JP3015066B2 - Document processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention aims to create and edit a document by performing a kana-kanji conversion based on data returned from a character recognition device. And a document processing apparatus.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, it is known that a document processing apparatus provided with a character recognition device creates and edits a document from character information returned from the character recognition device.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in a document processing apparatus provided with such a character recognition device, editing text data returned from the character recognition device is very troublesome.

For example, if the returned text data is returned as "document processing device" even though the user wants the text data "document processing device", the user has "blue" in the "book". So, trying to correct this character, first look for candidate characters. However, when the character "sho" did not exist in the candidate characters, the character "blue" had to be entered once after leaving the mode and deleting the character "blue".

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of simplifying a character input process of a user and improving overall use efficiency.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, a document processing apparatus according to claim 1 includes a text storage area for storing text data and a plurality of characters stored in the text data. Storage means having a candidate character storage area for storing character candidates, designation means for designating a character to be replaced in the text data, and substitution means for replacing the designated character with an input character. And a character candidate non-holding means for preventing a plurality of character candidates from being stored in a candidate character storage area of the storage means for a character specified by the specifying means and replaced by the replacement means. And

In order to achieve such an object, a document processing apparatus according to claim 2 is the document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of characters corresponding to the character when the character is designated by the designation means. Character candidate display means for reading and displaying candidates from the storage means, selecting and replacing means for selecting a character from the displayed character candidates and replacing the designated character, Accordingly, there is provided a character candidate changing unit for changing the order of a plurality of character candidates stored in a character candidate storage area of the storage unit.

In order to achieve such an object, the document processing apparatus according to claim 3 is the document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of character candidates are displayed by the character candidate display unit. It is characterized in that replacement can be performed by inputting characters using kana-kanji conversion by the replacement means.

In order to achieve such an object, a document processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the text data performs character recognition on a character image. Wherein the plurality of character candidates are a group of candidate characters obtained by the character recognition.

In order to achieve such an object, the document processing apparatus according to claim 5 is the document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the replacement unit inputs the designated character using kana-kanji conversion. Characters are replaced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

 FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, an alternate long and short dash line block 1000 is a document processing device having an image input function and an optical character reading device and capable of converting kana-kanji characters and creating a document.

Numeral 100 denotes a means for inputting image data by using a scanner or the like for inputting an image.

200 designates a range of a later-described recognition area 17 for performing character recognition on the basis of an image screen 14 described later obtained as described above, so that image data in that area is subjected to character recognition by an optical character reader. It is a means to do.

A unit 300 receives the result recognized by the unit 200 as text data including a candidate character, and displays a first candidate of the candidate character on a recognition result display unit 17 described later.

400 designates a pointing device (PD) instruction on the character displayed at 300 to display a character candidate portion 21 described later to select a candidate character of the indicated character.
Input means.

500 can be selected from the character candidate part 21 displayed like 400, but can be corrected by key input using Kana-Kanji conversion, and multiple characters can be input instead of the indicated character This is a second input means.
Note that there is no candidate character in the character corrected by key input.

 600 is the kana-kanji conversion means used in 500.

Numeral 700 is a means for determining a recognized character string and converting it to text data having no candidate character.

800 is a means to file the text data created in 700.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT display unit used in a raster scan system, and 2 denotes a video RAM (VRAM) for storing display character pattern information for one screen in the form of dot information.
It is. Reference numeral 3 denotes a control unit (controller for a display) that executes control for writing pattern information to the VRAM 2, reading the pattern information from the VRAM 2, and outputting the pattern information to the CRT display unit 1. Reference numeral 4 denotes a printer for outputting the created document. Reference numeral 5 denotes a scanner for obtaining image data, and reference numeral 6 denotes an OCR unit for performing character recognition processing based on the data. Reference numeral 8 denotes a main memory for storing control programs and document data to be created shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 described later. Reference numeral 7 denotes a microprocessor (MPU) for performing main control of the device. The MPU 7 is connected to a keyboard input device (KBD) 9 for inputting character data and the like, and a pointing device (PD) 10 for specifying a position on a CRT and inputting and editing graphic data. Reference numeral 11 denotes a hard disk device in which a document file and a character font are stored. Reference numeral 12 denotes a floppy disk storage device for storing a document file or the like. These constituent blocks are connected by an I / O bus 13.

In this embodiment, the pointing device 10 is the first
And the keyboard input device 9 operates as the second input means.

FIG. 4 illustrates a series of movements. First, an image as shown in the display screen P of FIG. 3A is obtained (S100), and a rectangle as shown in the display screen Q of FIG. 3B is designated by (P.D10). (S200), the position-recognized recognition area (303 in FIG.
(S300) to execute recognition. The text data obtained as a result of recognition is prepared in advance in FIG.
Is expanded to the character recognition result area containing the candidate characters shown in
00) and displayed as in the recognition result display section 204 (S50)
0). Each recognized character has a candidate character group as shown in FIG. 8 (D). When the character is to be changed due to erroneous recognition or the like, the character 306 to be selected is indicated by P.D10, and the character candidate is changed. The unit 307 is displayed on the screen (S600). Next, it is determined whether or not a character has been input (S700). If not, a candidate is selected (S800). If there is a character input, Kana-Kanji conversion is started and a target character is input (S900).

The text data determined again is converted into a document file and stored on the hard disk 11 (S1000).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart relating to image reading, which will be described below. Instruct P.D10 to read image 302 of menu 301 in FIG. 3A (S1). Then Sukiana 5
Starts and reads the document image (S2). The read image data is displayed on CRT1 (S3).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for specifying a recognition area. This will be described below. First, input is started by P.D10 (S1). Subsequently, the input start point is stored (S2). The input is performed again by P.D10 (S3), and the end point is stored (S4). Next, a rectangle formed by the start point and the end point is displayed on the screen as a solid line rectangle (S5). This state is shown in FIG. The key input is accepted again (S6),
It is determined whether the area specified in the range in (S7) is as desired, and if so, the flow proceeds to (S9) to execute character recognition. Then, in (S10), the character recognition result including the candidate character is developed on the screen. On the other hand, if it is determined in step (S7) that the user wants to specify the range again, the process proceeds to step (S8), where the start and end points are cleared, and the process returns to step (S1).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the part of FIG. 4 in detail. In (S1), input of P.D10 or a key is accepted, and in (S2), a character candidate portion 307 of the character to be changed is displayed. With the character candidate portion 307 displayed, it is determined whether or not a character has been input (S3), and if there is a character input, Kana-Kanji conversion is executed (S4). The target character obtained as a result of performing the kana-kanji conversion is registered in the text editing area, and the display of the recognition result display unit 304 is changed (S5). On the other hand, if it is not a character input in (S3), the process proceeds to (S6), and it is determined whether or not the input is a selection of a character candidate. If the result of the determination is YES, the order of the candidates in the candidate character area is switched (S7), and the process proceeds to (S5) to display the character that has become the new first candidate. If NO in (S6), return to (S1) and wait for P.D10 or key input.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a candidate character area and a text editing area. Each recognized character has a candidate character group as shown in FIG. 8 (D), and the first candidate character of each character is developed in the text editing area shown in FIG. 8 (E). In the text editing area, the number of displayed characters and the data
2) whose character data is the JIS code (S
3) and the address to the first candidate (S4). When the first input means is used, the order of the candidates in the candidate character group shown in FIG. 8 is switched, and the character data selected as the first candidate rewrites the contents of FIG. 8 (F). . Next, when the second input unit is used, the character string input by the kana-kanji conversion is registered in S3 of the text editing area, and the content of (S4) is set to -1. When a character is deleted, the character is deleted from the text editing area together with the character data.
The displayed content is the content of the text editing area. Therefore, the content of S3 in the text editing area is fired.

[Other embodiments]

Further, as another embodiment, it is possible to edit a document by modifying a character using a kana-kanji conversion function.

1) Input a line feed code 2) Delete [Effect of the Invention] A text storage area for storing text data and a candidate character storage area for storing a plurality of character candidates for characters included in the text data Storage means, a designation means for designating a character to be replaced in the text data, a substitution means for replacing the designated character with an inputted character, and a substitution means designated by the designation means. The candidate character storage area can be saved by not having a plurality of character candidates in the candidate character storage area of the storage means for the replaced character.

Further, when a character is designated by the designation means, a plurality of character candidates for the character are read from the storage means and displayed, and a character is selected from the displayed character candidates and the designation is performed. Selection replacement means for replacing the selected character, and according to the character selected by the selection replacement means, by replacing the order of a plurality of character candidates stored in a character candidate storage area of the storage means,
When a plurality of character candidates are displayed again, character candidates whose order has been changed according to the selected character can be displayed.

In addition, even when the plurality of character candidates are displayed, the character can be replaced with the character input using the kana-kanji conversion, and it is not necessary to enter the character one by one. Can be

Also, text data and candidate character groups obtained by performing character recognition on a character image can be used.

Further, the replacement means can replace the specified character with a character input using kana-kanji conversion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the entire operation, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the processing in FIG. 4, 1... CRT display unit 7... Central processing unit 9... Keyboard input device (KBD) 10) Coordinate input device mouse (PD)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage unit having a text storage area for storing text data and a candidate character storage area for storing a plurality of character candidates for characters included in the text data; Specifying means for specifying a character to be replaced; replacing means for replacing the specified character with the input character; and a plurality of character candidates for the character specified by the specifying means and replaced by the replacing means. And a character candidate non-holding unit that prevents the character from being stored in the candidate character storage area of the storage unit. Further, when a character is designated by the designation means, a plurality of character candidates for the character are read from the storage means and displayed, and a character is selected from the displayed character candidates. Selecting and replacing means for replacing the designated character, and character candidate replacement for changing the order of a plurality of character candidates stored in a character candidate storage area of the storage means according to the character selected by the selecting and replacing means. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of character candidates are displayed by said character candidate display means, and said replacement means performs character input using kana-kanji conversion to perform replacement. 2. The document processing apparatus according to item 2. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the text data is text data obtained by performing character recognition on a character image, and the plurality of character candidates are candidate character groups obtained by the character recognition. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 5. The replacement means according to claim 1, wherein
2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character is replaced by a character input using kana-kanji conversion.