JP2011044179A - Information processor, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To associate time information with conversion processing to optimize the result of conversion, thereby increasing conversion efficiency, in information processing for converting an object such as a character to one or more conversion candidates. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor is equipped with: an input means (2) for inputting a prediction object such as characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or combinations thereof; dictionaries (history dictionary 6, time dictionary 7, user registration dictionary 8, and basic dictionary 9) storing prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction object in association with time information on the time of input of the prediction object; a time detection means (time dictionary 7) for detecting the time when the prediction object is inputted and outputting the time information; and a reading means (conversion means 3) for referring to the dictionary by use of the prediction object and the time information output from the time detection means when the prediction object is input, to read the prediction candidates including the prediction object or the reading thereof from the dictionary. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a character input processing device that presents conversion candidates for a character string including input characters and the like, information processing suitable for a mobile phone, and the like, with characters, symbols or their elements, or combinations thereof as conversion targets. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a recording medium that perform predictive conversion of a character string and enable conversion processing related to time information.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information processing terminals such as mobile phones have adopted a method for realizing a desired character string by inputting characters necessary for conversion using a key to which a plurality of characters, symbols, and the like are assigned. For example, when inputting the text of an e-mail or the like on a mobile phone or the like, if a character is input with a key and the conversion key is pressed, a character string including the one character that has been input and saved at the beginning ( A kanji-kana mixed sentence) is taken out from the dictionary and displayed in order, and when the desired character string is displayed, the desired key can be quickly entered with fewer keystrokes by pressing the enter key. Yes.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 to 12 exist in this type of information processing technology.

Patent Document 1 discloses that a sentence is synthesized from an input word and timer time information, and the result is displayed on a CRT. Patent Document 2 discloses that the meaning of the input phrase is predicted and the next input phrase is predicted and presented. Patent Document 3 discloses that character strings in other languages such as Japanese and English are simultaneously predicted from input character strings, and the prediction candidates are presented. Patent Document 4 discloses that one or more character strings that can be followed by an input character string are predicted and displayed, and the selection work is reduced. Patent Document 5, Patent Document 6, Patent Document 7 and Patent Document 8 disclose reduced keyboards that use word-level disambiguation to resolve keystroke ambiguity. Patent Documents 6, 7 and 8 Is a US-compatible application of the invention disclosed in Patent Document 5. Further, Patent Documents 9 and 10 disclose a system that encodes an ideographic character collection, and Patent Document 10 is a Japanese application for Patent Document 9. Patent Documents 11 and 12 disclose a symbol forming apparatus that efficiently forms various symbols such as kanji using a keyboard. Patent Document 12 is a Japanese application for Patent Document 11.

JP-A-2-71316 JP 63-768 JP 11-338858 A JP-A-9-1114817 Special Table 2000-508093 USP 5,818,437 USP 6,011,554 USP 6,307,549 USP 5,109,352 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-135519 USP 5,187,480 Japanese National Patent Publication No. 4-502223

  By the way, when predictive conversion of a conventional input character into a character string or the like, conventionally, a history input in the past is referred to that conversion, and conversion is preferentially performed to a character string used immediately before or a frequently used character string. For this reason, the input conversion process may be difficult for some users.

  Although frequently used words include greetings etc., for example, “Good morning” and “Good night” are used corresponding to the time, so if you convert only referring to the input history, There is a shift in words, and depending on the time, the key operation increases, and the character conversion efficiency decreases.

  In such character conversion, Patent Document 1 only synthesizes a sentence from the input word and timer time information, and Patent Documents 2 to 4 predict other character strings from the input character string. However, Patent Documents 5 to 8 only disclose reduced keyboards that use word-level disambiguation to resolve keystroke ambiguity, and Patent Documents 9 to 12 Then, since it is only a technique related to symbol formation including characters, even if such techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 12 are used, it is not possible to improve the character conversion efficiency due to word misalignment caused by the time during conversion. .

Therefore, the present invention relates to information processing for converting a conversion target such as a character into one or more conversion candidates, and relates the time information to the conversion processing to optimize the conversion result, thereby improving the conversion efficiency. The purpose is to increase.

  The configurations of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention that have solved such problems are as follows.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a dictionary (history dictionary 6, time dictionary 7, user registration dictionary 8, basic dictionary 9), time detection means (time dictionary 7), reading means (conversion means 3), and input means (2). It has. The dictionary has characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or combinations of two or more thereof as prediction targets, and relates one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction targets to time information at the time of input of the prediction target. Storing. Here, in the prediction target, “character” is a language, and includes Japanese kanji, hiragana, katakana, romaji, Korean, Chinese, English alphabet, and the like. “Symbol” includes a code other than characters. The “character or symbol element” is a portion of a character or symbol. For example, if it is a Chinese character, it is biased, and if it is “A” of the alphabet, it is “∧”. In addition, “a combination of two or more of these” is a combination of two or more selected from characters, symbols, characters or symbol elements, and a combination of character strings, symbol strings, characters and symbols, characters or symbol elements And so on. The prediction target is information that is related to one or more prediction candidates and that triggers the reading of the prediction candidates. In relation to the time information, a prediction candidate including a temporal element, for example, a prediction candidate “good morning” representing greeting is associated with time information representing morning.

  The time detection means is constituted by, for example, a clock, detects the time of input of the prediction target input by the input means, and outputs time information representing the time. In this case, time information may be output according to the time input from the outside.

  The reading means refers to the dictionary using the prediction target input by the input means and the time information output from the time detection means, and selects one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates. Reads from the dictionary. In the processing of the reading means, when the prediction target is recognized, one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof are read from the dictionary, or the prediction target is recognized and the read instruction is issued. It includes recognizing and performing similar processing. Therefore, since the prediction candidate related to the time information at the time of input of the prediction target is stored in the dictionary, when the prediction target is recognized, the time information at the time of input of the prediction target is referred to and One or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or its reading can be read from the dictionary. In this case, as the time information, time information output from the time detection unit to the reading unit may be used in addition to the time information input by the user. In this case, the relationship between the prediction candidate and the time information is emphasized. However, in the process of reading the prediction candidate from the dictionary using the prediction target, reading other than the prediction candidate not related to the time information is prohibited. It should not be interpreted as the main point.

  The input means is means for inputting a prediction target with a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof as a prediction target.

  Therefore, according to such an information processing apparatus, a dictionary, a time detection unit, a reading unit, and an input unit are provided, and any one of a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof is predicted. The prediction target is received, the time information from the time detection means and the prediction target are referred to, and one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof are obtained in the prediction candidates. The user can select an arbitrary prediction candidate from the prediction candidates and obtain a desired prediction result. For example, an optimal prediction result that the user expects or predicts such as a greeting sentence as a prediction result in accordance with the prediction target input. Thus, the conversion operation can be speeded up and the conversion operation can be simplified.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the reading unit includes an order changing unit that changes the order of the prediction candidates using time information at the time of input of the prediction target. In other words, changing the order of the prediction candidates is to give priority to the prediction candidates based on the time information. Greetings exchanged in daily time are different. “Good morning” is used when the time is in the morning, “Otsukare” is used in the evening, and “Good night” is used at night. Therefore, if the prediction target is, for example, “O”, and the prediction candidates are, for example, “Otsukase”, “Good morning”, and “Good night”, the time information is related to this, and in the morning, “Good morning” Can be changed with time information so that “Otsukake” is the highest priority candidate in the evening, and “Good night” is the highest priority candidate in the evening. According to such a reading process, it is possible to improve prediction efficiency as well as optimization of the prediction result, as compared with the prediction conversion referring only to the input history, and there is no difference between the input time and the word, that is, the greeting. . Such a reading process does not ask a kind of language.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the reading unit includes a time correcting unit (time zone correcting unit 30) for correcting a relationship between the prediction candidate related to the time information and the time information. To do. Convenience can be improved if the time of day varies from person to person and the form of greetings changes depending on the period of life. For example, a pattern of “good morning” at night and “good night” in the morning is also expected. Therefore, in this information processing apparatus, if the relationship between the time information and the prediction candidate is corrected according to the life time zone determined from the prediction candidate selected at the time of input, the priority candidate corresponding to the life time zone is selected. It is possible to obtain the optimum prediction result in accordance with the user's prediction or expectation. If such a process is performed, there is no difference between the input time and the prediction result corresponding to the life time zone, that is, words representing greetings, and the prediction efficiency can be optimized and the prediction efficiency can be improved.

Information processing of the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a step of recognizing a prediction target, a step of recognizing time information, and a step of reading processing.
(1) In the step of recognizing a prediction target, a process of recognizing an input prediction target is performed with a character, symbol, character or symbol element, or a combination of two or more thereof as a prediction target.
(2) In the step of recognizing time information, the information processing apparatus performs processing for recognizing time information representing the input time of the prediction target and recognizing time information representing any time or time inputted.
(3) In the step of the reading process, the input prediction target and the input time are referred to by referring to a dictionary storing one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target in relation to the time information when the prediction target is input. The process of reading out one or two or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates is performed based on the time information indicating.

  According to such information processing, a prediction candidate including a prediction target or its reading in the prediction candidates can be read in association with time information, and a prediction result in accordance with the time information can be obtained. Along with optimization, prediction efficiency can be improved.

  Further, the information processing of the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes the step of recognizing the input prediction target, the step of recognizing time information, and the step of reading processing. When one or two or more prediction candidates including “” are read out in relation to the time information, a process of changing the order of the prediction candidates according to the time information is performed.

  According to such information processing, since the order of prediction candidates is changed corresponding to time information indicating the time of input, it is possible to change the priority order expected by the user and to compare with prediction conversion that refers only to the input history. In addition, the prediction result can be optimized and the prediction efficiency can be improved.

  The information processing of the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a step of recognizing the input prediction target, a step of recognizing time information, and a step of reading processing. Based on this, the time information related to the prediction result selected from the prediction candidates is corrected. In other words, the life time zone varies depending on the person, and the convenience is enhanced if the greeting format changes depending on the life time zone. Therefore, if the relationship between the time information and the prediction candidate is corrected according to the life time zone determined from the prediction candidate selected at the time of input, an optimal prediction result based on the user's prediction or expectation can be obtained. If such a process is performed, there is no deviation from words representing greetings, etc., and prediction efficiency can be optimized and prediction efficiency can be improved.

  The information processing program according to the present invention includes a function for recognizing an input prediction target using a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof, and an input time of the input prediction target. A function of recognizing time information representing the time, and referring to a dictionary storing one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target in association with the time information at the time of prediction target input, A function of reading from the dictionary one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates, based on the input prediction target and the time information indicating the time when the prediction target is input; And the information processing apparatus realizes such a function. According to such an information processing program, one or more prediction candidates including a prediction target or its reading can be extracted in association with time information, and a prediction result in accordance with time information can be obtained. As a result of optimization, prediction efficiency can be improved.

  In the information processing program of the present invention, when the prediction target or one or more prediction candidates including the reading are read in association with the time information, the order of the prediction candidates is changed according to the time information. Including a function, and causing the information processing apparatus to realize such a function. That is, this information processing program is a program that causes the information processing apparatus to implement processing for changing the order of prediction candidates according to the time information. According to such an information processing program, one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof can be extracted in association with the time information, and the order of the prediction candidates can be changed according to the time information. Therefore, prediction efficiency can be improved along with optimization of the prediction result.

  The information processing program according to the present invention includes a function of correcting a relationship between the time information and the prediction candidate, and causes the information processing apparatus to realize the function. That is, this information processing program is a program that causes the information processing apparatus to realize a process of correcting the relationship between the time information and the prediction candidate. According to such an information processing program, prediction candidates and prediction results according to time information such as a user's life time zone can be extracted, and prediction processing can be speeded up and convenience can be improved.

  The recording medium of the present invention stores the information processing program to be realized by the information processing apparatus. That is, a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof is a prediction target, a function of recognizing the input prediction target, and a time when the input of the input prediction target is detected, A function for recognizing time information representing the time, and a dictionary in which one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target are stored in relation to the time information at the time of input of the prediction target, and the input prediction target And a function of reading out one or more prediction candidates including the prediction object or its reading from the prediction candidate from the dictionary based on the time information indicating the time when the prediction object is input. .

  Therefore, according to such a recording medium, one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates can be extracted through the information processing apparatus in relation to the time information when the prediction target is input. A prediction result according to information can be obtained, and prediction efficiency can be improved along with optimization of prediction processing.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a dictionary that registers prediction candidates corresponding to input characters and a time zone at the time of prediction, a recognition unit that recognizes input times when characters are input, and a prediction target by referring to the dictionary. Prediction candidate reading means for reading out the prediction candidate including the character to be predicted or the reading thereof in the prediction candidate according to a time zone including the input time to be input together with the input character to be input. It may be a configuration.

Further, the information processing method of the present invention divides a day into a plurality of time zones and stores prediction candidates associated with each time zone at the time of prediction in a dictionary. When the number of input characters is 1, the prediction key is When pressed, by referring to the dictionary, the prediction candidates related to the subsequent time zone are sequentially extracted starting from the prediction candidates related to the time zone corresponding to the input time. May be. Also with such a configuration, it is possible to obtain a prediction result according to time information, and it is possible to improve the prediction efficiency and optimize the prediction process.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  (1) Characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or a combination of two or more thereof are converted, and one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target are related to time information and correspond to the conversion target. Conversion candidates can be extracted in relation to time information, conversion candidates such as greetings can be converted according to time, and conversion candidates or A conversion result can be obtained.

  (2) If the conversion candidate order is changed using the time information at the time of conversion to convert the conversion target into conversion candidates and conversion results by providing an order changing means, the conversion candidates and conversion results conform to the time information at the time of conversion. In addition to simplifying and speeding up the conversion process to conversion candidates or conversion results, an optimal conversion result expected by the user can be obtained.

(3) By providing a time correction means and correcting the relationship between the conversion candidate related to the time information and the time information, conversion candidates and conversion results in accordance with the time information such as the user's life time zone can be obtained, An optimum conversion result expected by the user can be obtained.

1 is a block diagram showing a processing system according to a first embodiment of an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a recording medium of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation which concerns on 1st Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the information processing method, the information processing program, and a recording medium. It is a figure which shows transition of the screen display of a display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows a conversion process. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a display character string and a use dictionary. It is a figure which shows the registration content of a history dictionary. The registered contents and the time zone of the time dictionary are shown. (A) is a diagram showing the registered contents and (b) the time width of the time zone. It is a figure which shows the registration content of a user registration dictionary. It is a figure which shows the registration content of a basic dictionary. It is a flowchart which shows a dictionary registration process and a display example. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The information processing apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view which shows a mobile telephone, (b) is a front view which shows PDA. It is a block diagram which shows the processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the information processing method, the information processing program, and a recording medium. It is a block diagram which shows the processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the information processing method, the information processing program, and a recording medium. It is a block diagram which shows the processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the information processing method, the information processing program, and a recording medium. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a display character string and a use dictionary. It is a flowchart which shows an estimation head search conversion process. It is a figure which shows the conversion process with respect to a single character input. It is a flowchart which shows the input to a user registration dictionary, conversion, and a registration process. It is a flowchart which shows the input, conversion, and registration process using a user registration dictionary. It is a flowchart which shows the input and conversion process using a user registration dictionary. It is a flowchart which shows the input, conversion, and registration process using a user registration dictionary. It is a figure which shows the conversion process and use dictionary of a single character. It is a figure which shows the conversion process and use dictionary of a single character. It is a front view which shows the mobile phone which can input and output in Japanese and English. It is a figure which shows the input device part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the mobile phone which can input / output in Korean and English. It is a figure which shows the input device part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the mobile phone which can input / output in Chinese and English. It is a figure which shows the input device part of the mobile telephone shown in FIG.

  (First embodiment)

  FIG. 1 shows a processing system as a first embodiment of an information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention.

  This processing system is provided with a processing device 1 constituted by a computer or the like. The processing device 1 is an information processing device that performs processing to convert an input character into another character string, and executes various processing such as character conversion processing according to a processing program, for example, 1 or 2 to be converted such as characters. Information processing such as conversion to the above conversion candidates is executed. Here, the conversion target may be a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof, and may be any language such as Japanese, English, Chinese, or Korean. The one or more conversion candidates are one or more character strings such as languages related to the conversion target and time information in an arbitrary language. Moreover, time information is information showing time, such as time or a time zone. Therefore, the processing device 1 includes an input unit 2, a conversion unit 3, a display unit 4, a registration unit 5, a buffer memory BM, and the like as means for realizing a conversion process for converting a conversion target into a conversion candidate and obtaining a conversion result. ing. These configurations are realized by a computer constituting the processing device 1, and an input unit 2, a conversion unit 3, a display unit 4, a registration unit 5 and the like are a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as an information processing unit and a RAM as a storage unit. (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), etc., and the storage means may be either an internal storage means or an external storage means. Various information processing such as input processing, conversion processing, and confirmation processing are performed. As a recording medium realized by the processing apparatus 1, a magnetic disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) and an FD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disc), an optical disk, and the like can be used. The processing system includes a history dictionary 6, a time dictionary 7, a user registration dictionary 8, and a basic dictionary 9 as a dictionary database, and a display device 10 and an input device 11 as input / output processing means. ing. The time dictionary 7 constitutes time detection means together with timekeeping means such as a clock provided in the processing device 1.

  In the processing device 1, the input unit 2 is a processing unit that captures characters input from the input device 11 and inputs information to the display area 14 (FIG. 2) of the display device 10, that is, the input field 14. . The conversion means 3 searches the history dictionary 6, the time dictionary 7, the user registration dictionary 8 or the basic dictionary 9 for the input characters and converts the input characters into conversion candidates or other character strings as conversion results. Processing means to perform. The display unit 4 is a processing unit that displays a conversion candidate obtained by the conversion unit 3, a character string representing a conversion result, a cursor, and the like in the display area 14 (FIG. 2) of the display device 10. Here, the conversion candidate represents conversion information in the process of obtaining the conversion result, and is an aspect of the conversion result. When the conversion candidate is defined in this way, the conversion result is converted from the conversion candidate to the user's One or more conversion candidates selected by selection or information processing are indicated. The registration unit 5 is a processing unit that registers characters and character strings in the history dictionary 6, the time dictionary 7, or the user registration dictionary 8.

  The history dictionary 6 is a storage means for storing previously used information, and registers various information associated with input, conversion, and registration processing in the processing device 1, and is input to, for example, the display area 14 (FIG. 2). The character string (for example, Kana, Kana-Kanji character string) that is expanded by being expanded and converted into a conversion candidate or the like by pressing the confirmation key is registered. The time dictionary 7 is storage means for storing conversion candidates and time information in association with characters, and outputs time information necessary for information processing of the processing device 1. In this case, the time information represents a time or a time zone.

  The user registration dictionary 8 is a means for a user to register conversion candidates and conversion results in association with characters, and conversion candidates corresponding to conversion targets as various information associated with input, conversion, and registration processing in the processing device 1. And register the conversion result. The basic dictionary 9 registers conversion candidates and conversion results associated with input characters in advance. The display device 10 is an information presentation unit such as a liquid crystal display, and displays input characters, conversion results, and the like. The input device 11 includes a keyboard and the like, and includes characters and symbols to be converted. Is input.

  The processing system is applied to, for example, a mobile phone. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone is a foldable phone, and the display device 10 can be folded on the phone body 12 via a hinge portion 13. The display device 10 is provided with an input field 14 which is a display area and a character input area. On the telephone body 12 side, a plurality of character keys 15, a conversion key 16, a confirmation key 17 and the like arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns are provided as the input device 11. For example, hiragana “a” to “n” are assigned to the character keys 15, and consonants, vowels, patches, etc. are assigned to the keys corresponding to numbers, alphabets, and Korean. Alphabetic characters and numbers are assigned to English-capable keys and Chinese-capable keys. In the input field 14, an input character 18, a cursor 19, a conversion result and its candidates are displayed.

  With the above configuration, in the conversion process of the conversion means 3, when a character is input, a dictionary such as the time dictionary 7 is searched based on the input time, and conversion candidates including the input character start time information representing the time. The conversion candidates are sequentially displayed on the display means 4 in the order of extraction. In this case, the conversion means 3 performs processing such as conversion target input, Kana-Kanji conversion, and confirmation of a character string by pressing the confirmation key 17, and a conversion target or conversion candidate is selected.

  Then, the registration means 5 registers the conversion candidate or the conversion result in the user registration dictionary 8 in association with the first character of the character string, registers the time information indicating the conversion time in the time dictionary 7, and stores each information. . That is, conversion candidates or conversion results related to the conversion target and time information are recorded, and history information is stored in the history dictionary 6.

  The time as time information relating the conversion candidate is divided into, for example, morning, noon, night, and midnight time zones, and the designer can change the time division or the time width of the division. Moreover, as a division form, it is good also as 24 divisions per day every other hour, and it is good also as two divisions, daytime and night.

  Therefore, by referring to the input character 18 and the time information by storing one or more conversion candidates associated with the input character 18 to be converted in the time dictionary 7 and the user registration dictionary 8 in association with the time information. Then, the conversion candidate corresponding to the input character 18 or the character string as the conversion result can be displayed according to the time information. Therefore, conversion candidates predicted by the user can be obtained, and conversion efficiency can be further improved along with optimization of conversion results.

  In the first embodiment, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured as a processing system including the processing apparatus 1, various dictionaries 6 to 9, the display apparatus 10, and the input apparatus 11. An information processing method and an information processing program according to the invention are realized. That is, the information processing method realized in this processing system includes, for example, (1) a step of recognizing a conversion target, (2) a step of recognizing time information, and (3) a step of conversion processing.

  Specifically, in the step of recognizing the conversion target, a process of recognizing the conversion target is performed with a character, a symbol, a character or symbol element, or a combination of two or more thereof as a conversion target. In the step of recognizing time information, the information processing apparatus performs processing for recognizing time information representing the time of conversion and recognizing time information representing any time or time inputted. In the conversion processing step, a dictionary in which one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target are stored in association with the time information is referred to, and one or two or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target are used as the time information. The process of associating and converting is performed. A recording medium having means or functions for realizing these steps or processes can be configured.

  Such processing, means, or function will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, for example. The flowchart shown in FIG. 3 shows the processing operation according to the first embodiment of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention.

  In this flowchart, prior to the start of the conversion process, an input field (display area) 14 is displayed in step S1. That is, for example, in the mobile phone shown in FIG. 2, the input field 14 is displayed on the screen of the display device 10. After this display, in step S2, key input is performed using the character key 15 or the like in order to designate a conversion target. In this case, the cursor 19 is moved to the input field 14 displayed in step S1 for positioning, and after this positioning, the character key 15 is pressed to input characters. For example, “A” is input as the character input.

  In this embodiment, after a character to be converted is input, a conversion instruction is given. This conversion instruction is executed in step S3. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the conversion key 16 has been pressed. This determination process becomes a conversion instruction. For example, it is determined whether or not the conversion key 16 is pressed in the input field 14 on the condition that the character “A” is displayed. If the conversion key 16 is pressed (YES), the process proceeds to step S4. If the key is not pressed (NO), there is no conversion instruction, so the process returns to step S2 and a new character input operation can be repeated in the input field 14.

  In this embodiment, whether or not to refer to time information is determined based on the number of input characters. That is, in step S4, it is determined whether or not the number of input characters is one. When the conversion key 16 is pressed, it is determined whether or not the number of input characters in the input field 14 is one. From this determination result, when the number of input characters is one, a dictionary search is performed by referring to the time information, and when the number of input characters is two or more, a normal dictionary search is performed without referring to the time information. Therefore, if the number of input characters is 1 (YES), the process proceeds to step S5. If the number of input characters is not 1 (NO), the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S5, the conversion candidate is taken out with reference to time information corresponding to the time at the time of conversion. This process is performed as shown in step S6.
a History Dictionary 6
b Order in the morning, noon, night, and midnight of the time dictionary 7 starting from the time zone in which the characters were entered c User registration dictionary 8
d Basic dictionary 9
Conversion candidates are taken out in this order, and conversion candidates are generated from the top. In step S7, the generated plurality of conversion candidates are displayed on the display device 10, and the user can visually recognize the contents.

  In step S8, a desired one can be selected from a plurality of conversion candidates, and the conversion candidate can be determined as a conversion result. In this case, when the user moves the cursor 19 to one of the conversion candidates displayed on the display device 10 and selects it, and then presses the confirmation key 17, the conversion candidate is confirmed, and the input field 14 Set to In this case, even if the cursor 19 is moved, if the confirmation key 17 is not pressed, the selected conversion candidate is not confirmed, and the cursor 19 can be moved again to select another conversion candidate. is there.

  Then, after determining the conversion candidates, in step S9, it is determined whether or not to continue the input process. This determination can be made based on, for example, whether or not the enter key 17 has been operated again. Thus, when the conversion candidate is confirmed, if no other input is performed, that is, if the input is continued (YES), the process proceeds to step S1, and the input and conversion process from step S1 to step S9 is repeated. For example, if the enter key 17 is operated again, the operation is completed, the continuation of input is stopped (NO), and this conversion process is terminated.

  By the way, in step S10, the process of the state in which two or more characters are input in the input field 14 is shown. In this case, when the conversion key 16 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S11, and the user performs a normal conversion process as a user. The corresponding conversion candidates are read in the order of the registered dictionary 8 and the basic dictionary 9, and the conversion candidates are transferred to step S7 and displayed. One or more conversion candidates can be confirmed by pressing the confirmation key 17 in step S8, and are displayed on the display device 10 as a conversion result.

  Even in this normal conversion process, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the input process is to be continued. This determination can be made based on, for example, whether or not the enter key 17 has been operated again. Thus, when the conversion candidate is confirmed, if no other input is performed, that is, if the input is continued (YES), the process proceeds to step S1, and the input and conversion process from step S1 to step S9 is repeated. For example, if the enter key 17 is operated again, the operation is completed, the continuation of input is stopped (NO), and this conversion process is ended.

  Thus, when the user presses the conversion key 16 with one character entered in the input field 14 (YES in step S4), conversion candidates are extracted from the history dictionary 6 and the time dictionary 7 corresponds to the input time. The conversion candidates are extracted in order triggered by the time information indicating the time zone to be converted, the conversion candidates are extracted from the user registration dictionary 8, and the conversion candidates are further extracted from the basic dictionary 9, and the conversion candidates are displayed in these order (for example, FIG. 6) The user selects one of them, or displays them in order and selects from them, and presses the enter key 17 to set it in the input field 14. Therefore, the optimal conversion candidate can be displayed triggered by the time information indicating the time when the character is input, and the optimal conversion candidate corresponding to the time information is preferentially displayed, so that the conversion efficiency can be improved. .

  An example of display in the above conversion processing is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows a screen display example of the display device 10, and FIG. 4A shows a screen display of “A” which is the input character 18 as a conversion target. The cursor 19 displayed next to the input character “A” indicates the next input position.

  When the conversion key 16 is pressed in this display state, the character string “rain” as the first conversion candidate 20 is displayed by pressing the conversion key 16 for the first time, for example, as shown in FIG. The That is, the display of this character string is the character string “rain” that is the first conversion candidate 20 among the conversion candidates including the character “A” input in FIG. Step S5) is displayed.

  When the second conversion key 16 is pressed in this display state, for example, as shown in FIG. 4C, all conversion candidates 21 are displayed with the character string “rain” as the first conversion candidate 20 at the head. Is displayed. The displayed all conversion candidates 21 are a character string (step S7 in FIG. 3) including the character “A” input in FIG. The all conversion candidates 21 are as follows.

In the morning, play in the morning sun in the morning.

  As described above, when the conversion candidates obtained in step S7 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, that is, the earliest conversion candidates 20 or all the conversion candidates 21 are displayed on the screen, the earliest conversion candidates 20 or All conversion candidates 21 are displayed.

  Further, the conversion means 3 of the processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment constitutes an order change means for changing the order of conversion candidates based on time information at the time of conversion to be converted. Therefore, a conversion process for changing the order of conversion candidates according to time information with such a configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 5, for example. The flowchart shown in FIG. 5 shows processing operations of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention.

  In step S21, for example, “A” is input by the character key 15 as the character input to be converted. In this case, when the cursor 19 is moved to a desired position in the input field 14 and the character input “A” is input at the position of the cursor 19 by pressing the character key 15, the input character “A” is displayed. .

  When the conversion key 16 is pressed in step S22 while “A” is input and displayed in the input field 14, the process proceeds to step S23. In step S23, it is determined whether or not there is a conversion candidate in the history dictionary 6. That is, when the conversion key 16 is pressed in step S22, the history dictionary 6 is searched, and a character string (a hiragana sentence or a kana-kanji mixed sentence) beginning with a registration {or "a" associated with "a". } Is present. If there is such registration (YES), the process proceeds to step S24, the candidate dictionary is extracted from the history dictionary 6 in the order of candidates and stored in the buffer memory BM of the processing device 1 from the top, and the process proceeds to step S25. If the registration is not in the history dictionary 6 (NO), the process proceeds from step S23 to step S25.

  In step S25, it is determined whether or not there is a conversion candidate in the time dictionary 7. That is, the time dictionary 7 is searched, and whether or not there is a registration {or a character string (a hiragana sentence or a kana-kanji mixed sentence)} prefixed with the input character “a” is registered. If there is (YES), the process proceeds to step S26, the registrations are extracted from the time dictionary 7 in the order of candidates and stored in the buffer memory BM, and the process proceeds to step S27. If the registration is not in the time dictionary 7 (NO), the process proceeds from step S25 to step S27.

  In step S27, it is determined whether or not there is a conversion candidate in the user registration dictionary 8. That is, the user registration dictionary 8 is searched to search whether or not there is a registration {or a character string (a hiragana sentence or a kana-kanji mixed sentence)} beginning with “a” associated with the input character “a”. To do. If there is such registration (YES), the process proceeds to step S28, the registration is taken out and stored in the buffer memory BM in order of candidates, and the process proceeds to step S29. If the registration is not in the user registration dictionary 8 (NO), the process proceeds from step S27 to step S29.

  In step S29, it is determined whether or not there is a conversion candidate in the basic dictionary 9. That is, the basic dictionary 9 is searched to determine whether or not there is a registration {or a character string (a hiragana sentence or a kana-kanji mixed sentence)} beginning with “a” associated with the input character “a”. If there is such registration (YES), the process proceeds to step S30, the registrations are extracted in order of candidates and stored in the buffer memory BM, and the process proceeds to step S31. If the registration is not in the basic dictionary 9 (NO), the process proceeds from step S29 to step S31.

  In step S31, the display area is extracted from the top of the stored buffer memory BM. In this case, duplicates are excluded.

  In step S32, for the conversion candidates stored in the buffer memory BM in order of priority from the top in steps S24, S26, S28, and S30, the conversion candidates or conversion results extracted from the top in the display area in step S31 are, for example, The display character string shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

  As described above, for example, when “A” is input as one character and the conversion key 16 is pressed, the history dictionary 6, the order from the time zone corresponding to the current input time of the time dictionary 7, the user registration dictionary 8, the basic dictionary For example, conversion candidates having “a” at the head in the priority order of 9 are displayed as shown in FIG. 6 (in this case, the input time of “a” is 17:00). Thereby, the conversion candidate giving priority to the time zone corresponding to the time according to the current input is displayed as the first conversion candidate 20, and the optimal conversion candidate can be obtained and the conversion efficiency can be further improved.

  In this embodiment, a time zone is registered by associating only the time dictionary 7 with the input character 18, and conversion candidates are assigned in priority order starting from the time zone corresponding to the current input time when searching the time dictionary 7. In the same manner, the history dictionary 6 is also registered in association with the first character of the character string using the time zone corresponding to the time of use (the time of selection by pressing the enter key 17). In addition, conversion candidates or conversion results may be displayed in priority order starting from the time zone corresponding to the current input time during the search.

  A display example of conversion candidates will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a display character string and a use dictionary. In FIG. 6, the display character string shown on the left represents a conversion candidate, and the dictionary to be used shown on the right is a dictionary extracted by searching the display character string {the time zone of the history dictionary 6 and the time dictionary 7 (morning, Day, night, midnight), user registration dictionary 8, basic dictionary 9}. The time dictionary 7 is extracted in the priority order of circulation starting from the time zone corresponding to the input time, and is displayed from above to below as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. The conversion candidates, which are display character strings shown on the left, represent the top candidates from the top priority candidates from the top to the bottom. Here, conversion candidates for the input character “A” are as follows.

Display string Used dictionary Rain is history dictionary 6: Recent and used Morning As above Asahi Asahi Time dictionary 7: Night (input time of “a” is 17:00) Play Same as above: Night Morning return Same as above: I want to meet Same as above: Morning Morning sleep Same as above: Morning Breakfast Same as above: Morning warm Same as above: After noon Same as above: Asahi user registration dictionary 8
A basic dictionary 9
A Ditto A Ditto A Ditto ...

  In this way, conversion candidates are extracted in the order of the time zone of the history dictionary 6 and the time dictionary 7 (in order from the start of morning, noon, night, and midnight), the user registration dictionary 8 and the basic dictionary 9 in the order of the input character string shown in the figure. Display in order of conversion candidates corresponding to the time zone corresponding to the current input time, the selection can be facilitated, and the conversion efficiency can be further increased.

  In this embodiment, the history dictionary 6 is configured as shown in FIG. 7, for example. FIG. 7 shows the registered contents of the history dictionary 6. The history dictionary 6 uses a character string (a kana-kanji mixed sentence) that has been displayed in the input field 14 and entered by pressing the enter key 17 in the past as a conversion result, and the first kana (for example, “a”) of the conversion result. This is a dictionary registered in association with the latest one registered at the top. As described above, in the history dictionary 6, time information such as a time zone may be registered together with the conversion candidate in association with the illustrated input character 18, and in this form, the input character to be converted Starting from the time zone corresponding to the 18 input times (for example, if the input time is 8:00 am, in the order of morning, noon, night, and midnight), the corresponding conversion candidates can be extracted in order.

  Therefore, if such a history dictionary 6 is used, it is possible to preferentially display the conversion candidates and conversion results used most recently. Further, when time information representing the time zone is registered, the time at the time of input is registered. Conversion candidates and conversion results can be displayed in the order of time zones, triggered by time information such as the time zones corresponding to.

  In this embodiment, the time dictionary 7 is configured as shown in FIG. In the time dictionary 7, conversion candidates are registered corresponding to the input characters 18, and time zones as time information corresponding to the conversion candidates are registered. The time zone is in the form shown in FIG. 8B, for example. In view of this, the relationship between the time zone and the conversion candidate is set based on the temporal relationship regarding the conversion candidate, such as the meaning of the conversion candidate and its use. Note that the user can arbitrarily and freely set the time zone to be registered as a conversion candidate. In this embodiment, the following is registered as an example.

Input character Conversion candidate Time zone A Tomorrow Night A Playing night A Morning return Midnight A Morning overnight Morning A Later

  The time zone represents a certain time range. In this embodiment, the time zone is defined as shown in FIG. 8B, for example. That is, the relationship between each time zone and time is as follows.

Time zone Time Morning 5: 00-10: 59
Noon 11: 00-16: 59
Night 17: 00-22: 59
Late night 23: 00 to 4: 59

  In this way, conversion candidates and time zones are registered in the time dictionary 7 corresponding to the input characters 18, and the input characters 18 to be converted and the time zone including the input time of the input characters 18 are included. Conversion candidates are read out, and the conversion candidates are displayed in order starting from the corresponding time zone. As a result, since a plurality of conversion candidates that share the input character 18 are triggered by time information, conversion candidates or conversion results corresponding to the time can be obtained, and conversion efficiency can be improved and conversion efficiency can be improved. Can do.

  In this embodiment, the user registration dictionary 8 is configured as shown in FIG. 9, for example. The user registration dictionary 8 is a dictionary in which the user can register the input characters 18 and conversion candidates to be converted, and a desired conversion candidate or conversion result corresponding to the input characters 18 in the same form as other dictionaries. You can register. The registration example is as follows.

Input character reading Conversion candidate Asuka Ashitaka

  Since such a user registration dictionary 8 has been set, the user can register unique terms such as place names and names frequently used by the user individually in association with the input characters 18. By using it, conversion candidates and conversion results corresponding to the input characters 18 can be displayed easily and quickly, and conversion efficiency can be improved.

  In this embodiment, the basic dictionary 9 is configured as shown in FIG. 10, for example. The history dictionary 6, the time dictionary 7, and the user registration dictionary 8 are applied dictionaries in which registered words increase with the use of the user, whereas the basic dictionary 9 registers basic characters, symbols, etc. used in these dictionaries. If the registered information is described in detail, characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or a combination of two or more of them, or one or more conversion candidates are stored. Has been. In these registration forms, conversion candidates or conversion results are registered in association with input characters to be converted.

  Therefore, information processing according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart and display example shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a dictionary registration process and a display example. In FIG. 11, the display example is a display in the input field 14 of the display device 10, and shows a display transition due to an input operation.

This dictionary registration process can be performed in parallel with the text input process. Therefore, the operation is started, and a desired sentence is input in step S41. In this text input, the user operates the character key 15 of the input device 11 to input the text into the input field 14 of the display device 10, for example, the text described on the right side of the flowchart. In this case, the input sentence that is the conversion target is as shown in step S421.
"I have stopped doing it"
It is.

  In step S42, a part of the input character is selected and converted. For example, as shown in step S422, if “Keikaku-o” being displayed is selected and the conversion key 16 is pressed, “Keikoku-o” in the selected state is “plan” as shown in step S423. The conversion result is displayed as follows.

"I stopped the plan"
In step S43, the conversion result is confirmed. That is, when the confirmation key 17 is pressed in a state where a part has been converted in step S42, the process proceeds to step S44, and the input character is confirmed together with the conversion result. That is, “plan” is confirmed by pressing the confirmation key 17 in step S43.

  In step S45, “plan” is registered in the history dictionary 6. That is, the “plan” determined in step S44 is registered in the history dictionary 6 in association with the first character “ke” as shown in step S424.

  In step S46, it is determined whether or not there is an undetermined character. If there is an undetermined character (YES), the process returns to step S42, and the processes in steps S42 to S45 are repeated. If there is no unconfirmed character (NO), the process proceeds to step S47.

  In step S47, it is determined whether or not to continue character input. When the character input is continued (YES), the process returns to step S41 and is repeated. If character input is not continued (NO), the process ends. In this case, it is possible to determine whether or not to continue character input, for example, by operating the enter key 17 again.

  In this way, a character string (for example, “plan”) that is confirmed by pressing the confirmation key 17 during text input can be registered in the history dictionary 6 in association with the first character (for example, “ke”). it can. As described above, if time information indicating the time zone corresponding to the time when the enter key 17 is pressed is registered in the history dictionary 6, one character is input to the input field 14 and the conversion key 16 is pressed. When this is done, conversion candidates can be read and displayed in order from the history dictionary 6 starting from the time zone including the input time.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11, a character is input by operating the character key 15, and the input is performed in the input field 14 that is an input or display area. When the conversion key 16 is pressed while the characters 18 are displayed, for example, as shown in FIG. 12A, the display character string shown in FIG. 6 is displayed in the display area 14 of the display device 10, for example. When one of them is selected and the confirmation key 17 is pressed, a display character to be confirmed is selected, and input to the input field 14 becomes possible as the display character is confirmed. At this time, since conversion candidates are displayed in order starting from the time zone including the input time, it is possible to acquire the optimal conversion candidate for the time zone, increase the conversion efficiency, and input processing by quick conversion Is possible.

  In this embodiment, the description has been made with reference to the mobile phone. For example, as shown in FIG. 12B, the processing system shown in FIG. 1 can be applied to PDA (Personal Digital Assistants). it can. In this PDA, parts common to those of the cellular phone shown in FIG. In this PDA, for example, a display character string shown in FIG. 6 is displayed in the input field 14 as well as a display area provided in the upper part of the PDA main body 22. An input device 11 is provided below the input field 14 in the same manner as a mobile phone. The input device 11 has a plurality of character input regions (handwritten character regions or handwritten character regions) as information input means corresponding to the character keys 15 of the mobile phone. 24, 26 and 28 are provided, and a conversion key 16, a confirmation key 17 and the like are provided adjacent to the character input areas 24-28.

  Also in such a PDA, as already described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11, the conversion key 16 is input in a state where characters are input in the character input areas 24 to 28 and the input characters are displayed in the input field 14. When is pressed, for example, it can be converted into a display character string shown in FIG. 6 and displayed. Therefore, when one of the displayed character strings is selected and the confirm key 17 is pressed, the selected display character string is confirmed in the input field 14, and the displayed character string can be input. In this case, since the conversion candidates are displayed in order starting from the time zone including the input time, even in this PDA, the conversion efficiency from the conversion target to the conversion candidate or the conversion result can be increased, and the rapid conversion processing and Input processing can be realized.

  (Second Embodiment)

  Next, FIG. 13 shows a processing system as a second embodiment of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention. This processing system is provided with a time zone correcting means 30 as a time correcting means for correcting the relationship between conversion candidates and time information in the processing apparatus 1. That is, the time zone correction means 30 is a means for correcting the relationship between the time information and the conversion candidate or conversion result from the conversion candidate or conversion result selected at the time of conversion of the conversion target.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to speed up and optimize the conversion process according to the user's life time zone. That is, since the life time zone is different depending on the person, for example, the form of greetings also changes depending on the life time zone. Therefore, if conversion corresponding to this life time zone is obtained, convenience is enhanced. For example, there is a pattern of “good morning” at night and “good night” in the morning. Therefore, in this processing system, if the relationship between the time information and the conversion candidate is corrected according to the life time zone determined from the conversion candidate selected at the time of conversion, priority candidates are extracted corresponding to the life time zone. And an optimal conversion result in accordance with the user's prediction or expectation can be obtained. If such processing is performed, there is no difference between the conversion time corresponding to the life time zone and the conversion candidate, that is, the words representing the greeting for the user's life time zone, and the conversion efficiency is improved together with the conversion candidate optimization. Will be able to.

  (Third embodiment)

  Next, FIG. 14 shows a processing system as a third embodiment of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention. In this processing system, the processing apparatus 1 is provided with a priority order changing means 32, and this priority order changing means 32, when obtaining a change candidate or conversion result from a conversion target, includes a history dictionary 6, a time dictionary 7, The priority of the reading order of the user registration dictionary 8 and the basic dictionary 9 can be changed. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, conversion priorities are selected from the history dictionary 6, the second time dictionary 7, the third user registration dictionary 8, and the fourth basic dictionary 9 as priorities. However, in this embodiment, the priority order of the dictionary can be arbitrarily set by the operation from the input device 11 by using the priority order changing means 32. For example, in this embodiment, the priority order of the first embodiment can also be set, and the priority order is first the time dictionary 7, the second history dictionary 6, the third user registration dictionary 8, the fourth order. The priority order may be the user registration dictionary 8, the second time dictionary 7, the third history dictionary 6, and the fourth basic dictionary 9. Thus, since the priority of conversion candidates or conversion results can be changed according to the extraction order from the dictionary, the conversion process can be speeded up and optimized in accordance with the user's usage pattern, and convenience is improved. In addition, the conversion efficiency can be improved.

  (Fourth embodiment)

  Next, FIG. 15 shows a processing system as a fourth embodiment of the information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention. This processing system includes a basic dictionary 9 and a guess cue conversion dictionary (hereinafter referred to as “guess conversion dictionary”) 34 separately from the user registration dictionary 8 as a database for storing conversion candidates or conversion results. The speculative conversion dictionary 34 corresponds to the history dictionary 6 and the time dictionary 7 in the processing system shown in FIG. 1 and is a further development of the registered contents. Both the user registration dictionary 8 and the guess conversion dictionary 34 are dictionaries of the same format, and are databases in which the user registers desired conversion candidates and conversion results. The user registration dictionary 8 includes user registration words and phrase learning candidates. The guess conversion dictionary 34 stores a guess word and a user use word. As for the conversion form, the user registration dictionary 8 has phrase conversion, and the guess conversion dictionary 34 has a single character, symbol, character. Alternatively, symbol elements are to be converted. Note that a conversion target of the speculative conversion dictionary 34 may be replaced with a single character, symbol, character or symbol element, and a combination of two or more of these may be used. If the number of registered words increases, the registration area set in the basic dictionary 9 may be adjusted and used.

  In addition, for the user registration dictionary 8, the basic dictionary 9, and the guess conversion dictionary 34, the priority between homophones to be converted is, for example, first guess conversion dictionary 34, second user registration dictionary 8, second The basic dictionary 9 is used, and the registration order is set between the same priorities. The registration order becomes the extraction order, which contributes to optimization and speeding up of conversion efficiency.

  In the guess conversion dictionary 34, for example, as shown in Table 1, first to fourth fields are set, and an item number, heading (yomi), notation (kanji), and time are assigned to each field and registered. . Here, “Yomi” is a headline reading, for example, Japanese, and “Time” is time information indicating a time zone.

  The item numbers in Table 1 and the number of readings and readings are as shown in Table 2, for example. In Table 2, the number of readings to be converted to the initial cue means that there is an initial registered word in which the input character is estimated by, for example, “A” and the operation of the conversion key 16 (FIG. 2). This means that there is no initial registered word that is assumed by the operation of the conversion key 16 (FIG. 2), for example, “n” as the input character.

  Here, assuming that the initial registration number for one reading is 2, for example, and the number of readings that are the target of speculative cueing conversion is 67 from Table 2, the time zone of one day is divided into four {b in FIG. )}, The number of registered words n for the estimated cue conversion candidate is, for example, n = 4 × 67 × 2 = 536.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, it is possible to read both at the same time by sharing the conversion candidates registered in the user registration dictionary 8 and the speculative conversion dictionary 34 or headings (yomi) for reading the conversion results. However, it is possible to distinguish the read contents by making the two different. In that case, if the longest headline (yomi) is set to several characters of, for example, about 8 to 15 in the user registration dictionary 8 and set to one character in the guess conversion dictionary 34, the reading priority of both is set as the headline ( Yomi) can be set. In the automatic registration, for example, the user registration dictionary 8 is set at the time of phrase expansion or phrase reduction, and the guess conversion dictionary 34 is set only at the time of phrase confirmation. This makes it possible to select a dictionary that is automatically registered. In addition, the maximum number of registered words can be reduced by setting the user registration dictionary 8 to about 100 words to be small, and the estimated conversion dictionary 34 side can be set to 536 words or more to increase the number of estimated conversion words. The degree of freedom can be increased.

  Next, the cue conversion and the estimated cue conversion function will be described. A mobile phone, which is an example of a processing system, inputs character information using the numeric keypad when inputting character information, so the input operation increases with the number of characters, and involves conversion and confirmation operations. As the information increases, it increases at an accelerated rate. In this embodiment, it is possible to reduce the user's key touch by using the functions of cueing conversion and guess cueing conversion.

  Here, the cue conversion is a conversion word or a conversion result obtained by automatically registering words used, and a conversion target is a reading of characters at the beginning of the registered word, for example, a dictionary with one character of hiragana in Japanese, for example, This processing is preferentially extracted from the basic dictionary 9, the guess conversion dictionary 34, and the like. Specifically, a word used by the user, that is, a word that is input using the input device 11 and is confirmed is automatically registered in the user registration dictionary 8. This is a process of outputting conversion candidates and registered words as conversion results from the speculative conversion dictionary 34 in preference to the basic dictionary 9 under the condition of pressing.

  In addition, in the presumed cue conversion, the function of the cue conversion is expanded by using time information together. That is, the cue conversion is a function corresponding to the needs of the user, and there are cases where key touch cannot be reduced only by cue conversion. Therefore, in order to further expand convenience, for example, about 500 words are stored in advance in the guess conversion dictionary 34 having the same format as the user registration dictionary 8 as candidates for cue conversion, and the input is based on the key input of the character key 15. Referring to the time zone that includes the time, priorities are determined and registered words are output. By referring to the time information in this way, it is possible to optimize and speed up the extraction of conversion candidates for the conversion target. That is, it can be said that the speculative cue conversion further enhances the function of cue conversion.

  In this speculative cueing conversion, for example, it is assumed that the user inputs and confirms the sentence “It was raining / raining in the morning (3 phrases)”. In this case, automatic learning is performed as a word used by the user as follows. Here, the automatic learning is automatic registration in the user registration dictionary 8. In this case, for example, as shown in Table 3, registration notation (kanji) is registered in the user registration dictionary 8 together with the heading (yomi) to be converted, and this registration is performed in the order in which they are determined. Stored in order of registration.

  In this state, it is assumed that the user inputs “A” using the input device 11 as a one-character reading. If this input time is evening, pressing the conversion key 16 causes the display area 14 of the display device 10 to display a list of homophones, for example, as shown in FIG. In this case, the guess head is read from the guess conversion dictionary 34, the user-used words are read from the user registration dictionary 8, the guess head words at other times are read from the guess conversion dictionary 34, and the basic registered words are read from the basic dictionary 9. High “Tomorrow” and “Play” are extracted in the evening, so words with a high frequency are extracted.

  Next, specific conversion processing will be described with reference to Example 1, Example 2, and Example 3.

  (Example 1)

  Example 1 is speculative cue conversion processing (when the input is 8 am).

  In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, input and conversion processing are performed in step S51, and confirmation processing is performed in step S52. That is, in step S511, for example, when “Asa is candy was played” and character conversion is performed, in step S512, “It was raining in the morning” is converted. In this case, “morning”, “rain” and “falling” are converted from hiragana to kanji.

  In step S52, a confirmation process is performed for each phrase “It was raining in the morning.” In steps S521 to S522, the headline (prefix) , Yomi) “A” and “Morning” are automatically registered in the guess conversion dictionary 34. In Steps S523 to S524, the heading “A” and “Rain” are automatically registered in the guess conversion dictionary 34. Also, in steps S525 to S526, “It was falling” with the heading “F” is automatically registered in the guess conversion dictionary 34.

  When the registration process is performed in this way, when one character “A” is input, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the conversion key 16 is pressed, the time information is referred to and a candidate with a high time frequency is extracted. Thereafter, the latest registered words “rain” and “morning” as the next candidates are extracted. That is, a guess head with a high time frequency is taken out with the highest priority, and then a user registered word, a guess head of other time, and a basic dictionary registered word are read out. In this case, since it is assumed that it is picked up at 8:00 am, priority is given to the morning time frequency, and then the automatically registered candidates are prioritized, followed by picking up other speculative cueing. If there is a registration, the automatic registration word is extracted in preference to the registration word in the time zone other than morning.

  (Example 2)

  Example 2 is processing when user registration is performed.

  For example, as shown in Table 4, it is assumed that the registration heading is “Ajia” in hiragana, and the registration notation is registered in the user registration dictionary 8 as “Asia”.

  In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 19, input and conversion processing is performed in step S61, phrase expansion processing is performed in step S62, and confirmation processing is performed in step S63. In step S61, when “Ajigaigoku” is input in step S611 and the conversion key 16 is pressed, “Asia foreign country” is converted as shown in step S612. In step S612, “Asia” in “Asia foreign country” is selected, and in step S62, when the phrase is enlarged and displayed, “Asia is a foreign country” is displayed. Here, “Asia is a different country” is selected in step S631 of step S63, “Asia is” in the next candidate is displayed in step S632, and “Asia is” is extracted in step S633. . Here, when the confirm key 17 is pressed, “Asia” is confirmed and registered in the user registration dictionary 8 in step S634. In step S635, when “foreign country” is selected and the confirmation key 17 is pressed, “foreign country” is confirmed and registered in the user registration dictionary 8 in step S636.

  After such registration, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, if "Ajiaga is the best" is input and converted in step S71, "Ajiaga is the best" is selected in step S711 and the conversion key is selected. When 16 is pressed, "Asia is the best" is converted in step S712. In this case, in “Ajia”, both “Asia” and “Asia” are registered as conversion candidates. However, a registered word having a longer word length, that is, a registered word having a longer Yomi is “ “Asia” is preferentially selected. Then, in the process of taking and confirming the next candidate in step S72, in step S721, “Asia is the best” is selected, “Asia is”, the next candidate is displayed, and in step S722, “Asia is” is selected. When the enter key 17 is operated, “Asia is” is automatically registered in the user registration dictionary 8 in step S723. In step S 724, when “first” is selected and the confirmation key 17 is pressed, “first” is confirmed in step S 725 and registered in the user registration dictionary 8.

  After such automatic registration processing has been performed, for example, as shown in FIG. 21, in the case where “Ajigaigaiko” is input and converted, “Ajigaigaiko” is entered in step S731. When the conversion key 16 is pressed, “Ajiagasaikou” is converted. In this case, “Asia” and “Asia” are registered later in the user registration dictionary 8. The registered word “Asia” is given priority. Therefore, as shown in steps S732 to S734, the next candidates are ranked “Asia is the highest”, “Asia is the highest”, and “Asia is the highest”.

  (Example 3)

  Example 3 is a process when the input is one character (when the input is 8:00 am).

  For example, as shown in Table 5, it is assumed that the registration heading is “Hi” in “Hiragana” and “Tiger” is registered in the user registration dictionary 8.

  In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 22, the input and conversion process is performed in step S81, and the confirmation process is performed in step S82. That is, in step S811, for example, when “conversion is stopped” is input and conversion is performed by pressing the conversion key 16, conversion is made in step S812 to “plan is stopped”. In this case, “plan” and “stop” are converted from hiragana to kanji.

  Further, in step S82, a confirmation process is performed for each phrase “plan has been stopped”. In steps S821 and S822, “plan has been stopped” is displayed under the heading “ke”. Is automatically registered in the user registration dictionary 8. In step S 823 and step S 824, “stopped” at the heading “ya” is automatically registered in the user registration dictionary 8.

  When the registration process is performed in this way, when one character “ya” is input and the conversion key 16 is pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. 23, the time information is referred to and a candidate with a high time frequency is extracted. After that, the latest registered words “stopped” and “tiger” as the next candidates are taken out. That is, the guess head with high frequency is taken out with the highest priority, and then the user registered word, guess head, and basic dictionary registered word are read out. In this case, since it is assumed that it is picked up at 8:00 am, priority is given to the morning time frequency, and then the automatically registered candidates are prioritized, followed by picking up other speculative cueing. If there is a registration, the automatic registration word is extracted in preference to the registration word in the time zone other than morning.

  In this case, “arrow” is taken out as the final candidate after “ya”. Even if this “arrow” is selected and the enter key 17 is pressed, automatic registration of “arrow” is performed in the user registration dictionary 8. Not performed. This is because “arrows” are already registered in the basic dictionary 9 as “ya” to be converted. However, if such processing is performed, automatic registration is prevented, but the function of frequency learning works and the order of extraction is changed.

  Therefore, when one character “ya” is input, for example, as shown in FIG. 24, the conversion process is performed as shown in FIG. 23 by pressing the conversion key 16, but the final candidate is changed to “ya”. The priority of the “arrow” that was the last final candidate is raised by the frequency learning function. That is, the history function as frequency learning is working.

  As described above, the basic dictionary 9, the user registration dictionary 8, and the guess conversion dictionary 34 are used to store basic registration words in the basic dictionary 9, and the user registration dictionary 8 and the guess conversion dictionary 34 store registered words related to user use. In the guess conversion dictionary 34, since the time information is stored together with the desired registered word with the initial character to be converted, that is, the reading as the conversion target, the registered word can be extracted using the conversion target and the time information. For example, by setting the priority as the first guess conversion dictionary 34, the second as the user registration dictionary 8, and the third as the basic dictionary 9, a desired conversion candidate or conversion result is extracted by an optimal and quick conversion process. Can do. Moreover, in this embodiment, a registered word can be selected and stored when the confirmation key 17 is pressed, thereby speeding up registration. In addition, in a processing system having such a function, the system becomes more individual as the frequency of use by the user increases, and it is possible to increase the intelligence of character conversion and guess conversion. Can be made.

  In the processing system shown in FIG. 15 (fourth embodiment), the processing device 1 is provided with a time zone correction means 30 (second embodiment) and a priority changing means 32 (third embodiment). By installing, the relationship between the conversion candidate and the conversion result and the time information may be corrected, or the priority order for extracting conversion candidates from the user registration dictionary 8 and the guess conversion dictionary 34 may be changed.

  The processing system according to the present invention described above can be embodied as a mobile phone capable of Japanese input processing, for example, as shown in FIG. That is, in this mobile phone, the display device 10 is attached to the phone body 12 through a hinge portion 13 so as to be openable and closable, and the display device 10 is provided with a display area 14 constituting an input field. A speaker 36 and an antenna 38 are attached on the display device 10 side, and an input device 11 is provided on the telephone body 12 side. The input device 11 is provided with a plurality of character keys 15 of 3 rows and 4 columns, and a cursor key 40 used for operating a cursor 19 (FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 14 in the upper, lower, left and right directions. , 42, 44, 46, conversion key 16 composed of cursor keys 40, 42, confirm key 17, and other keys are provided. A microphone 48 is provided on the telephone body 12 side.

  The processing system according to the present invention can be configured as a mobile phone for Japanese-speaking countries or English-speaking regions. In a mobile phone for Japanese-speaking regions, for example, as shown in FIG. Keys 15 are assigned Japanese hiragana, alphabets, symbols, and the like.

  If the processing system according to the first to fourth embodiments is mounted on such a mobile phone, as already described, various information processing such as conversion processing to conversion candidates or conversion results to be converted, prediction conversion, and the like. It can be performed.

  If this processing system is used, for example, as shown in Table 6, conversion candidates representing greetings in accordance with the time zone can be extracted with “o” at the beginning of the word as a common input character.

  When the mobile phone is configured for an English-speaking country, it may be displayed in alphabet instead of the Japanese hiragana displayed on the character key 15 of the input device 11 shown in FIGS.

  Then, as a processing system for English-speaking countries, conversion candidates shown in Table 7 can be extracted by referring to the input character at the beginning of the conversion target, for example, “G” with time information indicating a time zone.

  In addition, the processing system according to the present invention can be embodied as a Korean-speaking mobile phone, and this mobile phone can be configured as shown in FIG. 27, for example. For example, a consonant, a vowel, and a patch may be assigned to the character key 15 as shown in FIG.

  According to such a cellular phone, by using the processing system according to the present invention, reference is made to time information representing a time zone with an input character as a silent consonant that is an element of the initial character as a conversion target. As shown in FIG. 6, the conversion candidates representing greetings that differ depending on the time zone can be extracted by using the common input characters, and the user can expect and predict conversion candidates for each time zone.

  In this case, for example, as shown in Table 9, an alphabetic “x” may be used as a silent consonant at the beginning of an input character, and the user is expected for each time zone by referring to time information that similarly represents the time zone. Then, conversion candidates to be predicted can be taken out.

  In this case, for example, as shown in Table 10, the first character may be used as an input character, and similarly, the time information indicating the time zone is referred to, and the user expects and predicts for each time zone. Conversion candidates can be taken out.

  Also, in this case, for example, as shown in Table 11, the input character is a sound (reading) of the first letter, that is, a combination of “x” representing a silent consonant, a vowel “a”, and a pronunciation consonant “n”. Similarly, by referring to the time information indicating the time zone, it is possible to extract conversion candidates that the user expects and predicts for each time zone.

  Also, in this case, for example, as shown in Table 12, a part of the sound (reading) in the first character, that is, a combination of “a” representing a vowel and a pronunciation consonant “n” is used as an input character. Similarly, it is possible to refer to time information representing a time zone, and to extract conversion candidates that the user expects and predicts for each time zone.

  As other Korean registered words, for example, as shown in Table 13, reference is made to time information that represents a time zone with a silent consonant, which is an element of the first character as an object to be converted, as input characters. Different conversion candidates can be extracted for each time period using characters.

  In this case, for example, as shown in Table 14, conversion candidates may be similarly extracted using “j” as a common input character representing pronunciation.

  Further, the processing system according to the present invention can be embodied as a Chinese-speaking mobile phone, and this mobile phone can be configured as shown in FIG. 29, for example. For example, as shown in FIG. 30, an alphabet representing Chinese pronunciation may be assigned to display the character keys 15. In this case, you may assign the element which comprises a Chinese character.

  According to such a cellular phone, by using the processing system according to the present invention, reference is made to the time information representing the time zone with the silent consonant that is the element of the initial character as the conversion target and the input character, for example, Table 15 As shown in FIG. 4, the conversion candidates representing greetings that differ depending on the time zone can be extracted by using the common input character “n” for the user to expect and predict the conversion candidates for each time zone.

  In this case, for example, as shown in Table 16, the input character may be “ni” which is two characters including a consonant and a vowel.

  In the above example, the initial character is described as the input character, but the common word at the end may be adopted as the input character. For example, as shown in Table 17, the common sound “hao” at the end of the conversion candidate is used. By using it, you may make it take out the conversion candidate which is a greeting different for every time slot | zone.

  In Tables 8 to 17 exemplified above, the meanings of the conversion candidates are described for convenience. The contents of this meaning column are not necessary for actual conversion, but may be displayed for users with different native languages.

(Other embodiments)

  In the embodiment described above, Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese have been described as examples. However, the present invention uses a character at the beginning or end of a conversion candidate or conversion result as a conversion target. Conversion candidates and conversion results or conversion results may be extracted with reference to time information, may be characters or symbol elements, and may be two or more characters, symbols, character elements, or symbol elements. Combinations may be conversion targets and can be arbitrarily set according to the target language.

  In the present invention, as shown in Tables 1 to 17, conversion candidates having a common word at the beginning or end of the word are targeted. However, conversion candidates having a common word at the beginning or end of the word are candidates for conversion by the user. There is an advantage that it is easy to recognize and use, but these are related to the user's familiarity and proficiency level, and the conversion candidates do not necessarily have the same beginning and end. For example, even if a common character is set with the concept of a greeting and a setting is made so that greetings according to the time zone are preferentially extracted, conversion candidates and conversion results for the conversion target can be obtained, and the user expects Alternatively, the conversion word to be predicted can be extracted in accordance with the time zone, and the conversion process can be accelerated and optimized.

  The information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium of the present invention have been described as the information processing system in the first to fourth embodiments. However, the present invention relates to a character input processing apparatus and a character input processing method. It can be configured as a character input processing program and a recording medium.

  As described above, the most preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above description, and is described in the claims or disclosed in the detailed description of the invention. It goes without saying that various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art based on the gist of the invention, and such modifications and changes are included in the scope of the present invention.

  Next, regarding the present invention, technical ideas to be described in the claims are listed as appendices in accordance with the description format of the claims.

(Supplementary Note 1) A dictionary that stores characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or a combination of two or more thereof, and stores one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion targets in association with time information ,
Time detection means for outputting time information representing the detected time;
Conversion means for converting the conversion target into one or more conversion candidates by referring to the dictionary in relation to the time information;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

  (Supplementary note 2) The information processing apparatus according to supplementary note 1, wherein the conversion means includes order change means for changing the order of the conversion candidates using time information at the time of conversion of the conversion target.

  (Supplementary note 3) The information processing apparatus according to supplementary note 1, wherein the conversion unit includes a time correction unit that corrects a relationship between the conversion candidate associated with time information and the time information.

(Supplementary Note 4) Characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or combinations of two or more thereof are converted, and a step of recognizing the conversion target;
Recognizing time information;
Refer to a dictionary that stores one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with time information, and convert one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information. Steps,
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

  (Supplementary Note 5) When converting one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information, the method includes a step of changing the order of the conversion candidates according to the time information. The information processing method according to appendix 4.

  (Additional remark 6) The information processing method of Additional remark 4 characterized by including the step which corrects the relationship between the said time information and the said conversion candidate.

(Supplementary note 7) A function for recognizing a character, symbol, character or symbol element, or a combination of two or more of these,
The ability to recognize time information,
Refer to a dictionary that stores one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with time information, and convert one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information. Function and
And an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to realize the function.

  (Supplementary Note 8) When converting one or two or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information, the function includes a function of changing the order of the conversion candidates according to the time information. The information processing program according to appendix 7, wherein the information processing apparatus is implemented.

  (Additional remark 9) The information processing program of Additional remark 7 characterized by including the function which corrects the relationship between the said time information and the said conversion candidate, and making the said information processing apparatus implement | achieve the function concerned.

(Supplementary Note 10) A function for recognizing a character, symbol, character or symbol element, or a combination of two or more thereof,
The ability to recognize time information,
Refer to a dictionary that stores one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with time information, and convert one or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information. Function and
And a storage medium storing an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to realize the function.

  (Supplementary Note 11) When converting one or two or more conversion candidates corresponding to the conversion target in association with the time information, the function includes a function of changing the order of the conversion candidates according to the time information. 11. A recording medium according to appendix 10, wherein an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to realize is recorded.

  (Additional remark 12) The recording medium of Additional remark 10 characterized by including the function which corrects the relationship between the said time information and the said conversion candidate, and recording the information processing program which makes the said information processing apparatus implement | achieve the function concerned.

  (Supplementary note 13) The information processing apparatus according to supplementary note 1 to supplementary note 3, wherein the time information is a time zone of morning, noon, night, and midnight.

(Additional remark 14) The dictionary which matches and memorize | stores 1 or several conversion result corresponding to a character for conversion, and time,
Time detection means for detecting time;
Based on the time indicated by the time detection means when a character is input from the character input means for inputting the conversion target character or when conversion of the conversion target character is instructed from the conversion instruction means for instructing conversion of the conversion target character. Conversion means for confirming the conversion result with reference to the dictionary;
A character input processing device comprising:

(Supplementary note 15) The character input processing device according to supplementary note 14,
The conversion means determines a plurality of conversion target results,
Conversion result specifying means for specifying a conversion result from the plurality of conversion results;
Registration means for associating the conversion result specified by the conversion result specifying means with the time indicated by the time detection means and storing it in the dictionary;
A character input processing device comprising:

(Supplementary Note 16) Recognizing the input conversion target character;
Recognizing the time indicated by the time detecting means for detecting the time;
Determining a conversion result of the conversion target character based on the time from a dictionary that stores one or more conversion results corresponding to the conversion target character in association with the time;
Displaying the determined conversion result;
A character input processing method comprising:

(Supplementary Note 17) Recognizing input character to be converted;
Recognizing the time indicated by the time detecting means for detecting the time;
Determining a conversion result of the conversion target character based on the time from a dictionary that stores one or more conversion results corresponding to the conversion target character in association with the time;
Displaying the determined conversion result;
A character input processing program for causing a computer to execute.

  (Supplementary note 18) The character input processing device according to supplementary note 14 or supplementary note 15, wherein the time is a time zone of morning, noon, night, or midnight.

(Supplementary note 19) A specifying means for specifying a conversion result from a plurality of conversion candidates;
Registration means for associating the conversion result specified by the specifying means with the time information and storing it in the dictionary;
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 20) A step of accepting an instruction to convert a character, a symbol, a character or an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof, and this conversion target or the conversion target;
When converting a conversion target into a conversion candidate, changing the order of conversion candidates using time information and registering the conversion candidates in a dictionary;
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

(Additional remark 21) The step which determines a life time zone from the said conversion candidate selected at the time of the said conversion,
Changing the relationship between the time information and the conversion candidate according to the life time zone and registering it in a dictionary;
The information processing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

(Supplementary Note 22) A function for receiving a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof and receiving an instruction to convert the conversion target or the conversion target;
When converting a conversion target into a conversion candidate, a function for changing the order of conversion candidates using time information and registering it in a dictionary;
An information processing program comprising causing an information processing apparatus to execute such a function.

(Supplementary Note 23) A function of determining a life time zone from conversion candidates to be selected;
A function of changing the relationship between the time information and the conversion candidate according to the life time zone and registering it in a dictionary;
An information processing program according to appendix 22, wherein the information processing apparatus executes the function.

(Supplementary Note 24) A function that receives characters, symbols, elements of characters or symbols, or a combination of two or more of these, and an instruction to convert the conversion target or the conversion target;
When converting a conversion target into a conversion candidate, a function for changing the order of conversion candidates using time information and registering it in a dictionary;
And a storage medium storing an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to execute the function.

(Supplementary Note 25) A function for determining a life time zone from the selected conversion candidates;
A function of changing the relationship between the time information and the conversion information according to the life time zone and registering it in a dictionary;
25. A recording medium according to appendix 24, wherein an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to execute the function is stored.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Processing apparatus 2 Input means 3 Conversion means 6 History dictionary 7 Time dictionary 8 User registration dictionary 9 Basic dictionary 30 Time zone correction means (time correction means)
34 Guessing cue conversion dictionary

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A character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof, and an input means for inputting the prediction target;
A dictionary in which one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target are stored in association with time information when the prediction target is input;
Time detection means for detecting the input time of the prediction target input by the input means, and outputting time information representing the time;
The dictionary is referenced using the prediction target input by the input means and the time information output from the time detection means when the prediction target is input, and the prediction target or its reading is read in the prediction candidates. Reading means for reading from the dictionary one or more prediction candidates including;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit includes an order changing unit that changes the order of the prediction candidates using time information when the prediction target is input.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit includes a time correcting unit that corrects a relationship between the prediction candidate related to the time information and the time information. A function of recognizing an input prediction target with a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof as a prediction target;
A function of detecting the input time of the input prediction target and recognizing time information representing the time;
Refer to a dictionary that stores one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target in association with time information at the time of prediction target input, and represent the input prediction target and the time at the time of input of the prediction target A function of reading out one or more prediction candidates from the dictionary including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates according to time information;
And an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to realize such a function.   A function of changing the order of the prediction candidates according to the time information when reading out one or more prediction candidates including the prediction target or the reading thereof in relation to the time information, The information processing program according to claim 4, which is realized by the information processing apparatus.   The information processing program according to claim 4, comprising a function of correcting a relationship between the time information and the prediction candidate, and causing the information processing apparatus to realize the function. A function of recognizing an input prediction target with a character, a symbol, an element of a character or a symbol, or a combination of two or more thereof as a prediction target;
A function of detecting the input time of the input prediction target and recognizing time information representing the time;
Refer to a dictionary that stores one or more prediction candidates corresponding to the prediction target in association with time information at the time of prediction target input, and represent the input prediction target and the time at the time of input of the prediction target A function of reading out one or more prediction candidates from the dictionary including the prediction target or the reading thereof in the prediction candidates according to time information;
And a storage medium storing an information processing program for causing the information processing apparatus to realize such a function. A dictionary for registering prediction candidates corresponding to input characters and a time zone at the time of prediction;
Recognizing means for recognizing the input time when characters are input,
By referring to the dictionary, according to the time zone including the input time to be input together with the input character to be predicted, the prediction candidate including the character to be predicted or the reading thereof is read in the prediction candidate. Prediction candidate reading means,
An information processing apparatus comprising:   When one day is divided into a plurality of time zones and prediction candidates associated with each time zone at the time of prediction are stored in the dictionary, and the prediction key is pressed when the number of input characters is one character, the dictionary is referred to An information processing method that sequentially extracts the prediction candidates related to the subsequent time zone starting from the prediction candidates related to the time zone corresponding to the input time.

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