KR19980075867A - Device for learning words in foreign languages - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for learning words in a foreign language, wherein a user organizes words using a word arrangement editor on a PC, and then stores the word data in the electronic vocabulary to carry the electronic vocabulary and always study the word if necessary. The word data stored in the electronic vocabulary is copied to another electronic vocabulary to share the word, and the words displayed in the electronic vocabulary are displayed so that the word or the meaning of the word can be memorized effectively.

The present invention as described above comprises a data input / output port for inputting word data from a PC and transmitting word data to another wordbook; Format conversion means for converting the word data input through the data input / output port to match the storage format of the electronic vocabulary; A memory for storing the data converted from the format converting means and reading the stored data according to a control signal of a memory controller and transmitting the stored data to the input / output port; A key selection unit for detecting a function selected by the user; Memory control means for controlling the memory to operate a corresponding function detected through a key selector; And display control means for reading the character font corresponding to the data output from the memory from the character font ROM and displaying the same through the display unit.

Description

Device for learning words in foreign languages

The present invention relates to an apparatus for learning a word of a foreign language, and more particularly, a file in which words are organized using an editor in a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) in an electronic vocabulary. The present invention relates to a word learning device for foreign languages that allows users to carry it, save it, and study the word anytime, anywhere, and copy and use the word file required for other electronic vocabulary.

Conventional vocabulary has been learned by vocabulary while the user organizes the words in a notebook of a certain size of paper, holding them in hand.

However, such a conventional word vocabulary was inconvenient for the user to carry in his hand, and it was very inconvenient to study with the word vocabulary when standing on the bus or subway. When the words and meanings are arranged in one line, when the words are memorized, the words and meanings are both seen, which causes a problem of lowering the learning effect.

Therefore, the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the user organizes the words using the word arrangement editor on the PC and then copy the word data to the electronic vocabulary to carry the electronic vocabulary, if necessary always study the word The purpose is to provide a device for learning words in foreign languages.

Another object of the present invention is to copy the word data stored in the electronic vocabulary to another electronic vocabulary to share the word.

It is another object of the present invention to effectively memorize a word by displaying only a word or a meaning of the word displayed on the electronic wordbook.

The foreign language word learning apparatus for achieving the above object of the present invention includes a word arrangement editor for editing and arranging words necessary for foreign language learning through a PC; The word data arranged in the word arrangement editor is input and stored through a predetermined input / output port of the PC, characterized in that consisting of an electronic vocabulary for displaying the word according to the user's selection.

An electronic vocabulary for achieving another object of the present invention includes a data input / output port for inputting word data and for transmitting the word data to another vocabulary; Format converting means for converting word data input through said data input / output port to fit the storage format of said electronic vocabulary; A memory for storing the data converted from the format conversion means and reading the stored data according to a control signal of a memory controller and transmitting the stored data to the input / output port; A key selection unit for detecting a function selected by the user; Memory control means for controlling the memory to operate a corresponding function detected through the key selection unit; And display control means for reading the character font corresponding to the data output from the memory from the character font ROM and displaying the same through the display unit.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a foreign language word learning apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is an external view of an electronic wordbook in FIG. 1;

3 is a block diagram of an electronic wordbook according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is an illustration of a word theorem editor for learning a foreign language word in accordance with the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: word cleanup editor 200a, 200b: electronic vocabulary

210: data input / output port 220: format conversion unit

230: memory 240: function selector

241 up key 242 down key

243: random display key 244: mode selection key

250: memory controller 260: display controller

270: character font ROM 280: display unit

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for learning a foreign language word according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a word service file of a PC communication 101 or a word arrangement file of a CD-ROM language learning title 102 or a user's word is provided. A word cleanup editor 110 for inputting word data by word cleanup and the like through a PC and editing the word data; An electronic vocabulary 200a for receiving and storing word data arranged by the word arrangement editor 110 through a predetermined input / output port of a PC and displaying the corresponding word according to a user's selection; It consists of another electronic word book 200b that receives and copies word data from the electronic word book 200a.

Here, each of the electronic wordbooks 200a and 200b includes a data input / output port 210 for inputting data from a PC and transmitting word data to another electronic wordbook 200b as shown in FIG. 3; A format converter 220 for converting word data input through the data input / output port 210 to match the storage format of the electronic vocabulary; A memory 230 for storing the converted data from the format converter 220 and reading the stored data according to a control signal and transmitting the read data to the input / output port 210; A function selection unit 240 for detecting a function selected by the user; A memory controller 250 for controlling the memory 230 to operate a corresponding function selected by the function selector 240; The display controller 260 is configured to read a character font corresponding to the data output from the memory 230 from the character font ROM 270 and display the same through the display unit 280.

In addition, the key selector 240 sequentially displays the words stored in the memory 230, and also selects the UP / DOWN keys 241 and 242 to select the names of the stored files. ; A mode selection key 244 for selecting only one of a word stored in the memory 230 or a meaning (similar word) of the word; If the mode selected in the mode selection key 244 is a word, the meaning is displayed, and if the meaning is a word, the word is displayed, and if the continuous key is selected, data is not sequentially displayed and selected so that an arbitrary word is displayed. A random display key 243; And a data transmission key (not shown) for selecting a word data file stored in the memory 230 to be transferred to another electronic vocabulary 200b through the data input / output port 210.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the word learning file service provided on the PC communication 101, which is a source of word cleaning using a PC 100, and a language learning title such as 'CD-ROM' are provided. 102) and the like, the word data is read and edited in the electronic wordbook editor 110.

Here, the word arrangement editor 110 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

The word arrangement editor 110 is an editor that organizes words such as English and Japanese. The basic operation is an editor that organizes words, meanings, similar words, example sentences, and the like into a file format of a predetermined standard. The method applied to the file supported by the word arrangement editor 110 is, firstly, a method in which a user inputs words and meanings directly on the editor while studying a language workbook to create a file.

Second, arrange the words provided in the 'CD-ROM' language title and save them in the 'CD-ROM' as a file according to the standard in the word arrangement editor 110, so that the file can be read and viewed in the word arrangement editor It is.

Finally, if the file format can be downloaded from a PC communication site that provides language services, that is, a word arrangement service using PC communication, the file can be supported by arranging words in association with PC communication learning.

As such, the word information in the file generated by the word arrangement editor 110 is connected to the corresponding port using the connector of the PC 100 and the electronic vocabulary 200 by clicking a download icon on the editor with a mouse. The word information is input and stored in the electronic vocabulary 200.

Here, the connection between the PC 100 and the electronic vocabulary 200 is carried out through a general PC port such as 'RS-232C' or 'LPT' and the data input / output port 210 of the electronic vocabulary 200. send. At this time, the transmitted word information has a protocol of a certain standard.

As such, the electronic vocabulary 200 which has received the word data from the PC 100 converts the data according to the storage format of the electronic vocabulary and stores the data in the memory 230 and stores the word according to the operation of the function button selected by the user. Will be displayed.

Hereinafter, the function of the electronic vocabulary 200 selected by the user will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

First, whenever the user presses the up / down keys 241 and 242, words are sequentially displayed on the display unit 280. That is, when the up key 241 is pressed, the next word is displayed, and when the down key 242 is pressed, the word scroll (SCROLL) function for displaying the previous word is performed.

On the other hand, when the user operates the up / down keys 241 and 242 as a continuous key, that is, when the user presses the up / down keys 241 and 242 continuously, the name of the stored file is displayed.

In addition, as the user presses the mode selection key 244, only one of words or meanings (similar words) is displayed so that the user increases the learning effect.

Next, when the user selects the mode selection key 244 and then selects the random display key 243, the word or the meaning of the word is displayed.

That is, when the user selects the random display key 243 with the mode selection key 244 selected to display only words, the meaning is displayed. If the user is selected to display the meaning of the word, the random display key 243 is displayed. Selecting) will display the words.

In addition, when the random display key 243 is pressed for a predetermined time, the random display function is performed. That is, instead of sequentially displaying the stored data, arbitrary words are displayed so that the user can test the words learned by the user. In this way, a random display key 243 provides a function of displaying a word or a corresponding meaning and a convenient function of performing a random display function.

On the other hand, if you want to share the word stored as described above and the data stored in the word meaning with other wordbook, select the data transmission key (not shown in the figure) that the electronic wordbook 200 has a word data file data Through the input / output port 210 to transmit to other electronic vocabulary. In this way, users who study the same language can learn by copying words arranged together.

An internal block for performing each function of the electronic word book 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

First, word data input from the PC 100 through the data input / output port 210 is converted into data that can be stored in the memory 230 of the electronic word book 200 through the format converter 220. The word data converted as described above is stored in the memory 230 under the control of the memory controller 250.

Meanwhile, the memory controller 250 detects a selection key of the function selector 240 selected by the user and generates a corresponding control signal.

That is, when data is input from the PC 100, the format converter 220 and the memory 230 are controlled to sequentially store the converted data in the memory 2300.

If the user selects the up / down keys 241 and 242, the memory controller 250 detects the up / down keys 241 and 242 and indicates the word data from the memory 230 to the display controller 260. Send the data.

In the display controller 260, the memory controller 260 reads the display data from the character font ROM 270 and transmits the data transmitted from the memory 230 to display the corresponding character through the display unit 280.

Here, the character font ROM 270 stores character data such as English, Korean, and Japanese that fit the electronic vocabulary 200, and is displayed in the character data of the word arrangement editor of the PC 100 and the character data format displayed in the electronic vocabulary. Because of this difference, you must have a translation table for each character.

On the other hand, when the user transmits the data stored in the memory 230 to another electronic vocabulary, the data stored in the memory 230 is read and output the data to the data input / output port 210, at this time, the memory controller 250 sequentially reads the data from the address containing the first word data of the memory to the last address containing the data and outputs the data to the corresponding port.

When the user selects the random display function, the memory controller 250 controls the memory 230 to arbitrarily select a stored address, reads data of the address, and transmits the data to the display controller 260.

As described above, the display controller 260 reads the character data from the character font ROM 270 and displays the character data on the display unit 280.

As described above, the foreign language word learning apparatus according to the present invention organizes words necessary for foreign language learning using a word arrangement editor on a PC, and then stores word data in the memory of the electronic vocabulary and stores the electronic vocabulary. Carry it in your hand, you can always study the words if necessary, and also copy the word data stored in the electronic vocabulary to another electronic vocabulary to share the words between people who are studying the same language to learn In addition, the word displayed on the electronic vocabulary has an effect of effectively memorizing the word by displaying only one of the word or the meaning of the word.

In addition, the word data can be stored in the memory of the electronic vocabulary to make it small in size, very easy to control and fast response speed, has a great effect in memorizing words of foreign languages.

Claims (4)

A word arrangement editor for editing and arranging words necessary for foreign language learning through a PC; And a word vocabulary arranged by the word arrangement editor, configured to be input and stored through a predetermined input / output port of a PC, and to an electronic vocabulary for displaying the corresponding word according to a user's selection. The electronic word voucher of claim 1, further comprising: a data input / output port configured to input word data and to transmit word data to another electronic vocabulary; Format converting means for converting word data input through said data input / output port to fit the storage format of said electronic vocabulary; A memory for storing the converted data from the format converting means and reading the stored data according to a control signal and transmitting the stored data to the input / output port; A function selection unit for detecting a function selected by the user; Memory control means for controlling the memory to operate the corresponding function detected through the function selection unit; And display control means for reading a character font corresponding to the data output from the memory from a character font ROM and displaying the same through a display unit. 3. The word learning apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory control unit controls the memory to display only one of words or meanings (similar words) according to a user selection of the function selection unit. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the function selector comprises: an up / down key for sequentially displaying a word stored in the memory and selecting a name of a stored file; A mode selection key for selecting only one of a word stored in the memory or a meaning (similar word) of the word; If the mode selected in the mode selection key is a word, the meaning is displayed, and if it is a meaning, the word is displayed, and if a continuous key is selected, the random display is selected to display an arbitrary word without sequentially displaying data. Key; And a data transfer key for selecting a word data file stored in the memory to be transferred to another electronic wordbook through the data input / output port.