JPH03154151A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly continue each separate BUSHU (a common part which becomes a mark for looking for a character and usually called a left-hand radical, a right-hand radical, the crown part, etc.) input function by outputting a request message of a stroke number input of a BUSHU, when it is discriminated that both of a BUSHU name and a BUSHU stroke number are not inputted. CONSTITUTION:In a dictionary area 15, various dictionaries such as an each separate BUSHU dictionary for converting a BUSHU name such as a 'HEN' (a left-hand radical) and a 'TSUKURI' (a right-hand radical), etc., to a KANJI (Chinese character), an each separate stroke number BUSHU dictionary 15a, etc., for obtaining BUSHU data of the number of strokes concerned by an inputted stroke number are provided. A CPU 10 discriminates whether one of the BUSHU name and the BUSHU stroke number is inputted or not, and thereafter, outputs a request message of a stroke number input of a BUSHU at the time when both of them are not inputted. In such a way, a user's input is urged, and each separate BUSHU input function can be continued quickly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document creation device having a function of inputting Kanji by radical.

(Prior Art) In recent years, document creation devices, especially Japanese word processors, have been significantly developed and commercialized. One of the input functions of Japanese word processors is that when you input a kanji that you do not know how to read, you can enter the radical name of the kanji such as "hen" or "tsukuri", or if you do not know the radical name, you can enter the number of strokes of the radical. A radical-based input function is being considered that allows users to search for a desired kanji by inputting it.

With this radical-specific input function, the function is activated by first inputting the radical name or the number of strokes of the radical, and then specifying the radical-specific input function. Processing is executed based on the number of strokes.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, with the radical-specific input function as described above, it is necessary to first input the radical name or the number of strokes of the radical as described above, and it is necessary to input the radical name or the number of strokes of the radical. , simply specifying the radical input function will not execute the radical input function.
The designation is automatically invalidated and no display is made. Therefore, the user may not know what operation to perform next.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to prompt the user for the next input even if the user simply specifies the radical-specific input function, and to quickly perform the radical-specific input function. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can be used to create documents.

[Structure of the invention] (Means and effects for solving the problem) In other words, the present invention determines whether or not one of the radical name and the number of radical strokes has been input, and then determines that neither of them has been input. In this case, a message requesting manual input for the number of strokes of the radical is output, prompting the user to input, and making it possible to promptly continue the manual function for each radical.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a document creation device for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, in which 10 is a microprocessor (CPU), and 11 is a ROM 512 accessed by the microprocessor 10. Same RAM
It is.

A microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10 controls the entire device, and controls the ROMII and RAM mentioned above.
12 and starts a program according to input instructions to execute document creation processing, external character creation processing, key manual control processing, etc. ROMII includes a program area 13 that stores input processing programs including programs that determine the operation of the CPUIG and control routines for radical-based input, which will be described later, as well as a character pattern area that stores radical patterns, display or print character patterns, etc. It has an area 14 and a dictionary area 15 in which various dictionaries for converting readings input in kana or Roman characters into kanji are registered.

In this dictionary area 15, there is a radical dictionary for converting radical names such as "Hen" and "Tsukusu" into Kanji for each radical, and a dictionary for each radical name depending on the number of strokes input, which will be described in detail later. Various dictionaries are provided, such as a radical dictionary by number of strokes 15a for obtaining radical data. The RAM 12 includes a document creation area (not shown), a line image area (print buffer), a non-standard character registration area, a data saving area of the display RAM 20 (described later), a word registration area, and a storage area for storing dictionary search results by radical. It consists of an output buffer 712a.

In addition, 1B is the keyboard (KB), 18 is the display, 21
23 is a floppy disk device (FDD) and a printer (PRT). The keyboard 16 inputs information necessary for document creation etc. using a keyboard interface (KB-I).
F) Input to CPU10 via 17. This keyboard 16 includes various characters and number keys for inputting radical names and stroke counts, cursor keys and conversion/next candidate keys for instructing candidate selection of radicals or kanji by radical, etc. Various function keys are provided, such as a selection/execution key for instructing the execution of various processes, a radical-specific conversion key for instructing radical-specific conversion, and a cancel key for canceling instructions. . The display 18 is comprised of, for example, a liquid crystal display device with IO row display. The display controller (display-CNT) 19 controls the display R under the control of the CPU10.
Display control of the display 18 is performed using AM20. The floppy disk device 21 has a disk interface 2.
2 (FDD-IF) 22 under the control of the CPUIG to save created documents and store external characters, second level characters, etc. The printer 23 communicates with the CP 01 via the printer interface (PRT-IF) 24.
Under the control of 0, the created document or character information read into the main body from the floppy disk device 21 is printed.

Next, details of the stroke number-based radical dictionary 15a provided in the dictionary area 15 of the ROMII will be explained with reference to FIG. This figure shows the data structure of the radical dictionary by stroke number 15g, and the radical dictionary by stroke number 15a is stored in the directory section 25.
and a data section 2B.

The directory section 25 consists of the start address of the radical data of each number of strokes and the number of the radical data. Further, the data section 2B includes a character code necessary for calling up the font data of the radical to be displayed, the number of characters in the radical name reading, and the reading data of the radical.

With the above configuration, the operation when actually inputting a kanji whose reading and radical name are unknown using the radical-by-radical manual conversion function will be explained.

Here, an example will be shown in which the kanji character "ka" is input using the radical-specific input function when creating a document in the document input mode.

FIG. 3 shows the processing content performed by CPU10. As shown in FIG. 4 (1), when no radical name or number of strokes have been input,
When the radical conversion key is operated, this process is activated in response to the key operation.

At the beginning of the process, it is first determined in step St whether the reading (radical name) has already been input. Here, since the radical conversion key is operated without any input, the determination result is NO, and then step S2
leading to.

In step S2, as shown in FIG. 4(2), the display 1
At the bottom of the 8th screen, a message prompting you to enter the number of strokes for the radical will be displayed, saying "After entering the number of strokes for the radical, press the Select/Enter key." At the same time, a message for inputting the number of strokes for the radical will be displayed at the top right of the same screen. After that, a two-digit area indicating the number of strokes to be input is displayed.

In the following step S3, the keyboard t accompanying the message display
The number of strokes input using the numeric key e is accepted and displayed sequentially in the two-digit area on the display 1B screen.

Then, when the selection/execution key is operated, the number of displayed strokes is used, and in the next step S4, the inputted number of strokes falls within the range of the number of strokes set as data in the stroke number-specific radical dictionary 15a, that is, 1 stroke. It is checked whether it is within the range of 17 strokes or more.

If the input number of strokes is outside the range (NO), the process proceeds to step S5, and a message "There is no radical with the input number of strokes" will be displayed at the bottom of the display 18 screen.

Press the Cancel key. ” is displayed to the effect that the number of input strokes is inappropriate, and then the process returns to step S3 to prompt the user to input the number of strokes again.

If the number of strokes input in step S4 is a value within the setting range, for example "2", then the process proceeds to step SB, and based on the number of strokes, the directory section 2 of the radical dictionary by stroke number 15a
5 is performed to find the start address and number of manual stroke number radical data. Then, in the following step S7, the radical data group is subdivided, and radicals and radical names by number of strokes are displayed on the display 18 for one screen.

Figure 4 (3) shows the display state. Here, there are a total of 28 radical candidates with a stroke count of 2, and the first 10 of them are displayed in a window for one screen. ing. Each radical pattern is displayed with its pronunciation (radical name) and a number from "1" to "0". If the desired radical is not on the displayed window screen, press the Convert/Next Candidate key on the keyboard 16.
In some cases, operate the numeric key corresponding to the number attached to that radical. By operating this conversion/next candidate key or numeric keys, it is determined in the subsequent step S9 whether the selection is still in progress or whether the selection has been determined.

If the conversion/next candidate key is operated and it is determined that the selection is still in progress, the process returns to step S8 to display the negative candidates of the next or previous screen in a window, and repeat the above process.

In addition, when a number key, for example "5" is operated and a selection is made, the process proceeds to step SIO, where the selected radical dictionary is searched from radical dictionary data (not shown) in the dictionary area 15, and the selected radical dictionary is searched for as a candidate. RA the kanji data as the conversion result
It is sent to the output buffer 712a of M12. Thereafter, in step Sll, the kanji data held in the output buffer 12a is segmented and displayed as candidates in the display area of the display 18.

Here, the number key "5" was selected in step S8, and "Ninben" was selected, so in step SIO, the kanji data for "Ninben" was converted from the radical dictionary data in the dictionary area 15. The data is read out, sent to the output buffer 12a, and held. Therefore, by the display processing in step Sll, the kanji character "Ninben" is displayed and output as shown in FIG. 4 (4). Same figure (3)
In total, there are r206 kanji candidates for "Ninben".
There are J kanji candidates, and the first 30 of them are displayed in a window as one screen, and each kanji candidate is numbered ``01'' to ``
30" is displayed.

In the following step S12, if the target kanji is not in the display window, press the conversion/next candidate key on the keyboard 1B, or if there is, press the numeric key and select/execute key corresponding to the number attached to the radical. operate. By operating the conversion/next candidate key or the numeric key and the selection/execution key, it is determined in the next step S13 whether the selection is still in progress or whether the selection has been determined.

If the conversion/next candidate key is operated and it is determined that the selection is still in progress, the process returns to step Sll to display the kanji candidates on the next or previous screen in a window and repeat the above process.

You can also use the numeric keys, e.g. rolJ (or just "1"
”) and the selection/execution key is operated to make a selection, the process proceeds to step S14, where the selected kanji data in the output buffer 12a is obtained, and is stored in a predetermined selection result output buffer (not shown) in the RAM 12. Kanji data JI
The S code is set, and the process shown in FIG. 3 is thus completed.

Here, the number key "01" is selected in step S12 and the kanji character "ka" is selected, so the JIS code r1829J of the kanji data for "ka" is output as the selection result from the output buffer 12a in step SlO. set in the buffer. As a result of this process, the selected kanji "ka" is displayed at the position where the cursor was in FIG. 4 (1) on the display 18, as shown in FIG. 4 (5), and the next A cursor appears at the digit position to prompt you to input.

Note that if it is determined in step Sl that the reading of the radical, that is, the radical name has been input, the process directly proceeds to step SIO with the radical name, and a radical-specific dictionary (not shown) in the dictionary area 15 is used. After searching the radical dictionary for the radical name input from the data and sending candidate kanji data as a conversion result to the output buffer 712a of RAM +2,
The same process as above continues.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is determined whether either the radical name or the number of radical strokes has been input, and when it is determined that neither is input, the radical name and the number of radical strokes are input. Since the message requesting input of the number of strokes of the neck is output, it is possible to provide a document creation device that prompts the user to input and allows the radical-specific input function to be promptly continued.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the detailed data structure of the dictionary area of the ROM in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is the processing content of radical-based conversion. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing changes in the display state due to the processing shown in FIG. 1O-=CPU, 11-ROM, 12-RAM, 12
a-... Dictionary search result output buffer for each radical, 13...
Program area, 14...Character pattern area, 15.
... Dictionary area, 15a... Radical dictionary by number of strokes, 16...
・Keyboard (KB), 18... Display, 21...
- Floppy disk device (FDD), 21... Printer (PRT), 25... Directory section, 2B.
...Data section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document creation device having a function for inputting Kanji by radical, comprising: a determining means for determining whether either a radical name or the number of radical strokes has been input; 1. A document creation device comprising: output control means for outputting a message requesting input of the number of strokes when it is determined that there is no input.