JP2001101174A - Method and device for retrieving kanji font data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a KANJI (Chinese character) font data retrieving method and its device which can easily retrieve or prepare external character font data. SOLUTION: This KANJI font data retrieving method which stores various information about KANJI and the KANJI font data in a storage medium and retrieves the KANJI font data with the various information as a retrieval key, defines at least one visual element obtained by disassembling KANJI other than a radical as 'TSUKURI (right-hand side radical of a Chinese character)', stores KANJI and 'TSUKURI' in the storage medium while making at least one 'TSUKURI' correspond to one KANJI and can perform retrieval with the 'TSUKURI' as a retrieval key.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for retrieving kanji font data, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus for retrieving kanji font data for use in creating and retrieving external character font data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When font data of an external character is required in the creation of a printed matter, it is necessary to immediately search whether or not it is in a database owned by the user. Had to create the font data. However, a conventional kanji search device cannot easily search for a character such as a JIS code which is not assigned to an external character.

[0003] In addition, although new characters exist in JIS, old characters often become external characters, and there has been a problem that even if these new characters can be searched, the old characters cannot be searched.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily retrieve or create external character font data. A kanji font data search method and apparatus are provided.

[0005]

The present invention solves this problem, that is, the invention according to claim 1 stores various information relating to kanji and the kanji font data in a storage medium, and uses the various information as a search key. A kanji font data search method for searching kanji font data, in which at least one visual element other than a radical obtained by decomposing a kanji is associated with at least one tsukuri with one kanji. A kanji font data search method characterized in that the character string is stored in a storage medium and can be searched using the "make-up" as a search key.

According to the present invention, an external character to be created is divided into a plurality of "structures", characters having these characters are searched, and an external character can be created by combining the font data. The reason why the character is "structure" instead of the radical is that the data required when creating an external character is often the "structure" part instead of the radical common to many characters. This makes it easy to create external characters. Further, it is possible to perform a search that is narrower than a radical search in which the number of search results is often large.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, various information on kanji and the kanji font data are stored in a storage medium,
A kanji font data search method for searching kanji font data using various information as a search key, wherein one kanji is associated with a kanji including a variant, a variant, and a similar external character of the kanji, and stored in a storage medium. A kanji font data search method characterized in that kanji including these variants, variants, and similar external characters can be searched from one kanji.

According to the present invention, when searching for a kanji whose new characters are present in JIS but the old characters are external characters by this means, the old characters can be selected from the search result of the new characters. It is possible to easily search for external characters such as "Sawa", "Ben", and "Kotobuki".

The invention according to claim 3 is the kanji font data search method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the kanji font data has a plurality of types of fonts.

According to the present invention, this means makes it possible to use different types of fonts, such as those that cover the external characters and those that are suitable for the purpose of use, and make the retrieval more accurate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a kanji font data having storage means for storing various information on kanji and the kanji font data in a storage medium, and a search means for searching the kanji font data using the various information as a search key. A search method, comprising: first storage means for storing at least one visual element other than a radical obtained by decomposing a kanji as "structure", and storing at least one "structure" corresponding to one kanji A second storage unit for storing in a medium, a “design” specifying unit for specifying the “structure”, a search unit for searching for a kanji having the “structure” designated based on the “structure” design unit, Search means for searching for a desired kanji from the kanji list searched by the search means, and a search means for searching kanji font data searched by the search means When a kanji font data retrieval apparatus characterized by having a.

The present invention makes it possible to divide an external character to be created into a plurality of "structures", search for a character having these characters, and combine the font data to create an external character. The reason why the character is "structure" instead of the radical is that the data required when creating an external character is often the "structure" part instead of the radical common to many characters. This makes it easy to create external characters. Further, it is possible to perform a search that is narrower than a radical search in which the number of search results is often large.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a kanji font having storage means for storing various information on kanji and the kanji font data in a storage medium, and a search means for searching kanji font data using the various information as a search key. A data search method, comprising: a search unit for searching for a kanji; and a kanji including a variant, a variant, and a similar external character of the kanji retrieved by the search unit, the kanji including the variant, variant, and similar external character. A kanji font data search device comprising: a search unit for searching; and a search unit for searching for kanji font data including a variant, a variant, or a similar external character searched by the search unit.

According to the present invention, when searching for a kanji character which has a new character in JIS, but the old character is a foreign character, the old character can be selected from the result of the search for the new character. It is possible to easily search for such external characters such as "Sawa", "Ben", and "Kotobuki".

The invention according to claim 6 is the kanji font data search device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the kanji font data has a plurality of types of fonts.

According to the present invention, this means makes it possible to use different types of fonts, such as those that cover the external characters and those that are suitable for the intended use, and also make the retrieval more accurate.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. An embodiment of searching for kanji font data according to the present invention will be briefly described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIGS. 1 and 2 show the entire flow, in which ★ at the bottom of FIG. 1 is connected to ★ at the top of FIG.

First, when an instruction to start a search is sent to a computer or the like, it enters a state of waiting for input of each data.
As shown in FIG. 3, on the display screen on the display, the following parameter names waiting for input and their input fields are displayed. Here, the parameters are radical, structure,
Examples include the total number of strokes, but are not limited thereto.

By designating a font, the type of a basic font at the time of output is designated. If not specified, the default font is specified. It is desirable that the basic font is font data containing the most kanji and external characters. In addition, if it is known in advance that the kanji and external characters to be searched are included in a specific font, it becomes possible to perform the search more efficiently.

Next, if the JIS code to be searched is known, the corresponding kanji,
Search for external characters.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a compound search is performed. In the case of compound search, when multiple parameters of kanji and external characters to be searched are known, kanji and external characters corresponding to all of the multiple parameters are shown as search results, so that more narrowed and efficient Search becomes possible.

Here, in the case of a radical search, it is possible to specify by radical position. Searching only for radicals is particularly effective because it is predicted that the number of hits is too large. Further, by specifying the radical position, it becomes effective in creating an external character.

As a result of the search, if there is a corresponding character, as shown in FIG. 4, a list of the corresponding characters is displayed on the display screen, and each character can be selected. When a character is selected here, a result display screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

On the result display screen, the retrieved kanji variants, variants, and similar external characters (hereinafter referred to as "same characters").
If there is, the same result is displayed on the search result screen,
By selecting the "same character" character, the presence of the same character can be confirmed. Thereby, the same character is displayed at the lower part of the screen as shown in FIG.

On the result display screen displaying the same characters, each of the same characters can be selected. By selecting the same character, the search result becomes the selected same character, and as shown in FIG. Until then, the display kanji of the search result is displayed as one of the same characters.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, according to the present invention, an external character to be created is divided into a plurality of "tsukuri" by this means, a character having these characters is searched, and the font data thereof is obtained. It is possible to make external characters by combining. The reason why the character is "structure" instead of the radical is that the data required when creating an external character is often the "structure" part instead of the radical common to many characters. This makes it easy to create external characters. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to perform a search narrower than a radical search in which the number of search results is often large.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, JIS
When searching for a kanji that has a new character but the old character is an external character, the old character can be selected from the result of the search for the new character. "
This makes it possible to easily search for an item.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to use different fonts such as a font that covers all external characters and a font that is suitable for the purpose of use, and it is also possible to obtain a more accurate search.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when an external character is created, a character having a corresponding radical and a character having a corresponding "tsukuri" are searched for, and from each character, the radical,
It is common to take out "structures" and combine them to create external characters, but aside from radicals, it is difficult to find a character with the corresponding "structure". For this reason, by making it possible to search for a character from “structure”, external characters can be easily created. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to perform a search narrower than a radical search in which the number of search results is often large.

According to the invention described in claim 5, JIS
When searching for a kanji that has a new character but the old character is an external character, the old character can be selected from the result of the search for the new character. "
This makes it possible to easily search for an item.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to use different fonts such as a font that covers the external characters and a font that is suitable for the purpose of use, and it is also possible to obtain a more accurate search.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of searching for kanji font data according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an embodiment in which kanji font data is searched according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen state of waiting for input of each data in one embodiment when searching for kanji font data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displaying a list of applicable characters according to an embodiment when searching for kanji font data according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displaying a search result according to an embodiment when searching for kanji font data according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the same character is displayed at the bottom of the screen in a search result display screen according to an embodiment when kanji font data is searched according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the same character as a search result is selected according to the embodiment of the present invention when searching for kanji font data.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A kanji font data search method for storing kanji character data and kanji font data in a storage medium, and searching for kanji font data using the various information as a search key. A kanji, wherein at least one visual element other than the neck is stored in a storage medium with at least one tsukuri associated with at least one kanji, and the kanji can be searched using the tsukuri as a search key. Font data search method. 2. A kanji font data search method for storing kanji information and kanji font data in a storage medium and searching for kanji font data using the various information as a search key, wherein one kanji is converted to a kanji variant A kanji font data search method, characterized by storing kanji including a variant and a similar external character in a storage medium and searching for the kanji including a variant, a variant and a similar external character from the one kanji. 3. The kanji font data search method according to claim 1, wherein the kanji font data has a plurality of types of fonts. 4. A kanji font data search method comprising: storage means for storing various information on kanji and said kanji font data in a storage medium; and search means for searching for kanji font data using the various information as a search key. First storage means for storing at least one visual element other than a radical obtained by decomposing as a "structure", and a second storage for storing at least one "structure" in correspondence with one kanji in a storage medium Means, "structure" designating means for designating the "structure", search means for searching for a kanji having "structure" designated based on the "structure" designating means, kanji searched by the search means A search unit for searching a desired kanji from a list; and a search unit for searching kanji font data searched by the search unit. Kanji font data retrieval apparatus according to symptoms. 5. A kanji font data search method comprising: storage means for storing various information relating to kanji and said kanji font data in a storage medium; and search means for searching for kanji font data using the various information as a search key. Search means for searching for a kanji character containing a variant, variant, or similar external character of the kanji searched by the search means; and a search means for searching for a kanji character containing the variant, variant, or similar external character. A search unit for searching for kanji font data including a variant, a variant, or a similar external character searched by the means. 6. The kanji font data search device according to claim 1, wherein the kanji font data has a plurality of types of fonts.