JP5233101B2 - Electronic device and program with dictionary function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a dictionary function for displaying headwords and related information, and a program.

  In an electronic device having a conventional dictionary function, when related information for a headword is displayed, by directly specifying a specific word of the displayed character string, the word itself or the original form of the word In addition, a jump search function for searching and displaying a word that matches with the longest match from a headword or related information is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Japanese Patent No. 3793879 JP 2004-295613 A

  In recent years, electronic devices having various foreign language dictionary functions have become widespread. Many foreign languages have variations in the word, for example, verbs such as German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc., have many variations on the original form and vary depending on the situation. . In Spanish, the verb forms are: the present participle, past participle, direct method present, direct point past, direct normal past, direct method future, etc. There are more than one. If you can refer to the character information that includes these variations, you will be able to understand the verbs deeply and expect high learning effects.

  However, with the conventional jump search function, it was possible to search for the specified word itself or the original form of the word, but it was not possible to search for another variation of the word. In order to obtain information about the word, it was necessary to re-enter the word of the change and use the normal search function.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to search for another variation word of a word in a displayed character string.

That is, an electronic device having a dictionary function according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a display means, a dictionary data storage means for storing a headword and character information including example sentences related to the headword in association with each other, and The first display control means for displaying the character information stored in the dictionary data storage means on the display means, and any word from the character information displayed on the display means by the first display control means A first designating means for designating a selection, a selection means for selecting whether or not to designate a variation when displaying an example sentence, and when the designation of the variation is selected by the selection means, From the second display control means for causing the display means to display a list of variations of the word specified by the first specifying means, and from the list display displayed on the display means by the second display control means, 1 Or double A second designating unit for designating the word, a third display control unit for causing the display unit to display an example sentence including one or more words designated by the second designating unit, and the selecting unit. When it is selected not to specify a variation, the example sentence including the variation of the word designated by the first designation means is displayed together with the translation of the example sentence without displaying the word part of the variation. Fourth display control means to be displayed on the display means, and fifth display control to display the changed word portion of the example sentence displayed by the fourth display control means that is not displayed in response to a user operation Means .

In the electronic device having the dictionary function of the present invention, when a word in character information is designated, if the user selects to designate a variation when displaying an example sentence, the variation of the designated word is displayed in a list. Then, when an example sentence including a word of a desired variation designated by the user is displayed and it is selected not to designate a variation when displaying the example sentence, the example sentence including the variation of the designated word is displayed. Since the change word portion is not displayed but displayed together with the translation of the example sentence, it is possible to effectively learn a language having the change shape.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic dictionary according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic dictionary 10 includes an input unit 20 having a character input key 21, a cursor key 22, a jump mode key 23, a decision key 24, etc., and controls of input reading, screen display, etc. CPU 30 for executing search processing, ROM 40 for storing dictionary processing programs and dictionary data, RAM 50 for temporarily storing input character strings and display contents, and display unit for displaying input character strings and search results 60.

  The ROM 40 includes a dictionary execution program 41, a dictionary DB (database) 42, a variation DB (database) 43, and the like. The dictionary DB 42 includes data such as a headword 42a, semantic content 42b corresponding to each headword, and example sentence 42c. . The variation DB 43 includes data of a word original 43a having a plurality of variations and data of a plurality of variations 43b corresponding to each original.

  Hereinafter, a series of operations of the example sentence jump search function of the electronic dictionary according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S1, a headword and an example sentence thereof are displayed on the display unit 60 by a user operation. Next, in step S2, when the user presses the jump mode key 23 using the input unit 20, the jump mode is set, and the headword displayed on the display unit 60 is highlighted. Next, in step S3, when the user presses the cursor key 22 using the input unit 20 to highlight the word to be further searched and presses the enter key 24, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, the original form and the changed form of the word (hereinafter, selected word) selected by the user in step S3 are searched from the changed form DB 43. At this time, when the original form or the change form corresponding to the selected word does not exist in the change form DB 43, a normal jump process for searching for a headword or an example sentence including the word is performed in step S16.

  On the other hand, when the original form or the change form corresponding to the selected word exists in the change form DB 43, the process proceeds to step S6, and it is determined whether or not to perform the example sentence search without the change form display. Here, the phrase non-display of the modified example is that the original or modified form of the selected word is not displayed when the original or modified example of the selected word is displayed. As a result, it is necessary for the user to guess in what variation (original form) the selected word exists in the example sentence, and a learning effect is expected.

  The user can select whether or not to perform example sentence search without changing form, or the user may select in advance in step S6. When it is determined not to perform the example sentence search without displaying the change form, that is, to display the change form and perform the example sentence search, the process proceeds to step S7, and the original form / change form of the selected word is displayed on the display unit 60 as a list, The original part at the top of the list display is highlighted and the process proceeds to step S8.

  In step S8, when the user presses the cursor key 22 using the input unit 20 to highlight the original form or an arbitrary change form to be searched and presses the enter key 24, the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S9, it is determined whether or not a selection end operation has been performed by the user from the input unit 20. If the selection has not ended, the process returns to step S8 and the user makes a selection again. If the selection is completed, the process proceeds to step S10, and an example sentence including the original or changed word selected by the user is searched from the dictionary DB 42, and it is determined whether or not the corresponding example sentence exists.

  If there is no corresponding example sentence, “no corresponding example sentence exists” is displayed on the display unit 60 in step S15, and the process returns to step S8.

  If there is a corresponding example sentence, the process proceeds to step S11, where it is determined whether one or more example sentences are present. If there is one, the example sentence and its translation are displayed on the display unit 60 in step S14, and the process ends. At this time, if the original example sentences displayed in step S1 are displayed side by side, the example sentences before and after the jump can be easily compared, and a learning effect can be expected.

  If it is determined in step S11 that there is not one example sentence, that is, there are a plurality of example sentences, in step S12, the corresponding example sentence is displayed as a list on the display unit 60, and the uppermost example sentence in the list display is highlighted.

  In step S13, when the user presses the cursor key 22 using the input unit 20 to highlight the example sentence to be referred to and presses the enter key 24, the example sentence and its translation are displayed on the display unit 60 in step S14, and the process ends. . At this time, the original example sentences displayed in step S1 may be displayed side by side.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6 that an example sentence search without change form is performed, the process proceeds to step S17, and an example sentence including any one or more of the original form of the selected word and all the change forms is searched. It is determined whether or not an example sentence to be present exists.

  If there is no corresponding example sentence, “no corresponding example sentence exists” is displayed on the display unit 60 in step S23, and the process ends.

  If there is a corresponding example sentence, it is determined in step S18 whether one or more example sentences are present. If it is determined that there are a plurality of example sentences, a list of example sentences is displayed in step S19. It is displayed in reverse video. At this time, the original form and the changed part of the selected word existing in each example sentence are displayed by being replaced with wavy lines.

  In step S20, when the user presses the cursor key 22 using the input unit 20 to highlight the example sentence to be referred to and presses the enter key 24, the example sentence and its translation are displayed on the display unit 60 in step S21. At this time, the original or changed form of the selected word existing in the example sentence is replaced with a wavy line and is still displayed.

  When the user further presses the enter key 24, the process proceeds to step S22, where the portion displayed by the wavy line is displayed as the original word (original form or changed form of the selected word) in the example sentence, and the process ends.

  In the example sentence search without changing form, the original form and the changed form of the selected word may be displayed as a list, and the user may select a plurality of original forms or changed forms to display example sentences including the corresponding word.

  Hereinafter, specific operation examples according to the present invention will be described with reference to the display screen examples of FIGS. 3 to 5. In addition, the number of the corresponding step in FIG. 2 is attached in parentheses in the sentence. The first operation example is an example sentence search with a change form display, where a word to be jumped is selected from the example sentence, one change form is selected, and there is one example sentence corresponding to the change form. .

  FIG. 3A is a screen on which an example sentence for the entry word “vencer” is displayed by some operation such as entry word search and example sentence search using the Seiwa dictionary (Spanish / Japanese dictionary) (S1). . When the user presses the jump mode key 23 in FIG. 3A, “jump” is displayed as shown in FIG. 3B to indicate the jump mode, and the word at the beginning of the sentence is highlighted (S2). ).

  In FIG. 3B, the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target word “vencio” in FIG. 3C. In FIG. 3C, when the user presses the enter key 24 (S3), the original form and the changed form of the highlighted word are searched (S4), and it is determined whether the original form and the changed form exist (S4). S5). In this operation example, since there are the original form and the change form, it is next determined whether or not the example sentence search without the change form is displayed (S6). In this operation example, it is assumed that the user has selected the example sentence search of the change form display. The changed form of the word “vencio” highlighted at that time is displayed in a list as shown in FIG. 3D including the original form “vencer”, and the uppermost word is highlighted (S7).

  Here, the downward arrow displayed at the upper right of the list display portion in FIG. 3D means that the selection candidate exists in the downward direction outside the screen, and can be scrolled below the “vences” of the candidate E. Is shown. Similarly, when an upward arrow is displayed, it indicates that the screen can be scrolled upward.

  In FIG. 3D, the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target word in FIG. 3E (S7). When the user presses the enter key 24 in FIG. 3E, the word “vencido” highlighted at that time is selected (S8), and a screen for selecting the next candidate as shown in FIG. 3F. (S9).

  If the user further presses the enter key 24 in FIG. 3F, the selection of the word is completed, and it is determined whether or not there is an example sentence including the original form or the changed form of the selected word. (S10). Since there is a corresponding example sentence in this operation example, it is determined whether or not there is one corresponding example sentence (S11). In this operation example, since there is one corresponding example sentence, the corresponding example sentence is displayed together with the meaning of the original example sentence before the jump as shown in FIG. 3G (S14).

  As described above, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the first operation example has a flow of START → S1 → S2 → S3 → S4 → S5 → S6 → S7 → S8 → S9 → S10 → S11 → S14 → END. It has become.

  As shown in the first operation example, when you specify the word you want to examine by displaying an example sentence, the original form and variation of the word are displayed in a list, so what original form / variation form the word has? Can be confirmed. Further, when an arbitrary word is selected from the list display, an example sentence including the word is retrieved and displayed together with its meaning, so that an example of the word can be easily understood. Further, by displaying the retrieved example sentence and the first displayed example sentence side by side, the comparison can be facilitated and the learning effect is enhanced.

  Hereinafter, a second operation example according to the present invention will be described with reference to the display screen example of FIG. In addition, the number of the corresponding step in FIG. 2 is attached in parentheses in the sentence. The second operation example is an example sentence search with a change form display, where a plurality of change forms are selected after selecting a word to jump from the example sentence, and there are a plurality of example sentences corresponding to the change form.

  FIG. 4A is a screen on which an example sentence for the headword “guitarra” is displayed by some operation using the Western dictionary as in FIG. 3A (S1). When the user presses the jump mode key 23 in FIG. 4A, “jump” is displayed as shown in FIG. 4B to indicate the jump mode, and the word at the beginning of the sentence is highlighted (S2). ).

  In FIG. 4B, the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target word in FIG. 4C. When the user presses the enter key 24 in FIG. 4C (S3), the original form and the change form of the highlighted word are searched (S4), and it is determined whether or not the original form and the change form exist (S4). S5). In this operation example, since there are the original form and the change form, it is next determined whether or not the example sentence search without the change form is displayed (S6). In this operation example, it is assumed that the user has selected the example sentence search of the change form display. The changed form of the word “Toca” highlighted at that time, including the original form “tocar”, is displayed as a list as shown in FIG. 4D, and the uppermost word is highlighted (S7).

  In FIG. 4D, the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target word, and the enter key 24 is pressed (S8). As a result, the highlighted word “tocado” is selected, and the next candidate can be selected (S9).

  In FIG. 4E, the user further presses the cursor key 22 to scroll the screen to highlight the target word “tocaban” and press the enter key 24 in FIG. 4F (S8).

  When the user presses the enter key 24 again to end the selection (S9), it is determined whether or not there is an example sentence including the word for each selected word (S10). Since there are example sentences in this operation example, it is next determined whether or not there is only one example sentence (S11). Since there are a plurality of example sentences in this operation example, as shown in FIG. 4G, one of the two variations “tocado” and “tocaban” selected by the user in FIG. 4E and FIG. The example sentences that are included are displayed in a list, and the uppermost example sentence is highlighted (S12).

  In FIG. 4G, when the user presses the enter key 24 in order to refer to the uppermost example sentence (S13), it is selected simultaneously with the original example sentence before the jump as shown in FIG. 4H. An example sentence is displayed along with its meaning (S14).

  As described above, in the second operation example, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 2, START → S1 → S2 → S3 → S4 → S5 → S6 → S7 → S8 → S9 → S8 → S9 → S10 → S11 → S12 → The flow is S13 → S14 → END.

  As shown in the second operation example, when you specify the word you want to examine by displaying an example sentence, the original form and variation of the word are displayed in a list, so what original / variant form the word has Can be confirmed. Further, a plurality of arbitrary words can be selected from the list display, and when selected, example sentences including the words are displayed in a list, so that examples of these words can be understood. In addition, when an example sentence that you want to know in detail is selected, the translation is displayed along with the example sentence, so you can easily understand the meaning of the example sentence. Furthermore, by displaying these retrieved example sentences and the first displayed example sentence side by side, the comparison can be facilitated and the learning effect is enhanced.

  The third operation example according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the display screen example of FIG. In addition, the number of the corresponding step in FIG. 2 is attached in parentheses in the sentence. The third operation example is an example sentence search without change form display. After selecting a word to jump from the example sentence, a plurality of example sentences including one or more of the original form and the change form of the word are displayed. This is the case when two example sentences are selected.

  FIG. 5A is a screen on which an example sentence for the entry word “tener” is displayed by some operation using the Western dictionary as in FIGS. 3A and 4A (S1). When the user presses the jump mode key 23 in FIG. 5A, “jump” is displayed as shown in FIG. 5B to indicate the jump mode, and the word at the beginning of the sentence is highlighted (S2). ).

  In FIG. 5B, the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target word in FIG. 5C. In FIG. 5C, when the user presses the enter key 24 (S3), the original form and the changed form of the highlighted word are searched (S4), and it is determined whether the original form and the changed form exist (S4). S5). At this time, since the original form and the change form exist, it is next determined whether or not the example sentence search without the change form is displayed (S6). In this operation example, it is assumed that the user has selected an example sentence search that does not display a variation. An example sentence including the original or changed form of the word “tienes” highlighted at that time is searched (S17). Since there is an example sentence in this operation example, it is next determined whether or not there is only one example sentence (S18). Since there are a plurality of example sentences, a list is displayed as shown in FIG. The uppermost example sentence is highlighted (S19). Here, the original form “tener” of “tienes” is displayed as a headword, and the original form or variation of “tener” in each example sentence is replaced with a wavy line display.

  At this time, not all example sentences including the original form or variation of “tienes” are searched in S17, but a list of original forms and variations is displayed as in the process of S7 → S8 → S9 → S10, and the user An example sentence search may be performed only for the selected word.

  FIG. 5E shows a case where the user presses the cursor key 22 to highlight the target example sentence in FIG. 5D. In FIG. 5 (e), when the user presses the enter key 24 (S20), as shown in FIG. 5 (f), the highlighted example sentence and its meaning are displayed together with the original example sentence before the jump. (S21). Again, the original or changed part of “tener” in the example sentence is still replaced by a wavy line.

  When the user presses the enter key 24 in FIG. 5F, the wavy line display in the example sentence is displayed as “Tengo” in a variation suitable for this example sentence (S22).

  As described above, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the third operation example has a flow of START → S1 → S2 → S3 → S4 → S5 → S6 → S17 → S18 → S19 → S20 → S21 → S22 → END. It has become.

  As shown in the third operation example, when the word to be examined is specified by displaying the example sentence, the example sentence including the original form and the modified form of the specified word is searched, and the designated word part is replaced with a wavy line in a list display. Therefore, it is necessary to guess which original form / change form is suitable, and a learning effect can be expected. In addition, when an example sentence that you want to know in detail is selected, the translation is displayed along with the example sentence, which can be used as a hint for guessing which original shape / variation form matches the wavy line, and a learning effect can be expected. Further, by pressing the enter key, the designated word in the example sentence is displayed in an original form or a modified form suitable for the example sentence, and it is possible to match the answer with the form guessed by the user. Furthermore, by displaying these retrieved example sentences and the first displayed example sentence side by side, the comparison can be facilitated and the learning effect is enhanced.

  In the present embodiment, only the original form and variation of the designated word are targeted for retrieval. However, the ROM 40 is provided with a database capable of referring to synonym data so that the original form and variation of the designated word can be retrieved. Good. The original form / variation form may be displayed for each synonym, and a tab or the like may be provided as necessary, and the display of each synonym may be switched by switching the tab.

  In the present embodiment, reverse display is used as an example to indicate the selected state of a word or an example sentence. However, a font change, flashing display, coloring display, underline, or the like may be used instead.

  In the present embodiment, an example sentence is taken as an example of character information. Instead, any character information stored in dictionary data such as a headword, a phrase, a translation, or a comment may be used.

  Moreover, although the electronic dictionary has been described as an application example in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to such a product, and data and changes corresponding to the dictionary DB 42 included in the ROM 40 in the configuration according to the present embodiment. If it has data corresponding to the shape DB 43 and has a program for functioning the operation according to the present embodiment, it can be applied to all electronic devices such as mobile phones, personal computers, electronic watches, PDAs and the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the use condition of the electronic dictionary which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a screen display which shows the 1st example of operation of the electronic dictionary which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a screen display which shows the 2nd example of operation of the electronic dictionary which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a screen display which shows the 3rd example of operation of the electronic dictionary which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 electronic dictionary 20 input unit (input means)
21 Input Key 22 Cursor Key 23 Jump Mode Key 24 Enter Key 30 CPU
40 ROM
41 dictionary execution program 42 dictionary DB (dictionary data storage means)
42a Headword 42b Meaning content 42c Example sentence 43 Variant DB
43a Original form 43b Variant 50 RAM
60 Display section (display means)

Claims (5)

Display means;
Dictionary data storage means for storing an entry word and character information including an example sentence related to the entry word in association with each other;
First display control means for displaying character information stored in the dictionary data storage means on the display means;
First designation means for designating an arbitrary word from the character information displayed on the display means by the first display control means;
A selection means for allowing the user to select whether or not to specify a variation when displaying an example sentence;
A second display control means for causing the display means to display a list of the change forms of the word specified by the first specifying means when the selection means selects the change form;
Second designation means for designating one or a plurality of words from the list display displayed on the display means by the second display control means;
Third display control means for causing the display means to display an example sentence including one or more words designated by the second designation means;
When it is selected not to specify a variation by the selection unit, an example sentence including the variation of the word designated by the first designation unit is displayed without displaying the word part of the variation . A fourth display control means for displaying on the display means together with a translation ;
In response to a user operation, fifth display control means for displaying the changed word portion of the example sentence displayed by the fourth display control means that has not been displayed;
An electronic device having a dictionary function characterized by comprising: The third display control means includes
Electronic example sentence including one or more words that have been specified by the second specifying means when there exist a plurality, having a dictionary function of claim 1, wherein the display list the sentences on the display means apparatus. 2. The original character information displayed on the display unit by the first display control unit is also displayed at the same time when an example sentence is displayed on the display unit by the third display control unit. Or an electronic device having the dictionary function according to 2 ; The second display control means of claim 1 to 3, characterized in the change form of thesaurus and該類word prototype of the specified word by said first designating means be listed on the display means An electronic device having the dictionary function according to 1 above. Computer
Dictionary data storage means for storing an entry word and character information including an example sentence related to the entry word in association with each other;
First display control means for displaying character information stored in the dictionary data storage means on a display unit;
First designation means for designating an arbitrary word from the character information displayed on the display unit by the first display control means;
A selection means for allowing a user to select whether or not to specify a variation when displaying an example sentence;
A second display control means for displaying, on the display unit, a list of word variation forms designated by the first designation means when the selection means selects the modification form;
Second designation means for designating one or a plurality of words from the list display displayed on the display unit by the second display control means;
Third display control means for displaying on the display unit an example sentence including one or more words designated by the second designation means;
When it is selected not to specify a variation by the selection unit, an example sentence including the variation of the word designated by the first designation unit is displayed without displaying the word part of the variation . A fourth display control means for displaying on the display unit together with the translation ;
Fifth display control means for displaying, in response to a user's operation, an altered word portion that has not been displayed in the example sentence displayed by the fourth display control means
Program to function as.

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