JP2008546045A - Kanji input method and input device for information communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kanji input method and input device for an information communication terminal. In a method of inputting kanji with an information communication terminal equipped with a keyboard on which strokes constituting a kanji input method according to the present invention are arranged, by separating kanji into stroke units and pressing the strokes in order according to the stroke order, Enter kanji. The kanji input device for performing the kanji input method according to the present invention includes a keyboard on which strokes constituting kanji are arranged, and when the user presses a specific key, the key corresponding to each key. A key generation unit that generates and outputs data signals and a key generation unit that receives key data signals from the key input unit and controls the input and display of Chinese characters that the user intends to input. A display unit for receiving the output key data signal and the control signal output by the character generation control unit and displaying the selected kanji by the input key is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a method and an input device for inputting Chinese characters using a computer or the like, and more particularly, to a method and an input device for Kanji characters that can be easily input by stroke order using kanji strokes classified in 28 types. is there.

  Conventionally, to search for a desired kanji in a kanji encyclopedia or the like, a search method by radical, consonant, or total stroke can be used. Among these, the radical search method is a process of identifying a radical, a process of calculating the number of radicals of the radical, a process of searching for the corresponding radical in the radical index, a process of calculating the remaining number of strokes excluding the radical, It goes through the process of finding the character. This radical search method requires many hours of learning to learn radicals, and it is not easy to identify all radicals even though they are extremely capable. is there.

  Also, the consonant search method is a method of searching by using kanji sounds. However, in many cases, characters that are not known do not even know consonants, and are actually very inconvenient to use. The total image search method has a problem that a lot of time is required because there are too many characters belonging to each number of strokes in assigning the entire title person to the number of strokes from one stroke to a maximum of 64 strokes.

  In this way, the actual situation is that it takes a lot of time and effort to search for kanji by the conventional method. It is more difficult to input kanji using an information communication terminal such as a computer due to the difficulty of such a search method and the problem of kanji itself.

  In inputting characters using an information communication terminal such as a computer that is widely used at present, the skill and role of a keyboard, that is, a dial, is very important. For example, the keyboard of a computer has Hangul consonants and vowels placed on the keyboard to input various Hangul characters, and all the Hangul sounds are realized using each key or expansion key of the keyboard. Out. In this way, English can be input by sequentially pressing the words to be input using the alphabet arranged on the keyboard.

  By the way, since Kanji is a meaningful character, it is very difficult to input characters using an information communication terminal such as a computer. The number of kanji is theoretically infinite, only about 7,000 kanji officially designated in China, and an input method has been developed to efficiently input such a large number of kanji. It is because it is not done.

  The traditional Kanji input method is the “Kanji combination” method used in China. This is a method of inputting Chinese pronunciation into Romaji and then converting it back to Chinese. This method is most often used not only by the Chinese continent but also by foreigners learning Chinese. Next, there is a “main note code” method used in Taiwan. This is a method of inputting a main phonetic symbol corresponding to a Chinese phonetic symbol and selecting a desired character from several Chinese characters displayed. However, it is difficult to learn the main note code, and there is an actual situation that claims to follow the “Chinese combined sound” method in Taiwan. The Kanji input method used in Japan is similar to the method used in China.

  In this way, according to the input method using the syllable input method or the main note code, a large number of kanji characters that match the input syllable or main note appear on the computer screen, and the necessary kanji characters are displayed in the mouse. Input is done using clicks, direction keys, and enter keys. However, the problem of this method is complicated because the input time of characters is too long.

  In this way, due to character limitations, the layout of the faceplates becomes a problem on computer keyboards, etc. Even when the faceplate layout is well established, it takes a relatively long time to enter characters compared to other characters. And competitiveness will only drop in the information age. Of course, this single fact alone cannot be seen in an absolute ruler that gives an idea of the nation's competitiveness, but on the other hand, in writing documents and transferring text messages using information communication terminals, Speaking of fast, the improvement of competitiveness through it is a lot of useful.

  The present invention was invented in consideration of the above, and when trying to input kanji using a computer keyboard in a country of kanji culture such as Korea or China, the kanji is input separately by strokes. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kanji input method and apparatus for an information communication terminal that can be used.

  Kanji has a lot of numbers and has structural flaws to implement like the Hangul and English alphabets. Therefore, since the object of the present invention is to implement an independent input method on the screen like Korean and English alphabets in spite of such problems of kanji, the method for solving this is a combination type. This is the only method. All the previous Kanji input methods have been a method of putting out and using completed Kanji characters that have already been created, that is, a method of inputting by looking at the screen, but the present invention uses a combination type method, so it does not depend on the screen However, you can enter only by looking at the document.

  The present invention is a technology developed so that the kanji itself can be expressed in the combination form of the kanji alphabet. Therefore, when a Chinese character is to be input, it can be input as a combination-type character. Therefore, it is possible to provide a kanji input method and apparatus for an information communication terminal that is much more efficient than the existing Chinese character input method.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for inputting kanji in a method for inputting kanji by using an information communication terminal equipped with a keyboard in which a number of strokes constituting the kanji are arranged. , Kanji characters are input by pressing the strokes arranged on the keyboard in order according to the stroke order.

  Such a kanji input method includes a step in which a user presses a key corresponding to a kanji stroke to be input at least once, and a catalog window in which all kanji characters starting with the input stroke are arranged according to the kanji alphabet arrangement method. And a step of selecting a Chinese character desired by the user from among the Chinese characters arranged in the catalog window. In addition, a frequency window in which a predetermined number of Kanji characters with high usage frequency are arranged can be generated together with the above-mentioned catalog window at the stage when the above catalog window is generated, or a predetermined number with high usage frequency along with function keys. It is also possible to input kanji characters at once instead of strokes by pressing the key where kanji characters are placed.

  The input device for performing the method of inputting kanji according to the present invention includes a keyboard on which strokes constituting kanji are arranged, and generates a key data signal corresponding to each key when the user presses a specific key. The key input unit that outputs the data, the key data signal received from the key input unit, and the character generation control unit that controls the input and display of the kanji that the user wants to input and the key input unit that outputs A display unit that receives the key data signal and the control signal output from the character generation control unit and displays a selected Chinese character by the input key;

  As described above, the Kanji alphabet arrangement method is an excellent method that allows the basic principle to be easily learned by anyone and that it has sufficient proofreading ability even in a short time of learning. Therefore, instead of the inconvenient kanji search method, which has relied heavily on radicals, consonants, and the total grammar check method, the kanji alphabet layout method recognizes strokes and what kind of radicals everyone belongs to, So, even if you don't know the whole picture, you can find it accurately by looking at the kanji and looking at the kanji.

  In addition, the Kanji input method and input device based on the Kanji alphabet layout method disassembles Kanji based on strokes and places them on the keyboard, so that anyone can easily input Kanji when using a computer. And the input speed is much faster than other methods. Furthermore, since the present invention conceptualizes kanji as an alphabet, it is possible for a visually handicapped person to input any number of kanji if he / she knows exactly the stroke order of the desired kanji.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following embodiments can be modified in various other forms by providing those skilled in the art with sufficient knowledge to understand the present invention. Is not limited to the embodiment described below.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the arrangement method of the Chinese alphabet will be described.

  The Kanji alphabet layout method is based on the analysis of Korean and Taiwanese transliteration characters, Japanese abbreviations, and Chinese interim characters. All kanji are arranged by giving an order to the pieces.

  Of these 28 strokes, 18 can be used from the first stroke when writing kanji, and the remaining 10 strokes are not used in the first stroke when writing kanji. It appears from the following of this picture. If the arrangement method of Kanji alphabet is used, the method of classifying Kanji characters can be greatly shortened to the classification using 28 strokes compared with the method using 214 radicals.

The 28 strokes according to the Kanji alphabet layout method are as follows.

  Among them, (2), (3), (6), (7), (15), (16), (18), (19), (25), (26) are the second kanji characters. Appears from:

  A method for arranging the entire kanji characters in order based on the total 28 images arranged in this way is as follows. First, if the first image of individual kanji is classified according to which one of the above 28 basic images is used, a total of 28 groups are generated for the entire kanji. The order of such 18 groups follows the order listed above. The order of the kanji characters belonging to each group is again analyzed by dividing the second stroke into groups according to the second stroke, and each group according to the second stroke also follows the above-described stroke order. If the process of dividing into the group according to the third image again and the process of dividing into the group according to the fourth image is continued and returned, the order for the whole kanji is determined. Therefore, all Chinese characters such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese can be arranged in order according to the order using the Kanji alphabet arrangement method as described above.

  If the Chinese-style kanji radicals are arranged using such a kanji alphabet arrangement method, it can be expressed as shown in FIG. FIG. 1 shows Chinese-style kanji radicals arranged in order according to the Kanji alphabet arrangement method (1), (4), (5), (8), (9), (11), (12) , (13), (14), (17), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (27), (28) The kanji radicals can be arranged in order and at the same time understood. Similarly, referring to FIG. 2, Japanese-style kanji radicals can be arranged in order using the arrangement method of kanji alphabets.

  If you use the conventional radical search method, it takes a lot of time, and if the number of strokes is different, the search can fail, but if you search using the kanji alphabet array method, you can search for Japanese or English dictionaries. It becomes easy to search without thinking about the radical and the number of strokes. In addition, although it has been difficult to search for kanji by the existing method of inputting a total stroke, there is an advantage that if the kanji alphabet arrangement method is used, it can be searched most quickly than the existing method.

  Next, a Chinese character input method based on the Kanji alphabet array method will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As described above, since the kanji alphabet arrangement method decomposes kanji in units of strokes, the kanji alphabet input method is an input method in units of kanji strokes. That is, using a keyboard in which 28 strokes are arranged like an English alphabet, it is possible to input a single character by pressing such strokes in order in order to create a kanji desired by the user. I can do it.

  The above 28 strokes may be appropriately arranged in a position that is most convenient for the user. In addition, since there are a total of 26 keys on the standard computer keyboard where English alphabets and Hangul are arranged, (2) and (3) are integrated into one in the above 28 screens. Numbers 10) and (11) can be integrated into a total of 26 images.

  An example in which 26 strokes are arranged on the keyboard will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is an example of a keyboard layout for performing a method of inputting Chinese characters according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams of a keyboard layout for performing a method of inputting Chinese characters according to an embodiment of the present invention. Another example.

  Referring to FIG. 3, it can be seen that a total of 26 strokes are arranged in order from the left side to the right side of the top line of the keyboard and again to the next line. The keyboard according to FIG. 3 is an arrangement of kanji alphabet strokes in order. In actual application, the frequency of input kanji, the frequency of strokes, and the stroke used for the first stroke. What is necessary is just to arrange by optimizing on the basis of no. For example, referring to FIG. 4, a desirable example in which 26 strokes are arranged according to the quality of such a standard is shown, and FIG. 5 shows another example. Here, only three examples of the keyboard layout are shown, but it goes without saying that various other examples are possible for the convenience of the user.

There are various methods for inputting kanji on a computer or the like using a keyboard on which kanji strokes are arranged. Hereinafter, a method for inputting Chinese characters using a keyboard on which a total of 26 strokes are arranged will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the first input method, after analyzing a stroke of a Chinese character to be input, such strokes are input in order according to the stroke order. For example, the analysis of Kanji strokes by the Kanji alphabet array method is as follows.
One: (1)
Two: (1) (1)
Three: (1) (1) (1)
Dried: (1) (1) (13)
Sat: (1) (13) (1)
Positive: (1) (13) (1) (13) (1)
Mouth: (13) (4) (1)
Village: (13) (4) (1) (1) (1) (13) (1)
Old: (1) (13) (13) (4) (1)

  Therefore, when the user wants to input “one”, it is preferable to press the key on which the stroke (1) is arranged once. Similarly, when the user wants to input “two”, the user can press the key (1) arranged twice in succession, and when he wants to input “soil” (1) (13) ( What is necessary is just to press the key in which 1) is arranged in order. At this time, the user can press the turkey or the space bar to press the strokes that make up the kanji that the user wants to input, and then press the turkey or space bar.

Since the input method of kanji according to the present invention uses a combination-type method, if correction is necessary with an incorrect kanji while inputting kanji, it can be erased one image at a time using the pacspace key. For example, if the kanji you are trying to input is “age” but you enter it incorrectly in “dimension”,
After correcting with Pakspace key
If you enter a stroke, it will be corrected to “age”.

  If the user wants to input a request, the next stroke may be input after the dimension is input. If the desired kanji is the desired size, click the enter key or space bar to confirm the input, then enter a new kanji, or enter the screen directly below or above the cursor to be entered on the screen taking the user's fatigue into account. Or you can put a square window on the left and right and adjust the size of the point to make it look larger.

  Theoretically, all Kanji characters can be entered using a total of 26 keys depending on the stroke order of each Kanji character. However, if all Kanji characters are entered using only the number of strokes, the input time for Kanji characters with too many strokes is too long. It becomes like this. Therefore, the basics of the stroke input method will be maintained, and the second and third input methods that are the most convenient modifications will be described.

  In the second input method, when the user presses the key corresponding to the first image of the Chinese character to be input, all Chinese characters starting with the input character are arranged in individual catalog windows. FIG. 6 shows an example of a Chinese character catalog window according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the unlikely event that the user wants to input a “table”, when the user presses the key where the first “one” is placed, a catalog window listing candidate Chinese characters as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the computer screen. It will be. The layout of each Chinese character that appears in the catalog window follows the layout method of the Chinese character alphabet, so even if there are a large number of Chinese characters, the user can easily find the Chinese character to input by himself. For example, the user can input Kanji characters by directly pressing “Table” with the mouse in the catalog window, or directly pressing “75” corresponding to “Table” using the numeric keys on the keyboard. is there.

  If there are too many Kanji characters arranged by the first drawing, for example, the catalog window can be made different by dividing it into 100 units. In other words, only the first 100 kanji characters are arranged, and when the user presses the “Page Down” key, the next 100 kanji characters are arranged. If you want to move to the previous page, you can press “Page Up” and use the mouse by displaying a bill or arrow in the catalog window instead of the “Page Up” and “Page Down” keys. You can also. Accordingly, the user can easily input the desired kanji by selecting the kanji to be input by himself / herself from the kanji arranged in the window.

  However, if there are too many kanji characters that hit the first picture pressed by the user, it may be difficult to find the one you want. Therefore, the second input method is basically used, but in addition to this, when the user continuously presses the second image, the third image, etc., the second image or the third image is displayed. In some cases, the user can select the corresponding kanji characters in a smaller range by arranging the kanji characters up to this point in the catalog window. In other words, as the user presses various strokes in the overall stroke in order, the number of kanji that correspond to them decreases, so a smaller number of kanji are arranged in the catalog window, and the user tries to input himself most easily. You can search for kanji.

  Next, the third input method uses a frequency window that has already extracted many kanji characters in the whole kanji characters and arranged by the kanji alphabet arrangement method. The third input method will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Chinese character frequency window of a Chinese character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention. A frequency window is obtained by extracting a predetermined number of the most frequently used kanji characters in a certain country, for example, in China, and arranging them in accordance with the kanji alphabet arrangement method. Therefore, when the user wants to input kanji, the user can input the kanji only once by clicking the desired kanji with the mouse using the frequency window.

  In the example of FIG. 7, an example in which 200 Chinese characters frequently used in China are arranged in the frequency window is shown. However, such a number can be changed to 100 or 300 by the user's selection. Of course. The 200 Kanji characters arranged as shown in Fig. 7 are divided into 18 groups based on the first image, and the Kanji characters starting from each group are displayed boldly in the bold font or the user can easily find the desired Kanji characters. I can do it.

  The first input method, the second input method, or the third input method described above is a kanji input device for performing a kanji input method and can be used as desired by the user. It can be used. For example, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which the catalog window of the second input method and the frequency window of the third input method are used simultaneously.

  In addition to the first input method, the second input method, or the third input method described above, it is needless to say that modifications using function keys such as keyboard shift and control are possible. For example, if you want to input Hangul twins, you can use function keys to expand the consonants that are basically arranged on the keys. It is also possible to place a high-kanji character together and press the key together with the function key to input the kanji character instead of a stroke.

  Next, an input device for performing the Chinese character input method will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a Chinese character input apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The Chinese character input device (100) includes a key input unit (102), a character generation control unit (104), and a display unit (106). The key input unit (102) has a large number of keys arranged with a predetermined number, for example, 26 kanji strokes. The key input unit (102) generates key data that is hit when the user presses a specific key to generate a character generation control unit ( 104). The character generation control unit (104) serves to control the overall operation of the Chinese character input device. The display unit (106) receives and displays the key data generated by the key input unit (102) and various information communication signals of the character generation control unit (104).

  That is, as described in the above input method, when the user presses a key arranged in the key input unit (102), the key input unit (102) generates a signal corresponding to each key to generate characters. The control unit (104) controls the display and input of characters by each input method, and the display unit (106) displays the selected kanji by the input key.

  As described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the key input unit (102) of the Chinese character input device (100) can be made with a keyboard having various arrangement methods, and the display unit (106) is generally used. In particular, it can be implemented with LCD or monitor.

  As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and ordinary knowledge in the art is within the scope of the technical phenomenon of the present invention. Various modifications are possible depending on the person who has it.

It is the figure showing what arranged the Chinese-style kanji radical in order according to the arrangement method of the Kanji alphabet. It is a figure showing what arranged Japanese-style kanji radicals in order according to the arrangement method of the kanji alphabet. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of a keyboard for performing a Chinese character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of a keyboard for performing a Chinese character input method according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a keyboard layout for performing a Chinese character input method according to still another embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the Chinese character catalog window of the Chinese character input method by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the Chinese character frequency window of the Chinese character input method by one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of using a catalog window of a second input method and a frequency window of a third input window at the same time in a Chinese character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram of a Chinese character input device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In a method of inputting Chinese characters with an information communication terminal equipped with a keyboard in which a number of strokes constituting the Chinese characters are arranged,
Separating the kanji you want to input in stroke units;
Selecting strokes arranged on the keyboard in order according to the stroke order. The strokes arranged on the keyboard are the following 28 strokes,
The method of claim 1, wherein The strokes arranged on the keyboard are the following 26 strokes,
The method of claim 1, wherein Pressing the key that corresponds to the stroke of the Chinese character you want to enter at least once;
Generating a catalog window in which all Chinese characters starting with the input stroke are arranged by the Kanji alphabet layout method;
The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting a desired Chinese character from Chinese characters arranged in the catalog window. The catalog window includes Chinese characters arranged in groups of 100 Chinese characters;
The method according to claim 4, wherein the movement between the groups is performed using keys including a "Page Up" key, a "Page Down" key and an arrow key.   5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of generating the catalog window includes the step of generating, together with the catalog window, a frequency window in which a predetermined number of Kanji characters that are frequently used are arranged.   The corresponding kanji characters are input at a time instead of a stroke when a key in which a predetermined number of kanji characters that are frequently used are arranged together with function keys is input. Method. A kanji input device for performing the method of inputting kanji according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A key input unit that includes a keyboard on which strokes constituting kanji are arranged, and generates and outputs a signal of key data corresponding to the specific key when the user presses the specific key;
A character generation control unit that receives a signal of key data from the key input unit and controls input and display of a kanji to be input by a user;
A display unit that receives a key data signal output from the key input unit and a control signal output from the character generation control unit, and displays a Chinese character selected by the input key;
Kanji input device comprising: The strokes arranged on the keyboard are the following 28 strokes,
The Chinese character input device according to claim 8, wherein The strokes arranged on the keyboard are the following 26 strokes,
The Chinese character input device according to claim 8, wherein