WO2012086353A1

WO2012086353A1 - Information processing device

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Publication number: WO2012086353A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/076804
Authority: WO
Inventors: 俊之亀井; 充神薮
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2010-12-22
Filing date: 2011-11-21
Publication date: 2012-06-28

Abstract

A portable telephone comprises: a conversion storage unit for storing a plurality of pre-conversion text strings, and one or more post-conversion text strings corresponding to each pre-conversion text string; a first search unit for searching the conversion storage unit for one or more post-conversion text strings which are associated with a pre-conversion text string which corresponds to an inputted text string based on an operation; a second search unit for searching a different information group from the post-conversion text strings of the conversion storage unit, on the basis of a search-use text string which includes the inputted text string based on the operation, for information related to the search-use text string; and an output unit for displaying the results of the search on a display unit (62). A text string, which is selected according to an operation from among the information which is included in the results of the search by the second search unit, is stored in the conversion storage unit as a post-conversion text string which is associated with the pre-conversion text string that corresponds to the inputted text string.

Description

Information processing device

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus having a function of processing an input character string.

In this specification, terms are defined as follows. The “character string” is composed of at least one character such as a word. The characters include ideograms and phonetic characters, and more specifically include kanji, Japanese kana, romaji, english, pictograms, symbols, numbers, and the like. Japanese kana includes hiragana and katakana, and kana is used to read kanji.

In a character input application (hereinafter referred to as an application having an input method editor function), a character string input by a user and automatically converted is converted like a character input device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-309303 (Patent Document 1). In particular, there is what is learned in the conversion dictionary as history information. If such a learning function is used, history information can be preferentially presented to the user as a conversion candidate when the same character string is input next time.

For example, if the input character is converted by entering the fruit “apple” in Hiragana, the conversion result candidate character string is “Kanji“ Apple ”/ Katakana“ Apple ”/ Hiragana“ Ringo ”. Is displayed. When the user selects “apple” as a katakana character from a candidate character string, in a general character input application, when “hirago” as a hiragana character is subsequently entered, “apple” as a katakana character / “apple” as a kanji character / Hiragana character The conversion result candidate character strings are displayed in the order of “apple”.

In recent years, there are an increasing number of character input applications that can input even vocabulary that is not included in the conversion dictionary. The character input application uses a user input and cooperates with the application of the external device to receive a response from the external application. For example, using the input of Hiragana “Ringo”, an English “apple” as a conversion result is received from an English-Japanese dictionary or a Japanese-English dictionary that is an external application.

JP-A-6-309303

However, input information from applications other than the conversion dictionary possessed by the character input application described above is not learned as history information. Therefore, since “apple” input from the Japanese-English dictionary is not learned in the conversion dictionary, when trying to input the character “apple” again, the user must input the Japanese-English dictionary after inputting the character “Hiringa”. It was necessary to start up or to directly input “apple” in English.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that can simplify a character input operation.

An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention stores an operation receiving unit for receiving an operation from the outside, a plurality of pre-conversion character strings, and one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to each pre-conversion character string. And a first conversion unit for retrieving one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string based on the operation received by the operation reception unit. Based on one or more search character strings including an input character string based on the search unit and the operation received by the operation reception unit, the one or more searches from the information group different from the converted character string in the conversion storage unit A second search unit for searching for one or more information related to the character string for use, an output unit for displaying the search result on the display unit, and one included in the search result by the second search unit From the above information, the operations received by the operation reception unit The character string acquisition unit for acquiring the selected character string indicated by the selected information, and the acquired selected character string as a converted character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string A storage unit for storing in the unit.

Preferably, the one or more search character strings include one or more converted character strings acquired by the search of the first search unit.

Preferably, the information group includes external information stored in an external device capable of communicating with the information processing device, the information processing device further includes a communication unit that communicates with the external device, and the second search unit is included in the communication unit. A search request including one or more search character strings for external information is transmitted to the external device, and the external device relates to the one or more search character strings searched from the external information based on the received search request. The communication unit receives one or more pieces of information to be performed.

Preferably, the one or more search character strings are first language character strings, and the information group includes a plurality of first language character strings and one or more character strings corresponding to the first language character strings. The second language character string is registered in the second language, and the second search unit determines from the dictionary information one or more second language strings corresponding to the one or more search character strings in the first language. A character string is searched and derived as one or more pieces of information.

According to the present invention, since the character string resulting from the search by the second search unit is stored in the conversion storage unit, the next time the same character string is input, the conversion storage is performed without searching the information group. The converted character string can be acquired using only the part, and the input operation of the character string can be simplified.

1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to an embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the transition of a display screen when a conversion dictionary is started. It is a figure which shows the transition of the display screen in the case of searching an information group. It is a figure which shows the example of the content before and behind the learning process of a conversion dictionary. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the character string candidate after the learning process of a conversion dictionary. It is a processing flowchart concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the net search process which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the information processing terminal by the modification which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the information processing terminal by the modification which concerns on this Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In the present embodiment, the “dictionary” includes dictionary data itself and a data processing dictionary tool for reading (referring) and / or rewriting (updating) dictionary data. The dictionary tool corresponds to an application program. “Activating the dictionary” refers to activating the application program and setting the application program in a state where dictionary data processing can be executed.

In the present embodiment, “searching” a dictionary based on a character string refers to an operation of reading one or more character strings registered in the dictionary corresponding to the character string from the dictionary. “Searching” an information group based on a character string means reading information including the character string and another character string representing a word / word related to the word / word represented by the character string from the information group. Refers to the action to issue.

In this embodiment, a mobile phone having an information processing function (hereinafter referred to as a mobile phone) is exemplified as the information processing apparatus.

(Appearance and hardware configuration of mobile phone)
FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration thereof. Referring to the figure, mobile phone 1 includes a trackball 4, various buttons 5, and a touch panel 6 that is an input device in order to accept user operations from the outside.

The touch panel 6 constitutes a display-integrated input device that integrally includes an input unit 61 and a display unit 62 described later. The touch panel 6 detects the operation position on the screen of the display unit 62, inputs information based on the detected position, or determines the type of operation. Here, the operation refers to an operation of touching the surface of the screen of the display unit 62 with a finger or an operation of touching with a pen (not shown) instead of the finger. In the present embodiment, the input unit 61 receives these operations and inputs a character string according to the operations.

Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile phone 1 stores a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2, various programs and data, a storage unit 3 for providing a work area, a trackball 4, various buttons 5, and a touch panel. 6, I / F to which various external memories 12 such as a communication unit 7 for connecting an antenna 8, a microphone 9 for inputting sound, a speaker 10 for outputting sound, and a card-like recording medium are detachably mounted. (Interface) 11 is included. The I / F 11 accesses the attached external memory 12 under the control of the CPU 2. Thereby, the CPU 2 can read data from the external memory 12.

The storage unit 3 includes a RAM (Read Only Memory) 31, a ROM (Random Access Memory) 32, a nonvolatile memory, and the like. The communication unit 7 has a function of communicating with an external device via an antenna 8 via an external network (including the Internet) NT.

(Functional configuration)
With reference to FIG. 3, the functional configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described. The mobile phone 1 corresponds to an output controller that controls display operations of the character string input processing unit 21, the learning processing unit 22, the net search processing unit 23, and the display unit 62 as functions executed under the control of the CPU 2. A display processing unit 24 is included. Here, the net search processing unit 23 has a Web browser function.

As a peripheral part related to each part of the CPU 2, a touch panel 6, an external memory 12, and a communication part 7 are shown.

The touch panel 6 includes an input unit 61 and a display unit 62. In the external memory 12, dictionary data in the database format of the national language dictionary 321, Japanese-English dictionary 322, and other dictionary 323 is stored in advance. Here, the national language dictionary 321, the Japanese-English dictionary 322, and the other dictionary 323 are stored in the external memory 12, but may be stored in advance in the storage unit 3 of the mobile phone 1.

Here, although the Japanese-English dictionary 322 is illustrated as a referenced dictionary for converting Japanese (first language) to English (second language), the present invention is not limited to this. That is, dictionary information in which a plurality of first character strings in a first language and one or more second character strings in a second language corresponding to the first character string are registered for each of the plurality of first character strings. As long as it is, it is not limited to the Japanese-English dictionary 322.

The character string input processing unit 21 includes a dictionary search unit 211, a character string conversion unit 212, and a dictionary selection unit 213.

The storage unit 3 stores a conversion dictionary 214 that is data in a database format. The conversion dictionary 214 is a rewritable dictionary that stores a plurality of pre-conversion character strings and one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the plurality of pre-conversion character strings.

The dictionary search unit 211 searches the conversion dictionary 214 or the dictionary in the external memory 12 in accordance with the selection command from the dictionary selection unit 213, or instructs the net search processing unit 23 to perform a search using a Web browser. The dictionary search unit 211 outputs the search result of the conversion dictionary 214 or the dictionary in the external memory 12 to the character string conversion unit 212.

The search command issuing unit 231 of the net search processing unit 23 generates a search request based on a search instruction input from the dictionary search unit 211 and causes the communication unit 7 to transmit the search request to the server 100. The server 100 searches the predetermined storage unit 110 based on the search request, and transmits the search result to the requesting mobile phone 1. Server 100 refers to a Web server specified based on a search request. It is assumed that the server 100 transmits an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file as a search result. The search result receiving unit 232 of the net search processing unit 23 receives the search result transmitted from the server 100.

The character string conversion unit 212 outputs the search result input from the dictionary search unit 211 to the display processing unit 24, and the search result reception unit 232 stores information including a character string based on the search result received from the server 100. The data is output to the display processing unit 24. The display processing unit 24 causes the display unit 62 to display the input search results and information.

In a state where information including the search result is displayed on the display unit 62, the user operates the touch panel 6 to select a desired character string from the displayed information. The character string selected according to the user's operation is received by the input unit 61 and output to the character string conversion unit 212. Thereby, the character string according to the result of the search using the input character string is acquired.

The character string conversion unit 212 outputs the acquired character string to the dictionary search unit 211. The dictionary search unit 211 outputs the input character string to the learning processing unit 22.

The learning processing unit 22 corresponds to one function of the dictionary tool described above. The learning processing unit 22 searches the conversion dictionary 214 based on the character string input by the user initially operating the touch panel 6, and searches the dictionary as a converted character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string. The character string input from the unit 211 is stored. At this time, the learning processing unit 22 performs a learning process on the dictionary search unit 211.

In this embodiment, the learning process refers to a process of optimizing the conversion dictionary 214 for character string conversion. Specifically, this refers to processing for additionally storing the input character string from the character string conversion unit 212 based on the search result as described above in the conversion dictionary 214. Each time such additional storage is performed, the additional stored character string is displayed first with priority over the other converted character strings when the search result of the next conversion dictionary 214 is displayed. Refers to the process to make.

(Starting the conversion dictionary)
FIG. 4 shows the transition of the display screen when the conversion dictionary 214 is activated. Referring to FIG. 4A, when the user operates touch panel 6 to input a character string, the input character string is displayed in area E1 of the screen of display unit 62, and is displayed in area E2 of the same screen. Indicates one or more character string candidates to be converted into character strings after conversion of the input character string (see FIG. 4A). A hiragana character string “apple” representing a reading of a fruit apple is displayed in the area E1, and a kanji character string “apple” indicating a fruit apple and a katakana representing a reading of a fruit apple are displayed in the area E2. A character string “apple” and a hiragana character string “Ringoku” are displayed. The hiragana character string “Ringoku” represents the reading of the kanji character string “neighboring country”.

These character string candidates are the character strings included in the search results obtained by the dictionary search unit 211 searching the conversion dictionary 214 based on the input character strings, that is, the pre-conversion characters of the conversion dictionary 214 corresponding to the input character strings. One or more converted character strings corresponding to the column.

When the user operates the touch panel 6 and selects one character string candidate while the character string candidates in the area E2 are displayed, the input unit 61 outputs the selected character string candidate to the character string conversion unit 212. . The character string conversion unit 212 inputs (determines) the selected character string candidate as a converted character string, and outputs the input character string candidate to the display processing unit 24. The display processing unit 24 displays the character string candidate in place of the input character string on the display unit 62 (see FIG. 4B). At this time, the character string candidate in the area E2 is deleted.

The character string conversion unit 212 outputs the confirmed character string candidate to the dictionary search unit 211, and the dictionary search unit 211 receives the converted character string that is the character string candidate input from the character string conversion unit 212. Output to. The learning processing unit 22 performs learning processing by storing the input converted character string in the conversion dictionary 214 as a converted character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the original input character string.

(Launching another dictionary)
FIG. 5 shows screen transitions when searching for information groups excluding the conversion dictionary 214.

5 shows an input character string (Hiragana character string “apple”) similar to FIG. 4A. When the national language dictionary 321 is activated for the input character string, “Japanese language dictionary” and the used dictionary name 624 are displayed in the upper part 622 of the display area of the display unit 62, and the national language dictionary 321 is displayed in the lower area 623. The converted character string candidate corresponding to the input character string retrieved from is shown (see FIG. 5A). When the user selects a desired character string candidate from among the character string candidates, the selected character string candidate is confirmed as a converted character string, and the character string candidate is deleted in the area 623, and the confirmed converted character string A column is displayed (see FIG. 5B).

When the Japanese-English dictionary 322 is activated for the same input character string as in FIG. 4A, “Japanese-English dictionary” and the used dictionary name 624 are shown in the upper part 622 of the display area, and in the area 623 below it. Then, candidates for the converted character string corresponding to the input character string retrieved from the Japanese-English dictionary 322 are shown (see FIG. 5C). When the user selects a desired character string candidate from among the character string candidates, the selected character string candidate is confirmed as a converted character string, and the character string candidate is deleted in the area 623, and the confirmed converted character string A column is displayed (see FIG. 5D).

When searching the storage unit 110 of the server 100 for an input character string similar to (A) in FIG. 4, it is a browsing result based on a search request including the input character string from the server 100 by the net search processing unit 23. The search result is displayed (see FIG. 5E). The upper row 622 of FIG. 5E is displayed as “Browser etc.”, indicating that the search is performed by the browser. In a region 623, a search result character string is displayed. When the user selects and operates the katakana character string “Jonagold” representing the fruit “apple” variety from the area 623, the selected character string “Jonagold” is determined as the converted character string. When confirmed, the browsing result information corresponding to the character string candidate is deleted in the area 623, and the confirmed converted character string is displayed (see FIG. 5F).

Also in the character string conversion illustrated in FIG. 5, as in FIG. 4, the learning processing unit 22 converts the confirmed converted character string as a converted character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string. The learning process is carried out by storing in.

4 and 5, the contents of the conversion dictionary 214 are updated from before the learning process of FIG. 6A to the contents after the learning process shown in FIG. 6B. According to FIG. 6, the post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string “apple” in the conversion dictionary 214 was “apple, apple, apple” before learning, but “apple, apple, apple” after learning. It can be seen that it has been updated (learned) to “Apple, Neighbor, Apple, Jonagold”.

Therefore, when the same input character string is converted using the learned conversion dictionary 214, the learned character string candidates are displayed as shown in FIG. 7, and the converted character string candidates presented to the user are as follows. External dictionary search results and browsing results can also be presented.

(Processing flowchart)
A procedure for converting a character string input by the user by operating the touch panel 6 in the mobile phone 1 according to the search result and storing the converted character string in the conversion dictionary 214 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This flowchart is stored in advance in the storage unit 3 as a program, and the processing is realized by the CPU 2 reading and executing the program from the storage unit 3. Here, it is assumed that a character string is input when editing a document such as an electronic mail.

First, since the user inputs a character string via the touch panel 6 and subsequently performs a conversion request operation, the input unit 61 inputs a character string according to the operation and outputs it to the character string conversion unit 212 (step S1). The character string conversion unit 212 outputs the input character string to the dictionary search unit 211.

When a character string is input, the dictionary search unit 211 first activates the conversion dictionary 214. Then, the conversion dictionary 214 is searched based on the input character string, and the search result including one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string is output to the character string conversion unit 212. To do.

The character string conversion unit 212 outputs the input search result to the display processing unit 24. The display processing unit 24 displays one or more converted character strings included in the input search result in the area E <b> 2 of the display unit 62. Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the input character string is displayed in the area E1, and the converted character string list is displayed in the area E2 on the display unit 62 (step S3). Hereinafter, a list of character strings including one or more converted character strings in the area E2 is referred to as a “conversion list”. Here, the conversion list is a list of character strings for searching information groups, and includes an input character string.

The user determines whether there is a desired character string after conversion from the conversion list displayed in the area E2, and operates the touch panel 6 based on the determination result (step S5). Specifically, when the user does not have a desired character string and desires to search for another information group, the user performs a predetermined operation. If it is determined that a predetermined operation has been performed (YES in step S5), the input unit 61 accepts the predetermined operation and outputs a predetermined instruction to the character string input processing unit 21. When the character string input processing unit 21 inputs a predetermined instruction, the process proceeds to step S11 described later.

On the other hand, when the user determines that there is a desired character string in the displayed conversion list and performs an operation of selecting the character string using the touch panel 6 (NO in step S5), the input unit 61 displays the selected character string. The converted character string is determined and notified to the character string conversion unit 212 (step S7). The character string notified to the character string conversion unit 212 is output to the learning processing unit 22 via the dictionary search unit 211. The learning processing unit 22 searches the conversion dictionary 214 based on the character string input in step S1, and uses the character string determined in step S7 as a post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string. Store. Thus, the learning process is performed for the conversion dictionary 214 (step S31). Thereafter, the process may return to step S1 in order to input the next character string.

Processing after step S11 will be described. In these processes, the dictionary search unit 211 performs a search based on each character string in the conversion list.

First, the user operates the touch panel 6 to selectively specify information to be searched from the information group.

When the selection operation of the Japanese-English dictionary 322 is performed, the input unit 61 receives the operation and notifies the character string input processing unit 21 of the selection of the Japanese-English dictionary 322 based on the received operation content (“Japanese-English” in step S11). Select dictionary ”). The dictionary selection unit 213 outputs a selection command for the Japanese-English dictionary based on the notification of selection. The dictionary search unit 211 starts the Japanese-English dictionary 322 according to the selection command (step S13).

The dictionary search unit 211 searches the Japanese-English dictionary 322 for each character string in the conversion list, and outputs the search result to the character string conversion unit 212 (step S15). The search result includes an English character string registered in the Japanese-English dictionary 322 corresponding to each character string (Japanese character string).

Since the character string conversion unit 212 outputs the input search result to the display processing unit 24, the display processing unit 24 displays each character string included in the search result on the display unit 62 (step S17). Thereby, the character string candidate of (C) of FIG. 5 is displayed on the display part 62, for example.

When the user selects a desired character string using the touch panel 6 from the displayed character string candidates, the input unit 61 notifies the character string conversion unit 212 of the selected character string (step S19). The character string notified to the character string conversion unit 212 is determined as a converted character string, and is output to the learning processing unit 22 via the dictionary search unit 211. The learning processing unit 22 performs a learning process similar to that described above for the conversion dictionary 214 using the input converted character string (step S31).

In step S11, when an operation of selecting “another dictionary” (refers to the national language dictionary 321 or other dictionary 323 excluding the Japanese-English dictionary 322) is performed, the input unit 61 accepts the operation, and based on the accepted operation content, The selection of another dictionary is notified to the column input processing unit 21 (“select other dictionary” in step S11). The dictionary selection unit 213 outputs another dictionary selection command based on the selection notification. The dictionary search unit 211 starts another dictionary according to the selection command (step S21).

The dictionary search unit 211 searches the other dictionary for each character string in the conversion list (step S23), and outputs the search result to the character string conversion unit 212. Since the character string conversion unit 212 outputs the input search result to the display processing unit 24, the display processing unit 24 displays each character string included in the search result on the display unit 62 (step S25). When the other dictionary is the national language dictionary 321, for example, character string candidates as shown in FIG. 5A are displayed on the display unit 62.

When the user performs a selection operation of a desired character string using the touch panel 6 from the displayed character string candidates, the input unit 61 notifies the character string conversion unit 212 of the selected character string (step S27). The character string notified to the character string conversion unit 212 is determined as a converted character string, and is output to the learning processing unit 22 via the dictionary search unit 211. The learning processing unit 22 performs learning processing on the conversion dictionary 214 using the input character string in the same manner as described above (step S31).

Returning to the process of step S11, when a search by a Web browser is selected as a search target (“use Internet search” in step S11), a net search process is executed in step S29. The learning processing unit 22 performs the learning process on the conversion dictionary 214 in the same manner as described above using the converted character string determined by the net search process (step S31).

(Internet search processing)
The net search process (step S29 in FIG. 8) will be described with reference to FIG.

In step S11, when the user operates the touch panel 6 to select “use of Internet search”, the input unit 61 accepts the selection operation, and the character string input processing unit 21 receives the selection operation. Then, the selection of the internet search is notified (“use Internet search” in step S11). The dictionary selection unit 213 outputs a net search selection command based on the selection notification. The dictionary search unit 211 outputs a search instruction to the net search processing unit 23 according to the selection command.

When the instruction is inputted, the net search processing unit 23 starts a Web browser, and the search site or dictionary site server 100 and the mobile phone 1 are connected by the Web browser (step T1).

After that, the Web browser outputs a search request including each character string of the conversion list as a keyword via the search command issuing unit 231, so the communication unit 7 transmits the search request to the server 100.

The server 100 searches an information group such as a dictionary in the storage unit 110 based on the received search request. The search result is transmitted to the requesting mobile phone 1 (step T3).

When the search result receiving unit 232 of the browser receives the search result via the communication unit 7, the search result receiving unit 232 extracts text data from the HTML file of the received search result and outputs the extracted text data to the display processing unit 24. . The display processing unit 24 displays a character string based on text data as a result of the input search on the display unit 62.

In a state where a character string according to a browser search result is displayed, the user operates the touch panel 6 to selectively specify a desired character string from the search result. This selective designation is realized by a UI (user interface) function provided by the Web browser.

The input unit 61 notifies the character string conversion unit 212 of the selected character string (step S5). The character string notified to the character string conversion unit 212 is determined as a converted character string, and is output to the learning processing unit 22 via the dictionary search unit 211. The learning processing unit 22 performs learning processing on the conversion dictionary 214 using the input character string in the same manner as described above (step S31 in FIG. 8).

Here, the other information group is searched based on each character string of the conversion list as a result of the search of the conversion dictionary 214, but at least the other information group is determined based on the character string input by the user in step S1. Any configuration that performs a search may be used.

As described above, the mobile phone 1 includes the touch panel 6 that is an operation receiving unit for receiving an operation from the outside, a plurality of pre-conversion character strings, and one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the plurality of pre-conversion character strings. A conversion dictionary 214, which is a conversion storage unit for storing character strings, and one or more post-conversion characters corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string based on the operation received by the operation reception unit from the conversion dictionary 214 Conversion in the conversion dictionary 214 based on a first search unit of the dictionary search unit 211 for searching for a character string and one or more search character strings including an input character string based on an operation accepted by the operation reception unit The second search unit of the dictionary search unit 211 for searching for one or more information related to the one or more search character strings from the information group different from the subsequent character string, and the search result on the display unit 62 In the output section for displaying The character string for acquiring the selected character string indicated by the information selected according to the operation received by the operation receiving unit from the one or more pieces of information included in the search result by the display processing unit 24 and the second search unit An acquisition unit; and a learning processing unit 22 that is a storage unit for storing the acquired selected character string in the conversion storage unit as a post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string. .

Thus, according to the mobile phone 1, when a character string is input and a conversion request is made, the character string included in the search result of the external dictionary stored in the external memory 12 based on the input character string, Alternatively, the character string included in the search result of the storage unit 110 of the server 100 via the Web browser can be stored in the conversion dictionary 214 and learning processing can be performed on the conversion dictionary 214. By using the conversion dictionary 214 subjected to learning processing in this way, when the same character is input next time and a conversion request is made, the conversion dictionary in the mobile phone 1 is searched without searching the external dictionary and the server 100. The post-conversion character string can be acquired using only 214. Thereby, the input operation of the character string can be simplified.

(Modification)
In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone 1 is equipped with the function of character string conversion and the learning function, but may be installed in a normal information processing terminal.

FIG. 10 shows the appearance of such an information processing terminal 200, and FIG. 11 shows the hardware configuration of the information processing terminal 200.

Referring to the drawings, an information processing terminal 200 includes a communication device 101, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 106, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (ROM), which are connected to each other via an internal bus 102 and transmit / receive communication signals. A main storage medium 103 including a read-only memory) and a non-volatile memory, a card-shaped external storage medium 104, a display 107, a speaker 109 that outputs audio based on audio data from the CPU 106, and a mouse 111. A storage medium such as a tablet 112 that accepts a movement command for a pointer via a stylus pen or a finger, a button 113, a keyboard 114 that accepts input of a character string, and a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) 116 Removable I / F (interface) 115 Including. The I / F 15 reads data in the mounted storage medium and outputs it to the CPU 106.

The communication device 101 converts communication data from the CPU 106 into a communication signal, and transmits the communication signal to the network NT via the antenna. Communication device 101 converts a communication signal received from network NT via an antenna into communication data, and outputs the communication data to CPU 106.

The display 107 and the tablet 112 may be configured integrally and function as a display-integrated input device like the touch panel 6.

The processing method of the input character string performed by the mobile phone 1 or the information processing terminal 200 in the present embodiment can also be provided as a program. Such a program is recorded on a recording medium readable by the CPU 2 or the CPU 102 such as a flexible disk attached to the mobile phone 1 or the information processing terminal 200, a CD-ROM 116, a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card, and provided as a program product. You can also Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk (not shown) built in the information processing terminal 200. The program can also be provided by downloading to a predetermined storage area of the mobile phone 1 or the information processing terminal 200 via the network NT.

The provided program product is installed in a program storage unit such as the

storage unit

3 or 103, and is read and executed by the

CPU

2 or 106. The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded. The recording medium includes a recording medium that fluidly carries the program so that the program is downloaded from the network NT.

The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

1 mobile phone, 12 external memory, 21 character string input processing unit, 22 learning processing unit, 23 net search processing unit, 24 display processing unit, 61 input unit, 62 display unit, 100 server, 211 dictionary search unit, 212 character string Conversion unit, 213 dictionary selection unit, 214 conversion dictionary, 231 search command issue unit, 232 search result reception unit, 321 Japanese language dictionary, 322 Japanese-English dictionary.

Claims

An operation accepting unit (6) for accepting an external operation;
A conversion storage unit (214) for storing a plurality of pre-conversion character strings and one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the respective pre-conversion character strings;
A first search unit for searching from the conversion storage unit for one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string based on the operation received by the operation reception unit;
Based on one or more search character strings including an input character string based on an operation received by the operation reception unit, the one or more search characters from an information group different from the converted character string in the conversion storage unit. A second search unit for searching for one or more information related to the column;
An output unit (24) for displaying the search result on the display unit;
A character string acquisition unit for acquiring a selected character string indicated by information selected according to an operation received by the operation reception unit from the one or more pieces of information included in the search result by the second search unit; ,
A storage unit (22) for storing the acquired selected character string in the conversion storage unit as a post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string; .
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more search character strings include one or more converted character strings acquired by the search of the first search unit.
The information group includes external information stored in an external device capable of communicating with the information processing device,
The information processing apparatus further includes a communication unit (7) that communicates with the external device,
The second search unit
Causing the communication unit to transmit a search request including the one or more search character strings for the external information to the external device;
The said external device makes the said communication part receive the 1 or more information relevant to the said 1 or more character string for a search searched from the said external information based on the received said search request. Information processing device.
The one or more search strings are first language strings,
The information group is:
A plurality of the first language character strings and dictionary information in which one or more second language character strings are registered corresponding to the first language character strings,
The second search unit searches the dictionary information for one or more second language character strings corresponding to the one or more search character strings in the first language, as the one or more pieces of information. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is derived.
A plurality of pre-conversion character strings, a conversion storage unit for storing one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to each pre-conversion character string, and an operation reception unit for receiving an external operation are connected. A method by which a processor performs information processing,
The processor searches the conversion storage unit for one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to a pre-conversion character string corresponding to an input character string based on an operation received by the operation reception unit;
Based on one or more search character strings including an input character string based on an operation accepted by the operation accepting unit, the processor selects one or more of the information groups different from the converted character string in the conversion storage unit. Retrieving one or more pieces of information related to the search string;
The processor displaying a search result on a display;
A selection character string indicated by information selected according to an operation received by the operation receiving unit from among the one or more pieces of information included in a search result in the step of searching for the one or more pieces of information by the processor. A step to obtain,
The processor storing the acquired selected character string in the conversion storage unit as a post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string.
A plurality of pre-conversion character strings, a conversion storage unit for storing one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to each pre-conversion character string, and an operation reception unit for receiving an external operation are connected. A program for causing a processor to execute an information processing method,
The information processing method includes:
Causing the processor to search the conversion storage unit for one or more post-conversion character strings corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string based on the operation received by the operation reception unit;
Based on one or more search character strings including an input character string based on an operation received by the operation reception unit in the processor, from the information group different from the converted character string of the conversion storage unit, the one or more Searching for one or more pieces of information related to the search string;
Causing the processor to display a search result on a display unit;
A selection character string indicated by information selected according to an operation received by the operation reception unit from among the one or more information included in a search result in the step of searching the one or more information to the processor. A step to obtain,
A program for causing the processor to store the acquired selected character string in the conversion storage unit as a post-conversion character string corresponding to the pre-conversion character string corresponding to the input character string.