JP2004213299A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve usability and utilization efficiency of a user by means of a message, a translated word, and marker display in an electronic dictionary. <P>SOLUTION: This electronic dictionary is provided with an input part for inputting a character string, a dictionary part storing a dictionary constructed of entry words and their meaning contents, a retrieval part retrieving the inputted character string from the dictionary part, a display part displaying a retrieval result, a character string condition storage part storing the character string, its registration condition, and the number of reference for retrieval of the character string while relating them mutually, a message storage part storing predetermined messages to be offered to the user, and a regulation part reading the current registration condition and number of reference matching the inputted character string from the character string condition storage part, reading the message, which is decided according to the read registration condition and number of reference, from the message storage part to display the read message and the meaning contents in the dictionary part matching the inputted character string at the same time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary, and more particularly, to an electronic dictionary that displays information stored in association with an input character string.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, if a user inputs a character string to be searched and gives a search instruction, a search is made for a character string that matches or includes the character string in the dictionary, and is associated with the found character string. An electronic dictionary in which related items such as stored meanings and examples are displayed, and an electronic display device that displays a searched word with a predetermined marker added thereto (for example, Patent Document 1, Patent Document 1) Reference 2).
[0003]
For example, in Patent Document 1, in word learning, the number of searches for each word is stored, and when the number of searches exceeds a preset threshold, the word is displayed immediately without displaying the search result. A word learning device that displays a used example, an example registered by the user, a predetermined message, and evokes a memory is described.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-7-230245 (paragraph 0008)
[Patent Document 2]
International Publication No. WO97 / 44748 pamphlet (3, 8, 10 pages)
[0005]
Further, Patent Document 2 stores the number of marks indicating the cumulative number of searches for each word, reads the number of marks of the word when displaying the searched word, and displays the number of marks corresponding to the number of marks. An electronic document display device that displays the word in a manner (mark addition, reverse display, color change, font change, blinking display) is described.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in Patent Document 1, the number of searches for all words registered in the dictionary is recorded, and whenever there is a word that matches the input character string, the number of searches for that word is counted up. Therefore, regardless of whether the word is truly a word to be learned and remembered, if the number of searches exceeds a certain threshold, an example of the word is displayed first, and the search result of the word is not immediately displayed .
[0007]
For example, if a word such as “have” appears frequently in English sentences and is a word that should be truly learned and memorized, the search result of “having”, which is the meaning of the word, is not immediately displayed, thereby improving the learning efficiency. It may be possible to increase the word, but it is not so important, but it is an example even if you have searched many times before and the number of searches has increased beyond the threshold, and you want to know its meaning immediately afterwards Is displayed first, and the search results are not easily displayed.
[0008]
In other words, if you want to know the meaning immediately, or even if it is a word that is not so important and you do not need to see an example, if the number of searches exceeds a certain value, the meaning will not be displayed immediately, On the contrary, the usability may be worse.
[0009]
Further, in Patent Literature 2, when a word having a predetermined number of marks or more is displayed, the word is displayed so as to overlap a mark of a color corresponding to the number of marks. However, since a mark is not added to a portion of the meaning content displayed corresponding to the word, an important meaning content portion that should be truly learned and memorized is difficult to understand at a glance. In other words, when many character strings are displayed as the meaning of a word, it takes time to find out which part is important and which part to learn, and just marking the word part However, it is not always convenient.
[0010]
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by storing not only the number of times of searching for a character string but also information such as the presence or absence of word registration or marker registration, the user is more likely to do so. It is an object to provide an electronic dictionary that is easy to use and can enhance a learning effect.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to an input unit for inputting a character string, a dictionary unit storing a dictionary composed of a headword and its meaning, a search unit for searching the input character string from the dictionary unit, and a display for displaying a search result. Unit, a character string state storage unit storing a pair of a character string, a registration state of the character string, and the number of times the character string is searched, and a message storage unit storing a predetermined message to be presented to a user And reading the current registration state and reference count corresponding to the input character string from the character string state storage unit, and reading a message determined from the read registration state and reference count from the message storage unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic dictionary having an adjusting unit for simultaneously displaying the read message and the meaning of the dictionary unit corresponding to the input character string on the display unit.
According to this, a predetermined message and the meaning of the character string to be searched are displayed at the same time, so that the user of the electronic dictionary is alerted to the search or word registration and the operability of the electronic dictionary is increased. Can be improved.
[0012]
Here, the character string state storage unit stores, for each character string, a registered state including at least three states of unregistered, wordbook registered, and marker registered.
According to this, an appropriate message different for each registration state can be provided to the user, and the utilization efficiency of the electronic dictionary can be improved.
[0013]
Further, when the registration state corresponding to the input character string is unregistered and the number of times of reference of the character string exceeds a predetermined number, the word book registration stored in the message storage unit is performed. May be simultaneously displayed on the display unit together with the meaning of the dictionary unit corresponding to the input character string.
According to this, when the number of searches for a character string that has not been registered in a word book increases, a message that prompts the user to register a word book is displayed together with its meaning, so that the character string that the user tried to search for It suggests that the level of learning is poor, and can motivate learning.
[0014]
Here, registering a word string with a word book means that it is important for the user to understand the character string, and that being searched many times means learning the character string. It is considered low.
That is, wordbook registration is performed to assist the user in quickly understanding. The word book registration process may be performed by the same operation as that of registering a frequently used word reading in a conventional dictionary.
[0015]
If the registration state corresponding to the input character string is word book registration and the number of times of reference of the character string is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the reference unit stores the word book registration stored in the message storage unit. May be displayed on the display unit at the same time as the message indicating that has already been performed, and the meaning of the dictionary unit corresponding to the input character string.
According to this, users can be notified that registration has already been performed, so they are already registered in the word book, but even after the registration, they are alerted to learning about character strings that have been searched. it can.
[0016]
Further, the present invention provides a shape definition unit storing shapes of a plurality of markers for decorating a character string to be displayed, a character string corresponding to a headword, and a marker in a semantic content corresponding to the character string. And a character string definition unit including a position information specifying a position to be added and a character string definition unit including a shape of a marker to be added, and a registration state of the character string state storage unit with respect to an input character string. When the marker is registered, the adjustment unit adds a marker corresponding to the character string stored in the marker storage unit to a position specified by the position information of the character string definition unit, and is input. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic dictionary for displaying the meaning of a character string on a display unit.
[0017]
Here, the marker refers to a specific figure or symbol that is displayed so as to be superimposed on the display of the character string, and various different shapes are stored in the shape definition unit.
For example, the shape of the marker includes a single underline, a double underline, a wavy underline, black-and-white inverted characters, a box, a box, and the like. In addition, the character string itself may be changed, for example, bolding, change of font (font), change of font size may be included.
One of the shapes of the markers included in the character string definition unit is selected from those stored in the shape definition unit.
[0018]
The position information for specifying the position where the marker is to be added can be represented by position information based on the first character position in the semantic content, and for example, the number of characters counted from the first character can be used. When the position where the marker is to be added is composed of a plurality of character strings, the position information of the first character of the character string is stored as the marker start point, and the position information of the last character of the character string is stored as the marker end point. Just fine.
According to this, in the area of the meaning content of the character string to be searched, a marker is added to a specific character part and displayed. By setting in advance to add a marker, it is possible to enhance the learning effect of the user.
[0019]
Further, when the registration state for the input character string is marker registration, and the reference count for the input character string exceeds a predetermined value, the adjustment unit is stored in the marker storage unit. The shape of the marker may be changed to a shape corresponding to the number of times of reference.
According to this, if the number of searches for a character string for which marker registration has already been performed is large and it is considered that the understanding is slow, the shape of the marker can be changed. Can promote.
[0020]
The adjusting unit displays the meaning of the input character string after the line so that the line including the position where the marker specified by the position information is added becomes the first line of the screen of the display unit. You may do so.
[0021]
Further, in the present invention, the dictionary unit stores, for each headword, marker information for specifying a position of a portion of a meaning content to which a predetermined marker is to be added, and the registration state for an input character string is a word. If the book is registered and the number of references to the input character string exceeds a predetermined value, the input character string is input based on the marker information stored in the dictionary unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic dictionary, further comprising a setting unit for additionally setting a character string definition unit for a character string in a marker storage unit.
[0022]
According to this, even when a character string for which predetermined information is not registered in the marker storage unit is searched, information in the marker storage unit is automatically set using the marker information of the character string registered in the dictionary in advance. Since it is possible, the user does not need to directly set the information in the marker storage unit, and the operability in setting the marker can be improved.
The marker information stored in the dictionary unit includes, in addition to the number of characters from the head for directly specifying the position, the head position of the translated word, the position of the translated word having a high appearance frequency that has been checked in advance, and the like.
[0023]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by this.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic dictionary of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a character string input unit 1 is a part for a user to input a character string to be searched or to specify and input a desired character of a displayed sentence. In addition to a pointing device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, and a pen, a touch panel, a voice input recognition device, a character reading device, and the like can be used.
[0024]
The character string search unit 2 is a unit that searches whether or not there is a headword that can match the input character string in the dictionary unit 5, and is mainly realized by the CPU.
The display unit 3 is a unit that displays an input character string, a search result, and the like, and may use a display device such as a CRT, an LCD, and an EL.
The setting section 9 is a section for setting information to be set in advance out of the information stored in the storage section 4, specifically, a marker storage section 6, a character string state storage section 7, and a message storage section described later. A part for setting information stored in the unit 10.
[0025]
The adjustment unit 8 is a unit that performs control for displaying various information such as a search result, a message, and a marker, and is a main unit that implements a characteristic function of the present invention.
The setting unit 9 and the adjustment unit 8 can also be realized mainly by a CPU.
The storage section 4 is a section for storing various information fixedly or temporarily. In the present invention, the information can be mainly classified into a dictionary section 5, a marker storage section 6, a character string state storage section 7, and a message storage section 10.
[0026]
The dictionary unit 5 is a part that stores general dictionary data, and stores each word and the meaning of the word in association with each other.
Further, the dictionary unit 5 stores position information specifying an important part in the meaning content after the headword of the word and the meaning content. This information does not necessarily have to be provided for every word.
[0027]
Since the data of the dictionary unit 5 is mainly fixed information, it can be provided in the form of a read-only memory or a medium such as a ROM, a CD-ROM, or a DVD-ROM. However, it may be downloaded via a network or the like and stored in a storage device such as an HD.
[0028]
Next, the character string state storage unit will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the character string state storage unit 7 is a part storing information including a character string 12, a registration state 22, and a reference count 32 for each character string. As much as possible, a rewritable nonvolatile memory (for example, RAM, HD) is used.
Here, the character string 12 is a word or phrase that has been searched at least once in the past, and a headword found by the search of the character string search unit 2 is automatically stored as this character string. You may do so.
[0029]
The registration state 22 indicates the current state of the stored character string 12, and for example, the current state means the following four states.
0: No registration
1: Wordbook registered
2: Wordbook registration and marker registration
3: Wordbook registration, marker registration, marker registration, and marker head display
The registration state 22 is set by the processing of the setting unit 9 based on the user's input.
[0030]
Here, “wordbook registered” is information given when the user is important and truly wants to learn, regardless of the number of times of reference. Also, this means that the display with the marker is not performed when the image is displayed on the screen.
“Marker registered” means a character string registered in a word book, which is displayed with a marker when the screen is further displayed.
Therefore, for a character string set to “marker registered”, information about a marker for the character string is set and stored in a marker storage unit 6 described later.
“Marker location head display” means that a part to be displayed with a marker is displayed at the head of the display screen, that is, at the top of the display screen (see FIG. 5). Therefore, when “3” is set as the registration information, it is also in a state where it is registered as a word book and registered as a marker.
[0031]
The number of times of reference 32 means the number of times of search, and each time the character string 12 is searched, 1 is added to the number of times of reference.
In the present invention, the threshold value of the number of times of reference is stored in the storage unit 4 in order to switch the display content when the number of times of reference becomes larger than the predetermined number. This threshold value may be a fixed value, but may be freely changed by the user in order to flexibly switch the display content according to the user's intention.
[0032]
In FIG. 2, for example, a character string 12 such as “star”, “time”, or “too” has been searched once or more, and “star” is set to “marker location head display”. “Time” indicates that “wordbook registration” has not been performed, and “too” indicates that “wordbook registration” has been performed.
“Star” indicates that the search has been performed three times, and “time” indicates that the search has been performed ten times.
[0033]
Next, the marker storage unit 6 will be described.
FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the marker storage unit 6.
The marker storage unit 6 includes a marker shape definition field and a character string definition field.
In the shape definition field, a marker shape number 13 and information 23 for specifying the marker shape are stored in association with each other.
This field may be fixedly stored in advance, or may be stored so that the user can add, delete, or change as necessary.
[0034]
The character string definition field includes a character string 33 registered with a marker, a marker start point 43, a marker end point 53, and a marker shape number 63.
Here, the character string 33 is a word corresponding to a headword of the dictionary, and the registered character string has a registration state of “marker registered: 2” or “marker location head display: 3”. ing.
The marker shape number 63 is the same as the number 13 in the shape definition field.
[0035]
The dictionary is composed of a headword and its meaning content portion for each word. In the present invention, the marker can be added to both the headword and the meaning content portion. "Point" and "marker end point" are stored.
The “marker start point” is information for specifying the first character position to which a marker is to be provided, and the “marker end point” is information for specifying the last character position to be provided with a marker. A similar marker is also assigned to a character in an area sandwiched between a marker start point and a marker end point.
[0036]
For example, in FIG. 3, the information of the marker start point and the marker end point stores the number of characters counted from the first character of each word.
In “star” of FIG. 3, 38 is set as the marker start point, 38 is set as the marker end point, and the number of the marker shape to be added is set to “1”. Further, another marker is set for “star”, 43 is set as the marker start point, 44 is set as the marker end point, and “3” is set as the marker shape.
[0037]
FIG. 6 shows a headword for the word "star" and the meaning thereof. The first character is "s", the 38th character is "star", the 43rd character is "tsune", The 44th character is “star”. In addition, a marker having a marker shape “1” is provided for the 38th “star”, and a marker having a marker shape “3” is provided for the 43rd and 44th character strings “fixed star”. It shows the state where it is.
[0038]
The contents of the character string definition field in FIG. 3 are obtained when the user sets “marker registered: 2” or “marker head display: 3” in the registration state 22 of the character string state storage unit 7 described above. It is sufficient that the user sets at the same time.
Alternatively, in the case where information (important information) for specifying an important part of the meaning content is stored in the dictionary unit 5 in addition to the meaning content of the word in advance, by referring to this important information, The marker start point 43, the marker end point 53, and the marker shape 63 may be automatically set without waiting for a user's input.
[0039]
Note that the “marker start point” and “marker end point” may be set not by the number of characters from the head but by a combination of the number of lines and the number of digits. In addition, since it is only necessary to be able to specify the position where the marker should be added, it can be set using the display position address on the screen, or can be set using the font information of the character string included in the meaning and the information of the character size. Good.
For example, when a marker is to be assigned to a character in which a specific font is set, the start point and the end point of the marker can be set based on the font information.
[0040]
Next, the message storage unit 10 will be described.
The information stored in the message storage unit 10 is information that should be notified or warned to the user by executing the dictionary search, and includes, for example, the following information.
(1) The number of searches is increasing.
(2) It is recommended to register a word book.
(3) Wordbook is already registered.
(4) The number of searches has exceeded 10 times.
[0041]
It is preferable that such information is provided as information fixedly stored in advance in a ROM, a CD-ROM, or the like. However, the setting unit 9 allows the user to change or add settings later as necessary. Is also good. If the message defined by the user himself can be used, the usability of the electronic dictionary becomes better for the user. In this case, the message storage unit 10 may be provided by being stored in a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as an HD.
[0042]
Next, an operation when the electronic dictionary of the present invention is used will be described.
FIG. 9 shows an operation flowchart of one embodiment of the electronic dictionary of the present invention.
First, in step S1, a character string to be searched is determined. The character string to be searched is input, for example, directly from the character string input unit 1 by the user.
In step S2, information on the character string to be searched is searched from the character string state storage unit 7. Here, it is confirmed whether or not any of the character strings 12 in FIG. 2 matches the character string to be searched.
If there is a matching character string, the reference count 32 corresponding to the character string 12 in the character string state storage unit 7 is increased by one.
On the other hand, if there is no matching character string, the character string to be searched is newly recorded in the character string 12 of the character string state storage unit 7, the registration state is set to "0", and the number of references is set to "1".
[0043]
Next, in step S3, the registration state 22 of the character string to be searched and the reference count 32 are acquired from the character string state storage unit 7.
For example, when the character string to be searched is “time”, “time” is stored in the character string state storage unit 7, so “0” is acquired as the registration state 22 and “10” is acquired as the reference count 32.
[0044]
Next, in step S4, it is confirmed whether or not the character string to be searched is registered in a word book.
The presence / absence of wordbook registration is determined in the registration state 22. When the registration state is "0", it is determined that there is no registration.
If the word book is not registered, the process proceeds to step S10, and the number of references 32 of the character string to be searched is compared with a threshold. When the number of times of reference 32 is equal to or less than the threshold value, a translated word having a meaning corresponding to the character string is read and displayed as usual (step S12).
[0045]
When the number of times of reference 32 is larger than the threshold value, a message indicating that word book registration is recommended is obtained from the message storage unit 10, and a translated word is obtained from the dictionary unit 5 and displayed (step S11).
In the case of the character string “time” in FIG. 2, since there is no word book registration and the number of references is 10, the process proceeds to steps S4, S10, and S11, and the message “the number of searches has increased as shown in FIG. It is recommended that you register the word book. "
[0046]
If there is a word book registration in step S4, the process proceeds to step S5, and it is confirmed whether or not there is a marker registration. Here, whether or not there is marker registration is determined by the numerical value of the registration state 22 in FIG. That is, when the registration state 22 is 2 or 3, it is determined that the marker is registered.
For example, when the character string to be searched is “star”, the registration state is “3: marker part top display”, so the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5, and further proceeds to step S6.
[0047]
In step S6, the reference count 32 of the character string to be searched is compared with a threshold. This is the same as step S10.
When the number of times of reference 32 is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S8, and when it is larger than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S7.
In step S7, the marker shape is changed to a shape different from the current marker shape. For example, the marker shape 63 set in the character string definition of the marker storage unit 6 in FIG. 3 is changed from “1” to “5”. This change may be made according to a preset reference, or the user may be able to define the details of the change.
When step S7 is executed, since the word book is registered and searched many times, there is a high possibility that the user is important but not understood.
Therefore, it is preferable to change the marker in step S7 to a marker that is more conspicuous.
[0048]
Next, in step S8, four pieces of information (33, 43, 53, 63) of the character string definition stored in the marker storage unit 6 regarding the character string to be searched are read.
In step S9, it is determined whether or not the marker is to be displayed at the beginning.
Here, it is confirmed whether or not the registration state 22 in FIG. 2 is “3”. If “3”, it means that the marker portion is displayed at the top, and the process proceeds to step S18. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S19.
[0049]
In step S18, the part to be provided with the marker is moved to the uppermost line on both sides, and a screen provided with the marker based on the information stored in the character string definition of the marker storage unit 6 (for example, see FIG. 5) is displayed.
In step S19, semantic contents (translated words) having the character string to be searched as a headword are read from the dictionary unit 5 and displayed from the beginning. At this time, a marker is added to a portion where the marker is set and displayed on the screen (for example, see FIG. 6).
[0050]
For example, when the character string to be searched is “star” shown in FIG. 2, the registration state is “3” and the number of times of reference is “3”. Therefore, the process directly proceeds from step S6 to step S8, and further proceeds to step S9. The process proceeds to step S18 by branching. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, two markers are set for “star”. In step S18, a character whose marker start point and end point are both “38” and a marker start point of “43” are set. , A character string having an end point of “44” is displayed with markers of marker shapes “1” and “3”, respectively.
[0051]
In FIG. 3, the marker start point “38” means the 38th character from the beginning of the dictionary content of “star”, and specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 6, counting from the beginning “s” It means the 38th character "star".
The character strings of the marker start point “43” and the marker end point “44” mean “star” in the example shown in FIG.
Further, since the marker shape 63 of the marker start point “38” is set to “1”, the corresponding shape 23 is selected from the shape definition of FIG. 3, and the marker 23 is overlaid on the “star” as shown in FIG. Is displayed.
In addition, since the marker shape 63 is set to “3” for “star”, a marker is displayed in the “star” portion as shown in FIG.
[0052]
In step S5, when the word book is registered but the marker is not registered, for example, in the case of “too” in FIG. 2, the process proceeds to step S13.
In step S13, the number of times of reference of the character string to be searched is compared with a threshold. This is the same as step S10.
When the number of times of reference is greater than the threshold, the process proceeds to step S14, and when the number of references is equal to or less than the threshold, the process proceeds to step S17.
[0053]
When the process proceeds to step S17, the character string to be searched has been registered in the word book, but since the number of times of search is still less than the threshold value, the contents of the translated word of the character string to be searched and “the word book has been registered. Is displayed to remind the user that the word book registration has been made.
[0054]
If “too” in FIG. 2 is a character string to be searched, and if the threshold value is 5, the registration state 22 is “1” and the number of times of reference is 4, the marker is not registered, and step S13 is performed. To S17, and a display as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.
At the time of proceeding to step S14, the character string to be searched is registered in the word book and the number of times of search exceeds the threshold, so that the character string to be searched is It is considered preferable to add a marker.
Therefore, the setting unit 9 automatically sets the current registration state 22 of the character string to be searched from “1” to “2” with marker registration.
Alternatively, “Marker location head display: 3” may be set.
Alternatively, a message indicating that it is better to set the registration state 22 to “2” or “3” may be displayed, and the user may be requested to input the setting.
[0055]
Next, in step S15, the number of references 32 is reset to "0", and in step S16, the character string definition of the search character string registered as a marker at "2" or "3" is set.
That is, the character string 33, marker start point 43, marker end point 53, and marker shape 63 in FIG. 3 are set.
[0056]
Here, in the case where the important point information of the search character string is stored in the dictionary unit 5 in advance, the setting unit 9 automatically generates the marker start point 43 and the marker end point 53 based on the important point information. You may.
[0057]
The marker shape 63 may adopt a predetermined initial setting format, or may display an input request screen and have the user input it.
For example, when the search character string is “vehicle” in FIG. 2, the registration state 22 is “1”, so the process proceeds to steps S4, S5, and S13, and “6” where the reference count 32 is larger than the threshold “5”. Therefore, steps S14, S15, and S16 are executed.
[0058]
Therefore, the registration state 22 of “vehicle” is set to “2”, the reference count is reset to “0”, and further, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, a marker start point 43, a marker end point 53, and a marker shape 63 Is set.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the message prompting the word book registration and the translation are displayed on the screen at the same time, so that the user is alerted to the learning of the character string, and immediately knows the meaning of the search character string. It is possible to respond to situations where it is necessary to improve user convenience and utilization efficiency.
[0060]
In particular, when the number of times the reference of the search character string exceeds the specified number, the translated word is also displayed at the same time, so that the operability of the user can be improved as compared with the case where the example is first displayed without displaying the translated word.
In addition, since a marker is added to a predetermined part of the meaning content of the search character string instead of a headword of the search character string and displayed, a part that is truly understood is emphasized and evoked to the user. Can improve the learning effect.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration block diagram of an electronic dictionary of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of a character string state storage unit of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of a marker storage unit of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of display of search results according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of display of search results according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of display of search results according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of display of search results according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of a marker storage unit of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of main processing of the electronic dictionary of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Character string input section
2 String search section
3 Display
4 Storage unit
5 Dictionary section
6 Marker storage
7 Character string status storage
8 Adjustment unit
9 Setting section
10 Message storage unit
12 character string
22 Registration status
32 reference times
33 character string
43 Marker start point
53 Marker end point
63 marker shape

Claims (8)

An input unit for inputting a character string, a dictionary unit storing a dictionary composed of a headword and its meaning, a search unit for searching the dictionary for the input character string, a display unit for displaying a search result, and a character A character string state storage unit that stores a pair of the registered state of the character string and the number of references in which the character string is searched, and a message storage unit that stores a predetermined message to be presented to the user. The current registration state and the reference count corresponding to the read character string are read from the character string state storage unit, and a message determined from the read registration state and the reference count is read from the message storage unit and is displayed on the display unit. And an adjusting unit for simultaneously displaying the read message and the meaning of the dictionary unit corresponding to the input character string. 2. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1, wherein the character string state storage unit stores, for each character string, a registered state including at least three states of unregistered, wordbook registered, and marker registered. . The reference unit registers the word book registration stored in the message storage unit when the registration state corresponding to the input character string is unregistered and the number of times of reference of the character string exceeds a predetermined number. 3. The electronic dictionary according to claim 2, wherein an evoked message and a meaning of the dictionary corresponding to the input character string are simultaneously displayed on the display. If the registration state corresponding to the input character string is word book registration and the number of times the character string is referred to is less than or equal to a predetermined number, the reference unit determines that the word book registration stored in the message storage unit is already 3. The electronic dictionary according to claim 2, wherein a message indicating that the input is performed and the meaning of the dictionary corresponding to the input character string are simultaneously displayed on the display. A shape definition section that stores the shapes of multiple markers to decorate the displayed character string, a character string corresponding to the headword, and the position where the marker should be added in the meaning content corresponding to the character string And a character string definition unit comprising a position information to be added and a shape of a marker to be added, and a registration state of the character string state storage unit with respect to an input character string is a marker registration state. In the case, the adjustment unit adds a marker corresponding to the character string stored in the marker storage unit to a position specified by the position information of the character string definition unit, and changes the semantic content of the input character string. 3. The electronic dictionary according to claim 2, wherein the electronic dictionary is displayed on a display unit. If the registration state for the input character string is marker registration, and the reference count for the input character string exceeds a predetermined value, the adjustment unit sets the marker stored in the marker storage unit. 6. The electronic dictionary according to claim 5, wherein the shape is changed to a shape corresponding to the number of times of reference. The adjusting unit displays the semantic content of the input character string after the line so that the line including the position where the marker specified by the position information is added becomes the first line of the screen of the display unit. The electronic dictionary according to claim 5, wherein: The dictionary unit stores, for each headword, marker information that specifies the position of a portion of the meaning content to which a predetermined marker is to be added, and the registration state for the input character string is wordbook registration, If the number of references to the input character string exceeds a predetermined value, the character string definition for the input character string is determined based on the marker information stored in the dictionary unit for the input character string. 6. The electronic dictionary according to claim 5, further comprising a setting unit for additionally setting the unit in the marker storage unit.

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