JPH0762845B2 - Japanese processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a Japanese processor capable of processing kana characters, kanji characters, and idiom characters.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a document creating apparatus such as a word processor, a kana-kanji conversion method is generally adopted in order to reduce the number of keys for inputting characters and improve input operability. In this kana-kanji conversion method, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary that stores kanji (including idioms) and their phonetic kana in association with each other is provided, and the kanji key is omitted as a character input key, and kana keys, etc. Only the minimum required keys are provided. And
For kanji input, when a kanji reading kana is entered with the kana key, the reading kana is based on the kana-kanji conversion dictionary.
This is done by automatically converting to the corresponding kanji. Thus, the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary was used only for converting the input Yomi-Kana into Kanji.

By the way, at the time of writing a document, there is a case where it is desired to know whether or not a kanji (including an idiom) to be used clearly indicates the meaning content to be expressed by oneself. Therefore, a document creating apparatus has been proposed in which the meanings of kanji are also stored in correspondence with the kanji and the meanings are output as needed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the document creating apparatus of the above method, a kanji word including the Chinese character at the head position is read out from the converted Chinese character and displayed, or the Chinese character is located at a position other than the head position. I couldn't read and display the idioms included in.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to read out and display a idiom containing the Chinese character at its head position from the converted Kanji, or to read out and display an idiom containing the Chinese character at a position other than its tip. Is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means of the present invention are as follows.

Kana character string and Kanji characters corresponding to the kana character string,
To store a plurality of idioms composed of a plurality of Kanji characters, input means for inputting a desired arbitrary kana character string, and searching the storage means to store the kana character string. Kanji conversion means for converting into corresponding kanji characters, first kanji word designating means for designating reading of a jukugo including the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means at its head position, and kanji converted by the kanji conversion means The second kanji word designating means for designating the reading of the idiom containing the word other than the head and the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means when the reading by the first idiom specifying means is designated. The first display means for retrieving and displaying the idiom included in the position from the storage means, and the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means when the reading by the second idiom specifying means is designated. A second display means for displaying a phrase that includes a position other than the head retrieved from said storage means.

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows.

By inputting an arbitrary desired kana character string and searching the storage means, this kana character string is converted into the corresponding kanji character, and after this conversion, the reading by the first phrase specifying means is designated. When the phrase containing the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means at its head position is retrieved from the storage means and displayed, and the reading by the second phrase specifying means is designated, the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means is displayed. Idioms included in positions other than the head are retrieved from the storage means and displayed.

Therefore, when a kana character is converted to a kanji character, a phrase containing the converted kanji character at its head position is displayed, or a phrase containing the converted kanji character at a position other than its head is displayed. It is easy to do, but I know that it contains a certain kanji, but what happened as a compound word containing that kanji at the beginning position, or as a compound word containing that kanji character at a position other than the beginning You can use it as a help when you cannot remember what happened immediately.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Structure FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is an example applied to a word processor.

This word processor has a kana-kanji conversion function and a dictionary function, and as a memory to realize both these functions,
It has a dictionary memory 1. This dictionary memory 1 is the second
As shown in the figure, the kana heading section 1a that stores the reading kana of kanji (including kanji compound words), the kanji section 1b that stores kanji, and the word meaning part 1c that stores the meaning of kanji.
And a sub-heading section 1d in which another reading kana different from the reading kana shown in the heading section 1a is stored for a single Kanji. Then, in the kana kanji corresponding to the kanji compound word in the kana heading section 1a, a delimiter code P indicated by "." In the figure is inserted for each kanji of the corresponding kanji compound word. Further, the reading kana of the kana heading section 1a is arranged in the Japanese syllabary order. In addition, other reading kana in the sub-heading section 1d is
For example, if the reading kana of the kana heading section 1a is on-phonetic reading, it is indicated by kun reading or the like.

As described above, in the kana heading section 1a of the dictionary memory 1, since the delimiter code P for delimiting in kanji units is inserted in the reading kana corresponding to the kanji compound word, for example, the entire kanji compound word is input. Even if it is not, if at least one Kanji reading kana is entered, the delimiter code P will be used as a reference.
By searching the kana heading section 1a in kanji units, kanji compound words and word meanings corresponding to the entire phonetic kana are output.

The key input unit 2 is a kana key 2 for inputting kana characters.
a, a conversion key 2b for instructing to convert kana characters input by the kana key 2a into kanji, and a dictionary key 2c for instructing to output the meaning of kanji. In addition to this, the key input unit 2 uses the next candidate key 2d for instructing the output of other conversion candidates other than the converted Kanji, and other conversions based on the other kana in the sub heading unit 1d. Other candidate keys 2e for instructing the output of candidates, a right move key 2f for instructing the cursor to move to the right and left, and a left move key 2g are provided. The right movement key 2f and the left movement key 2g have other functions in addition to the cursor movement instruction, and these functions will be described later.

The CPU3 performs a process such as Kana-Kanji conversion on the document data input from the key input unit 2 according to a program stored in the ROM 4 in advance, displays the processing result on the display unit 5, and displays the confirmed processing result in the document. Stored in memory 6, document memory 6
The printing unit 7 controls operations such as printing the contents of the above. At this time, since various data are processed in a code format, they are converted into a character pattern stored in advance in the ROM 4 and output at the time of output such as display and printing.

In the process of performing various processes as described above, various registers of the RAM 8 are used as work areas.

Operation Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, an operation example will be described with reference to FIG.

Now, for the moment, I want to use the kanji compound word "morning and evening" as document data, but I am not confident that "morning and evening" is a word that accurately indicates what I am trying to express,
Moreover, although the entire reading kana is unknown, it is assumed that it is known that the reading kana of the leading kanji "Asa" is "asa".

In such a case, in order to output the meaning of "morning and evening" from the dictionary memory 1, first, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), operate the kana key 2a to select "a" and "sa". Enter
Next, the conversion key 2b is operated. Then, the ordinary kana-kanji conversion is performed using the dictionary memory 1, and "morning" is highlighted on the display unit 5 as a conversion candidate. Since the highlighted "morning" is a conversion candidate desired by the operator, the right move key 2f and the dictionary key 2c are operated in this order. Then, the kanji compound word ... "Asakakage", its kana ... "Asa / Kage", and the meaning of the word ... "Asahi Hikari" are displayed (see Fig. 3 (b)). As can be inferred from this operation example and the display example, the operation of the dictionary key 2c is an operation of instructing the output of the meaning of the kanji compound word including the conversion candidate (kanji) that is highlighted and is displayed before the dictionary key 2c. The operated right move key 2f is used for designating a kanji phrase having the conversion candidate highlighted in the head at the head.

Next, because the displayed "Asakakage" is not what I want,
Operate the next candidate key 2d. Then, the content of the next kanji compound word "Asakata" having "Asa" at the head is output (see FIG. 3 (c)). Since this "morning" is not desired either, if the other candidate key 2e is operated next, as shown in FIG. 3 (d), it has "morning" at the head and "morning". Kanji compound words whose reading kana is "on reading" ... The content of "morning and evening" is output. That is, by operating the other candidate key 2e, a conversion candidate having another phonetic kana different from the input phonetic kana is output. This "morning and evening" is a desired one, and its meaning also indicates what one wants to express. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 (e), if "ha" is entered as the next document data. , Only the kanji idiom "Asakyu" that was output as a conversion candidate remains, other reading kana and meaning are deleted, and the newly input "ha"
Displayed immediately after "morning and evening". That is, when a kana character is input while the conversion candidate is being output, the conversion to that conversion candidate is confirmed. Incidentally, FIG. 3 (b),
When the cancel key (not shown) is operated in the states of (c) and (d), the state returns to the state of FIG. 3 (a). The states of FIGS. 3 (b), (c), and (d) are also undetermined as in the case of FIG. 3 (a), and therefore are highlighted.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation after the state of FIG. 3 (a). When the dictionary key 2c is operated in the state of FIG. 3 (a), the single kanji in the state of FIG. 3 (a). The conversion candidate and the input phonetic alphabet are stored in the A register of the RAM 8 (step S1). Next, before the operation of the dictionary key 2c, it is determined whether or not the right move key 2f or the left move key 2g has been operated as the information for specifying the structure of the idiom kanji (step S2). As a result, when the right move key 2f is operated, the dictionary memory 1 is searched, and the address of the idiom having the single Chinese character in the A register and the reading kana at the head thereof is detected (step S3). This detection is performed using the delimiter code P inserted in the kana heading as a unit, and the beginning kana corresponding to the single kanji, for example, "Asa" is detected in the Japanese syllabary order, and further, among the matched ones. This is performed by detecting a match of the first Kanji from the beginning, for example, "morning".

In this way, by specifying the composition of Kanji compound words,
The number of search targets is reduced, and the search process can be speeded up.

If the left move key 2g is operated, the dictionary memory 1 is searched to detect a kanji compound word having a single kanji character in the A register and a phonetic kana at positions other than the beginning (step S4).

Then, the addresses associated with the detected Kanji compound words are sequentially stored in the dictionary address registers AD1 to ADn (step S5). In addition, before operating the dictionary key 2c, right move key
If neither 2f nor the left move key 2g is operated,
Since it means that single kanji is specified, the address when converting single kanji is the dictionary address register AD as it is.
It may be stored in 1, and the address detection processing in steps S3 and S4 is unnecessary.

Next, the dictionary address registers AD1 to ADn are designated in ascending order, and the data of the address in the designated register is read from the dictionary memory 1 and stored in the B register (step S6).
Then, the data in the B register is converted into a corresponding character pattern and displayed on the display unit 5 (step S
7).

In this way, even if the phonetic kana of only one kanji in the kanji compound is input, the meaning of the kanji compound containing the kanji corresponding to the input kana can be known. In other words, even if the entire phonetic kana of a kanji compound word is unknown, the meaning of one kanji in the kanji compound word can be known if the phonetic kana is known.

At least when the next candidate key 2d is operated after the processing of steps S1 to 5 is performed, the dictionary address register AD
The register next to 1 to ADn is designated (step S8), and the next candidate is displayed by the processing of steps S6 to S7.

In addition, at least after the process of step S1 is performed,
When the other candidate key 2e is operated, the contents of the A register stored in step S1 are transferred to the C register (step
S9). Then, another phonetic kana of the single kanji in the C register is read from the subheading section 1d of the dictionary memory 1 (step S10), and the other read kana is read together with the above single kanji in step S1. It is stored in the A register. Then, by the processing of steps S2 to 7, candidates based on other phonetic kana are displayed.

In this way, by operating the other candidate key 2e, the sub-heading section 1d
Since candidates based on other phonetic kana are displayed, if the kana of one kanji in the kanji compound is known, only one phonetic or kun kanji is output, and the meaning of that kanji compound is output. be able to.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment,
The configuration of the kanji compound word may be designated in other modes. For example, it is possible to specify how many characters in a desired kanji compound word the kanji compound word of which the kana kana is known is, and how many characters the kanji compound word has. To give a concrete example, if you want to know the meaning of "Issa Ippa" but you know the kana only for "morning," enter the morning kana and confirm "morning." By inputting "0100" as a numeral and operating the dictionary key 2c, a kanji compound word which has "morning" as the second character and which consists of four characters is configured to be detected. If specified in this way, the search target is very limited, so the search speed is significantly improved.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when a kana character is converted into a kanji character,
It is easy to display a phrase containing the converted Kanji character at its head position, or to display a phrase containing the converted Kanji character at a position other than its head. Although it is known that the phrase contains a kanji, it is not possible to immediately remember what happened as a compound containing the kanji at the beginning position, or what it was as a compound containing the kanji at a position other than the beginning. It can be used as a time aid.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dictionary memory in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation example of FIG. , 4th
The figure is a flow chart showing the operation of FIG. 1 ... Dictionary memory, 1a ... Kana heading section, 2b ... Kanji section, 1c ... Word meaning section, 2 ... Key input section, 2a ... Kana key, 2b ... Conversion key, 2c ... Dictionary key, 2f …… Right move key, 2g …… Left move key, 3 …… CPU, 4 …… ROM, P ……
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A kana character string and a plurality of kanji characters corresponding to the kana character string are stored, a storage means for storing a plurality of idioms composed of a plurality of kanji characters, and a desired arbitrary kana character string. Input means for inputting, and a kanji conversion means for converting the kana character string into the corresponding kanji character by searching the storage means, and a kanji word containing the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means at its head position. A first idiom specifying means for designating reading, a second idiom specifying means for designating reading of a idiom including the Kanji converted by the Kanji converting means at a position other than the head thereof, and the first idiom specifying means When the reading by is designated, the first display means for searching and displaying the idiom including the Kanji converted by the Kanji conversion means at its head position from the storage means and the second idiom designation means. Yo A second display means for, when the reading is designated, retrieving a kanji word including the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means at a position other than the head from the storage means and displaying the kanji word; Japanese language processing device.