JPS6020232A - Japanese language input device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a Japanese language input device used in the field of Japanese information processing.

Structures of conventional examples and their problems In recent years, Japanese input devices have been providing a means for easily and quickly inputting Japanese into machines.

It is attracting attention. Among them, there are word-by-word Japanese input devices that input the text you want to input into a machine by dividing it into words.
The conventional word-by-word Japanese input devices that are widely used are listed below because they have a simple structure and are smaller and lighter than Japanese input devices that input in solid writing or tablet-type Japanese input devices. This will be explained using diagrams. Figure 1 shows the conventional Japanese input device Pro 1.
．． 1 is a kana input section for inputting Japanese pronunciations in kana, 2 is an input kana column temporary storage section that temporarily stores the kana string input from 1, and 3 is an input kana column temporary. A kana-kanji conversion unit 4 converts the input kana string temporarily stored in the storage unit 2 into a kanji-kana mixed string;
A display section that displays the kanji and kana mixed strings of the conversion results.

5 inputs various control signals. Control information input section.

6 is a control section that reads input from the control information input section 6 and controls the kana-kanji conversion section 3 and the display section 4;

The operation of the conventional Japanese input device configured as described above will be explained below. Figure 2 shows the conventional Japanese input device shown in Figure 1.

1 is a diagram showing the state of each part of the conventional Japanese input device when inputting a string of kanji and kana mixed together such as ``For peace in the world.''
Each key input to the ephemeral input section 1 is shown, B shows the kanji-kana mixed string displayed on the display section 4, and C shows the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section. ing.

From the bad input part 1, I guess it's as shown in A of (7).
When you input ``se'', the kanji ``se'' appears as shown in B of (7).
is output to the display section 4. Next, as shown in A of (B), when the kana "KA" is inputted from the kana input section 1, the flat name column "SEKA" is displayed on the display section 4 as shown in B of (B). . As shown in C of (a), the flat name string ``SEKA'' is output instead of kanji.

This is because there is no kanji corresponding to the kana string "SEKA" temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage unit 2, so the kana string "SEKA" cannot be converted into a kanji string. Next, as shown in A of (1), when the kana ``ai'' is entered manually from the kana input section 1, (
As shown in C of O), the input kana string temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 2 is "SEKAI", and the kanji "SEKAI" corresponding to the kana string is shown in B of (tsu). is displayed on the display section 4 as follows.

Since we have obtained the kanji string ``Sekai,'' we confirm the display of the kanji-kana mixture string, and use the control information input unit 6 to input the hiragana ``no'' that follows the kanji string ``sekai.''

Input the confirmation signal. The control unit 6 sends a confirmation signal to the kana-kanji conversion unit 3, informing it that the kanji-kana mixed string currently being converted and output is to be confirmed. When the kana-kanji conversion section 3 receives the confirmation signal, it deletes the input kana string "SEKAI" temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section 2. The kanji/kana mixed column "Sekai" displayed on the display section 4 remains displayed. Next, input kana "no" in the kana input section 1 as shown in A of (6), and the kana "no" is stored in the input kana temporary storage section 2.
"No" is temporarily memorized, and the kanji "No" is read with the corresponding kana.
It is converted and outputted from the Gakana-Kanji conversion section 3, and output and displayed on the display section 4 as shown in B of (3). Since the target kanji/kana mixed string is "for world peace", input a signal without conversion to change the kanji "field" to the hiragana "no" from the control information input section 6@control information input section When a no-conversion signal is input from 5, the control section 6 erases the kanji "No" displayed on the display section 4, and deletes the kanji "No" displayed on the display section 4, and deletes the kanji "No" that was input to the kana-kanji conversion section 3 and stored in the kana column temporary storage section 2. The hiragana ``no'' corresponding to `` is output and displayed on the display unit 4 following the kanji ``sekai'' as shown in B of @. Next, input the kana string "heiwa" one after another, go through the process shown in (1), (a), and Obtain the υ column.Finally, in order to display "ni" on display section 4 following the kanji-kana mixed row "world peace" in display section 1, input kana "ni" from kana input section 1. The input kana column temporary storage unit 2 stores the input kana “ni” as C of (b).
Temporarily memorize as shown in . The kana-kanji conversion section 3 outputs the kanji character "ware" corresponding to the kana "ni" temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section. As shown in B of the figure, in display 4 of 11, the kanji character ``load'' is additionally displayed following the kanji kana mixed column. Since the desired kanji/kana mixed string is "for world peace", the currently displayed kanji "load" is changed to the hiragana "ni".
It is necessary to The kanji ``质'' corresponding to the kana ``ni'' temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage unit 2 is changed to the hiragana ``ni''.
In order to convert into "load"
is deleted, and the hiragana ``ni'' corresponding to the kana ``ni'' that is temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage unit 2 is sent to the kana-kanji converter 3.
is output, and as shown in B of (Incorporated), a string of kanji and kana mixed in kanji and kana characters is obtained on the first display section 4, ``For peace in the world''. Above, Figure 2 (
Character input is performed according to the steps shown in (g) to (sub), but in the above configuration.

If you input the hiragana ``no'' and ``ni'' from the kana input unit 1, the kanji ``no'' and ``load'' will be output to the display unit 4 for each input. The problem was that it required unnecessary Kana-Kanji conversion every time, reducing operability.

purpose of invention The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a Japanese language input device that preferentially displays the input kana string on a display unit when the number of syllables in the input kana string is less than or equal to a certain positive value N.

Structure of the Invention The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and comprises: a large kana input section, an input kana string temporary storage section, a syllable number counting section, a syllable number determining section, a kana-kanji conversion section, and a control section. A Japanese input device equipped with an information input section, a control section and one display section.
The syllable number search section checks and outputs the number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section, and the syllable number judgment section judges whether or not the number of syllables is less than or equal to N. By telling whether the number of kana columns in the input kana column temporary memory is less than or equal to N, if the number of kana columns in the input kana column temporary memory is less than or equal to N, the kana-kanji converter converts the input in the input kana temporary memory. This makes it possible to directly output and display a kana string on one display section without converting it to kana-kanji.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a Japanese language input device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, there are a kana input section 7, an input kana temporary storage section 8, and a kana-kanji conversion section 9.
The control information input section 10 includes a kana input section 1, an input kana column temporary storage section 2, and a kana input section 2 in FIG. 1, which were used in the explanation of the conventional example. Kana-Kanji conversion part 3. It has the same function as the control information human power section 6. 1
2 is a syllable number counting section which reads the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana temporary storage section 8 and outputs the number of syllables in the input kana string; 13 is the output of the syllable number counting section 12.

The number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana temporary storage unit 8 is read, and if the number of syllables is N or less (N-1 in this example), it is set to 1, and if it is 2 or more, it is set to 0. A syllable number determining unit 14 outputs the output of the syllable number determining unit 13,
The output of the control information human power unit 1o is read and the syllable number determination unit 1
When the appearance of 3 is 1, the control section does not operate the kana-kanji conversion section 9 and causes the display section 11 to directly display the kana string temporarily stored in the input kana temporary storage section 8.

The operation of the Japanese language input device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the Japanese language input device of this embodiment. In FIG. 4, the Japanese language input device of this embodiment is first initialized in step 16, such as clearing the temporary memory section 8, and then input data from the kana input section 7 or the control information human power section 10 is performed. Key input step 1
Go to 6 and go to the first stage.

It is determined in step 17 whether the key code input in step 16 is a control code or a kana code, and as a result of the determination in step 17, if the key code input in step 16 is a control code.

Processing corresponding to the input control code is performed in step 18. If the key code input in step 16 is not a control code, the key code is added to the input column temporary storage section 8 and temporarily stored in step 19. . In step 2o, the syllable count search unit 12 searches for the number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage unit 8 in step 19, and in step 20, the syllable count search unit 12 searches for the number of syllables. The number determining unit 13 reads, and if the number of syllables is 1 or less.

Or it is determined in step 21 whether it is 2 or more.

When it is determined in step 21 that the number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section 8 is 2 or more and the syllable number judgment section 13 outputs 0, the control section 1
4 reads the corresponding output 0.

The kana-kanji conversion section 9 is activated, and in step 22, the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section is converted into a kanji-kana-mixed string whose reading is the character string and is output. The kanji-kana mixed string outputted by the kana-kanji conversion unit 9 in step 22 is displayed on the display unit 11 in step 23, and in step 21, the number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage unit 8 is 1. It is determined that the number of syllables is as follows:
3 outputs 1, the control section 14 directly displays the input kana string in the input kana string temporary storage section 8 on the display section 11 without converting the input kana string into a string containing kanji and kana in the kana-kanji conversion section 9. It is displayed on the display section 1'l step 24.

A case will be described below in which the input example sentence "For world peace" used in the explanation of the conventional example is input.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the state of each part of the Japanese input device of the present invention. p, A, B, and C are similar to FIG. 2 used in explaining the conventional example; Indicates each key input, B
indicates a kanji/kana mixed string displayed on the display section 11, and C indicates an input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section 8. In FIG. 5, first, ni), (shun, shi) dekana string ``SEKAI'' is input, and the kanji string ``SEKAI'' is obtained on the display section 19 as shown in B of shi). C), the kanji string “
After confirming "World" and deleting the Kana column in the input kana column temporary storage section 9, input "no" in (1) as shown in A of (7). When the kana "no" is input, the process proceeds in the order of steps 16.17 and 19.20 in Figure 4, and then steps 2.
1, the number of syllables in the input kana string is 1 or less, so step 24
The process moves to , and the hiragana "no" is additionally displayed as shown in (7) B of FIG.

The kanji/kana mixed string that you want to input is ``World Peace'', so confirm the hiragana ``no''. Next, (g) in Figure 5,
Proceed with the processing in the order of ()), (7), and), and input the hiragana "ni" at (nu) as shown in C of (nu). Said (
The hiragana ``ni'' is entered in the same way as when the hiragana ``no'' is entered by force.
Since is a - syllable, the hiragana ``ni'' is additionally displayed on the display section 11 as shown in B of (nu). The kanji/kana mixed string that you want to input is "World Peace", so enter the hiragana "ni" as shown in A of 09.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the syllable number search section 12 and the syllable number determination section 13 are provided to count the number of syllables in the input kana string temporary storage section 8, and determine whether the number of syllables is greater than 1 or not. If the number of syllables in the input kana string temporarily stored in the input kana string temporary storage section is 1 or less, by outputting 1 to the control section 14, the number of syllables in the input kana string temporary storage section 8 is temporarily stored. When the number of syllables in the input kana string is 1 or less, it becomes possible to output the input kana string to the display section 11.

Without having to convert a kana string once converted into kanji into hiragana again as shown in the conventional example, it is possible to create a string containing kanji and kana by simply pressing the confirmation key or kana key.

In addition, in this embodiment, the control information input section 1o is replaced with the Gana input section 7.
Although provided separately, the control information input section 1o and the kana input section 7 may be realized by the same keyboard.

Effects of the Invention The Japanese input device of the present invention includes a kana input section, an input kana string temporary storage section, a kana-kanji conversion section 1 display section, a syllable number counting section, a syllable number determining section, a control information input section, and a control section. Therefore, if the number of syllables in the input kana string is N or less, display the kana string directly on the display section without converting the input kana to kana-kanji, and when a request is made to convert the kana string into kanji. Since it is configured to perform Kana-Kanji conversion for the first time, operability is improved without unnecessary Kana-Kanji conversion, and its practical effects are great.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional Japanese input device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operating state of a conventional Japanese input device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a Japanese input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a process of the Japanese input device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the Japanese language input device of the same embodiment. 7... Kana input section, 8... River/input kana string temporary storage section, 9... Kana-kanji conversion section, 1o... River/control information input section, 11... Display section, 12...Syllable number counting unit, 13...Syllable number determining unit, 14...
control section. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao Haga 1 person No. 4
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A kana input section for inputting Japanese reading information using kana, an input kana string temporary storage section for temporarily storing the kana string input from the kana input section, and a syllable for counting the number of syllables in the input kana string. a number counting unit; a syllable number determining unit that checks whether the count result of the syllable number counting unit is less than or equal to a positive number N; and Japanese kanji notation for the input kana string, with the input kana string as a reading. a kana-kanji converter for converting into a kana-kanji converter, a display unit that displays the output kanji notation of the kana-kanji converter or the kana notation of the input kana column temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage unit, and inputs control information. a control information input section that reads the control information of the control information input section and the judgment result of the syllable number judgment section, and reads the syllable number judgment result of the kana column temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage section. Number of syllables is N
If the number of syllables in the kana column temporarily stored in the input kana column temporary storage section is displayed on the display section, and the syllable number judgment result indicates that A Japanese input device characterized by comprising a control unit that displays the output kanji notation of the kana-kanji conversion unit on the display unit when the number is larger than N.