JPH01309168A - document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document creation device using Japanese input, and in particular,
The present invention relates to a document creation device in which a system outputs a conversion instruction according to input of a reading character string and performs kana-kanji conversion processing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in the Kana-Kanji conversion method using solid writing input, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-189565, the user issues conversion instructions at the break points of phrases, etc. A method is known in which the system outputs a conversion instruction when a character is input. Furthermore, as a method for registering changes in the break position by the user, there is a method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 180463/1983 (% Formula %) [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above conventional technology does not include There were drawbacks such as: In other words, in the conventional technology described above, the kana-kanji conversion process is not performed until the user issues a conversion instruction or inputs a character that clearly delimits a phrase, and input must be interrupted when the limit of the reading input area is reached. Therefore, the user had to be conscious of always issuing conversion instructions.

In addition, if a large number of reading characters are input without conversion instructions and Kana-Kanji conversion is performed, the number of positions where clauses can be separated during Kana-Kanji conversion increases, and furthermore, the lack of work space can cause erroneous conversion. There were problems such as increase in processing time and increase in processing time.

In order to reduce erroneous conversions, a technique has been devised in which the delimiter change position is registered and the registered information is referenced when performing kana-kanji conversion, but there are problems with the above conversion instructions and processing time. The growing problem was not solved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device with good operability by registering the delimiting positions changed by the user and having the system automatically output conversion instructions using the registered information. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a document creation device according to the present invention includes a kana-kanji conversion means for converting Japanese kana reading into a sentence containing kana-kanji by searching a word dictionary, and displaying the above-mentioned sentence containing kana-kanji. input means having a delimiter change key that allows the user to modify the delimiter of the unit converted by the kana-kanji conversion means; delimiter change information registration means that stores the delimiter position modified by the delimiter change key; a comparison means for comparing the information in the delimiter change information registration means and the information input by the input means; and as a result of the comparison by the comparison means, the input information and part of the information in the delimiter change information registration means. or when all of them match, the apparatus is characterized by comprising a conversion instruction output means for outputting a conversion instruction to the kana-kanji conversion means for the inputted information.

[For production]

When a kana reading character is input from the input means, this character is sequentially added to the temporary storage area of the kana reading character string, and this kana reading character string is stored in the delimiter change information registration means by the comparing means. It is compared with the memory contents. As a result of this comparison, if the conversion instruction can be output, the conversion instruction output circuit outputs the conversion instruction to the kana-kanji conversion means.

The result of this conversion, a sentence containing kana and kanji, is displayed on the display means.

As described above, according to the present invention, the delimiter position of the kana reading character string changed by the user is registered in the delimiter change information registration means, and when the input character string matches any of the registered contents, the input character string is automatically changed to kana-kanji. Since the data is converted, the burden on the user is reduced and documents can be created more efficiently.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration for implementing the present invention. 301 is a processing device, such as a microprocessor, which controls the operation of the entire system. 302 inputs control signals such as kana reading characters and correction instructions. It is an input device such as a keyboard. Reference numeral 303 denotes a kana-yomi character string-time storage area made up of a storage device such as a memory, which stores the kana-yomi characters input from the input device 302 until they are converted into kana-kanji characters. 305 stores information on delimiting positions changed by the user's correction instructions.

This is a delimiter change information registration area. 304 is a comparison circuit that compares the information in the kana reading character string-time storage area 303 and the information in the delimiter change information registration area 305. 308 is a kana-kanji conversion dictionary used for the kana-kanji conversion process. 307 is a kana-kanji conversion device that converts the kana-reading character string in the kana-reading character string-time storage area 303 into a character string containing kana-kanji using the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 308.

A conversion instruction output circuit 306 outputs a conversion instruction to the kana-kanji conversion device 307 based on the comparison result of the comparison circuit 304. Reference numeral 309 denotes a document storage area that stores the kana-kanji mixed character strings and the kana-reading character strings outputted from the kana-kanji conversion device 307 in association with each other in units of conversion.

310 is a display control circuit that generates and outputs a control signal for displaying the character string containing kana, kanji, and characters in the document storage area 309. Reference numeral 311 denotes a display device such as a display, which displays a character string including kana and kanji in accordance with the output signal of the display control circuit 310.

4 and 5 show the delimiter change information registration area 305
For example, if you enter the kana pronunciation character string ``Toushiya ni Ika no'', you can enter ``To our company/subordinate J
(r/J indicates the break position of the bunsetsu) When I used the break change key to correct the erroneously converted string to the desired character string containing kana and kanji, ``For our company/below'', as shown in Figure 4. Figure 5 shows the state in which the kana reading character strings and their lengths are stored for the front one clause, and for the two front and rear clauses in Figure 5.

Next, the processing contents of the present invention will be explained using FIGS. 2 and 3. In the following explanation, the contents shown in FIG. 4 will be used as the contents of the one-block change information registration area 305.

First, in the flowchart of FIG.
When the user performs the key operation from 2 (step 101)
, inspect its contents, and if it is a termination instruction (step 1
02), document creation is finished. In the case of a correction instruction (step 103), correction processing such as changing the break position, registering the changed position, and selecting a homophone notation as described above is performed according to the contents (step 108).

Here, the correction process will be explained using FIG. 3.

If the input key is a key that instructs editing operations such as character deletion, character string movement, and copying (step 201
), and performs a predetermined editing operation (step 211). If the input key is a homophone notation selection key (step 2o2), the homophone notation is displayed for the designated phrase, and the notation character string is replaced according to the user's selection operation (step 210). When the input key is a break position change key (step 203), the user instructs whether to lengthen or shorten the length of the specified bunsetsu by one kana reading character, or to finish changing the break position. Wait for input (step 2o4). If the instruction is to change the clause length, the length of the specified clause is lengthened or shortened (steps 207, 208) according to the contents (step 206), and the next user's input is waited for (step 2o4). . When an instruction to finish changing the break position is input (step 205), the reading character string and reading length of the phrase changed according to the instruction are registered in the break change information registration area 305 (step 209), and the process ends.

Returning to the flowchart in Figure 2, if a conversion instruction is given by the user or a character that the system, such as a punctuation mark, has predetermined as a character for which a conversion instruction is input (Step 1
04), Kana reading character string - If the character string stored in the time storage area 303 and characters defined by the above system are input, the kana reading character string including that character is converted into kana kanji by the kana kanji conversion device 307. Process (step 109)
).

Display processing is performed (step 110), and the display device 311
displays a sentence containing kana and kanji, and erases the contents of the character kana reading character string-time memory area Vi303 (step 111)
.

A feature of the present invention is a processing method when the key input is a kana-yomi character string.

If the key character is a kana-yomi character, the kana-yomi character is added to the kana-yomi character string-time storage area 105 (step 105). Next, the kana reading character strings are sequentially compared starting from the first information in the delimiter change information registration area 305 (step 106).

As a result of the comparison, if the kana reading character string in the kana reading character string - time storage area 105 and the kana reading character string in the delimiter change information registration area 305 match (step 107), the above-mentioned kana character string is automatically changed. Kanji conversion processing (step 109),
Display processing (step 110), deletion of the kana reading character string-time storage area (step 111), and waiting for the user's key input (step 101). If they do not match, the above-mentioned kana-kanji conversion process is not performed, and the process waits for the user's key input (step 101).

The content of FIG. 4 will be specifically explained by taking the content of FIG. 4 as an example.

Assume that the user inputs the kana reading character string "Toushani". At this time, since there is no corresponding delimiter change information shown in FIG. 4, the kana-kanji conversion process is not performed and the process waits for the first key manual effort. Here, if the user enters the kana reading character ``ha'', the kana reading character string becomes ``Toshiyahani'', and since the corresponding information ``Toshiyahani'' exists in the delimiter change information, the kana reading character string becomes ``Toshiyahani''. Column “Toshiya ni”
Kana-kanji conversion processing is automatically performed on the text, and a character string containing kana-kanji characters is obtained.

In the above example, the information to be compared is a kana reading character string of one clause, but if the user wants the notation ``to our company / enters'' for the reading ``toushiya ni iri'', then ``to our company/enters''. There is a possibility that it will be mistranslated as ni/ariru.

In that case, the processing time can be reduced by using the delimiter change information registration format shown in Figure 5, setting the kana reading character strings to be compared as two clauses, and correcting the output of the kana-kanji conversion process using this information. Although this increases, it is possible to obtain better results than the conventional method.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, by changing the delimiter by the user, it is possible to quickly and easily obtain the correct notation for the same reading from the next time, reducing the burden on the user and enabling efficient document creation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the document creation device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of the device in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial processing flowchart of FIG. 2, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are respectively FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of registration of a delimiter change information registration area. 301... Processing control device, 302... Input device (input means), 303... Kana reading character string-time storage area. 304... Comparison circuit (comparison means), 305... Delimiter change information registration area (delimiter change information registration means), 30
6... Conversion instruction output circuit (conversion instruction output means), 30
7... Kana-kanji conversion device (kana-kanji conversion means), 30
8...Kana-Kanji Conversion Dictionary, 309...Document Memory Agent Patent Attorney Masaru Ogawa / Akira Ogawa 4th item

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Kana-kanji conversion means for converting Japanese kana readings into kana-kanji mixed sentences by searching a word dictionary; display means for displaying the kana-kanji mixed sentences; and the above-mentioned kana-kanji sentences. an input means having a delimiter change key that allows a user to modify the delimiter of the unit converted by the conversion means; a delimiter change information registration means that stores the delimiter position modified by the delimiter change key; and information on the delimiter change information registration means. and a comparison means for comparing the information input by the input means; and when, as a result of the comparison by the comparison means, the input information matches part or all of the information in the delimiter change information registration means; , and conversion instruction output means for outputting a conversion instruction to the kana-kanji conversion means regarding the inputted information.