Synonym Conversion Table for Character Input Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional character input devices struggle to display synonyms as conversion candidates during prediction conversion, limiting the user's ability to input unique or unconventional wording in sentences.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor that accepts character inputs, displays conversion candidates, allows users to select synonyms from a synonym conversion table, and replaces the input character or string with the selected synonym, utilizing an external synonym dictionary server or electronic dictionary for data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional prediction conversion function is used to display conversion candidates, then common words and idioms can be displayed, but synonyms and unconventional wording cannot be displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a synonym conversion table as an intermediary data structure that maps conversion candidates to their synonyms. When a user selects a conversion candidate, the system automatically displays related synonyms from this table, enabling access to unconventional wording and synonyms without requiring the device to store extensive synonym databases locally.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the character conversion system by introducing a synonym conversion table that stores synonym relationships separately from the main dictionary data. This dimensional separation allows the system to provide synonym information on-demand without increasing the complexity of the core conversion function.
2Device complexity
If synonyms are provided through external servers, then device complexity is reduced, but data access speed may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-fetching and caching synonym data from external servers into a local synonym conversion table. This table stores synonym relationships in advance, so when users need synonyms during character conversion, the system can retrieve them quickly from local storage rather than querying external servers in real-time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the necessary synonym information from external servers and stores it in a compact synonym conversion table locally. This extraction approach reduces device complexity by avoiding the need to store complete external dictionaries, while still providing fast access to commonly used synonyms through local caching.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a processor configured to execute: accepting a character input; causing a display module to display a character or a character string, which has been input by the character input; causing the display module to display a plurality of words which are conversion candidates corresponding to the input character or character string; causing the display module to display, responding to designation by a user of a word of the plurality of words which are conversion candidates, at least one synonym corresponding to the designated word; and causing the display module to display, responding to selection by the user of a synonym of the displayed at least one synonym, the selected synonym in place of the input character or character string.