JP2012083900A - Conversion controller, information processor, character conversion method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present pictographs in an order according to correspondence relation between the pictographs and conversion candidates of characters when the pictographs are presented with the conversion candidates.SOLUTION: An information processor retrieves conversion candidates corresponding to an input character string, and retrieves pictographs to which character strings matched to the retrieved conversion candidates are assigned (steps S2, S3). Two-step retrieval of the conversion candidates and the pictographs is performed by using individual dictionaries (a first dictionary and a second dictionary), respectively. The information processor executes rank processing for ranking the retrieved conversion candidates and pictographs (a step S4). At this time, the information processor performs, when a pictograph corresponding to a certain conversion candidate is retrieved, ranking so that a display order of the conversion candidates and the pictographs continues.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for presenting a character or pictogram corresponding to a character input by a user.

  There is a technique that enables an image to be handled in the same way as text when creating a document. Such an image is called a pictograph. Pictographs can be obtained from other users via e-mail or downloaded from a content provider's website.

  Patent Document 1 describes a technique for displaying a “conversion candidate character string” corresponding to an input character string and a “pictogram” corresponding to the same input character string in a “candidate list”. Patent Document 1 shows a state in which a plurality of conversion candidate character strings are displayed side by side and a plurality of pictograms are displayed side by side.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-148748 (see paragraph 0020, FIG. 7, etc.)

Let's make i-mode content: i-mode compatible pictograms, [online], NTT Docomo, Inc. [searched on August 19, 2010], Internet (URL: http://www.nttdocomo.co. jp / service / imode / make / content / pictograph /)

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, conversion candidate character strings are displayed together on the upper side of the candidate list, and pictograms are displayed together on the lower side of the candidate list. When the candidate list is displayed in such an order, it takes more time for the user to select a pictograph than to select a converted character string.
An object of the present invention is to present pictographs together with character conversion candidates in such a way that they are presented in an order corresponding to the correspondence between pictographs and conversion candidates.

  The conversion control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes metadata associated with a certain symbol, the character string assigned to the combination when the certain symbol is used by a combination of a plurality of symbols, and the combination. An input character string input by a user from an acquisition unit that acquires metadata indicating the total number of symbols to be performed and a position within the combination of the certain symbol, and a character string indicated by the metadata acquired by the acquisition unit A search unit that searches for a character string corresponding to the character string, and when a character string is searched by the search unit, a combination of a plurality of symbols to which the character string is assigned based on the metadata indicating the character string. A presentation control unit that controls the input character string to be presented as a conversion candidate for the input character string.

In a preferred aspect, the presentation control unit includes a determination unit that determines, for each symbol, whether or not a plurality of symbols corresponding to the conversion candidate is available, and the determination is performed on a plurality of symbols corresponding to the conversion candidate. When a symbol determined to be unusable by a part is included, the combination of the plurality of symbols is excluded from the conversion candidates.
In this aspect, when the presentation control unit determines the order of presentation by adding the aggregation result of the certain conversion candidate and the aggregation result of the pictogram to which the character string corresponding to the conversion candidate is assigned, More preferred.
In another preferred aspect, the conversion control device includes an acquisition unit that newly acquires a pictograph and a registration unit that registers the pictograph in the second dictionary when the acquisition unit acquires the pictograph.

  An information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes: an input unit that receives input of an input character string by a user; and an input that is input by the input unit from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered From the first search unit for searching for conversion candidates corresponding to character strings and the second dictionary in which a plurality of pictograms to which character strings corresponding to the respective patterns are assigned are registered as conversion candidates searched by the first search unit. A second search unit that searches for pictographs to which a matching character string is assigned, a presentation that presents conversion candidates searched by the first search unit and pictographs searched by the second search unit in a predetermined presentation order And a presentation control unit that controls a mode of presentation by the presenting unit, and the presentation control unit corresponds to a certain conversion candidate presentation order when a plurality of the conversion candidates are presented. Statement Characterized in that it immediately before or after the column has been assigned the presentation order of the pictograms.

  In a character conversion method according to another aspect of the present invention, a first information processing apparatus searches for a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character string input by a user from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered. Searching for a pictograph to which a character string matching the conversion candidate searched in the first step is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to each picture is assigned is registered. A step of presenting the conversion candidates searched in the first step and the pictograms searched in the second step in a predetermined presentation order, and when a plurality of the conversion candidates are presented, a certain conversion Performing the third step of presenting the candidate presentation order immediately before or after the presentation order of the pictograms to which the character strings corresponding to the conversion candidates are assigned. To.

  A program according to another aspect of the present invention includes a first step of searching a computer for conversion candidates corresponding to an input character string input by a user from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered. A second step of searching for a pictograph to which a character string matching the conversion candidate searched in the first step is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to the picture is assigned is registered; A step of presenting the conversion candidates searched in the first step and the pictograms searched in the second step in a predetermined presentation order, and when a plurality of the conversion candidates are presented, a certain conversion candidate presentation order And a third step of presenting immediately before or immediately after the presentation order of the pictograms to which the character strings corresponding to the conversion candidates are assigned. To.

  According to the present invention, when pictograms are presented together with character conversion candidates, they can be presented in an order corresponding to the correspondence between the pictograms and the conversion candidates.

Block diagram showing hardware configuration of information processing apparatus Figure showing an example of additional pictograph Functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the control unit Flow chart showing character conversion processing Flow chart showing rank processing Figure showing a display example of the screen Figure showing a display example of the screen

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. An information processing apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a communication terminal having a communication function and capable of displaying pictograms, and is, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal computer, or the like. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, an operation unit 140, and a display unit 150.

  The control unit 110 is means for controlling the operation of each unit of the information processing apparatus 10. The control unit 110 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and storage means (main memory) corresponding to a main storage device, and implements various functions by executing programs. The functions realized by the control unit 110 include a function corresponding to a conversion control device described later, a function of transmitting / receiving an electronic message, and a function of a so-called Web browser (a function of browsing a Web page). The electronic message here includes a message exchanged by so-called electronic mail or SMS (Short Message Service).

The storage unit 120 is means for storing data. The storage unit 120 is a storage unit corresponding to an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk or a flash memory. A part (or all) of the storage unit 120 may be formed of a removable medium (that is, a removable storage unit) like a so-called memory card.
The storage unit 120 stores data used by the control unit 110 for control. The storage unit 120 stores a standard character set CS1, an additional character set CS2, a first dictionary D1, and a second dictionary D2, in addition to programs executed by the control unit 110.

  The communication unit 130 is means for communicating with an external device. The communication unit 130 communicates with an external device via a communication network such as the Internet or a mobile communication network, for example. However, the communication unit 130 may directly communicate with the external device (not via the communication network) like infrared communication. . Further, the communication unit 130 may perform either wired or wireless communication. Furthermore, the communication method and communication standard with which the communication unit 130 conforms are not particularly limited.

  The operation unit 140 is a unit that receives an instruction from the user, and corresponds to an example of an input unit according to the present invention. The operation unit 140 is, for example, a keyboard (or keypad) including a plurality of keys, receives a user operation, and supplies a signal corresponding to the received operation to the control unit 110. Note that the operation unit 140 may be a touch screen provided on the screen displayed by the display unit 150.

  The display unit 150 is a means for displaying information, and corresponds to an example of a presentation unit according to the present invention. That is, the display unit 150 is a means for visually presenting information. The display unit 150 includes a display panel such as a liquid crystal display and a driving unit thereof, and displays information corresponding to display data supplied from the control unit 110. Here, the display data is an example of data for presenting a character string.

  In the present embodiment, the character set refers to a set of characters that can be displayed on the information processing apparatus 10. The standard character set CS1 is a character set prepared in advance in the information processing apparatus 10. The standard character set CS1 of this embodiment is assumed to be a character set represented by a 2-byte code such as a Shift_JIS code. This standard character set CS1 may include so-called machine-dependent characters (environment-dependent characters) in addition to characters that can be displayed in any environment corresponding to the Shift_JIS code (characters defined in JIS X 0208). Furthermore, the model-dependent characters can include pictographs.

  In a mobile phone used in Japan, a predetermined byte code is assigned to a predetermined pictograph defined for each carrier (communication carrier). For example, in the case of a mobile phone that uses a service provided by the applicant of the present invention (NTT DoCoMo, Inc.), a pictograph imitating the sun is assigned to the byte code “F89F (hexadecimal number)”. The character string “sunny” is assigned to this pictogram (see Non-Patent Document 1). In short, this pictogram is an image intended to be used in the sense of “sunny”.

  On the other hand, the additional character set CS2 is a character set composed of characters added afterwards, unlike the standard character set CS1. The additional character set CS2 of the present embodiment includes pictographs that are received from other users via electronic messages or downloaded from a content provider website. Such pictograms differ from pictograms included in the standard character set CS1 in that no bytecode is assigned. In the following, the pictograms included in the standard character set CS1 are referred to as “standard pictograms”, and the pictograms included in the additional character set CS2 are referred to as “additional pictograms”.

  The first dictionary D1 is data in which conversion candidates represented by character strings included in the standard character set CS1 are registered. Here, the conversion candidate means a candidate representing how to display a character string input by the user (hereinafter referred to as “input character string”), and a character string displayed so as to be visible to the user, And a character string corresponding to “reading” corresponding to the character string. The conversion candidate here may include a so-called predictive conversion candidate. A predictive conversion candidate is a conversion candidate that has a “reading” that does not completely match the input character string, and includes the input character string at the beginning of the “reading”. The character string means one or a plurality of characters, and is not limited to a combination of a plurality of characters.

  The second dictionary D2 is data in which pictograms (additional pictograms) included in the additional character set CS2 are registered. The second dictionary D2 is data describing additional pictograms included in the additional character set CS2 and character strings corresponding to the designs of the respective additional pictograms. The character string described in the second dictionary D2 corresponding to the additional pictogram may be assigned in advance to the additional pictogram, but may be defined by the user. A plurality of different additional pictograms to which the same character string is assigned may be registered in the second dictionary D2.

  Note that the second dictionary D2 and the additional character set CS2 may be configured by physically the same data. For example, if the corresponding character string is embedded in the pictographic image data as meta-information, the set of image data can be either the second dictionary D2 or the additional character set CS2.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the additional pictograph. The additional pictograph P1 shown in FIG. 2 is a pictograph reminiscent of Tokyo Tower (registered trademark). The additional pictograph P2 is a pictograph reminiscent of Tokyo Disneyland (registered trademark). A character string “Tokyo Tower” is assigned to the additional pictogram P1, and a character string “Tokyo Disneyland” is assigned to the additional pictogram P2.

  In this example, when the conversion candidate “Tokyo Tower” is registered in the first dictionary D1, the word corresponding to “reading” of this conversion candidate is “Tokyo Kyoto”. In this case, the character string “Tokyo Tower” has the input string “To”, “Tou”, “Touki”, “Tokyo”, “Tokyo”, “Tokyo”, “Tokyo”, “Tokyo” Any of “Wow” can correspond to a conversion candidate of the input character string.

  The hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 and the outline of the data stored in the information processing apparatus 10 are as described above. With this configuration, the information processing apparatus 10 accepts a user operation and executes a process according to the accepted operation. The process executed by the information processing apparatus 10 includes a process of creating a sentence. Here, the process of creating a sentence is to repeatedly present a conversion candidate corresponding to the input character string to the user, and allow the user to select (confirm) one or a plurality of conversion candidates. The input character string is an unconfirmed character string input by the user. The character string selected (confirmed) by the user in this way is hereinafter referred to as a “confirmed character string”. A series of processes for converting an input character string into a confirmed character string is hereinafter referred to as a “character conversion process”.

  In the character conversion process, the information processing apparatus 10 presents pictograms corresponding to the conversion candidates (that is, character strings included in the additional character set CS2) in addition to the conversion candidates (that is, character strings included in the standard character set CS1). To do. By doing in this way, the user can make the additional pictogram included in the additional character set CS2 a candidate for a confirmed character string. At this time, the user can handle the standard pictogram and the additional pictogram without any particular distinction.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 110 of the information processing apparatus 10. The control unit 110 implements functions corresponding to the first search unit 111, the second search unit 112, the display control unit 113, the totaling unit 114, and the pictogram management unit 115 shown in FIG. The control unit 110 can function as a conversion control device according to the present invention by realizing these functions.

  The first search unit 111 acquires an input character string input by the user, and searches for conversion candidates corresponding to the input character string using the first dictionary D1. As described above, the input character string and the conversion candidate are not in a relationship that requires that they completely match. That is, the first search unit 111 searches for a conversion candidate having a character string matching the input character string at the beginning of “reading”, and performs a so-called forward matching search. Moreover, the 1st search part 111 performs extraction based on a predetermined prediction conversion logic, every time the input character string increases by one character, and re-searches conversion candidates. The search by the first search unit 111 may be a partial match search other than the forward match search.

  The second search unit 112 searches for additional pictograms from the second dictionary D2 according to the search result by the first search unit 111. The second search unit 112 searches the second dictionary D2 for an additional pictograph associated with a character string that matches the “reading” of the conversion candidate searched by the first search unit 111. Unlike the search by the first search unit 111 (forward match search), the search by the second search unit 112 is a so-called complete match search.

  The display control unit 113 causes the display unit 150 to display search results obtained by the first search unit 111 and the second search unit 112. That is, the display control unit 113 causes the display unit 150 to display the conversion candidates searched by the first search unit 111 and the additional pictograms searched by the second search unit 112. When the display control unit 113 instructs display of search results, the display control unit 113 determines the display order of conversion candidates and additional pictographs. The display order of the search results may be determined, for example, according to the number of times the conversion candidate or additional pictograph is selected as the confirmed character string, or may be determined by another known algorithm. At this time, when displaying a certain conversion candidate and an additional pictogram corresponding to the conversion candidate, the display control unit 113 performs control so that the display order of the conversion candidate and the additional pictogram is continuous. To do. Here, the display order means a value (order) indicating the display order, and it is assumed that the smaller the value, the easier the user can select (or the smaller number of operations). The display control unit 113 corresponds to an example of a presentation control unit according to the present invention.

  The tabulation unit 114 acquires the tabulation result of the conversion candidates or additional pictograms displayed by the display unit 150 and selected by the user. That is, the totaling unit 114 recognizes the number of times that the conversion candidate or additional pictogram displayed on the display unit 150 is selected as the confirmed character string. The counting unit 114 may have a function of counting itself, but the function of counting may be realized by another program, and only the counting result may be acquired from the other program. The aggregation unit 114 supplies the acquired aggregation result to the display control unit 113, and the display control unit 113 reflects the aggregation result in the display order.

  The pictograph management unit 115 manages addition and deletion of additional pictographs. The additional pictograph is added by storing what is included in the electronic message transmitted from the outside or by purchasing and downloading it from a predetermined Web site. More specifically, the pictogram management unit 115 includes an acquisition unit 116 and a registration unit 117. The acquisition unit 116 acquires a new additional pictograph (that is, an additional pictograph that is not registered in the second dictionary D2), and the registration unit 117 includes an additional pictograph acquired by the acquisition unit 116 and a character string corresponding thereto. Are registered in the second dictionary D2 to register a new additional pictograph. The character string corresponding to the additional pictogram may be transmitted along with image data (such as a GIF file) corresponding to the additional pictogram, but may be input by the user at the time of registration. In the latter case, the registration unit 117 causes the display unit 150 to display a screen for inputting a character string corresponding to the additional pictograph, and accepts user input.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a character conversion process executed in the information processing apparatus 10. In the character conversion process, the control unit 110 of the information processing apparatus 10 first determines whether or not the input character string has been updated by the user (step S1). In this case, the update means a state in which one input character string is input from a state in which no input character string is input, and a state in which one character is added from a state in which some input character string is input. Including.

When the input character string is updated, the control unit 110 compares the updated input character string with the first dictionary D1, and searches for a conversion candidate corresponding to the input character string (step S2). The search result in step S2 may include conversion candidates for only character strings that do not include standard pictograms and conversion candidates that include standard pictograms. The search result in step S2 may be a combination of a character string and a standard pictogram. Subsequently, the control unit 110 searches for additional pictograms corresponding to the conversion candidates searched in step S2 (step S3). Here, the control unit 110 searches for an additional pictograph associated with a character string that completely matches the conversion candidate searched in step S2.
When the search for conversion candidates and additional pictograms is completed, the control unit 110 executes a process of ranking them (step S4). Such processing is hereinafter referred to as “rank processing”.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing rank processing. In the rank process, the control unit 110 first ranks the searched conversion candidates (step S41). Here, it is assumed that the number of conversion candidates searched in step S2 is “n”, and the order of “1” to “n” is assigned to each conversion candidate (temporarily). In addition, a conversion candidate whose rank is “i (i = 1 to n)” is represented as “S [i]” here.

  Next, the control unit 110 refers to the conversion candidates S [i] in order from S [1], and determines whether or not a corresponding additional pictograph has been searched in step S3 (step S42). If there is an additional pictograph corresponding to conversion candidate S [i], control unit 110 sets the rank of the additional pictograph to “i + 1” (step S43). That is, when the order of a conversion candidate having a corresponding additional pictograph is “i”, the control unit 110 sets the order of the additional pictograph to “i + 1”, and after continuing these ranks, S [ i + 1] is associated with the additional pictograph.

  In addition, when an additional pictograph is added to the conversion candidate, the control unit 110 sets the rank of the conversion candidates S [i + 1] to S [n] before the addition to “1” in order to prevent duplication of rank. Decrease by one (step S44). For example, the control unit 110 lowers the rank of the conversion candidate S [i + 1] before addition to “i + 2”, the rank of the conversion candidate S [i + 2] before addition to “i + 3”, and so on. Note that if there are a plurality of conversion candidates having the corresponding additional pictograph, the control unit 110 performs the same processing a plurality of times. In addition, if there is no conversion candidate having a corresponding additional pictograph, the control unit 110 only ranks the conversion candidates (step S41). In this case, the order is determined without being changed in the order assigned in step S41.

  When the rank processing is completed in this way, the control unit 110 causes the display unit 150 to display conversion candidates and additional pictograms corresponding to the input character string (step S5). The control unit 110 generates display data such that conversion candidates and additional pictograms are displayed side by side according to the ranking performed in the rank process, and supplies the display data to the display unit 150. Note that the control unit 110 does not display all the searched conversion candidates and additional pictograms according to the screen size of the display unit 150, but displays only the search results within the top 10 ranks. It may be.

  When the conversion candidate and the additional pictogram are displayed, the control unit 110 determines whether any displayed conversion candidate or additional pictogram is selected, that is, whether the confirmed character string is confirmed (step S6). . If there is an operation for confirmation by the user, the control unit 110 updates the display on the display unit 150 and replaces the input character string with the confirmed character string (step S7).

  In addition, if there is no operation to the effect of confirmation by the user, the control part 110 repeats the process after step S1 again. At this time, if the input character string has not been updated, the control unit 110 does not need to re-search for conversion candidates and additional pictograms. That is, when there is no operation by the user, the control unit 110 repeats only the determinations of steps S1 and S6 until there is any operation.

  6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating display examples of the screen in the information processing apparatus 10. In this example, “Tokyo” is input as the input character string, and the conversion candidate “Tokyo Tower” is selected as the confirmed character string. Here, the display area A1 (area where white characters are displayed on a black background) is an area where an input character string and a confirmed character string are displayed, and the display area A2 (area where black characters are displayed on a white background). Is an area in which a candidate for a confirmed character string (character string or pictograph) is displayed.

  Here, it is assumed that the additional pictograms P1 and P2 illustrated in FIG. 2 are registered in the second dictionary D2. Furthermore, in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the circle numbers displayed on the left side of the conversion candidates or additional pictographs are the ranks obtained by the rank process.

  As shown in FIG. 6, according to the character conversion process of the present embodiment, the conversion candidate “Tokyo Tower” and the additional pictogram P1 corresponding to the conversion candidate are given consecutive ranks, and the conversion candidate “Tokyo Disneyland” A sequential order is given to the additional pictogram P2 corresponding to this. That is, according to the character conversion process of the present embodiment, conversion candidates and pictograms having a predetermined correspondence relationship such as semantically common (or similar) can be continuously displayed. Such an effect is more remarkably brought about by making the search by the second search unit 112 a complete match search.

  In general, in an environment where both characters and pictograms (other than pictograms) can be input, when the user selects whether to input text or pictograms, a selection is made between those having similar meanings. For example, when the user tries to input information related to “Tokyo Tower”, it is normal to select whether to write “Tokyo Tower” as a letter or as a pictograph (additional pictograph P1). When it is desired to write “Tokyo Tower”, it is almost impossible to dare to enter other characters or pictographs (for example, characters or pictographs corresponding to “Tokyo Disneyland”). According to the character conversion process of the present embodiment, a certain conversion candidate and additional pictograms corresponding to the conversion candidate are displayed in a continuous order, so that the order when the user selects as a confirmed character string is also continuous. Become. Therefore, for example, when the user wants to input “Tokyo Tower”, only one of the corresponding characters and pictograms is displayed at the top and the other is not displayed, or the characters and pictograms corresponding to “Tokyo Tower” are displayed. No other characters or pictograms enter between the characters, and the user-friendliness when inputting characters can be improved.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in other modes. The present invention can be implemented, for example, in the following modifications. In addition, the modification shown below may combine each suitably.

(Modification 1)
The above-described embodiment is an example of visually inputting and presenting a character string. However, the present invention is not limited to the case where the input and presentation of the character string is visually performed. For example, the voice generated by the user is converted into text data by voice recognition and the character string is input, or It is also possible to present conversion candidates using software that reads out speech. When the pictogram is read out by voice, it is also possible to read out the text by adding information that does not confuse the text and the pictogram, such as “a pictogram of“ Tokyo Tower ””.

(Modification 2)
In the present invention, the pictogram is a symbol displayed on the display unit, to which some character string is assigned. The pictogram here can include not only a picture representing a picture by image data but also a picture representing a picture by a combination of letters and symbols. That is, pictograms registered in the second dictionary are so-called emoticons ("(^ _ ^)", ":-)", etc. Also called face mark. ).

  Moreover, although embodiment mentioned above has two types of pictograms (a standard pictogram and an additional pictogram), this invention can be implemented also in the aspect which does not use the pictogram equivalent to a standard pictogram. The present invention can also be implemented in a mode in which both standard pictograms and additional pictograms are registered in the second dictionary.

  In the present invention, in the first dictionary and the second dictionary, the former may be a dictionary in which characters are registered, the latter may be a dictionary in which pictograms are registered, or the former may be a character or a character prepared in advance in the information processing apparatus. The dictionary may be a dictionary in which pictograms are registered, and the latter may be a dictionary in which characters or pictograms added later to the information processing apparatus are registered. The first dictionary and the second dictionary can be distinguished from each other, for example, in which the second dictionary can be changed (added, deleted, edited, etc.) by the user, and the first dictionary is not. Also good.

(Modification 3)
In the present invention, it is sufficient that a certain conversion candidate and pictograms corresponding to the conversion candidate are presented in a continuous presentation order, and either the conversion candidate or the pictogram may be higher. That is, the display order of pictograms corresponding to conversion candidates may be either immediately before or after the display order of the conversion candidates. Which of the conversion candidate and the pictograph is to be higher may be determined in advance, but may be determined according to the number of times the user has selected as the confirmed character string (that is, the totaling result by the totaling unit 114). In this way, it is possible to place the one selected more frequently among the conversion candidates and the pictograms corresponding to the conversion candidates in the order of higher presentation.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the case of using the aggregation result by the aggregation unit 114, the aggregation result of a certain conversion candidate and the aggregation result of the pictogram corresponding to the conversion candidate are added together, and the presentation order is calculated using the added aggregation result. It is also possible to determine. In this way, for example, when the character string “Tokyo Tower” and the pictogram are each input three times and the character string “Tokyo Disneyland” is input three times, the character string “Tokyo Tower” and the pictogram are input. Can be presented higher than the string “Tokyo Disneyland”. That is, according to this aspect, it is possible to determine the presentation order based on the summation result for each meaning of the character string or pictogram, not the summation result for each character string or pictogram.

(Modification 4)
The present invention is not limited to a conversion control device and an information processing device provided with the same, but also a character conversion method for converting an input character string into a conversion candidate or pictogram for presentation, and for causing a computer to function as a conversion control device. It can also be specified as a program. Such a program may be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk, or may be provided in a form such that the program is downloaded to a computer via a network such as the Internet, and the program can be installed and used. Is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information processing apparatus 110 ... Control part 120 ... Memory | storage part 130 ... Communication part 140 ... Operation part 150 ... Display part 111 ... 1st search part 112 ... 2nd search part 113 ... Display control part , 114 ... Totaling unit, 115 ... Pictogram management unit, 116 ... Acquisition unit, 117 ... Registration unit

Claims (7)

A first search unit for searching for a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character string input by a user from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered;
A second search unit for searching for a pictograph to which a character string matching the conversion candidate searched by the first search unit is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to each picture is assigned is registered. When,
A presentation control unit that controls the conversion candidates searched by the first search unit and the pictograms searched by the second search unit to be presented in a predetermined presentation order;
When a plurality of conversion candidates are presented, the presentation control unit sets a presentation order of a certain conversion candidate immediately before or immediately after a presentation order of the pictograms to which a character string corresponding to the conversion candidate is assigned. A characteristic conversion control device. A totaling unit that acquires a totaling result of the conversion candidate or the pictogram selected by the user,
The presentation control unit causes the certain conversion candidate and the pictogram to which a character string corresponding to the conversion candidate is assigned to be presented in a presentation order according to a totaling result acquired by the totaling unit. Item 2. The conversion control device according to Item 1. The presentation control unit determines the order of presentation by adding together the aggregation result of the certain conversion candidate and the aggregation result of the pictogram to which a character string corresponding to the conversion candidate is assigned. The conversion control device according to claim 2. An acquisition unit for newly acquiring an emoji,
The conversion control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a registration unit that registers a pictograph in the second dictionary when a pictograph is acquired by the acquisition unit. An input unit that accepts input of an input character string by the user;
A first search unit for searching for a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character string whose input is accepted by the input unit from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered;
A second search unit that searches for a pictograph to which a character string that matches a conversion candidate searched by the first search unit is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to each picture is assigned is registered. When,
A presentation unit that presents the conversion candidates retrieved by the first retrieval unit and the pictograms retrieved by the second retrieval unit in a predetermined presentation order;
A presentation control unit that controls a mode of presentation by the presenting unit,
When a plurality of conversion candidates are presented, the presentation control unit sets a presentation order of a certain conversion candidate immediately before or immediately after a presentation order of the pictograms to which a character string corresponding to the conversion candidate is assigned. A characteristic information processing apparatus. Information processing device
A first step of searching for a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character string input by a user from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered;
A second step of searching for a pictograph to which a character string matching the conversion candidate searched in the first step is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to each picture is assigned is registered;
Presenting the conversion candidates searched in the first step and the pictograms searched in the second step in a predetermined presentation order, and presenting a certain conversion candidate when a plurality of the conversion candidates are presented And a third step of presenting the order immediately before or after the presentation order of the pictograms to which the character strings corresponding to the conversion candidates are assigned. On the computer,
A first step of searching for a conversion candidate corresponding to an input character string input by a user from a first dictionary in which a plurality of character string conversion candidates are registered;
A second step of searching for a pictograph to which a character string matching the conversion candidate searched in the first step is assigned from a second dictionary in which a plurality of pictographs to which a character string corresponding to each picture is assigned is registered;
Presenting the conversion candidates searched in the first step and the pictograms searched in the second step in a predetermined presentation order, and presenting a certain conversion candidate when a plurality of the conversion candidates are presented A program for executing the third step of presenting the order immediately before or after the presentation order of the pictograms to which the character strings corresponding to the conversion candidates are assigned.

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