Electronic Dictionary Illustrative Sentence Meaning Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic dictionaries are cumbersome when looking up the meaning of a word within an illustrative sentence, as users must search through extensive explanatory information, making it time-consuming to find the desired information.
Innovation Solution
The information display control device associates entry words with their meanings and illustrative sentences, allowing users to directly display illustrative sentences containing a retrieval word and immediately show the meaning of the entry word used in the specified sentence, eliminating the need for extensive searching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional jump function is used to look up word meaning in illustrative sentence, then explanatory information is displayed from beginning, but user must search through extensive information manually making it time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting and highlighting the target word within the illustrative sentence before the user even requests the meaning. When the user specifies an illustrative sentence, the system pre-identifies which word the user wants to look up and prepares its meaning, so that the information is ready for immediate display without requiring manual searching through explanatory information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that automatically identifies the relationship between the specified illustrative sentence and its corresponding entry word. This intermediary function bridges the gap between the user's request for sentence meaning and the dictionary's explanatory information, automatically extracting and displaying the relevant word meaning without requiring the user to manually search through multiple pages of explanatory text.
2Quantity of substance
If full-content type electronic dictionary displays all explanatory information for an entry word, then complete information is provided, but user must scroll through multiple pages to find desired information
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the specific explanatory information relevant to the user's request. Instead of displaying all explanatory information for an entry word and requiring the user to scroll through multiple pages, the system automatically identifies and extracts only the portion of explanatory information that corresponds to the meaning used in the specified illustrative sentence, presenting it directly to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the large amount of explanatory information into meaningful sections based on their relevance to the illustrative sentence. By dividing the explanatory information and selectively displaying only the relevant segment, the system maintains complete information availability while improving ease of operation by presenting information in a focused, non-overwhelming manner.
3Loss of information
If conventional electronic dictionary displays extensive explanatory information for each entry word, then comprehensive meaning is provided, but interface becomes complex and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically identifying and highlighting the specific portion of explanatory information that is relevant to the illustrative sentence before the user even views it. This preliminary identification simplifies the interface by pre-organizing the information structure, so that when the user specifies an illustrative sentence, the relevant meaning is already prepared and can be displayed without requiring the user to navigate through complex interface elements.
Data Source
AI summary
When two or more retrieval words are entered through an entry unit of an information display control device, illustrative sentences containing all the retrieval words are extracted from an illustrative sentence data table and illustrative sentences corresponding to source entry words identical to the retrieval words are displayed in the order in which the retrieval words are entered and when a source entry word is selected, explanatory information of the meaning number identical to the source meaning number is displayed on a display unit, whereby the appropriate meaning of a word contained in an retrieved sentence is displayed.