Patent ID: 7240278
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information display control apparatus comprising: a first dictionary information storage section which stores a plurality of headwords and respective explanatory descriptions of the plurality of headwords in a corresponding relationship, such that each headword and the respective explanatory description thereof is described in a first local character code; a first conversion table storage section which stores a first character code conversion table that performs conversion between the first local character code and a general-purpose character code; a second dictionary information storage section which stores a plurality of headwords and respective explanatory descriptions of the plurality of headwords in a corresponding relationship, such that each headword and the respective explanatory description thereof is described in a second local character code; a second conversion table storage section which stores a second character code conversion table that performs conversion between the second local character code and the general-purpose code; a retrieval object input section via which an object to be retrieved is input; a first explanatory description display control section which retrieves a headword from the first dictionary information storage section that corresponds to the inputted object and which displays the explanatory description corresponding to the retrieved headword; a retrieval object specifying section which specifies, as an object for retrieval, any particular word contained in the explanatory description displayed by the first explanatory description display control section, said explanatory description being in the first local character code; a first code conversion section which converts the first local character code, which describes the object for retrieval specified by the retrieval object specifying section, into the general-purpose code in accordance with the first character code conversion table; a second code conversion section which converts the general-purpose code from the first code conversion section into the second local character code in accordance with the second character code conversion table; and a second explanatory description display control section which retrieves a headword from the second dictionary information storage section that corresponds to the object for retrieval, as described in the second local character code from the second code conversion section, and which displays the explanatory description corresponding to the retrieved headword in the second local character code; wherein the first dictionary information storage section and the first conversion table storage section are provided on a disconnectable external storage unit which is disconnectably attached to the information display control apparatus; wherein each of the first and second dictionary information storage sections stores respective language information for each of the headwords and explanatory descriptions, so as to identify languages of the headwords and explanatory descriptions; and wherein the apparatus further comprises a language difference information display section which, when the language information corresponding to the word specified as the object for retrieval by the retrieval object specifying section is different from the language information of the headwords in the second dictionary information storage section, displays on a display a notification that the language information of the word specified as the object for retrieval and the language information of the headwords in the second dictionary information storage section are different.