JPH0281260A - Data input system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a data input method that can simplify data input processing at a workstation.

(Prior art) Kana-kanji conversion input is available as a means of realizing data-manpower unique to the Japanese language at workstations. This kana-kanji conversion function was developed and developed as a data input function for Japanese document creation devices that converts kana character strings into character strings containing kana and kanji, but it has also been developed as an information input function for Japanese data on workstations. has also come to be widely used.

By the way, this type of kana-kanji conversion function searches for kanji characters indicated by two-byte codes as conversion candidates. In other words, the information (character types) that can be input using this kana-kanji conversion function is limited to kanji.

However, from the perspective of data processing at workstations, it is necessary to input not only kanji characters but also information in ANK (1-byte code), and this ANK information input is limited to direct input from the keyboard. The reality is that there are. For this reason, it is necessary to change the format of the input operation depending on the data format in which the information is input.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) In this way, in the past, when inputting kanji and when inputting AN
The input operation format is different depending on when inputting K, so
There was a problem in that manual manipulation of the data was extremely troublesome.

The present invention was made in consideration of these circumstances, and its purpose is to provide unified support for kanji data and ANK data, and to input these data easily and efficiently. The purpose is to provide a data input method that makes it possible.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention prepares kanji and ANK as candidates for kana-kanji conversion, respectively, in a kana-kanji conversion function provided as a data input unit of a workstation, etc. Whether the format of the input field for the kana-kanji conversion function is kanji.A
This feature is characterized in that the kana-kanji conversion candidates are selectively output depending on whether they are NK or not.

In other words, the present invention is characterized in that a mixture of Kanji and ANK is allowed as candidates in kana-kanji conversion, and Kanji candidates or ANK candidates are selectively output according to the format of the input field.

(Function) According to the present invention, it is possible to selectively obtain kanji candidates or ANK candidates according to the input field as a kana-kanji conversion output, so these can be uniformly obtained without the need to distinguish between kanji and ANK. You can easily input information by handling it. Moreover, since ANK data can be obtained all at once through the kana-kanji conversion process, it is possible to improve the data input efficiency.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a data input section configured by applying the data input method according to the present invention, and .largecircle. is an input control section. This input control section 1 inputs and processes information on readings of kana-kanji conversion, information on candidate selection, etc. given from the keyboard 2.

However, the information on the reading manually entered from this input control 1f52 is given to the kana-kanji conversion section 3, and subjected to the kana-kanji conversion process with reference to the conversion dictionary 4.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 3 searches the conversion dictionary 4, finds conversion candidates whose readings are preset as headwords in the conversion dictionary 4, corresponding to the readings given from the input control unit 1, and uses these as candidates. This is to be saved in buffer 5.

Here, the conversion dictionary 4 includes conversion candidates 4a created using 2-byte codes of Kanji characters, and 1-byte codes of A
Conversion candidates 4b created using NK are stored in a mixed manner. According to the input data, the kana-kanji conversion unit 3 generates the conversion candidates 4a set corresponding to the input data.

4b, respectively.

The input field attribute table 6 examines the format of data input from the input control section 2, that is, the attributes of the input field, and stores the attribute information. This attribute information indicates whether the input field is ■Kanji, ■ANK, or a mixture of ■Kanji and ANK. According to the attribute information of this input field, the conversion candidates 4a and 4b saved in the candidate buffer 5 are selected (narrowed down as output candidates).

The conversion candidates selected in this manner are displayed on the display 8 under the control of the display control section 7, and are subjected to a process of confirming whether the conversion candidates are data to be input by kana-kanji conversion.

The learning function table 9 stores selected conversion candidates, and learns from the selection frequency and the like which conversion candidate among the plurality of conversion candidates is highly requested to be selected. Based on this learning result, the presentation output order of the narrowed down conversion candidates as described above is prioritized.

FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure for manual data processing using the kana-kanji conversion function in the data input section configured as described above. This process involves inputting reading information to be provided for kana-kanji conversion (step a), converting kana-kanji according to this reading information (step b), and processing for conversion candidates obtained by kana-kanji conversion. A process of narrowing down the candidates to be presented and output (step C), a process of determining the display order for the narrowed down candidates (step d),
The process then selects a candidate for data input from among the displayed candidates (step e).

Through such processing, first, based on the field information obtained from the input field attribute table 6, among the conversion candidates obtained by converting the input reading information into kana-kanji,
Only valid candidates in the candidate buffer 5 are selected. Specifically, if the input field is set to Kanji mode, only the candidates indicated by the Kanji characters among the conversion candidates are selected. Further, if ANK mode is set as the input field, only candidates selected by the ANK code among the conversion candidates are selected. If the input field is in the Kanji/ANK mixed mode, all of these conversion candidates are left as they are as selection candidates.

After selecting the candidates as described above, the learning function described above determines the display output priority according to the selection opening degree information of each candidate, and controls the display output. Then, from among the displayed candidates, the user selects the data to be input through kana-kanji conversion, and inputs information on that data.

According to this method of inputting data through kana-kanji conversion in this way, by registering not only kanji but also information indicated by an ANK code as a kana-kanji conversion candidate, the information indicated by that ANK code can be registered as a candidate for kana-kanji conversion. can be input as is using the kana-kanji conversion function. Furthermore, since information can be input by selecting Kanji data or ANK data according to the format of the input field, it is possible to support the data input in a unified manner and simplify the input operation.

Moreover, even if it is a long data series indicated by an ANK code, it can be easily selected and input manually using short data through kana-kanji conversion, which improves the data input efficiency and allows you to input data easily from the keyboard. The occurrence of data input errors can be reduced by the amount of data input that can be reduced.

In addition, by simply learning how to input kanji information through kana-kanji conversion, it is possible to input ANK data as is, which greatly reduces the processing and operational burden on the user. It can also be effective.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. For example, what information is to be registered as a kana-kanji conversion candidate and how to set reading information for selecting the conversion candidate can be determined according to user specifications. In short, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, ANK
Since it makes it possible to input data efficiently, it becomes possible to uniformly support the human power of data using Kanji/ANK, and it has great practical effects such as significantly improving its operability. It will be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an example of the data input method according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a data input section to which the embodiment method is applied, and Fig. 2 is the process of kana-kanji conversion in the embodiment. It is a diagram showing a procedure. ■...Input control unit, 3...Kana-kanji conversion unit, 4...
- Conversion dictionary, 5... Candidate buffer, 6... Input field attribute table, 7... Display control unit. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (1)

[Claims] A data input method characterized in that Kanji and ANK are each prepared as kana-kanji conversion candidates, and the kana-kanji conversion candidates are selectively output according to the format of an input field to a kana-kanji conversion section.