictionary of the above embodiment may be partially modified as follows.

(1) When all the translations of a headword cannot be displayed at once, each time the next candidate key or a dedicated display key, for example, is operated, the remaining translations are displayed one after another, and finally all translations are displayed. You can do it like this.

(2) For example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a dictionary is searched for the target word and the data displayed on the display 2 is printed on printing paper via a printing mechanism in substantially the same format.

(3) When you enter the irregularly changing declension of a word and search a dictionary, you can find the original form and all conjugations in the corresponding part of speech (past tense and past participle for verbs, comparison and superlative for adjectives and adverbs, etc.) ) and the translated word are displayed.

(4) Add phrase information to the data of each word in the English-Japanese dictionary and display the phrase information when displaying in dictionary search.

(5) The number of words in the English-Japanese dictionary is, for example, about 70,000 words, including 1st level words necessary for junior high school students, 2nd level words other than 1st level words necessary for high school students, and 1st and 2nd level words. In addition to classifying into third-level words other than words and adding the level information to each word's data, you can also classify the first-level words, first and second-level words, and third-level words by commands from the level setting switch on the keyboard. It is possible to set the search range of words such as 1st and 3rd level words.

(6) The electronic dictionary of the present application may be configured as a dedicated machine equipped with a keyboard, a display mechanism, and a control device.

(7) Although the above embodiment described an electronic dictionary having an English-Japanese dictionary, the technical idea of the present invention is not only applicable to electronic dictionaries that translate European and American languages such as French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian into Japanese. This can be similarly applied to electronic dictionaries that translate European and American languages into European and American languages, or electronic dictionaries that translate European and American languages into Arabic, Chinese, and Korean, respectively.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, Figures 2-
Fig. 15 shows an embodiment of the electronic dictionary according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a Japanese word processor that also processes English sentences, and Figs. 3 to 6 show dictionary information of input words and search results, respectively. Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the dictionary information storage structure of the English-Japanese dictionary in R and OM, and Figures 8 to 12 are headwords in the English-Japanese dictionary. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are flowcharts of a search control routine, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a candidate display processing routine within the same routine. 1.Keyboard, 2.Display, 3.Display controller, D.Display mechanism, 4.-C
PU, 5.=ROM. 6.RAM, C.Control device. Patent applicant Brother Industries, Ltd. Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 15 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 1) Figure 12

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An input means that can input any character string in the first language, a storage means that stores dictionary information about a large number of words in the first language, and a corresponding character string input by the input means. an electronic dictionary comprising: a control means for searching the storage means for words to be searched; and a display means for displaying the search results of the control means; A usage pattern table that stores classified and coded usage pattern codes, headwords expressed in their original forms for each of the many first language words, the usage pattern codes, and each usage pattern. and a dictionary memory storing meanings in a second language corresponding to the codes, and the control means converts the input character string from the input means into word endings based on the conjugation ending information in the conjugation pattern table. a search means for searching for an entry word of the original form of the word corresponding to the input character string by converting it into a deleted or replaced end-processed character string and searching a dictionary memory for the end-processed character string; A means for identifying a corresponding conjugation pattern code from the conjugation pattern code of the headword detected by the search means based on the conjugation ending information used at the time, and displaying the meaning attached to the conjugation pattern code of the headword. An electronic dictionary characterized by comprising: an output control means for displaying a display on the electronic dictionary.