JPS6284320A - Keyboard provided with kana kanji conversion function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate work area of host side and widen display area of documents by providing KANA (Japanese syllabary)-KANJI (Chinese character) conversion process function in a keyboard and at the sametime, providing a display unit and displaying inputted KANA and KANA-KANJI converted KANJI. CONSTITUTION:When 'KANA' is inputted from a key matrix 1-1, a processor 2-1 detects inputted KANA without making a mistake by chattering etc. and displays on an LCD display unit 3-1. The processor 2-1 finds out a KANJI corresponding to the relevant KANA by retrieving a dictionary 4-1 basing on a KANA-KANJI conversion command from the key matrix 1-1, and displays on the LCD display unit 3-1. When KANJI is displayed on whole display unit 3-1 and overflowed, the processor 2-1 transmits the KANJI of overflowed line to a host 5-1 in a mode of a code, and displays on a display unit that can display, for instance, 25 lines provided in the host side.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Kana input means for inputting kana into the keyboard, and kana kanji for converting the input kana into kanji. The apparatus includes at least a conversion means and a display means for displaying the input kana and the result of the conversion into kanji, and notifies the host of the result of the kana-to-kanji conversion.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a keyboard with a kana-kanji conversion function, in which the keyboard itself is provided with a kana-kanji conversion function and a display function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, keyboards used in general desktop document creation devices such as office computers and word processors have a fourth
As shown in the figure, it was simply a matter of inputting kana. The entered kana is notified to the main body 12 and displayed in the work area 13-1 on one or two lines below the display device 13 prepared in the main body 12, and then the kana-kanji conversion result is displayed. Ru. Then, the document whose kana-kanji conversion has been finalized is displayed on the display device 13.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Conventional keyboards prevent chattering that occurs when keys are pressed to ensure error-free manual input, and also convert the code into a predetermined code and notify the main body (host) of the code. For this reason, when the Tofuhai keyboard is used as a kana-kanji conversion device, an area (so-called work area) on the main body (host) side where you can check how the entered kana is converted into kanji, which is unique to this device, is provided. Therefore, there is a problem that the number of lines of the document that can be displayed on the display device of the main body is reduced. Furthermore, it is necessary to distinguish and display characters that have been finalized and characters that are currently being converted into kana-kanji on a single screen.

(IH': Means for Solving the I Field Point) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides the keyboard itself with a kana-kanji conversion processing function, and also provides a display device to manually convert kana and kana-kanji. By adopting a configuration that displays kanji, the work area on the main body side (the main body side in the conventional case, the host side in the case of the present invention) is eliminated and the document display area is expanded, and the display area on the host side is expanded. A control program for the kana-kanji conversion process is not required.In other words, it is sufficient to receive the determined characters.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention, in which 1 represents a temporary input means, 2 represents a temporary kanji conversion means, 3 represents a display device, 4 represents a kanji dictionary, and 5 represents a host.

In FIG. 1, a kana input means 1 is a key input section for inputting kana and various function instructions.

The kana-kanji conversion means 2 converts the kana input by the kana input means 1 into kanji.

The display device 3 is a liquid crystal display device provided on the keyboard itself and capable of displaying several lines of characters,
A small number of characters such as kana input by the user and kanji that are being converted by the kana-kanji conversion means 2 are displayed.

The kanji dictionary 4 is used by the kana-kanji conversion means 2 to convert kana to kanji, and is provided in the keyboard itself or in the host 5.

When prepared in the host 5, it is loaded onto the keyboard side as necessary.

The host 5 is a main body, and is, for example, an office computer equipped with a display device for displaying documents as needed, a floppy disk device, and the like.

[Effect]

Adopting the configuration shown in FIG. 1, when a kana is inputted from the kana manual means 1, the kana entered manually is displayed on a liquid crystal display device 3. The displayed kana is converted into a kanji by the kana-kanji conversion means 2 by searching the kanji dictionary 4, and the conversion state is displayed on the display device 3. The result of the kana-kanji conversion is notified to the host 5 in the form of a code.

As explained above, by providing a keyboard equipped with at least the kana-kanji conversion means 2 and the display device 3 for the kana input means 1, the work area (the area used when converting kana-kanji) on the host body side can be increased. It can be deleted, and there is no need for the host to have a kanji conversion function.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, ■-1 represents a key matrix, 2-1 a processing device that performs ephemeral kanji conversion, etc., 3-1 an LCD (liquid crystal) display device, 4-1 a dictionary for ephemeral kanji conversion, and 5-1 a host. .

In FIG. 2, a key matrix 1-1 is used to manually input kana and various function instructions.

The processing device 2-1 detects the kana input from the key matrix 1-1 without error due to chattering or the like, displays the detected kana on the LCD display device 3-1, and displays the detected kana. The corresponding kanji is searched from the dictionary 4-1 and displayed on the LCD display device 3-1.

The LCD display device 3-1 is a liquid crystal display device or the like,
It displays several lines of kana and kanji.

With the configuration described above, when a kana is input from the key matrix 1-1, the processing device 2-1 detects the input kana without making a mistake due to chattering, etc., and displays it on the LCD display device 3-1. do. The displayed kana is determined by the processing unit 2-1 by searching the dictionary 4-1 for the kanji corresponding to the kana based on the kana-kanji conversion command from the key matrix 1-1, and then displayed on the LCD display device 3-1.
Display above. When kanji are displayed on all of the LCD display device 3-1 consisting of several lines, for example, when an overflow occurs, the processing device 2-1 displays the kanji on the overflowed line in the form of a code on the host 5-1. 1 and displayed on a display device prepared on the host 5-1 side that can display, for example, 25 lines.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the external configuration of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, a key matrix 6 is used to input kana and various function commands. Further, the kana-kanji conversion display area 7 is a display portion of the LCD display device 3-1, and is a liquid crystal capable of displaying one line of kana or kanji. In this way, by providing the kana-kanji conversion display area 7 on the keyboard according to the present invention, and also providing the kana-kanji conversion means 2 inside to perform and display the kana-kanji conversion, the host 5-1 side The work area of the display device can be removed to allow display of large documents.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the keyboard is equipped with a kana-kanji conversion processing function, and a display device is provided to display input kana and kanji that have been converted to kana-kanji. By eliminating the work area on the host side, the document display area can be expanded, and a control program for kana-kanji conversion processing can be made unnecessary on the host side.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 shows an example of the external structure of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows an example of the external structure of a conventional keyboard. In the figure, 1 represents a baka input means, 2 represents an ephemeral kanji conversion means, 3 represents a display device, 4 represents a kanji dictionary, and 5 represents a host. Patent applicant Alps Electric Co., Ltd. Patent attorney Hiroshi Mori 1) Hiroshi (3 others) Noori Oshiba fan 2 circles

Claims (1)

[Claims] A keyboard equipped with a kana-kanji conversion function, comprising: a kana input means for inputting kana; a kana-kanji conversion means for converting kana input by the kana input means into kanji; Kana and a display means for displaying the result of converting the inputted kana into kanji are provided in at least a single housing, and the host is configured to notify the host of the result of the kana-kanji conversion by the kana-kanji conversion means. A keyboard with a kana-kanji conversion function.