JPS5836370B2 - One character kanji input method - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention uses a kana keyboard to convert Japanese sentences written in kanji, hiragana, katakana, etc. into codes containing kanji and input them into an information processing device such as a computer. This invention relates to a single-character kanji input method.

Conventionally, in the method of converting Japanese sentences from kana to one kanji (for example, converting a kana input to a code mixed with one kanji), word-by-word conversion was performed in order to improve conversion efficiency and save on conversion dictionary files.

At this time, if you want to enter a kanji that is not normally used as a single word, such as "machine" or "machine", the character "machine" is not registered in the conversion dictionary file, so it will be converted to a kanji code. The drawback was that it couldn't be done.

If such single-character kanji that are accessed infrequently are registered in the conversion dictionary file, the complexity of the conversion algorithm such as the processing of homophones, etc.
The increase in the number of conversion dictionary files causes an increase in the cost of the entire system.

This invention was made to solve the above drawbacks.
"Feature extraction type kanji input method" previously proposed by the inventors
By applying this simple Japanese input method, a single kanji character that cannot be used as a word can be converted into a kanji code and input without increasing the size of the conversion dictionary file.

This invention will be explained below.

In this specification, hiragana will be expressed as hiragana or kana, katakana will be expressed as katakana or kana, and when both are included, they will be expressed as kana.

First, the previously proposed "feature extraction type kanji input method" will be briefly explained.

In this method, a Japanese sentence is input in kana word by word using a kana board, and the words are surrounded by patterns representing the characteristics of the characters, thereby converting them into sentences containing kanji and kana.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a keyboard input device for use in manual operation according to the present invention, which is composed of a kana keyboard A and a pattern keyboard B, which are equipped with keys for characters, symbols, etc.

Pattern key board B has pattern key 1, entry key 2, alphanumeric key 3, katakana key 4, feed key 5, separator key 6,
It also includes a front key 7, a rear key 8, etc. added in this invention.

As an example, consider inputting the following sentence.

“In charge of managing elections and maintaining public order.

-1 The operation for inputting this example sentence into the information processing device using the illustrated keyboard input device is as follows.

This sentence is encoded using kana code and kanji code.

Next, a method for inputting a single kanji character according to the present invention will be explained.

As an example sentence, ``The character ``Machine'' and the character ``Machine'' are...
”.

Since "characters" can be a word, they are stored in the conversion dictionary file.The above example uses the front key 7 and the back key 8, but to further expand this, it is necessary to use the pattern key board B. By providing , it is possible to select one of the first, second, third, etc. characters of an n-character compound word.

As explained above, the present invention uses a feature extraction type kanji input method to represent a kanji that cannot be made into a word using a feature extraction type kanji input method using kana and a feature pattern representing the characteristics, and furthermore, the idiom Since the positional information of the single kanji inside is inputted, there is an advantage that it can be converted into a kanji code without increasing the capacity of the conversion dictionary file.

Furthermore, the present invention is effective even when a single character can be a word, but cannot be uniquely defined by a characteristic pattern.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are diagrams showing details of a keyboard input device for implementing the present invention. In the figure, A is a kana key board, B is a pattern key board, 1 is a pattern key, 2 is an entry key, 3 is an alphanumeric key, 4 is a katakana key, 5 is a forward key, 6 is a separator key, 7 is a previous key, 8 is the rear key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Among Japanese sentences written in kanji, hiragana, katakana, etc., in a method of converting a single kanji character into a desired character code and inputting it into an information processing device, an idiom containing the single kanji character is expressed in kana, and its surroundings are A method for inputting one-character kanji characters, which comprises adding a pattern representing the characteristics of the characters constituting the idiom and positional information of the one-character kanji in the idiom, and then using this to convert and input a desired code. .