KR20050109329A - Method for serving electronic dictionary in the portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, when using an electronic dictionary function through the portable terminal, it is possible to search for words through voice recognition, and the electronic of the portable terminal that can service frequently searched words or recently searched words. It relates to a pre-service method. To this end, the present invention provides an electronic dictionary service method of a portable terminal, comprising: recognizing a voice spoken through a voice search mode in an electronic dictionary mode; Searching for a word corresponding to the recognized voice; And displaying the contents of the electronic dictionary of the searched word and storing the searched word in a word search list.

Description

Electronic dictionary service method of portable terminal {METHOD FOR SERVING ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY IN THE PORTABLE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, when using an electronic dictionary function through the portable terminal, it is possible to search for words through voice recognition, and the electronic of the portable terminal that can service frequently searched words or recently searched words. It relates to a pre-service method.

Nowadays, the most interesting area for office workers and examinees in the information society is foreign language field. Therefore, devices and methods that can help in learning a foreign language have been developed. Recently, a popular product is a portable electronic organizer including an electronic dictionary function. Such electronic organizers are clearly small in size and easy to use compared to existing wordbooks and dictionaries, but are quite expensive and are somewhat inconvenient for users to carry both portable devices and electronic organizers.

In recent years, as the retention rate of the portable terminal increases, the function of the portable terminal is greatly improved, and in addition to the basic voice call function, there is a need to further include an electronic dictionary function as well as additional functions such as a text message transmission and a telephone unit.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the necessity as described above, an electronic dictionary service method of a portable terminal to add an electronic dictionary to the portable terminal, and to help foreign language learning such as word search and conversation learning anytime, anywhere easily The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary service method of a portable terminal that enables the user to search for words through voice recognition when using the electronic dictionary function through the portable terminal, and to service frequently searched words or recently searched words. Has its purpose.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary service method of a portable terminal to search a word according to a syllable or a character string according to the input voice when the word search.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the electronic dictionary service method of the portable terminal, during the electronic dictionary mode, the process of recognizing the voice spoken through the voice search mode; Searching for a word corresponding to the recognized voice; And displaying the contents of the electronic dictionary of the searched word and storing the searched word in a word search list.

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

It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation and operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

In the following description, specific details of the electronic dictionary function through the electronic dictionary function are shown to provide a more general understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be readily practiced without these specific details and also by their modifications.

In the following description, the string menu refers to a menu for searching for words by receiving spelling of words to be searched by voice. In the following description, the syllable menu refers to a menu for searching for words by receiving syllables of words to be searched by voice.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RF unit 21 performs communication of a portable terminal. The RF unit 21 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The data processor 23 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating the transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal. That is, the data processor 23 may include a modem and a codec.

The audio processor 25 plays a function of reproducing the received audio signal output from the data processor 23 or transmitting the transmitted audio signal generated from the microphone MIC to the data processor 23. In addition, the audio processor 25 converts the voice data from the data received from the data processor 23 into an audible sound through the speaker SPK, and outputs the voice signal input from the microphone MIC to the data processor 23. In addition, the audio processor 25 performs a function of receiving a voice of a word to be searched from the microphone MIC and transmitting it to the controller 10 in the electronic dictionary mode, and outputs a native speaker's pronunciation of the searched word to the speaker SPK.

The keypad 27 has keys for inputting numeric and text information and function keys for setting various functions. In addition, the keypad 27 may include an electronic dictionary mode key, a menu key, a direction key, a confirmation key, a cancel key, and an end key according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The memory 29 may be composed of program memory and data memories. The program memory stores programs for controlling general operations of the portable terminal. In addition, the program memory stores programs for an electronic dictionary function. In addition, a program is stored so that a word corresponding to a character recognized through an image input through the camera module 50 can be searched through an electronic dictionary function. In addition, the program memory stores an overall program for changing a character, ie, font, text color, text size, etc. of the contents of the electronic dictionary according to the user's setting state in the electronic dictionary mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the data memory temporarily stores data generated during the execution of the programs.

The controller 10 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the portable terminal. In addition, the controller 10 may include the data processor 23. In addition, the controller 10 controls the overall operation to search for words through voice in the electronic dictionary mode. In addition, the controller 10 controls to display the searched word on the display unit 80, and controls to output the pronunciation of the searched word through the audio processor 25. In addition, the controller 10 stores the recently searched words in the recent word search list, and the frequently searched words in the frequently searched word list.

The display unit 80 displays messages generated during program execution under the control of the controller 10. In addition, the display unit 80 displays user data output from the control unit 10. Here, the user data represents an icon indicating a state of a portable terminal such as an antenna reception sensitivity, a call availability state, an alarm setting, and a battery remaining amount. In addition, the display unit 80 displays the contents of the electronic dictionary of the searched word in the electronic dictionary mode. In addition, the display unit 80 displays a recent word search list and a frequently searched word list under the control of the control unit 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The display unit 80 may use an LCD. In this case, the display unit 80 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, and an LCD display device. In this case, when the LCD is implemented in a touch screen manner, the keypad 27 and the LCD may be input units.

Looking at the operation of the portable terminal with reference to FIG. 1, when the user performs a dialing operation through the keypad 27 and sets the calling mode, the control unit 10 detects this and dial information received through the data processor 23. After processing the RF signal through the RF unit 21 to output. Thereafter, when the other subscriber generates the response signal, the counter subscriber detects it through the RF unit 21 and the data processor 23. Thereafter, a user establishes a voice call path through the audio processor 25 to perform a communication function. In addition, in the incoming mode, the controller 10 detects the incoming mode through the data processor 23 and generates a ring signal through the audio processor 25. Thereafter, when the user responds, the controller 10 detects this, and a voice call path is formed through the audio processor 25 to perform a communication function. In the outgoing and incoming modes, voice communication is described as an example, but a data communication function for communicating packet data and image data in addition to the voice communication may be performed. In addition, when performing a standby mode or text communication, the controller 10 displays text data processed by the data processor 23 on the display 80.

Looking at the operation process according to the electronic dictionary mode of the portable terminal as described above, in the electronic dictionary mode, the control unit 10 recognizes the voice input to search in accordance with the string, or in accordance with the syllable to read the corresponding word from the memory 29 do. Then, the controller 10 displays the electronic dictionary content of the word searched on the display unit 80 through a program for executing the electronic dictionary mode. In this case, the controller 10 outputs audio data on the pronunciation of the searched word to the audio processor 25. Then, the audio processor 25 decodes the received audio data and outputs the pronunciation of the searched word to a speaker SPK. The controller 10 stores the searched word in a recent word search list of the memory 29. If the searched word is a frequently searched word, the searched word is stored in the frequently searched word list of the memory 29.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a character conversion method of a portable terminal having an electronic dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 211, the controller 10 proceeds to step 213 in the standby mode, and determines whether the electronic dictionary mode is selected. At this time, the electronic dictionary mode by inputting the electronic dictionary mode key provided on the keypad 25, or by inputting the menu key and moving the cursor to the electronic dictionary mode by using the direction keys of the menu provided by the portable terminal by the menu key Press the OK key to select.

As a result of the determination, when the electronic dictionary mode is selected, the controller 10 executes the electronic dictionary mode in step 215 and proceeds to step 217 to determine whether the voice search mode.

As a result of the determination, in step 219, the controller 10 detects a menu for recognizing a voice in the voice search mode.

First, if the menu for recognizing the voice in the voice search mode is a string menu, in step 221, the controller 10 recognizes voices according to the strings sequentially input through the microphone MIC, and proceeds to step 223 sequentially according to the strings. The dictionary meaning of the input word is read out from the memory 29.

For example, if you want to search for the word "people", you may want to "p", "e", "o", "p", "l", and "e" for each pronunciation. “,” “O”, “O”, “P”, “L”, and “S” in order, and then the controller 10 combines them into one such as “PIOFIEL” and “PIOFIEL”. The dictionary meaning corresponding to "" is read from the memory 29.

On the other hand, if the menu for recognizing the voice in the voice search mode is a syllable menu, in step 225, the controller 10 recognizes the voice according to the syllable input through the microphone MIC, and proceeds to step 227 to dictionary the words corresponding to the syllable. The meaning is read from memory29.

For example, if a user wants to search for the word "peopld", the user speaks "People". Then, the controller 10 recognizes this as "blood" and "pleat", and reads the dictionary meaning corresponding thereto from the memory 29. Here, there are various methods of recognizing the speech, such as a method of extracting a feature vector sequence of a speech, applying a weight to the extracted feature vector sequence, and searching a vocabulary including the feature vector sequence. It is not limited to the speech recognition described as an example of the present invention, that is, the speech recognition through the string menu and the speech recognition through the syllable menu.

Thereafter, in step 229, the controller 10 displays the contents of the electronic dictionary corresponding to the searched word in steps 221-223 or 225-227, and stores the searched word in the recent word search list in step 231.

In operation 233, the controller 10 determines the word stored in the recent word search list, that is, the frequently searched word, and if it is the frequently searched word, the controller 10 proceeds to step 235 and stores it in the frequently searched word list.

In step 237, the controller 10 determines whether an end key is input and ends the electronic dictionary mode when the end key is input.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described in detail above, the present invention has an effect of increasing user convenience by enabling a user to search for a word to be searched by voice without using a key corresponding to a letter of a search word when using the electronic dictionary function.

In addition, the searched words are stored in the recent word search list, and if the searched words are frequently searched words, they are stored in the frequently searched word list so that the user can easily see the words to be learned when learning, thereby improving the learning effect. It has an effect.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a character conversion method of a portable terminal having an electronic dictionary function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

10: control unit 21: RF unit

23: data processor 25: audio processor

27: keypad 29: memory

ANT: antenna MIC: microphone

SPK: Speaker 80: Display

Claims (6)

In the electronic dictionary service method of a portable terminal, Recognizing voice spoken through the voice search mode in the electronic dictionary mode; Searching for a word corresponding to the recognized voice; And displaying the contents of the electronic dictionary of the searched word and storing the searched word in a word search list. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching of the word comprises: Recognizing a voice according to a sequentially input string if the menu of the voice search mode is a string menu; And combining the sequentially input voices into a single word to read a dictionary meaning of the corresponding word. The method of claim 2, wherein the string menu searches for a word by receiving a spelling of a word to be searched by voice. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching of the word comprises: Recognizing a voice according to an input syllable if the menu of the voice search mode is a syllable menu; And reading out a dictionary meaning of a word corresponding to the recognized syllable. The method of claim 4, wherein the syllable menu receives and retrieves the sound of a word to be searched by voice as a syllable. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the word search list comprises: Storing the recent word search list; And determining whether a word stored in the recent word search list is a frequently searched word and storing the frequently searched word in a frequently searched word list.