JPH0442346A - Character input method with designation of radical - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the labor for input of characters by displaying simultaneously the radical groups, the radical-based character groups accordant with designation of radicals, and the input character strings on a single screen. CONSTITUTION:The radical-based character groups are displayed at a radical- based character group display screen part A secured at the upper left part of a display screen. The radical groups are displayed for the stored radical-based character groups at a radical group display screen part B secured at the right of the part A. In addition, a screen part D, etc., are provided under both parts A and B for display of the pictorial symbols used for selection of a work system. At the same time, an input character string display screen part C is provided under the part D for conversion and display of the input characters. Then the radical-based character group is displayed in response to the radical designated out of the radical groups, and the character designated out of the radical-based character groups is displayed at a designated part in an input character string. Thus the labor can be saved for input of characters.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a method for manually inputting katakana, flat name, alphanumeric characters, kanji, etc. on a computer, and particularly to a new manual input method for characters by specifying radicals.

Conventional technology Conventional manual writing methods can be roughly divided into three types:

■A type that uses a kana-kanji conversion method, such as a Japanese word processor.This type converts kana or romaji manually written pronunciations into kanji using a conversion key. There are various methods such as automatic conversion without pressing the button.

■A multi-stage shift keyboard system.This keyboard stores about 10 kanji characters on one key, and to select which character from among the characters stored on this key, use the shift key to select the appropriate position. This is a single character written manually.

- A method in which the coordinates are manually input one character at a time using a manual device (digitizer, etc.) This method uses kanji number crosses, flat name, katakana, etc. on the tablet.
This is a system in which English letters, etc. are placed on the entire surface, and a desired character is selected and input using a bent edge.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention In the method described in (■), it is basically assumed that the target character can be read, and therefore, there is a problem that it is necessary to search for a code in order to select a character that cannot be read. .

What can be handled is limited to about 6,000 characters specified by JIS 1st standard or 2nd standard. That is, it is difficult to select characters that cannot be read, and there are problems in that the number of characters that can be handled is small.

In the method (2), a multi-stage shift key fob must be prepared, resulting in a large device and requiring a considerable period of learning to manually work with characters. That is, there are problems in that the device becomes larger and a learning period is required.

With the method (2), there is a limit even if characters can be arranged on the entire surface of the tablet, and therefore, in order to handle characters that cannot be stored on the tablet, a replacement dial such as an external dial must be prepared, so the device itself must be prepared. There are problems in that it is complicated and at the same time, the workability is not very good. That is, there are problems with the complexity of the device and workability.

The present invention solves the problem inherent in the above-mentioned conventional example, reads and displays a group of characters including the corresponding radical from the group of radicals on the screen, searches for the target character from among the characters, and inputs the input character string. By simply subscribing to the service, text input can be performed extremely easily and labor-saving text input work can be achieved.

By specifying a radical on the screen, you can easily read out a group of characters by radical in another unit on the screen, which greatly increases the number of characters that can be accommodated as a whole, and the number of characters that can be accommodated as long as the computer's memory allows. There are no restrictions.

Also, radical groups, radical character groups, and input character strings can be displayed simultaneously on one display screen and read while viewing them.
A series of manual character tasks such as display, radical and character designation, and manual labor can be easily performed. Even a complete beginner can easily perform the specified manual input work as long as he or she understands the operation functions of the keys or mouse, and there is almost no need for a learning period for the input work.

Embodiment The present invention is used as a character input device that allows searching for desired characters easily and efficiently by specifying radicals on a commercially available bar sonar screen, and allows manual input of this character input method without requiring any special equipment. This can be easily implemented using a general-purpose personal computer.

As a means for solving the problems, the present invention provides a character input method that responds to the above problem by displaying radical groups, radical-specific character groups, and input character strings on one screen. By specifying a radical in a group, display the above radical character group corresponding to the specified radical, and by specifying a character in the radical character group, display the specified character at the specified position in the input character string. This system is configured to implement a character input method by specifying radicals on a computer.

Effect: According to the character input method according to the present invention, radical groups, radical-specific character groups according to radical designation, and input character strings are displayed simultaneously on one screen, so that, for example, characters that cannot be read can be input. Even if it is necessary to do so, it can be done using a computer. Therefore, in addition to using the character input method according to the present invention, it is also possible to input characters using the generally available kana-kanji conversion method. The above-mentioned device has a storage section that stores radical-based character groups and radical groups such as kanji and hiragana as a dictionary, and simultaneously visually displays radical-based character groups, radical groups, input character strings, etc. read out from the storage section. A display section that is arranged and displayed in a recognizable manner, reading from a storage section, writing to a storage section, displaying on a display screen, or various operations performed on input character strings (
It is equipped with a command execution unit that performs searches, deletions, etc., and a means for reading radical-specific character groups corresponding to radicals specified for each function department in manual text work from a storage unit, and a reading unit. Keys on the keyboard are used to select a desired character from the group of radical-specific characters that are displayed, and to display the selected character at a specified location on the input character string display section and output it to the storage section. The operations can be executed by using the mouse.

In the first stage of character input work, radical character groups are displayed on the radical character group display screen section A located at the upper left of the display screen, and at the same time, the radical group display screen on the right side of this display screen section is displayed. In part B, the radical groups of the radical character groups that are stored are displayed, and below these display screen parts A and B, you can select whether to perform by key operation or mouse operation. There is also a screen section where pictograms for selecting the work method to be selected are displayed, and furthermore, an input character string display screen section C is provided at the bottom of the screen where characters input manually are converted and displayed.

The above radical groups and input radical character groups are always displayed on their respective screens from the start of work, and if necessary, new unit radical groups and unit radical character groups can be read out and displayed by changing the screen. The input character string display is displayed on a predetermined screen section as the manual character work progresses. In this case, only one radical group may be used, and the same radical group may be always displayed in a predetermined screen area.

FIG. 1 illustrates the display mode of one display screen when the method according to the present invention is executed. A plurality of radical groups are stored as a dictionary in the storage unit, and can be changed as needed. can be displayed.

The first step is to find characters that the operator cannot read.
First, when you specify a corresponding radical from the displayed radical group display, the radical character group including the corresponding radical will be displayed in the radical character group display screen section A of A. ing.

In addition, on the input character string display screen part C, -24X2 per character
It has a storage space of e lines (e.g., 3 lines) on the screen with a size of 4 dots, and as the operator progresses in character selection, the selected characters are sequentially arranged from the upper left of the display screen section C. It is now displayed.

D is the mouse/keyboard selection mode display screen as described above, which displays whether the operator is currently working in mouse mode or keyboard mode. The illustrated state shows that a mouse operation is being performed.

On the above human-powered radical character group display screen A, there are 1 horizontal line a (for example, 16 lines) and 1 vertical line (for example, 8 lines).
Total aXb (with a size of 24X24 dots per character)
128) Display characters.

The display unit on this display screen section A is the aXb character, but the computer's storage unit stores a dictionary containing aXb characters as a unit character group, and a large number of radical character groups, and the operator's radical Depending on the specified operation, the target character group is updated as appropriate before it is displayed.

Also, in the radical group display screen part B, there are 0 horizontal lines (for example, 7 lines),
It has an accommodation space for d rows (for example, 15 rows) in the vertical direction. Each character representing hiragana, katakana, and various symbols is displayed here, as well as a section that is the key to finding the desired character when carrying out the radical manual character input method that is the subject of this invention. The necks are arranged and displayed.

The display unit in this display screen section B is cXd characters, and the unit character E for this cXd character is an index display screen section that displays the contents of various operations to be performed on the input character string, as described below. .

Index (a): Moves the character string operation position indicating cursor on the character string display screen section up one line within this display screen section. When it is on the bottom line, the string minus the line is sent sequentially to the bottom line. This is used when you want to display a line above the bottom line of the character string display screen section A.

Indicator (b): Moves the character string operation position indicating cursor on the character string display screen section C down one line. When it is on the bottom line, the string minus the line is sent sequentially to the upper line. Use this when you want to display the line below the bottom line of the string display part.

Index (c): e before e line in the character string display screen section
Display lines on screen.

Indicator (d): Displays the lower e lines following the e lines in the character string display screen section on the screen.

Index (E): Deletes one character pointed to by the character string operation position indicating cursor on the character string display screen section.

Index (to): Determine the starting and ending positions of the character string display screen section and delete the character string between each position.

Index (g): Displays e lines at the beginning of the character string input by the operator on the character string display screen.

Indicator (H): Displays e lines at the end of the input character string on the character string display screen.

Indicator (su): Document data consisting of a series of character strings registered separately in the character string display screen section is input and displayed on the screen.

Index (nu): Outputs a sentence consisting of a series of character strings created by an operator to a memory medium as document data.

F is a cursor for specifying characters, and on the radical group display screen, it shows which radical is currently specified. indicates which character is indicated.

G is the character string operation position indicating cursor, and on the input character string display screen section C, a group of radical-specific characters pointing to the position where a character string operation such as "delete" is being performed is newly displayed.

Subsequently, the operator performs a third-stage operation such that the cursor F is positioned at "sai" in the newly displayed character group. Subsequently, in the fourth step, by pressing the mouse button, a command is given to display the - character of "Xu" in a predetermined part of the input character string display screen section C, and this character is stored on the memory medium. Through the above operations, "sai" is displayed at the upper left of the input character string display screen section C, as shown in FIG. Note that the specified character can be added to the position indicated by the cursor G in the middle of the character string, or it can be corrected (replaced) with the specified character.

The operator can create character strings by repeating each of the above operations. As you proceed with the character input process, the character string you have input so far will appear on screen C.
The characters are sequentially displayed in a size of 4 dots, and when the display space for 3 lines is filled, the uppermost line is sequentially sent and the character string is updated and displayed.

It shows.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show the operator's operation procedure and the display state of the screen based on the operator's operation procedure in the case where the operator selects the character "Xu" which cannot be read.

It is assumed that the screen at the time when the operator starts the operation is shown in FIG. In the drawing, character groups such as flat names or symbols are displayed on the input radical character group display screen section A, and a character designation cursor F points to the character "a".

Mouse (or keys) as the operator's first step
Operate so that the cursor F is located at the "deer". Subsequently, in the second stage of operation, by pressing the mouse button, a command is given to the computer to display a group of characters including the radical of "deer" on the manual radical character group display screen section A.

Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the radical ``shika'' is displayed on the manual radical character group display screen part A, instead of displaying character groups such as flat names as shown in Figure 2. Furthermore, in order to format character strings manually, various function codes are required in order to format them in a predetermined format, but with the input method of the present invention, appropriate codes are added to input character strings using exactly the same work procedure as character input work. Function codes can be inserted.

In Figure 1, (o), (wa), (power), etc. in the character string displayed in the input character string display area C represent the above function codes. This is a function code to express a function in which a certain character string has a specific function, for example, the character string is a title part, and the function code (wa) is used to construct a sentence by changing the line from here. It represents a function such as Furthermore, (power) is a function code that has the function of adding furigana to a predetermined kanji or kanji string by evenly distributing the furigana when adding furigana to a kanji.

As described above, a desired typesetting structure can be easily implemented based on the meaning of the text formed on the character string display screen.

Effects of the Invention As described above, by implementing the character manual method by specifying radicals according to the present invention on a computer, even if the operator cannot read the characters at all, it is possible to easily perform character manipulation without any problem, and beginners can Even so, character input work can be performed without any difficult operations, and there is almost no need for a learning period for input work. This saves labor and simplifies manual text work.Also, by specifying radicals on the screen, you can read out and display multiple groups of characters by radical on the screen at any time, greatly increasing the number of characters that can be accommodated as a whole. It can increase.

Additionally, the present invention can be implemented using commercially available computers and does not require special human-powered equipment.

Furthermore, since the information required for character input is effectively arranged and displayed on one display screen to allow the above-mentioned manual work to be performed, the system is characterized by extremely excellent workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 1 and 2 respectively illustrate the display mode of the display screen when specifying a radical, and FIG. 3 shows the display mode when specifying another radical. Fig. 4 shows the display mode of the display screen when a radical character group in a different unit from that in Fig. 2 is read out on the screen, and Fig. 4 shows a desired character displayed in the radical character group display in Fig. 3. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display mode of a display screen when a specified input character string is inputted manually. A... Radical character group display screen section for manual use, B... Radical group display screen section, C... Input character string display screen section, F.
...Character specification cursor, G...Character string operation position instruction cursor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Radical groups are displayed on one screen, character groups by radical are displayed, and input character strings are displayed, and by specifying any radical in the radical group display, the above radical corresponding to the specified radical is displayed. By radical designation, wherein another character group is displayed, and by designating any character in the radical character group display, the designated character is displayed at a designated location in the input character string display. Character input method.