JP2003296325A - Multi-language conversation support system configuration method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that it is necessary to newly prepare a database or to change all language databases in accordance with the increase of language at the time of increasing language to be used, or changing a service menu in a multi-language conversion support system. <P>SOLUTION: The multi-language conversion support system is configured to separately manage stateless concept data and display language data corresponding to the concept data, and to link the concept data and the display language data with a file name or the like in accordance with the selection of a user. Thus, it is possible to easily and quickly change this system only by partially changing the concept data, and adding display language data in accordance with the increase of language. Furthermore, it is possible to facilitate countermeasures to the change of a service menu only by correcting a part associated with the concept data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for constructing an electronic display device for supporting conversation between a plurality of languages and a multilingual conversation support system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present inventor has first described a speaker in an electronic display device.
We proposed a conversation support system that displays the language of A, for example, Japanese, and clicks the button to display the language of speaker B, for example, Indonesian. In this system, the words in the language of the speaker B can be displayed by characters only or by both characters and voice. For example, with respect to the Japanese word "hospital", the Indonesian characters are displayed as "rumah sakit" or the Indonesian voice is output as "ruma sakit".
Hereinafter, the output by voice is also widely treated as a display. If speaker A is Japanese and speaker B is American, the word "hospital" is displayed in Japanese with "hospital" for the Japanese word "hospital", or "hospital" is spoken in the American language. It is also possible to display.

As applicable languages, all languages such as Chinese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, etc. can be considered. When displaying characters in each language on an electronic display device, it is not always the case that the electronic display device has character fonts for all languages, and the characters for each language are stored in advance as image files such as GIF format. However, if this image file is displayed when necessary, it is possible to support any language that does not have the character font.

On the other hand, as an ordinary electronic display system, WW
There is a W (World Wide Web) system. In the WWW system, each screen is HTML (Hyper Text Markup Languag
It consists of the Web page described in e). On Web pages, menus consist of hyperlinks or buttons. With hyperlinks, clicking on a hyperlink string or image opens another pre-specified web page. Similarly, in the case of a button, another web page specified in advance is opened.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present inventor, as a method of managing display characters in a multilingual conversation support system,
We proposed the method of using the database as well as the technology of electronic display system. In this case, for example, a Japanese database, an Indonesian language database, an American language database, a Thai language database, etc. are provided in correspondence with the applicable language.

However, in the previously proposed system,
The method of creating a database corresponding to such a language has a drawback that a new database must be created each time the number of languages increases.

Further, such a system has a drawback that the database of all languages must be changed every time the service menu is changed.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the need to create a database for a multilingual conversation support system using an electronic display device even if the target language increases.

A second object of the present invention is to eliminate the procedure for changing each database in each language even when changing the service menu in a multilingual conversation support system using an electronic display device.

[0010]

According to one aspect of the present invention, means for electronically displaying one or more stages of language unit selection branches and one or more of the language unit selection branches are selected. In a multilingual conversation support system for supporting conversation between a plurality of languages provided with means for electronically displaying linguistic units, the concept used for display is classified and managed as stateless data according to the purpose of use. Means, second means for selecting a display language for electronic display, and third means for storing a file group of any one of an image file and an audio file for displaying the concept in the display language. , A multilingual conversation support characterized in that either or both of the file name of the file group and the name of the storage location are managed according to the concept, the purpose of use, the display language and the file type. System configuration method can be obtained.

According to another aspect of the present invention, means for electronically displaying one or more stages of language unit selection branches and one or more language units selected by the language unit selection branches are electronically displayed. In a multilingual conversation support system for supporting a conversation between a plurality of languages having means for displaying, first means for classifying and managing the concept used for display as stateless data according to the purpose of use, and the electronic Second means for selecting a display language for displaying on the display, and third means for storing a file group of both media types of image files and audio files for displaying the concept in the display language,
A multilingual conversation support system configuration method is obtained in which one or both of a file name and a storage location name of the file group are managed according to the concept, the purpose of use, the display language, and the file type. .

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Communication using the system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the first user 11 understands that the first language 11 is Japanese and that the first user 11
It shall communicate with a second user 12 who understands a second language, Indonesian. In this case, the first user 11 presents the information display terminal 10 to the second user 12, and sequentially displays language units such as icons on the information display terminal 10 on the information display unit 51 to display multimedia. Make full use of it to develop the conversation. Hereinafter, the first language is called language A and the second language is called language B.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a schematic configuration of the information display terminal 10, which has an information display section 51, a cursor control section 52, and a selection button 53. Further, the main control unit 54 controls the information display terminal 10 in cooperation with the program stored in the main memory unit 55. Further, the removable memory 60 can be inserted into the removable memory holding section 56. Note that, in FIG. 2, the information display terminal 10 may be a communication device or a mobile device such as a laptop personal computer, a desktop personal computer, a PDA, a mobile phone, a TV receiver, or a game machine. The removable memory 60 described above
Flexible disk, magneto-optical disk (MO), CD
It may be a storage device or storage medium such as -ROM, CD-R, DVD, memory stick, compact flash (registered trademark) memory, or smart media.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic structure of the removable memory 60. The removable memory 60 shown in the figure includes a database 1, a program file group 2 for generating a layout of a display screen, and a display screen. A control for storing a content file group 3 such as an image file or a sound file which is a display object to be displayed, and a control program for reading data from the database 1 at any time, displaying a menu to the user and displaying a language unit. And part 61. When the removable memory 60 has a content provided to support conversation between two languages, Japanese and Indonesian, the removable memory 60 is referred to as a Japanese-Indonesian conversation support package 60.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a conversation support execution process.

With reference to FIG. 5, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the operation when the conversation support package 60 from Japanese to Indonesian is inserted into the removable memory holder 56 and activated is described. In this case, the control unit 61 is the main control unit 54.
By the cooperation control with, the step S11 of displaying / selecting the language A selection branch in the used language A / B selection step S10 is executed. For example, the program file “language_a.asp” is started, and the language A selection instruction sentence 30 is displayed as the first Web page on the information display unit 51 shown in FIG. 5 by the same method as the WWW system. A file with the extension ".asp" is a program file that runs on a Windows (registered trademark) 2000 series server, and is an ASP (ActiveServer Page).
Written in technology and VBScript language, it generates an HTML file.

An example of the structure of the directive statement table 300 will be described with reference to FIG. The instruction sentence is a sentence for instructing the user how to operate the page on each Web page. The directive table 300 includes a program file name field 301, a display order field 302, and a concept field 3.
It is composed of 03. In this embodiment, a relational database is used as a data management method. In a relational database, data is managed by a group of tables. Each table is managed by a two-dimensional table of records that store fields indicating data attributes and specific values. In FIG. 6, records 311 and 3 are shown as examples of records.
Four records 12, 313 and 314 are illustrated. For example, in the record 311, the program file name attribute 301 is “language_a.asp” and the display order attribute 30 is
2 is “1” and the conceptual attribute 303 is “my_language”.

An example of the instruction statement file stored in the instruction statement file folder (s_gif) 1000 will be described with reference to FIG. The file name of the directive file 1001 is "my_language_jpn_s.gif". "My_language" which is a part of the file name indicates the concept of the directive sentence. In this example, the concept of "your language" is shown. “Jpn” is a label indicating the display language, and in this example, “Japanese” is indicated. “S” is a label indicating the purpose of use, and in this example, “instruction”. “Gif” is an extension indicating a file type, and in this example, it is a kind of gif format image file. Actually, the file 1
Reference numeral 001 is a file in which Japanese characters "My word" are expressed as an image and converted into a gif format file.
In this way, the file name is expressed by a combination of the concept, the display language, the purpose of use, the flag indicating the file type, etc.
It is managed. The name of the directives folder "s_gi
The "s" in "f" is also a flag that represents a directive, and "gif" is a gif.
Indicates a format file. In other words, this folder 1000 indicates that the gif format directive file is stored. Similarly, the directive file 100
The file name of 2 is "my_language_usa_s.gif",
The concept of "my_language" is displayed in the display language "usa", that is, American language, and indicates that the purpose of use is "s", that is, a directive. Actually, the file 1002 is "my l
This is a file that is converted to a gif format file by expressing American characters "anguage" as an image. The file name of the directive file 1003 is “my_language_idn_s.gif”, and the concept of “my_language” is represented by the display language “idn”.
That is, it is displayed in Indonesian and indicates that the purpose of use is "s", that is, a directive. The directive file 1004 has a file name "partner_s_language_jpn_s.gif", and displays the concept of "partner_s_language", that is, "the language of the other party" in the display language "jpn", that is, Japanese, and is converted into a gif format file. It is a file.

The operation of the controller 61 will be described with reference to FIGS. The control unit 61 activates the program file “language_a.asp” in the display / selection step S11 of the language A selection branch shown in FIG. 4, and displays the instruction sentence 30 according to the instruction of the program. 300
From the program file name field 301 to "langua
The record 311 whose display order field 302 is “1” is searched for in “ge_a.asp”, and the value “my_language” of the concept field 303 is read. Although the character representation of the language_a.asp file can be displayed in any language, it is assumed here that the language_a.asp file is programmed to display Japanese, for example. Since the flag indicating the Japanese display is defined as "jpn" and the flag indicating the directive is defined as "s", the concept " The character string "my_language_jpn_s" is obtained by connecting the character string "my_language", the label "jpn" of the display language, and the label "s" of the directive sentence with "_". Further, here, the directive is defined as a gif format file, and a file extension of ".gif" is added to obtain a file name of "my_language_jpn_s.gif".
The directive file is the folder “s_gif” folder 1000
Since it is stored in the "s_gif" folder 100
The file 1001 with the file name "my_language_jpn_s.gif" in 0 is read out, and the position 3 of the information display section 51 is read.
Display at 0. That is, as shown in the instruction sentence 30 of FIG. 5, "my word" is displayed in Japanese character notation.

An example of the structure of the basic table 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The basic table 100 is a table that manages the concept of a word used for displaying a selection branch or displaying a language unit as stateless data (that is, data irrelevant to nationality), and includes a word identification number field 101 and a concept field 102. Consists of. The value of the concept field represents the meaning or concept of the word in English in this embodiment.

In FIG. 8, records 111, 112 and 11 are shown.
An example of four records 3 and 114 is shown. The word identification number field of the record 111 is “3”, the concept field 102 is “japanese”, and in Japanese, it indicates the concept of “Japanese”. The word identification number field of the record 112 is “4”, the concept field 102 is “american”, and in Japanese, it is “American”.
Shows the concept. Similarly, the record 113 shows the concept of “Chinese” and the record 114 shows the concept of “Indonesian”.

Referring to FIG. 9, an example of character display files stored in the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 is shown. The character display file 2001 has a file name of "japanese_jpn_c.gif". "Japanese" which is a part of the file name indicates the concept of character display.
In this example, the concept of "Japanese" is shown. “Jpn” is a label indicating the display language, and in this example, “Japanese” is indicated. “C” is a label indicating the purpose of use, which indicates “character display” in this example. “Gif” indicates a gif format file. Actually, the file 2001 is a file in which a Japanese character "Japanese" is expressed as an image and converted into a gif format file. In this way, the file name is expressed and managed by a combination of the concept, the display language, the purpose of use, and the flag indicating the file type. Note that "c" in the character display folder name "c_gif" is also a flag indicating character display, and "gif" indicates a gif format file. In other words, this folder 2000 contains gi
Indicates that a character display file in f format is stored. Similarly, the character display file 2002 is a gif file in which the file name is “japanese_usa_c.gif” and the concept of “japanese” is displayed in characters in the display language of American. Actually, the character "japanese" is displayed as an image and converted into a gif format file. Similarly, the character display file 2003 has a file name of "japanese_idn".
_c.gif ”is a gif file in which the concept of“ japanese ”is displayed in characters in the Indonesian display language.
Similarly, the character display file 2004 has a file name of "amer
ican_jpn_c.gif ”is a gif file in which the concept of“ american ”is displayed in Japanese in the display language.
Actually, the character "American" is displayed as an image gi
It has been converted to an f format file.

Referring to FIG. 10, an example of a flag file stored in the flag file folder (flag_gif) 1100 is shown. The file name of the flag file 1101 shown in FIG. 10 is "japanese_flag.gif". "Japanese" which is a part of the file name indicates the concept of character display. “Flag” indicates that the file represents the national flag as an image, and “.gif” indicates that it is a gif format file. That is, it indicates that the flag file 1101 is a gif file of the Japanese flag. Similarly, the file name of the flag file 1102 is "american_fla
g.gif ”, which indicates that the file is a gif file in which the American flag is image-represented.

A configuration example of the language table 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The language table 200 includes a language identification field 201, a language name field 202, and a language label field 203. In FIG. 11, records 211 to 216 are shown as examples of records. The language identification field 201 of the record 211 is “1”, the language name field 202 is “japanese”,
The language label field 203 is “jpn”. Similarly, the language identification field 201 of the record 212 is “2”.
The language name field 202 is "american" and the language label field 203 is "usa".

A configuration example of the language A query 220 will be described with reference to FIG. The language A query is constructed by combining the language A table and the language table with the language identification number as a key. The language A query is used to display a web page that displays / selects the language A choices. The language A query 220 includes a display order field 221 of the language A table and a language identification field 22 of the language A table.
2. A language name field 223 of the language table and a language label field 224 of the language table. In the present embodiment, the description of the language A table is omitted for simplicity. In FIG. 12, a record 23 is shown as an example of the record.
1-234 are included. For example, the record 231 indicates that the display order is “1”, the language identification is “1”, the language name is “japanese”, and the language label is “jpn”.

The operation of the controller 61 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 12. The control unit 61 reads the language A query 220, the language name of the display order “1” is “japanese”, the language name of the display order “2” is “american”, and the language name of the display order “3” is “chinese”. It is read that the language name of the display order “4” is “indonesian”. Therefore,
First, in order to display the character display in Japanese of the language name of display order "1", the character display file names are combined. According to a predetermined rule, the language name "japanese", the language label "jpn", and the character display label "c" are concatenated by "_" to obtain "japanese_jpn_c". Furthermore, the character display is defined as a gif format file, so the extension ".gi
"f" is concatenated to obtain the file name "japanese_jpn_c.gif". Therefore, the file name is "japanese_jp" from the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 shown in FIG.
The character display file 2001 which is “n_c.gif” is read out and displayed at the position 31 in FIG.

Next, referring to FIGS. 5 and 10, in order to display the national flag file of display order "1", the control unit 61 uses the language name "japane" according to a predetermined rule.
se ”, flag label“ flag ”, and gif file extension“ .gi ”
f ”is concatenated. Subsequently, the control unit 61 generates the national flag file name “japanse_flag.gif” and extracts the corresponding national flag file 1 from the national flag file folder (flag_gif) 1100.
The control for reading out 101 and displaying it at the position 32 in FIG. 5 is performed. In the same manner, display the "American language" character display file at position 33, the US flag file at position 34, the "Chinese" character display file at position 35, and the Chinese flag file at position 36. , The Indonesian character file is sequentially displayed at position 37, and the Indonesian national flag file is sequentially displayed at position 38 to obtain a screen display 51 for language branch selection / selection shown in FIG.

A method of selecting the language A will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 12. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the image 32 of the Japanese flag is clicked as one's own language,
As the language A, the first option "Japanese" is selected. The control unit 61 uses the language A query 2 of FIG.
20 is searched for a record 231 in which the value of the display order field 221 of the language A table is “1”, the value “1” of the language identification field 222 of the language A table is read, and the language identification of the language A is set to “1”. Then, the value "jpn" in the language label field 224 of the language A table is read, and the language label of the language A is set to "jpn".

A configuration example of the language B query 240 will be described with reference to FIG. The language B query 240 is constructed by combining the language B table and the language table 200 with the language identification number as a key. Language B query 24
0 is used to display the Web page that displays / selects the language B option. The language B query 240 is language B
A table display order field 241, a language B table language identification field 242, a language table language name field 243, and a language table language label field 244 are included. In the present embodiment, the description of the language B table is omitted for simplicity. In FIG. 13, records 251 to 254 are included as examples of records. For example, the record 251 indicates that the display order is “1”, the language identification is “1”, the language name is “japanese”, and the language label is “jpn”.

The flow chart of FIG. 4 will be further described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, when the display / selection step S11 of the language A selection branch is completed, the process proceeds to the display / selection step S12 of the language B selection branch, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. The screen shown in FIG. 14 shows the language A which is "my language".
Display using. The control unit 61 activates the program file language_b.asp according to a predetermined procedure, and in order to display the directive 40 of FIG. 14 according to the instructions of the program, the program file name field 301 is set to “language_b” from the directive statement table 300. .asp ”and record 312 whose display order field 302 is“ 1 ”
Is searched for, and the value of the concept field 303 is “partner_s_lang
read "uage". Since the language label of language A is set to "jpn" and the flag indicating the directive is set to "s", the concept "partner_s_language" is determined according to a predetermined rule for assigning a file name for the directive. "
Character string, the label of "jpn" of the display language and the label of "s" of the directive sentence are connected by "_" and the character string "partner_s_
language_jpn_s ”is obtained. Furthermore, the directive is defined as a gif format file, and a file extension of ".gif" is added to obtain a file name of "partner_s_language_jpn_s.gif". Since the directive file is stored in the folder “s_gif” folder 1000, “partner_s_language_jpn_s.gif” in the “s_gif” folder 1000 is stored.
The file 1004 having the file name of is read out and displayed at the position 40 of the information display section 51. That is, as shown in the instruction sentence 40 of FIG. 14, the word "other's word" is displayed in Japanese character notation.

Referring to FIGS. 14 and 13, the controller 61
The operation of will be further described. The control unit 61 reads the language B query 240, and the language name of the display order “1” is “japane”.
It is read that the language name of the display order “2” is “american”, the language name of the display order “3” is “chinese”, and the language name of the display order “4” is “indonesian” in “se”. Therefore, first, in order to display the character display in the language A of the language name of the display order “1”, the character display file names are combined. The language name "ja
Panese ", the language label" jpn "of language A and the character display label" c "are concatenated by" _ ", and the extension" .gif "is concatenated to obtain the file name" japanese_jpn_c.gif ". Therefore, the character display file 2001 with the file name "japanese_jpn_c.gif" is read from the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 and displayed at position 41 in FIG.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 14 and 10, the control unit 61 performs an operation for displaying the flag file of display order "1". In this case, concatenate the language name "japanese", the flag label "flag" and the gif file extension ".gif",
A national flag file name "japanse_flag.gif" is generated, and the corresponding national flag file 1101 is read from the national flag file folder (flag_gif) 1100 and displayed at position 42 in FIG. In the same manner, display the "American language" character display file at position 43, the American flag file at position 44, the "Chinese" character display file at position 45, and the Chinese flag file at position 46. , The Indonesian character file is sequentially displayed at the position 47, and the Indonesian flag file is sequentially displayed at the position 48 to obtain the screen display 51 for displaying and selecting the branch of the language B shown in FIG.

With reference to FIG. 15, a language B selection branch display / selection screen display example when the language A is American will be described. Figure 4
In the display / selection step S11 of the language A selection branch shown in, when the "American language" of the second selection branch is selected as the language A,
The control unit 61 searches the record 232 in which the display order field 221 of the language A query 220 in FIG. 12 is “2”, sets the language identification of the language A to “2”, and the language label of the language A to “us”.
Set to "a". In this case, the name of the directive file for displaying the directive 40 is "partner_s_language_usa_s.gi.
f ”, and the directive file 1005 is displayed.
As in the directive sentence 40 of No. 5, in the American character display, "Partne
"r's Language" is displayed. The character display file name of the language name 41 is "japanese_usa_c.gif", and the character display file 2002 is read and displayed as the language name 41. In this case, "Japanese" is written in the American language. Since the national flag file is managed as a stateless file, that is, a file irrelevant to nationality, it is displayed as in the case of FIG. As a result, when the language A is American, the language B selection branch display / selection screen is displayed as shown in FIG.

A method of selecting the language B will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. In FIG. 14, for example, when the image 44 of the American flag is clicked as the language of the other party,
The second selection branch of language B is selected as language B. The control unit 61 determines that the value of the display order field 241 of the language B table from the language B query 240 in FIG. 13 is “2”.
Record 252, reads the value “2” in the language identification field 242 of the language B table, sets the language identification of language B to “2”, and further sets the value “usa” in the language label field 243 of the language B table. Read and set the language label of language B to "usa".

Referring to FIG. 16, the operation when the display / selection step S12 of the language B selection branch in FIG. 4 is completed will be described. When the display / selection step S12 of the language B selection branch ends, the process moves to the display / selection step S21 of the scene selection branch in the conversation situation setting step 20. Figure 1
The screen shown in 6 is displayed using the language A which is "my language". The control unit 61 activates the program file menu1.asp according to a predetermined procedure and displays the instruction sentence 70 of FIG. 16 according to the instruction of the program. Therefore, the control unit 61 records 313 in which the program file name field 301 is “menu1.asp” and the display order field 302 is “1” from the directive statement table 300.
Is searched for, and the value of the concept field 303 "scene_select_m
read "enu". Since the language label of language A is set to "jpn" and the flag indicating the directive is set to "s", "scene_select_menu _jpn_s.gif" is set according to the predetermined rule for assigning the file name for the directive. "
Get the file name. The above-mentioned directive file folder
(s_gif) From 1000, "scene_select_menu _jpn_s.gi
Read the file 1007 with the file name "f",
It is displayed at the position 70 of the information display section 51 of FIG. That is, as shown in the instruction sentence 70 of FIG. 16, "scene selection menu" is displayed in Japanese character notation.

A second embodiment of the basic table 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In Figure 17, four records 1
15-118 are shown.

FIG. 18 shows a second embodiment of the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000. In this example, twelve character display files 2013 to 2014 are stored.

Referring to FIG. 19, the scene selection table (tb
A configuration example of the l_menu1) 500 will be described. The scene selection table 500 is a table that stores data for displaying a first-stage selection branch menu for narrowing down and selecting language units. In this embodiment, data for displaying a menu for selecting a conversation scene is stored. The scene selection table (tbl_menu1) 500 includes a scene identification field 501, a display order field 502, a word identification number field 503, and a next table identification field 5.
04, the next-stage display method identification field 505. The scene selection table (tbl_menu1) 500 stores records having values corresponding to the fields. The word identification number field 503 serves as a key to a display object displayed on the screen as a menu. The next-stage table identification field 504 indicates a record group in which data of contents such as menus to be displayed in the next stage is stored. The next-stage display method identification field 505
Indicates a program file for generating a layout used for displaying contents such as menus in the next stage. The program file is a VBScript that uses ASP (Active Server Page) technology in the case of a WWW system, for example, when the OS is a Windows (registered trademark) 2000 series server.
It consists of so-called asp files written in the language. O
If S is a UNIX (registered trademark) type server, CGI (Common Gat
e Way) technology and so-called cgi file written in Perl language. The asp and cgi files control the database as needed, generate HTML files and
It is sent to the client computer via the W system and the web page is displayed using the browser on the client computer.

In the example of FIG. 19, four records 511 to 5
14 is shown. The value of the scene identification field 501 of the record 511 is “101”, and the display order field 5
The value of 02 is "1", which means that it is arranged at the first position of the selected branch. The value of the word identification number field 503 is "1.
4 ”, this value is a foreign key,
00 corresponds to the word identification number field 101 which is the main key. The value of the next table identification field 504 is "qr
"y_menu2" indicates a table or query that stores data related to the next-stage selection branch. The value of the next-stage display method identification field 505 is "menu2.asp", and specifies that the next-stage selection branch data is displayed using the program file "menu2.asp". Similarly, the record 512 is data regarding the second selection branch of scene selection, the record 513 is data regarding the third selection branch of scene selection, and the record 514 is the fourth selection branch of scene selection. It is an example of the data regarding a selection branch.

Referring to FIG. 20, a scene selection query (qry_
A configuration example of menu1) 520 will be described. Scene selection query (q
The ry_menu1) 520 is generated by combining the scene selection table 500 and the basic table 100 with the word identification field as a key. Scene selection query (qry_me
nu1) 520 is a scene identification field 521, a display order field 522, a word identification number field 523, a concept field 524, a next-stage query identification field 525,
It is composed of a next-stage display method identification field 526. FIG. 20 shows an example of the records 531, 532, 533, 534.

Referring to FIGS. 16 and 20, the controller 61
The operation of will be described. The control unit 61 uses the scene selection query 5
20 is read and the value of the display order field 522 is “1”
The value of the concept field 524 of the record 531 is “airp
Ort "is read, and in the following, the concept of display order" 2 "is" transfer ", the concept of display order" 3 "is" greeting ", and the concept of display order" 4 "is" shoppin ".
Read "g". Therefore, first, in order to display the character display in the language A of the concept of the display order "1",
Synthesize the character display file name. According to a predetermined rule, the concept "airport" and the language label of language A "jp
"n" and the character display label "c" are concatenated with "_" and the extension ".gif" is concatenated, and the file name "airport_jp
n_c.gif ”. Therefore, the character display file 20 whose file name is “aiport_jpn_c.gif” from the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 shown in FIG.
13 is read out and displayed at position 71 in FIG. In this example, "Airport" is displayed in Japanese character display.

Referring to FIG. 21, the icon file (ic
on_gif) An example of an icon file stored in the folder 3000 will be described. The file name of the icon file 3001 is “airport.gif”. "Aiport" which is a part of the file name indicates the concept of the icon. In this example, the concept of "airport" is shown. “Gif” is an extension indicating a file type, and in this example, it is a kind of gif format image file. Actually, the file 3001 is a file in which an icon corresponding to the concept of “airport” is image-represented and converted into a gif format file. In this embodiment, the icon is commonly used in all countries, and therefore, the icon is stateless and the country name label is not given. In this way, the icon file name is expressed and managed by the combination of the concept and the file type. The name of the icon folder "icon_gif"
"Icon" of is a flag that represents an icon, and "gif" is g
Indicates an if format file. In other words, this folder 3000 stores gif format icon files.

Next, referring to FIGS. 16 and 21, the controller 61 displays the concept "aiport" and the gif file extension ".gi" in order to display the icon file having the display order "1".
"f" is concatenated, the icon file name "aiport.gif" is generated, and the icon file folder (icon_gif) 3000
Read out the corresponding icon file 3001 from
It is displayed at position 72 in FIG. Similarly, position 7
The character display file "trabsfer_j" of the concept "transfer"
"pn_c.gif" 2016 and the icon file "transfer.gif" 3002 of the concept "transfer" at position 74 are displayed.
At position 75, the character display file "gree" of the concept "greeting"
ting_jpn_c.gif ”2019, and the concept“ greeti ”at position 76.
ng ”icon file“ greeting.gif ”3003 is displayed, a character display file“ shopping_jpn_c.gif ”2002 of the concept“ shopping ”is displayed at position 77, and an icon file“ shopping.gif ”30 of the concept“ shopping ”is displayed at position 78.
04 are sequentially displayed, and the scene selection branch display shown in FIG. 16 is displayed.
Obtain screen display 51 for selection.

In order to select the selection branch of the scene "airport" in the scene selection menu 70 in FIG. 16, either click on the character display image 71 or on the icon image 72. Similarly, when selecting another selection branch, click on the images 73 to 78.

In FIG. 16, for example, when the icon image 72 corresponding to the first selection branch is clicked, the control unit 61 causes the record selection stored in the scene selection query 520 of FIG. It is assumed that the record 531 that is the record having the display order of “1” is selected. The control unit 61 reads the value “101” in the scene identification field 521 of the selected record 531 and sets the selected scene identification as “101”. The value of the word identification number field of the record 531 selected in the previous period is “14”
And read that the value of the concept field 524 is “airport”. In other words, the scene "airport" has been selected as the first step in setting the situation of conversation. Since the value of the next-stage query identification field 525 of the selected record 531 is “qry_menu2”,
The next-stage selection branch display is the designated “qry_menu2”. The second-stage selection branch query (qry_menu2) 62 shown in FIG.
Performed using 0 data. Since the value of the next-stage display method identification field 526 of the selected record 531 is "menu2.asp", the menu screen of the next stage is displayed using the program file "menu2.asp". . The program file "menu2.asp" is, for example, asp
It consists of files.

FIG. 22 shows an example of the configuration of the second-stage selection branch table 600 which is the source of the second-stage selection branch query (qry_menu2) 620 of FIG. The second stage selection branch table 6
00 is a scene identification field 601, a language unit identification field 602, a display order field 603, a word identification number field 604, a next-stage query identification field 60.
5 and a next-stage display method identification field 606. The second-stage selection branch table 600 includes records. Examples of the records are records 611, 612, and
613 and 614.

Referring to FIG. 23, the second-stage selection branch table, the basic table 100, and the Japanese table 2
00 is linked using the word identification number field as a key,
A second-stage selection branch query (qry_menu2) 620 shown in FIG. 16 is generated. The second stage selection branch query 620 includes a scene identification field 621 and a language unit identification field 62.
2, a display order field 623, a word identification number field 624, a concept field 625, a next-stage query identification field 626, and a next-stage display method identification field 627. FIG. 23 shows the second-stage selection branch query 6
Records 631 and 6 are examples of records included in 20.
32, 633 and 634 are shown.

24, FIG. 4, FIG. 20, and FIG. 23, in the scene selection branch display / selection step S21 of FIG.
The operation when the image 72 is clicked and the first selection branch “airport” is selected on the scene selection screen 51 of FIG. 16 will be described. In this case, the operation proceeds to the display / selection step S22 of the language unit selection branch shown in FIG.
From the scene selection query 520, the control unit 61 determines the value “menu2.asp” of the next-stage display method identification field 526 of the record 531 corresponding to the selected first selection branch.
Read and start the program file "menu2.asp". Further, the control unit 61 reads the value "qry_menu2" of the next-stage table identification field 525 of the record 531 corresponding to the selected first selection branch. "Qry_men
"u2" indicates the second-stage selection branch query "qry_menu2", and the program file "menu2.asp" refers to the specified second-stage selection branch query "qry_menu2" according to the following procedure. Display the next page. The program file “menu2.asp” determines the layout of the screen to be displayed, and displays the language unit selection branch in the layout shown in FIG. 24, for example.

The control unit 61 starts the program file "menu2.asp" in a predetermined procedure,
A record 314 in which the program file name field 301 is “menu2.asp” and the display order field 302 is “1” from the directive statement table 300 of FIG. 6 in order to display the directive statement 80 of FIG.
Is searched for, and the value of the concept field 303 "language_unit_
read "select_menu". The language label for language A is "jp
Since “n” is set and the flag indicating the instruction sentence is set to “s”, the control unit 61 determines “language_u” according to a predetermined assigning rule for the instruction sentence file name.
Get the file name "nit _select_menu _jpn_s.gif". A file 1010 having a file name of "language_unit_select_menu_jpn_s.gif" is read from the instruction sentence file folder (s_gif) 1000 and displayed at the position 80 of the information display unit 51 in FIG. That is, FIG.
As shown in the directive sentence 80, the currently set language A
Is Japanese, it is displayed as "language unit selection menu" in Japanese.

Next, the control unit 61 receives the scene identification field 621 from the second stage selection branch query 620.
Only the record whose value is equal to "101" which is the value of the scene identification field 521 of the record 531 in the scene selection query 520 selected in the immediately preceding step S11 is selected and read. In the example of FIG. 23, records 631 to 634 are read. In FIG. 23, the value of the display order field 623 is the display order of the selected language unit selection branch, and in the example of FIG.
32, 633, and 634 are displayed in this order.

Referring to FIGS. 23 to 25, specifically, first, the character display image is displayed in the order of positions 81, 83, 85 and 87 as shown in FIG. The character display image is read out and displayed with a file name obtained by connecting the value of the concept field 625, the value of the language label of the language A, the character display label and the file extension according to a predetermined rule. In the example of the first record 631, the value of the concept field 624 is “immigration”.
Then, the language label of the language A is "jpn", the character display label "c" and the file extension ".gif" are combined, and "immigra"
A file name "tion_jpn_c.gif" is generated, and the file name is "immigration_jpn_c.gif" from the third embodiment of the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 shown in FIG.
The character display file 2025 which is "gif" is read out and displayed at position 81 in FIG. Similarly, the character display files “custom_jpn_c.gif” 2028 and “passport_jpn_c.g” are associated with the records 632, 633, and 634.
“If” 2031 and “hospital_jpn_c.gif” 2034 are read out and displayed at positions 83, 85 and 87 in FIG. 24, respectively. Next, the icon image is displayed at positions 82 and 8 in FIG.
It is sequentially displayed at 4,86,88. Therefore, the concept field 625 of FIG.
The value of and the file extension ".gif" are combined to automatically generate the corresponding icon image file name. In the example of the record 631, the value of the concept field 625 is “immigratio
Since it is "n", an icon file name "immigration.gif" is generated, and the icon file folder (icon_
(gif) From 3000 the icon file "immigration.gi
f ”3005 is read out and displayed at position 82 in FIG. Similarly, the records 632, 633, 634
Corresponding to, icon file "custom.gif" 300
6, "passport.gif" 3007, "hospital.gif" 30
08 is read out, and the positions 84, 86,
Displayed at 88, the language unit selection branch display 51 of FIG. 24 is obtained.

Referring to FIG. 26, there is shown a second display example of the scene selection branch display / selection screen when the language A is American. The control unit 61 reads the value “usa” in the language label field 224 in the language table of the second record 232 corresponding to the American language selection of the language A query 220,
In the procedure shown in the display example of FIG. 16, the language A is used.
Only by replacing the label "jpn" with "usa", the display shown in FIG. 26 is obtained by the same procedure thereafter. Specifically, referring to the record 313 of the directive text table 300, the directive text file name “scene_select_menu_usa_s.gif” is generated, the directive text file 1008 is read from the directive text file folder (s_gif) 1000, and the position is read. 70 is displayed. Next, in order to generate the file names necessary for the character displays 71, 73, 75, 77, the scene selection query 52
The values of the concept field 524 in the records 031, 532, 533, 534 of 0 are sequentially read. Next, the character display file name "airport_usa_c.gif", "transfer_us
a_c.gif "," greeting_usa_c.gif "," shopping_usa_ "
c.gif ”is automatically generated. Furthermore, from the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000, the corresponding character display file “airport_usa_c.gif” 2014, “trans”
fer_usa_c.gif ”2017,“ greeting_usa_c.gif ”2
020 and “shopping_usa_c.gif” 2023 are sequentially read out and displayed at positions 71, 73, 75 and 77 in FIG. 26, and the screen display 51 in FIG. 26 is obtained.

Referring to FIG. 27, there is shown a second display example of the language unit selection branch display / selection screen when the language A is American. The control unit 61 reads the value “usa” in the language label field 224 of the language table of the second record 232 corresponding to the American language selection of the language A query 220,
In the procedure shown in the display example of FIG. 24, the language A is used.
Only by replacing the label "jpn" with "usa", the display of FIG. 27 is obtained by the same procedure thereafter. Specifically, referring to the record 314 of the instruction statement table 300, the instruction statement file name "language_unit_select_menu_usa_s.gif"
And generate the directive file folder (s_gif) 1000
Read the directive file 1011 from the
Displayed in the American language and displayed as “Language Unit Select Men
u ”is displayed. Next, the character display 81, 83, 85,
Record 631, 632, 63 of the language unit selection query 620 to generate a file name required for 87.
The value of the concept field 625 of 3,634 is sequentially read. Next, the character display file name "immigration_usa_c.gi
f ”,“ custom_usa_c.gif ”,“ passport_usa_c.gi
f "and" hospital_usa_c.gif "are automatically generated. Furthermore, the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000
The corresponding character display file "immigraion_usa
_c.gif "2026," custom_usa_c.gif "2029,
"Passport_usa_c.gif" 2032, "hospital_usa_c.g"
if ”2035 is sequentially read, and the positions 81 and 8 in FIG. 27 are read.
Displayed on screens 3, 85 and 87 respectively, and screen display 5 in FIG.
Get one.

In FIG. 24, the language unit selection menu 80 is displayed.
To select a selection unit of the language unit "hospital" in, click on the corresponding character display 87, or
Click on the icon image 88. The same applies when selecting another language unit selection branch.

In FIG. 24, for example, when the character display 87 corresponding to the fourth selection branch is clicked, the second
In the step selection branch query 620, the display order field 623
The record 634 having a value of “4” is selected. The control unit 61 controls the selected record 634.
From the value of the concept field 625 of “No”, the next-stage query identification is “0” from the value of the next-stage query identification field 626, that is, there is no next-stage query, and the value of the next-stage display method identification is Is "disp.asp", the process does not proceed to the next step of displaying / selecting the language unit selection branch S12. As a result, step S20 for setting the situation of the conversation in FIG.
In the first step, the process moves to the linguistic unit connection / display step S31 in the linguistic unit display step S30, and reads that the next screen should be displayed using the program file "disp.asp". Since there is no next-stage query, the control unit 61 activates the program file “disp.asp” and sets the language unit A as Japanese and the language unit B as Indonesian, for example, as shown in FIG. Display the screen of the next page in the layout shown in.

Referring to FIGS. 28 and 23, the control unit 6
1 reads that the value of the concept field 625 of the selected record 634 is “hospital”, combines the value of the concept field 625 and the extension “.gif” according to a predetermined rule, and combines the icon file name “ hospit
get al.gif ”. The icon file folder (icon
_gif) 3000 reads the corresponding file 3008 and displays it as an icon image at position 91 in FIG.
At position 92, the character display in the language A is displayed according to the instruction of the program file “disp.asp”. Therefore, the value of the concept field "hospital", the language label "jpn" of the language A, the character display label "c", and the file extension ".g".
"if" is concatenated to generate "hospital_jpn_c.gif",
Character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 shown in 5
The corresponding character display file 2034 is read from and is displayed in position 92 of FIG. 28 as "hospital" in Japanese. Position 9
In 3, the character display in language B is displayed according to the instruction of the program file “disp.asp”. Therefore, the value of the concept field "hospital" and the language label of the language B "i"
"dn", character display label "c", and file extension ".gif"
To generate "hospital_idn_c.gif", read the corresponding character display file 2036 from the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000, and display "rumah sakit" in Indonesian at position 93 in FIG.

An example of the phonetic transcription file folder (ps_gif) 4000 is shown with reference to FIG. For example, the phonetic transcription file 4001 has a file name of "hospital_jpn_usa_p".
s.gif ”is a phonetic transcription file for displaying the phonetic transcription in Japanese of language A when the concept“ hospital ”is pronounced in the American language of language B, that is, the katakana“ hospital ”. The phonetic transcription file contains the concept and language A
Language label and language B language label and phonetic label "p
A file name is given by concatenating "s" and the file extension ".gif". In the example of another phonetic transcription file 4003,
The file name is "hospital_jpn_idn_ps.gif" and the concept "h
This is a phonetic transcription file for displaying the phonetic transcription in Japanese of language A, that is, "Rumasaki" in the case of pronouncing "ospital" in Indonesian of language B.

Further description will be given with reference to FIGS. 29 and 28. The program file “disp.asp” is configured to display phonetic notation when the selected language unit is pronounced in the language B at the position 94 by character display in the language A. The control unit 61 controls the concept "hospital" and the language label "jpn" of the language A according to a predetermined rule.
And the language label “idn” of language B and the phonetic transcription label “ps” and the file extension “.gif” are concatenated, the phonetic transcription file name “hospital_jpn_idn_ps.gif” is automatically generated, and the phonetic transcription file folder (ps_gif) The corresponding phonetic transcription file 4003 is read from 4000 and displayed at position 94. In this example, the concept of "hospital" is the language B
The pronunciation of the pronunciation when it is pronounced in Indonesian is displayed in Japanese Katakana of language A as "Rumasaki".

An example of the audio file folder (v_wav) 5000 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the file name of the audio file 5001 is "hospital_jpn_v.wav"
Then, it is an audio file when the concept "hospital" is pronounced in Japanese. The file format is the wav file format and the file extension is ".wav". Another audio file 5
In the example of 004, the file name is “hospital_idn_v.wav”
It is an audio file when the concept "hospital" is pronounced in Indonesian.

Referring also to FIGS. 30 and 28, the program file “disp.asp” sets a hyperlink 95 at the position 94. When the image at the position 94 is clicked, an audio file is activated. The voice file name to be activated is automatically generated by connecting the concept "hospital" of the selected language unit, the language label "idn" of language B, the voice label "v", and the file extension ".wav". hospital_idn_v.wav ”, and this file is an audio file 5004 stored in the audio file folder (v_wav) 5000.

In this embodiment, the icon display 91, the character display 92 in the concept language A, the character display 93 in the concept language B, and the pronunciation notation 94 in the concept language B in the language A are used. Then, a set of combinations 90 of hyperlinks 95 in the phonetic notation is displayed in units of language.

Referring to FIG. 31, language A is American and language B is
A second example of the language unit display in which the concept of the selected and displayed language unit is "hospital" in the case of is Japanese is described. The control unit 61 uses the program file “di
Start "sp.asp" and change the language label of language A to "us"
Set the language label for "a" and language B to "jpn" for Japanese,
A file name "hospital_usa_c.gif" is automatically generated as a character notation file in the language A of the selected concept, and the corresponding character notation file 2035 is read from the character notation file folder (c_gif) and displayed at position 92. "Hospital" is displayed in the American language. Next, the file name "hospital_jpn_c.gif" is automatically generated as a character notation file in the language B of the selected concept, and the corresponding character notation file 2 from the character notation file folder (c_gif)
034 is read and displayed at the position 93. The word "hospital" is displayed in Japanese. Next selected concept language
The character display file name "hospital_usa__jpn_ps.gif" of pronunciation notation in language A when pronounced in B is automatically generated,
The corresponding phonetic transcription file 4004 is read from the phonetic transcription file folder (ps_gif) 4000, and the position 9
Display in 4. When the pronunciation of "hospital" is pronounced in Japanese, the phonetic notation of the American language, that is, the character display of "byoin" is displayed in Roman characters. Next, the audio file name `` hospital_jpn_v.
wav ”is automatically generated, and the corresponding audio file 5001 is set in the hyperlink 95 from the audio file folder (v_wav). In this way, when the language A is American and the language B is Japanese, and the concept of the selected and displayed language unit is “hospital”, the first language unit display 90 is displayed.
Two examples are obtained.

A fourth embodiment of the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 will be described with reference to FIG. Folder (jpn) is a character display file folder (c_gif) 2
It is a subfolder of 000 and stores a group of Japanese character display files. The file 2101 has a file name “airport.gif”, and when a folder name, a subfolder name, and a file name are combined by “/” and displayed as a so-called path, it becomes “/c_gif/jpn/aiport.gif”. It includes "airport", language label "jpn", character display label (c) indicating the purpose of use, and file type ".gif". This is the second embodiment of the management method of the file "airport_jpn_c.gif" of the character display file 2001 stored in the character display file folder (c_gif) 2000 shown in FIG. As a management method for managing, the same effect as that shown in FIG. 18 is obtained. In other words, "concept", "language label", "purpose label", "purpose label", "purpose label", and If each "file type" is included, the character display file can be uniquely managed as a system. A subfolder (usa) 2200 stores a character display file group of American language. The sub-folder (idn) 2300 stores a Indonesian character display file group. Such a file management method is not limited to the character display file group, and is not limited to FIG.
It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the phonetic transcription file group shown in FIG. 6 and the voice file group shown in FIG.

In FIG. 28, the language unit 90 is displayed as
Character display 92 in language A, character display 93 in language B, phonetic transcription 94 in language A, and hyperlink 95 for voice
However, it is needless to say that displaying only an image without using the voice 95 is sufficiently effective. In that case, in FIG.
The audio file management shown in 0 is unnecessary, and only the image file corresponding to each language needs to be managed. On the contrary, there is also a simple method in which only the icon 91 and the voice hyperlink 95 are used to display the language unit. In this case, management of image files corresponding to each language is unnecessary, and only audio files corresponding to each language need be managed.

A case where Vietnamese is newly added to the target language will be described with reference to FIG. In this case, as the database, as shown in FIG. 33, the language table 20
Vietnamese can be added only by adding the record 217 to 0. That is, "7" is added to the language identification field 201, "vietnamese" is added to the language name field 202, and "vnm" is added to the language label field 203. After that, a Vietnamese-related file folder is created independently of the database. Just add it.

Referring to FIG. 34, the structure of the database 1 in the above embodiment is shown. As shown, the database 1 includes a basic table 100, a language table 200, a directive sentence table 300, a scene selection table 500, and a second stage selection branch table 600.

Referring to FIG. 35, there is shown a specific example of the content file group 3 according to the above embodiment. The illustrated content file group 3 includes an instruction sentence file folder 1000, a flag file folder 1100, a character display file folder 2000, a Japanese character display file folder 2100, and an American character display file folder 22.
00, Indonesian character display file folder 230
0, icon file folder 3000, phonetic transcription file folder 4000, voice file folder 5000
Includes and.

Referring to FIG. 36, another configuration example of the multilingual conversation support system in which the information display terminal 10 is connected to the server 20 via the network 30 is shown. The server 20 has the database 1, the program file group 2 and the content file group 3, and selects data in the language unit designated by the instruction from the information display terminal 10 from the database 1 to select the information display terminal. The information display terminal 10 has a conversation support service control unit 41 for transmitting the data in units of language from the server 20 via the network 30, and the information display unit 51 for receiving the received data. To display.

The network shown in FIG. 36 may be the Internet or a mobile network or a combination of the Internet and the mobile network.

[0070]

According to the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system according to the present invention, in a multilingual conversation support system using an electronic display device, only conceptual data, which is stateless data, is managed in a database and displayed in a display language. By managing the related data with organizational file names and folder names, even if the target language newly increases, the work for creating a new database for the language can be significantly reduced. Can be done significantly easier.

According to the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system according to the present invention, in a multilingual conversation support system using an electronic display device, only conceptual data, which is stateless data, is managed in a database, and data relating to the display language. Is managed by organizational file names and folder names,
Even when changing the service menu, it is only necessary to change the database related to the concept of stateless data and the program files irrelevant to the display language, eliminating the need to change the content file group related to the display language. It has a remarkable effect. For example, even if a multilingual conversation support system using an electronic display device supports languages of 10 countries, by adding and changing only the stateless concept database part and the stateless program file part, all 12 countries It is possible to easily and promptly reflect the system change in the system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a method of constructing a multilingual conversation support system.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between a user who understands a first language, a user who understands a second language, and an information display terminal.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information display terminal in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a removable memory in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an operation procedure in a method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a selection branch display menu of language A in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an instruction sentence table in the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a directive sentence file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a basic table in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a character display file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a flag file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a language table in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a language A query in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a language B query in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a selection branch display menu of language B in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of a selection branch display menu of language B in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a scene selection branch display menu in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a second example of the configuration example of the basic table in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a second example of the configuration example of the character display file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a scene selection table in the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a scene selection query in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an icon file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

22 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a second-stage selection branch table in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method. FIG.

[Fig. 23] Fig. 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a second-stage selection branch query in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a language unit selection branch display menu in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a third example of the configuration example of the character display file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a second example of a scene selection branch display menu example in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a second example of a language unit selection branch display menu example in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a language unit display example in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a phonetic transcription file folder in the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a voice file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a second example of a language unit display example in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a fourth example of the configuration example of the character display file folder in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a case where a language table is added in the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database in the method for constructing a multilingual conversation support system.

[Fig. 35] Fig. 35 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a content file group in the multilingual conversation support system configuration method.

FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing an example in which the present multilingual conversation support system configuration method is realized using a network.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 database 2 Program files 3 content files 10 Information display terminal 20 servers 25 network 30 Language A selection directive 40 Language B selection directive 51 Information display section 60 removable memory 61 control unit 70 Scene selection directives 80 second stage selection branch selection directive 90 language units 100 basic table 200 language tables 220 Language A query 240 Language B query 300 directive table 500 scene selection table 520 Scene selection query 600 Second stage selection branch table 620 Second stage selection branch query 1000 directive file folder 1100 national flag file folder 2000 character display file folder 2100 Japanese character display file folder 2200 American character display file folder 2300 Indonesian character display file folder 3000 icon file folder 4000 pronunciation notation file folder 5000 audio file folders S10 Steps for setting languages A and B S11 Steps for displaying and selecting language A selection branch S12 Display / selection step for language B selection branch S20 Steps for setting conversation status S21 Step of displaying / selecting scene selection branch S22 Language unit selection branch display / selection step S31 Link / display step in language units

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for electronically displaying one or more linguistic unit selection branches, and a means for electronically displaying one or more linguistic units selected by the linguistic unit selection branch. In a multilingual conversation support system for supporting conversation between a plurality of languages, first means for classifying and managing the concept used for display as stateless data according to the purpose of use, and the display language when displaying electronically Choose first
2 means, a third means for storing a file group of any one of an image file and an audio file for displaying the concept in the display language, any one of the file name of the file group and the name of the storage location Alternatively, both of them are managed by the concept, the purpose of use, the display language, and the file type. 2. A plurality of means comprising means for electronically displaying one or more stages of language unit selection branches and means for electronically displaying one or more language units selected by the language unit selection branches. In a multilingual conversation support system that supports conversation between languages, first means for classifying and managing the concept used for display as stateless data according to the purpose of use,
Second means for selecting a display language for electronically displaying, and third means for storing a file group of media types of both image files and audio files for displaying the concept in the display language And a method of constructing a multilingual conversation support system, characterized in that either or both of a file name and a storage location name of the file group are managed according to the concept, the purpose of use, the display language and the file type. 3. In a multilingual conversation support system for supporting conversation between a plurality of languages, first means for classifying and managing concept data relating to a concept used for display as stateless data irrelevant to nationality, and the concept. And a control section for controlling the stateless data and the display language data to be linked by a file name or the like. Interlingual conversation support system.