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Electronic dictionary apparatus and recording medium on which search control program is recorded

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-19
CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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[0009]The present invention has been achieved in consideration of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary apparatus by which it is possible to carry out additional search which must be desired by users, by operations easy to understand for users, and to provide a search control program thereof.

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In a conventional electronic dictionary apparatus, when example sentences to be searched are generated in large numbers, it is very troublesome to select an example sentence for which a user really requires from the list of example sentences displayed in large numbers.

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[0031]Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0032]FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing a structure of an electronic circuit of a portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 relating to one embodiment of an electronic dictionary apparatus of the present invention.

[0033]The portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 is structured as a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PC (personal computer), a mobile telephone, or an electronic book having an electronic dictionary function which will be described hereinafter, or is structured as a portable device for exclusive use as an electronic dictionary.

[0034]The portable device (electronic dictionary) 10 includes programs recorded on various storage media, or a computer into which transmitted programs are loaded, and which is controlled in its operations by the read programs, and a CPU (central processing unit) 11 is provided to an electronic circuit thereof.

[0035]The CPU 11 is to co...

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Abstract

When an additional search key of an input unit is operated by the user, if a current display on a display screen of a display unit is a list display of respective example sentences, a user input for refining example sentences is received, and example sentences are refined in accordance therewith. When the additional search key is operated by the user, if the current display is a display of explanatory information on the vocabulary entry, the display screen of the display unit is split into two, and a search of the explanatory information is carried out on one split screen.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-009022, filed Jan. 17, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary apparatus in which various dictionary databases converted into electronic data are stored, and which searches data information corresponding to an inputted search term to be displayed, and to a recording medium on which a search control program thereof is recorded.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Conventionally, electronic dictionary apparatuses have been broadly generalized in which various dictionaries and wordbooks such as Japanese dictionaries, English-Japanese dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the like are converted into electronic data to be stored on storage media such as ROMs and the like, and w...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/21G06F3/048G06F3/0482G06F17/30G06F40/00
CPCG06F17/2863G06F17/2735G06F40/242G06F40/53H04B1/40
Inventor ABE, TAKATOSHI
Owner CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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