JPH0460760A - Japanese sentence proofreading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To immediately recognize that a proofreading device normally operates by providing a proofreading means 8 which receives a selection instruction, selects one among proofreading candidates and substitutes it with a character string to be proofread. CONSTITUTION:When a Japanese sentence inputted from an input means 1 is stored in a storage means 2 and when the instruction of proofreading is inputted from the input means 1 in a state where the sentence is displayed in a display means 3, an extraction means 7 sequentially extracts the character strings of the Japanese sentence from the storage means 2 at every clause for example, being the unit of proofreading, an sequentially gives the instruction of the whole or a part of the extracted character string in the displayed Japanese sentence. When there is the character string to be proofread as to the extracted character string, the proofreading means 8 reads the proofreading candidate from a proofreading dictionary 6, and outputs it to the display means 3. When a selection instruction is given from the input means 1, one proofreading candidate is decided and it is substituted with the character string to be proofread.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a Japanese grammar proofing device, and more particularly to a Japanese grammar proofing device that extracts and proofreads notations and expressions that do not meet specific standards.

(b) Conventional technology As a Japanese text proofreading device, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62
There is a "Japanese grammar proofing device" described in Japanese Patent No. 20966. Such a device analyzes Japanese sentences written in a mixture of kanji and kana, extracts areas with problems in spelling and grammar, and displays those areas as well as suggestions for correct spelling. It is configured as follows,
The user can select the correct notation from among the candidates.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the proofreading process in the conventional proofreading apparatus described above, the Japanese text input from the input means is temporarily stored in the input character storage means, and the parts to be proofread are extracted by the extraction means. It was specified for processing such as character string extraction and notation replacement. In other words, the conventional calibration device only displays on the display device only the locations that have been extracted as problematic locations that should be calibrated. Therefore, in cases where the text is not extracted as a problem that requires proofreading, such as when the context is incorrect, there is no indication of where in the Japanese text the extraction process is being performed. Therefore, if a device is used that does not notify the user of the extraction location, the user will have to pointlessly focus on the screen until the location to be calibrated appears on the screen, and the calibration device may not work properly. There was also a problem in that it was not possible to immediately confirm that it was working.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides a Japanese grammar proofing device equipped with special means capable of solving the above-mentioned problems.

(d) Second Means for Solving the Problems FIG. 1 is a block diagram clearly showing the basic configuration of the present invention. In the figure, the present invention includes Japanese text, proofreading instructions,
An input means 1 for manually inputting selection instructions, etc., a storage means 2 for storing Japanese sentences input from the input means 1, a display means 3 for displaying L Japanese sentences input from the input means 1, and a reference. a notation dictionary means 4 which stores a large number of Japanese notations, a grammar dictionary means 5 which stores reference Japanese grammar, and a proofreading dictionary means which stores a large number of character string candidates for proofreading. 6, when a proofreading instruction is input from the input means I, by referring to the notation dictionary means 4 and the grammar dictionary means 5, the Japanese sentences stored in the storage means 2 are sequentially read in units of proofreading. An extraction means 7 that extracts a character string and at the same time instructs all or part of the extracted character string into a Japanese sentence being displayed, and a character string to be proofread for the character string extracted from the extraction means 7. a proofreading means 8 which reads out the proofreading candidates, if any, from the proofreading dictionary means 6, receives a selection instruction, selects one of the proofreading candidates, and replaces it with the character string to be proofread. It is a calibration device.

In the present invention, the input means 1 is preferably constituted by a keyboard, or may be constituted by a pointing device such as a mouse or a tablet manual device, or an OCR (optical character reader). It is also possible to use an external storage device such as a floppy disk or magnetic tape that stores the input Japanese character strings. The display means 3 is preferably constructed from a dot matrix type display device such as a CRT or LCD.

The notation dictionary means 4, the grammar dictionary means 5, and the proofreading dictionary means 6 are each constituted by a ROM provided inside the proofreading apparatus. The extraction means 7 and the calibration means 8 are composed of a microprocessor.

(E) Effect According to the present invention, when a Japanese sentence inputted from the input means 1 is stored in the storage means 2 and displayed on the display means 3, and an instruction for proofreading is inputted from the input means 1, the extraction means 7 is a proofreading unit, for example, for each clause, the character strings of the Japanese sentence are sequentially extracted from the storage means 2, and the extracted character strings are sequentially instructed in the Japanese sentence being displayed in whole or in part. If there is a character string to be proofread, the proofreading means 8 reads the proofreading candidates from the proofreading dictionary means 6 and outputs them to the display means 3, and when a selection instruction is given from the manual means 1, one of the proofreading candidates is determined and replaced with the character string to be proofread.

(F) EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below based on examples shown in the figures. Note that this invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese grammar proofing device which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, IO is an input device consisting of a keyboard and serving as input means for inputting Japanese character strings or Japanese sentences. 11
is a device constituted by a RAM or an input character storage device as a storage means for storing sentences. I2 is a dictionary storage device consisting of a ROM and serving as a notation dictionary means that stores an independent word dictionary.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a grammar storage device consisting of a ROM and serving as a grammar dictionary means for storing Japanese grammar. Reference numeral 14 denotes a device consisting of a microprocessor, which functions as a device main means, which stores the character strings or sentences stored in the input character storage device 11 and the dictionary storage device l.
By comparing and collating the notation information stored in 2 and the grammatical information stored in the grammar storage device l3, the character string to be proofread is extracted from the input character storage device l1, and the data in the middle of proofreading is stored. Furthermore, it instructs a display device, which will be described later, to display. Note that this control device 14 includes a storage device (not shown) for storing processing results. 15 is a proofreading dictionary storage device made of ROM, which functions as a proofreading dictionary means, and stores a large number of correct character strings corresponding to the character strings extracted by the control device 14. [6 is a display device consisting of a CRT, which functions as a display means and displays Japanese character strings or sentences input from the input device IO,
Display of character strings to be proofread during verification, display of character strings to be proofread, and character strings to be replaced (proofreading candidates 19)
lt) are displayed respectively. l7 selects one correct notation from among the one or more proofreading candidates displayed by the display device 16.
This selection device can be assigned to one key arranged on the above-mentioned input device 10, specifically, to a conversion key or a function key.

As a feature of this embodiment, the following function III is added to the control device l4 in addition to the conventional calibration function. That is, it is a function to sequentially output sentences, phrases, or words that have been finalized by the analysis process in the proofreading part extraction process to the display device l6. The display device 16 is equipped with a function of sequentially informing the user of the extraction location of the determined sentences, phrases, or words by, for example, displaying them in reverse video, displaying shading, displaying underlines, or similar identification display methods. ing.

FIG. 3 is an example of a display method for informing the user of the calibration location and the calibration content. 20 is a display screen of the display device 16, 21 is a character string input from the input device IQ, and 622 is a notation that requires proofreading, extracted by the proofreading location extraction process. 23 is a candidate for a correct notation to replace the notation that requires proofreading. In the example in the same figure, it has been pointed out that ``artificial intelligence'' should be replaced with ``artificial intelligence''. The specific extraction method is the same as the extraction method disclosed in "Japanese Proofreading Apparatus" described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-209662, so the explanation will be omitted.

Next, the processing of the control device 14 of this embodiment will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, input the text to be proofread into the character storage device 1! (step 30), extracts proofreading points as long as they are in the middle of the sentence (steps 31-32), and displays sentences, clauses, words, etc. whose extraction units have been determined on the display! 6
(Step 33).

The above process is repeated until there are no more sentences to be proofread, and when there are no more sentences to be proofread (step 3I), input/edit processing and proofreading candidate selection processing are performed (step 34), and the proofreading process ends. The feature of this embodiment is that unique display processing is performed in step 33, as will be explained below. To explain in detail with reference to the example sentence in Figure 5 and the display examples in Figures 6 to 8, first, when the Japanese grammar proofing device is started, it extracts the correction points for each sentence.
Regardless of whether or not it should be proofread, the sentence is displayed in reverse video on the screen of the display device l6 (see FIG. 6).

If there is no proofreading part, the proofreading part will be highlighted when the process of extracting the proofreading part of the next sentence is finished (see Figure 7).
Here, if there is a proofreading part, the highlight of the sentence is canceled and only the proofreading part is highlighted again (see Figure 8). The above process is carried out until there are no more sentences left, and after the entire text is completed, editing work such as replacing it with correct notation is performed, and proofreading is performed accordingly.

In the above example, the display range of the proofreading part was set in sentences, but it may also be displayed in units of clauses as shown in Figures 9 and 10, or in units of words as shown in Figures 11 and 12. It may also be displayed.

(g) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, an interface is provided that allows a human to relatively easily visually check problems in a text that cannot be extracted by machine processing alone. In this way, cooperation between humans and machines has the effect of allowing a more advanced level of calibration to be achieved than when calibration is performed by humans or machines alone. In addition, with conventional proofreading devices, when the proofreading is processed all at once after the input is completed, the longer the input sentence is, the longer it takes to extract the proofreading points, and during this time the device displays the proofreading results. Until now, the user had to pointlessly focus on the screen, but with this invention, the device sequentially displays the extraction points, so the user can follow them with his or her eyes, and You can check your text effectively and easily without having to wait pointlessly. Furthermore, since the extraction points are displayed one after another on the screen, it is possible to eliminate the user's anxiety when the processing time is long and there is no response from the calibration device, thereby ensuring that the calibration device is operating normally. This can be confirmed immediately.

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Figure 1 is a block diagram that clearly shows the basic configuration of this invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram that shows the configuration of a Japanese grammar proofing device that is an embodiment of this invention, and Figure 3 is a proofreading location table in one embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining the calibration process of one embodiment, and FIGS. 5 to 12 are explanatory diagrams showing display examples when the calibration process is performed using the calibration device of one embodiment. It is. 1... Input means, 2... ME platform means, 3... Display means, 4... Notation dictionary means, 5... Grammar Dictionary means, 6...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting Japanese sentences, proofreading instructions, selection instructions, etc.; a storage means for storing the Japanese sentences input from the input means; and a display means for displaying the Japanese sentences input from the input means. , a notation dictionary means that stores a large number of reference Japanese notations, a grammar dictionary means that stores a reference Japanese grammar, and a proofreading dictionary that stores a large number of character string candidates for proofreading. means, and when a proofreading instruction is input from the input means, character strings are sequentially extracted for each proofreading unit from the Japanese sentences stored in the storage means by referring to the notation dictionary means and the grammar dictionary means. At the same time, there is an extraction means for instructing all or part of the extracted character string into the displayed Japanese sentence, and if there is a character string to be proofread for the character string extracted from the extraction means, the correction candidate is provided. A Japanese text proofreading device comprising proofreading means that reads from the proofreading dictionary means, receives a selection instruction, selects one of the proofreading candidates, and replaces it with a character string to be proofread.