JPH04333965A - Kana/kanji converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device for converting a character string into a sentence containing kanji and kana, and more particularly to a kana-kanji conversion device for converting a character string containing spaces into kana-kanji.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As kana-kanji conversion devices have progressed, it has become possible to edit documents in various formats. Also,
In addition to general documents, there are a wide variety of types, such as those in table format and those for inputting into fixed-form documents.

[0003] However, when converting a document such as a tabular format into kana-kanji by inserting spaces (blanks) between characters in consideration of the output image, the operator may I can't get the desired conversion result. This is because Kana-Kanji conversion uses punctuation marks and spaces as delimiters between clauses. For this reason, if a space is needed between characters, it has to be inserted after the kana-kanji conversion.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and to provide a Kana-Kanji conversion device that can obtain correct conversion results even in Kana-Kanji conversion of character strings containing spaces. be.

[0005]

[Means for solving the problem] The above purpose is to provide a means for determining spaces in an input character string, separating characters to be converted from spaces, and converting the input characters into kana-kanji. If there is a space in the column, this is achieved by having means for detecting the position of the space from the converted Kana-Kanji mixed sentence, and having means for rearranging the space in the conversion result.

[0006]

[Effect] With the above configuration, spaces can be ignored in Kana-Kanji conversion, so Kana-Kanji conversion can be performed as efficiently as before. On the other hand, since spaces are rearranged after conversion, Kana-Kanji conversion can be performed without disturbing the character arrangement. I can do it.

[0007]

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention, which includes a kana input section 1, a display section 4, a control section 2, a dictionary memory 5, and a storage section 3. Input section 1
is, for example, a keyboard for inputting kana characters, specifying character strings to be converted, and inputting conversions, and the display section 4 includes, for example, a CRT display for displaying character string inputs and conversion results. The control unit 2 is in charge of execution control of kana-kanji conversion, and is composed of a CPU, a display character font, a program ROM, and a RAM. The storage unit 3 consists of a RAM that temporarily stores input kana character strings and data used in conversion. The dictionary memory 5 includes a dictionary ROM for converting a character string to be converted into a sentence containing kanji and kana, and a kanji dictionary for referring to the readings of kanji, and is referenced by the program of the CPU in the control section 2.

Next, an example of Kana-Kanji conversion will be shown using FIG.

First, it is assumed that a program related to kana-kanji conversion is stored in the ROM and RAM of the control unit 2. The operator inputs characters to be converted into kana-kanji from the input unit 1. Based on the input character data, the control section 2 displays a corresponding character font on the display section 4. The operator looks at the display section 4 and inputs the desired text, and when the input is completed, inputs the conversion key from the input section 1. Control unit 2
refers to the dictionary memory 5 for the kanji corresponding to the input character string, and displays kanji candidates on the display section 4. If there is no corresponding kanji, no conversion is performed and the input character string is displayed. The operator looks at the results on the display section 4 and makes corrections or inputs the next step from the input section 1.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the processing function of Kana-Kanji conversion including spaces, which is a feature of the present invention, and its contents will be explained below with reference to this figure.

First, before performing an input operation, the space flag for determining whether a space has been input is turned off to wait for input (10). The operator inputs characters to be converted from the input unit 1 (11). The control unit 2 determines the character string and conversion key input from the input unit 1 (12).
, if it is not a conversion key, first store the input character string in the space insertion buffer (13). Next, input section 1
Determine whether the input string is a space (
14). If the character string input from input section 1 is other than a space, it is stored in the conversion target buffer of storage section 3 (15).
, if the character string input from the input unit 1 is a space, the space flag is turned on (16). At this time, no space is stored in the conversion target buffer. Further, if the character input from the input unit 1 is a conversion key, the character string stored in the conversion target buffer is converted by the dictionary memory 5 with reference to the dictionary ROM (20).

After the conversion process, the control unit 2 determines whether the space flag is ON (21). If the space flag is ON, the position of the space in the space insertion buffer in the conversion result is detected by referring to the kanji dictionary in the dictionary memory 5 (22). A space is inserted between the converted characters based on the detection result (23).

The results of the above processing are displayed on the display section (4).

Examples of input and conversion will be shown below. Note that for the sake of explanation, spaces are represented by △.

[0016] If you input a character string like the one shown in Figure 3, "Izuhanto" with no space will be stored in the conversion target buffer, and "I△zu△han△to" will be stored in the space insertion buffer. and the space flag turns ON. When the conversion key is input, the conversion process converts it to "Izu Peninsula". Also, since the space flag is ON, when the space position is detected from the space insertion buffer, it is found that it is next to "i". From the conversion result, refer to the reading of ``Ita'' in a kanji dictionary and find out that it matches, so insert a space next to ``Ita''. Thereafter, by performing the same procedure, a result as shown in FIG. 4 can be obtained.

[0017] Also, in the input example shown in Figure 5, there is a space after "Izu", so the dictionary says that the single character "Izu" is "Izu".
This is not applicable because there are only candidates such as "Yes" and "This". Then, when we look up ``Izu'' by combining the next character ``Mame'', we find that it corresponds to ``Izu'', so we insert a space after ``Izu'' and obtain the conversion result as shown in Figure 6.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, when inputting "I△zu△han△to" and wishing to convert it to "I△zu△han△jima" as shown in FIG. 3, the desired conversion can be done by selecting a conversion candidate. Needless to say, it can be converted into text.

[0019]

According to the present invention, even if a character string with spaces between characters is input and Kana-Kanji conversion is performed, the conversion results as desired by the operator can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a conversion process according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram representing input example 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram representing output example 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram representing input example 2;

FIG. 6 is a diagram representing output example 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Input part, 2...Control part, 3...Storage part, 4...Output part, 5
...Dictionary memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Kana-Kanji comprising an input section for inputting a character string to be converted into Kana-Kanji, a conversion processing section for converting the input character string into a Kanji-Kana mixed sentence, a display section for displaying the conversion result, and a dictionary. A kana-kanji conversion device, characterized in that the conversion device performs kana-kanji conversion while ignoring spaces in an input character string, and inserts the input spaces between characters during conversion.