ELECTRONIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY DEVICE, ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY DISPLAY CONTROL

• US 20120066575A1
• Filed: 09/01/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Abe, Takatoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,375,300 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

An electronic illustrated dictionary device includes an illustration highlighter character string hiding unit configured to execute a process of, when an illustration associated with an expository content of an arbitrary headword is displayed on the display unit according to a user operation, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit in invisible form, and a link destination highlighter character string hiding unit configured to execute a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays an expository content having a character string as a headword highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the link destination highlighter adding unit in invisible form.

Claims

1. An electronic illustrated dictionary device, comprising:

a dictionary storing unit configured to store dictionary data in which each headword, expository content, and illustration are associated with one another, the illustration including a character string which is searchable;

an in-illustration textual content display unit configured to execute a process of, when an arbitrary character string in an arbitrary illustration is specified according to a user operation, displaying an expository content having the specified character string as a headword on a display unit;

an illustration highlighter adding unit configured to highlight an arbitrary character string in the displayed illustration with a highlighter according to a user operation;

a link destination highlighter adding unit configured to execute a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays an expository content having the character string as a headword highlighted with the highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, detecting the same character string in the displayed expository content as the character string highlighted with the highlighter as a link destination and highlighting the same character string with a highlighter;

an illustration highlighter character string hiding unit configured to execute a process of, when an illustration associated with an expository content of an arbitrary headword is displayed on the display unit according to a user operation, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit in invisible form; and

a link destination highlighter character string hiding unit configured to execute a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays an expository content having a character string as a headword highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the link destination highlighter adding unit in invisible form.

2. The electronic illustrated dictionary device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an illustration highlighter character string hiding cancel unit configured to cancel the invisible display of a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter character string hiding unit according to a user operation; and

a link destination highlighter character string hiding cancel unit configured to cancel the invisible display of a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the link destination highlighter character string hiding unit according to a user operation.

3. The electronic illustrated dictionary device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a link destination headword highlighter adding unit configured to execute a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays a expository content having a character string as a headword not highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, highlighting the headword of the displayed expository content with a highlighter according to a user operation; and

a link originating illustration highlighter adding unit configured to execute a process of, when the link destination headword highlighter adding unit highlights the headword of the expository content with a highlighter, highlighting a character string in an illustration from which a link with the headword originates with a highlighter.

4. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 3, wherein:

the illustration highlighter adding unit highlights an arbitrary character string in an illustration displayed on the illustration display unit with a highlighter of an arbitrary color according to a user operation, and

the link destination highlighter adding unit executes a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays an expository content having a character string as a headword highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, detecting the same character string as a character string highlighted with a highlighter in the displayed expository content and highlighting the same character string with a highlighter of the same color.

5. The electronic dictionary device according to claim 3, wherein:

the link destination headword highlighter adding unit executes a process of, when the in-illustration textual content display unit displays an expository content having a character string as a headword not highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding unit on the display unit, highlighting a headword of the displayed expository content with a highlighter of an arbitrary color according to a user operation, and

the link originating illustration highlighter adding unit executes a process of, when the link destination headword highlighter adding unit highlights the headword of the expository content with a highlighter, highlighting a character string in an illustration from which a link with the headword originates with a highlighter of the same color.

6. An illustrated dictionary display method, comprising:

executing a dictionary storing process of storing dictionary data in a memory in which each headword, expository content, and illustration are associated with one another, the illustration including a character string which is searchable;

executing an in-illustration textual content display process of, when an arbitrary character string in an arbitrary illustration is specified according to a user operation, displaying an expository content having the specified character string as a headword on a display unit;

executing an illustration highlighter adding process of highlighting an arbitrary character string in the displayed illustration with a highlighter according to a user operation;

executing a link destination highlighter adding process of, when the in-illustration textual content display process displays an expository content having the character string as a headword highlighted with the highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process on the display unit, detecting the same character string in the displayed expository content as the character string highlighted with the highlighter as a link destination and highlighting the same character string with a highlighter;

executing an illustration highlighter character string hiding process of, when an illustration associated with an expository content of an arbitrary headword is displayed on the display unit according to a user operation, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process in invisible form; and

executing a link destination highlighter character string hiding process of, when the in-illustration textual content display process displays an expository content having a character string as a headword highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process on the display unit, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the link destination highlighter adding process in invisible form.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code stored thereon for controlling a computer of an electronic device comprising a display unit and a memory to perform illustrated dictionary display control, the program code comprising:

executing a dictionary storing process of storing dictionary data in a memory in which each headword, expository content, and illustration are associated with one another, the illustration including a character string which is searchable;

executing an in-illustration textual content display process of, when an arbitrary character string in an arbitrary illustration is specified according to a user operation, displaying an expository content having the specified character string as a headword on a display unit;

executing an illustration highlighter adding process of highlighting an arbitrary character string in the displayed illustration with a highlighter according to a user operation;

executing a link destination highlighter adding process of, when the in-illustration textual content display process displays an expository content having the character string as a headword highlighted with the highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process on the display unit, detecting the same character string in the displayed expository content as the character string highlighted with the highlighter as a link destination and highlighting the same character string with a highlighter;

executing an illustration highlighter character string hiding process of, when an illustration associated with an expository content of an arbitrary headword is displayed on the display unit according to a user operation, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process in invisible form; and

executing a link destination highlighter character string hiding process of, when the in-illustration textual content display process displays an expository content having a character string as a headword highlighted with a highlighter by the illustration highlighter adding process on the display unit, displaying a character string highlighted with a highlighter by the link destination highlighter adding process in invisible form.