JPH0540747A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily input the KANJI (Chinese character) whose pronunciation and a radical name are not known by providing a control part which extracts and outputs the character that matches with retrieval conditions from a character dictionary part when it receives a command signal of retrieval conditions consisting of the stroke numbers of a radical of a character, position of a radical and an over all stroke numbers. CONSTITUTION:A control part 15 which receives a command signal about the stroke numbers of a radical of a KANJI to be inputted the position of a radical which indicates which part of the character construction is occupied by that radical and over all stroke numbers from an input part 5, and retrieves and outputs the KANJI conforms with these three conditions from a character dictionary part 16 and a display part 13 which displays the output of the control part 15 are provided. When a radical input key is pressed after completion of inputting retrieval conditions, candidate KANJIs corresponding to the retrieval conditions are displayed on the display part 13. When, after the number of desired KANJI is found among displayed candidate KANJIs, the right number is inputted by using a numerical key, the inputted KANJI corresponding to the number is confirmed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word processor used for creating documents such as Japanese.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a radical input method has been used as a method for inputting a character whose reading is unknown but which can identify the radical (for example, Kanji in a Japanese word processor) using a word processor. In this method, a method of inputting a radical name of a desired character and selecting a desired character from character candidates having a specified radical displayed on a display unit has been used. For example, if the operator
I would like to enter the Japanese sentence "The prosecution clerk issues a detention letter." However, I do not know that the kanji "Go" is read as "Kou". In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the method of inputting the name "tsutsugamamae" of the radical "baku" into the radical input part and searching for the kanji having the radical was used.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional method has a problem in that when a character whose radical name is unknown is input, the radical name must be checked separately. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a word processor capable of facilitating the input when the reading of the character desired to be input is unknown and the radical name is unknown.

[0004]

To achieve this object, the word processor of the present invention uses a position of a signal (hereinafter, simply referred to as a part of a character corresponding to the radical of the character or the concept of the radical from the input part). It has a control unit that retrieves and outputs the corresponding Kanji from the character dictionary unit in response to a command signal for the number of strokes (described as radical), the position of the radical, and the total number of strokes, and a display unit that displays the output of the control unit. is doing.

[0005]

[Operation] When trying to input characters with this configuration,
First, the number of radical strokes of a desired character is input with a numeric key, then the position of the radical is entered with a predetermined special key, and the total number of strokes is input with a numeric key. When the radical input key is pressed after the input of search conditions is completed as described above, character candidates corresponding to the search conditions are displayed on the number display portion. When a desired character number is selected from the displayed character candidates and the number is entered using the number keys, the entry of the character corresponding to the number is confirmed.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a display unit in an embodiment of a word processor of the present invention. 1 in FIG.
Is the number of radicals of the kanji (character), the position of the radical,
A search condition input unit for inputting the total number of strokes, 2 is a plurality of Kanji candidates corresponding to the conditions input in the search condition unit,
3 is the candidate number of the Kanji candidate. In Figure 2, the operator
It shows the state of the display unit after inputting Chinese characters. FIG. 3 is a front view showing a keyboard which is an input device of the Japanese word processor in the embodiment. 5 is a keyboard, in addition to the normal keys, left key 6, right key 7,
It has an upper key 8, a lower key 9, a peripheral key 10, a center key 11, and a radical input key 12. The keyboard shown in 5 is
It is only a keyboard in one embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention. FIG. 4 of the present invention
Shows the classification of radical positions of kanji. Figure 5
Is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration for realizing the same embodiment, 13 is a display unit, 14 is a display memory, 15 is a microcomputer, 16 is a Kanji dictionary unit (character dictionary unit), and 17 is for a document. The memory 18 is an auxiliary storage device. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a format of the Kanji dictionary unit. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a part of the stored contents of the Kanji dictionary unit. FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a program for realizing the same embodiment, which includes steps 101 to 106.
It consists of The operation of the Japanese word processor configured as above will be described below.
Now, the operator is in the process of entering the sentence "The prosecution clerk issues a detention letter." And entered "up to the public prosecution clerk." ”, And does not know that the name of the radical“ bong ”is“ tsutsumagae ”. The number of strokes of the radical "bong" is 2 and it is located around the kanji. On the other hand, the total number of strokes of "Go" is 4. From the above, the keys that should be entered in the search condition section are "2", "around", and "4".
Is known to be. The operator selects "2", "surroundings",
When the “4” key is sequentially input and the “radial input” key is finally input, the microcomputer 16 follows the flowchart of FIG. 8 and, in step 101, corresponds to the numeral keys and radical positions input from the keyboard 5. The special keys to be stored are sequentially stored, and in step 102, if the pressed key is the "radial input" key, the process proceeds to step 103, and if not, the process returns to step 101. In step 103, the Kanji dictionary unit 17 selects kanji characters according to the input search conditions, that is, the radical stroke number input by the numeric keys, the radical position input by the special key, and the total stroke number input by the numeric key. Search, step 104
Is displayed together with the number on the display. At step 104, the display becomes as shown in FIG. 1 above. next,
In step 105, a state is awaited for input of numeric keys for selecting kanji. The Kanji determined according to the input numeric key is transferred to the display memory 14 and displayed on the display unit 13 in step 106. That is, in step 105, when the operator inputs “4” with the numeric keys, the Chinese character “Go” is determined from the Chinese character candidates and displayed on the display unit 13 via the display memory 14. The state of the display unit after the Chinese character “Go” is displayed is as shown in FIG. If necessary, the contents of the document memory are saved in the auxiliary storage device 18. As described above, according to the present embodiment, by repeating the above-described processing, the search condition input in the search condition input unit can be converted into kanji, and kanji whose reading is unknown can be easily input. In addition,
Although the method of pressing the dedicated key is shown as the method of inputting the position of the radical, other than this, a method of displaying the type of radical on the display screen and selecting with the function keys or the numeric keys may be used.

Although an example of a Japanese word processor has been shown as an embodiment, the present invention is not limited to Japanese and any language having a concept that a character corresponds to a radical of a kanji character can be used to input characters using the present invention. I can.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, the character dictionary receives the command signal of the search condition including the radical stroke number of the character, the radical position in the character structure, and the total stroke number of the character from the input unit. By providing a control unit for extracting and outputting a character matching the search condition from the set and a display unit for displaying the output of the control unit, even if the kanji whose reading and name of the radical are unknown, the number of strokes, radical By inputting the search condition consisting of the position of the character structure of the neck and the total number of strokes, it is possible to realize a word processor that can input characters without the work of checking the reading and radical names separately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the state of the display unit after the end of input in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing positions of radicals on a kanji structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a keyboard that is an input device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration for realizing the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a format of stored contents of a Kanji dictionary unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a part of the stored contents of a Kanji dictionary unit in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a program for realizing the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a display unit when inputting Kanji by a conventional Japanese word processor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Search condition input part 2 Kanji candidate 3 Candidate part 4 Display part 5 Keyboard 6 Left key 7 Right key 8 Up key 9 Down key 10 Surrounding key 11 Center key 12 Radius input key 13 Display part 14 Display memory 15 Microcomputer 16 Kanji Dictionary part 17 Document memory 18 Auxiliary storage device 19 Search condition input part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A command signal for receiving the number of radicals of a Chinese character desired to be input, the position of the radical indicating which part of the character composition the radical occupies, and the total number of strokes from the input unit. A word processor comprising a control unit that retrieves and outputs a Kanji character corresponding to the above three conditions from a character dictionary unit and a display unit that displays the output of the control unit.