JP2008293498A - Method for entering japanese - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input method for easily entering Japanese. <P>SOLUTION: This method for entering Japanese is applied to a Japanese input system, including a key-code receiving module to which predefined key codes are input from an input device, and a control module for extracting characters determined by the key codes, from a preset character table. In this method, the input device configures a consonant section by assigning to key buttons the respective representative characters of consonant ("Ka", "Sa", "Ta", "Na", "Ha", "Ma", "Ra") lines, voiced sound ("Ga", "Za", "Da", "Ba") lines and a p-sound ("Pa") line, and configures a vowel section by assigning to key buttons the respective individual characters of vowels (A, I, U, E, O) in a "A" line and semivowels ("Ya", "Yu", "Yo") in a "Ya" line. The control module extracts corresponding characters, from the character table according to an input form by operating the key buttons. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a Japanese input method, and in particular, representative characters of consonant lines, muddy sound lines, or semi-voiced sound lines are assigned to key buttons to form a consonant part, and vowels and semi-vowels are individually assigned to key buttons as individual characters. The present invention relates to a Japanese input method that forms a vowel part and inputs kana characters in response to key button operations.

  The Japanese input method by the prior art is a Japanese input method by pressing Japanese keypads with 50 Japanese voices on the keyboard and Japanese input in English pronunciation and then converted to Kana characters. There is a method to input Japanese in a way to do.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, in the case of a consonant and a vowel, a dial plate in which 50-character characters are assigned to a key button can input one character by pressing one key button. After that, the “maze point” should be input, and the input method for stuttering is complicated and the number of key button inputs increases.

  The input device as described above is inconvenient in that it is difficult to fully understand the 50-tone key button arrangement, the number of times of key input increases due to the input of muddy sound and stuttering, and too many character key buttons are used. In addition, there is a problem that it is necessary to switch to the English input mode in order to input numbers and symbols.

  The Japanese input method using the Roman notation method inputs a kana character by an input conversion method in which a Japanese pronunciation is input to an English sentence and a Japanese pronunciation corresponding to the English sentence is converted back to a kana character.

  However, the Japanese input method for Kana characters using the Roman alphabet notation method is that the Kana character input method using the Roman alphabet notation method that converts the English pronunciation into Japanese again after inputting the Kana characters in English pronunciation is the Roman alphabet notation method for Japanese. There is a problem that you have to learn separately, and there is a problem that cuts off the flow of thought when you enter kana characters in romaji notation.

  The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an input method capable of easily inputting Japanese.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a Japanese input device having an efficient character arrangement that is convenient to use and can be easily understood.

  The above purpose is to key each of the 12 representative characters of the consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra) line, the muddy sound (ga, za, da, ba) line, and the semi-voiced sound (pa) line. The consonant part is displayed on the button, and the vowels (A, I, U, E, O) in the `` A '' line and the half vowels (`` Y '', `` Yu '') in the `` Y '' line are individually displayed as key buttons Allocate eight vowel parts and enter one character selected from the consonant part and one character selected from the vowel part sequentially, or enter one character of the vowel part alone, or This is achieved by a Japanese input method that mixes these to input kana characters.

  In addition, the characters “Wa” and “O” in the “Wa” line and the individual sounding sounds “T”, “Peak” “N”, and “Long” “-” are further assigned to each key button. ”,“ O ”, two individual letters and one of the prompt sounds“ tsu ”, the sound repellent“ n ”, and the long sound“-”can be input individually.

  The input elements for embodying the Japanese input method of the present invention include consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ma) lines, muddy sounds (ga, za, da, ba) lines and semi-turbid sounds (pas). ) Eight expansions including five (A, I, U, E, and O) lines on each line, including three-character stuttering (X, X Yu, X), which is the expanded character of the character line "I" It is composed of letters (A, I, U, E, O, X, X Yu, X).

  In addition, the eight characters (a, i, u, e, o, ya, yu, yo) of the vowel part are the 12 characters (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra, gaga) that make up the consonant part. , Za, da, ba, pa) Set to the input element of the dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, yadan, yudan, yodan corresponding to the extended character stage of the line, consonant, muddy sound , Make it possible to input semi-turbid sound and stuttering sound.

  In addition, it corresponds to this by directly inputting one of the vowels (a, i, u, e, o) and semi-vowels (a, yu, yo) that are assigned by individual characters and correspond to the character string. One of vowels or semi-vowels can be input.

  Further, the sentence code phrase “.” Can be further assigned to the key button, and the phrase “.” As the sentence code can be directly input.

  The Japanese input method according to the present invention will be described as follows.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a computer apparatus for explaining the Japanese input method of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the input system to which the Japanese input method of the present invention is applied is provided in the storage 50 in software form, and the microprocessor 10 loads and executes the software provided in the memory 40. The input unit 20 corresponds to, for example, a keyboard, and the display unit 30 and the storage 50 correspond to a monitor and a hard disk, respectively. Since the drive of the computer system and the drive of the application program are known techniques, description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1A shows a functional configuration embodying the Japanese input method of the present invention provided with an input system. This functional module is loaded into the memory 40 at the moment of executing the software.

  The key code receiving module 120 receives the key code of the key button pressed by the user from the keyboard 20 and transmits it to the control module 100. Here, the key code is defined in advance by the operating system.

  The control module 100 determines the input form from the key code from the key code receiving module 120 and reads the character determined from the character table 110.

  Here, as will be described later, the input form is as follows: 1) Any one of the consonants, muddy sounds, or semi-voiced sounds is input, and any one of the vowels is sequentially input. 2) A mode in which any one of a muddy sound or a semi-voiced sound is input. 2) Any one of the consonant, the muddy sound or the semi-voiced sound is input, and any one of the semi-vowels is sequentially input. 3) Any one of the forms in which a stuttering is input, or 3) one of the vowels or the half vowels is input correspondingly by inputting one button in the vowels or the half vowels. One.

  The character output module 130 outputs and displays the character transmitted from the control module 100 on the display unit 30.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of an input device according to the present invention. Here, a keyboard is exemplified as an input device.

  As shown in FIG. 7, “A” stage characters representing consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, ma, ra), muddy sounds (ga, za, da, ba) and semi-turbid sounds (pa), Includes the first vowel (a, i, u, e, o), semi-vowel (ya, yu, yo), second vowel (wa, a), pronunciation "n", prompting sound "tsu", and long sound "-" Each letter is assigned to one key button. In addition, a hiragana / katakana conversion button (shift key), a Japanese / English conversion button, a full-width / half-width conversion button, a kanji conversion button, and the like are provided.

  Hereinafter, the above structure will be specifically described.

  Referring to FIG. 7, in the English layout (Qwerty keyboard) of the input device, first, consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra) are displayed as alphabetic buttons (A, S, D, F, G, B, V) are arranged correspondingly. That is, "K" for the G button, "sa" for the F button, "ta" for the D button, "na" for the S button, "ha" for the A button, "ma" for the B button, "ra" for the V button Are arranged.

  In addition, the muddy sound and the semi-turbid sound (gazaza, da, ba, pa) are made to correspond to the alphabet buttons (Q, W, E, R, T). That is, “ga” is arranged for the T button, “za” for the R button, “da” for the E button, “ba” for the W button, and “pa” for the Q button.

  Preferably, a consonant group consisting of consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra), muddy sounds and semi-voiced sounds (gaza, da, ba, pa) is a key button arranged on the left side. Can be intensively arranged.

  On the other hand, the first vowel (A, I, U, E, O) corresponds to five alphabet buttons (U, I, J, K, L). That is, “A” is arranged for the U button, “I” for the I button, “U” for the J button, “E” for the K button, and “O” for the L button.

  In addition, half vowels (Y, Yu, Yo) correspond to three alphabets (Y, H, N). That is, “Y” corresponds to the Y button, “Y” corresponds to the H button, and “Y” corresponds to the N button. Two second vowels (wa, a) correspond to alphabet buttons (O, P). That is, “O” is arranged for the O button and “O” is arranged for the P button.

  Here, preferably, the vowel group composed of the first vowel (a, i, u, e, o) and the semi-vowel (ya, yu, yo) and the second vowel (wa, a) are distinguished from the consonant group. Can be intensively arranged on the key buttons arranged on the right side.

  In addition, the individual characters plucking sound “n” and sounding sound “tsu” are assigned to the Z and X buttons on the lower left side of the keyboard among the other buttons to which alphabetic characters are assigned. That is, the Z button is arranged with a sound repellent “n” and the X button is arranged with a prompt sound “tsu”. The long sound “-”, which is another individual character, is arranged on the lower right M button of the keyboard to which vowels are assigned and arranged.

  In addition, the phrase “.”, Which is a sentence code, is arranged on the lower left alphabet button C button on the left side of the keyboard to which consonants are assigned and arranged.

  Here, the arrangement of the key buttons is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be arbitrarily arranged.

  A method for inputting Japanese will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 with reference to the Japanese input device configured as in the above embodiment.

  First, referring to FIG. 5, there are two Japanese input methods according to the present invention. In step S500, only one key button shown in FIG. 5 is input, and it is determined whether or not the direct input method displays the kana characters on the screen.

  If it is determined that the direct input method is used, in step S520, the key button corresponding to the character is pressed and input.

  On the other hand, if it is not the direct input method, the process proceeds to the sequential (row) input method in step S510, and in step S530, one consonant of the consonant group and one vowel of the vowel group are sequentially input.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a Japanese kana character including a basic character and a modified character of 50 kana characters through a direct input process (step S520) and a sequential (row) input process (step S530). Can be input quickly and easily.

  Referring to FIG. 7, characters to which the direct input method is applied, that is, characters that are directly input by pressing one key button of the input device are five vowels (A, U, E, O), three There are 13 characters including half vowels (Ya, Yu, Yo), two second vowels (Wa, A), repelling (N), prompting (T), and long (-).

  Further, as can be seen from the Japanese character table shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.

  35 consonants corresponding to 5 levels of 7 consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, la) and muddy sounds corresponding to 5 levels of 4 muffled sounds (ga, za, da, b) 20 characters, 5 semi-speech sounds corresponding to 5 semi-sounds (pa), and 7 consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra, etc.) lines (Ki, shi, chi, ni, hi, mi, ri) and four muffled sound (ga, za, da, ba) lines in the “i” stage (gi, ji, tsuji, bi) and one It is divided into 36 characters that express the half-vowel (Ya, Yu, Yo) with small letters on the “i” stage letter (pi) in the semi-voiced sound (pa) line.

  The Japanese input method described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

  In step S602, consonants and vowels are assigned to the key buttons. In step S604, it is determined whether the character to be input is a character that is sequentially input by the input method. If the character is input by the direct input method, the key button of the input device in FIG. A character to be input is input (step S606).

  If the character to be input is a character that is sequentially input, one character line key button corresponding to the consonant, muddy sound, or semi-voiced sound arranged on the left side of FIG. S608). Next, when one vowel or semi-vowel key button arranged on the right side of FIG. 7 and corresponding to the character stage is input (step S610), as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. Correspondingly, one of the specific characters written in the Japanese character table is output to the screen of the display device (step S612).

  It is determined whether or not characters are to be continuously input (step S614). If subsequent characters are to be input, the process returns. If no more characters are input, the process ends.

  In the following, the Japanese input method will be described in detail with an actual example.

<Individual character (single key) input method>
First, a method for selecting and directly inputting one key button will be described.

  As mentioned above, the characters entered by pressing one key button are the first vowel (a, i, u, e, o) 5 characters, the semi-vowel (ya, yu, yo) 3 characters, the second vowel There are two letters (wa, a), and sound repellent, prompting sound and long sound.

  Here, a long sound can be input in two ways. The first input method is to input the long sound of the corresponding character by further pressing the key button of the vowel (A, I, U, E, O) corresponding to the preceding character column input earlier.

  The second input method is to directly press the long sound (-) button assigned to the English (M) button after inputting the preceding character.

  At this time, in the case of hiragana input, the long sound to be input is expressed by inputting a vowel corresponding to the preceding character column, and in the case of katakana input, the long sound (−) is directly described after the preceding character.

  Next, a method for sequentially inputting two key buttons will be described. Basically, in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the characters arranged in the “vertical” line on the left side are first input, and the characters arranged in the “horizontal” column on the upper side are continuously input and displayed at the position where they intersect. To input the characters.

<Consonant input method>
The consonant input method will be described in detail. First, one of the key buttons of consonants arranged in the left side of FIG. 7 is selected to input 1 of a character line. And select one of the key buttons corresponding to the vowels (A, U, U, E, O) corresponding to the row arranged on the right side of FIG.

  For example, to explain how to enter each character (ka, ki, k, ke, ko), first, the key button for the consonant “ka” line assigned to the English (G) button for the “ka” line After inputting the “ka” line by pressing, pressing the key button of the vowel “a” level displayed on the English (U) button corresponding to the level will input “ka”.

  Similarly, to input “ki”, press the key button in the “ka” line assigned to the English (G) button and press the “I” stage key button displayed on the English (D) button. , `` Ki '' is entered, and if you press the key button in the `` ka '' line assigned to the English (G) button and press the key button in the `` U '' row assigned to the English (J) button, `` ku '' If you press the key button in the `` ka '' line assigned to the English (G) button and press the key button in the `` E '' row assigned to the English (K) button, `` K '' will be entered. When the key button in the “ka” line assigned to the English (G) button is pressed and the key button in the “O” row assigned to the English (L) button is pressed, “ko” is input.

<Muddy / semi-voice input method>
The voiced and semi-voiced sound input method is a method similar to the consonant input method described above, after first inputting the cloudy sound (ga, za, da, ba) or semi-voiced sound (pa) row key button, and then the vowel (a, i, u, Enter the corresponding key button.

  For example, in order to input the muddy sound “za”, press the key button in the muddy sound “za” line assigned to the English (R) button, select “za”, and then the vowel written on the English (U) button. When you press the “A” level key button, the muddy sound “za” is entered. To enter the muddy sound “ji”, press the key button of the muddy sound “za” line assigned to the English (R) button, select “za”, and then the vowel “I” written on the English (L) button. When the key button on the “stage” is pressed, the muddy sound “ji” is input.

  Similarly, to enter the voiced sound “Zu”, press the key button in the line of “Hot” “Z” assigned to the English (R) button, select “Z”, and then press the key button in the vowel “U” row. To enter the muddy sound “Z”, press the key button in the muddy sound “Z” line assigned to the English (R) button and select “Z”, then the vowel “E” Press the key button in the `` stage '' to enter the cloudy sound `` Ze ''. To enter the cloudy sound `` Zo '', press the key button in the `` Zo '' sound line assigned to the English (R) button, After selecting “”, when the key button of the vowel “O” stage is pressed, the muddy sound “zo” is input.

  In the other muddy sound input method, similar to the above method, when any one of the muddy sound key buttons is selected and pressed first, and one of the vowel key buttons is selected and pressed, muddy sound characters are input.

<Method of stuttering input>
Finally, the stuttering input method will be described. For convenience of explanation, the stuttering was divided into a first stuttering, a second stuttering, and a third stuttering.

  The first stuttering sound is a semi-vowel (y, shi, ni, hi, mu, r) in the “i” row of seven consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra) lines. , Yu, yo) are 21 characters that are expressed with small letters, and the second roaring sound is the character (gi, ji, ji) of the “i” stage of the four muddy sounds (ga, za, da, ba) lines. There are 12 characters that represent the semi-vowels (Ya, Yu, Yo) with small letters, and the third roar is the “I” stage letter of the “Pi” line. There are three letters that represent semi-vowels (Ya, Yu, Yo) with small letters.

  Enter any one of the consonant, muddy or semi-voiced key buttons arranged in the key button first, and sequentially enter any one of the semi-vowel key buttons assigned to each key button. 36 characters can be input.

  Looking at the first stuttering input method, if you input any one of the consonants (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra) and any one of the half vowels (ya, yu, yo) , One first roaring character is input.

  For example, referring to FIG. 7, after inputting the “ka” line by pressing the key button of the consonant “ka” line assigned to the English (G) button, the semi-vowels indicated on the English (Y) button corresponding to the column When you press the “ya” key button, “kya” is entered, the button with the consonant “ka” assigned to the English (G) button is pressed, and the semi-vowel “yu” displayed on the English (H) button When you press the key button of, `` Kyu '' is entered, press the key button of the consonant `` ka '' line assigned to the English (G) button, and press the key button of the semi-vowel `` yo '' to the English (N) button "" Is entered.

  Looking at the second stuttering input method, if one of the muddy sounds (gazaza, da, baba) is input first and one of the half vowels (ya, yu, yo) is input, One roaring character is input.

  For example, if you press the key button for the murky `` za '' assigned to the English (R) button and press the key button for the semi-vowel `` ya '' assigned to the English (Y) button, `` ja '' will be entered and the English (R ) Button is assigned to the English voice (H) button, and the semi-vowel key (Y) assigned to the English (H) button is pressed to enter `` Ju '' and assigned to the English (R) button. When you press the key button for the voiced sound “za” and press the key button for the semi-vowel “yo” assigned to the English (N) button, “jo” is entered.

  Also, according to the third stuttering input method, a semi-voiced sound is input first, and if any one of the semi-vowels is input, one third stuttering character is input.

  For example, if you press the key button for the semi-voice (pa) assigned to the English (Q) button, and press the key button for the semi-vowel (nya) assigned to the English (Y) button, `` Pya '' will be entered and the English ( Press the key button of the semi-voiced sound assigned to the (Q) button and press the key button of the semi-vowel `` yu '' assigned to the English (H) button to enter `` Pyu '' and enter the English (Q) button. Press the key button for the assigned semi-voiced sound and press the key button for the semi-vowel “ょ” assigned to the English (N) button to enter “Pyo”.

  On the other hand, when the sentence code phrase “.” Is assigned to the English (C) button and the English (C) button is pressed, the phrase “.” Can be input. In addition, the shift button can be given a function so as to perform a hiragana or kana conversion function.

  The present invention described above is not limited by the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes and modifications belong to the present invention as long as they do not depart from the scope of the present invention.

  According to the Japanese input method described above, the Japanese language can be input easily because the sentence board can be easily understood.

  Further, there is no need for a shift key button, a muddy point key button, etc., and the use of unnecessary key buttons can be minimized, so that the use is convenient and the Japanese language can be input quickly.

Block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a computer device The figure which shows the functional structure which embodies the Japanese input method of this invention with which the input system was equipped. Japanese input device according to the prior art The figure which shows the Japanese character table (quiet sound and the 1st roar) concerning this invention The figure which shows the Japanese character table (turbophone and the second roar) concerning the present invention Schematic flowchart for explaining a Japanese input method according to the present invention Specific flowchart for explaining a Japanese input method according to the present invention The figure which shows the character assignment key button of the Japanese input device which concerns on this invention

Claims (7)

Applicable to a Japanese input system including a key code receiving module for inputting a predefined key code from an input device and a control module for extracting a character determined by the input key code from a preset character table And
The input device assigns representative characters of consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra), makuon (ga, za, da, ba) and semi-voiced (pa) lines to key buttons, respectively. The vowel part is configured by assigning the vowels in the `` A '' line (A, I, U, E, O) and the semi-vowels in the `` Y '' line to the key buttons with individual characters. Configure
By operating the key button, the control module extracts a corresponding character from the character table according to an input form.   Each of the consonant parts is composed of 8 (A, I, U, E, O, X, X Yu, X) stages including stuttering (X, X Yu, X), and each vowel part is The Japanese input method according to claim 1, corresponding to dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, yadan, yudan, and yodan. The input form is
By inputting any one of the consonant, the muddy sound, or the semi-turbid sound, and sequentially inputting any one of the vowels, any one of the consonant, the muddy sound, or the semi-turbid sound is input accordingly. Form,
Any one of the consonant, muddy sound, or semi-turbid sound is input, and any one of the semi-vowels is sequentially input, so that a stuttering is input correspondingly,
The input of one button in the vowel or the semi-vowel, and one of the vowels or semi-vowels corresponding to the input is input. The Japanese input method described.   The letters “wa” and “wo” in the “wa” line, and the prompt sounds “tsu”, plucking sound “n”, and long sound “o”, which are individual characters, are further assigned to the key buttons, respectively. 2. The Japanese input method according to claim 1, wherein "t", "n", and "-" are respectively input.   2. The Japanese input method according to claim 1, wherein the sentence code phrase "." Is further assigned to a key button, and the phrase "." Which is a sentence code is input. A program recording medium on which a computer program for performing computer input processing for inputting Japanese language is recorded,
The input process is:
The consonant part is composed by assigning the representative characters of the consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, ra), makuon (ga, zada, b) and semi-middle (pa) lines to the key buttons respectively. Then, the vowel part of `` A '' line (A, I, U, E, O) and the half vowel of `` Ya '' line (Ya, Yu, Yo) are assigned to the key buttons with individual characters, respectively. Assigning the letters "wa" and "wo" in the "wa" line and the prompting sounds "tsu", the sound repellent "n" and the long sound "-" to the key buttons, respectively,
Each of the consonant parts is composed of 8 (A, I, U, E, O, X, X Yu, X) including (X, X Yu, X, etc.), and each vowel part is Steps to correspond to dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, yadan, yudan, dandan,
1) Any one of the consonant, muddy or semi-voiced sound is input, and any one of the vowels is sequentially input, and any one of the consonant, muddy or semi-voiced sound is input accordingly. Steps,
2) A step of inputting any one of the consonant sounds, muddy sounds, or semi-voiced sounds, and sequentially inputting any one of the half-vowels, thereby inputting a corresponding sound.
3) One of the steps of inputting one button in the vowel or semi-vowel and correspondingly inputting one of the vowels or semi-vowels is included. Program recording medium. A computer program for performing computer input processing for inputting Japanese,
The input process is:
Assign the consonant part by assigning the representative characters of the consonant (ka, sa, ta, na, hama, la) line, muddy sound (ga, sa, da, b) line, and semi-voiced sound line to the key buttons respectively. The vowel part is composed by assigning the vowels in the "A" line (A, I, U, E, O) and the half vowels in the "Y" line to the key buttons with individual characters, Assigning the letters “WA” and “O” in the “WA” line to the key buttons, respectively, the prompt sounds “T”, the sound repellent “N”, and the long sound “-” as individual characters;
Each of the consonant parts is composed of 8 (A, I, U, E, O, X, X Yu, X) including (X, X Yu, X, etc.), and each vowel part is Steps to correspond to dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, yadan, yudan, dandan,
1) Any one of the consonant, the muddy sound, or the semi-turbid sound is input, and any one of the vowels is sequentially input. Input steps,
2) A step of inputting any one of the consonant, the muddy sound, or the semi-turbid sound, and sequentially inputting any one of the semi-vowels, thereby inputting a corresponding sound.
3) A computer program comprising any one of the steps of inputting one of the vowels or semi-vowels by inputting one of the buttons in the vowels or semi-vowels. .

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