JP6424920B2 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information search method, and a program .

  Although a dictionary is used for learning foreign languages, a learning method called "dictionary-based learning method" may be performed among students etc. using a paper dictionary. This dictionary-based learning method is a method of sticking a marker such as a sticky note in a place where a dictionary is drawn, and realizing that the number increases as learning progresses, thereby visually enhancing learning motivation.

  On the other hand, some conventional electronic dictionaries have a search history table for accumulating and storing search histories of entry words, and have a history function for displaying a list of words searched in the past. Then, when the search character string is input, not only are each headword searched for a forward match search displayed as a search headword list, but also the past existing in the search history table among each headword displayed in the list A dictionary search device is considered in which the search history is maximized by making effective use of the search history by displaying the history entry words already searched as a history entry word list in descending order of the search frequency. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-059392 A

  As a matter of course, the conventional electronic dictionary can not stick a tag, and can not practice the dictionary-based learning method as described above.

  For this reason, it is desirable to realize a device that can enhance learning motivation when performing dictionary search visually and sensibly, even with an electronic dictionary.

An object of the present invention is to enable visual and sensory confirmation and utilization of information searched for information .

Claim 1, history storage means and retrieval means you search for any information by referring to the information storage means for storing a plurality of information in a predetermined arrangement order, the information found by the search means as a retrieval history Storage control means to be stored in and the arrangement position of the search history information stored in the history storage means in which arrangement order of the plurality of pieces of information stored in the information storage means identify, and characterized in that the specific sequence position, equipped with a, display control means for identification as a display position in the information storage unit in the layout display area showing the arrangement range of each information stored you.

According to the present invention, information retrieved content, visual allows to Rukoto to take advantage check sensuously.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance configuration of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of an electronic device provided with a dictionary function of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10. 6 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing (1) of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10; The flowchart which shows the graph production | generation process (1) accompanying the dictionary search process (1) of 1st Embodiment of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the registration position of the latest history and the reading order of the registration history in the search history registration data memory 26 f in accordance with the dictionary search process of the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG. 7 is a view showing a specific example of the display operation involved in the dictionary search process of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10. The flowchart which shows the dictionary search process (2) of 2nd Embodiment of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG. The flowchart which shows the graph production | generation process (2) accompanying the dictionary search process (2) of 2nd Embodiment of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG. FIG. 14 is a view showing image data associated with a searched entry word stored in a search history registration data memory 26 f ′ of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG. 10 is a view showing a search history graph Sh ′ generated according to the graph generation processing (2) of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10; The figure which shows the description information display screen Ge displayed according to the dictionary search process (2) of 2nd Embodiment of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance configuration of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of the electronic device provided with the dictionary function of the present invention.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured as a portable device dedicated to an electronic dictionary described below, or is a touch panel type PDA (personal digital assistants) having a dictionary function, a PC (personal computer), a mobile phone, an electronic book, It is configured as a portable game machine or the like.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured by including a foldable case in which the main body case 11 and the lid case 12 can be deployed / blocked via the hinge portion 13. A character input key 14a, a dictionary designation key 14b, a [translation / determination] key 14c, a [back] key 14d, a cursor key 14e, a page feed key 14f, etc. are provided on the surface of the main body case 11 in which the folded type case is expanded. A key input unit 14 and a touch panel type sub display unit 15 are provided.

  The touch panel type sub display unit 15 has a structure in which a touch position detection device for detecting a position touched by a user with a pen or a finger and a display device are integrated, for example, 256 × in front of the center of the key input unit 14. A transparent touch panel 15t is superimposed on a backlit color liquid crystal display screen 15d of 64 dots. The sub display unit 15 is switched to a handwritten character input area for inputting handwritten characters, a key input area for various functions, or an area where the respective areas are mixed, as necessary.

  Then, the locus associated with the handwriting input in the state where the sub display unit 15 is switched to the handwriting character input area is echoed back and displayed on the backlit color liquid crystal display screen 15d.

  Further, on the surface of the lid case 12, a touch panel main display unit 16 with a backlight of, for example, 480 × 320 dots is provided for almost the entire surface, and an imaging unit is provided on the back side of the lid case 12. 17 are provided.

  Similar to the sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16 also has a structure in which a display unit and a touch position detection device for detecting a position touched by a user with a pen or a finger are integrated. A transparent touch panel 16t is configured to be superimposed on the attached color liquid crystal display screen 16d.

  Then, the electronic dictionary device 10 forms a line along the search word input area Ak of the entry word search screen G indicating in which position each entry word registered as a search history exists in the selected dictionary. A graph generation display function for generating and displaying a search history graph Sh for indicating by marks M1, M2,..., Mn, and an entry word corresponding to the mark Mn according to a touch operation on the mark Mn of the search history graph Sh In the mark corresponding entry word explanation display function to display the explanation information of each time, every time when the character of the search word is inputted into the search word input area Ak one by one, incremental search is performed to search for the entry word that matches the input character string ahead A search function, along with this incremental search, extracts a series of entry words that are in agreement with the search term, and reverses the leading entry word A heading list display function for setting a Cu and displaying a list in the heading list area Lm, of the headings listed in the heading list area Lm, a description corresponding to the heading designated by the reverse cursor Cu It has a preview display function of displaying information in the preview area Pv, and an explanatory information display function of expanding and displaying the explanatory information of the headword displayed in the preview area Pv on the entire screen.

  In the graph generation and display function, when the search word character is input to the search word input area Ak, the search history graph is applied to the range of the dictionary of all entry words that are in agreement with the input search word. Regenerate Sh and display it. In the electronic dictionary device 10 shown in FIG. 1, when the search word character "C" is input, the range of all entry words in front matching with the character "C", that is, in the selected English-Japanese dictionary It shows a specific example in which the search history graph Sh corresponding to the range between the head letter “C” and the next head letter “D” is regenerated and displayed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10. As shown in FIG.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 reads a program stored in various recording media and is configured by a computer whose operation is controlled by the read program, and a CPU (central processing unit) 21 is provided in the electronic circuit. Be

  The CPU 21 is a device control program 22a stored in advance in the storage device 22 or a device control program 22a read from the external storage medium 23 such as a ROM card via the storage medium reading unit 24 into the storage device 22 or the Internet. In accordance with the device control program 22a read from the Web server (in this case, the program server) 30 on the storage device 22 from the Web server 30 (in this case, the program server) 30, the operation of each part of the circuit is controlled using the RAM 26 as a working memory.

  The device control program 22 a stored in the storage device 22 is an input signal according to a user operation from the key input unit 14, the touch panel sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16, or a user operation from the imaging unit 17. Are started in response to communication signals with the imaging signals corresponding to each of the Web servers 30 on the Internet N connected via the communication unit 25.

  As described above, the storage device 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the communication unit 25, the RAM 26, the key input unit 14, the touch panel sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16, and the imaging unit 17 are connected to the CPU 21. Be done.

  The storage device 22 includes, as a device control program 22 a, a system program that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary device 10, each Web server 30 on the Internet N via a communication unit 25. And the like are stored. In addition, as the device control program 22a, search term input processing, headword search processing corresponding to the search term, list display processing with search headword previewed, various terms such as word meaning / example / explanation corresponding to the selected headword Reading display processing of explanation information, registration processing of search history, generation display processing of search history graph Sh based on registration information of search history, explanation information of searched headword according to user operation for mark Mn of search history graph Sh A dictionary search program for controlling search / history registration based on the dictionary database 22b in the storage device 22 such as readout display processing and overall display processing is stored.

  In the dictionary database 22b, for example, [Japanese dictionary] in which Japanese explanation information is described in association with Japanese entry words arranged in alphabetical order, and is associated with English entry words arranged alphabetically English-Japanese dictionary describing explanatory information in Japanese, English-Japanese dictionary describing explanatory information in English in association with Japanese entry words, and explanatory information in association with entry words in various genres A plurality of types of dictionary data are stored in advance or downloaded and stored, including [Encyclopedia] in which is described.

  In the RAM 26, an input data memory 26a, a main screen data memory 26b, a sub screen data memory 26c, a search term data memory 26d, a search entry word data memory 26e, a search history registration data memory 26f and the like are secured.

  The input data memory 26a sequentially stores individual input data according to user operations of the key input unit 14 and the touch panels 15t and 16t.

  In the main screen data memory 26b, display data to be displayed on the touch panel type main display unit 16 is expanded into a bitmap pattern and stored.

  Display data to be displayed on the touch panel sub display unit 15 is expanded into a bitmap pattern and stored in the sub screen data memory 26c.

  The search term data memory 26d stores a character string of the search term input in the search term input area Ak of the dictionary selected as the search target.

  In the search entry word data memory 26e, from the dictionary selected as the search object, an entry word having a prefix match with the search term stored in the search term data memory 26d is searched and stored.

  In the search history registration data memory 26f, as the explanatory information of the entry word retrieved from the dictionary is displayed, the acquisition position of the entry word in the entire dictionary is calculated, and the entry word is calculated. It is stored and accumulated together with the information on the acquisition position.

  In the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above, the CPU 21 controls the device control program 22a (search term input process, entry word search process, entry word list display process with preview, explanation information display process of selected entry word, search history Of the circuit in accordance with the instructions described in the registration process, the process of generating and displaying the search history graph Sh, and the process of displaying the explanatory information display process of the searched headword according to the user operation on the search history graph Sh. By controlling the operation and the software and the hardware operating in cooperation, the functions described in the following operation description are realized.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 with the above configuration will be described.

First Embodiment
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search process (1) of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing graph generation processing (1) accompanying the dictionary search processing (1) of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the registration position of the latest history and the reading order of the registration history in the search history registration data memory 26 f in accordance with the dictionary search process of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing a specific example of the display operation involved in the dictionary search process of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10. As shown in FIG.

  When a user-selected dictionary, for example, [English-Japanese Dictionary] is selected by the dictionary specification key 14b, a dictionary search screen G (see FIG. 6A) corresponding to the selected dictionary [English-Japanese Dictionary] is displayed on the main display unit 16. It is displayed (step S1). Next, the process proceeds to graph generation processing (1) in FIG. 4 and display processing of the search history graph Sh is executed (step S2A).

  In this graph generation process (1), first, it is judged whether or not the display is an initial display immediately after the user's arbitrary dictionary is selected (step A1). Here, since it is determined that the display is the initial display (step A1 (Yes)), the capacity of the entire selected dictionary is set as the range of the graph to be generated (step A2).

  Then, each entry word searched in the past and the position information in the dictionary stored in the search history registration data memory 26 f (see FIG. 5) are read out, and as shown in FIG. A search history graph Sh in which marks M1, M2,..., M10 indicating the positions of the respective entry words in the whole dictionary are arranged is generated and displayed (step A3).

  In the initial display state of the dictionary search screen G in which the search history graph Sh having the entire dictionary as a graph range is displayed, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, the search term input area Ak of the dictionary search screen G. If the character "c" that constitutes the entry word to be searched is input (step S3 (Yes)), the entry word that matches the character "c" of the search term is searched from the [English-Japanese dictionary] (Step S4).

  Then, the process shifts to the graph generation process (1) in FIG. 4 again, and the redisplay process of the search history graph Sh is executed (step S5A).

  In this graph generation processing (1), it is determined that the character "c" has been input to the search term input area Ak (step A4 (Yes)), so the input (heading) in the selected dictionary is made. The capacity between the letter "C" and the next (heading) letter "D" is set as the range of the graph to be generated (step A5). That is, in this case, it is set as a range of the entire entry word starting from "C".

  Then, in the range between the index characters “C” and “D” of the set dictionary, each entry word searched in the past stored in the search history registration data memory 26 f (see FIG. 5) and its number Position information is read out, and a search history graph Sh in which marks M1, M2,..., M6 indicating the positions of the respective entry words in the entry ranges “C” to “D” of the dictionary are re-generated and It is displayed (step A6).

  Then, in the step S4, each headword whose word matches the character "c" of the search word searched from the [English-Japanese Dictionary] is displayed as a list in the headword list area Lm and the head identified and displayed by the reverse cursor Cu. The explanatory information of the entry word "Ca" is displayed on the preview area Pv (step S6).

  Thereafter, when the next character forming the entry word to be searched for in the search word input area Ak, for example, "a" is additionally input (step S7 (Yes)), a character string including the character additionally input The headword that is matched with the head is searched and listed in the headword list area Lm, and the narrowed range between the character string "CA" and the next head letter "CB" ("CA" The search history graph Sh corresponding to the range of the entire headword to be started is regenerated and displayed (steps S4 to S6). In this way, each time a search character is added, the range of the search history graph is narrowed and displayed again.

  Then, when any of the entry words listed in the entry word list area Lm is selected (step S8 (Yes)), the explanation information of the selected entry word is read out from the [English-Japanese dictionary] (Step S9) The information is displayed on the substantially full screen of the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen Ge (Step S10).

  Then, the selected entry word and its positional information in the dictionary are additionally registered in the search history registration data memory 26f (see FIG. 5) and stored (step S11).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 (B), in the display state of the entry word list area Lm corresponding to the character of the search word input to the search word input area Ak, the search history graph Sh is displayed by a touch operation or the like. It is determined that the search history graph Sh is specified by a touch operation or the like in the initial display state of the dictionary search screen G, as shown in FIG. 6A, or it is determined that it is specified (step S12 (Yes)) If it is determined that there is no (step S13 (Yes)), the process proceeds to step S14 and subsequent steps.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6C, in the initial display state of the dictionary search screen G, the range E in which the marks M1, M2,... In the search history graph Sh are included (here, the marks M1 to M3 are When it is determined that the surrounding range is specified as being surrounded by a pen (Steps S13 and S16 (Yes)), the process is transferred to the graph generation process (1) in FIG. 4 again, and the specified marks M1 to M3 are surrounded. Redisplay processing of the search history graph Sh corresponding to the range E is executed (step S17A).

  In this graph generation process (1), it is determined that the range E surrounding the marks M1 to M3 in the search history graph Sh is designated (step A7 (Yes)), the capacity of the dictionary corresponding to the designated range Is set as the range of the graph to be generated (step A8).

  The search history registration data memory 26f (see FIG. 5) is in the range of the dictionary set by surrounding the marks M1 to M3 of the search history graph Sh (for example, the range of the heading characters "CE" to "CY"). As shown in FIG. 6 (D), each stored entry word which has been searched in the past and its position information (here, each entry word corresponding to the marks M1, M2, and M3 and its position information) are read out. Then, the search history graph Sh in which only the marks M1, M2 and M3 indicating the positions of the respective entry words are arranged is regenerated and displayed (step A9).

  In the graph generation process (1) (steps S2A / S5A / S17A), each entry word searched for in the set graph range and its position information read from the search history registration data memory 26f are: As shown in FIG. 5, since the index words are sequentially read from the index words registered in the past, the marks Mn... Corresponding to each index word of the search history graph Sh generated along with this are registered in the past The entry word mark Mn is displayed first, and then the entry word mark Mm registered thereafter is overwritten in order. For this reason, if the display color of each mark Mn ... corresponding to each registered entry word is displayed as lighter as in the past, the position of the retrieved entry word within the set graph range is displayed Not only confirmation but also the elapsed time after registration can be easily determined.

  Then, as described with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6D, in the dictionary search screen G on which the search history graph Sh is displayed, an arbitrary mark Mn shown in the search history graph Sh Is determined (step S14 (Yes)), the description information of the headword stored in the search history registration data memory 26f is the above-mentioned [English-Japanese dictionary] together with the position information corresponding to the specified mark Mn. Are displayed on the substantially full screen of the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen Ge (step S15).

  Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 6D, in the dictionary search screen G in which the search history graph Sh corresponding to the range of the heading characters “CE” to “CY” in the [English-Japanese dictionary] is displayed. As shown in FIG. 6E, when it is determined that the mark M1 indicated in the search history graph Sh is designated (step S14 (Yes)), the position information corresponding to the designated mark M1 is used together with the position information. The explanation information of the entry word [chafer] stored in the search history registration data memory 26f is read out and displayed on the main display unit 16 as the explanation information display screen Ge (step S15).

  Therefore, according to the dictionary search function of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, an arbitrary entry word is searched for the dictionary data selected by the user, and the explanation information of the entry word is displayed. The retrieved entry word is stored and accumulated in the search history registration data memory 16f together with the information on the acquisition position in the dictionary data. Then, on the dictionary search screen G for inputting a search term according to the dictionary to be searched, the dictionary data is obtained based on each searched entry word stored in the search history registration data memory 16f and the position information in the dictionary. A search history graph Sh in which marks Mn... Indicating the positions of the respective entry words with respect to the range are arranged is generated and displayed. When the mark Mn displayed in the search history graph Sh is designated according to the user operation, the searched entry word corresponding to the designated mark Mn and the explanation information thereof are read out, and the explanation information display screen Ge is displayed. Is displayed.

  For this reason, when carrying out a dictionary search, it becomes possible to perform language learning with enhanced motivation for learning, both visually and sensibly, like a dictionary-based learning method when drawing a paper dictionary.

  Further, according to the dictionary search function of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-mentioned configuration, a character string constituting an entry word to be searched is sequentially input to the search term input area Ak of the dictionary search screen G. The search history graph uses as a graph range dictionary data (the entire headword starting with the input character (string)) narrowed between the input character string and the next character each time a character is input. Sh is regenerated and displayed.

  For this reason, every time when the character of the search word is input, the search history graph showing the position of the entry word already searched in the past by the mark Mn ... is narrowed down to the dictionary range of the entire entry word starting with the input character string Sh can be redisplayed.

  Furthermore, according to the dictionary search function of the first embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above configuration, when a range including the marks Mn displayed on the search history graph Sh is designated, the range is limited to the designated range. The search history graph Sh is re-generated and displayed with the obtained dictionary data (the entire entry word starting with the entry character (string) at the beginning of the designated range) as the graph range.

  For this reason, in the search history graph Sh, by designating a range E in which a plurality of marks Mn are mixed, a search history graph in which an interval of each mark Mn is opened within a graph range narrowed to the range E is specified. Sh can be redisplayed.

  In the first embodiment, the search history graph Sh displayed on the dictionary search screen G includes line-shaped marks M1, M2,. , Mn are arranged and displayed. On the other hand, as will be described in the second embodiment, the search history registration data memory 26f stores explanatory information of the entry word together with information of the retrieved entry word and the acquisition position in the dictionary data. When the image is displayed, the user's arbitrary image photographed by the imaging unit 17 is associated and stored. Then, in the search history graph Sh, the search history registration data is an image associated with the entry word together with linear marks M1, M2,..., Mn indicating the acquisition position of each entry word already searched. When stored in the memory 26f, the thumbnails P1, P2,... Of the image may be added and displayed. According to this, not only the position of the searched entry word in the dictionary selected as the search target can be confirmed by the search history graph Sh, but also the situation when the entry word is searched is also confirmed by the thumbnail Pn can do.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the dictionary search process (2) of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a graph generation process (2) involved in the dictionary search process (2) of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing image data associated with a searched entry word stored in the search history registration data memory 26 f ′ of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 10 is a view showing a search history graph Sh ′ generated according to the graph generation processing (2) of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 11 is a view showing an explanatory information display screen Ge displayed according to the dictionary search process (2) of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  In the dictionary search process (2) and the graph generation process (2) of the second embodiment, the same steps as the dictionary search process (1) and the graph generation process (1) of the first embodiment are the same. It attaches a code | symbol and abbreviate | omits the description.

  That is, in the dictionary search process (2) of the second embodiment, a search character is input, and an arbitrary entry word is selected from the entry words listed and displayed in the entry word list area Lm, and the selected entry word is selected. When the explanatory information corresponding to the entry word is displayed as the instruction information display screen Ge (step S10), when registering the entry word as a search history, a message asking the user whether to paste and register the photographed image is output (Not shown). On the other hand, when the user selects to register the image (step S10a (Yes)), and the user's arbitrary image is photographed by the imaging unit 17 (step S10b), as shown in FIG. The photographed image Pn is stored in the memory 26f ′ in association with the selected entry word and the position information in the dictionary (step S10c). Note that information of shooting date and time may be added to the data of the captured image Pn.

  Then, any entry word is selected from the entry words listed in the entry word list area Lm (steps S6 to S8), and the explanation information corresponding to the selected entry word is selected from the dictionary being selected When the image Pn is stored in the search history registration data memory 26f '(see FIG. 9) in association with the entry word when read (step S9), the image Pn is read out. (Step S9 ′) For example, as shown in FIG. 11, an explanatory information display screen Ge in which the image Pn is expanded is displayed together with the explanatory information corresponding to the selected entry word (step S10).

  As a result, the text or object of the page of the book, which is the target of the entry word search when the entry word has been searched in the past, a signboard, a Web image, etc. are photographed for the entry word searched in the past. If it is stored in the image, the image taken at the time of displaying the explanatory information about the headword is also displayed at the same time, so the situation where the headword is searched is understood, and it is fun and also visually In other words, it will be possible to study language with enhanced motivation.

  Further, in the graph generation process (2) accompanying the dictionary search process (2) of the second embodiment, in the case of the first graph generation process (step S2A ') according to the dictionary selection (step S1), In the case of the graph generation process (step S5A ') accompanying the entry word search process (steps S3 and S4) according to the character input, the range specification surrounding the arbitrary mark Mn ... for the search history graph Sh' (step S16 (Yes) In any case of the graph generation process (step S17A ') according to), the retrieved history data read from the search history registration data memory 26f' (see FIG. 9) corresponding to the set graph range. When the images P1, P2... Are associated with each entry word and the position information thereof, as shown in FIG. 10, marks M1, M2,. A search history graph Sh ′ is generated in which thumbnails P1, P2,... Of images are added and arranged immediately above the mark, and displayed along the search term input area Ak in the dictionary search screen G as in the first embodiment. (Steps A3 '/ A6' / A9 ').

  Here, each entry word searched in the past stored in the search history registration data memory 26f 'is sequentially read out from entry words registered in the past, as in the first embodiment (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the marks Mn... And the image thumbnails Pn... Corresponding to the respective entry words of the search history graph Sh ′ (see FIG. 10) generated along with this are marks Mn of entry words registered in the past and the thumbnails Pn Is displayed first, and the mark Mm of the entry word registered thereafter and the thumbnail Pm are sequentially overwritten and displayed.

  Thereby, only by looking at the search history graph Sh ′ displayed on the dictionary search screen G, in the dictionary data corresponding to the range of the graph, mark M1 where the entry word searched in the past is located , M2, ... can not only be easily known, but by the thumbnails P1, P2, ... added to the marks M1, M2, ..., recalling the circumstances under which the searched entry has been searched It can be associated.

  Then, in the search history graph Sh '(see FIG. 10) displayed on the dictionary search screen G, for example, when it is determined that the thumbnail P1 is specified (step S13a (Yes)), the image of the specified thumbnail P1 The explanatory information of the entry word [bicycle] stored in the search history registration data memory 26f 'is read out in association with the main information display screen Ge together with the image P1 as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the part 16 (step S13 b).

  Therefore, according to the dictionary search function of the second embodiment of the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above, the search term registered in the search history registration data memory 26f 'is matched with the image taken when the search is performed. When the search history graph Sh 'is generated and displayed, the thumbnails P1 and P2 of the images associated with the marks M1, M2,... , ... is displayed.

  For this reason, as in the first embodiment, not only the dictionary search operation can be performed as in the dictionary-based learning method when drawing a paper dictionary using the search history graph Sh ′, but also visual In addition, it is possible to make language learning more motivated to learn more effectively.

  The method and database of each process by the electronic dictionary device 10 described in each of the above embodiments, that is, the dictionary search process (1) of the first embodiment shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. The memory card (a ROM card, a RAM card, etc.) is a program that can be executed by the computer as any program that can be executed by the computer, as well as the respective methods such as dictionary search processing (2) of the second embodiment shown in the flowchart Can be stored and distributed in an external recording medium 23 such as a magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc. Then, the computer of the electronic device provided with the touch panel type display unit (16) reads the program recorded in the external recording medium 23 into the storage device 22, and the operation is controlled by the read program. The same processing by the above-described method is realized by realizing the generation display function of the search history graph Sh (Sh ′) described in the embodiment and the specification display function of the searched headword using the search history graph Sh (Sh ′). Can be performed.

  Further, data of a program for realizing the respective methods can be transmitted on the network N as a form of program code, and the program data is transmitted to a computer of an electronic device provided with a touch panel display unit (16). By taking in by the communication unit 25, it is possible to realize the generation display function of the search history graph Sh (Sh ') described above and the specification display function of the searched entry word using the search history graph Sh (Sh'). .

  Although each embodiment of the electronic device provided with the dictionary function has been described as executing all operations of the dictionary search process in the dedicated device as the electronic dictionary device 10, the electronic device provided with the dictionary function is a cloud You may comprise as a server apparatus of a system.

  That is, in this case, a dictionary search screen corresponding to the selected dictionary is input by the user from the terminal device such as a tablet terminal having the dictionary database 22b and having a user interface in the server device. G is generated, and the display data is output to the terminal device and displayed. Further, by inputting from the terminal device a user-arbitrary search term according to the dictionary search screen G, a search term corresponding to the character (string) of the search term is searched, and the explanatory information display corresponding to the search term The screen Ge is generated, and the display data is output to the terminal device and displayed. At this time, the retrieved entry word is registered as a search history (26f) together with its in-dictionary position information. The dictionary search screen G is generated by combining a search history graph Sh generated by arranging marks M1, M2,... Indicating positions in the dictionary of each entry word registered as the search history (26f). Then, by inputting from the terminal device the contents of designation for the user's arbitrary mark Mn arranged in the search history graph Sh in the dictionary search screen G, the search for the searched entry word corresponding to the specified mark Mn The explanation information is read out from the selected dictionary to generate an explanation information display screen Ge, and the display data is outputted to the terminal device and displayed.

  In the case of a system comprising a terminal device and a server device, the memory for storing dictionary data, the search means, the memory for storing search history, and the means for generating a search history graph are It is possible to arbitrarily select which one to prepare according to the dictionary search system.

  According to this, even if the terminal device does not have a special function, by accessing the server device, a search term corresponding to the search term input by the user is searched and the display screen Ge of the explanation information is displayed. As a matter of course, it is possible to use the search history graph Sh to confirm the position in the dictionary of the entry words searched in the past by the marks M1, M2,... Or designate the mark Mn to correspond to the mark Mn. It is possible to display an explanatory information display screen Ge of the searched entry word.

  For this reason, as in the electronic dictionary device 10 described in each of the above-described embodiments, not only dictionary search but also learning motivation both visually and sensibly like a dictionary-based learning method when drawing a paper dictionary Enables enhanced language learning.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified at the implementation stage without departing from the scope of the invention. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions of various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriate combinations of a plurality of disclosed configuration requirements. For example, even if some of the configuration requirements are removed from all the configuration requirements shown in each embodiment or some configuration requirements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the section of the problem to be solved by the invention In the case where the problem described in the column of “effects of the invention” is obtained, a configuration in which the constituent requirements are eliminated or combined can be extracted as the invention.

  In the following, the invention described in the original claims of the present application is appended.

[1]
Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of entry words are acquired;
A headword search means for searching for a headword from the dictionary data stored by the dictionary storage means;
Search history storage means for storing the entry words searched by the entry word search means;
Search history display means for displaying a search history graph in which a mark indicating which position in the range of the dictionary data the entry word stored by the search history storage means is located;
History headword display means for displaying a headword corresponding to the designated mark when an arbitrary mark displayed by the search history display means is specified according to a user operation;
An electronic device having a dictionary function characterized by comprising.

[2]
An image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image according to a user operation;
The search history storage means stores the entry word retrieved by the entry word search means in association with the image acquired by the image acquisition means.
The search history display means displays a mark indicating where in the range of the dictionary data the entry word stored by the search history storage means is in, along with the image stored in association with the entry word. Let
Electronic equipment provided with the dictionary function according to [1], characterized in that.

[3]
A search term input unit for inputting a search term according to user operation;
The entry word search unit searches the entry data corresponding to the search term input by the search term input unit from the dictionary data stored by the dictionary storage unit.
When the search term input by the search term input means is input, the search history display means sets a range of dictionary data in which a headword corresponding to the search term is stored, and the search history display means sets the search term. Search word correspondence history display means for displaying a mark indicating in which position the entry word stored by the search history storage means is in the range of dictionary data
An electronic device comprising the dictionary function according to [1] or [2], characterized in that.

[4]
When a range of dictionary data including an arbitrary mark displayed by the search history display means is specified according to a user operation, a heading stored by the search history storage means within the range of the specified dictionary data It has designated range correspondence history display means for displaying a mark indicating where the word is located,
An electronic device having the dictionary function according to any one of [1] to [3], characterized in that

[5]
A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device comprising a display unit and a storage unit, the program comprising:
The computer,
Dictionary storage means for storing, in the storage unit, dictionary data in which a plurality of entry words are acquired;
Entry word retrieval means for retrieving an entry word from the dictionary data stored by the dictionary storage means,
Search history storage means for storing the entry words retrieved by the entry word retrieval means in the storage unit,
Search history display means for displaying on the display unit a search history graph in which a mark indicating which position in the range of the dictionary data the entry word stored by the search history storage means is in is arranged;
History entry word display means for causing the display unit to display a headword corresponding to the designated mark when an arbitrary mark displayed by the search history display means is designated according to a user operation;
Computer readable program to function as.

[6]
A dictionary search system comprising a terminal device and a server device connected to the terminal device via a network, the dictionary search system comprising:
Dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which a plurality of entry words are acquired;
A headword search means for searching for a headword from the dictionary data stored by the dictionary storage means in accordance with the content of the user operation input from the terminal device;
Search entry word output control means for generating a display screen of the entry words searched by the entry word search means and outputting the display screen to the terminal device for display;
Search history storage means for storing the entry words searched by the entry word search means;
Search history graph output control for generating a search history graph in which a mark indicating which position in the range of the dictionary data the entry word stored by the search history storage means is in is generated and output to the terminal device for display Means,
In accordance with the designation of the user operation on the mark of the search history graph displayed on the terminal device by the search history graph output control means, a display screen of a headword corresponding to the designated mark is generated and output to the terminal device History entry word output control means for displaying
A dictionary search system characterized by comprising.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary apparatus 11 ... Body case 12 ... Lid case 13 ... Hinge part 14 ... Key input part 15 ... Touch-panel-type sub display part 16 ... Touch-panel-type main display part 17 ... Imaging part 21 ... CPU
22 ... storage device 22a ... device control program 22b ... dictionary database 23 ... external recording medium 24 ... recording medium reading unit 25 ... communication unit 26 ... RAM
26d ... search word data memory 26e ... search entry word data memory 26f (26f ') ... search history registration data memory 30 ... Web server N ... communication network G ... dictionary search screen Ak ... search word input area Sh ... search history graph Mn ... Mark (Indicates the position of searched entry words in the dictionary)
Lm ... Entry word list area Pv ... Preview area Ge ... Explanation information display screen Pn ... Optional registration image (thumbnail) at entry word search

Claims (7)

Search means for searching for arbitrary information by referring to an information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information in a predetermined arrangement order;
Storage control means for storing the information searched by the search means in the history storage means as a search history;
The arrangement position of the search history information stored in the history storage means is specified in which arrangement order among the plurality of pieces of information stored in the information storage means, and the specific arrangement A display control means for identifying and displaying the position as a display position within a layout display range indicating an arrangement range of each information stored in the information storage means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The display control means, when a layout range is set in each information stored in the information storage means, the specific arrangement position within the layout display range corresponding to the set layout range. To identify
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the this. When the display control means identifies and displays the specific arrangement position within the layout display range, it displays an image stored together with the information of the search history at the arrangement position as a thumbnail image.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The storage control means stores the information retrieved by the retrieval means in the history storage means together with the image when the information is retrieved.
The display control means displays, as the thumbnail image, an image stored together with the information when searching for the information.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that: An output control means for reading out and outputting information stored in the information storage means corresponding to the specific arrangement position when the specific arrangement position to be identified and displayed within the layout display range is designated;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: An information search method for searching information, which is executed by an information processing apparatus, comprising:
A search step of searching for arbitrary information by referring to an information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information in a predetermined arrangement order;
A storage control step of storing the information retrieved in the retrieval step in a history storage means as a retrieval history;
The arrangement position of the search history information stored in the history storage means is specified in which arrangement order among the plurality of pieces of information stored in the information storage means, and the specific arrangement A display control step of identifying and displaying the position as a display position within a layout display range indicating an arrangement range of each information stored in the information storage means;
Information search method consisting of A program for controlling a computer of an information processing apparatus capable of searching a plurality of pieces of information,
The computer,
Search means for searching for arbitrary information by referring to an information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information in a predetermined arrangement order;
Storage control means for storing the information searched by the search means in the history storage means as a search history;
The arrangement position of the search history information stored in the history storage means is specified in which arrangement order among the plurality of pieces of information stored in the information storage means, and the specific arrangement A display control means for identifying and displaying the position as a display position within a layout display range indicating an arrangement range of each information stored in the information storage means;
A program that is made to function as

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