JP2000115331A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a display method for objects of other dictionary understandable in KANJI (Chinese characters) conversion, when plural kinds of Japanese language conversion dictionaries are provided for the telephone set. SOLUTION: This telephone set that is provided with a Japanese language conversion system, having plural kinds of conversion dictionaries 6, 7, is provided with entry means 8, 9 that enter a character string of a conversion objects, a conversion control means that extracts conversion objects from the entered character string by using each conversion dictionary and obtains the extracted conversion objects and number of the objects, and a display control means 4 that controls display of the conversion objects, based on a selected conversion dictionary and of information obtained from the other conversion dictionary for displaying the number of the conversion objects by each dictionary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having a Japanese conversion function, and more particularly, to display other dictionary candidates in kanji conversion when a plurality of types of Japanese conversion dictionaries for performing kanji conversion input are provided. Telephone with improved method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable telephone is provided with a kana-kanji conversion function for registering names and the like in a built-in telephone directory and for creating a text of a mail. The kana-kanji conversion function is often the simplest single-kanji conversion function using the simplest single-kanji conversion dictionary, but in recent years, in order to be able to input sentences efficiently, continuous kana-kanji conversion using a continuous phrase conversion dictionary Some systems have made functions available.

However, since the single kanji dictionary and the continuous phrase dictionary are not the same dictionary but are different types of dictionaries, conventionally,
When performing kanji conversion, it is configured to switch and use multiple kanji conversion dictionaries such as a single kanji dictionary and a continuous phrase dictionary, so that the number of candidates and the candidates are displayed for the dictionary currently being used. Was composed.

According to the conventional dictionary function, the number of all candidates for one kanji conversion dictionary is small and it is easy to confirm. However, whether or not there is a candidate for another dictionary is determined by the dictionary. I don't know unless I try to convert to kanji using.

Therefore, if the target word is not found in the candidates searched in a certain dictionary, the user must switch to another kanji conversion dictionary and perform kanji conversion again. Therefore, the user has to repeat the operation of switching the dictionary and searching until a candidate is found, which is very troublesome.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, FIG.
7B shows a conventional display state of the LCD display 2 before the input of the converted character string, FIG. 7B shows a conventional display state of the LCD display 2 after the input of the converted character string, and FIG. 5 shows the display state of the LCD display 2 after the kanji conversion in the conventional method.

In FIG. 7, p1 indicates a kana-kanji conversion candidate and a conversion width, and p2 indicates the number of undisplayed candidates. Also, p4 is a display indicating a kanji conversion dictionary currently being used for conversion.

[0008] As the first stage of the kana-kanji conversion, when the user operates a key so as to enter the character input mode, the system transits to the character input mode.
The display screen of the CD display 2 is as shown in FIG.

Next, a character string to be converted is inputted by using a numeric keypad as shown in FIG. 7B.

By performing a kanji conversion operation on the input character string with a key, the character string is notified to a kanji conversion control unit. The kanji conversion control unit refers to the continuous phrase kanji conversion dictionary unit for the notified character string and retrieves and extracts candidates. Then, this candidate is stored in the storage means.

Similarly, the kanji conversion control section refers to the single kanji conversion dictionary for the notified character string and retrieves and extracts candidates. The number of candidates and the extracted candidates are stored in the storage unit.

When all the results are obtained, they are displayed on a display according to a predetermined format. In this case, since there are two types of dictionaries, a continuous phrase conversion and a single kanji conversion, there is a candidate for the continuous phrase conversion and a candidate for the single kanji conversion. , The display mode for single kanji conversion is ranked low.

For this reason, in the present system, among the extraction candidates in the continuous phrase conversion, the candidate with the highest rank is displayed on the display 2 as shown in FIG. 7 (c).

That is, in the prior art, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), only the candidate p1 for the continuous phrase kanji conversion and the undisplayed number p2 of the extracted candidates are displayed, and the number of candidates for the single kanji conversion is changed to the single kanji conversion. If you don't see it, you won't know if there is actually a candidate.

Since such a conversion display method is common, operability is extremely poor.

To solve this problem, it is conceivable that the number of conversion candidates found by searching a plurality of dictionaries and the number of candidates are simultaneously displayed on a display. However, in this case, many unnecessary candidates are unnecessary. If the target kanji is listed in the vicinity of the end of many candidates, many key operations are required until the candidate is confirmed, and operability is very difficult. become worse.

When there are a large number of candidates, it is conceivable that the number of candidates is intentionally narrowed down from all candidates so that the user is less likely to be confused. Although the number of key operations required until the candidate is confirmed can be reduced, a problem arises in that the required candidate cannot be easily reached.

[0018]

As described above, in a Japanese conversion system having a plurality of dictionaries, there is a system which allows a plurality of dictionaries to be used simultaneously. In this case, a plurality of dictionaries are searched and found. If the number of conversion candidates and the candidates are simultaneously displayed on the display, a number of unnecessary and unnecessary candidates are displayed, and it is difficult to search for a desired kanji or word. If the target word is listed in the vicinity of the end of the large number of candidates, many key operations are required until the candidate is confirmed, and the operability becomes very poor.

When there are a large number of candidates, the number of candidates may be intentionally narrowed down from all candidates to make it difficult for the user to be confused, but it is difficult to reach the required candidates. Such a problem arises.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to:
The situation of the number of extraction candidates of other dictionaries can be grasped for one kanji conversion, so that the user does not have to perform extra key operations, thereby reducing the user's operation burden. It is an object of the present invention to provide a kanji conversion system capable of performing such operations.

[0021]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, in a telephone equipped with a Japanese conversion system having a plurality of types of conversion dictionaries, input means for inputting a character string to be converted, and converting the input character string using the respective conversion dictionaries Conversion control means for extracting candidates and obtaining the extracted conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary, and display control for controlling the conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control means to be displayed for each dictionary Means.

An input means for inputting a character string to be converted, and a conversion candidate is extracted from the input character string using each of the conversion dictionaries, and the extracted conversion candidates and the number of candidates are converted. The conversion control means for each dictionary, and among the conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control means, the conversion candidates based on one selected conversion dictionary are displayed, and the conversion candidates are obtained from the other conversion dictionaries. Display information controlling means for displaying the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary. Further, the display control means has a function of controlling the number of conversion candidates in the dictionaries other than the dictionary currently used for the kanji conversion to be displayed for each dictionary regardless of the presence or absence of the candidates.

According to the present invention, when a character string to be converted, for example, a hiragana character string is input and a Japanese conversion operation is performed, the conversion control means extracts conversion candidates by referring to various built-in conversion dictionaries. Obtain the number of candidates. Then, the display control means displays, based on one selected conversion dictionary, the conversion candidates among the conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control means, and displays the information obtained from the other conversion dictionaries. Controls to display the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary.

That is, after a conversion candidate is searched for one dictionary while referring to it, another dictionary is searched. As a result, the use and display of the conversion candidate itself are based on the selected one conversion dictionary. , And control the display of the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary for information obtained from other conversion dictionaries, so that the status of the number of candidates can be known regardless of whether or not there are candidates in other dictionaries. Was made possible.

According to the present invention, in a system equipped with a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries, there is provided means for displaying the number of candidates for other dictionaries for each dictionary for one kanji conversion operation. For the kanji conversion operation, there is only one dictionary that is the main subject of conversion, but for other dictionaries, the number of corresponding candidates is displayed. / Notify.

In converting Japanese into an input character string,
Since it was not possible to grasp the status of the extracted conversion candidates in each of a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries for each dictionary, 1
In the present invention, the problem that the presence / absence of a candidate in another dictionary cannot be confirmed with respect to the kanji conversion of the first time, and the conversion using the dictionary cannot be known until actually performed,
A Japanese conversion system that displays the number of candidates in other dictionaries for one kanji conversion so that it can be grasped by the user, thereby avoiding burdening the user with unnecessary key operations. Can provide a telephone.

[0027]

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 configuration diagram of a mobile phone having a plurality of dictionaries according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
1 denotes a mobile phone main body, 2 denotes a display, and 3 denotes a key operation unit.

The mobile phone main body 1 includes a transmission / reception section, a call control circuit, a power supply section, etc. necessary for the mobile phone, various kinds of status display, input display, search display such as a built-in telephone directory,
For example, a display 2 using a liquid crystal display element (LCD) for performing operation display, an antenna 1a, a transmitting section 1b, a receiving section 1c, and key switches 3 such as dial keys and function keys are provided.

When a user operation is performed on the mobile phone 1 by various key inputs using the key switch 3 or an incoming call is received from the base station, a required operation is executed, and the mobile phone 1 is operated by the user. Information corresponding to the incoming call operation is displayed on the display 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a portable telephone body 1 to which the system of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 4 denotes a user interface unit (user I / F).
5) Kanji conversion control unit, 6 continuous phrase conversion dictionary unit, 7
Is a single kanji conversion dictionary unit, 8 is a key driver control unit, 9 is a key driver unit, 10 is an LCD driver control unit, and 11 is L
This is a CD driver unit.

The user interface unit (user I / F unit) 4 interfaces with the key driver control unit 8, the kanji conversion control unit 5, the LCD driver control unit 10, and the like. The kanji conversion control unit 5 stores, for example, the candidates searched and extracted by the kanji conversion control unit 5, and after receiving all the results, requests the LCD driver unit 11 to display the information according to a predetermined format. Has a function to perform.

The continuous phrase conversion dictionary unit 6 is an electronic dictionary for converting a candidate sentence for reading correspondence based on an input kana character string into a long sentence or word including compound words, numerals, foreign words, suffixes, punctuation marks, and the like. It is.

The single-kanji conversion dictionary unit 7 is a dictionary for searching for a single-kanji character reading corresponding to the input kana character string, and the kanji conversion control unit 5 stores a reading corresponding to the input kana character string. A single kanji, sentence, or word, etc. is searched with reference to the single kanji conversion dictionary unit 7 or the continuous phrase conversion dictionary unit 6, and conversion candidates are extracted and output, and words, kanji, sentences, etc. in the candidates are extracted. A conversion control is performed such that a character which has received a determination operation command is output as a determined character, or a group of conversion candidates obtained by the single kanji conversion dictionary unit 7 is counted to obtain the number of candidates in the group. It has a function of totalizing groups of conversion candidates obtained by the unit 6, obtaining the number of candidates in the group, and outputting the information.

The key driver 9 detects which key of the key switches 3 has been operated, and outputs key input information corresponding to the operated key.
The key driver control unit 8 receives the key driver
The input information is interpreted based on the key input information, and the corresponding information is output to the LCD driver control unit 10, the kanji conversion control unit 5, and a call control system (not shown).

The LCD driver control unit 10 controls the display of characters and symbols based on the output information of the key driver control unit 8 and the kanji conversion control unit 5 and the control information of the call control system. Yes, LCD driver unit 11
Displays the output information of the key driver control unit 8 and the kanji conversion control unit 5 and the output information of the call control system as characters and symbols on the LCD display under the control of the LCD driver control unit 10.

When the user operates the key switch 3 to detect the obtained key input information from the key driver unit 9 by the key driver control unit 8, the portable telephone 1 having the above-described configuration is operated. 8 notifies the user I / F unit 4 of this information.

The user I / F unit 4 makes a display request by notifying the LCD driver control unit 10 of display information according to the current control state in accordance with the notification from the key driver control unit 8.

The LCD driver control unit 10 responds to a display request from the user I / F unit 4 to make the LCD driver unit 1
1 is controlled, and thereby the display on the LCD display 2 is performed.

To perform kanji conversion with this device, first,
The user operates the key switch 3 to enter the character conversion mode. Then, the information accompanying the operation of the key switch 3 is notified from the key driver control unit 8 to the kanji conversion control unit 5, and the information from the kanji conversion control unit 5 is L.
In order to notify the CD driver control unit 10, the user I /
The F section 4 operates.

Therefore, the kana character string to be converted is input by operating the key switch 3, and the input kana character string and operation command are notified to the kanji conversion control unit 5 by the conversion operation by the key switch 3. Become like At the same time, these pieces of information are also notified to the LCD driver control unit 10, and the contents are displayed on the LCD display 2.

When a kana character string or an operation command is input, the kanji conversion control unit 5 refers to two dictionaries, that is, the continuous phrase conversion dictionary unit 6 and the single kanji conversion dictionary unit 7, thereby respectively referring to the two dictionaries. , Extract conversion candidates by group,
The number of conversion candidates and the number of conversion candidates are notified to the user I / F unit 4 and given to the LCD driver control unit 10.
It will be displayed on the CD display 2.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a display example of a conventional continuous phrase kanji conversion in a continuous phrase, FIG. 5 is an example of a continuous phrase kanji conversion display according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 shows a display example of the display format of the kanji conversion result on the LCD display 2 when the number of candidates is “0”.

In FIG. 4, p1 represents a candidate and a conversion width, and p2 represents the number of undisplayed candidates.
2a is the candidate rank, p2b is the total number of candidates based on the continuous phrase conversion dictionary, p3 is the total number of candidates based on the single kanji conversion dictionary, and p4 is the kanji conversion dictionary currently used for conversion. P5 is a display indicating that another candidate is to be displayed by pressing the up / down direction key, p6 is a position for inputting the converted character string, and p7 is a key indicating the confirmation. Each display is shown.

Hereinafter, an operation flowchart and an example of continuous sentence kanji conversion display will be described. In the prior art, also in the present invention, the system is shifted to the character input mode by operating the key switch 3 by the user so that the first step is the character input mode.
The display screen of the CD display 2 is as shown in FIG. 7A (prior art) and FIG. 5A (in the case of the present invention).

Next, the character string to be converted is input by using the numeric keypad of the key switch 3 (step S1 in FIG. 3, FIG. 5B).

By performing a kanji conversion operation on the input character string with the key switch 3 (step S in FIG. 3).
2) Notify the character string to the kanji conversion control unit 5.

The kanji conversion control unit 5 refers to the continuous phrase kanji conversion dictionary unit 6 for the notified character string (step S3 in FIG. 3), retrieves and extracts candidates, and determines the number of candidates and the extracted candidates / F4, and the user I / F 4 stores the notification (step S4 in FIG. 3).

Similarly, the kanji conversion control unit 5 refers to the single kanji conversion dictionary 7 for the notified character string (step S5 in FIG. 3), retrieves and extracts candidates, and determines the number of candidates and the extracted candidates. This is notified to the I / F unit 4, and the user I / F unit 4 stores the notification (step S6 in FIG. 3).

Upon receiving all the results, the user I / F unit 4 issues a display request to the LCD driver unit 11 according to a predetermined format. As a result, the conversion candidates and the number of candidates are displayed on the LCD display 2 in a form as shown in FIGS. In this example, there are two types of dictionaries: continuous phrase conversion and simple kanji conversion, so there are candidates for continuous phrase conversion and candidates for simple kanji conversion. Mode, and the display mode for single kanji conversion is positioned in the lower order.

For this reason, in the present system, among the extraction candidates in the continuous phrase conversion, the candidates with the highest rank are displayed, and the number of undisplayed candidates in the continuous phrase conversion and the number of candidates in the single kanji conversion are respectively displayed on the LCD display 2. 5 (c), which is displayed in the form as shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 (c) shows a display example by the conventional control. In the prior art, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), the candidate p1 for only the continuous phrase kanji conversion and the undisplayed number p2 of the extracted candidates are displayed. In contrast, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, in addition to the display of the candidate p1 for only continuous sentence kanji conversion and the number of undisplayed candidates p2, the number of candidates for single kanji conversion p3 is also displayed. I have.

In the present invention, since such a display control form is adopted, the user can not only convert the continuous sentence kanji, but also perform the conversion.
The result of the single kanji conversion dictionary can be recognized at the same time.

As a result, if the target conversion candidate is not found in the continuous phrase kanji conversion candidate, the user operates the key switch 3 to immediately switch to the single kanji conversion dictionary 7, and enters the single kanji conversion mode. It will be possible to move to find the desired kanji.

If the number of candidates in the single kanji conversion dictionary 7 is "0" as a result of the continuous sentence kanji conversion, it is known that there are no candidates. It is possible to cope with the conversion method such as giving up the kanji conversion by reading and changing the kanji conversion by re-inputting other readings. Therefore, efficient kana-kanji conversion can be performed.

As described above, the present invention relates to a telephone provided with a Japanese conversion system having a plurality of types of conversion dictionaries, wherein an input means for inputting a character string to be converted, and A conversion control unit that extracts conversion candidates using each conversion dictionary and obtains the extracted conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary, and among the conversion candidates and the number of conversion candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control unit, A second control unit for displaying the conversion candidates based on the selected one conversion dictionary, and controlling the information obtained by the other conversion dictionaries to display the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary. When a character string to be converted, for example, a hiragana character string is input and a Japanese conversion operation is performed, the conversion control means refers to various built-in conversion dictionaries, extracts conversion candidates, and extracts It has been determined the number of candidates, and, the second
Among the conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control means, the conversion candidates are displayed based on one selected conversion dictionary, and the information obtained from the other conversion dictionaries is: The control is performed to display the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary.

That is, after a conversion candidate is searched for one dictionary while referring to the dictionary, another dictionary is searched. As a result, the use and display of the conversion candidate itself are based on the selected one conversion dictionary. , And control the display of the number of conversion candidates for each dictionary for information obtained from other conversion dictionaries, so that the status of the number of candidates can be known regardless of whether or not there are candidates in other dictionaries. Was made possible.

According to the present invention, in a system equipped with a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries, there is provided means for displaying the number of candidates for other dictionaries per dictionary for one kanji conversion operation. For the kanji conversion operation, there is only one dictionary that is the main subject of conversion, but for other dictionaries, the number of corresponding candidates is displayed. / Notify.

In converting Japanese to an input character string,
Since it was not possible to grasp the status of the extracted conversion candidates in each of a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries for each dictionary, 1
In the present invention, the problem that the presence / absence of a candidate in another dictionary cannot be confirmed with respect to the kanji conversion of the first time, and the conversion using the dictionary cannot be known until actually performed,
By displaying the number of candidates in other dictionaries for one kanji conversion, the user can be grasped. For example, when there is no candidate in one dictionary and there is a candidate in another dictionary A handy phone equipped with a Japanese conversion system that can switch the kanji conversion mode and immediately select another dictionary candidate, thus avoiding burdening the user with unnecessary key operations. Can be provided.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be implemented with various modifications.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since a user can be notified of multiple dictionary candidates in a single kanji conversion, the user can quickly find the desired kanji candidate and use a telephone equipped with a Japanese conversion system that dramatically improves operability. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining the present invention, and is an external view of a mobile phone showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is an interface configuration diagram of the mobile phone in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a flowchart of an operation in one embodiment.

4 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is an explanatory diagram of display items in FIG. 5;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and shows a display example of a conversion result according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing a display example when the number of candidates is “0” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a display example of a conversion result in a conventional kanji conversion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone 2 ... LCD display 3 ... Key switch 4 ... User interface unit 5 ... Kanji conversion control unit 6 ... Continuous phrase conversion dictionary unit 7 ... Single kanji conversion dictionary unit 8 ... Key driver control unit 9 ... Key driver unit 10 ... LCD Driver controller 11 LCD driver

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 5K023 AA07 BB11 GG04 HH01 HH07 5K036 AA07 BB01 DD48 FF02 JJ02 JJ13 KK06

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A telephone provided with a Japanese conversion system having a plurality of types of conversion dictionaries, an input means for inputting a character string to be converted, and using each of the conversion dictionaries for the input character string. And conversion control means for extracting the conversion candidates and the number of candidates for each conversion dictionary, and controlling to display the conversion candidates and the number of conversion candidates for each conversion dictionary obtained by the conversion control means for each dictionary. A telephone comprising: 2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein said display control means displays a conversion candidate based on one selected conversion dictionary. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of conversion dictionaries include at least a single kanji conversion dictionary and a continuous phrase conversion dictionary.