Patent Document ID: 9563619
Application ID: 14109547

Base Claim:
1. A dictionary device comprising: a display; a touch panel; and a CPU which is configured to: display a sentence including a plurality of words on the display; detect a plurality of specified positions corresponding to a user's operation on the touch panel in a state in which the sentence including the words is displayed on the display; determine a movement state of the specified positions in accordance with the user's operation, after the specified positions on the touch panel are detected; search dictionary data stored in a memory, the dictionary data including example sentences or phrases including a plurality of words, for an example sentence or a phrase which includes words included in the sentence displayed on the display and specified correspondingly to the specified positions, in accordance with the determined movement state of the specified positions; wherein, in determining the movement state of the specified positions, the CPU determines whether the specified positions are crossed along with movements of the specified positions; and wherein, when it is determined that the specified positions are crossed, the CPU searches the dictionary data for an example sentence or a phrase including, in a reversed order, the words included in the sentence and specified correspondingly to the specified positions.

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Claim 2:
2. The dictionary device according to claim 1 , wherein in determining the movement state of the specified positions, the CPU determines whether the specified positions are moved closer to each other along with the movements of the specified positions, and when it is determined that the specified positions are moved closer to each other, the CPU searches the dictionary data for an example sentence or a phrase in which the words included in the sentence displayed on the display and specified correspondingly to the specified positions are adjoined.