JP2001034609A - Device and method for kana (japanese syllabary)/ kanji(chinese character) conversion and storage medium used by the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make speedily retrievable a target KANJI(Chinese character) candidate through less KANJI converting operation by automatically switching the mode to a KANJI conversion mode which has a next use frequency among KANJI conversion modes when the target KANJI candidate can not be obtained. SOLUTION: A KANJI conversion part 1-1 of a CPU of a control part 1 has a KANA(Japanese syllabary)/KANJI conversion mode, a phonetic-native reading conversion mode, a punctuation mark conversion mode or the like, for converting an inputted reading into KANJI. A judgement part 1-2 judges whether or not a KANJI candidate for the inputted reading is determined in one KANJI conversion mode. When no KANJI candidate is determined and one round of the candidates which are displayed is made, a KANJI conversion mode switching part 1-3 reads the reading out of a reading storage part temporarily and the mode and screen are automatically switched to the KANJI conversion mode with a next use frequency and its KANJI conversion screen. Thus, when no target KANJI candidate is obtained in the KANJI conversion mode with the highest use frequency, the mode is automatically switched to the KANJI conversion mode with the next use frequency among the conversion modes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor and a personal computer capable of processing documents. In particular, the conversion efficiency of kanji candidates by effectively utilizing various kanji conversion functions conventionally mounted on the computer. The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device and method for improving the kana and a storage medium used for the same.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a kana-kanji conversion method in a word processor or a personal computer-based document processing apparatus, for example, after a character string to be converted is first input, a conversion / next candidate key is pressed to select a frequently used conversion candidate. , And the target conversion candidates are determined.

If the desired conversion candidate is not obtained even after the display of the conversion candidates has been completed, the cancel key is pressed to return to the input character string to be converted. In the mode, a list of kanji candidates obtained by the onn conversion is displayed to select a desired kanji. Further, when there is no target kanji candidate in the sound training conversion mode, the user presses a release key, presses a kuten key, and inputs a kuten and a punctuation mark to obtain a target kanji candidate. As described above, since the target kanji is searched while switching the kana-kanji conversion method, the conversion operation is burdensome and the conversion efficiency is poor.

On the other hand, kana-kanji conversion operations can be simplified,
As a technique for increasing the conversion efficiency, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 95874 discloses a method of converting a reading input by a kana input key into a word conversion key, converting a single kanji or a idiom converted by a idiom conversion key into a reading by a reading conversion key, and converting the reading by a idiom conversion key or a word conversion key. Alternatively, a kanji learning machine capable of switching to single kanji conversion and performing reconversion has been proposed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-137663 discloses that when a desired kanji cannot be obtained from a reading or radical search, the total number of strokes is input to search for the desired kanji, and the kanji group is determined. Japanese input devices that can be narrowed down have been proposed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-369758 discloses that a kanji classified according to a field is stored in correspondence with a character string having a predetermined number of characters starting from the head of the reading. There has been proposed a kanji input method in a handy terminal that converts a reading character string up to a kanji into a kanji.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-81237 discloses that
There has been proposed a kana-kanji conversion abbreviation automatic registration method in which the input kana character string is automatically registered as an abbreviation at the end of the kana-kanji conversion, and the same conversion result is obtained using the abbreviation.

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Problems to be Solved by the Invention JP-A-58-1958
No. 74, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 4-137663, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
According to JP-369758 and JP-A-5-81237, the operation can be simplified and the conversion efficiency can be improved in one kana-kanji conversion method. However, when the desired kanji is input for the first time and the kanji cannot be obtained, it is necessary to perform kanji input using another kanji input function, such as onnun conversion or punctuation input. Therefore, there is a problem that the operability is poor. Further, when switching to another conversion method, once displayed candidates are re-displayed, so it is necessary to check all candidates, and there is a problem that conversion efficiency is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. For example, in a kanji conversion mode that is most frequently used, when a desired kanji candidate cannot be obtained, a plurality of kanji conversion modes are switched from one to another. By automatically switching to the most frequently used ones, the operation related to switching the kanji conversion mode can be eliminated, and the desired kanji candidate can be reduced with fewer kanji conversion operations without interrupting the thinking and operation of document creation. Provided are a kana-kanji conversion device and method capable of quickly searching for a kana-kanji character, and a storage medium used therefor.

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According to the present invention, there is provided an input unit having a character key for inputting a character, a conversion / next candidate key for designating a conversion / next candidate, and a confirmation key for confirming a candidate. A reading storage unit for storing a conversion target reading input from an input unit, a kanji conversion unit having a plurality of kanji conversion modes for converting the input reading into kanji, and a kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode A display unit that sequentially or in a list displays the readings and their kanji candidates, a determining unit that determines whether or not the kanji candidate of the reading input in a certain kanji conversion mode is determined, and a determination result that the kanji candidate is not determined. It has a kanji conversion mode switching unit that automatically reads the reading from the reading storage unit when it is displayed once, and then automatically switches to the kanji conversion mode that is most frequently used and the kanji conversion screen. DOO is a kana-kanji conversion apparatus according to claim.

According to the present invention, in the most frequently used kanji conversion mode, when a target kanji candidate cannot be obtained, the plurality of kanji conversion modes are automatically switched to the next most frequently used kanji conversion mode. As a result, the operation for switching the kanji conversion mode can be eliminated. Therefore, a desired kanji candidate can be quickly searched with a small number of kanji conversion operations without interrupting the thinking and operation of document creation. In the present invention, the kanji conversion mode refers to one kanji conversion function and kanji conversion means executed by a computer.

The kanji conversion unit further includes a kana-kanji conversion dictionary and a kanji conversion dictionary, and the kanji conversion mode switching unit uses a kana-kanji conversion mode, which is a kanji conversion mode, which is the most frequently used first. When switching to the kanji conversion mode, which is a kanji conversion mode with a high frequency, the kanji conversion unit may switch from the kana kanji conversion dictionary to the kanji conversion dictionary to perform kanji conversion.

According to this configuration, for example, in the kana-kanji conversion most frequently used, when a kanji candidate is displayed in a single cycle without being determined, without operating the cancel key, the release key, the onnun conversion key, etc. Next, it is possible to automatically shift to the on-kanji conversion mode, which is the most frequently used kanji conversion mode. Therefore, in the kana-kanji conversion, which is the most frequently used, when the kanji candidate is displayed once without determining the kanji candidate, 2
Second, since it is automatically switched to the most frequently used kanji conversion, the target kanji candidate can be quickly searched with few kanji conversion operations. In addition, by simply changing the kanji conversion software, it is possible to effectively use a plurality of conventional kanji conversion functions without changing the kana-kanji conversion dictionary and the onon conversion dictionary.

The kanji conversion unit further includes a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, a kanji conversion dictionary, and a punctuation conversion dictionary, and the kanji conversion mode switching unit switches the kanji conversion mode, which is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode, from three. When switching to the kanji conversion mode, which is the most frequently used kanji conversion mode, the kanji conversion unit may perform kanji conversion by switching from the onnun conversion dictionary to the punctuation conversion dictionary.

According to this structure, in the second most frequently used kanji conversion, when a kanji candidate is displayed in a single cycle without being fixed, the kanji conversion is automatically switched to the third most frequently used punctuation conversion. By the conversion operation, the target kanji candidate can be quickly searched. Further, by simply changing the kanji conversion software, it is possible to effectively use a plurality of conventional kanji conversion functions without changing the kana-kanji conversion dictionary, the onnun conversion dictionary, and the period conversion dictionary.

The kanji conversion unit is switched by the kanji conversion mode switching unit from the kana kanji conversion mode, which is the kanji conversion mode that is used most frequently, to the on-kanji conversion mode, which is the kanji conversion mode that is used second most frequently. At this time, the kanji candidates once displayed in the kana-kanji conversion may be displayed in a lower output order or may not be displayed.

According to this configuration, the kanji candidates can be narrowed down in the onnun conversion, so that the target kanji candidates can be quickly searched with a small number of kanji conversion operations.

When the kanji conversion mode is switched to the kuten conversion which is the kanji conversion mode which is the third most frequently used by the kanji conversion mode switching unit, the kanji conversion unit reads or reads the kanji candidate displayed in the previous kanji conversion mode. A configuration may be adopted in which kanji candidates including radicals are displayed.

According to this configuration, the kanji candidates can be narrowed down in the period conversion, so that the target kanji candidates can be quickly searched with a small number of kanji conversion operations.

The kanji conversion mode switching unit is configured to determine whether or not the first kanji candidate is re-displayed during the search for the previous candidate in the kanji conversion, which is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode, by the determination unit. When it is determined that the candidate is determined, a configuration may be adopted in which the screen is automatically switched to the kana-kanji conversion mode, which is the kanji conversion mode most frequently used, and its kanji conversion screen.

According to this configuration, the two kanji conversion modes can be freely and automatically switched, so that the operability of searching for kanji candidates is further improved.

The kanji conversion mode switching unit determines when the first kanji candidate is redisplayed during the search for the previous candidate in the punctuation conversion which is the third most frequently used kanji conversion mode. Alternatively, a configuration may be employed in which a kanji conversion mode, which is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode, and a screen for automatically switching to the kanji conversion screen.

According to this configuration, the two kanji conversion modes can be automatically switched freely, so that the operability of searching for kanji candidates is further improved.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program for controlling a kana-kanji conversion device by a computer, wherein the computer designates a character key for inputting a character and a conversion / next candidate. Inputting a reading to be converted using an input unit having a conversion / next candidate key for performing conversion and a determination key for determining a candidate, storing the input reading in a reading storage unit, and setting a plurality of kanji conversion modes. The input reading is converted into kanji by executing a certain kanji conversion mode using a kanji conversion unit having a kanji conversion unit, and the readings are displayed on a kanji conversion screen corresponding to the certain kanji conversion mode and the kanji candidates are sequentially displayed or listed on a display unit. The determination unit is used to determine whether or not the kanji candidate of the reading input in a certain kanji conversion mode is determined, and the determination is performed using the kanji conversion mode switching unit. As a result, when a kanji candidate is displayed in a loop without being determined, the kana-kanji conversion function allows the reading to be read once from the reading storage unit, and then automatically switches to the next most frequently used kanji conversion function and its kanji conversion screen. A storage medium storing a program is provided.

According to the present invention, the kana-kanji conversion program stored in the storage medium is installed in the program memory of a document processing device such as a personal computer,
The kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention can be realized.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited by this. Although the present invention will be described by applying the present invention to a Japanese word processor, the present invention may be applied to an apparatus such as a personal computer equipped with Japanese word processing software.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a Japanese word processor of this embodiment includes a control unit 1, an input unit 2, a display unit 3, a printing unit 4, a first storage unit 5, a second storage unit 6, a storage medium reading unit 7, and a storage medium 8. , A communication unit 9 and a bus 10.

The control unit 1 includes, for example, a CPU, a ROM, an R
It is composed of a computer having an AM and an I / O port, an ASIC including a CPU, and the like, and controls each section of the apparatus via a bus 10 by a control program stored in a program memory.

The CPU of the control unit 1 controls a kanji conversion unit 1-1 having a kana-kanji conversion mode, an onnun conversion mode, a period conversion mode, etc., for converting the input reading into kanji. A determining unit 1-2 for determining whether or not a kanji candidate of the input reading is determined; when the determination result indicates that the kanji candidate is displayed in a loop without being determined, the reading is temporarily read from the reading storage unit; It functions as a kanji conversion mode switching unit 1-3 that automatically switches to a frequently used kanji conversion mode and its kanji conversion screen.

The input unit 2 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and a pen / tablet. In particular, the keyboard is a character key for inputting characters, and a conversion / next candidate key for designating a conversion / next candidate. , And a determination key for determining a candidate (see FIG. 2).

The display unit 3 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display,
A kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode is read on a kanji conversion mode and a list of kanji candidates is sequentially or displayed on a window screen. The printing unit 4 includes a thermal printer, an ink jet printer, a laser printer, and the like, and prints an input character string and a kanji-converted document.

The first storage unit 5 includes, for example, a mask ROM,
Semiconductor memory such as EPROM, EEPROM, flash ROM or the like, or tape system such as magnetic tape or cassette tape, magnetic disk such as floppy disk or hard disk, disk system of optical disk such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD, IC card ( It is composed of a storage medium including a card system such as a memory card / optical card or the like, and switches between first to third kanji conversion modes (first to third kanji conversion means) and first to third conversion dictionaries. Kanji conversion mode switching program 5-1, kana kanji conversion program 5-2 which is the first kanji conversion mode, Onkun conversion program 5-3 which is the second kanji conversion mode, and period conversion program which is the third kanji conversion mode 5-4 is stored.

Further, the first storage unit 5 stores, as dictionaries, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 5-5, an onkun conversion dictionary (onon table) 5-
6, a period conversion dictionary (period table) 5-7 is stored. Also, font data 5-8 for inputting characters is stored.

The second storage unit 6 stores, for example, a RAM, an EEP
ROM, flash ROM, etc., semiconductor memory, or tape system such as magnetic tape or cassette tape, magnetic disk or CD such as floppy disk or hard disk
A storage medium including a disk system of an optical disk such as a ROM / MO / MD / DVD and a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / an optical card; Reading storage unit 6 that stores readings
1, a document storage unit 6-2 for creating and storing a document, a display buffer 6-3 for storing image data of character data, a sound conversion window, and a period input window to be displayed on a display unit 3, and a printing unit 4. It functions as a print buffer 6-4 for storing print data to be printed, a communication buffer 6-5 for storing communication data when communicating with an external terminal, and a work buffer 6-6 for temporarily storing data in operation.

The communication unit 7 includes a modem and a communication control circuit connected to a communication network including the Internet, communicates with an external terminal, and stores document data, image data,
Get various data such as program data.

The storage medium 8 uses an input unit having a character key for inputting a character, a conversion / next candidate key for designating a conversion / next candidate, and a decision key for deciding a candidate. Input the readings to be converted, store the input readings in the reading storage unit, and convert the input readings to kanji by executing a certain kanji conversion mode using a kanji conversion unit having a plurality of kanji conversion modes. Then, the reading is displayed on the kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode and the kanji candidates are displayed sequentially or in a list on a display unit, and the kanji candidate of the reading input in the certain kanji conversion mode is determined using the determination unit. When the kanji conversion mode switching unit is used to determine whether or not the kanji candidate is displayed in a loop without being determined, the reading is temporarily read from the reading storage unit. Use frequency storing a high kanji conversion mode and automatically switch causes the computer program to the kanji conversion screen.

The storage medium 8 includes programs 5-1 to 5-4 that can be installed in the first storage unit 5,
It stores dictionary data of 5-5-7 and font data of 5-8. If already stored in the first storage unit 5,
No new installation is required.

By installing the kana-kanji conversion program and the like stored in the storage medium 8 in the first storage section 5 by the storage medium reading device 9, it is possible to realize the functions of the present invention even in a personal computer or the like.

In the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention, since the processing is performed by the CPU of the control unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 as the storage medium (program medium), for example, the ROM itself may be the program medium. Alternatively, it may be a program medium that can be read by inserting the storage medium 8 into the storage medium reading unit 9. In any case, the stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by the CPU, or the program may be read by the CPU, and the read program may be downloaded to the program memory area, and the program may be executed. The configuration to be executed may be used.

The storage medium 8 is configured to be separable from the main body, and may be a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy disk, or a CD-ROM / M.
Optical disk systems such as O / MD / DVD, card systems such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, or mask ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, flash ROMs, etc., which fixedly carry programs in the process of manufacturing semiconductor memories Storage medium.

Further, in the present invention, since the communication unit 7 is provided which can be connected to a communication network including the Internet, the medium may be a medium that carries the program in a fluid manner so as to download the program from the communication network. . When a program is downloaded from a communication network, the download program may be stored in the apparatus main body in advance, or may be installed from another storage medium. The content stored in the storage medium is not limited to a program, but may be data.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the key arrangement of the keyboard of the input unit of this embodiment. In FIG. 2, F1 to F10
Are variously defined function keys. In the present embodiment, an on-key key and a punctuation key are provided next to the function key. This is the start key when performing.

The key arrangement on the keyboard is "1" in the first row.
Key from "￥" to the key from "Q" to "[" on the second row,
The keys "A" to "]" in the third row and the keys "/" in the fourth row from "Z" are arranged. The input mode can be designated by an alphanumeric key, a hiragana key, a katakana key, a shift key or a lock key. For the kana-kanji conversion, a previous candidate key, a non-conversion key, a conversion / next candidate key, and a cancel key are used.

FIG. 4 shows the kana-kanji conversion processing (1) of the present embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of a display of. In FIG. 4, regarding the automatic switching from the kana-kanji conversion to the on-kanji conversion and the automatic switching from the on-kanji conversion to the kana-kanji conversion, the reading of "Hishigaki Kaisen" is not understood, and This will be described using an example in which a reading is input and kana-kanji conversion is performed.

4-1: In the kana-kanji conversion mode,
When the user inputs the reading "Hishigakikaisen", "Hishigakikaisen /" is displayed. 4-2: When the conversion key is pressed, the kanji conversion unit operates to convert the kanji whose meaning is "unfortunately, the sad history is unknown". This is a conversion result that appears because the kanji conversion unit automatically and erroneously separates the character string between "Hishiga" and "Kikaisen".

4-3: When the cancel key is pressed, the message
The underline below the character string indicates a provisionally determined character string, and the “/” in the character string indicates the character string delimiter position. Pressing the Cancel key displays “Hishiga / Kikaisen.” 4-5: If you change the separator using the left cursor key,
“Hishigaki / Kaisen” is displayed.

4-6: When the conversion key is pressed again,
Suppose that it was converted to a kanji whose meaning is unclear, such as “Sad history writing”. 4-7: When the conversion key is pressed again, if there is no next candidate for the kana-kanji conversion, the sound training conversion is automatically started, and a sound learning conversion window as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the sound training conversion window of this embodiment. The desired kanji can be selected by inputting a two-digit number while turning the page with the cursor until the desired kanji appears in the Onkun conversion window. Although the kanji candidates are different from the display example of FIG. 6, the kanji of “ryo” and “toru” are displayed.
Is converted to "rhombic". 4-8: “Rishigaki / Kaisen” is displayed.

4-9: When the conversion key is pressed, "gaki" is converted to "gaki", and "hishigaki / kaisen" is displayed. 4-10: When the conversion key is pressed, “GAKI” is converted to “Hedge”, and the character string “Hishigaki Kaisen” is displayed. Here, "Hishigaki" is determined by moving the cursor once to the next break with the right cursor key.

4-11 to 4-15: The conversion keys are sequentially pressed, but the "rounding ship" is not displayed as the target candidate. When displayed, the mode is switched to the sound conversion mode.

4-16: "Maru" is selected from the kanji table in the Onkun conversion window. 4-17: When the kanji up to "Hishigaki Makisen" is determined and displayed, the mode returns to the kana kanji conversion mode, and if the target kanji is not displayed even if the conversion key is pressed, the mode is switched to the onnun conversion mode. Then, select "ship" from the Kanji table in the Onkun conversion window. 4-18: It is possible to extract the kanji of "Hishigaki Kaisen" only by performing the same key operation.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a candidate is displayed in a loop without being determined in the kana-kanji conversion mode, the mode is automatically switched to the on-kanji conversion mode. Since it can be switched, it is possible to derive the desired kanji even with a slight reading error. In the case where the kanji candidates are displayed in the kanji conversion window of FIG. 6, the kanji candidates once displayed in the previous kana-kanji conversion may be displayed in a lower output order or may not be displayed. With this configuration, a desired kanji can be quickly searched.

In the present embodiment, one cycle of a candidate is the number of times of display on the screen, and means that the process proceeds to the next conversion. Further, in the present embodiment, the switching from the kana-kanji conversion to the on-kun conversion (candidate display) is automatically performed when the kanji candidate is displayed once, but the initial setting is performed so that the switching is automatically performed in the second display. May be. The same can be said for the onion conversion to the period conversion described below.

FIG. 5 shows the kana-kanji conversion process (2) of this embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of a display of. In FIG. 5, the automatic switching from the onion conversion to the period conversion will be described using an example in which the input of "same" is input without knowing the reading of "crocodile".

Naturally, "kani" and "same" have completely different meanings, so that no kanji candidate is found. The reason why such an error is made is that the meaning is assumed from the radicals constituting the kanji in most cases. For "spear" and "kasu", it is common to extract kanji by predicting "yes" even if the meaning is not known from the radicals constituting the kanji.

In particular, Japanese kanji is divided into levels such as a first level and a second level, and the first level is assigned with a period in reading order, and the second level is assigned with a period such as a radical. It seems. For this reason, when each kanji cannot be found in the purpose, it is common to widely examine it by reading and radicals.In addition to the usual kana-kanji conversion and onnun conversion, punctuation input, radical input and And so on.

However, since it is troublesome to switch and operate the kanji search each time, it is automatically switched to the kanji search (kana kanji conversion) from the kanji group by inputting the punctuation marks after the conversion of the kanji in this embodiment. I have to.

In FIG. 5, 5-1: In the kana-kanji conversion mode, when "same" is input, "same /" is displayed. 5-2-5-6: The conversion key is sequentially pressed, but "crocodile" is not displayed as a target candidate.
When awakening → fading → shark and the candidate are displayed in a circle, the mode is switched to the sound conversion mode. 5-7: If there is no kanji candidate, the kanji candidate is displayed and the kanji conversion mode is activated (up to this point, the procedure is the same as the kana-kanji conversion process (1) shown in FIG. 4).

5-8: If there is no kanji candidate in the onn conversion mode, the search is performed from the kanji group by inputting a period and a period input window is displayed. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a period input window of the present embodiment. The kanji group described above is predicted and extracted, and displayed in the period input window.

5-9-1: A first-level kanji group based on the previous kanji candidate reading is extracted and displayed in the period input window. 5-9-2: A second-level kanji group based on the radical of the previous kanji candidate is extracted and displayed in the period input window. 5-9-3: A first-level kanji group based on the radical of the previous kanji candidate is extracted and displayed in the period input window.

5-9-4: A second-level kanji group based on the reading of the preceding kanji candidate is extracted and displayed in the period input window. 5-9-5: Other sections are sequentially displayed in the period input window. 5-9-6: “crocodile” is in the first-level kanji group based on the radical of the previous kanji candidate (shark), and inputs 44 points in 47 wards and selects “crocodile”. 5-10: “crocodile” is determined.

When displaying kanji candidates in the period conversion window of FIG. 5, it becomes possible to quickly read the kana kanji conversion and the onon conversion, and to quickly extract the desired kanji to the radical.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the kana-kanji conversion process of this embodiment. In FIG. 3, S3-1: For example, it is assumed that a converted character string of the reading of "Hishigakikaisen" shown in FIG. 4 and the reading of "Same" shown in FIG. 5 are input. S3-2: Press the conversion key. S3-3: Kana-kanji conversion mode (first conversion means) starts creation of kana-kanji candidates.

S3-4: Kana kanji candidates of the first priority are extracted. S3-5: Kana-kanji candidates by the first conversion means are displayed. S3-6: It is checked whether or not there is a change in the reading break position. S3-7: Correct the break position with the cancel key or the cursor key.

S3-8: The contents of the next operation instruction are checked. S3-23: If the instruction is a previous candidate in S3-8, the previous kana / kanji candidate is extracted, and the process returns to S3-5 to display the extracted kana / kanji candidate. S3-9: If it is the next candidate instruction in S3-8, it is checked whether the kana kanji candidate has been displayed once. S3-24: If the kana kanji candidate is not displayed once in S3-9, the next kana kanji candidate is extracted, and the process returns to S3-5 to display the next kana kanji candidate.

S3-31: If it is other instruction in S3-8, it is determined whether or not unconverted kanji remains. S3-32: If there is any unconverted kanji left in S3-31, it is checked whether it is an instruction of the left cursor. S3-30: Determine a character string to be converted, return to S3-2, and start conversion of the next character string. S3-33: If it is not an instruction of the left cursor in S3-32, processing of other instructions (including determination of kanji) is performed and completed.

S3-10: If it is determined in S3-9 that the kana / kanji candidate has been displayed once, the second conversion means (onnichi conversion mode) starts to create the onnichi candidate. S3-11: In the second conversion means, it is set whether or not to output the confirmed candidate (displayed candidate) in the previous kana-kanji conversion as a sound training candidate. The output setting of the confirmed candidate may be automatically set in the apparatus, or may be set before the operator performs the sound conversion.

S3-12: The kanji candidates already displayed in the previous kana-kanji conversion are deleted from the onon candidates. S3-13: The kanji candidates already displayed in the previous kana-kanji conversion are set as onon candidates to be displayed with reduced priority. S3-14: The sound training candidates with the highest priority are sequentially displayed in the sound training conversion window (see FIG. 6).

S3-15: The contents of the next operation instruction are checked. If the instruction is not the instruction of the previous candidate or the instruction of the next candidate, but is another instruction, the process shifts to S3-31 to determine whether or not unconverted kanji remains. S3-25: If the instruction is a previous candidate in S3-15,
If it is the top candidate, the process returns to S3-5, and the kana-kanji conversion candidate by the previous first conversion means can be displayed again.

S3-26: If it is not the foremost candidate in S3-25, the previous candidate is extracted, and the process returns to S3-14 to display the previous candidate. S3-16: If the instruction is the next candidate in S3-15,
It is determined whether or not the on-sound candidate has been displayed once. S3-27: In S3-16, if the training instruction is not displayed once, the next training instruction is extracted, and the process returns to S3-14 to display the next training candidate.

As shown in the sound conversion window of FIG.
Generally, the number of onon candidates is large and spans multiple pages.
Extraction of candidates in S3-25 and S3-27 means extraction of the previous and next pages. S3-17: If it is determined in S3-16 that the on-score candidate has been displayed once, the third conversion unit (phrase input mode) starts the kanji candidate phrase analysis.

The phrase analysis of kanji candidates indicates that a table of kanji candidates based on readings and radicals is created, as shown at 5-9-1 to 5-9-5 in FIG. This is performed by kanji search by radical input, and detailed description is omitted. Here, the purpose is to create a table of kanji candidates other than the normal kana-kanji conversion and the onon conversion, and how to create this table is not specified.

S3-18: The display order of kanji candidates by inputting a period is determined. S3-19: Create a punctuation table (see FIG. 7) for the third conversion means. S3-20: A period input window (a period selection screen) shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

S3-21: The contents of the next operation instruction are checked. If the instruction is not the instruction of the previous candidate or the instruction of the next candidate, but is another instruction, the process shifts to S3-31 to determine whether or not unconverted kanji remains. S3-28: If the instruction is a previous candidate in S3-21,
Check whether the currently displayed page is a re-start candidate. If it is the re-start candidate, the process returns to S3-14 and shifts to the sound training display screen of the second means.

S3-29: If it is not a re-start candidate in S3-21, the punctuation table of the previous page is extracted, and the process returns to S3-20 to display the punctuation table in the punctuation input window. S3-22: If the instruction is the next candidate in S3-21,
The punctuation table of the next page is extracted, and the process returns to S3-20 to display the punctuation table in the punctuation input window.

As described above, in the present embodiment, if the target candidate cannot be obtained in the kana-kanji conversion with the highest frequency of use, then the conversion to the next most frequently used on-kanji conversion is performed, and At the same time as
If the target candidate is not obtained in the Onnun conversion, it can be automatically switched to the period conversion, so if the reading is incorrect or the reading is uncertain, the kana-kanji conversion can be easily searched and the kana-kanji converted. It can be converted.

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According to the present invention, when a target kanji candidate cannot be obtained in the most frequently used kanji conversion mode, the plurality of kanji conversion modes are automatically switched to the next most frequently used kanji conversion mode. With this configuration, it is possible to eliminate an operation related to switching of the kanji conversion mode. Therefore, a desired kanji candidate can be quickly searched with a small number of kanji conversion operations without interrupting the thinking and operation of document creation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a key arrangement of a keyboard of an input unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a kana-kanji conversion process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a kana-kanji conversion process (1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a kana-kanji conversion process (2) of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a sound recognition conversion window according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a period input window according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Control Unit 1-1 Kanji Conversion Unit 1-2 Judgment Unit 1-3 Kanji Conversion Mode Switching Unit 2 Input Unit 3 Display Unit 4 Printing Unit 5 First Storage Unit 5-1 Kanji Conversion Mode Switching Program 5-2 Kana-Kanji Conversion Program 5-3 Onkun conversion program 5-4 Punctuation conversion program 5-5 Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 5-6 Onkun conversion conversion dictionary 5-7 Punctuation conversion dictionary 5-8 Font data 6 Second storage unit 6-1 Reading storage unit 6 2 Document storage unit 6-3 Display buffer 6-4 Print buffer 6-5 Communication buffer 6-6 Work buffer 7 Communication unit 8 Storage medium 9 Storage medium reading unit 10 Bus

Claims (9)

[Claims] A character key for inputting characters, conversion /
An input unit having a conversion / next candidate key for instructing the next candidate, a determination key for determining the candidate, a reading storage unit for storing a conversion target reading input from the input unit; A kanji conversion section having a plurality of kanji conversion modes for converting to kanji, a display section for reading and displaying the kanji candidates sequentially or in a list on a kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode, and inputting in a certain kanji conversion mode A determination unit for determining whether or not a kanji candidate for reading is determined; and, as a result of the determination, when the kanji candidate is displayed in a cycle without being determined, the reading is temporarily read from the reading storage unit, and the kanji that is used most frequently next time A kana-kanji conversion device comprising: a conversion mode and a kanji conversion mode switching unit for automatically switching to a kanji conversion screen. 2. The kanji conversion unit further includes a kana-kanji conversion dictionary and an onnun conversion dictionary, and the kanji conversion mode switching unit switches from the kana-kanji conversion mode which is the most frequently used kanji conversion mode. 2. The kana-kanji conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the kanji conversion unit switches from a kana-kanji conversion dictionary to a kanji conversion dictionary and performs kanji conversion when switching to a kanji conversion mode that is a kanji conversion mode that is frequently used. Conversion device. 3. The kanji conversion unit further includes a kana kanji conversion dictionary, a kanji conversion dictionary, and a period conversion dictionary, and the kanji conversion mode switching unit is a kanji conversion mode that is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode. 2. The kanji conversion unit switches the kanji conversion dictionary to the punctuation conversion dictionary and performs kanji conversion when switching to the kanji conversion mode, which is the third most frequently used kanji conversion mode. Kana-kanji conversion device. 4. The kanji conversion section switches the kanji conversion mode switching section from kana kanji conversion, which is the kanji conversion mode that is used most frequently, to onnkan conversion, which is the kanji conversion mode that is used second most frequently. 2. The kana-kanji conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the kana-kanji conversion is performed, the kanji candidates once displayed in the kana-kanji conversion are displayed in a lower output order or are not displayed. 5. When the kanji conversion mode switching unit switches to the kanji conversion, which is the third most frequently used kanji conversion mode, by the kanji conversion mode switching unit, the kanji conversion unit displays the kanji candidate displayed in the previous kanji conversion mode. 2. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein a kana-kanji candidate including a reading or radical is displayed. 6. The kanji conversion mode switching unit, when the kanji conversion mode is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode and the first kanji candidate is re-displayed during the search for the previous candidate, 2. The kana-kanji conversion according to claim 1, wherein the kana-kanji conversion automatically switches to a kana-kanji conversion mode, which is the first most frequently used kanji conversion mode, when the kanji candidate is determined. apparatus. 7. The kanji conversion mode switching unit determines that the first kanji candidate is re-displayed during the search for the previous candidate in the punctuation conversion which is the third most frequently used kanji conversion mode by the determination unit. 2. The kana-kanji conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the kanji conversion mode is the second most frequently used kanji conversion mode, the screen is automatically switched to the kanji conversion screen. 8. A character key for inputting characters, conversion /
A conversion / next candidate key for indicating a next candidate, inputting a reading to be converted using an input unit having a determination key for determining a candidate, storing the input reading in a reading storage unit,
Using a kanji conversion unit having a plurality of kanji conversion modes, the input reading is converted into kanji by executing a certain kanji conversion mode, the reading is displayed on a kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode, and the kanji candidates are displayed. Are displayed sequentially or in a list, and it is determined whether or not the kanji candidate of the reading input in a certain kanji conversion function is determined using the determination unit, and the determination result, the kanji candidate is determined using the kanji conversion mode switching unit. A kana-kanji conversion method characterized by temporarily reading out a reading from a reading storage unit when displayed in a circle without being determined, and automatically switching to a kanji conversion mode and a kanji conversion screen that are most frequently used next. 9. A storage medium storing a program for controlling a kana-kanji conversion device by a computer, comprising: a character key for inputting characters to the computer;
Using a conversion / next candidate key for designating a next candidate and an input unit having a determination key for determining a candidate, inputting a conversion target reading, storing the input reading in a reading storage unit, Using a kanji conversion unit having a kanji conversion mode, the input reading is converted into kanji by executing a certain kanji conversion mode, the reading is displayed on a kanji conversion screen corresponding to a certain kanji conversion mode, and the kanji candidate is displayed on a display unit. Sequentially or in a list, using the determining unit, determine whether or not the kanji candidate of the reading input in a certain kanji conversion mode is determined, using the kanji conversion mode switching unit, the determination result,
When a kanji candidate is displayed in a loop without being determined, a kana-kanji conversion program that causes the reading to be read once from the reading storage unit and then automatically switches to the most frequently used kanji conversion function and its kanji conversion screen A storage medium that stores the information.