JPH0830608A - Kana-Kanji converter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] In Kana-Kanji conversion, the dictionary has a lot of notational data for special reading that is used only for a specific proper noun, but the efficiency of homophone selection is not deteriorated. , It is possible to select a special reading as a candidate only when necessary. [Configuration] In a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, a type flag is provided for a notation having a special reading, and when a notation candidate is displayed,
The notation of the type flag ON is collectively displayed as a candidate with one character of the representative symbol, and the notation with the special reading is displayed as a candidate in the concrete Kanji notation only when the representative symbol is selected.

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 such as a Japanese word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a kana-kanji conversion device is used in a dictionary.
It stores many Kanji notations for reading and realizes efficient Kana-Kanji conversion. And users of Kana-Kanji conversion devices are required to be able to quickly convert all Japanese to Kana-Kanji.

Therefore, a device has been devised which can cope with conversion of special readings that are not generally used such as reading proper nouns, and in order to realize it, the notation for the special reading is also converted into kana-kanji. You must register in the dictionary one by one.

For example, the notation candidates for the reading of "Aki" are "Autumn, Sky, Kai, Ming ...", but if Kanji is to be output from such a commonly known reading. Instead, there are times when I want to give a candidate from a special reading when the same reading "Aki" is used in proper nouns such as a person's name or place name such as "day, sentence, light ..." (Example: Name: Akio / Mitsuo). To respond to it, read "Aki" and "Autumn, sky,
・ ・ Register "day, sentence ..." together.

If "day, sentence, light ..." is not displayed in the reading "Aki", another reading of the desired kanji has to be input and extracted again, which imposes a burden on the user. I will end up. In order for as many users as possible not to do so, it is desirable to register as many notations as possible for reading.

[0006]

However, in the Kana-to-Kanji conversion device in which the notations are registered frequently as described above, the notation candidates for a certain reading are unnecessarily increased, and the efficiency in selecting a homophone becomes poor. Also, when a notation candidate for a special reading appears, the user may be confused that the wrong candidate has been extracted and may be confused.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to quickly specify a desired Kanji candidate in the display of converted character candidates, and without lowering work efficiency. , The main purpose is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device capable of performing kana-kanji conversion processing in a wide range.

In particular, the present invention facilitates selection by collectively replacing notation candidates for special reading with a representative symbol and reducing the number of candidates for homophones during candidate display. In addition, it is possible to prevent the user from issuing a notational candidate that is incomprehensible. Further, it is an object of a user who wants to give a notation candidate for a special reading, by selecting a representative symbol, so that the notation candidate can be given even from the special reading.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention is, as shown in FIG. 1, an input means for inputting a reading character string, a reading and a kanji notation corresponding to the reading. And a flag that indicates the type of the reading, a kanji extracting means that extracts from the dictionary kanji notations having a reading that matches the reading character string input by the input means, and the kanji extracting means. The classification means for classifying each of the kanji notations made according to the flag indicating the classification, and the kanji candidates extracted by the kanji extraction means, and the candidates of the predetermined classification determined by the classification means, The candidates are collectively displayed by a predetermined representative symbol, while the other kanji notations extracted by the kanji extraction means are individually displayed as candidates and the representative symbol is selected. Display means for displaying the candidates of the predetermined type in concrete kanji notation only when the selected kanji notation is selected, and when the kanji notation candidate displayed by the display means is selected, the selected kanji notation is displayed. Output means for determining and outputting.

The classification means selects a kanji expression of a type having a special reading, and in the display by the display means, the kanji expression of a selected type having the special reading is displayed by the representative symbol. It may be something that causes it. Further, the type of kanji notation having a special reading may be a kanji notation having a special reading used only in proper nouns or phonetic letters.

It should be noted that the classification means selects kanji notations that are stems of verbs, adjectives, and other adjectives, and in the display by the display means, the selected kanji notations are verbs and adjectives. The symbol may be displayed as a representative symbol.
Furthermore, in the display by the display means, the representative symbol may be different for each part of speech such as a verb or an adjective.

[0012]

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1 of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the reading character string is input from the input means. After that, a Kanji candidate that matches the Yomi character string input by the input unit is obtained by the Kanji extraction unit by using a dictionary that stores the Yomi and the Kanji notation corresponding to the Yomi and the flag indicating the type of the Yomi. Extract. The discriminating means classifies the inputted reading type by the flag in the dictionary, the display means displays each of the kanji notations extracted by the kanji extracting means, and a certain type classified by the classifying means is displayed. For the candidate, a certain representative symbol is displayed as a candidate, and when the representative symbol is further selected, a notation character string of that type is displayed as a candidate, and when the notation character string displayed as a candidate is selected and confirmed, Output by the output means.

Further, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the second aspect, the classification means selects kanji notations of a type having a special reading. Then, in the candidate display by the display means, the selected Kanji notation of the special reading is collectively displayed by a predetermined representative symbol. Therefore, the kanji candidates having a special reading are not suddenly displayed, and the user is not confused.

Further, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the third aspect, the kanji notation having a special reading which is used only in proper nouns or phonetic letters is classified by the classification means.

Further, in the kana-kanji conversion means according to the fourth aspect, the classification means selects the kanji notation which is a stem of a verb, an adjective or the like. Then, in the display by the display means, the selected kanji notation is
Display using a representative symbol that represents a verb or adjective. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish and select the candidates of the synonyms that require the sending kana, and it is possible to guarantee the accurate candidate designation in which an error is unlikely to occur.

Further, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the fifth aspect, when the candidate is displayed by the display means, the representative symbol is different for each part of speech such as a verb or an adjective. Therefore, when a desired candidate is selected, the candidate can be promptly designated, and the work efficiency is further improved.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the structure of the entire kana-kanji conversion device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. A keyboard 20 for inputting a read character string and instructions, a display 30 for displaying characters and figures, a printer 40 for printing characters and figures, and a function connected to these to control input / edit / print of documents It is composed of an electronic control unit 50. still,
The display 30 corresponds to the display means of the present invention.

The keyboard 20 is a key for inputting characters, a conversion key for converting an input character string into kanji, a line feed execution key for executing various operations such as selection of notation at the time of conversion, and character input in a document. Cursor keys for changing the position are provided, and the user operates these keys to give instructions to the electronic control unit 50 such as input, conversion, editing, and printing of a document. The keyboard 20 corresponds to the input means of the present invention.

The electronic control unit 50 includes a well-known CPU 60,
The ROM 70, the RAM 80, and the like are mainly configured as an arithmetic logic operation circuit, and an input / output port 90 for converting an input / output signal of an external device such as the keyboard 20 into a signal that can be processed by the CPU 60 is provided.

The ROM 70 is provided with an area 72 for storing dictionary data used in this conversion processing, in addition to an area for storing a kana-kanji conversion processing program.

The RAM 80 is provided with a document area 82 for storing a created document and a work area 84 used for kana-kanji conversion processing. Further, the work area 84 is provided with a candidate buffer 84a for temporarily storing in order to display candidates corresponding to the input character string on the display 30.

An example of dictionary data stored in the ROM 70 of this embodiment is shown in FIG.

In each record of the dictionary data, in addition to the reading character string and the notation (kanji) corresponding to the reading character string, the type for outputting the notation candidate in the special reading which is the feature of this embodiment. The flag is stored. Type flag is "0"
Indicates OFF and "1" indicates ON.

For example, the notation candidate for the reading of "Aki" is "Autumn, Sky, Kai, Ming ...", but it is not possible to output Kanji from such a commonly known reading. Instead, there are times when I want to find a candidate from a special reading when it is used in proper nouns such as "day, sentence, light ..." in the same reading "Aki" (eg Akio / Mitsuo). If you do not see "day, sentence, light ..." in the reading "Aki", you have to re-enter the reading in another reading, but as many users as possible do not need to do it, It is desirable to register the notation with as many readings as possible. However, that would result in a huge number of homophones, making it difficult to select from among them.

Therefore, the special reading notation has a type flag of ON (= “1”) in the dictionary, is the same sound, and has a generally known reading. And is stored as a unit (see FIG. 3). Further, at the time of displaying a candidate of a homophone, the notation candidates having this type flag ON are collectively displayed as one representative symbol, and the notation candidate is specified only when the user selects the representative symbol. Display in traditional Kanji notation.

Next, the kana-kanji conversion processing of this embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

First, a reading character string to be converted into kana-kanji, for example, "Aki" is input from the keyboard 20,
When the conversion key is pressed, the dictionary 72 (contents are shown in FIG. 3)
Is extracted, and a notation having a reading that matches the input reading character string is extracted (S110, where S is a step, and so on). If there is a notation candidate for the input phonetic string in the dictionary 72 (S120; Y), the notation candidates are stored in the candidate buffer 84a one by one from the front and the type flag is referred to (S130 / S140).
/ S150). In the example, "Autumn, sky, open, ..., day, sentence,
Since a candidate for the notation "light ..." exists in the dictionary 72, the address of "autumn" in the dictionary area of the ROM 70 is set to the pointer, and the processing is sequentially performed from "autumn".

Since the type flag of "autumn" is OFF (S130; N), this notation is used as is for the candidate buffer 8
4a (S140).

Since the display is not full yet (S16
0; N), and moves the pointer to the position of the next candidate (S170). The candidates are not over yet (S18
0; N), the reference of the type flag of the next candidate and the storage in the candidate buffer 84a are continuously performed (to S130).

When the above-mentioned classification process of kanji candidates progresses and the pointer moves to "day", the type flag of "day" becomes O.
Since it is N (S130; Y), the representative symbol is set in the candidate buffer 84a (S150). At this time, ROM
The address of "day" in the dictionary area 70 is stored.

After that, the process shifts to the next candidate classification process. In the dictionary of this embodiment, the type flag is ON as described above.
Since the notations with are registered together, here,
Among the notations that have the same sound and the type flag is ON, the candidates whose registration order is the last are skipped and the process shifts.

In this way, the notation candidates or representative symbols are set in the candidate buffer 84a. Is this candidate buffer 84a full? (S160,
Y), when the search is continued up to the end of the searched candidates in the dictionary 72 (S180, Y), the contents of the candidate buffer 84a are
It is displayed on the display 30 and presented to the user (S
185). The state of the display 30 at this time is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 5, the representative symbol is indicated by ●.

While this candidate is being displayed, the user inputs a key for displaying the next candidate, moving the cursor, re-entering, etc. (S190).
If the key is pressed, the processing corresponding to those keys is performed (S260). Further, when the desired candidate is selected (S200; Y), if the selected candidate is a concrete kanji notation, the confirmation process is performed as it is (S210, N).
/ S250).

If the selected candidate is the representative symbol (S210; Y), the candidate having a special reading is re-extracted from the stored address, and as shown in candidate display 2 in FIG. The candidates are displayed in Kanji notation (S220).
In the past, any notation candidate was displayed at the same level without distinction, so the more data in the dictionary 72, the more
There were many candidates for the same reading, and the efficiency of candidate selection was poor. However, by dividing the levels in this way, it becomes easier to select a desired candidate. Then, the user inputs a line feed execution key or a next candidate key (S
230), when the desired candidate is selected (S240,
Y), the candidate is confirmed (S250).

The step S110 of the processing step functions as the Chinese character extracting means of the present invention, and the steps S120 and S of the processing step are performed.
140 and S150 function as the classification means of the present invention.
In addition, S185, S210 and S220 of the processing steps
Serves as the display means of the present invention, and S2 of the processing step is
10, S240 and S250 function as the output means of the present invention.

As described above, the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention can refine notation candidates for a certain reading character string, which makes it easy to select a homophone, and if it is used only for a specific proper noun. Even if you want to give a notation candidate for such a special reading, you can issue a notation candidate for that special reading by selecting the representative symbol, so you do not need to input another reading and get the notation. You can perform efficient Kana-to-Kanji conversion. In addition, since it is possible to suppress the incomprehensible notation candidates that are misleading to the user at the time of displaying the candidates, it is possible to provide a user-friendly device without embarrassing the user.

The present invention is not limited to what has been described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, although the input reading is converted in the present embodiment, a part of the input reading may be designated and converted.

Further, in the present embodiment, the type flag is used as special reading information such as proper nouns, but it may be used as other information. For example, if the reading of only the verb's stem (eg, calligraphy) is registered, whether it is a partial reading of a certain word in the homonym candidates by using it as information on the verb's stem. It is possible to distinguish whether it is the whole reading (eg, writing) or not (eg, writing), and it is convenient for the user to select.

Further, if a plurality of classification flags and representative symbols are set, proper name noun candidates, verb stem candidate candidates,
It is also possible to display a plurality of types of candidates, such as the adjective stem notation candidates, by type, and it becomes easier to select the candidates.

[0041]

As is apparent from the above description,
Since the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention collectively displays conversion candidates of a specific genre using predetermined representative characters, it is possible to reduce the number of homophone candidates displayed. Therefore, it becomes easy to select a desired kanji and work efficiency is improved.

If the notation candidates for the special reading are grouped and replaced by the representative symbols, the number of homophone candidates can be reduced, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent the user from giving unexplained notation candidates. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user-friendly device without disturbing the user. Furthermore, a user who wants to issue a notation candidate for a special reading can issue a notation candidate even from a special reading by selecting a representative symbol.

Further, if the notation candidates, which are the stems of verbs, adjectives, and other adjectives, are collectively replaced with the representative symbols, there is no risk of typographical errors when converting idioms, and a device with good usability is provided. Can be provided.
Furthermore, if a representative symbol is provided for each type of idiom to display candidates, a desired candidate can be promptly specified from among the notation candidates that are the stems.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing dictionary data in the kana-kanji conversion device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kana-kanji conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing notation candidates when the reading “Aki” is input by the kana-kanji conversion device of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Kana-Kanji conversion device 20 Keyboard 30 Display 40 Printer 50 Electronic control device 60 CPU 70 ROM 72 Dictionary 80 RAM 82 Document area 84 Working area 84a Candidate buffer 90 Input / output port

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for inputting a reading character string, a dictionary storing a reading, a Chinese character notation corresponding to the reading and a flag indicating the type of the reading, and a reading character string input by the input means. A kanji extracting means for extracting kanji notations having matching readings from the dictionary, and each of the kanji notations extracted by the kanji extracting means,
A classification means for classifying the classification according to flags, and the kanji candidates extracted by the kanji extraction means,
Further, the candidates of the predetermined type determined by the classification unit are collectively displayed as candidates by the predetermined representative symbol, while the other Kanji notations extracted by the Kanji extraction unit are displayed as candidates, respectively. Display means for displaying candidates of the predetermined type in concrete kanji notation only when the representative symbol is selected, and selection when the kanji notation candidate displayed by the display means is selected A kana-kanji conversion device, comprising: an output means for determining and outputting the displayed kanji writing. 2. The classification means selects a kanji description of a type having a special reading, and in the display by the displaying means, the kanji description of a type having the selected special reading is displayed by the representative symbol. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the type of kanji notation having a special reading is a kanji notation having a special reading that is used only in proper nouns or phonetic letters. . 4. The classification means selects kanji notations that are stems of verbs, adjectives, and other adjectives, and in the display by the display means, the selected kanji notations are verbs, adjectives, etc. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the kana-kanji conversion device is displayed with a representative symbol that represents. 5. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 4, wherein in the display by the display means, the representative symbol is different for each part of speech such as a verb or an adjective.