JPH06119321A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document preparing device which is capable of registering reading delimiting information establishing the correspondence rela tion of the caption and reading of a user registered word and is provided with a user dictionary by which the conversion of HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary) with KANJI (Chinese character) is possible. CONSTITUTION:The words and phrases and the reading chracter strings to be registered in a user dictionary 18 are stored in a registered word buffer 17. A delimiting information addition part 13 retrieves a user dictionary 18, a word dictionary 15, a single KANJI dictionary 16 for the reading character strings, retrieves the same character strings, reads the caption and delimiting information stored in the dictionary corresponding to it and stores this delimiting information in a registered word buffer 17 to establish the correspondence relation of the registered words and phrases and the readings. Therefore, a document preparing part 5 refers to a user dictionary 18 and performs an exact KANA (Japanese syllabary) with KANJI/KANJI conversion by the delimiting information stored in this user dictionary when a KANA with KANJI/KANJI conversion is performed for a KANA with KANJI character.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a function of registering an arbitrary phrase in a document in a user dictionary,
In particular, it relates to registration of delimiter information that establishes a correspondence relationship between a phrase registered in the user dictionary and the reading of the phrase.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a document creating apparatus for inputting from a keyboard, in order to register a word that has not been registered in the system dictionary in the user dictionary, after a range of words to be registered in the document is designated,
When only the reading to be registered is input from the keyboard in the input frame displayed at another position and the execution key or the like is pressed, the designated word is registered in the user dictionary by the reading. Also,
Some models display a specified word in a user registration window for reference and then register the reading of this word. On the other hand, even in a handwritten document creating apparatus, recognition processing is performed for input reading, but registration is performed in a user dictionary in the same manner as for keyboard input.

However, if the user registration method as described above is adopted, the correspondence between the registered word and the reading is unclear, that is, if the registered word is a kanji, it is unclear how far each kanji is read. In addition, when a part of the kanji of a word is entered in hiragana, in order to correctly mix this kanji and convert it into kana kanji, delimiter information for establishing a correspondence relationship between the registered word and the reading is required. However, since this delimiter information is not registered in the conventional user dictionary, there is a drawback that correct conversion results cannot be obtained when Kana-mixed kana-kanji conversion is performed on a kanji-mixed kana character string with reference to this user dictionary.

[0004]

In the conventional document creation apparatus as described above, if a user registration method is used when registering a word or a phrase in a user dictionary, the correspondence between the registered word and the reading is unclear, that is, registration. When a word is a kanji, it is unclear how long each kanji is read.Therefore, when inputting part of the kanji in hiragana, in order to convert this phrase correctly, This delimiter information is not registered in the user dictionary even though the delimiter information for providing the reading correspondence is required. Therefore, when the kanji mixed kana character string is converted to kanji mixed kana kanji character by referring to this user dictionary, it is correct. There was a drawback that the conversion result could not be obtained.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention is capable of registering delimiter information for associating a heading of a user-registered word with a reading, and enabling conversion of kanji and kana into kana and kana of a kana and hiragana character string. An object is to provide a document creation device provided with a dictionary.

[0006]

According to the present invention, by designating an arbitrary phrase that has already been input, and then inputting its reading,
A document creation device having a function of registering the words and phrases in a user dictionary with the reading to contribute to document creation and editing, and having at least one type of dictionary having delimiter information for associating a correspondence between a kanji of a heading and its reading. A search unit that searches the dictionary for all or a part of the reading character strings of the phrase input when registering the phrase in the user dictionary, and searches the dictionary for the same reading character string; The delimiter information registration unit that registers the delimiter information corresponding to the reading character string retrieved by the retrieving unit in the user dictionary together with the words and their readings is provided.

[0007]

In the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the searching means is provided with at least one kind of dictionary having delimiter information for associating the correspondence between the kanji of the headline and its reading, and input when registering the phrase in the user dictionary. The whole or part of the reading character string of the word or phrase is searched in the dictionary to find the same reading character string in the dictionary. The delimiter information registration means registers the delimiter information corresponding to the reading character string retrieved by the retrieval means in the user dictionary together with the words and their readings.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creating apparatus of the present invention. 1 is an input device such as a tablet for inputting handwritten characters drawn with a stylus pen, 2 is the data input from the input device 1 is temporarily stored in the input buffer 3, and immediately after the processing of the immediately preceding data is completed, in the order of input. An input control unit that outputs data, 3 is an input buffer that temporarily stores the input data, 4 is a format setting unit that sets the format of the input or created document, and 5 is a mixture of Kanji and the recognized input character string. A document creation unit that creates a document by performing Kana-Kanji conversion processing, 6 is a document buffer that saves the created document, and 7 is a user dictionary that stores a word registered by the user and its reading and reading delimiter information in the user dictionary 18. A user dictionary registration unit for controlling the user dictionary, and 8 is a registered word table for displaying a character string to be registered in the user dictionary registration unit 7 in a user dictionary registration window on the screen of the display device 21. Parts, 9 reads input control unit for sequentially transferring the character recognition unit 10 to input reading corresponding to the registered phrase, character recognition character recognition unit for reading handwriting that has been transferred 10, 11 character recognition unit 10
A buffer for recognition for temporarily storing a handwritten character string recognized by the character recognition unit 12, a recognition dictionary 12 referred to during character recognition by the character recognition unit 10, a word dictionary 15, and a single Kanji dictionary 1
6, a delimiter information adding unit for adding delimiter information to the registered word and its reading character string by referring to the user dictionary 18, and 14 for delimiter information added to the registered word and its reading by the delimiter information adding unit 13. A delimiter position selection unit that displays all of the additional patterns on the display device 21 to allow the user to select the optimum pattern, 15 is a word dictionary used for Kana-Kanji conversion, 16 is a single Kanji dictionary used for single-Kanji conversion, and 17 Is a registered word buffer for storing user-registered words and their reading character strings, 18 is a user dictionary for registering words and their readings registered by the user, and delimiter information for establishing a correspondence between them, and 19 is a display control for the display device 21. A display control unit 20 performs a display buffer in which the data displayed on the display device 21 is expanded in a display format, and 21 displays a character, a symbol, or a figure. A display device.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The input device 1 is a coordinate input device such as a stylus pen capable of picking up input coordinate positions in a time series, and the display device 21 is a screen display device such as an LCD display, which is integrated with the input device 1. There is. The operator interactively proceeds with the document creation work using the display-integrated input device. The input device 1 transfers the coordinates input by the operator with a stylus pen or the like to the input control unit 2 in order of input time series. The input control unit 2 temporarily saves all the input data sent in the input buffer 3, determines the coordinates of the input data again in the order of input as soon as the processing of the immediately preceding data is completed, and the place indicated by the result is the control icon. If it is a control signal from the icon area for control by identifying whether it is an area or a document input area, a copy / save function (not shown) including the format control unit 4 that sets the corresponding print format No)
Etc., or various document editing functions such as the user dictionary registration unit 7 are started. If the location indicated by the coordinates is in the document input area, the input control unit 2 transfers the characters input from the document input area to the document creation unit 5, where the input characters (handwritten characters) are If it is recognized by the character recognition unit 10 and a request is made, the recognition result is converted into Kana-Kanji (or Kana-Kanji mixed Kana-Kanji conversion), and the Kana-Kanji mixed sentence obtained as a result is stored in the document buffer 6.

When the control signal input from the input device 1 is an instruction to register the user dictionary, the input control unit 2
Activates the user dictionary registration unit 7. Thereby, the user dictionary registration unit 7 displays the user dictionary registration window on the display device 21 via the display control unit 19. By looking at this screen, the user repicks a character string to be registered in the created document in the screen on the display device 21 with a stylus pen, thereby registering the character string constituting the word to be registered in the user dictionary. Notify Part 7. As a result, the user dictionary registration unit 7 takes out the character string to be registered from the document buffer 6 and sends the taken out character string to the registered word display unit 8. The registered word display unit 8 displays the sent character string in the user dictionary registration window displayed on the display device 21 via the display control unit 19. Further, the user dictionary registration unit 7 stores the character string to be registered in the headline area of the registered word buffer 7. Next, the reading input control unit 9 sets and displays a reading input area in which a character input / recognition of an appropriate size is possible under the registered word displayed in the user dictionary registration window. As described above, when the area for inputting the reading of the registered phrase is set, the operator inputs the reading of the registered phrase using the stylus pen in the input area.

The reading input in this manner is read by the input control unit 2
Is transferred to the reading input control unit 9. The reading input control unit 9 sequentially transfers the handwritten readings transferred to the character recognition unit 10.
Send to. The character recognition unit 10 stores one character of data in the recognition buffer 11 based on the input time interval of the transmitted data (reading) and the input position shift, and recognizes the stored one character of data. Character recognition is performed with reference to the dictionary 12 to code characters. The character string encoded in this way is returned from the character recognition unit 10 to the reading input control unit 9 again, and then sequentially stored in the reading area of the registered word buffer 17 by the reading input control unit 9.

As described above, the reading input and the character recognition processing are completed, and all the reading character strings are stored in the registered word buffer 1.
When stored in 7, the user dictionary registration unit 7 instructs the delimiter information addition unit 13 to start delimitation. As a result, the delimiter information adding unit 13 cuts out an arbitrary range of the reading character string stored in the registered word buffer 17, and searches the registered user dictionary 18 for the cut-out character string. As a result, when a reading having the same notation as a part of the reading of the phrase to be registered here is searched in the user dictionary 18, the word division information for the reading stored in the user dictionary 18 is read, This delimiter information is added to the registered word and its reading in the registered word buffer 16. However, when the heading for reading the registered word is not registered in the user dictionary 18, the word dictionary 15 is searched and the same processing is performed. For reading a registered phrase in which a word that is completely the same in both the user dictionary 18 and the word dictionary 16 is not registered, the single-kanji dictionary 16 is searched. As a result, if the same character string as the cut out character string exists in the single Kanji dictionary 16, the registered word buffer 1
Delimiter information is added to the registered words and phrases in 7 and their reading character strings (for each of the cut character strings).

Next, when there are a plurality of delimiter addition patterns for the character string with delimiter information stored in the registered word buffer 17, the delimiter position selection unit 14 selects only one of these delimiter addition patterns. If not, the pattern is read and displayed on the display device 21 via the display control unit 19. The operator who sees this selects and confirms the delimiter pattern to be registered in the user dictionary 18 by picking with a stylus pen. In this way, when the character string to which the delimiter information is added is determined by one pattern, the user dictionary registration unit 18 extracts the registered phrase with the delimiter information having the selected pattern stored in the registered word buffer 17 and its reading. Store in user dictionary.
By the way, the display controller 19 expands the document data in the document buffer 6 expanded according to the information of the format controller 4 and the bitmap data corresponding to the display screen such as the user dictionary registration window in the display buffer 20. After that, the bitmap data is read out and is read by the display device 2.
1 is displayed on the display device 21 to display various information relating to the above-described user registration operation, such as a created document, a user dictionary registration window, and a reading input frame.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of processing when a word is registered in the user dictionary 18 shown in FIG. The user picks with a stylus pen the icon for registering the user dictionary shown on the input device 1 integrated with the display device 21. As a result, the input control unit 2 activates the user dictionary registration unit 7, so that the user dictionary registration unit 7 is activated in step 201.
Displays the word registration window on the screen of the display device 21. Next, in step 202, the registered word display unit 8 picks up a character string that constitutes a word to be registered from the created document by the user's pen input processing or the like, and displays it in the window for registration in step 203. Also, the registered word found in step 204 is stored in the heading area of the registered word buffer 17. The reading input control unit 9 is step 2
At 05, a reading input area is set below the registered word displayed in the registration window and displayed. Here, the set input area is an area in which an operator can recognize a handwriting and convert it into a character code when the operator manually inputs a character in this area. When the reading input frame is displayed, the operator inputs the reading of the word to be registered in step 206 with the stylus pen in the same area. The handwriting data input from the input device 1 in this manner is sent from the reading input control unit 9 to the character recognition unit 10. The character recognition unit 10 recognizes image data for one character based on the data input time interval or the input position shift. Buffer 11
In step 207, character recognition is performed on the stored image data with reference to the recognition dictionary 12 to encode characters.

The coded character string is returned to the reading input control section 9 again in step 208, and then stored in the reading area of the registered word buffer 17. This input / recognition process is repeated until it is determined in step 209 that the input of the read data is completed. When all the reading character strings are stored in the registered word buffer 17, the user dictionary registration unit 7 activates the delimiter information adding unit 13 to add delimiter information to the word to be registered and its reading. This allows
The delimiter information adding unit 13 searches in step 210 whether or not there is a word in the registered word buffer 17 in the already registered user dictionary 18. For the word search, for example, a matching data with the reading character string is searched for as in a kana-kanji conversion dictionary search. However, the reading character string to be searched may be one continuous portion of the reading character string of the word to be registered. User dictionary 1
When a part of the reading of the registered word matches 8 and a part of the heading of the heading registered word in the user dictionary 18 matches, the delimiter information adding unit 13 stores the registered word buffer 17 in the step 212. The same information as the delimiter information stored in the user dictionary 18 is added to the corresponding portion of each of the heading / reading areas.

Next, at step 211, when the registered word is not read in the user dictionary or after the processing at step 212 is completed, the delimiter information adding unit 13 proceeds to step 2
In step 13, the word dictionary 15 to which the word division information is added in advance is searched for a character string in the registered word buffer 17, and the result is determined in step 214.
If yes, in step 215 the registered word buffer 17
The same information as the delimiter information stored in the word dictionary 15 is added to the corresponding portion of each heading / reading area in the above. In the search of the user dictionary 18 and the word dictionary 15, if the division between the registered word and the reading is not found, step 21
In step 6, the single-kanji dictionary 16 is searched for the character string in the registered word buffer 17, and in step 217, the matching reading part and the delimiter information are added to the registered word in the same manner as above. As described above, delimiter information is added to the reading and heading of the word registered by each dictionary search.
If there is a plurality of delimiter attachment methods and it cannot be uniquely determined by the determination in step 8, the delimiter position selection unit 14 causes the display device 21 to display all the reading delimiter patterns stored in the registered word buffer 17 in step 219. Display and request the operator to select the correct pattern. As a result, if the operator selects one delimiter pattern, or if there is only one delimiter, the user dictionary registration unit 7 waits for the operator's registration confirmation. The registered words stored in the buffer 17 and their reading and delimiter information are registered in the user dictionary.

3 to 9 show that when a character string "superconductivity" is selected from the created document and is registered in the user dictionary 18 by reading "chodendo", the user dictionary is displayed on the display device 21. The window and the entry example in this window are shown. Start the user dictionary registration function,
When the registered word is designated, a user dictionary registration window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device 21, the character string “superconductivity” is displayed as the registered word, and a reading input frame B is displayed below the character string. It Next, the operator manually inputs a reading to be registered in the reading input frame B with a stylus pen as shown in FIG. Character recognition unit 10
, These characters are sequentially coded and displayed in the window as shown in FIG. After that, the operator confirms whether or not there is an input error, and then picks the end icon shown in the lower right of the window with the stylus pen to confirm that the reading input is completed. Next, the delimiter information adding unit 13 searches the user dictionary 18 and the word dictionary 15 using the input reading, but here it is assumed that there is no word registered in the user dictionary 18. By the way, as shown in FIG. 6, the word dictionary 15 stores the readings and headings to which the delimiter information indicated by “/” in the figure corresponding to the kanji of the headings is added, and the part-of-speech and the like necessary for kana-kanji conversion. Is stored. The structure of the user dictionary 18 also has readings and headings to which delimiter information is added, similar to the word dictionary 15.

First, "choden" and "dendou" are obtained as a search result using the reading of the word dictionary 15. Further, only "conductivity" in which the headings match among these words is finally obtained. Search results. The registered word heading "Electrical conductivity" and the reading "Dendou" obtained uniquely at this stage
Delimiter information stored in the word dictionary 15 is used for the part, and delimiter information is added so as to be “/ electric / conduction” and “/ den / do”. Next, a search in the single-kanji dictionary 16 is performed for “super” for which the corresponding word is not registered in either the user dictionary 18 or the word dictionary 15. As shown in FIG. 7, the single-kanji dictionary 16 stores a character code as a headline and the reading of the kanji. If you search for "super", you will get three types of corresponding readings, "chou", "koe", and "ko". Compared with the readings that did not apply in the word search, select "chou" as the reading and register it. Delimiter information is added to the word buffer 17 so as to be “/ super” or “/ cho”. FIG. 8 shows a storage example of the registered word buffer 17, which is divided into a heading storage area and a reading storage area using ffffh as a separator. Also, 0000h indicates the end of reading. The delimiter information is prepared for each character and can be added in a plurality of patterns with one vertical column as one pattern. Further, the numbers of the delimiter information of the heading area and the reading area show the corresponding relationship. In this example, since only one delimiter method for the registered words was obtained, the delimiter result is displayed in the window as shown in FIG. 9 and the operator confirms the registration.

10 to 14 show an example of processing when delimiter information cannot be added for each character of a registered word. As shown in FIG. 10, "Kyoko" is registered here as "Kyoko". When "today" with the matching heading is found by the search "kyo" in the search of the user dictionary 18 and the word dictionary 15, the word dictionary 15 shown in FIG. Delimiter information is stored in the registered word buffer 17 using certain information. The separation status confirmation screen at this time is shown in FIG. 12, and when the separation status item is viewed, it is shown that “today” and “today” correspond as a group. On the other hand, when “kyo” is not registered in the user dictionary 18 or the word dictionary 15, each heading character is searched in the single-kanji dictionary 15 shown in FIG. Here, only the "child" matches the headline and reading of the registered word, and only the others "now"
"Sun" becomes an unknown search word and is grouped together. Similarly, the reading “kyo” is also an unknown search word, so it is grouped together. Delimiter information is added to the unknown search words that are finally collected in unit. In any case, the registered word buffer 1 with the delimiter information added
The contents of 7 are as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 15 to 18 show the case where there are a plurality of patterns for adding the delimiter information, and FIG. 15 is a user dictionary registration window display screen when "Yamanote" is registered as the reading of "Yamate". If there is no match in the search results of the user dictionary 18 and the word dictionary 15, the single-kanji dictionary 16 of FIG.
To search. "Yama" is registered as a reading for "mountain", and "Te" is registered as a reading for "hand". However, no matter which one is adopted, "Te" can be found in the former and "Yamano" in the latter. This is not possible, and a delimiter is added as an unknown search word to the corresponding heads “hand” and “mountain”, and two different delimiters exist. The registered word buffer 17 at this time is as shown in FIG. 17, in which two patterns of delimiter information are stored. Also, the screen display on the user dictionary registration window is as shown in FIG. 18, and two delimiter methods are displayed, and one of them is shaded to indicate the currently selected delimiter pattern. . The operator picks the delimiter method to be registered in the user dictionary 18 with the stylus pen, selects it, and then the registration icon,
The selected delimiter pattern is stored in the registered word buffer 17.

According to the present embodiment, in the document creating apparatus for converting a kanji-blended character string input by handwriting into a kanji-blended sentence, when registering in the user dictionary 18, the registered user dictionary 18, word dictionary 15, etc. Separation information and single kanji dictionary 1
6 is used, the delimiter information that associates the heading character of the word to be registered with the input reading is automatically added, and the information is registered in the user dictionary 18, whereby the operator can perform complicated delimiter work. It is possible to easily register the registered word and its reading and delimiter information in the user dictionary 18 as described above by performing a normal user registration process without performing. Therefore, it becomes possible to correctly convert a kana-kana mixed kana character string into a kanji-kana mixed sentence using the user dictionary 18.

[0022]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to easily register the reading delimiter information, which associates the heading of the user-registered word with the reading, in the user dictionary, and kanji is mixed. It has the effect of enabling the conversion of kana and kana of mixed hiragana character strings.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of processing when a word is registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a user dictionary registration window when registering words in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an example of entry of a user dictionary registration window when registering words in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an example of entry of a user dictionary registration window when registering words in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a word dictionary used for disabling delimiter information of a user dictionary registration window when registering words in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage example of a character code as a heading of a user dictionary registration window when registering a word in the user dictionary shown in FIG. 1 and a reading of the kanji.

8 is a diagram showing a storage example of a registered word buffer of a user dictionary registration window when registering words in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing, in a window, a dividing line of a user dictionary registration window when registering a word in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when delimiter information cannot be added in units of words registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

11 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when delimiter information cannot be added in units of words registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when delimiter information cannot be added in units of words registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when delimiter information cannot be added in units of words registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG. 1.

14 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when delimiter information cannot be added in units of words registered in the user dictionary shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when there are a plurality of delimiter information addition methods.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when there are a plurality of delimiter information addition methods.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when there are a plurality of delimiter information addition methods.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of delimiter information addition processing when there are a plurality of delimiter information addition methods.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device 2 ... Input control part 3 ... Input buffer 4 ... Format control part 5 ... Document creation part 6 ... Document buffer 7 ... User dictionary registration part 8 ... Registered word display part 9 ... Reading input control part 10 ... Character recognition part 11 ... Recognition buffer 12 ... Recognition dictionary 13 ... Separation information addition unit 14 ... Separation position selection unit 15 ... Word dictionary 16 ... Single kanji dictionary 17 ... Registered word buffer 18 ... User dictionary 19 ... Display control unit 20 ... Display buffer 21 ... Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document creation apparatus having a function of registering an arbitrary phrase that has been input and then inputting the reading, thereby registering the phrase in a user dictionary with the reading and contributing to document creation and editing. , At least one type of dictionary having delimiter information for associating the corresponding kanji of the headline with its reading, and all or part of the reading character string of the phrase input when registering the phrase in the user dictionary For the same reading character string in the dictionary, and the delimiter information corresponding to the reading character string searched by this searching means, together with the word and its reading, the user dictionary. And a delimiter information registering means for registering the delimiter information. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user dictionary is included in a dictionary having delimiter information for associating a correspondence between the kanji of the headline and its reading. 3. When the user dictionary has a plurality of types of delimiter information patterns registered together with words and their readings, a selection means for allowing the user to select an arbitrary pattern among them.
A document creating apparatus comprising: an adjusting unit that registers only a pattern of delimiter information selected by the selecting unit in the user dictionary.