JP2012190211A - Program, device and method for input support - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology which enables users to easily correct their input.SOLUTION: An extraction unit 101 in an input sentence correction unit 100 of an input support unit 10 receives a character string specified by a user in a document to be edited. The extraction unit 101 extracts replacement candidate sentences containing the specified character string from a sentence example dictionary in a dictionary storage unit 11. A display unit 105 shows the replacement candidate sentences on its monitor so that the user can view them. A detection unit 103 detects a sentence in the document located in a position in which the character string specified by the user is located. A replacement unit 106 receives a replacement candidate sentence selected by the user from all the candidate sentences. The replacement unit 106 replaces the detected sentence in the document with the replacement candidate sentence selected by the user.

Description

  The present invention relates to an input support program, an input support apparatus, and an input support method that support user character input.

  In order to reduce the user's burden in character input operations, a list of sentence examples including character strings input by the user is displayed using a sentence example dictionary created in advance, and sentence examples selected and confirmed by the user from the list are displayed. A technique for outputting to a document is known.

  In addition, a technique for creating a sentence using phrase data stored in advance is known. In this technique, a synonym search is performed on a word input by a user, and a phrase including the synonym is searched and set in a part of a sentence.

JP 2009-277015 A JP 07-129591 A

For example, when the sentence example selected and confirmed by inputting the sentence example is incorrect, the user corrects the sentence example by the following operation procedure.
1) Delete incorrect sentence examples.
2) Input characters again to display a list of example sentences.
3) Select the correct sentence example from the sentence example list.

  In the above-described sentence example input technique, a user's operation burden in a character input operation is reduced, but a user's operation burden in an operation for correcting a sentence example is not reduced.

  In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for reducing a user's operation burden in an operation of correcting a sentence example by a user.

  In one aspect, the input support program causes the computer to function as follows.

  That is, the program receives from the sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples stored in the storage unit are registered by accepting designation of a character string in a sentence to be edited by a computer on which the program is installed and executed. , Extracting a plurality of sentence examples including a character string, detecting a first sentence example starting from the position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary, and at least one of the plurality of sentence examples. Processing to output the part to the screen on which the sentence is displayed, accepting selection of the second sentence example among at least some of the outputted sentence examples, and replacing the detected first sentence example with the second sentence example Is executed.

  In one aspect, it is possible to reduce a user's operation burden in an operation of correcting a sentence example by the user.

It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the computer provided with the input assistance part by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of the computer provided with the input assistance part by this Embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the example sentence input by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows designation | designated of the character string in the example sentence correction of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the example sentence dictionary by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the replacement candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the deletion candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen presentation of the example of a replacement candidate sentence by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the document after the sentence example correction by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows designation | designated of the character string in the example sentence correction of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the example sentence dictionary by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the replacement candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the deletion candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen presentation of the replacement candidate sentence example and deletion candidate sentence example by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the deletion candidate sentence example tab selection by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the document after the sentence example correction by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows designation | designated of the character string in the example sentence correction of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the example sentence dictionary by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the replacement candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the production | generation of the deletion candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the deletion candidate table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen presentation of the replacement candidate sentence example and deletion candidate sentence example by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the document after the sentence example correction by this Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example which selects a deletion example sentence example by mouse operation in the sentence example correction by this Embodiment. It is a sentence example correction process flowchart by the sentence example correction part of this Embodiment. It is a substitution sentence example extraction process flowchart by the extraction part of this Embodiment. It is a deletion sentence example detection processing flowchart by the detection part of this Embodiment. It is a deletion candidate sentence example presentation process flowchart by the presentation part of this Embodiment. It is a sentence example replacement process flowchart by the replacement part of this Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a computer including an input support unit according to the present embodiment.

  A computer 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes an input support unit 10, an OS (Operating System) 20, and a document editor 30.

  The OS 20 includes an input processing unit 21 and a screen output processing unit 22. The input processing unit 21 performs processing related to input received from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. The screen output processing unit 22 performs processing related to screen output for a display device such as a display. The input support unit 10 and the document editor 30 use functions provided by the input processing unit 21 and the screen output processing unit 22 of the OS 20 to accept user operation input from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, Perform screen output to the display device.

  The document editor 30 is an application for creating and editing a document on the computer 1. Examples of the document editor 30 include an application for creating and editing a document for general use such as a word processor and spreadsheet software, and an application for creating and editing a specific document such as an electronic medical record editor. In the present embodiment, the document editor 30 uses a character input support function by the input support unit 10 via the OS 20 when a user performs character input.

  The input support unit 10 supports the user's character input when the user performs character input. The input support unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a function for supporting input of sentence examples registered in the sentence example dictionary, a function for supporting correction of sentence examples in character data to be edited, and the like. The input support unit 10 includes a dictionary storage unit 11, a sentence example input processing unit 12, and a sentence example correction unit 100.

  The dictionary storage unit 11 is a storage unit that stores a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples are registered. The sentence example is a character string registered in advance in the sentence example dictionary. For example, the user registers in advance in the sentence example dictionary a character string that is considered to be frequently used in character input as a sentence example. The sentence example registered in the sentence example dictionary may be a short character string at the word level or a long character string extending over several lines in the document.

  The sentence example input processing unit 12 performs processing related to the input of the sentence examples registered in the sentence example dictionary by the user when the user inputs characters. For example, in the document editor 30, the user inputs characters on the document using the IME (Input Method Editor) function. At this time, the sentence example input processing unit 12 searches the sentence example dictionary using the character string input by the user as a key in cooperation with the IME function, and displays the corresponding sentence example on the screen as a list. When the user selects and confirms a sentence example from the list, the sentence example input processing unit 12 outputs the selected sentence example at the position of the character string input by the user.

  The sentence example correcting unit 100 corrects a sentence example in the character data to be edited. In the present embodiment, the description will be made assuming that the character data to be edited is a sentence in a document created and edited by the document editor 30. The sentence example correction unit 100 includes an extraction unit 101, a replacement candidate information storage unit 102, a detection unit 103, a deletion candidate information storage unit 104, a presentation unit 105, and a replacement unit 106.

  The extraction unit 101 extracts a sentence example including a character string designated from the editing target from a sentence example dictionary stored in the dictionary storage unit 11. For example, the user designates a range of a partial character string of a sentence example to be corrected from the document to be edited, and performs an operation for calling a sentence example correction function of the present embodiment. At this time, the extraction unit 101 accepts a character string designated by the user in the document to be edited, and extracts a sentence example including the character string from the sentence example dictionary.

  The sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary by the extraction unit 101 is a candidate sentence example to be replaced with the sentence example being edited in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary by the extraction unit 101 is also referred to as a replacement candidate sentence example. The replacement candidate sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary is stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102. The replacement candidate information storage unit 102 is a storage unit that stores information regarding replacement candidate sentence examples.

  The detection unit 103 detects a sentence example being edited that matches the sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary by the extraction unit 101 and is at the same position as the character string designated by the user. In the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment, the sentence example that is being edited includes a character string designated by the user, and therefore matches any sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary by the extraction unit 101.

  The sentence example detected by the detection unit 103 is a candidate sentence example to be deleted from the editing target in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the sentence example in the editing target detected by the detection unit 103 is also referred to as a deletion candidate sentence example. The detected deletion candidate sentence example is stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104. The deletion candidate information storage unit 104 is a storage unit that stores information related to deletion candidate sentence examples.

  The presentation unit 105 presents a sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary on the screen. The presenting unit 105 presents the sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary, that is, the replacement candidate sentence example to the user, for example, on a screen display using a list format that allows the user to easily perform a selection operation.

  In addition, the presentation unit 105 presents the detected sentence example being edited on the screen. The presenting unit 105 presents the detected sentence example being edited, that is, a deletion candidate sentence example to the user in a screen display. When there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples, the presenting unit 105 presents them to the user, for example, on a screen display using a tab format that allows the user to easily perform a selection operation.

  The replacement unit 106 replaces the detected sentence example being edited with a replacement target sentence example selected from the sentence examples extracted from the presented sentence example dictionary. For example, the user performs an operation of selecting a replacement target sentence example from the replacement candidate sentence examples presented on the screen. The replacement target sentence example selected by the user is a sentence example to be replaced with the sentence example being edited in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment. At this time, the replacement unit 106 receives the replacement target sentence example selected by the user, and replaces the detected sentence example being edited with the replacement target sentence example.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of detected sentence examples being edited, the replacement unit 106 selects a deletion target sentence example selected from the presented sentence examples being edited from the sentence examples extracted from the presented sentence example dictionary. Replace with the replacement example sentence. For example, in addition to the above-described operation for selecting the replacement target sentence example, the user performs an operation for selecting the deletion target sentence example from the deletion candidate sentence examples presented on the screen. The deletion target sentence example selected by the user is a replacement target sentence example to be deleted from the editing target in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment. At this time, the replacement unit 106 accepts the replacement target sentence example selected by the user, accepts the deletion target sentence example selected by the user, and replaces the deletion target sentence example being edited with the replacement target sentence example.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer including an input support unit according to the present embodiment.

  An input support unit 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 included in the computer 1, a memory 3 serving as a main memory 3, a storage device 4, a communication device 5, a medium reading / writing device 6, and an input device 7 , The output device 8 and the like. The storage device 4 is, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The medium reading / writing device 6 is, for example, a CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable) drive or a DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disc Recordable) drive. The input device 7 is, for example, a keyboard / mouse. The output device 8 is a display device such as a display, for example.

  For example, the input support unit 10 and each function unit included in the input support unit 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 can be realized by hardware such as the CPU 2 and the memory 3 included in the computer 1 and a software program. A program that can be executed by the computer 1 is stored in the storage device 4, read into the memory 3 at the time of execution, and executed by the CPU 2.

  The computer 1 can also read a program directly from a portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. The computer 1 can also sequentially execute processing according to the received program every time the program is transferred from the server computer. Further, this program can be recorded on a recording medium readable by the computer 1.

  Hereinafter, the function that supports the user's character input provided by the input support unit 10 of the present embodiment will be described using a specific example.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of sentence example input according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, a document editing screen 200 is a screen of the document editor 30 on which a document to be created / edited is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the document editor 30 is an electronic medical record editor and the document to be created / edited is an electronic medical record.

  FIG. 3A shows an example of the document editing screen 200 when the user inputs characters into the document. As shown in FIG. 3 (A), for example, the user inputs a character string 201 "Kumaku" with a keyboard in a document. At this time, the sentence example input processing unit 12 performs a sentence example search using the character string 201 “komaku” as a key in the sentence example dictionary. In other words, the sentence example input processing unit 12 extracts, from the sentence example dictionary, a sentence example including a character whose reading is “komaku” at the beginning of the sentence. The sentence example input processing unit 12 displays a sentence example list 202 in which the extracted sentence examples are arranged on the document editing screen 200.

  When using the extracted sentence example, the user selects and confirms a sentence example to be input to the document from the sentence example list 202. For example, in FIG. 3A, a frame surrounding one sentence example in the sentence example list 202 indicates a cursor. For example, the user operates a cursor key on the keyboard to select a sentence example to be input to the document, and confirms with the Enter key on the keyboard.

  FIG. 3B shows an example of the document editing screen 200 when the sentence example “tympanic: right atrophic” is selected and confirmed by the user in the sentence example list 202 of FIG. For example, when the user selects and confirms a sentence example of “tympanic: right atrophic” in the sentence example list 202 of FIG. 3A, the sentence example input processing unit 12 inputs the user as shown in FIG. The sentence example “tympanic membrane: right atrophic” is output at the position of the character string 201 of “komaku”.

  In such a sentence example input, the user may input a wrong sentence example. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the sentence example “tympanic: right atrophic” input by the user is incorrect and the sentence example “tympanic: right atrophic left normal” is correct. At this time, for example, the user deletes the erroneous sentence example “tympanic: right atrophic”, inputs the character string 201 of “komaku” again to display the sentence example list 202, and reads the sentence example “tympanic: right” from the sentence example list 202. Make corrections by selecting “slightly atrophic left normal” and confirming. However, such correction of sentence examples is troublesome for the user.

  Hereinafter, an example of processing performed by the sentence example correcting unit 100 according to the present embodiment, which reduces the operation burden on the user in correcting a sentence example, will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating designation of a character string in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  The example shown in FIG. 4 is an example when it is desired to correct the “tympanic membrane: right atrophic” input in the example of sentence input shown in FIG. 3 to another sentence example. In the document editing screen 200, the user designates a partial character string in a sentence example to be changed to another sentence example in the document to be edited, and indicates that the sentence example correction function according to the present embodiment is used. I do. Hereinafter, the character string designated by the user from the document to be edited in the sentence example correction is also referred to as a designated character string 211.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the user edits a partial character string “tympanic” in a sentence example “tympanic: right atrophic” to be corrected to another sentence example on a document editing screen 200 on which a document to be edited is displayed. A range is designated as the designated character string 211. In this state, the user performs an operation for starting the sentence example correction function according to the present embodiment. For the operation for starting the sentence example correction function, for example, various designs such as pressing a function key assigned to start the sentence example correction function and designating an icon are possible.

  In the sentence example correcting unit 100, when receiving the designated character string 211, the extracting unit 101 extracts a sentence example including the designated character string 211 from the sentence example dictionary stored in the dictionary storage unit 11.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sentence example dictionary according to the present embodiment.

  A sentence example dictionary 110 illustrated in FIG. 5 is an example of the sentence example dictionary 110 stored in the dictionary storage unit 11. The sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG. 5 has information such as keys and sentence examples. In the sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG. 5, the key is information used when retrieving a sentence example from a character string input by the user when the sentence example input processing unit 12 inputs the sentence example. In the sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG. 5, the sentence example is a registered character string.

  When the user inputs a character, the sentence example input processing unit 12 extracts a sentence example in which the reading of the character string 201 input by the user coincides with the key in the sentence example dictionary 110, and the sentence example regarding the sentence example extracted on the document editing screen 200. A list 202 is displayed.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, when the character string 201 input by the user is “komaku”, the sentence example input processing unit 12 reads the sentence head from the sentence example dictionary 110 as “coma”. Extract sentence examples. For example, the sentence example list 202 shown in FIG. 3A is obtained by extracting the sentence examples whose key sentence head is “Komak” from the sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG.

  Note that the key information shown in FIG. 5 indicates the reading of a sentence example, and the sentence example input processing unit 12 determines whether the Japanese character string input by the user is katakana or hiragana, or by the alphabet by the user. Regardless of whether the input is uppercase or lowercase, it is considered to match the key.

  When the user designates a character string and instructs to modify a sentence example, the extraction unit 101 of the sentence example modification unit 100 accepts the designated character string 211, and designates the designated character string from the sentence example dictionary 110 stored in the dictionary storage unit 11. A sentence example including 211 is extracted. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the character string “tympanic” is designated from the document to be edited on the document editing screen 200, the extraction unit 101 uses “designated character string 211” as “tympanic” in FIG. 5. The illustrated sentence example dictionary 110 is searched, and a sentence example including the character string “tympanic” is extracted.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a replacement candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  The replacement candidate table 111 illustrated in FIG. 6 illustrates an example of information regarding replacement candidate sentence examples stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102. The replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 6 has information such as sentence examples and character string lengths. In the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 6, the sentence example indicates a replacement candidate sentence example extracted from the sentence example dictionary 110 by the extraction unit 101. In the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 6, the character string length indicates the number of bytes of the character code of the extracted sentence example.

  For example, the extraction candidate 101 extracts a character string including the designated character string 211 “tympanic” from the sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG. 5 to form a replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG.

  The detection unit 103 detects a sentence example at a position including the designated character string 211 in the document to be edited. A sentence example including the designated character string 211 in the document to be edited matches any sentence example including the designated character string 211 extracted from the sentence example dictionary 110 by the extraction unit 101. That is, the detection unit 103 detects, as a deletion candidate sentence example, a sentence example that includes the designated character string 211 at the position designated by the user in the document to be edited that matches the sentence example recorded in the replacement candidate table 111. In addition, the detected deletion candidate sentence example can be paraphrased as a sentence example recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 that matches the character string including the designated character string 211 at the position designated by the user in the document to be edited.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a deletion candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  The deletion candidate table 112 illustrated in FIG. 7 illustrates an example of information regarding deletion candidate sentence examples stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104. The deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 7 has information such as numbers and sentence examples. In the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 7, the number is a number assigned to the deletion candidate sentence example detected by the detection unit 103. In the deletion candidate table 112 illustrated in FIG. 7, a sentence example indicates a deletion candidate sentence example detected by the detection unit 103.

  For example, the detection unit 103 detects a sentence example from the position of the designated character string 211 “tympanic” in the document to be edited shown in the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 4 based on the sentence example of the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. The result is the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG.

  The presenting unit 105 presents the replacement candidate sentence example recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 of the replacement candidate information storage unit 102 to the user on the screen of a display device such as a display.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen presentation of a replacement candidate sentence example according to the present embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the presentation unit 105 displays a replacement candidate sentence example list 212 that is a list of replacement candidate sentence examples recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 6 on the document editing screen 200. The user selects the replacement target sentence example 214 from the replacement candidate sentence examples presented in the replacement candidate sentence example list 212.

  For example, on the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 on the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 8, the frame surrounding the sentence example indicates a cursor. For example, the user moves the cursor on the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 by an operation with the cursor key of the keyboard, and determines the replacement target sentence example 214 with the Enter key.

  For example, the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 7 has one record. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the presenting unit 105 sets the sentence example “drum: right atrophic” recorded in the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 7 as the deletion target sentence example 213 and the corresponding region in the document to be edited. To the user.

  The replacement unit 106 replaces the deletion target sentence example 213 in the document to be edited with the replacement target sentence example 214 selected from the replacement candidate sentence example list.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the document after the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 8, it is assumed that the user has selected the sentence example “tympanic: right slightly atrophic left normal” as the replacement target sentence example 214 from the replacement candidate sentence list 212. At this time, the replacement unit 106 replaces the deletion target sentence example 213 “tympanic: right atrophic” shown in FIG. 8 with the replacement target sentence example 214 “tympanic: right slightly atrophic left normal”. That is, the replacement unit 106 deletes the deletion target sentence example 213 “tympanic: right atrophic” from the editing target document shown in FIG. 8 and inserts the replacement target sentence example 214 “tympanic: right slightly atrophic left normal” at the deletion position. To do. The document after the sentence example correction is as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the sentence example correcting unit 100 according to the present embodiment enables a user to correct a sentence example in a document to be edited to another sentence example with a simple operation. As a result, the user's operation burden can be reduced in the operation of correcting the character data to be edited by the user.

  The example described so far is an example in which there is one deletion candidate sentence pattern detected from the document to be edited. Even when there are a plurality of patterns of deletion candidate sentence examples detected from the document to be edited, the sentence examples can be corrected with a simple operation. Hereinafter, an example in which there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence example patterns detected from a document to be edited will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the description will focus on parts different from the above example.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the designation of a character string in the sentence example correction of the present embodiment.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, in the document to be edited on the document editing screen 200, the user designates a range of the character string “tympanic” as the designated character string 211. When receiving the designated character string 211, the extraction unit 101 of the sentence example correcting unit 100 extracts a sentence example including the designated character string 211 from the sentence example dictionary stored in the dictionary storage unit 11.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sentence example dictionary according to the present embodiment.

  A sentence example dictionary 110 illustrated in FIG. 11 is an example of the sentence example dictionary 110 stored in the dictionary storage unit 11. For example, as shown in the document editing screen 200 of FIG. 10, when the character string “tympanic” is designated from the document to be edited, the extracting unit 101 uses “designated character string 211” of “tympanic” as shown in FIG. The sentence example dictionary 110 is searched, and a sentence example including the character string “tympanic” is extracted.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a replacement candidate table according to this embodiment.

  A replacement candidate table 111 illustrated in FIG. 12 illustrates an example of information regarding replacement candidate sentence examples stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102. For example, the extraction candidate 101 extracts a character string including the designated character string 211 “tympanic” from the sentence example dictionary 110 illustrated in FIG. 11 to form a replacement candidate table 111 illustrated in FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a deletion candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  The deletion candidate table 112 illustrated in FIG. 13 illustrates an example of information regarding deletion candidate sentence examples stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104. In the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 13, the number assigned to the deletion candidate sentence example detected by the detection unit 103 is the number assigned to the tab when the deletion candidate sentence example is presented to the user on the document editing screen 200.

  For example, the detection unit 103 detects a sentence example from the position of the designated character string 211 “tympanic” in the document to be edited shown in the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 10 based on the sentence example of the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. The result is the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 13, three patterns of deletion candidate sentence examples are detected from the position of the designated character string 211 “tympanic” in the document to be edited shown in FIG. The detection unit 103 sorts the detected deletion candidate sentence examples in descending order of the character string length value and records them in the deletion candidate table 112. Numbers are assigned larger values in the order recorded in the deletion candidate table 112, that is, in order of increasing character string length.

  The presenting unit 105 displays a replacement candidate sentence example recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 of the replacement candidate information storage unit 102 and a deletion candidate sentence example recorded in the deletion candidate table 112 of the deletion candidate information storage unit 104 on a display or the like. Present to the user on the device screen.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of screen presentation of a replacement candidate sentence example / deletion candidate sentence example according to the present embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the presentation unit 105 displays a replacement candidate sentence example list 212 that is a list of replacement candidate sentence examples recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 12 on the document editing screen 200. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the presentation unit 105 displays a deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 that presents deletion candidate sentence examples recorded in the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 13 on the document editing screen 200.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of deletion candidate sentence example tab selection according to the present embodiment.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 14, the user selects the sentence example “tympanic: left atrophic” from the replacement candidate sentence list 212 as the replacement target sentence example 214. Upon receiving selection of the replacement target sentence example 214, the presentation unit 105 deletes the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 from the document editing screen 200. The document editing screen 200 after the replacement candidate sentence list 212 is deleted from the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 14 is as shown in FIG.

  The user selects the deletion target sentence example 213 from the deletion candidate sentence examples by operating the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 on the document editing screen 200. The user changes the number of the designated tab by, for example, an operation with a cursor key on the keyboard. In the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 15, the deletion candidate sentence area corresponding to the tab number designated by the user is clearly shown surrounded by a broken line frame. The user determines the deletion target sentence example 213 by pressing the Enter key of the keyboard, for example.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 15, when the user selects the third tab in the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215, the deletion target sentence example 213 is “Note that it is an eardrum: right atrophic” surrounded by a broken line frame.

  The replacement unit 106 replaces the deletion target sentence example 213 selected in the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 with the replacement target sentence example 214 selected in the replacement candidate sentence example list 212.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the document after the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  For example, in the document to be edited, the replacement unit 106 selects the deletion target sentence example 213 selected in the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 “the eardrum: attention because it is right atrophic” and the replacement target sentence example 214 “selected in the replacement candidate sentence example list 212“. Tympanic membrane: Replace with left atrophic ”. That is, the replacement unit 106 deletes the deletion target sentence example 213 “note that it is a tympanic membrane: right atrophic” in the document to be edited, and inserts the replacement target sentence example 214 “trumpet: left atrophic” at the deletion position. The document after the sentence example correction is as shown in FIG.

  In this way, even when there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence patterns at the position of the designated character string 211 in the document to be edited, the user can correct the sentence example in the document to be edited to another sentence example with a simple operation. It becomes possible to do. As a result, the user's operation burden can be reduced in the operation of correcting the character data to be edited by the user.

  The example described so far is an example in which only a sentence example that matches forward with the designated character string 211 becomes a replacement candidate sentence example or a deletion candidate sentence example. Even in the case where the specified character string 211 is partially replaced except for the sentence head, even if it becomes a replacement candidate sentence example or a deletion candidate sentence example, it is possible to correct the sentence example with a simple operation. Hereinafter, an example in which a sentence example in which the designated character string 211 partially matches other than the beginning of a sentence is also a replacement candidate sentence example or a deletion candidate sentence example will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the description will focus on parts different from the above example.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing designation of a character string in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  In the example shown in FIG. 17, it is assumed that the document editor 30 is a word processor, for example. In the example of the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. 17, the user designates a range of the character string “CCCCC” as the designated character string 211 in the document to be edited.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sentence example dictionary according to the present embodiment.

  A sentence example dictionary 110 illustrated in FIG. 18 illustrates an example of the sentence example dictionary 110 stored in the dictionary storage unit 11. For example, as shown in the document editing screen 200 of FIG. 17, when the character string “CCCCC” is designated from the document to be edited, the extraction unit 101 uses the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” to show the sentence example shown in FIG. The dictionary 110 is searched, and a sentence example including the character string “CCCCC” is extracted.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a replacement candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  A replacement candidate table 111 illustrated in FIG. 19 illustrates an example of information regarding replacement candidate sentence examples stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102. For example, the extraction candidate 101 extracts a sentence example including the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” from the sentence example dictionary 110 shown in FIG. 18 to obtain a replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG.

  Here, the detection unit 103 deletes the deletion candidate from the position of the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” in the document to be edited shown in the document editing screen 200 shown in FIG. Detect sentence examples.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining generation of a deletion candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  The deletion candidate work table 113 shown in FIG. 20A is a table that is temporarily used during the generation of the deletion candidate table 112. The detection unit 103 records the detected deletion candidate sentence example in the deletion candidate work table 113. Based on the sentence example of the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 19, the result of detecting the sentence example from the position of the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” in the document to be edited shown in the document editing screen 200 of FIG. The deletion candidate work table 113 shown in FIG.

  First, the detection unit 103 extracts sentence examples in which the character string at the beginning of the sentence matches the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” from the deletion candidate work table 113, and sorts the extracted sentence examples in descending order of the character string length. FIG. 20B shows a result of extracting sentence examples in which the character string at the beginning of the sentence matches the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” from the deletion candidate work table 113 shown in FIG. It is. The detection unit 103 records the result shown in FIG. 20B in the deletion candidate table 112.

  Next, the detection unit 103 extracts from the deletion candidate work table 113 a sentence example in which the character string matches the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” in a portion other than the sentence head, and sorts the extracted sentence examples in ascending order of the character string length. To do. FIG. 20C extracts from the deletion candidate work table 113 shown in FIG. 20A a sentence example in which the character string matches the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” in a portion other than the beginning of the sentence, and the character string lengths are in ascending order. This is the result of sorting. The detection unit 103 additionally records the result shown in FIG. 20C in the deletion candidate table 112.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a deletion candidate table according to the present embodiment.

  The deletion candidate table 112 illustrated in FIG. 21 illustrates an example of information regarding deletion candidate sentence examples stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104. In the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 21, the deletion candidate table generated by first recording the example sentence of the sorting result shown in FIG. 20B and then recording the example sentence of the sorting result shown in FIG. 112.

  In the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 21, large numbers are assigned to the numbers in order from the record of the sentence example recorded earlier. That is, in the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 21, a large number is assigned in order from a sentence example having a long character string length in which the character string at the beginning of the sentence matches the designated character string 211, and then the character string is located at a part other than the beginning of the sentence Larger numbers are assigned in order from sentence examples having the shortest character string length that match the designated character string 211.

  Based on the sentence examples in the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 19, the sentence examples are detected from the position of the designated character string 211 “CCCCC” in the document to be edited shown in the document editing screen 200 in FIG. 17, and sorted in a predetermined order. The final result is the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen presentation of a replacement candidate sentence example / deletion candidate sentence example according to the present embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 22, the presentation unit 105 displays a replacement candidate sentence example list 212 that is a list of replacement candidate sentence examples recorded in the replacement candidate table 111 shown in FIG. 19 on the document editing screen 200. Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the presentation unit 105 displays a deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 that presents deletion candidate sentence examples recorded in the deletion candidate table 112 shown in FIG. 21 on the document editing screen 200.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 22, the user selects the sentence example “CCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” from the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 as the replacement target sentence example 214. In the example shown in FIG. 22, the user selects the sentence example “AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” as the deletion target sentence example 213 by designating the number 1 tab in the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of the document after the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  For example, the replacement unit 106 replaces the deletion target sentence example 213 “AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” selected in the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 with the replacement target sentence example 214 “CCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” selected in the replacement candidate sentence list 212 in the editing target document. That is, the replacement unit 106 deletes the deletion target sentence example 213 “AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” in the document to be edited, and inserts the replacement target sentence example 214 “CCCCCDDDDDEEEEE” at the deletion position. The document after the sentence example correction is as shown in FIG.

  In this way, even when the specified character string 211 other than the beginning of the sentence partially matches a sentence example that is a replacement candidate sentence example or a deletion candidate sentence example, the user can modify the sentence example in the document to be edited to another sentence example with a simple operation. It becomes possible to do. As a result, the user's operation burden can be reduced in the operation of correcting the character data to be edited by the user.

  Up to this point, the example of selecting and confirming the sentence example with the cursor key and Enter key of the keyboard has been described, but it is also possible to select and confirm the sentence example with a pointing device such as a mouse.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a deletion target sentence example is selected by a mouse operation in the sentence example correction according to the present embodiment.

  When selecting a deletion target sentence example by a mouse operation on the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215, the user clicks the mouse with the mouse pointer 216 over the tab of the number indicating the deletion candidate sentence example to be selected on the document editing screen 200, for example. Confirm the selection by an operation such as

  In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that the user performs a confirming operation when the mouse pointer 216 is at the position of the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 as shown in (1). At this time, for example, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the designated tab number has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213. In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number 4 has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213.

  In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that the confirmation operation is performed by the user when the mouse pointer 216 is at the character position as shown in (2). At this time, for example, the replacement unit 106 determines that the shortest deletion candidate sentence example including the character string from the instruction character string 211 to the character at the position of the mouse pointer is selected as the deletion target sentence example 213. In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number 4 has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213.

  In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that the user performs a confirming operation when the mouse pointer 216 is in a position before the deletion candidate sentence example as shown in (3). At this time, for example, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number of the tab at the earliest position in the document to be edited is selected as the deletion target sentence example 213. In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to number 1 has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213.

  In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that when the mouse pointer 216 is located behind the deletion candidate sentence example as shown in (4), the user performs a confirmation operation. At this time, for example, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number of the tab at the rearmost position in the document to be edited is selected as the deletion target sentence example 213. In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number 4 has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213.

  In the example shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that the confirmation operation is performed by the user when the mouse pointer 216 is at a position outside the document editing screen 200 as shown in (5). At this time, for example, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number of the tab at the rearmost position in the document to be edited is selected as the deletion target sentence example 213. In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the replacement unit 106 determines that the deletion candidate sentence example corresponding to the number 4 has been selected as the deletion target sentence example 213.

  The design related to the processing according to the mouse operation such as selection of the deletion target sentence example according to the position of the mouse pointer is arbitrary.

  Hereinafter, the flow of processing by the sentence example correcting unit 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart of sentence example correction processing by the sentence example correction unit of the present embodiment.

  When the user performs an operation of instructing a sentence example correction by specifying a character string in the document to be edited on the document editing screen 200 of the document editor 30, the extraction unit 101 of the sentence example correcting unit 100 receives the specified character string 211. (Step S10).

  The extraction unit 101 performs replacement sentence example extraction processing (step S11). Details of the replacement sentence example extraction process will be described later. The presenting unit 105 determines whether there is a replacement candidate sentence example in the replacement candidate table 111 that is the result of the replacement sentence example extraction process (step S12).

  If there is no replacement candidate sentence example (NO in step S12), the sentence example correcting unit 100 ends the process. At this time, the sentence example correcting unit 100 may notify the user that a sentence example including the designated character string 211 is not registered in the sentence example dictionary 110 on the screen.

  If there is a replacement candidate sentence example (YES in step S12), the presenting unit 105 displays the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 on the document editing screen 200 (step S13). A replacement candidate sentence example including the designated character string 211 extracted from the sentence example dictionary 110 is presented to the user.

  The detection unit 103 performs a deletion sentence example detection process (step S14). Details of the deletion sentence example detection process will be described later. The presenting unit 105 determines whether there is a deletion candidate sentence example in the deletion candidate table 112 that is the result of the deletion sentence example detection process (step S15).

  If there is a deletion candidate sentence example (YES in step S15), the presenting unit 105 performs a deletion candidate sentence example presentation process (step S16). Details of the deletion candidate sentence example presentation processing will be described later.

  The replacement unit 106 performs sentence example replacement processing (step S17). Details of the sentence example replacement process will be described later.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart of replacement sentence example extraction processing by the extraction unit of the present embodiment.

  The extraction unit 101 acquires one record of the sentence example dictionary 110 stored in the dictionary storage unit 11 (step S20). The extraction unit 101 determines whether the specified character string 211 is included in the sentence example of the record acquired from the sentence example dictionary 110 (step S21).

  If the specified character string 211 is included in the sentence example (YES in step S21), the extraction unit 101 replaces the sentence example of the record acquired from the sentence example dictionary 110 with the replacement candidate table 111 stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102. Is additionally recorded (step S22). Here, it is assumed that the replacement candidate table 111 is cleared before the replacement sentence example extraction process is started.

  The extraction unit 101 determines whether the processing has been completed for all records in the sentence example dictionary 110 (step S23). If the processing has not been completed for all the records (NO in step S23), the extraction unit 101 returns to the processing in step S20 and proceeds to the processing for the next record in the sentence example dictionary 110.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart of a deletion sentence example detection process by the detection unit of the present embodiment.

  The detection unit 103 acquires one record of the replacement candidate table 111 stored in the replacement candidate information storage unit 102 (step S30). The detection unit 103 determines whether the sentence example of the record acquired from the replacement candidate table 111 matches the character string including the designated character string 211 at the position designated by the user in the document to be edited (step S31). .

  If the sentence example matches the character string including the designated character string 211 in the document (YES in step S31), the detecting unit 103 stores the sentence example of the record acquired from the replacement candidate table 111 in the deletion candidate work table 113. Additional recording is performed (step S32). Here, it is assumed that the deletion candidate work table 113 is cleared before the deletion sentence example detection process is started.

  The detection unit 103 determines whether the processing has been completed for all the records in the replacement candidate table 111 (step S33). If the processing has not been completed for all the records (NO in step S33), the detection unit 103 returns to the processing in step S30 and proceeds to the processing for the next record in the replacement candidate table 111.

  If the processing has been completed for all the records (YES in step S33), the detection unit 103 sorts the records in the deletion candidate work table 113 according to a predetermined rule, and deletes stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104 Record in the candidate table 112 (step S34). Here, it is assumed that the deletion candidate table 112 is cleared before the deletion sentence example extraction process is started.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a deletion candidate sentence example presentation process by the presentation unit of the present embodiment.

  The presenting unit 105 determines whether there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples in the deletion candidate table 112 stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104 (step S40).

  If there are not a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples (NO in step S40), that is, if there is only one deletion candidate sentence example in the deletion candidate table 112, the presentation unit 105 sets the deletion candidate sentence example as a deletion target sentence example 213 (step S41). . The presentation unit 105 presents to the user a sentence example area in the document that matches the deletion target sentence example 213 on the document editing screen 200 (step S42).

  If there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples (YES in step S40), the presenting unit 105 acquires one record of the deletion candidate table 112 (step S43). The presentation unit 105 displays a tab at the position of the sentence example in the document corresponding to the deletion candidate sentence example of the record acquired from the deletion candidate table 112 on the document editing screen 200 (step S44). The number of the record acquired from the deletion candidate table 112 is attached to the displayed tab.

  The presenting unit 105 determines whether the processing has been completed for all records in the deletion candidate table 112 (step S45). If the processing has not been completed for all the records (NO in step S45), the presenting unit 105 returns to the processing in step S43 and proceeds to the processing for the next record in the sentence example dictionary deletion candidate table 112.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart of sentence example replacement processing by the replacement unit of the present embodiment.

  When the user performs an operation of selecting the replacement target sentence example 214 from the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 on the document editing screen 200 of the document editor 30, the replacement unit 106 receives the selected replacement target sentence example 214 (step S50). Here, the presentation unit 105 deletes the replacement candidate sentence example list 212 from the document editing screen 200 (step S51).

  The replacement unit 106 determines whether there is a deletion candidate sentence example in the deletion candidate table 112 stored in the deletion candidate information storage unit 104 (step S52).

  If there is no deletion candidate sentence example (NO in step S52), the replacement unit 106 replaces the designated character string 211 in the document to be edited with the replacement target sentence example 214 (step S53). In this example, when there is no sentence example including the designated character string 211 at the position designated by the user in the document to be edited, the designated character string 211 in the document is replaced with the replacement target sentence example 214.

  If there is a deletion candidate sentence example (YES in step S52), the replacement unit 106 determines whether there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples in the deletion candidate table 112 (step S54). When there are a plurality of deletion candidate sentence examples (YES in step S54), when the user performs an operation of selecting the deletion target sentence example 213 on the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215, the replacement unit 106 receives the selected deletion target sentence example 213 ( Step S55). Here, the presentation unit 105 deletes the deletion candidate sentence example tab 215 from the document editing screen 200 (step S56).

  The replacement unit 106 replaces the deletion target sentence example 213 in the document to be edited with the replacement target sentence example 214 (step S57).

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention can naturally be modified in various ways within the scope of the gist thereof.

  For example, in this embodiment, character data in a document is targeted for editing, but other character data may be targeted for editing. For example, character data such as a search keyword input in a search such as a file name, a folder name, a document, or the Internet may be an object to be edited.

  Regarding the above embodiment, the following additional notes are disclosed.

(Appendix 1)
Computer
Accepts the specification of a character string in the text to be edited,
Extracting a plurality of sentence examples including the character string from a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples stored in the storage unit are registered;
Detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
Outputting at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
Receiving selection of a second sentence example among at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples;
An input support program for executing processing for replacing the detected first sentence example with the second sentence example.

(Appendix 2)
In addition to the computer,
Present the detected first sentence example on the screen,
A process of accepting selection of a sentence example from the presented first sentence example;
The input support program according to appendix 1, wherein in the process of replacing with the second sentence example, the sentence example selected from the first sentence example is replaced with the second sentence example.

(Appendix 3)
A dictionary storage unit for storing a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples are registered;
An extraction unit that extracts a plurality of sentence examples including a designated character string from sentences to be edited from the sentence example dictionary;
A detection unit for detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
A presentation unit that outputs at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
An input support apparatus comprising: a replacement unit that replaces the detected first sentence example with a second sentence example selected from at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples.

(Appendix 4)
The presenting unit further presents the detected first sentence example on a screen,
The input support apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein the replacement unit replaces a sentence example selected from the presented first sentence example with the second sentence example.

(Appendix 5)
Computer
Accepts the specification of a character string in the text to be edited,
Extracting a plurality of sentence examples including the character string from a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples stored in the storage unit are registered;
Detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
Outputting at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
Receiving selection of a second sentence example among at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples;
An input support method comprising: executing a process of replacing the detected first sentence example with the second sentence example.

(Appendix 6)
Said computer further comprising:
Present the detected first sentence example on the screen,
Performing a process of accepting a selection of sentence examples from the presented first sentence example;
6. The input support method according to appendix 5, wherein in the process of replacing with the second sentence example, the sentence example selected from the first sentence example is replaced with the second sentence example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer 10 Input support part 11 Dictionary storage part 12 Example sentence input process part 100 Example sentence correction part 101 Extraction part 102 Replacement candidate information storage part 103 Detection part 104 Deletion candidate information storage part 105 Presentation part 106 Replacement part 20 OS
21 Input Processing Unit 22 Screen Output Processing Unit 30 Document Editor

Claims (4)

Computer
Accepts the specification of a character string in the text to be edited,
Extracting a plurality of sentence examples including the character string from a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples stored in the storage unit are registered;
Detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
Outputting at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
Receiving selection of a second sentence example among at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples;
An input support program for executing processing for replacing the detected first sentence example with the second sentence example. In addition to the computer,
Present the detected first sentence example on the screen,
A process of accepting selection of a sentence example from the presented first sentence example;
The input support program according to claim 1, wherein in the process of replacing the second sentence example, the sentence example selected from the first sentence example is replaced with the second sentence example. A dictionary storage unit for storing a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples are registered;
An extraction unit that extracts a plurality of sentence examples including a designated character string from sentences to be edited from the sentence example dictionary;
A detection unit for detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
A presentation unit that outputs at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
An input support apparatus comprising: a replacement unit that replaces the detected first sentence example with a second sentence example selected from at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples. Computer
Accepts the specification of a character string in the text to be edited,
Extracting a plurality of sentence examples including the character string from a sentence example dictionary in which a plurality of sentence examples stored in the storage unit are registered;
Detecting a first sentence example starting from a position of the designated character string in the sentence from the plurality of sentence examples extracted from the sentence example dictionary;
Outputting at least a part of the plurality of sentence examples to a screen on which the sentence is displayed;
Receiving selection of a second sentence example among at least some of the plurality of outputted sentence examples;
An input support method comprising: executing a process of replacing the detected first sentence example with the second sentence example.

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