JP2682389B2 - External character registration / search method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an external character registration / retrieval method, and more particularly to an external character registration / retrieval method in a document creation apparatus capable of external character registration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional document creating apparatus, when a user character is created and registered in a dictionary, it is necessary to determine whether or not the character is already registered in the dictionary. It has been necessary to visually compare one and one with each other, or visually compare one-to-one with an external character and a group of characters retrieved by radical search or the like.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional document creating apparatus, there is a possibility that the same character as an external character may be overlooked for visual search and the character may be double-registered in the dictionary. There was a problem that it took time to know that it was registered in the dictionary.

Further, in the Japanese language processing apparatus, it is desirable to store appropriate characters including partial characters and radicals which are parts for creating external characters as representative characters in advance so that the representative characters can be used as external characters. Some have an external character creation support function that allows designation of partial characters and radicals (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-75060). However, in such a Japanese language processing device, it is necessary to specify a partial character or radical to be used for creating an external character after searching for and displaying a representative character, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome. It was

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to register and search a dictionary by using character information that has a part that constitutes an external character and a set of a part code and position information, so that the same character as the external character is registered. It is to provide an external character registration / retrieval method that can speed up the retrieval of.

[0006]

The external character registration / retrieval method of the present invention is a document creating apparatus capable of external character registration, in which a dictionary for registering character information consisting of characters, a part code and a set of position information, and a part are registered. And a part code corresponding to each other and a set of part codes and position information of the parts that form the external character are input, the part is taken out from the part list, and the external character is combined to create the external character and the part code and position. A synthesizing means for outputting character information composed of a set of information, and a searching means for searching the same character as the external character from the dictionary using the set of the component code and position information of the character information output by the synthesizing means as a key, Determination means for determining whether the same character as the external character synthesized by the synthesizing means is already registered in the dictionary based on the search result by the searching means; And a registration means for registering the character information in said dictionary when the same characters and external characters is determined not to be registered by the determination means.

[0007]

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an external character registration / retrieval method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The external character registration / retrieval method of this embodiment is based on the input / output device 1 and the input / output device 1.
Input means 2 for displaying the external character creation / registration screen and inputting the set of the part code and the position information of the parts forming the external character
And output means 3 for displaying a message on the input / output device 1.
And a combination of a part code and position information of a part that constitutes an external character, extracts the part from the parts list 9 and combines the external character, and outputs character information including the external character, the part code, and the position information set. 4, a search means 5 for searching the same character as the external character from the dictionary 8 using the set of the component code of the character information and the position information output by the combining means 4 as a key, and the combining means based on the search result by the searching means 5. Four
The determination unit 6 that determines whether the same character as the external character that has been synthesized by is already registered in the dictionary 8, and the dictionary when the determination unit 6 determines that the same character as the external character is not registered. Registration means 7 for registering character information in 8
And a dictionary 8 for registering character information consisting of characters, a set of part codes and a set of position information, and a parts list 9 for storing parts and part codes in association with each other.

Referring to FIG. 2, the parts list 9 stores parts and part codes in association with each other. For example, the part code "013B" is assigned to the part "a" and the part "
The part code "02AC" is associated with "standing".

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the position information list displayed on the external character creation / registration screen by the input means 2. For example, position information "B1" is assigned to the left half position, and position information "B2" is assigned to the right half position.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of character information output by the synthesizing means 4. The character information is composed of a character, a set of component code and position information. For example,
The character information of the character "position" is the character "position" and the part code "
013B "and position information" B1 "and a part code" 02AC "and position information" B2 ".

Next, the operation of the external character registration / retrieval method of this embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration will be described.

Here, a specific description will be given by taking as an example a case where it is checked whether or not the external character "place" is already registered in the dictionary 8.

First, when the input means 2 is activated from the input / output device 1, the input means 2 creates an external character in the input / output device 1.
The registration screen is displayed and the input of external characters is awaited.
A parts list 9 and a position information list are displayed on the external character creation / registration screen.

The input / output device 1 selects a part from the part list 9 on the external character creation / registration screen, and repeats interactively the process of designating the position information from the position information list. For example,
When creating the external character "position", the input means 2 selects the parts "a" and "standing" from the parts list 9 and specifies the position information "B1" and "B2".

When the input of the set of the part code and the position information of the part forming the external character is completed, the input means 2 passes the set of the part code and the position information to the synthesizing means 4. For example, a set of the part code “013B” and the position information “B1” and a set of the part code “02AC” and the position information “B2” are passed to the synthesizing means 4.

The synthesizing unit 4 takes out the component from the component list 9 based on the component code passed from the input unit 2 and arranges it at the position indicated by the position information, thereby synthesizing the external character. For example, based on the part code “013B”, the part “B” is extracted from the part list 9 and the position information “B” is obtained.
It is arranged in the left half position indicated by 1 ", and the part code is" 02A ".
Based on C ", the part" standing "is taken out from the parts list 9 and placed at the right half position indicated by the position information" B2 ", so that the external character" position "is combined. Creates character information composed of an external character, a part code, and a set of position information, and passes it to the search means 5.

The search means 5 performs a character search from the dictionary 8 based on the set of the component code of the character information and the position information passed from the synthesizing means 4, and notifies the determination means 6 of the result of the character search.

The determination means 6 receives the result of the character search by the search means 5, and if the search is successful, determines that the same character as the external character synthesized by the synthesis means 4 has already been registered in the dictionary 8, Output means 3 outputs a message to that effect
To display on the input / output device 1.

If the search by the search means 5 is unsuccessful,
The determining means 6 determines that the external character synthesized by the synthesizing means 4 is a character that has not been registered in the dictionary 8, notifies the output means 3 of a message to that effect and causes the input / output device 1 to display the message, and the registration means 7 also. To start.

The registration means 7 is activated by the determination means 6 to receive the character information from the composition means 4 and register it in the dictionary 8.

In the above embodiment, the external character creation / registration screen is displayed on the input / output device 1 by the input means 2 so that the parts can be selected and the position information can be specified interactively. Of course, it is not limited to the mode of inputting the part code and the position information using the creation / registration screen.

[0023]

As described above, the present invention is provided with the parts list, the synthesizing means, the searching means, the determining means and the registering means, and when the external character is created and registered in the dictionary, the external character is already registered in the dictionary. It is possible to search for the same character as the external character at high speed without visually observing it because the combination of the character information part code and the position information is used as a key to determine whether or not it matches the existing character. There is an effect that double registration of characters can be surely prevented.

Further, since the external character creation / registration screen is displayed on the input / output device by the input means so that the parts can be selected and the position information can be specified interactively, it is possible to easily input the part code and the position information. The effect is that it can be done in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an external character registration / retrieval method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a parts list in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram exemplifying a position information list displayed on the external character creation / registration screen of the input / output device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying character information output by a synthesizing unit in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input / Output Device 2 Input Means 3 Output Means 4 Compositing Means 5 Search Means 6 Judging Means 7 Registration Means 8 Dictionaries 9 Parts List

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document creation device capable of external character registration, comprising: a dictionary for registering character information consisting of characters, a set of part codes and position information; and a parts list for storing parts and part codes in association with each other. A combination means for inputting a set of part codes and position information of parts forming the external character, extracting the part from the parts list, combining the external characters, and outputting character information composed of the external character, the part code, and the position information set; Searching means for searching the same character as the external character from the dictionary using the set of the part code of the character information and the position information outputted by the combining means as a key; and the combining means based on the search result by the searching means. Determining means for determining whether the same character as the external character already registered is already registered in the dictionary, and the same character as the external character is registered by this determining means. An external character registration / retrieval method comprising: a registration unit that registers character information in the dictionary when it is determined that the character is not registered. 2. An input means for displaying an external character creation / registration screen including the parts list and the position information list on the input / output device so that the parts code and the position information can be input interactively. External character registration / search method described.