Language information translating device and method

Abstract

In language information translating device and method, registered vocabulary information pieces of plural users registered into a user dictionary registering unit are referred to, and when plural vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word exist, a direction word to be added to a basic dictionary is extracted on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces of the direction word concerned and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are registered vocabulary information pieces of the direction word concerned, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another, and the basic vocabulary information of the extracted direction word is registered in the basic dictionary.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a voice synthesizing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of a voice synthesizing unit 11 of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of an important word extracting unit 16 and a basic dictionary renewing unit 15 according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 shows an example of basic vocabulary information of a basic dictionary according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 shows an example of registered vocabulary information of a user dictionary according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 shows an example of statistic information according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the construction of a voice synthesizing device according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the construction of a voice synthesizing device according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 9 shows an example of registered vocabulary information of a user dictionary according to the third embodiment;

FIG. 10 shows an example of statistic information according to the third embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of an important word extracting unit 46 and a dictionary renewing unit 45 according to the third embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the construction of a machine translating device; and

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the construction of a kana-kanji translating device.

Claims

1. A language information translating device that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression comprising: a user dictionary configured to store registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the second language expression corresponding to the direction word of each registered user;a basic dictionary configured to store basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the second language expression corresponding to the direction word;a language information translating unit configured to refer to the basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary and registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary, and translate input information expressed by the first language expression to the second language expression;an important word extracting unit configured to refer to the registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extract a direction word to be added to the basic dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are associated with the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are associated with the same direction word, the corresponding second language expressions of which are also coincident with one another; anda dictionary renewing unit configured to register the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as basic vocabulary information into the basic dictionary.

2. A language information translating device that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression comprising: a user dictionary configured to store registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the second language expression corresponding to the direction word of each registered user;a basic dictionary registering unit configured to store basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the second language expression corresponding to the direction word,a common dictionary configured to store common vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the second language expression corresponding to the direction word;a language information translating unit configured to refer to basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary, registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary concerned and common vocabulary information of the common dictionary indicated by the user, and translate input information expressed by the first language expression to the second language expression;an important word extracting unit configured to refer to the registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extract a direction word to be added to the common dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are associated with the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are associated with the same direction word, the corresponding second language expressions of which are also coincident with one another; anda dictionary renewing unit configured to register the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as common vocabulary information into the common dictionary.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the important word extracting unit extracts a direction word when the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word or the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are the registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another, is equal to a threshold value or more.

4. The device according to claim 2, wherein the important word extracting unit extracts a direction word when the number of registered vocabulary information pieces the same direction word or the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are the registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another, is equal to a threshold value or more.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the important word extracting unit, the basic dictionary registering unit and the dictionary renewing unit connected to the user dictionary registering unit and the language information translating unit through a network.

6. The device according to claim 2, wherein the important word extracting unit, the basic dictionary registering unit and the dictionary renewing unit connected to the user dictionary registering unit and the language information translating unit through a network.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the common dictionary registering unit is provided every field.

8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the common dictionary registering unit is provided every field.

9. The language information translating device according to claim 1, wherein the important word extracting unit further calculates a user contribution degree corresponding to the number of registered vocabulary information pieces extracted as important words out of registered vocabulary information pieces registered by a user every user.

10. The device according to claim 2, wherein the important word extracting unit further calculates a user contribution degree corresponding to the number of registered vocabulary information pieces extracted as important words out of registered vocabulary information pieces registered by a user every user.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the important extracting unit further extracts a direction word to be added on the basis of the user contribution degree.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the important extracting unit further extracts a direction word to be added on the basis of the user contribution degree.

13. The device according to claim.1, wherein the second language expression contains at least a pronunciation symbol array corresponding to the corresponding first language expression.

14. The device according to claim 2, wherein the second language expression contains at least a pronunciation symbol array corresponding to the corresponding first language expression.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the language based on the first language expression is different from the language based on the second language expression.

16. The device according to claim 2, wherein the language based on the first language expression is different from the language based on the second language expression.

17. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first language expression is a pronunciation symbol array or a kana character array, and the second language expression is any one of a kanji character array, a kanji-kana mixture character array and a word array.

18. The device according to claim 2, wherein the first language expression is a pronunciation symbol array or a kana character array, and the second language expression is any one of a kanji character array, a kanji-kana mixture character array and a word array.

19. A language information translating method that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression, comprising: storing registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a user dictionary of each registered user;storing basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a basic dictionary;translating input information expressed with the first language expression to the second language expression by referring to basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary and registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary concerned;referring to registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extracting a direction word to be added to the common dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another; andregistering the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as basic vocabulary information into the basic dictionary.

20. A language information translating method that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression, comprising: storing registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a user dictionary of each registered user;storing basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a basic dictionary;storing common vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into one or more common dictionaries;translating input information expressed with the first language expression to the second language expression by referring to basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary, registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary concerned and the common vocabulary information of the common dictionary indicated by the user;referring to registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extracting a direction word to be added to the common dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another; andregistering the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as common vocabulary information into the common dictionary.

21. A language information translating program product that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression, the program product comprising instructions of: storing registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a user dictionary of each registered user;storing basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a basic dictionary;translating input information expressed with the first language expression to the second language expression by referring to basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary and registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary concerned;referring to registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extracting a direction word to be added to the common dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another; andregistering the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as basic vocabulary information into the basic dictionary.

22. A language information translating program product that is usable by plural users and translates a first language expression to a second language expression, the program product comprising instructions of: storing registered vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a user dictionary of each registered user;storing basic vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into a basic dictionary;storing common vocabulary information containing at least a direction word of the first language expression and the corresponding second language expression into one or more common dictionaries;translating input information expressed with the first language expression to the second language expression by referring to basic vocabulary information of the basic dictionary, registered vocabulary information registered by the user of the user dictionary concerned and the common vocabulary information of the common dictionary indicated by the user;referring to registered vocabulary information of the plural user dictionaries and extracting a direction word to be added to the common dictionary on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are registered vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another; andregistering the registered vocabulary information of the extracted direction word as common vocabulary information into the common dictionary.

23. The device according to claim 1, further comprising: a user dictionary registering unit configured to register the registered vocabulary information into the user dictionary corresponding to a user ID.

24. The device according to claim 2, further comprising: a user dictionary registering unit configured to register the registered vocabulary information into the user dictionary corresponding to a user ID.