JPH0421159A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To expand a general dictionary by an auxiliary dictionary and to improve the preparing efficiency of a document by managing the frequency of each word in the auxiliary dictionary, and when using frequency is increased, outputting the word of the auxiliary dictionary with priority. CONSTITUTION:A certain reading is inputted through a keyboard (KB) 16 and 'KANA'/'KANJI' conversion is specified by depressing a key. Then a CPU 10 searches the contents of the dictionary 13 stored in the dictionary area of a memory 11 and that of the auxiliary dictionary 15 stored in the dictionary area of a memory 12 in the prescribed order and retrieves words corresponding to input information. When a homonym candidate corresponding to the reading exists only in the dictionary 15, the CPU 10 learns a long learning table 31 for the dictionary 15 stored in the table area of the memory 12. When the using frequency of the dictionary 15 is increased based upon the frequency information, the dictionary 15 can be used with priority, so that the forming efficiency of the document can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a document creation device equipped with a learning function for kanji and idioms converted into kana-kanji, particularly a long-term learning function.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a document creation device, when performing homophone conversion, among a plurality of words with the same pronunciation, words can be referred to in order of frequency of use.

This is achieved by using a dictionary that stores a plurality of words with the same reading and frequency information for each word, and sequentially reading words corresponding to the input reading information from this dictionary according to the frequency information.

By the way, in a document creation device that uses such a dictionary, if the frequency information of words is fixed, even if the word is particularly used by the user, if the frequency information of that word is low, it may not appear immediately. This may cause problems such as not being able to move. Therefore, a learning function is generally used that updates frequency information of the selected word each time the user selects one of a plurality of words with the same pronunciation. This allows the dictionary to have a word appearance frequency structure tailored to the user.

This learning function includes long-term learning and short-term learning.

In long-term learning, frequency information is updated according to the frequency of word appearance unless specified otherwise. On the other hand, in short-term learning,
For example, the frequency information is initialized each time the power is turned on or each document. Here, a document creation device equipped with a long-term learning function will be described.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, document creation devices equipped with a long-term learning function sometimes use an auxiliary dictionary in addition to a general-purpose dictionary that is pre-installed in the device. This auxiliary dictionary registers technical terms other than general terms, such as a medical dictionary specifically registered with medical terms, and has a configuration suitable for creating documents in a specific field.

By the way, conventionally, when such an auxiliary dictionary different from the general dictionary is used, the frequency of use of words registered in the auxiliary dictionary has not been managed. This is because there are generally fewer homophones (words with the same pronunciation) in the auxiliary dictionary than in the general dictionary. However, if the contents of the auxiliary dictionary are increased, the number of homophones will also inevitably increase. Therefore, there is a need to learn about supplementary dictionaries as well. Furthermore, when creating documents in a specific field for a long time, there is a strong tendency to use words in the auxiliary dictionary as general terms, so long-term study of the auxiliary dictionary is also required in this case.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventional auxiliary dictionaries have not been provided with a learning function. For this reason, even when the frequency of use of an auxiliary dictionary increases, the words of the auxiliary dictionary are not output preferentially, resulting in problems such as great inconvenience when creating documents.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can also manage the frequency of use of an auxiliary dictionary in which words other than those in a general dictionary are registered. purpose.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the present invention stores a plurality of first words for the same reading and frequency information of each of the first words in a document creation device equipped with a learning function. and a second storage means that stores a plurality of second words different from the first word for the same reading and frequency information of each of the second words. The homophone candidate for the information is the first one above,
When a desired word is extracted from the second storage means and a desired word is selected and confirmed from among the extracted homophone candidates, this confirmed word is stored in the first storage means. or the second word stored in the second storage means, and depending on the judgment result, the first word is the second word stored in the second storage means.
Alternatively, the word frequency information stored in the second storage means is updated.

Further, when extracting the homophone candidates, if homophone candidates corresponding to the input reading information exist in both the first and second storage means, the one with higher frequency information of the homophone candidate is given priority. The second feature is extraction.

Furthermore, when frequency information of homophone candidates for the input reading information is the same in both the first and second storage means, extraction is performed according to a priority order set in advance between the respective storage means. is the third feature.

(Function) According to the above configuration, even if an auxiliary dictionary is used in which words other than those in the general dictionary are registered, the frequency of the words in the auxiliary dictionary can be managed in the same way as the words in the general dictionary. If the frequency of use increases, words in the auxiliary dictionary can be output preferentially.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to the same embodiment. In the figure, 10 is a microprocessor (CP
U) 1.11 and 12 are memories accessed by the same microprocessor IO.

The microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10 is
It controls the entire device, and executes document creation processing and long-term learning frequency management as shown in the flowcharts of Figures 2 and 3 by accessing the memory LL12 and starting a program that follows input instructions. .

The memory 11 is, for example, a RAM. This memory 11 includes a program area where various processing programs that determine the operation of the CPU10 are stored, a character pattern area where font data is stored, and a character pattern area where font data is stored, as well as a computer that converts manual pronunciations in kana or romaji into kanji. A dictionary area 13 in which a general dictionary is stored, and a table area 14 in which a long-term learning table for the general dictionary is stored are provided. The memory 12 is, for example, a hard disk device (HDD).
). This memory 12 is provided with a dictionary area 15 in which an auxiliary dictionary is stored, and a table area 31 in which a long-term learning table of the auxiliary dictionary is stored.

Here, the general dictionary and auxiliary dictionary will be explained. The general dictionary is a dictionary in which words such as -funatsuri are registered, and therein are stored a plurality of first words with the same pronunciation and frequency information of each of the first words. The frequency information in this dictionary is set in advance, for example, when the device is shipped. In addition, the long-term study table of this general dictionary includes the first
Frequency information that is updated and controlled according to the frequency of use of the word is stored.

On the other hand, the auxiliary dictionary is a dictionary in which special words other than the words registered in the general dictionary mentioned above are registered, and like the general dictionary, it contains a plurality of second words for the same reading and each second word. Frequency information is recorded. Also, in the long-term learning table of this auxiliary dictionary, like the general dictionary, frequency information whose update is controlled according to the frequency of use of the second word is stored.

In addition, 16 is a keyboard (KB), 17 is a keyboard interface (KB-IF), 18 is a display device, 1
9 is a display controller (display-CNT), 20 is a display dot memory, and 21 is a floppy disk device (FDD).
) 22 is an FDD interface (FDD-IF
), 23 is a printer device (PRT), and 24 is a printer interface (PRT-IF).

The keyboard (KB) 18 outputs input information necessary for document creation etc. to the CPU10 via the keyboard interface (KB-IF) 17.

This keyboard 16 includes "character" keys, "numeric" keys, "cursor" keys, etc., as well as "conversion/next candidate" keys for instructing kana-kanji conversion and homophone selection.
Various function keys are provided, including a "select/execute" key for instructing confirmation of a word, and the like.

The display 18 is composed of, for example, a 20-line liquid crystal display, and the bottom line (20th line) is set as an area exclusively for guide display (guide line). The display CN T 19 is
Display control of the display 18 is performed using the display dot memory 20 under the control of the CPU10.

The floppy disk device (FDD) 21 is a CPU10
The FDD interface (FDD-I
F) Save the created document or add external characters (
It stores characters, symbols, marks, etc. other than JIS 1st level characters and 2nd level characters), 2nd level characters, etc.

The printer device (PRT) 23 includes, for example, a serial printer. This PRT23 is connected to a printer interface (PRT-IF) 24 under the control of CPU10.
A document stored in a document area in the memory 11 via
Alternatively, it executes print processing such as printing document information read into the main body from the floppy disk device (FDD) 21 and stored in the document area on paper, or transporting the paper.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Note that here, a second word other than the first word registered in the general dictionary, such as a technical term in a specific field, is registered in advance in the auxiliary dictionary and the long-term study of the same dictionary is performed. The following explanation assumes that a table is set in the memory 12.

As shown in Figure 2, when you input the reading through KB 11 (Step A1), and specify Kana-Kanji conversion by operating the "conversion/next candidate" key (not shown) on KB 11 (Step A2). , CPU10 stores the general dictionary stored in dictionary area J3 in memory 1 and memory 1.
The auxiliary dictionaries stored in the dictionary area 15 of 2 are searched in a predetermined order, and a word corresponding to the input reading information is searched from each dictionary (step A3).

Here, if there is a homophone candidate for the pronunciation only in the general dictionary (step A4), CPU10 stores memory 1
The long-term learning table of the general dictionary stored in the table area 14 of 1 is referred to (step A6), and the output order of homophone candidates is determined based on the frequency information in the long-term learning table (step A7). And CPU10
outputs the determined homophone candidate to the display 18 in response to the operation of the "conversion/next candidate" key (step A8)
. At this time, if there are multiple words for the pronunciation, that is, if there are multiple homophone candidates, the CPU 10 outputs the most frequent word to the display 18 as the first candidate. The display 18 displays this word with a symbol indicating an undetermined state, such as overline, for example.

On the other hand, if there is a homophone candidate for the pronunciation only in the auxiliary dictionary (step A9), the CPU 10 refers to the long-term learning table of the auxiliary dictionary stored in the table area 31 in the memory 12 (step A10), and Based on the frequency information, similar to the above, homophone candidates are output to the display 18 (steps A7, A8).

Also, if there are homophone candidates for the reading in both the general dictionary and the auxiliary dictionary (step A5), C
PU10 refers to the long-term learning tables of the general dictionary and the auxiliary dictionary (step A11), and presses homophone candidates on the display 18 based on the frequency information (steps A7, A8) in the same manner as described above.

In this case, between the general dictionary and the auxiliary dictionary, the one with higher frequency information is output preferentially. Furthermore, if the frequency information is the same, the dictionaries are output according to a preset priority order, such as giving priority to the general dictionary.

I will explain in detail. For example, for the reading "cancer",
General dictionaries include general terms such as ``rock'', ``eye'', and ``wish'' (
The first word) is registered in the auxiliary dictionary, and the words "cancer" and "cancer" are registered in the auxiliary dictionary.
It is assumed that a special term (second word) is registered. In this case, since there are words for the pronunciation of "cancer" in the general dictionary and the auxiliary dictionary, the long-term learning tables of both dictionaries are referred to, and words with high frequency are output preferentially. For example, if the frequency information for "rock" in the general dictionary is "3" and the frequency information for "cancer" in the auxiliary dictionary is "5", the word "cancer" is output preferentially. On the other hand, for example, "rock",
If the frequency information for "cancer" is "5" and has the same frequency, homophone candidates are output based on the preset priority order of the dictionary. That is, for example, if the general dictionary and auxiliary dictionary are set in this order, the word "rock" will be output preferentially.

Here, if the displayed word is not the word you want, click
Operate the "Convert/Next Candidate" key. This “conversion/next candidate”
By operating the key, the next candidate word is displayed with an overline as described above.

On the other hand, if the displayed word is the desired word, the "select/execute" key is operated. By operating this "select/execute" key, the word is confirmed and the overline attached to the word disappears.

Next, the operation after selecting and confirming a word as described above will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the homophone of a word is determined by operating the "Select/Execute" key (step Bl), C
Based on the dictionary number of the determined word, PU10 determines whether the word is the first word in the general dictionary or the second word in the auxiliary dictionary (steps B2 and B
'3). If it is the first word in the general dictionary, the CPU
l0 updates the frequency information of the word in the long-term learning table of the general dictionary stored in the table area 14 of the memory 11 (step B4). On the other hand, if it is the second word in the auxiliary dictionary, CPU1. O updates the frequency information of the word in the long-term learning table of the auxiliary dictionary stored in the table area 31 of the memory 12 (step B5).

Specifically, using the above example, if the word ``rock'' with frequency information ``3'' is selected and confirmed for the pronunciation ``cancer'', the word ``rock'' in the long-term learning table of the general dictionary is Frequency information of "rock", for example "3" to "4"
” will be updated.

On the other hand, if the word "cancer" with frequency information "5" is selected and confirmed, the frequency information of "cancer" in the long-term learning table of the auxiliary dictionary is updated from "5" to "6", for example. . Note that this updating method includes updating each dictionary by a predetermined amount, such as incrementing each dictionary by "+1", for example, and changing the updating amount between the general dictionary and the auxiliary dictionary.

In this way, when words that are not in the general dictionary are registered in a different dictionary from the general dictionary and that dictionary is used as an auxiliary dictionary, the words in the auxiliary dictionary are learned over a long period of time in the same way as the words in the general dictionary. . Therefore, even if the auxiliary dictionary is used more frequently due to document creation in a specific field, for example, words in the auxiliary dictionary can be used preferentially, which is extremely convenient for document creation.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case where there is only one auxiliary dictionary, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to provide a plurality of auxiliary dictionaries and use these auxiliary dictionaries at the same time. In this case, it is necessary to determine in advance the search order when searching for words for pronunciations, the priority order when homophone candidates have the same frequency, etc. between each auxiliary dictionary.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, words in the auxiliary dictionary are frequency-controlled and learned in the same way as words in the general dictionary. Therefore, for example, if an auxiliary dictionary is used more frequently, words in that auxiliary dictionary can be output preferentially. As a result, the general dictionary can be expanded with an auxiliary dictionary without impairing the effectiveness of the learning function, and document creation efficiency is greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment. lO...Microprocessor (CPU), 11...Memory, 12...Memory, 13...Dictionary area, 14...
...Table area, 15...Dictionary area, 31...Table area, 16...Keyboard (KB) 17.
・・Keyboard interface (KB-IF) 1
8...Display unit, 19...Display controller (display-
CNT) 20... Display dot memory.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A first storage means that stores a plurality of first words for the same reading and frequency information of each of the first words, and a plurality of second words different from the first word for the same reading. and a second storage means that stores frequency information of each of the second words; a candidate extraction means that extracts homophone candidates for the input reading information from the first and second storage means; selection confirming means for selecting a desired word from the extracted homophone candidates and confirming the selected word; and said first memory means storing the word confirmed by said selection confirming means. 1 word or the second word stored in the second storage means; and depending on the judgment result of the judgment means, the first word or the second word 1. A document creation device comprising: updating means for updating word frequency information stored in the means. (2) When a homophone candidate corresponding to the input reading information exists in both the first and second storage means, the candidate extraction means preferentially extracts the homophone candidate with higher frequency information. A claim characterized in that (
1) Document creation device as described. (3) The candidate extracting means is configured to extract information that is set in advance between the first and second storage means when frequency information of homophone candidates for the input reading information is the same in both the first and second storage means. 3. The document creation device according to claim 2, wherein the document creation device extracts the document according to priority order.