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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1990
Hideo Fushimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic dictionary of the type that first language information and corresponding second language information are stored previously, the first language information is searched using the second language information, and the searched language information is outputted in a predetermined format. The electronic dictionary includes a memory for storing as one of the first and second language information a character information and a kana character pronunciation information representative of the pronunciation of the character information, respectively in a predetermined format, a unit for converting an information expressed by a kana character into an information expressed by an alphabetical character, and a controller for converting the kana character pronunciation information representative of the character information stored in the memory into the alphabetical character information by using the conversion unit, upon activation of a predetermined operation unit. In outputting the pronunciation of a character information, the pronunciation information can be outputted with either the kana character or the alphabetical character upon selection by the operation unit.