JP2009205490A - Dictionary search device, dictionary search method, and dictionary search program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dictionary search device, wherein list performance in a list screen of a headword search is improved to search for a target headword with less key operation. <P>SOLUTION: The dictionary search device searches for definition of a search word designated by using dictionary data which hold definition of a word and idiom data corresponding to the headword. It includes: a search word designation receiving means for receiving designation of the search word; a headword search means for searching for a headword candidate corresponding to the search word received by the search word designation receiving means by using the dictionary data; a definition search means for using the dictionary data to search for a definition corresponding to the headword candidate searched for by the headword search means; a display means for displaying a part of the definition searched for by the definition search means as a search candidate; and a display control means for displaying a selected search candidate in a display mode different from other candidates among the search candidates. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a dictionary search device, a dictionary search method, and a dictionary search program.

In recent years, electronic dictionaries that incorporate a plurality of electronic dictionaries and search for the meaning of various words have been put into practical use. In the electronic dictionary device, when a word is input when a certain vocabulary is examined, a headword list corresponding to the word is displayed from a plurality of dictionaries, and a part of the translation of the headword selected in the headword list Is displayed as a preview to facilitate the selection of headwords on the headword list screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-134568 A

  As described above, the conventional dictionary search device described in Patent Document 1 only displays a preview for only one headword selected on the search list screen. Compared with the case of searching with, the listability of the dictionary was inferior. For example, when there are a plurality of headwords with the same spelling, there is a problem that it is impossible to instantly determine which headword the user wants to search for on the search list screen.

  On the other hand, when searching for a word using a paper dictionary, the semantic content of surrounding headwords is also naturally recognized, so it can be said that the list is high compared to a conventional electronic dictionary.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by simultaneously displaying a preview screen of a plurality of headwords on the search list screen, the listability of the search list screen is improved, and the target headword is selected. The purpose is to be able to find it with as few operations as possible.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search device of the present invention, a dictionary that searches for the meaning of a specified search word using dictionary data that holds the word meaning and phrase data corresponding to the headword. A search word designation accepting unit that accepts designation of the search word, and a headword that uses the dictionary data to retrieve candidate word candidates corresponding to the search word accepted by the search word designation accepting unit Search means, meaning search means for searching for meanings corresponding to candidate entry words searched by the entry word search means using the dictionary data, and searching for a part of the meanings searched by the meaning search means Display means for displaying as a candidate, and a display system for displaying a selected search candidate among the search candidates in a display mode different from other candidates that are not selected. Characterized in that it comprises a means.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the dictionary search apparatus of the present invention is characterized by having a display switching means for switching the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen of the display means.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search device of the present invention, the display control unit displays a selected search candidate among the search candidates in a wider display area than an unselected search candidate. It is characterized by that.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search device of the present invention, the display control means displays the display candidates in different display modes depending on the importance of the headword defined in advance in the dictionary data among the search candidates. It is characterized by controlling to.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search method of the present invention, a dictionary that searches for the meaning of a specified search word using dictionary data that holds the word meaning and phrase data corresponding to a headword. A search method, a search word designation receiving step for accepting designation of the search word, a headword search step for searching for a candidate for a headword corresponding to the search word using the dictionary data, and a candidate for the headword A meaning search step using the dictionary data to search for meanings corresponding to the above, a display step for displaying a part of the searched meaning as the search candidates, and a search candidate selected from the search candidates. A display control step of displaying in a display mode different from that of other candidates that are not selected.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search method of the present invention, a switching instruction receiving step for receiving a display mode switching instruction and the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen each time the switching instruction is received. And a display form switching step.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search program of the present invention, a dictionary that searches the meaning of a specified search word using dictionary data that holds the word meaning and phrase data corresponding to the headword. A search word designation receiving step for accepting designation of the search word in a computer controlling the search device; a headword search step for searching for a candidate for a headword corresponding to the search word using the dictionary data; and the headword A meaning search step that searches the meaning corresponding to the candidate using the dictionary data, a display step that displays a part of the searched meaning as the search candidate, and a search that is selected from the search candidates And a display control step for displaying the candidate in a display mode different from that of the other candidates not selected.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the dictionary search program of the present invention, a switching instruction receiving step for receiving a display mode switching instruction, and the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen each time the switching instruction is received. The display mode switching step for switching is further executed.

  As described above, according to the present invention, not only the preview screen corresponding to the headword selected first on the headword list screen, but also the preview screen corresponding to the headword nearby are displayed at a time. Therefore, even if the headword that the user wants to search for is not initially selected and displayed, the preview of surrounding headwords can be confirmed without key operation, and it is easy to reach the target headword. is there.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the number of headwords displayed on the same screen can be switched, the user changes the display area of the preview screen according to the situation, and a plurality of wider display areas can be displayed on the same screen. It is possible to confirm the preview screen of the headword.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the electronic dictionary 10 is roughly composed of a control unit 11, an input unit 12, a display unit 13, a dictionary data storage unit 14, and a RAM 15. First, the control unit 11 controls the operation of each unit. In particular, in this embodiment, dictionary search and display control are performed. The input unit 12 includes a keyboard 12a including various characters and function keys (including a cursor key and a determination key) for performing operation instructions. The display unit 13 includes a liquid crystal display and displays a document searched by the user, a screen for performing a search, and the like. The dictionary data storage unit 14 holds dictionary data 14a of a plurality of dictionaries. In the dictionary data 14a, a headword, its meaning (translation), phrase data, example sentence data, and the like are associated and held by a predetermined method. The RAM 15 is used as a primary storage unit for various data, and particularly includes a character data temporary storage unit 15a that temporarily stores search characters and the like.

  Next, FIG. 2 is an external view showing an external structure of the electronic dictionary. It should be noted that portions corresponding to those in FIG. The electronic dictionary 10 has a structure in which a lid portion 17 provided with a display portion 13 and a main body portion 18 provided with a keyboard 12 a can be folded in two by a hinge 19. The main body 18 includes a power key 21, an alphabet key 22, a switching key 23, a cursor key 24, and an enter / translate key 26 as a keyboard 12a.

  The alphabet key 22 is a character input key. The switch key 23 is a key for switching the display form. In the present embodiment, it is used for switching the display form of the headword display and the preview display on the preview screen displaying the headword list and its translation. The cursor key 24 is a key for moving the cursor on the main screen. In particular, the cursor key 24 is a key for scrolling the text displayed on the main screen or moving the cursor in the document. The enter / translate key 26 is a key for determining a word to be searched and determining dictionary selection.

  Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.

  3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the present embodiment. First, when the user selects a use dictionary using the keyboard 12a or the like (step S1), the control unit 11 reads out dictionary search data of the selected dictionary (step S2). Next, the character that the user wants to search is input from the keyboard 12a (step S3). When the control unit 11 receives a character input signal indicating that a character has been input, the control unit 11 searches for a headword list from the dictionary data (step S4). Furthermore, the control part 11 searches the meaning corresponding to a headword list | wrist, and displays the one part on the display part 13 as a search candidate list | wrist (step S5).

  On the other hand, the user selects a desired entry word from the entry word list using the keyboard 12a (step S6). Note that, by default, the headword at the highest position is selected, but the headword at the center or another position may be selected first. The control unit 11 changes the display mode of the selected search candidate and displays it differently from the other search candidates (step S7).

  As a result, like the screen 100 shown in FIG. 5, a preview screen of a headword and a part of the meaning is displayed as a search list. At this time, the preview screen of the translation corresponding to the selected headword may be displayed in a display mode different from the preview of the translation corresponding to the other headword. For example, there are a method of increasing the number of display lines of the selected headword as compared with other previews as in the screen 101, a method of increasing the character size as in the screen 102, and the like. May be different.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the display mode may be changed depending on the importance of the word. In this case, it is assumed that the dictionary data includes data for determining the importance of the word in advance. In FIG. 7, since the uppermost search candidate “start” is a basic word, it is displayed with large characters, and the lowermost “starter list” is displayed with small characters.

  When the switch key 23 is pressed in the state of the screen 100 in FIG. 5 (step S8), as shown in the screens 200, 201, and 202 in FIG. 6, the number of headwords to be displayed is reduced and the number of characters displayed on the preview screen is increased. Thus, the screen is sequentially switched (step S9).

  Next, in each screen, it is determined whether or not the enter / translate key 26 has been operated (step S10). If the enter / translate key 26 has not been operated, the process returns to step S8 to perform the display switching operation described above. Keep state. In each screen, an entry word can be selected, a list can be scrolled, and the like by an operation using the cursor key 24.

  On the other hand, when the enter / translate key 26 is operated, the meaning of the selected headword at that time is displayed on the full screen (step S11).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed to check the meaning of another word (step S12). If there is an instruction to check the meaning of another word, the process returns to step S6 and the above-described processing is performed. repeat. On the other hand, if there is no instruction to check the meaning of another word, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed whether to perform another search (step S13). The data temporarily stored in the character data storage unit 15a is erased (step S14), the process returns to step S3, and the above-described processing is repeated. If there is no instruction to check the meaning of another word and no other search is instructed, the process is terminated.

  According to the above-described embodiment, when searching for a headword, since previews corresponding to a plurality of headwords can be confirmed simultaneously on the headword list screen, even when the target headword is not the headword selected first, It is possible to easily find surrounding headwords, which is particularly effective when there are a plurality of headwords with the same spelling. In addition, each time the switch key is pressed, the number of headwords to be displayed on one screen is switched, and the display area of the preview screen can be increased, so that the user can change the display style according to the situation. Convenience can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, a program for realizing each step by the control unit 11 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the control unit 11 is recorded on the computer. The encoding process and the decoding process may be performed by recording in a readable recording medium, reading the program recorded in the recording medium into a computer system, and executing the program. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used. The “computer-readable recording medium” means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk built in a computer system, etc. This is a storage device.

  Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary by this embodiment. It is an external view which shows the external appearance structure of the electronic dictionary by this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the electronic dictionary by this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the electronic dictionary by this embodiment, and screen transition. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the electronic dictionary by this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 electronic dictionary 11 control unit (entry word search means, meaning search means, phrase data presence / absence determination means, display control means, example sentence data presence / absence determination means, display form switching means)
12 Input part (search word designation receiving means)
12a Keyboard 13 Display section (display means)
14 Dictionary data storage unit 14a Dictionary data 15 RAM
15a Character data temporary storage section 17 Lid section 18 Body section 19 Hinge 21 Power key 22 Alphabetic key 23 Switching key (switching instruction means)
24 Cursor keys 26 Enter / Translate key

Claims (8)

A dictionary search device that searches for the meaning of a designated search word using dictionary data that holds word meaning and phrase data corresponding to a headword,
Search word designation accepting means for accepting designation of the search word;
A headword search means for searching for candidate headwords corresponding to the search word received by the search word designation receiving means using the dictionary data;
Meaning search means for searching for meanings corresponding to headword candidates searched by the headword search means using the dictionary data;
Display means for displaying a part of the meaning searched by the meaning search means as the search candidates;
Display control means for displaying a selected search candidate among the search candidates in a display mode different from other candidates that are not selected;
A dictionary search device comprising:   The dictionary search device according to claim 1, further comprising display switching means for switching the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen of the display means.   The dictionary search device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means displays a selected search candidate among the search candidates in a display area wider than a search candidate that is not selected.   The dictionary search device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means controls the display candidates to be displayed in different display modes depending on the importance of the headword defined in advance in the dictionary data. . A dictionary search method for searching for the meaning of a specified search word using dictionary data that holds word meaning and phrase data corresponding to a headword,
A search word designation accepting step for accepting designation of the search word;
A headword search step of searching for candidate headwords corresponding to the search word using the dictionary data;
A meaning search step for searching the meaning corresponding to the candidate entry word using the dictionary data;
A display step of displaying a part of the searched meaning as the search candidates;
A display control step of displaying the selected search candidate in a display mode different from the other candidates not selected among the search candidates;
A dictionary search method comprising: A switching instruction receiving step for receiving a display mode switching instruction;
A display mode switching step for switching the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen each time the switching instruction is received;
The dictionary search method according to claim 5, further comprising: A computer that controls a dictionary search device that searches for the meaning of a specified search word using dictionary data that holds word meaning and phrase data corresponding to a headword,
A search word designation accepting step for accepting designation of the search word;
A headword search step of searching for candidate headwords corresponding to the search word using the dictionary data;
A meaning search step for searching the meaning corresponding to the candidate entry word using the dictionary data;
A display step of displaying a part of the searched meaning as the search candidates;
A display control step of displaying the selected search candidate in a display mode different from the other candidates not selected among the search candidates;
A dictionary search program characterized in that A switching instruction receiving step for receiving a display mode switching instruction;
A display mode switching step of switching the number of search candidates to be displayed on the same screen each time the switching instruction is received;
The dictionary search program according to claim 7, further comprising:

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