Data processing device

• US 5,523,943 A
• Filed: 06/07/1995
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Hiroshi, Mori, Hisayoshi, Maruta, Tomoe, Okutsu, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Gail O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US08/483,172
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• Field of Search: 364/419.14, 364/419.04, 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File, 364/419.02
• US Class Current: 704/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation

Abstract

Disclosed is a data processing device, such as a handy translating device which translates specific phrases into corresponding phrases in another language system or, such as a retrieving device which retrieves specific phrases containing words. The data processing device includes a phrase storing unit for storing phrases each consisting of one or more words in a state that label data relating to the phrase is attached to the phrase, a retrieval word input unit for inputting a retrieval word, a label data retrieving unit for retrieving a phrase with the same label data as the retrieval word from among the phrases in the phrase storing unit, a display unit, and a display control unit for controlling an operation of the display unit for displaying the phrase retrieved by the label data retrieving unit.

Claims

1. A data processing device comprising:

phrase storing means for storing phrases in one language, each stored phrase including one or more words and a mark attached to a specific part of the phrase to indicate a marked phrase part;

display means;

first means for controlling said display means to display one of the phrases read out of said phrase storing means and the attached mark;

phrase parts display means for causing said display means to display a list of phrase parts as replacements for the marked phrase part;

means for selecting, from the list of the displayed phrase parts, one phrase part as a replacement for the marked phrase part;

replacement display means for causing said display means to display the one phrase including the replacement phrase part in place of the marked phrase part as an alternative phrase;

phrase converting means for converting the alternative phrase into a corresponding phrase in another language; and

second means for causing said display means to display the corresponding phrase received from said phrase converting means.