JP3184035B2 - Single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input system, and more particularly to a single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input system for inputting kanji with a word processor or a computer terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional single-segment kana-kanji conversion input method, kanji is read in kana characters (hiragana or katakana).
Each time, the kanji conversion is performed using the single phrase kana kanji conversion dictionary file. Even if you try to use the Kanji of the conversion unit that has already been used and has the same reading (hereinafter, the single Kanji and idioms registered in the single phrase Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file are simply referred to as Kanji), the reading will be converted to Kana characters. After re-entering all, single phrase Kana-Kanji conversion is performed.

[0003]

In the conventional single-segment kana-kanji conversion input method described above, when inputting a kanji at the time of creating a document, etc., all kana-character readings are inputted before conversion, and the same reading candidate is input. It is necessary to select the desired kanji from kanji. In document creation, etc., the same kanji is often used for the same reading, so there is a learning function that gives priority to the kanji used previously when selecting it. Every time I used it, I had to re-enter all the readings in kana characters.

An object of the present invention is to improve the input efficiency by maintaining the history of kanji that has been converted and used once, thereby displaying kanji that starts with the same reading during the input of kana characters. The purpose is to provide a kana-kanji conversion input method.

[0005]

The single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input system of the present invention has a keyboard input unit for recognizing kana characters input from a keyboard, and has correspondence information between kana character readings and corresponding kanji characters. A single-segment kana-kanji dictionary file, a single-segment kana-kanji conversion unit for referring to the single-segment kana-kanji dictionary file and converting input kana characters to kanji,
A usage number storage unit that stores the total number of kanji used in the conversion unit and manages the usage number assigned to the used kanji for each kana character, and holds the reading of the used kanji kana characters and their readings
One Han Chinese and the Tanbunsetsu kana kanji conversion history file to be stored and its use number for each kana characters, before against Chinese characters used
Number greater than the total number stored in the usage number storage
A single-segment Kana-Kanji conversion history update unit for adding and updating the usage-number holding unit and the single- segment Kana-Kanji conversion history file ;
When a character is input, the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file is searched, and the kanji with the largest used number including the input kana character at the beginning is read out and displayed on the display. And a display unit for editing kana characters and kanji to be displayed on a display.

[0006]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

The single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input method of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 comprises an input / output unit 1 including a keyboard 11, a display 12, a processing unit 2, and a storage unit 3. , A single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file 31 required to convert kana characters to kanji, and a usage number storage for storing the total number of times the kanji is used in the conversion unit and holding a usage number assigned to the used kanji And a single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33 for storing used kanji readings, kanji and use numbers. Processing unit 2
A keyboard input unit 21 for recognizing kana characters input from the keyboard 11, a single-segment kana-kanji conversion unit 22 for retrieving a single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file 31 from the reading of the input kana characters and converting them into kanji; , A single phrase Kana-Kanji conversion history file 33
A single-segment kana-kanji conversion history update unit 23 for additionally updating
A single-segment kana-kanji conversion history search unit 24 for searching whether a kanji starting with the same reading exists in the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33 at the time of the second or subsequent input, and a display unit for editing kana characters and kanji 25.

The single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file 31 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the reading section 41 stores readings displayed in kana characters, and a kanji table 42 storing candidate kanji corresponding to the readings. This is a conversion file for displaying the candidate kanji of the corresponding kanji table 42 on the display 12.

The single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history file 33 is
As shown in FIG. 3, a reading column 51 for storing readings displayed in Kana characters, a kanji column 52 for storing the last used kanji corresponding to the reading, and an order in which the kanjis are used are shown. It comprises a use number column 53 for storing a use number. In the example of FIG. 3, the kanji character “Ka” corresponding to the reading “ka”
Is used at the beginning of the kanji input (use number is 1), and indicates that "Ka" has been selected from the candidate kanji in the kanji table 42 for the reading "ka". Similarly, it indicates that the kanji “science” was used last for the reading “kagaku”. This can be determined by the highest use number.

The single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history file 33 stores only information about the kanji used during the ongoing document creation process. Although FIG. 3 shows only kanji characters starting with “ka”, similar information is created for kanji characters starting with other kana characters. The use numbers shown in FIG.
Although it indicates the order of use for kanji starting with "ka", it may be a use number indicating the entire order of use including kanji starting with other kana characters. Note that, in the example of the single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file in FIG. 2, only the one related to FIG. 3 is shown.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to a specific example with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The state in which "Kana" is used first, and then "Kaga", "scientist", and "science" are used in order using the single-phrase kana-kanji conversion, that is, the single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history file 33 is in the state of FIG. As
A case will be described in which a kanji whose pronunciation starts with "ka" is used again.

When it is desired to input "science" again as a kanji, the first character of "ka" is read from the keyboard 11 (step 101). The input data is determined by the keyboard input unit 21 as a kana character or a single phrase kana / kanji conversion instruction (step 102), and is notified to the single phrase kana / kanji conversion history search unit 24. The single-segment kana-kanji conversion history search unit 24 searches the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33, and searches for information having a reading that starts with "ka" (step 103). Since there are four target kanji in the single phrase kana kanji conversion history file 33 (step 10).
4) The kanji "Science" with the largest usage number is displayed on the display 12 through the display unit 25 (step 105). In this case, since the target kanji is "science" (step 106), when a confirmation input is performed from the keyboard 11 (step 107), the single-phrase kana-kanji conversion is completed and "science" is determined. Further, the usage number of “science” in the single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history file 33 is “4”, but the single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history update unit 23 refers to the usage number holding unit 32 and uses the current usage number “4”. Is set to "5", and the use number of the reading "Kagaku" is updated to "5" (step 108).

If the target kanji is "chemical", "science" displayed when "?" Is entered is not the target kanji (step 106), so the flow returns to step 101 to return to "ga". Enter The kanji with the largest usage number that includes "Kaga" at the beginning of the reading does not change with "Science",
Returning to step 101, "ku" is input. Since there is no change even when the reading “Kagaku” has been input, when the single-phrase Kana-Kanji conversion process is instructed here (step 102), the reading “Kakaku” is notified to the single-phrase Kana-Kanji conversion unit 22,
The single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file 31 is searched (step 109 ). Since "science", "chemistry", and "value" are displayed on the display 12 through the processing unit 2 (step 110), "chemistry" is designated from the keyboard 11 and "chemistry" is determined (step 111). The single-segment kana-kanji conversion history update unit 23 replaces “scientific” in the kanji column 52 with “chemistry” for the reading “kagaku” of the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33 and uses the usage number column 53 The number is updated from "4" to "5" (step 108).

If there is no kanji starting with the same reading in the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33, no kanji is displayed on the display. Is newly added to the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file 33.

[0016]

As described above, the single-segment kana-kanji conversion input method of the present invention retains the kanji used once in single-segment kana-kanji conversion input as a history, and uses the kanji lastly with little reading input. Display the same reading kanji,
Since single-phrase kana-kanji conversion can be performed, the number of inputs from the keyboard is reduced, and there is an effect that the efficiency of single-phrase kana-kanji conversion can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a single-segment kana-kanji conversion dictionary file of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input / output part 2 Processing part 3 Storage part 11 Keyboard 12 Display 21 Keyboard input part 22 Single phrase Kana-kanji conversion part 23 Single phrase Kana-kanji conversion history update part 24 Single phrase Kana-kanji conversion history search part 25 Display part 31 Single phrase Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file 32 Usage number holding unit 33 Single-segment Kana-Kanji conversion history file 41,51 Reading field 42 Kanji table 52 Kanji field 53 Usage number field

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-60-251459 (JP, A) JP-A-60-129874 (JP, A) JP-A-3-65756 (JP, A) JP-A-1-100668 (JP) JP-A-60-103429 (JP, A) JP-A-4-77954 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/20-17/26

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A keyboard input unit for recognizing a kana character input from a keyboard, a single-segment kana-kanji dictionary file having correspondence information between kana-character reading and a corresponding kanji, and a single-segment kana-kanji dictionary file. A single-segment kana-kanji conversion unit for converting kana characters input by reference to kanji;
A usage number storage unit that stores the total number of kanji used in the conversion unit and manages the usage number assigned to the used kanji for each kana character, and holds the reading of the used kanji kana characters and their readings
One Han Chinese and the Tanbunsetsu kana kanji conversion history file to be stored and its use number for each kana characters, before against Chinese characters used
Number greater than the total number stored in the usage number storage
A single-segment Kana-Kanji conversion history update unit for adding and updating the usage-number holding unit and the single- segment Kana-Kanji conversion history file ;
When a character is input, the single-segment kana-kanji conversion history file is searched, and the kanji with the largest used number including the input kana character at the beginning is read out and displayed on the display. A single-phrase kana-kanji conversion input method, comprising: a single-phrase kana-kanji conversion history search unit; and a display unit for editing kana characters and kanji to be displayed on a display.