JP4225829B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing program, and electronic dictionary apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus., EmotionInformation processing program, andElectronic dictionary deviceIn particular, can output relevant information, EmotionInformation processing program, andElectronic dictionary deviceAbout.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional electronic dictionary, when an arbitrary vocabulary is designated as a jump source, the dictionary jumps to a dictionary having the designated vocabulary as a headword. Specifically, Patent Literature 1 discloses an electronic dictionary that can display a translated word in a range from a headword when a Japanese vocabulary in an arbitrary range in an example sentence is designated.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-184854
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the function is insufficient when the designated vocabulary is displayed from a headword. An insufficient function is a function that a conventional electronic dictionary cannot accurately specify the meaning of a specified vocabulary. For example, the meaning of “take” includes “take”, “win”, “borrow”, “eat”, “select”, and “occupy”. The meaning of “take” in a sentence varies depending on the relationship between the sentence and “take”. Conventional electronic dictionaries display all vocabulary meanings without taking this change into account. Whether or not the user can understand the appropriate meaning of the vocabulary from these displays depends on the user's English ability. Sometimes the user may not know which of the indicated meanings is the proper meaning of the vocabulary. This means that the electronic dictionary has room for improvement as a dictionary. The reason why only such a function is provided is because it is difficult to accurately present information that explains the constituent elements based on the contents of the constituent elements in the sentence. This problem frequently occurs when learning a foreign language.
[0005]
  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to process information that can display information related to a constituent element of a sentence based on either the meaning or attribute of the constituent element in the sentence. apparatus, EmotionInformation processing program, andElectronic dictionary deviceIs to provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatusStores a plurality of dictionaries, and includes headword information that represents headwords in the dictionary, sentence information that represents one of the explanation words and example sentences of the headword, and one of meaning and attribute for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Storage means for associating information including accompanying information for identifying the data and classifying and storing the information for each dictionary; search means for searching for information in a predetermined dictionary stored in the storage means; and predetermined information searched by the search means Display means for displaying a sentence included in the dictionary information, a designation means for designating a component included in the sentence displayed on the display means, and an attachment included in the component designated by the designation means The information is called from the storage means, the vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from the information of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and the sentence information including the searched vocabulary is called from the storage means. Out, and a control means for displaying the text information on the display means.
[0007]
  That is, the storage meansStores a plurality of dictionaries, and includes headword information that represents headwords in the dictionary, sentence information that represents one of the explanation words and example sentences of the headword, and one of meaning and attribute for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Information including accompanying information for identifyingRemember.The search means searches for information in a predetermined dictionary stored in the storage means.Display meansIncluded in the information of the predetermined dictionary searched by the search meansDisplay a sentence. The designation means is displayed on the display means.SentenceSpecify the components included in. controlMeansBy designation meansThe specified componentHaveAccompanying informationFrom the storage means andAt least someMatchesDoThe vocabulary is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, the sentence information including the searched vocabulary is called from the storage means, and the sentence information is retrieved.Display on the display means. As a result, either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence is commonSentence informationIs displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can display information related to a sentence component based on either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence.
[0008]
  Also, the abovePredeterminedThe dictionary ofThe headword information representing the headword and the sentence information representing any one of the explanation sentence and example sentence of the headword information are a dictionary made of a language different from Japanese, and the plurality of dictionaries searched by the control means are: Either headword information or sentence information is in a language different from the language of the given dictionaryIt is desirable to be a dictionary.
[0009]
  That is,PredeterminedDictionaries of languages different from JapaneseConsists of headword information and sentence informationIn the dictionaryThe Multiple searched by control meansThe dictionary ofPredeterminedWhat is the dictionaryEither headword information or sentence informationA dictionary of different languagesTheThis allows you to use a different languageSentence informationAny of the components and meanings and attributes are common and associated with different dictionariesSentence informationIs displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can display information in different languages related to the constituent elements of the sentence based on either the meaning or attribute of the constituent elements in the sentence.
[0010]
  Or the aboveMultiple searched by control meansThe dictionary ofEither headword information or sentence information is in JapaneseIt is desirable to be a dictionary.
[0011]
  That is,Multiple searched by control meansThe dictionary ofEither headword information or sentence informationJapaneseConsist ofIn the dictionaryTheThisEither headword information or sentence informationJapaneseSentence informationIs displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of displaying Japanese information related to a sentence component based on either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence.
[0012]
  Also, the aboveControl meansIsBy designation meansThe specified componentHaveAccompanying informationFrom the storage means, and the accompanying informationDisplayMeans for controlling the display meansIt is desirable to include.
[0013]
  Ie, SystemMeans the specified componentHaveAccompanying informationNewsIt can be displayed on the display means. Thereby, the display means can display either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence of the designated component. As a result, based on either the meaning and attribute of the component in the sentence, an information processing apparatus capable of displaying either the explanation sentence or the example sentence, and the sentence representing either the meaning of the element or the attribute in the sentence is provided. it can.
[0014]
  In addition, the aboveSystemThe means isThe associated information included in the component designated by the designation means is called from the storage means, and a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and the searched vocabulary is included. The sentence information is recalled from the storage means, and the explanation sentence included in the sentence information is above the example sentence.It is desirable to include means for controlling the display means to display.
[0015]
  Ie, SystemThe means isThe commentary included in the sentence information above the example sentenceThe display means can be controlled so as to display on the screen. ThisCommentaryIsAbove the exampleIs displayed. As a result, based on either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence,CommentaryTheAbove the exampleIt is possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can be displayed on the screen.
[0016]
  In addition, the aboveSystemThe means isVocabulary in the sentence information displayed on the display meansIt is desirable to include means for controlling the display means so as to display the image in reverse video.
[0017]
  Ie, SystemThe means isThe vocabulary in the sentence information containing the vocabulary corresponding to the accompanying informationThe display means can be controlled to display in reverse video. ThisvocabularyIs highlighted. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of inverting and displaying information related to a sentence component based on either the meaning or attribute of the component in the sentence.
[0018]
  Also, the aboveControl meansIsBy designation meansThe specified componentIs called from the storage means, the vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and the sentence information including the searched vocabulary is called from the storage means. The specified componentAnd the example contains the same example sentenceMeans to call the text information and control the text information display meansIt is desirable to include.
[0019]
  That is,Sentence information containing vocabulary corresponding to accompanying informationCan contain example sentences with the same example as the specified component. Thereby, an example sentence with the same example as the designated component is displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an example sentence having the same example as the constituent element specified as the information related to the constituent element of the sentence based on either the meaning or attribute of the constituent element in the sentence.
[0020]
  Further, the above-mentioned control means calls the accompanying information included in the component designated by the designation means from the storage means, searches the information of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means for a vocabulary that matches the meaning of the accompanying information, Recall the sentence information containing the searched vocabulary from the storage means, and retrieve the sentence information.To display on the display meanshand ofIncludes steps.
[0021]
  That is,Sentence information included in the component designated by the designation means is called from the storage means, a vocabulary that matches the meaning of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and a sentence including the searched vocabulary is included. The control means has a means for calling the information from the storage means and displaying the sentence information on the display means.Including. This means that the meaning of the component in the sentence is based on the meaning of the component in the sentence.Sentence information containing vocabulary that matchesIs displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus that can display information related to a component of a sentence based on the meaning of the component in the sentence.
[0022]
  Also mentioned aboveThe control means calls the associated information of the component designated by the designation means from the storage means, searches the information of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means for a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information, and performs a search. Display the dictionary type and accompanying information on the display meansIt is desirable to include means for Alternatively, the information processing apparatus described aboveRetrieved by control meansIt is desirable to include selection means for selecting a dictionary specified by the user from the type of dictionary.
[0023]
  According to another aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatusStorage means that stores a plurality of dictionaries, associates sentences included in the plurality of dictionaries, and associated information that specifies any one of meaning and attribute for each component of the sentence, and classifies and stores each dictionary A designation means for designating any one of the constituent elements, a display means for displaying, and a control means for controlling the display means. The control means includes a predetermined dictionary among the plurality of dictionaries. A first means for controlling the display means so as to display any of the included sentences, and an associated item corresponding to the component designated by the designation means among the sentences displayed on the display means Search means for searching for a component that matches at least part of the information, and second means for controlling the display means so as to display a sentence including the component searched by the search means.
[0024]
  According to another aspect of the present invention, an information processing program isStores a plurality of dictionaries, and includes headword information that represents headwords in the dictionary, sentence information that represents one of the explanation words and example sentences of the headword, and one of meaning and attribute for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Information including accompanying information for identifyingStorage meansRecorded inRemembering memory steps,Included in the retrieval step for retrieving information of the predetermined dictionary stored in the storage step, and the information of the predetermined dictionary retrieved by the retrieval stepSentenceOn displayDisplay step to be displayed and displayed on the display device in the display step.SentenceA designation reading step for reading a designation by the designation operation when an operation for designating a constituent element included in is performed by the designation operation means;Calling the accompanying information of the component specified by the specifying step from the accompanying information stored by the storing step, searching the vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information from the information of the plurality of dictionaries stored in the storing step, The sentence information including the searched vocabulary is called from the sentence information stored in the storing step, and the sentence information is retrieved.Display step smellTableAnd causing the computer to execute control steps to be displayed on the display device.
[0025]
  That is, it is possible to provide an information processing program that realizes an information processing method capable of displaying information related to a constituent element of a sentence based on either the meaning or attribute of the constituent element in the sentence. According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic dictionary device isStores a plurality of dictionaries, and includes headword information that represents headwords in the dictionary, sentence information that represents one of the explanation words and example sentences of the headword, and one of meaning and attribute for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Storage means for associating information including accompanying information for identifying the data and classifying and storing the information for each dictionary; search means for searching for information in a predetermined dictionary stored in the storage means; and predetermined information searched by the search means Display means for displaying a sentence included in the dictionary information, a designation means for designating a component included in the sentence displayed on the display means, and an attachment included in the component designated by the designation means The information is called from the storage means, the vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from the information of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and the sentence information including the searched vocabulary is called from the storage means. Out, and a control means for displaying the text information on the display means.
[0026]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.
[0027]
Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic dictionary 10 according to the present embodiment includes an input key 11, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12, a RAM (Random-Access Memory) 13, and a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 14. And a display device 16 and a selection key 17. The input key 11 is connected to the CPU 12. Information input to the input key 11 is stored in a RAM 13 connected to the CPU 12. A ROM 14 is connected to the CPU 12. The ROM 14 includes headword information representing headwords, grammatical information representing phonetic symbols and original forms, sentence information representing either commentary sentences and example sentences, composition information representing meanings of sentence components, and accompanying information. Remember. These pieces of information are associated with each other. When any of these pieces of information is specified, other information can be specified. In the present embodiment, the address of the information to be associated is determined based on a certain rule. Thereby, information is matched. These pieces of information are stored in a state classified according to the purpose of use. The sentence information is associated with the classification by being classified in this way. In this embodiment, “dictionary” refers to the classification. Information categorized as “dictionary” is searched by the CPU 12 to play the same role as a dictionary as a book. The types of “dictionary” in the present embodiment are “English-Japanese dictionary”, “Japanese-English dictionary”, “English-English dictionary”, and “synonym dictionary”. The CPU 12 has a function of searching sentence information of “English-Japanese dictionary”, “Japanese-English dictionary”, “English-English dictionary”, and “synonym dictionary”. The headwords, explanation sentences, and example sentences can be detected by the CPU 12 based on the “dictionary” to which the headwords, explanation sentences, and example sentences are expressed. The configuration information is information representing the meaning of the component of the sentence. The type of configuration information is not particularly specified. The kind in this Embodiment is the meaning of a headword, and its analogy. The accompanying information is information associated with the sentence information, and is information that specifies either the meaning or attribute of the constituent element in the sentence for each constituent element of the sentence represented by the sentence information. The type of sentence information accompanied by the accompanying information is not particularly specified. Although the specific content represented by the accompanying information is not particularly specified, in the present embodiment, the content includes the original form, part of speech, meaning, synonym, and example sentence included in the dictionary and sentence information to which the user belongs. When there is an example sentence, the presence or absence of the example sentence is represented by an address at which sentence information representing the example sentence is stored. The example sentence in this case is the same example sentence as the constituent element associated with the accompanying information. If there is no example sentence, the presence or absence of the example sentence is indicated accordingly. The CPU 12 has a function of searching for accompanying information. A display device 16 is connected to the CPU 12. The display device 16 displays information. The information includes information representing characters input from the input key 11.
[0028]
Referring to FIG. 2, a front view of the appearance of electronic dictionary 10 according to the present embodiment is shown. The input keys 11 include an English-English dictionary key 22, a synonym dictionary key 23, an English-Japanese dictionary key 24, a Japanese-English dictionary key 25, a numeric key 26, and a character key 30. The selection key 17 includes a jump key 27, a scroll key 28, and an enter key 29. A signal input using the enter key 29 is detected by the CPU 12.
[0029]
Needless to say, the form of the electronic dictionary 10 is not limited to the specific example shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. Other functions not described in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 may be included, or not all of the functions described in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 may be included. For example, all the information stored in the ROM 14 may be stored in the RAM 13. Instead of the display device 16, an output terminal to the display may be included.
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 3, the program executed in electronic dictionary 10 has the following control structure regarding the process of outputting information.
[0031]
In step 1101 (hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S), the CPU 12 selects a dictionary for outputting information based on the input from the input key 11. Information representing the dictionary selected by the CPU 12 is displayed on the display device 16. In S1102, CPU 12 waits for a character input from character key 30. The CPU 12 causes the display device 16 to display information corresponding to the input character.
[0032]
In S1103, the CPU 12 waits for the enter key 29 to be pressed. When the enter key 29 is pressed, the CPU 12 searches for a group of information corresponding to the input information among sentence information belonging to the selected dictionary. These pieces of information are headwords corresponding to the input information, and phonetic symbols, explanations, and example sentences corresponding to the headwords. The CPU 12 displays the information on the display device 16.
[0033]
In S1104, CPU 12 determines whether or not to scroll. This determination is made based on the following two requirements. The first requirement is that the scroll key 28 is pressed. The second requirement is that the amount of information obtained by searching for sentence information exceeds the amount of information that can be displayed on the display device 16. If it is determined that scrolling is necessary (YES in S1104), the process proceeds to S1105. If not (NO in S1104), the process proceeds to S1106.
[0034]
In S <b> 1105, the CPU 12 changes the content of information displayed on the display device 16 according to the type of the pressed scroll key 28. When the contents are changed, scroll display is performed, and the user can see the hidden screen.
[0035]
In S1106, CPU 12 determines whether jump key 27 has been operated or not. If it is determined that it has been operated (YES in S1106), the process proceeds to S1107. If not (NO in S1106), the process proceeds to S1131.
[0036]
In S <b> 1107, the CPU 12 displays a cursor on the display device 16. The CPU 12 accepts selection of commentary sentences and example sentences written in English among the information displayed on the display device 16. The user selects the information using the scroll key 28 and the enter key 29. The scroll key 28 is used for designating information. When the scroll key 28 is pressed, the cursor displayed on the display device 16 moves. When the jump key 27 and the scroll key 28 are pressed at the same time, the trace of the movement of the cursor is highlighted. The CPU 12 regards the information of the highlighted part as the designated information. The decision key 29 is used to confirm the designated information. The selected information is read by the CPU 12 as information representing the jump source (vocabulary to be searched). When the selected information is read, the contents of the jump source and the accompanying information in the sentence are specified.
[0037]
In S1108, the CPU 12 calls the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source from the ROM 14 from the information of the dictionary selected in S1101. Since the information selected at this time is sentence information, accompanying information is attached.
[0038]
In S1109, CPU 12 selects a vocabulary in which the part of speech, meaning, and synonym of the accompanying information matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jumping source from the vocabulary included in the description having the jumping source of the “English-English dictionary” as the headword. Search for.
[0039]
In S1110, CPU 12 causes RAM 13 to store sentence information including the searched vocabulary (jump destination candidates) for “English-English dictionary”. When there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also causes the RAM 13 to store the example sentence specified by the accompanying information indicating the presence or absence of the example sentence.
[0040]
In S1111, the CPU 12 obtains a vocabulary in which the part of speech, the meaning, and the synonym of the accompanying information match the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source from the vocabulary included in the explanation of the “synonym dictionary” having the jump source as an entry word. Search for.
[0041]
In S1112, CPU 12 causes RAM 13 to store sentence information including jump destination candidates for “synonym dictionary”. When there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also causes the RAM 13 to store the example sentence specified by the accompanying information indicating the presence or absence of the example sentence.
[0042]
In S1113, the CPU 12 obtains a vocabulary in which the part of speech, meaning, and synonym of the accompanying information matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jumping source from the vocabulary included in the description of the “English-Japanese dictionary” with the jumping source as the headword. Search for.
[0043]
In S <b> 1114, CPU 12 causes RAM 13 to store sentence information including a jump destination candidate for “English-Japanese dictionary”. When there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also causes the RAM 13 to store the example sentence specified by the accompanying information indicating the presence or absence of the example sentence.
[0044]
At S1115, CPU 12 determines, among the configuration information corresponding to the “Japanese-English dictionary”, a vocabulary whose meaning matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source, and a vocabulary whose part of speech matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source. Search for.
[0045]
In S <b> 1116, CPU 12 causes RAM 13 to store configuration information including jump destination candidates for “Japanese-English dictionary”. When there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also causes the RAM 13 to store the example sentence specified by the accompanying information indicating the presence or absence of the example sentence.
[0046]
In S1117, the CPU 12 causes the display device 16 to display accompanying information of the jump source and accompanying information of the jump destination candidate. In S <b> 1118, CPU 12 accepts a jump destination selection using numeric key 26. The CPU 12 considers that a dictionary jump destination candidate corresponding to the input number has been selected.
[0047]
In S <b> 1119, the CPU 12 causes the display device 16 to display sentence information belonging to the “English-Japanese dictionary” among the information stored in the RAM 13. At S1120, CPU 12 causes the jump destination to be highlighted in the displayed sentence information belonging to the “English-Japanese dictionary”. In S1121, the CPU 12 causes the display device 16 to display example sentences corresponding to the highlighted sentence information among sentence information belonging to the “English-Japanese dictionary” based on information on whether or not there is an example sentence. In the present embodiment, the example sentence is displayed immediately after the highlighted vocabulary.
[0048]
In S <b> 1122, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display information belonging to “English-English dictionary” among the information stored in RAM 13. In S1123, the CPU 12 reversely displays the sentence information retrieved in S1111 among the sentence information belonging to the displayed “English-English dictionary”. In S <b> 1124, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display example sentences corresponding to the highlighted sentence information among sentence information belonging to “English-English dictionary” based on the information on whether or not there is an example sentence. In the present embodiment, the example sentence is displayed immediately after the highlighted vocabulary.
[0049]
In S <b> 1125, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display information belonging to the “Japanese-English dictionary” among the information stored in RAM 13. In S1126, CPU 12 highlights the sentence information searched in S1111 among the displayed configuration information belonging to the “Japanese-English dictionary”. In S <b> 1127, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display example sentences corresponding to the highlighted sentence information among sentence information belonging to the “Japanese-English dictionary” based on information on whether or not there is an example sentence. In the present embodiment, the example sentence is displayed immediately after the highlighted vocabulary.
[0050]
In S <b> 1128, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display information belonging to the “synonym dictionary” among the information stored in RAM 13. In S1129, the CPU 12 highlights the sentence information searched in S1111 among the sentence information belonging to the displayed “synonym dictionary”. In S 1130, CPU 12 causes display device 16 to display example sentences corresponding to the highlighted sentence information among sentence information belonging to “synonym dictionary” based on information on whether or not there is an example sentence. In the present embodiment, the example sentence is displayed immediately after the highlighted vocabulary.
[0051]
In S1131, CPU 12 determines whether or not input key 11 has been pressed. If it is determined that input key 11 has been pressed (YES in S1131), the process proceeds to S1103. The dictionary for outputting information is changed to a dictionary corresponding to the pressed key. If not (NO in S1131), the process ends.
[0052]
The operation of the electronic dictionary 10 based on the above structure and flowchart will be described. The following explanation is for the case where “take” in the example sentence “I take a room nearby” is designated as the jump source. In the present embodiment, this example sentence is included in an explanatory sentence having “nearby” in the “English-English dictionary” as a headword. 4-8 is a figure showing the display of the display apparatus 16 of the electronic dictionary 10 based on this Embodiment. The numbers in parentheses in the sentence represent the numbers of each step in FIG.
[0053]
[When the user chooses to jump to the “English-Japanese dictionary”]
The operation of the electronic dictionary 10 when the user selects to jump to the “English-Japanese dictionary” will be described.
[0054]
When the CPU 12 selects “English-English dictionary” based on the input from the input key 11, a display 31 of “English-English dictionary” is displayed on the display device 16 (S 1101). When, for example, “nearby” is input from the character key 30, the CPU 12 displays the word input to the display device 16 on the display device 16 (S1102). FIG. 4 shows a situation in which the word “nearby” input from the character key 30 is displayed.
[0055]
When the enter key 29 is pressed to see the explanation of “nearby”, the CPU 12 searches the sentence information belonging to the “English-English dictionary” for a group of information corresponding to the input “nearby”. Information representing the headword 41 (in this case, “nearby”), the phonetic symbol 42, the comment sentence 43, and the example sentence 44 is included in these pieces of information. The CPU 12 displays them on the display device 16 (S1103). FIG. 5 shows the display on the display device 16 at this time. When the display contents such as the explanatory sentence 43 and the example sentence 44 do not enter the screen, a scroll symbol 45 is displayed.
[0056]
When scroll symbol 45 is displayed and scroll key 28 is pressed (YES in S1104), CPU 12 changes the content of information displayed on display device 16. When the contents are changed, the user can see the hidden screen by scroll display (S1105).
[0057]
When the user operates jump key 27 in order to know the meaning of “take” in the last example sentence displayed on display device 16 (YES in S1106), a cursor is displayed on the screen of display device 16. The user designates “take” with the jump key 27 and the scroll key 28. The decision key 29 is used to confirm “take”. Information determined by the determination key 29 is read by the CPU 12 as information representing the jump source (S1107).
[0058]
When the information is read, the CPU 12 calls the accompanying information of the information “take” representing the jump source from the ROM 14 from the information classified as “English-English dictionary” (S1108). The accompanying information in this case is “English / English”, “take”, “verb”, “borrow”, “rent”, and “presence of example sentence”. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating vocabulary accompanying information for the last example sentence displayed on the display device 16. The accompanying information of “I” is “English / English”, “I”, “Noun”, “I”, and “Presence / absence of example sentence (specific details are omitted, the same applies hereinafter)”. The accompanying information of “take” is “English / English”, “take”, “verb”, “borrow”, “rent”, and “presence of example sentence”. The accompanying information of “a” is “English / English”, “a”, “indefinite article”, “one”, and “existence of example sentence”. The accompanying information of “room” is “English / English”, “room”, “noun”, “room”, “lodging”, and “existence of example sentence”. The accompanying information of “nearby” is “English-English”, “nearby”, “adverb”, “near”, “close”, and “presence of example sentence”.
[0059]
  When the accompanying information is called, the CPU 12 searches the vocabulary of the “English / English dictionary” for a vocabulary satisfying the following requirements (S1109). The requirement is that the part of speech in the vocabulary is “verb”, the meaning is “borrow”, andSynonymsIs "rent". The range of the search is a range of sentence information whose head word is the vocabulary “take” of the jump source. When the vocabulary is searched, the CPU 12 stores the sentence information including the jump destination candidate of the “English-English dictionary” in the RAM 13. If there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also stores the example sentence in the RAM 13 (S1110).
[0060]
  When the search result of the “English-English dictionary” is stored in the RAM 13, the CPU 12 searches the vocabulary of the “synonym dictionary” for a vocabulary that satisfies the following requirements (S1111). The requirement is that the part of speech in the vocabulary is “verb”, the meaning is “borrow”, andSynonymsIs "rent". The range of the search is a range of sentence information whose head word is the vocabulary “take” of the jump source. When the vocabulary is searched, the CPU 12 stores the sentence information including the jump destination candidate of the “synonym dictionary” in the RAM 13. If there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also stores the example sentence in the RAM 13 (S1112).
[0061]
  When the search result of the “synonym dictionary” is stored in the RAM 13, the CPU 12 searches the vocabulary of the “English-Japanese dictionary” for a vocabulary that satisfies the following requirements (S1113). The requirement is that the part of speech in the vocabulary is “verb”, the meaning is “borrow”, andSynonymsIs "rent". The range of the search is a range of sentence information whose head word is the vocabulary “take” of the jump source. When the vocabulary is retrieved, the CPU 12 causes the RAM 13 to store sentence information including jump destination candidates of the “English-Japanese dictionary”. If there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also stores the example sentence in the RAM 13 (S1114).
[0062]
When the search result of the “English-Japanese dictionary” is stored in the RAM 13, the CPU 12 searches the constituent information of the “Japanese-English dictionary” for a vocabulary that satisfies one of the following requirements (S 1115). The first requirement is that the meaning “take” matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source. The second requirement is that the part of speech “verb” matches the accompanying information of the information representing the jump source. When the configuration information is searched, the CPU 12 stores the configuration information including the jump destination candidate of the “Japanese-English dictionary” in the RAM 13. If there is an example sentence at the jump destination, the CPU 12 also stores the example sentence in the RAM 13 (S1116).
[0063]
When these vocabularies are stored in the RAM 13, the CPU 12 displays the accompanying information of the jump source and the accompanying information of the jump destination candidate on the display device 16 (S1117). FIG. 7 shows a display surface of the display device 16 at this time. By this display, the user can know that “take” is a verb whose original form is “take”, that the Japanese translation is “borrow”, the synonym is “rent”, and whether or not each example sentence exists. it can.
[0064]
When the jump destination is selected by the numeric key 26 (S1118), information corresponding to the selected dictionary among the information stored in the RAM 13 is displayed on the display device 16. When the selected jump destination is “3. English-Japanese”, the sentence information belonging to “English-Japanese dictionary” is displayed at the forefront of the display device 16 (S1119). On the display device 16, the jump destination “borrow” is highlighted (S1120). In this case, since there is an example sentence, the example sentence “take an apartment downtown” is displayed immediately after the jump destination (S1121). FIG. 8 shows a display example of the display device 16 at that time.
[0065]
[When the user chooses to jump to the "English-English Dictionary"]
An operation of the electronic dictionary 10 when the user selects to jump to the “English-English dictionary” will be described.
[0066]
When the selected jump destination is “1. English-English”, the sentence information belonging to “English-English dictionary” is displayed at the forefront of the display device 16 (S1122). The jump destination “rent” is displayed in reverse on the display device 16 (S1123). If there is an example sentence, the example sentence is displayed on the display device 16 (S1124).
[0067]
[When the user chooses to jump to the “Japanese-English Dictionary”]
An operation of the electronic dictionary 10 when the user selects to jump to the “Japanese-English dictionary” will be described.
[0068]
When the selected jump destination is “4. Japanese-English”, the configuration information belonging to the “Japanese-English dictionary” (for example, “borrow (pay))” is displayed at the top of the display device 16. (S1125). On the display device 16, the jump destination “borrow” is highlighted (S1126). If there is an example sentence, the example sentence is displayed on the display device 16 (S1127).
[0069]
[When the user chooses to jump to the “Thesaurus”]
The operation of the electronic dictionary 10 when the user selects to jump to the “synonym dictionary” will be described.
[0070]
If the selected jump destination is “2. Synonyms”, the sentence information (eg “RENT. Lease, hire, charter”) belonging to “Synonyms Dictionary” is displayed at the forefront of the display device 16 (S1128). The jump destination “rent” is highlighted on the display device 16 (S1129). If there is an example sentence, the example sentence is displayed on the display device 16 (S1130).
[0071]
An example of a conventional jump function will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a conventional electronic dictionary. For example, when “take” in the example sentence “I take a room nearby” is used as a jump source, “1. English” and “2” are displayed as candidates for the jump destination dictionary. .. Synonyms ”and“ 3. English-Japanese ”only. You cannot jump to the “Japanese-English Dictionary”. "Borrow" is not displayed at the top. When jumping to any of the “English-English dictionary”, “synonym dictionary”, and “English-Japanese dictionary”, the jump destinations are all displayed from the first line of the explanation with the headword “take”. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example when “3. English-Japanese” is selected as the jump destination using the conventional jump function. The meaning “borrow” of the “take” of the jump source is not specified. It is buried in the commentary.
[0072]
This conventional function merely performs a shortcut to a display screen using a vocabulary designated as a jump source as a headword. This conventional function does not directly indicate the meaning of the vocabulary in the example sentence. In the case of a vocabulary having a plurality of meanings such as “take”, it is impossible to directly determine which of the plurality of meanings “take” in the example sentence corresponds to. Whether or not the judgment is appropriate depends on the English ability of the user. The conventional electronic dictionary has room for improving the function as a dictionary.
[0073]
As described above, the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment can output information related to a word based on the contents of the word included in the commentary or example sentence. This information is, for example, the part of speech of the word, the meaning of the Japanese translation, the synonym, and an example sentence in which the word is used in the same example. This electronic dictionary can display information with a vocabulary representing the meaning of the jump source as a headword. For example, when the vocabulary “take” is designated as the jump source, the conventional electronic dictionary can display only the information of the dictionary having the vocabulary “take” as a headword. The electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment can also display “Japanese-English dictionary” information having “borrowing” as a headword. This electronic dictionary can display accompanying information such as the dictionary to which the jump belongs, the original form, the part of speech, the meaning, the synonym, and the presence of an example sentence. In this electronic dictionary, the vocabulary that is the jump destination can be placed at the beginning of the sentence and can be highlighted. For example, when jumping to “English-Japanese dictionary” (displaying information classified as “English-Japanese dictionary”), this electronic dictionary places an explanatory sentence including “borrow” at the beginning of the display, and the “borrow” "Can be highlighted. When jumping to the “Japanese-English dictionary”, this electronic dictionary can place an explanatory sentence including “take” at the beginning of the display, and can highlight the “take”. When jumping to the “synonym dictionary”, this electronic dictionary can place an explanatory sentence including “rent” at the head of the display, and can highlight the “rent”. As a result, it is possible to provide an electronic dictionary that can display information related to the constituent elements of the sentence based on any of the meanings and attributes of the constituent elements in the sentence, which is extremely effective for learning English.
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It should be noted that the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment may display not only explanations about combinations of English and Japanese, but also explanations about combinations of other languages. Examples of other language combinations are Chinese and Vietnamese, Korean and Russian, German and French, Portuguese and Dutch.
[0075]
Referring to FIG. 9, the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment also includes a CD-ROM (Com-pact Disc-Read Only Memory) driving device 18 or a CF (Compact Flash) memory card driving device 19. Good. In this case, the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment is realized by software executed by the computer hardware and the CPU 12. Generally, such software is stored and distributed in a recording medium such as the CF memory card 21 and the CD-ROM 20, and is read from the recording medium by the CF memory card driving device 19 or the CD-ROM driving device 18. The read software is stored in the RAM 13. This software is executed by the CPU 12. The electronic dictionary hardware itself shown in these figures is general. Therefore, the most essential part of the invention in this case is software recorded on a recording medium such as the CF memory card 21, the CD-ROM 20, and the RAM 13.
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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.
[0077]
【The invention's effect】
  Information processing apparatus according to the present invention, EmotionInformation processing program, andElectronic dictionary deviceCan display information related to the constituent elements of the sentence based on either the meaning or attribute of the constituent elements in the sentence.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of an electronic dictionary according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of an external appearance of an electronic dictionary according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of display processing of the electronic dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a headword display screen displayed on the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for commentary and the like displayed on the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating vocabulary accompanying information displayed on the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing accompanying information of jump sources and jump destination candidates displayed on the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a jump destination displayed on the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a control block diagram of an electronic dictionary according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of jump destination candidates displayed on a display device of a conventional example.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a jump destination displayed on a display device of a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 electronic dictionary, 11 input keys, 12 CPU, 13 RAM, 14 ROM, 16 display device, 17 selection key, 18 CD-ROM drive device, 19 CF memory card drive device, 20 CD-ROM, 21 CF memory card, 22 English-English dictionary key, 23 synonym dictionary key, 24 English-Japanese dictionary key, 25 Japanese-English dictionary key, 26 numeric key, 27 jump key, 28 scroll key, 29 decision key, 30 character key.

Claims (13)

A plurality of dictionaries are stored, headword information representing headwords in the dictionary, sentence information representing any of the explanation sentences and example sentences of the headwords, and meanings and attributes for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Storage means for associating information including accompanying information specifying any of the above and classifying and storing for each dictionary ,
Search means for searching for information in a predetermined dictionary stored in the storage means;
Display means for displaying a sentence included in the information of the predetermined dictionary searched by the search means ;
A designation means for designating a component included in the sentence displayed on the display means;
Accompanying information included in the component specified by the specifying means is called from the storage means, and a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and searched. call vocabulary sentence information including from the storage unit, the information processing apparatus including a control means for displaying the text information on the display means. The predetermined dictionary is a dictionary in which headword information representing a headword and sentence information representing either a commentary sentence or an example sentence of the headword information are in a language different from Japanese ,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of dictionaries searched by the control unit are dictionaries in which any one of the entry word information and the sentence information is in a language different from the language of the predetermined dictionary . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of dictionaries searched by the control unit are dictionaries in which one of the headword information and the sentence information is in Japanese . The control means includes
The accompanying information included in a given component by the specifying means calls from said storage means includes means for controlling said display means so as to display the associated information, according to any of claims 1 to 3 Information processing device. Before Symbol control means,
Accompanying information included in the component specified by the specifying means is called from the storage means, and a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and searched. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for calling up sentence information including vocabulary from the storage unit and controlling the display unit so that the explanatory sentence included in the sentence information is displayed above the example sentence. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Before SL control means, in the statement information displayed on said display means includes means for controlling said display unit to highlight the vocabulary, according to any one of claims 1 to 4 Information processing device. The control means includes
Accompanying information included in the component specified by the specifying means is called from the storage means, and a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and searched. And a means for calling sentence information including an example sentence whose example is the same as a designated component when calling sentence information including vocabulary from the storage means, and means for controlling the display means for the sentence information. Item 5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 4. The control means includes
The associated information included in the component designated by the designating means is called from the storage means, the vocabulary that matches the meaning of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and the searched vocabulary is the sentence information contained calls from said storage means comprises a hand stage for displaying the text information on the display unit, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The control means includes
The accompanying information included in a given component by designating means calls from said storage means, retrieves from a plurality of dictionary information vocabulary that matches at least a portion stored in the storage means of the accompanying information, and search The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for causing the display means to display a dictionary type and the accompanying information . The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a selection unit that selects a dictionary specified by a user from a type of dictionary searched by the control unit . A plurality of dictionaries are stored, and sentences included in the plurality of dictionaries are associated with associated information that specifies either meaning or attribute for each component of the sentence, and are classified and stored for each dictionary. storage means for,
Designation means for designating any of the components;
Display means for displaying;
Control means for controlling the display means,
The control means includes
First means for controlling the display means to display any sentence of sentences included in a predetermined dictionary among the plurality of dictionaries;
Searching means for searching at least the component part matching associated information corresponding to the designated structure Naruyo containing by said designating means out of the sentence displayed on the display means,
Statements that contain the components the searching means searches To display so, and a second means for controlling said display means, the information processing apparatus. A plurality of dictionaries are stored, headword information representing headwords in the dictionary, sentence information representing any of the explanation sentences and example sentences of the headwords, and meanings and attributes for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information a storage step in association with information including the accompanying information for specifying any of to memorize in the memory means and classified according to the dictionary,
A retrieval step for retrieving information of the predetermined dictionary stored in the storage step;
A display step of causing a display device to display a sentence included in the information of the predetermined dictionary searched by the search step ;
A designation reading step for reading a designation by the designation operation when an operation for designating a component included in the sentence displayed on the display device in the display step is performed by the designation operation means;
Information of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage step, the vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is called from the accompanying information stored in the storing step and the accompanying information included in the component specified in the specifying step is called For retrieving from the sentence information stored in the storage step, and causing the computer to execute a control step of displaying the sentence information on the display device in the display step. Information processing program. A plurality of dictionaries are stored, headword information representing headwords in the dictionary, sentence information representing any of the explanation sentences and example sentences of the headwords, and meanings and attributes for each component of the sentence represented by the sentence information Storage means for associating information including accompanying information specifying any of the above and classifying and storing for each dictionary ,
Search means for searching for information in a predetermined dictionary stored in the storage means;
Display means for displaying a sentence included in the information of the predetermined dictionary searched by the search means ;
A designation means for designating a component included in the sentence displayed on the display means;
Accompanying information included in the component specified by the specifying means is called from the storage means, and a vocabulary that matches at least a part of the accompanying information is searched from information in a plurality of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and searched. call the statement information including vocabulary from the storage unit, an electronic dictionary apparatus comprising a control means for displaying the text information on the display means.

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