Information retrieval method and apparatus
View Patent ↗An information retrieval method includes inputting a symbol string, specifying an arbitrary position in the input symbol string, changing a symbol in the specified position in the symbol string and changing the symbol string into a symbol string which is positioned before or after in a specified arrangement order.
1. An inputting method comprising:
displaying a first symbol string and an indicator which indicates a designated symbol in the first symbol string on a display device;
receiving input information indicating a direction;
obtaining, by a computer, a list of symbol strings extracted based on a second symbol string, which is obtained by replacing the designated symbol of the first symbol string with another symbol;
converting the designated symbol to the another symbol arranged at a position which is shifted toward the direction from a position of the designated symbol in a specific array of symbols; and
displaying the obtained list in response to converting the designated symbol to the another symbol, wherein
the symbols are characters,
characters, which have same vowel, are arranged in a first direction in the certain array, and
characters, which have same consonant, are arranged in a second direction in the certain array.
2. The inputting method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
further displaying another list of symbol strings, extracted based on the first symbol string,
with the first string and the indicator.
3. The inputting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the symbol strings are information which is extracted from dictionary data stored in a recording medium or from address book data stored in a recording medium, or information which is extracted from the dictionary data used in a World Wide Web (Web) page or a text document or both.
4. An apparatus comprising:
a display device that displays a first symbol string and an indicator which indicates a designated symbol in the first symbol string; and
a processor that executes a procedure, the procedure including:
receiving input information indicating a direction;
obtaining, by a computer, a list of symbol strings extracted based on a second symbol string, which is obtained by replacing the designated symbol of the first symbol string with another symbol;
converting the designated symbol to the another symbol arranged at a position which is shifted toward the direction from a position of the designated symbol in a specific array of symbols; and
displaying the obtained list in response to converting the designated symbol to the another symbol, wherein
the symbols are characters,
characters, which have same vowel, are arranged in a first direction in the certain array, and
characters, which have same consonant, are arranged in a second direction in the certain array.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the display devices displays another list of symbol strings, extracted based on the symbol string,
with the first symbol string and the indicator.
6. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the symbol strings are information which is extracted from dictionary data stored in a recording medium or from address book data stored in a recording medium, or information which is extracted from the dictionary data used in a World Wide Web (Web) page or a text document or both.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing the computer to execute a process comprising:
displaying, on a display device, a first symbol string and an indicator which indicates a designated symbol in the first symbol string;
receiving input information indicating a direction;
obtaining a list of symbol strings extracted based on a second symbol string, which is obtained by replacing the designated symbol of the first symbol string with another symbol;
converting the designated symbol to the another symbol arranged at a position which is shifted toward the direction from a position of the designated symbol in a specific array of symbols; and
displaying the obtained list in response to converting the designated symbol to the another symbol, wherein
the symbols are characters,
characters, which have same vowel, are arranged in a first direction in the certain array, and
characters, which have same consonant, are arranged in a second direction in the certain array.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein the process further comprises:
displaying another list of symbol strings extracted based on the symbol string,
with the first symbol string and the indicator.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein
the symbol strings are information which is extracted from dictionary data stored in a recording medium or from address book data stored in a recording medium, or information which is extracted from the dictionary data used in a World Wide Web (Web) page or a text document or both.