JPH0156423B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion input method for a text processing device called a so-called Japanese word processor. Regarding the method to be implemented.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY In conventional text processing methods, kana is input for each clause and word, kanji corresponding to the kana is searched from multiple dictionaries, converted and input, and then converted into kanji for each clause and word. After inputting the part, the system searches multiple dictionaries again to find homophones. In such prior art, when correcting converted kanji for each clause and word, it is necessary to search for which dictionary the kanji conversion part to be corrected was converted based on, and for this search, It requires a lot of time.

Purpose An object of the present invention is to make it possible to correct homonyms in a part that has been converted into kanji without having to search for the dictionary used at the time of conversion from the beginning.The operation time can be shortened. An object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion input method for a text processing device.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. The keyboard 1 includes a kana key 1a for inputting kana, a mode switching key 1b, a next candidate key 1c, a cancel key 1d, and a search key 1e.
and a cursor key 1f. The mode switching key 1b is used for kana-kanji conversion in a sequential selection mode, in which each phrase or phrase is converted into a sentence mixed with kanji each time the input operation is performed, and in a batch selection mode, in which multiple phrases or phrases are temporarily converted into a sentence. It is operated to switch between the mode in which all the kana-kanji are converted and then each clause or phrase is re-converted into a desired sentence mixed with kanji and corrected, and each operation mode is corrected. The next candidate key 1c is operated to read out the next candidate for homophones for each clause or phrase. The cancel key 1d is operated to return a converted sentence containing kanji to its original kana characters. The search key 1e is operated in the batch selection mode to instruct to input a predetermined number of phrases or phrases and then reconvert and correct them into a desired sentence mixed with kanji. Cursor key 1f
is operated to move the cursor mark indicating the input position. By operating the search key 1e, a homonymous phrase or phrase is automatically searched and the cursor is brought to a sentence containing kanji. The keyboard 1 also has a conversion key 1g that is operated to divide each phrase or word into a sentence containing kanji.

The kana buffer 2 is given an input kana sentence or a kana sentence from a batch selection kana buffer 9 to be described later, and is temporarily stored therein. The kana-kanji conversion processing circuit 3 has a dictionary 3b for converting ordinary phrases or phrases into kana-kanji, and is supplied with kana sentences from the kana buffer 2, and searches for corresponding sentences containing kanji from the dictionaries 3a and 3b. and transfers the conversion result to the result buffer 6. In order to be able to identify whether Kana-Kanji conversion was performed using the ordinary dictionary 3a or whether Kana-Kanji conversion was performed using the person name and place name dictionary 3b, we selected one of the dictionaries 3a and 3b. Set the flag information representing the dictionary used as buffer 4.
Store in. Another buffer 5 stores the number of homophone words, that is, the number of candidates, of the portion converted into a sentence containing each kanji. The kanji-mixed sentences that have been converted into kana-kanji and are stored in the result buffer 6 are displayed on the display means 1, which is realized by a cathode ray tube or the like.
1 is visually displayed. Sentence battle 10
stores the sentences mixed with kanji that have been converted into kana-kanji, and when there are multiple homonyms in the batch selection mode, a separator (10a3 as shown in Figure 2 below) is placed before and after each clause or word.
10b, 10c).
The signals from the buffers 4, 5, and 6 and the signal from the batch selection buffer 9 are sent to the batch selection control circuit 7.
, and the contents of the insertion buffer 8 are stored in the text buffer 10. The outputs from the kana buffer 2 and the text buffer 10 can be displayed by the display means 11.

FIG. 2 shows the contents stored in the text buffer 10. Sentences that have been converted into kana-kanji and include clauses or phrases ending with adjectives or particles are stored in this text buffer 10. Between clauses or words,
A normal selection start separator 10a, a person name selection start separator 10b, and a selection end separator 10c are automatically stored. These separators 10a, 10b, 10c are connected to the display means 1.
1 is not displayed. Each separator 10
In relation to a and 10b, numbers 10d and 10d are used to indicate the number of separators from the beginning of the sentence.
10e and 10f are also stored.

The store status of Batsuhua 9, which is a bulk selection, is the third one.
It looks like the picture. In this bulk selection kana battle 9, kana that has been converted into kana-kanji is stored, and the kana stored here is number 10.
d, 10e, and 10f individually.

Referring to FIG. 4A, in step n1,
By operating the mode switching key 1b, the batch selection mode is entered in step n3.If the mode switching key 1b is not operated, the batch selection mode is not performed, and as in the conventional method, each time a kana phrase or word is input. Then, a sequential selection mode is performed in which the correct Kanji characters are converted one by one.

Referring to FIG. 4B, when the batch selection operation mode is selected in step m1, the system enters a standby state for key input in step m3, and returns to step m3.
In step 4, it is determined which key has been input. In step m2, when the batch selection mode key 1b is not operated, input is performed while sequentially converting kana to kanji as described above.

When the key 1a is operated at step m4, the operation shifts to the operation shown in FIG. 4c. In FIG. 4C, the process moves from step s1 to step s2, where a kana character string is input for each phrase or phrase. In step s3, the input kana is stored in the dictionaries 3a and 3.
Convert to a sentence with kanji mixed in using b. step s
In step 4, it is determined whether or not a homophonetic phrase or phrase exists in the dictionaries 3a and 3b, and if there are no multiple candidates, the process moves to step s6.
Waits for the next key input. When a kana input is made using the kana key 1a in step s6, separators 10a and 10b are added to the front of the kana-kanji conversion result in step s7, and the result is transferred to the text buffer 10 and stored, and a separator 10c is added after this kana-kanji converted part. Attach. For example, in the example shown in the second figure, when "Sosano" is stored in the text buffer 10, a separator 10a is placed in front of it, and a separator 10c is stored after it. These separators 10a and 10c are the dictionary 3
The separator 10a is used for the dictionary 3a used for normal conversion, and the separator 10b is used for the dictionary 3b for personal names, place names, etc.

In step s8, separators 10a, 10b
The number of sentences stored in the sentence buffer 10 is counted. For example, separator 10a is the first one, and separator 1
0b is the second. In step s9, the kana character examples of the parts converted to kana-kanji are stored and inserted into the batch selection kana buffer 9 in the order counted in step s8.

In step s6, when the next candidate key 1c is operated, in step s10, the phrase or phrase inputted in kana is converted into a homonymous sentence containing other kanji characters. In step s10, this phrase or phrase containing kanji is displayed, and in step s12, a key input is awaited. When the next candidate key 1c is operated in step s12, the process moves to step s10, and when the kana key 1a is operated, the process moves to step s5. In step s4, if there are no homophonetic phrases or phrases, the process moves to step s5, and the sentence containing kanji is transferred to the text buffer 10 and stored.

When the search key 1e is operated in step m4 of FIG. 4B, the operation of FIG. 4D is performed. When sentences containing kanji are stored in the text buffer 10 as shown in FIG. Search for the separator 10a. If it is determined in step r3 that the first separator 10a does not exist, the operation ends from step r3. When the first separator 10a is detected, the display means 11 is displayed in step r4.
On the screen, the cursor moves to the position of the kanji-mixed phrase ``Sosano''. In step r4,
The clause or phrase "Sosano" mixed with kanji that is passed around by separators 10a and 10c is removed from the sentence buffer 10. Therefore, in step r6,
Specify the normal dictionary 3a represented by the separator 10a. In step r7, separators 10a and 10c are removed from text buffer 10. In step r8, the first kana "Sousano" of the batch selection kana buffer 9 is taken out. In step r9, the retrieved kana "Sosano" is stored in the kana-kanji conversion kana buffer 2. In step r10, the dictionary 3 is changed by operating the conversion key 1g.
Use a to convert into other kanji-mixed clauses or phrases. In step r11, the conversion result is displayed on the display means 11, and then in step r13
Now it will be in standby mode for key input. Step r14
, when the next candidate key 1c is operated, the process moves to step r15, where it is converted into a phrase or phrase containing other homophonic kanji characters stored in the dictionary 3a, and the process moves to step r11. In this way, once a plurality of phrases and phrases are stored, it is possible to later correct any of the phrases or phrases. When the cancel key 1d is operated in step r14, the process proceeds to step r12.
Then, instead of displaying the sentence mixed with kanji, the display means 11 displays the kana character string stored in the buffer 9 from the batch selection.

When the search key 1e is operated in step r14, phrases or phrases containing kanji are stored in the text buffer 10 in step r10. In step r17, the first kana "Sosano" of the batch selection kana buffer 9 is deleted, and the contents of the buffer 2 are cleared. Then, the process goes to step r2 again and searches for a separator from the beginning of the contents stored in the text buffer 10, so that the separator 10b will be detected next.

In step m4 of FIG. 4B, cancel key 1d is pressed.
When is operated, the process moves to step m5, and the cursor on the display means 11 points to the separator 1 for starting.
0a or 10b and select end separator 10c
If it is not between the two, the operation is stopped in step m6, and if it is, the process moves to step m7. In step m7, it is determined at which kana-kanji conversion part the cursor of the stored contents in the text buffer 10 is located. For example, assume that the cursor is located at the j-th kana-kanji conversion part. In step m8, the j-th kana character string in the batch selection kana buffer 9 is extracted. In step m9, the kana character string extracted from the batch selection kana buffer 9 is stored in the kana-kanji conversion kana buffer 2. step m
In step 10, the j-th kana character string of batch selection kana buffer 9 is deleted. In step m11, the separator 10a or 10 at the cursor position is
The character string containing kana and kanji characters surrounded by b and separator 10c is deleted. In step m12, the separators 10a or 10b and 10c are deleted from the text buffer 10. Step m13
Now, display the Kana-Kanji conversion Kana Batsuhua 2 Kana. In this way, a phrase or phrase containing kanji that has been converted can be restored to its original form.
Kana-Kanji Conversion In Kana Batsuhua 2, you can correct a kana character string, perform kana-kanji conversion, and select the next candidate. When the selection of kanji is completed, the contents of the conversion result buffer 6 are stored in the text buffer 10, and the contents of the kana-kanji conversion kana buffer 2 are cleared. Furthermore, by operating the search key 1e multiple times, the cursor can be moved to a desired kana-kanji conversion section, skipping over the kana-kanji conversion section that does not need to be corrected, and the kana-kanji conversion can be performed for homophones.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible not only to correct a sentence containing a clause or a phrase mixed with multiple kanji that has been converted into kana-kanji after inputting the sentence, but also to correct kanji that have been converted into kana-kanji. Since the dictionary used when converting mixed phrases or phrases into kana-kanji is stored for each kana-kanji conversion part, the time required to search for homophones is reduced. Therefore, by inputting kana, it is possible to quickly input phrases or phrases containing kanji, and once the text has been input, corrections to such kana-kanji conversion parts can be easily and quickly made. Therefore, there is no need to look at the screen of the display means to ensure that the correct kanji is input each time a phrase or word is input, as is the case in the past, and operator fatigue is reduced. In this way, if the kanji in the kana-kanji conversion part is not what you want, you can correct that part again after inputting the text. As for the time required for the correction, since the dictionary used for the kana-kanji conversion portion containing the kanji to be corrected is identified, the next candidate for the homophone can be quickly searched for.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3 shows the storage state of the text buffer 10, FIG. 3 shows the storage state of the batch selection buffer 9, and FIGS. 4A to 4D are flowcharts for explaining the operation. 1...keyboard, 2...kana-kanji conversion kana buffer, 3...kana-kanji conversion circuit, 4, 5...memory, 6...conversion result buffer, 7...batch selection control circuit, 8...insertion buffer, 9 ...I wonder if it's a bulk selection, 10...Written selection, 11...
...display means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a kana-kanji conversion input method of a text processing device, in which kana is input for each clause and word, and kanji corresponding to the kana are searched from multiple dictionaries, converted, and input, The part and the dictionary used when converting that part into kana-kanji are stored in a way that allows them to be individually identified, and the part that has been converted into kanji is selected, and another dictionary is used when converting that part into kanji. A kana-kanji conversion input method for a text processing device, which is characterized by being able to search for and correct homonymous kanji.