JPS61134865A - Japanese work input processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the selectivity and the learning efficiency of an associated code unlearned character by providing a guidance display changeover key, a save memory and a job switch device to an input device. CONSTITUTION:The information obtained from a character key or a function key from the input device 1 is inputted to a document input control part 4, where a KANA. (Japanese syllabary) KANJI (Chinese character) converting processing is attained. The information of a guidance display changeover key from the input device 1 is inputted to a guidance display control part 5, and a display device 17 attains the guidance display control. When the guidance display changeover key is depressed in the input device 1, a job switching control part 10 saves the content of the display memory 11 to a save memory 12a under the control of the guidance display control part 5. The guidance display control part 5 retrieves a KANJI dictionary 8 based on the input and stores a KANJI code corresponding to KANJI to a save memory 12b. The content stored in the save memories 12a, 12b is transferred to the display memory 11.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a Japanese input processing device for inputting Japanese into an information processing device such as a computer or a word processor, and in particular to a Japanese input processing device that uses a memorized code input method. Regarding equipment.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, as methods for inputting Japanese sentences including kanji into an information processing device such as an electronic computer, there have been known two methods: one method using full-ki characters and one method using kana or English characters.

Among these, the Furuki one-way method is used to input kanji, kana characters, alphanumeric characters, emoticons, and spaces (below).

By arranging keys corresponding to information such as (collectively referred to as input characters) on one or multiple sides, and pressing the key corresponding to the desired input character, you can directly input Japanese sentences including kanji. be.

In this method, input characters are marked on the keys, and the operator is required to press a key that corresponds one-to-one to the input character. In this case, even an amateur can use it because no particularly complicated operations are required for input. However, when trying to input Japanese verse, generally 200
It is necessary to prepare 0 to 4000 kanji characters, and it takes a lot of time to find and press a desired key among the keys corresponding to this many kanji characters.

On the other hand, in order to improve the poor operability and slow character input speed of the furuki one-sided system, the kana or English keyboard type generally uses a keyboard with the same key arrangement as the kana or English type. be done.

There are several types of kana or English characters, but the most representative ones are the display selection method for amateurs and the associative method, which is a high-speed input method for experts.

The display selection method is to input the reading of a Japanese sentence, including Kanji, using the Kana key or English key (Romaji key), and for Kanji, press the conversion key to convert Kana or Romaji into Kanji.

By pressing the conversion key, all kanji having sounds or kun corresponding to the kana key or the English key are displayed on the display device. The operator selects a desired kanji from among the kanji displayed on this display device.

With this display selection method, Japanese sentences can be input by pressing dozens of kana keys or English keys, so the operability is much better and the user feels less fatigued.

However, since a desired kanji must be selected by looking at a plurality of kanji displayed on one display device, the character input speed is only slightly faster than the one-way full-screen method.

In the associative method, Japanese sentences are input using an associative code that associates one character with two kana.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of an associative code.
There is one.

The first kana of the associative code determines the line in Figure 3,
The second kana determines the column. For example, if you press the "a" key followed by the "i" key, the kanji "ai" will be output, and if you press the "tech" key followed by the "a" key, the kanji "sky" will be output. .

In order to avoid disrupting the rhythm of keystrokes, generally not only kanji characters but also kana characters are input by pressing the key twice, such as by pressing both the kana key and the space key. For this reason, the associative method is generally called the two-stroke method.

The associative method requires learning the associative code of each letter, so it takes time to become proficient, but once you are proficient, you can type blindly using the touch method.
The character input speed is about twice that of the full-screen one-way system or the one-display selection system.

With the advancement of OA and the use of information processing devices such as computers and word processors for daily work, ordinary employees are now using these information processing devices to create documents that were previously only done by some experts. It is necessary to perform this on a daily basis using Therefore, the associative method with the fastest input speed is promising for the future, even if it takes some time to become proficient.

As mentioned above, the biggest bottleneck in the associative method is learning associative codes, and a backup mechanism for learning associative codes is important.

Conventionally, in order to back up the learning of associative codes, an associative method and a display selection method were combined, and if a character whose associative code has not been learned appears while inputting using the associative method, the mode is switched to the 1 display selection method. A method for selecting unlearned characters has been proposed. That is, the backup is performed by attaching the associated code to all candidate kanji characters displayed in the display selection method.

However, in this method, as shown in Figure 5 (a), it is made to correspond to the numeric keypad in Figure 5 (b), so it is not possible to display all candidate kanji at once; If the desired kanji is not on the screen, it would be better if you had to press a key to display the next group of candidate kanji. In addition, since the selection of candidate kanji is done by pressing the corresponding numeric keypad, the operator learns the associative codes only mentally and does not have to actually use the associative codes on the spot, resulting in a strong learning effect. cannot be expected.

Purpose An object of the present invention is to provide a Japanese input processing device that can improve the selectivity of unlearned characters in associative codes and the learning efficiency, in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above.

Configuration To achieve the above object, the present invention includes an input device, and a display selection mechanism that displays, as candidate kanji, kanji corresponding to a kana character string or an English character string input from the input device on a display device. , an associative code input mechanism for directly inputting kanji using a two-character associative code associated with the kanji;
A Japanese input processing device having a display memory for storing information to be displayed on the display device, a guidance display switching key for instructing the input device to switch between the display screen of the display device and the job; A second save memory and a job switching mechanism are provided, and when the guidance display switching key is pressed, the job switching mechanism saves the information in the display memory to the kanji of the kanji corresponding to the first or second save information. The code and the associative code corresponding to the kanji are stored in the second or first save memory, and then the contents are transferred to the display memory in a form that is displayed on the entire display screen of the display device. There is.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained in detail using one embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a Japanese input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an input device, 2 is an input determination section, 3 is a first switch, 4 is a document input control section, 5 is a guidance display control section, 6 is a second switch, 7 is a shift register, 8
is a kanji dictionary, 9 is an associative code file, lO is a job switching control unit, 11 is a table □,, 17.1□8. 1, 2nd save memory, 13 is a character pattern generator, 14 is a numeric keypad, 15 is an address control circuit, 16 is a +<rough memory, and 17 is a display device. Note that the numeric keypad 14 is a part of the input device 1, but is shown separately for the sake of ease of understanding.

#RumoursAokien Also, the input device 1 has character keys necessary for Japanese input, that is, alphanumeric keys and hiragana keys.

In addition to the katakana keys, etc., there is a guidance display switching key.

When information is input from an input device, the input determining unit 2 identifies whether the information is a character key, a function key, etc., or a guidance display switching key. In the case of character keys, function keys, etc., they are connected to the document input control section 4 by the first switch (SWl) 3, and thereafter, kana-kanji conversion processing is performed. In the case of the guidance display switching key, it is connected to the guidance display control section 5 by the first switch (SWl) 3, and thereafter the guidance display control of the display device 17 is performed.

The document input control unit 4 determines the input information, connects it to the shift register 7 by the second switch (SW2) 6 in the associative mode, and connects it to the shift register 7 by the second switch (SW2) 6 in the case of kana character input in the 5 display selection mode. Display memory 11 by SW2)6
When inputting kanji in the display selection mode, the second switch (SW2) 6 connects to the kanji dictionary 8.

To shift register 7, the kana of input transfer 1, space,
A kana code obtained by pressing the kana key that includes keys such as symbols is input.Associative codes are defined by pressing the kana key on the input device 1 twice. Ru.

Then, the code for the first stroke of the kana key is stored in the upper row of the shift register 7, and the code for the second stroke is stored in the lower row, and the contents of the associative code file 9 are read out according to the stored information. The contents of the associative code file 9 are similar to the conventional one shown in FIG. 4, and the rows are determined by the information about the first stroke of the kana key, and the columns are determined by the information about the second stroke. , Therefore, when the row and column are determined using this information, the character code (kanji, hiragana, katakana,
data (including symbols, spaces) is read. Therefore, each time the kana key is pressed twice, the character code for one character is read out from the associative code file 9 and stored in the display memory 11.

The character pattern generator 13 receives the character code from the display memory 11, generates a character pattern corresponding to the character code, and displays it on the display device 17.

In the case of inputting kanji in the display selection mode, the kanji dictionary 8 is input with a kana character code string corresponding to the sound or kun of the kanji. The kanji dictionary 8 is configured to output kanji codes having sounds or kun corresponding to the kana character code string, and the output kanji codes are stored in the buffer memory 16. The kanji codes stored in the buffer memory 16 are stored in the display memory in the order of frequency of use, forming blocks of nine characters each, as shown in FIG. 5(a) when explaining the prior art. First, the block with the highest frequency is displayed on the display device 17 first, and each time "0" on the numeric keypad shown in FIG. 5(b) is pressed, the next block is displayed. If the desired kanji is found in the displayed block, the corresponding numeric keypad 14 is pressed. At this time, since each displayed kanji has its associated code attached to it, the operator can learn the associated code.

The output of the numeric keypad 14 is input to the address control circuit 15, and in the corresponding block in the buffer memory 16,
An address signal for reading the kanji code corresponding to the pressed numeric keypad 14 onto the editing screen is output. When this address signal is output, only the Kanji code corresponding to the address signal is stored in the edit code string of the display memory 11.

In this way, the operator can learn the associative code of an unlearned kanji by looking at the associative code of the displayed kanji.
By pressing 4, the kanji is edited, and 6, 9, 74'zu actually uses the association 0zu.1 There is no need to press 1, and the learning effect does not improve much.

Assume that you are currently inputting in associative mode (two-stroke input mode).

In the associative mode, as shown in Figure 2, I would like to input ``Our lives are connected to nature, that is,'' and then input ``On Earth...'', but the word ``Earth'' is not correct. Suppose you don't know the associative code.

In this case, the operator presses the guidance display switching key on the input device 1.

When the guidance display switching key is pressed, the job switching control section 10, under the control of the guidance display control section 5,
The contents of the display memory 11 are saved to the first save memory 12a.

Since the operator does not know the associative code for ``earth'', he inputs the sound of ``earth J'' and ``chi'' next to the guidance display switching key. Based on this input, the guidance display control unit 5 searches the kanji dictionary 8 and stores all kanji codes of the corresponding kanji in the second save memory 12b. Thereafter, under the control of the guidance display control section 5, the job switching control section 10 stores the contents of the second save memory 12b in the display memory 11 which has become empty due to the previous saving.

At this time, instead of displaying each block, as shown in Figure 3, the entire display screen of the display device 17 is used to display the kanji codes of all candidate kanji corresponding to the on-yomi "chi" with associated codes attached. has been displayed.

It is stored so that it can be used. Further, candidate kanji are displayed in order of frequency of use. Therefore, the selectivity of desired kanji characters is improved.

The kanji code and associative code in the display memory 11 are
The characters are transferred to the character pattern generator 13, and based on the kanji code and associative code, kanji and kana corresponding to the associative code are generated and displayed on the display device 17. The display mode is as described above.

By looking at this display screen, the operator can learn that the associative code corresponding to "earth" is "rchime".

Here, when the operator presses the guidance display switching key again, the job switching control unit 10 transfers the contents of the display memory 11 to the second save memory 12 by the reverse procedure to the above.
b, and instead stores the contents of the first save memory 12a in the display memory 11. Further, by pressing the guidance display switching key at this time, the system is placed under the control of the document input control section, so that the two-stroke input operation can be continued again. Therefore, the operator can edit the desired "chi" by inputting two strokes of the previously learned associative code "chime".

In this way, when the guidance display switching function, which is a feature of this embodiment, is used, the learning effect is improved because the learned associative code is immediately used.

Note that the guidance display switching function can be used even during the display selection mode.

Effects As explained above, according to the Japanese input processing device of the present invention, the selectivity of characters whose associative codes have not been learned is improved.

And it becomes possible to improve the associative code learning efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a Japanese language input processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing display examples of the display device of FIG. 1 during the Japanese language input processing process, and FIG. The figure is a diagram illustrating an associative code, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a display example of kanji characters and a selection method in the display selection mode. 2: Input judgment unit, 3: Document input control unit, 5: Guidance display control unit, 8: Kanji dictionary, 9: Associative code file,
10: job switching control unit, 11: display memory, 12a,
1.2b: Save memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An input device, a display selection mechanism that displays a kanji character corresponding to a kana character string or an English character string input from the input device as a candidate kanji character on a display device, and a two-character associative code associated with the kanji character. in a Japanese input processing device having an associative code input mechanism for directly inputting kanji characters, and a display memory for storing display information on the display device, instructing the input device to switch between the display screen of the display device and the job; A guidance display switching key, first and second save memories, and a job switching mechanism are provided, and when the guidance display switching key is pressed, the job switching mechanism saves information in the display memory to the first or second save memory. After storing the kanji code of the kanji corresponding to the reading information of the newly input kanji and the associative code corresponding to the kanji in the second or first save memory, the contents are saved in the second or first save memory. A Japanese language input processing device characterized in that data is transferred to the display memory in a form that is displayed on the entire display screen of a display device.