JP4146069B2 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information processing method and an information processing apparatus in a small electronic device such as a mobile phone and a portable information terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, mobile phones, PHS, and home phones that have been rapidly spreading use alphabet keys by using a numeric keypad (10 keys) composed of several symbol keys from “1” key to “0” key. There is known a character input method for inputting yaragana (50 sounds). FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of the key input unit 1 in a mobile phone or the like. The key input unit 1 is provided with ten keys 2 of “1”, “2”,... “0” and a key 3 for function input. Since the key input unit 1 has a small area and a small number of keys, a total of about 17 characters including kana, kana, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters are assigned to each numeric key. For example, in the case of Kana characters, for the numeric keys “1”, “2”,..., “0”, as shown below, “1”: “Aiueoai ぅ ぅ”
"2": "Kakiku Keko"
“3”: “Sashisuseso”
“4”: “Tatetsute”
“5”: “What is it?”
“6”: “Hahifuheho”
“7”: “Mamimumemo”
"8": "Yayyoyo"
“9”: “Larrelero”
“0”: “Waon”
Is assigned. Similarly, other characters are assigned to each numeric key. For example, the key “6” is assigned “ha, hi, fu, he, ho” as hiragana characters, “ha, hi, fu, ha, ho” as katakana characters, “M” as uppercase letters. “N · O” and “m · n · o” are assigned as lowercase letters. When character input is performed, a method is generally used in which the key is repeatedly pressed after the input mode is switched to the corresponding character input mode until the character to be input is displayed on the display unit.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional character input method has a problem in that the number of key operations is large and input takes time. For example, when inputting “Kyoha”, after switching to the “kana” mode with the “mode switching key”, as shown in FIG. 13, “2” “2” “8” “8” “8” “8” “8” “8” “1” “1” “1” “6” key operations are performed. In FIG. 13, the upper row shows the key to be pressed, and the lower row shows the data input with the pressed key. In addition, the underlined data indicates data that is finally adopted.
[0004]
When the character “Kyoha” is input as described above, first the “2” key is pressed to select “K”, and then the “2” key is pressed to select the “K” character. Next, press the “8” key to select “Ya”, and then press the “8” key five times in succession to select “」 ”. In the same manner, the “1” key is pressed three times to select the character “u”, and the “6” key is pressed once to select “ha”.
[0005]
On the other hand, in personal computers, keyboards such as the QWERTY layout and the ASCII layout are known, and characters can be easily input. However, unlike such keyboards having a large number of data keys, character input in mobile phones and the like is possible. In this case, since data input is performed with a small number of data keys, it is necessary to press the data key much more than the number of input characters as described above. For this reason, mistakes are likely to occur and operability is poor, and it is extremely inconvenient for inputting long mails.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and when performing character input using a key input unit composed of a small number of data keys, an information processing method capable of performing efficient character input with a smaller number of key presses. And it aims at providing an information processor.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The information processing method according to the first invention is:
Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of inputting characters according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character;
It is characterized by having .
With the configuration described above, it is possible to input desired data with a small number of key operations when, for example, the type of characters used for input is defined, such as a URL.
[0008]
The information processing method according to the second invention is:
Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character in real time;
It is characterized by having .
With the above configuration, the same effect as that of the first invention can be obtained, and the data replaced when the data is input is displayed in real time, so that the input process can be performed quickly.
[0009]
An information processing method according to a third invention is:
Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Receiving the input instructing replacement, replacing the first character with the second character, and displaying;
It is characterized by having .
According to the above configuration, when replacement is instructed with respect to data set in the replacement table, replacement is performed with specific data. Therefore, replacement processing can be performed in accordance with a user's arbitrary instruction.
[0010]
An information processing method according to a fourth invention is:
Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
This is a case where a reference is made to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character different from the first character, and the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table. Displaying the second character when the input order of the second character is lower than the input character when the second character can be input with the same key;
It is characterized by having .
With the above-described configuration, desired data can be input with a small number of key operations, and data that is not desired to be converted into specific data can be input by considering the data input order. Data can be entered as intended.
[0011]
An information processing method according to the fifth invention is:
Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character;
Converting an input character string composed of the input character and the second character into a specific language;
It is characterized by having .
According to said structure, it can convert into a specific language based on the data substituted by the substitution table, and data input can be performed efficiently.
[0012]
An information processing method according to the sixth invention is:
An information processing method of an information processing apparatus having a conversion dictionary that stores a character string composed of one or more characters and a conversion candidate character string in association with each other,
Inputting one of the characters assigned to the key according to the number of consecutive key operations;
Refer to the conversion dictionary for the input character string input in the character input step, A) a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string that matches the input character string in advance, and B) the final of the input character string A character that can be input with the same key as the character input key is a final character, and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string whose other characters are the same as that of the input character string. Step to display and
It is characterized by having .
With the above configuration, kanji conversion processing can be performed efficiently.
[0013]
An information processing apparatus according to a seventh invention is
Means for receiving continuous key input;
Character input means for inputting characters according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Display means for displaying the second character;
It is characterized by having .
With the configuration described above, it is possible to input desired data with a small number of key operations when, for example, the type of characters used for input is defined, such as a URL.
[0014]
An information processing apparatus according to an eighth invention is:
Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the second character in real time;
It is characterized by having.
With the above configuration, the same effect as that of the seventh invention can be obtained, and the data replaced when the data is input is displayed in real time, so that the input process can be performed quickly.
[0015]
An information processing apparatus according to a ninth invention is
Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the first character replaced with the second character upon receiving an instruction for replacement;
It is characterized by having .
According to the above configuration, when replacement is instructed with respect to data set in the replacement table, replacement is performed with specific data. Therefore, replacement processing can be performed in accordance with a user's arbitrary instruction.
[0016]
An information processing apparatus according to a tenth invention is
Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
This is a case where a reference is made to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character different from the first character, and the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table. When the second character can be input with the same key, the second display displays the second character when the input order of the second character is lower than the input character. Means and
It is characterized by having .
According to the above-described configuration, desired data can be input with a small number of key operations, and data that is not desired to be converted into specific data can be input by taking the data input order into consideration, thereby allowing the user to input data. Data can be entered as intended.
[0017]
An information processing apparatus according to an eleventh invention is
Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the second character;
Conversion means for converting an input character string composed of the input character and the second character into a specific language;
It is characterized by having .
According to said structure, it can convert into a specific language based on the data substituted by the substitution table, and data input can be performed efficiently.
[0018]
An information processing apparatus according to a twelfth invention is
An information processing apparatus having a conversion dictionary for storing a character string composed of one or more characters and a conversion candidate character string in association with each other,
A character input means for inputting one of the characters assigned to the key in accordance with the number of consecutive key operations;
The conversion dictionary is referred to the input character string input by the character input means, and A) a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string that matches the input character string in advance, and B) the final of the input character string A character that can be input with the same key as the character input key is a final character, and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string whose other characters are the same as that of the input character string. Display means to display and
It is characterized by having .
According to said structure, the arbitrary kanji conversion candidates can be selected and input from the displayed several kanji conversion candidates, and kanji input can be performed efficiently.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
1 and 2 show an example in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of the mobile phone, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal circuit configuration.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 11 is provided with an antenna 12 at the upper end and a speaker 13 at the upper part of the front surface. In addition, a display unit 14 using a liquid crystal display panel, a key input unit 15, a microphone 16, and the like are provided on the front surface of the mobile phone 11. The key input unit 15 includes, for example, a cursor key 17, a character input mode key 18, a menu key 19, a data replacement instruction key 20 for instructing replacement for an input character, a telephone start key 21 for making a call, a clear key 22, Various function keys such as a telephone end key 23 that also functions as power on / off are provided, and a numeric keypad section 24 including "tenkey (0-9)", "*", and "#" keys is provided.
[0023]
A plurality of characters such as kana, kana, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters are assigned to each numeric key of the numeric keypad 24 as shown below, for example.
[0024]
“1”: “A line”,
“2”: “Ka Line, ABC”
“3”: “Sa line, DEF”
“4”: “Ta line, GHI”
“5”: “Na line, JKL”
"6": "Ha Line, MNO"
“7”: “Ma line, PQRS”
“8”: “Yayuki, TUV”
“9”: “Ra line, WXYZ”
“0”: “Wamon, symbol (,... :: //)”
When the numeric key “0” is repeatedly pressed in the English character input mode, the symbols are input in the order of “,” “.” “,” “.” “;” “:” “•” “/”. When the “0” key is pressed again when “/” is entered, “,” is entered again, and data can be entered cyclically. The “*” key is assigned a muddy point “” and a semi-voiced point “°”. Switching between the above-described “kana / kana / upper case / lower case” is performed by the character input mode key 18.
[0025]
Next, the configuration of the key input data processing unit provided in the mobile phone 11 will be described with reference to FIG. The key input unit 15 is connected to the CPU 30. The CPU 30 includes a data processing unit 31, a data replacement unit 32, a comparison unit 33, and a data conversion unit 34. The data processing unit 31 executes various types of data processing by executing software programs stored in the program memory 35. The data replacement unit 32 refers to the data replacement table 36 and performs data replacement processing according to the comparison result of the comparison unit 33. The comparison unit 33 compares the input character with the character input order set in the data replacement table 36 and outputs the comparison result to the data replacement unit 32. The data replacement unit 32 determines whether or not to replace according to the comparison result from the comparison unit 33. Further, the data conversion unit 34 refers to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary (data conversion table) 37 and executes the kanji conversion process according to the comparison result of the comparison unit 33.
[0026]
For example, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the data replacement table 36 includes a first data replacement table 36a for replacing the corresponding character data when each numeric key is pressed. 4, when symbol data “,” “,” “.” “;” “•” is input, “.” “.” “.” “:” “/” A second data replacement table 36b for conversion to symbol data is provided. FIG. 4 (a) shows a replacement table for [Kana input mode], and FIG. 4 (b) shows a replacement table for [Lower case input mode]. Replacement tables for other kana input modes and upper case input modes. Are similarly set. FIG. 4C shows an example of a table when inputting “URL” in e-mail, for example. That is, in “URL”, the symbols “,” “.” “,” “;” “•” are not used, so when “,” “.” “,” Is input, it is converted to “.”. In addition, “;” is converted to “:” and “•” is converted to “/”.
[0027]
The kana-kanji conversion dictionary 37 is a dictionary for converting kana input characters into kanji, and stores “kanji, kana” conversion candidates corresponding to “reading” as shown in FIG. 5, for example. FIG. 5 shows a part of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 37.
[0028]
Next, the character conversion process in the above embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, for example, a case where 13 characters of a URL “www.input.com” are input will be described. In the conventional input method, first, the character input mode key 18 is used to change to the lower case input mode, and then the key is continuously pressed as shown in FIG. When the same character continues like “www”, it is common to press the enter key or the right cursor key each time a character is entered to once confirm the data. In the following description, “→” indicates the right cursor key. The symbol key also serves as a “0” key. In FIG. 6A, the upper row shows the key to be pressed, and the lower row shows the data input along with the pressed key. In addition, the underlined data indicates data that is finally adopted.
When the conventional input method is used, in order to input 13 characters as shown in FIG. 6A, 25 key operations are required.
[0029]
In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6B, “www.input.com” can be input by an input operation of “www, input, com”. That is, the number of input operations is reduced by inputting “.” By inputting data “,”.
[0030]
Hereinafter, the replacement process of the input data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The data processing unit 31 checks whether or not data is input from the key input unit 15 (step A1). If there is no data input, the data processing unit 31 stands by. When data is input from the key input unit 15, it is determined whether or not it is a replacement target (step A2). If it is a replacement target, the data replacement unit 32 refers to the first data replacement table 36a and performs a replacement process. Perform (Step A3). For example, if the “9” numeric key is pressed, it is replaced with the character “w”, and if the “symbol” key is pressed, it is replaced with the symbol “,”. Further, it is determined whether or not the replaced data is set in the second data replacement table 36b, that is, whether or not there is a specific replacement target (step A4). Prepare for the next data entry.
[0031]
When the symbol “,” is input, since the symbol “,” is set in the second data replacement table 36b, it is determined that “there is a specific replacement target” and the process proceeds to step A5. The mark “specific replacement target exists” is displayed on the display unit 14. When this “specific replacement target exists” mark is displayed, the user operates the data replacement instruction key 20 as necessary. The operation of the data replacement instruction key 20 may be performed for each input character, or may be performed after all character input is completed.
[0032]
After displaying the mark “with specific replacement target” on the display unit 14 as described above, it is determined whether or not the data replacement instruction key 20 is pressed (step A6). When the data replacement instruction key 20 is pressed, The data replacement unit 32 refers to the second data replacement table 36b and replaces the specific replacement target data (step A7). In this case, the symbol “,” is replaced with “.”, The data after the replacement is displayed on the display unit 14, and the processing for the input character is completed.
[0033]
The data display after the replacement may be performed by replacing the input data, or may be performed when replacement is instructed. If it is determined in step A6 that the data replacement instruction key 20 is not pressed, the conversion process is not performed and the process is terminated.
[0034]
Even if the input operation of “www, input, com” is performed as described above, it is possible to input “www.input.com” by referring to the second data replacement table 36b. In this case, since the symbol “,” is input earlier than “.”, The number of key presses can be reduced accordingly.
[0035]
In the above embodiment, the case where the replacement instruction is performed by providing the data replacement instruction key 20 has been described. However, the specific replacement target data is replaced and displayed in real time without providing the data replacement instruction key 20. Also good.
[0036]
(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment, an example of processing in the case where it is not desired to replace even a character set as specific replacement target data in the second data replacement table 36b is shown. For example, a case where a character “www.input, com” is input will be described. This example shows a case where the fourth character data “.” Is to be replaced and the tenth character data “,” is not to be replaced. In this case, an input operation of “www, input, com” is performed. That is, the fourth character data “.” Is input as “,”, and the tenth character data “,” is input as it is.
[0037]
Hereinafter, a processing example in the second embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart in FIG. The processing from step A1 to A4 is the same as in the case of FIG. That is, the first “www” character is processed in the same manner as in FIG. When the fourth character "," is input, the symbol "," is set in the second data replacement table 36b. Therefore, it is determined in step A4 that "there is a specific replacement target", and step B1 Proceed to the process. In this step B1, the comparison unit 33 compares the rank of the specific replacement object data with the replaced data. That is, it is determined whether or not the rank of the specific replacement target data is equal to or higher than the rank of the data after replacement. If the rank of the specific replacement target data is equal to or higher than the data rank after replacement, the process proceeds to step A5 and the data rank after replacement is determined. If it is lower, the process for that character is terminated.
[0038]
When the specific replacement target data is “,”, the data after replacement is “.”, And therefore, in step B1, the input ranks of “,” and “.” Are compared. When the symbol key is continuously pressed, the first replacement table 36a stores data in the order of “,” “.” “,” “.” “;” “:” “•” “/” as described above. Therefore, the data “,” is determined to be higher than “.”. In this case, the process proceeds to step A5, and the mark “There is a specific replacement target” is displayed on the display unit 14. When the data replacement instruction key 20 is operated in this state (step A6), a replacement process is executed (step A7).
[0039]
Thereafter, when the data “,” of the 10th character is input, since this data “,” is set in the second data replacement table 36b, it is determined in step A4 that “there is a specific replacement target” and the data As in the case of “,”, the process proceeds to step B 1, where the comparison unit 33 compares the data with the rank of the replaced data.
[0040]
When the specific replacement target data is “,”, the data after replacement is “.”, And therefore, the ranks of “,” and “.” Data are compared in step B1. In this case, since the data “,” is in a lower rank than “.”, The replacement process is not performed and the data is processed as it is as an input character.
[0041]
As described above, even if the input character is a specific replacement target, if the input order is lower than the data after replacement, that is, if the data position after replacement is passed, the replacement processing is not performed. That is, when data having a lower rank than the data after replacement is input, it is determined that even if the specific replacement target set in the second data replacement table 36b is not intended for replacement. The data replacement process is not executed.
[0042]
(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment, a case where data input processing is performed by Kana-Kanji conversion is shown. For example, when “sensu” is input in Kana-Kanji conversion and the result “fan” is obtained and used in the next processing, for example, an e-mail text creation editor, first, “kana input mode” is set by the character input mode key 18. After the designation, as shown in FIG. 9, the numeric key corresponding to “SENSU” is pressed.
[0043]
In FIG. 9, the upper row shows keys to be pressed, and the data input along with the pressed key in the lower row. The underlined data indicates “Sensu” data used for Kana-Kanji. FIG. 9 shows the case where “Sensu” data is input, but in this embodiment, a plurality of Kanji conversion candidates including “Folding Fan” are displayed when “Sensa” is input.
[0044]
The processing operation in the third embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The data processing unit 31 checks whether or not data is input from the key input unit 15 (step C1). If there is no data input, the data processing unit 31 stands by. When data is input from the key input unit 15, it is determined whether or not it is a replacement target (step C2). If it is a replacement target, the data replacement unit 32 performs the first data replacement table 36a shown in FIG. The data replacement process is performed with reference to the above and displayed on the display unit 14 (step C3). For example, if the “3” numeric key is pressed, it is replaced with the character “sa”, and each time the “3” numeric key is continuously pressed, “shi” → “su” → “ In turn. Next, when the numeric key “0” is pressed, the character “W” is replaced and the character input “SE” inputted immediately before is confirmed. Thereafter, character input is performed in the same manner.
[0045]
Then, after performing the above data replacement, the data conversion unit 34 refers to the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 37 automatically or by operating the conversion instruction key, for example, the data replacement instruction key 20 (Step Kana). C4). If, for example, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 37 shown in FIG. 5 is prepared and kana-kanji conversion is performed in a state where up to “sensa” is input, “sa”, which is the ending of “sensa”, is shown in FIG. It is compared with “3” in the first data replacement table 36a shown in a). This data replacement table “3” Sashisuseso indicates that, when the “3” key is repeatedly pressed, data is input in the order of “Sa”, “Shi”, “Sus”, “Se” and “So”.
[0046]
First, the data replacement unit 32 calls the data conversion unit 34 that performs kana-kanji conversion using “sensa” as a reading. The data conversion unit 34 uses the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 37 shown in FIG. 5 to obtain “thousand difference / fine / squeeze” corresponding to “sensa” (forward matching). Thereafter, in step C5, it is determined whether there is still replacement data. If there is replacement data, the process returns to step C3 to perform replacement processing. In this example, the data replacement unit 32 advances one character in the first data replacement table 36a, and calls the data conversion unit 34 that performs kana-kanji conversion using “sense” as a reading. As a result, the data conversion unit 34 obtains “war dead / war history / advanced / dedicated / line referee” corresponding to “forward”.
[0047]
In the same manner, the data replacement unit 32 calls the data conversion unit 34 as a reading for “sensu”, “sense”, and “senso”.・ Obtain "Dedication, Lines, Fans, Senses, Teachers, Preemptives, Wars".
[0048]
The input kanji candidates converted as described above are displayed on the display unit 14 together with the numbers “1, 2, 3,...” (Step C6). When it cannot be displayed on the display unit 14 at once, for example, it is displayed on the display unit 14 divided into five candidates. These candidate characters can be switched and displayed by, for example, up and down cursor keys. When a desired Chinese character is displayed, for example, by selecting the number of the Chinese character using a numeric key (step C7), the input of the Chinese character is confirmed.
[0049]
Ten key presses are required to input “Sensu”, but the above-mentioned input process provides the desired “fan” candidate by pressing the key up to “Sensa” eight times. The number of key presses can be reduced.
[0050]
(Fourth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment, in the third embodiment, the last character of reading is compared with the corresponding line of the first data replacement table 36a, and data replacement is not performed for a character having a higher rank in the line. It is what I did.
[0051]
In the fourth embodiment, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the processes of steps D1 and D2 are further provided for the third embodiment of FIG. 10, and other processes are performed in the third embodiment. Since it is the same as that of a form, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0052]
Assuming that kana-kanji conversion is performed in a state where “Senshi” is input, the same input processing as in the third embodiment is performed from step C1 to step C3. When the data up to “Senshi” is input as described above, “Shi”, which is the end of “Senshi”, and the data of the corresponding row in the first data replacement table 36a shown in FIG. That is, the input order of “3” is compared (step D1).
[0053]
First, the data replacement unit 32 compares the “shi” and “sa” data by the comparison unit 33 to determine whether the “shi” data is higher than the input order of “sa” (step D2). In this case, since the data of “shi” is lower than the input order of “sa”, data replacement is not performed. Next, the data replacement unit 32 compares the input ranks of “shi” and “shi”. Since the ranks are the same, the data substitution unit 32 calls the data conversion unit 34 that performs kana-kanji conversion using “senshi” as a reading. The data conversion unit 34 obtains “war dead / war history / advanced / extensive / line essay” corresponding to “forward” using the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 37 shown in FIG. 5 (step C4).
[0054]
Further, the data replacement unit 32 advances one character in the data replacement table 36 and calls the data conversion unit 34 that performs kana-kanji conversion as “sensu” reading. As a result, the data replacement unit 32 obtains “fan / sense” corresponding to “sensu”.
[0055]
Similarly, by calling the data conversion unit 34 as a reading for "Sense" and "Senso", the final result is "war death / war history / advanced / dedicated / line sensation / fan / sense / teacher / priority / war". .
[0056]
The input kanji candidates converted as described above are displayed on the display unit 14 together with the numbers “1, 2, 3,...” (Step C6). When a desired Chinese character is displayed, the number of the Chinese character is selected with a numeric key (step C7), and the input of the Chinese character is confirmed.
[0057]
As described above, the last character of the reading is compared with the corresponding line of the first data replacement table 36a, and data replacement is not performed for the character of the previous rank in the line, so that the kanji candidate The number of can be reduced.
[0058]
In addition, as used in recent Kana-Kanji conversion processing, for example, by applying an input prediction function that predicts input characters from the types of Kanji in the same sentence, the number of Kanji candidates can be further reduced. . Furthermore, it goes without saying that other input complement / input support methods may be applied.
[0059]
In the third and fourth embodiments, the last character of the reading is compared with the corresponding line of the first data replacement table 36a, and the kana-kanji conversion is performed according to each reading in the line. However, the first character of the reading may be compared with the corresponding row of the first data replacement table 36a in order, and kana-kanji conversion may be performed according to each reading. Thus, when the reading is changed from the first character of the reading, the number of kanji candidates increases, but the number of key presses can be further reduced.
[0060]
Moreover, although the case where it implemented to a mobile telephone was shown in the said embodiment, it implements to the small electronic device which inputs data with few keys, and can show a big effect.
[0061]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when the type of characters used for input is specified, for example, URL, the input rank is higher than the data to be input out of the unspecified data. By using this data to perform data replacement in the second data replacement table, it is possible to input desired data with a small number of key operations. In addition, if the input data is set in the second data replacement table, the fact that a specific replacement target exists is displayed with a mark or the like, and when the replacement is instructed, the replacement is performed with the specific data. Thus, the user can arbitrarily perform a replacement process by a replacement instruction.
[0062]
In the present invention, the conversion range of the kanji conversion dictionary is set based on the data replaced by the data replacement means and the ending of this data, and the kanji in this conversion range is extracted and displayed as conversion candidates. Any kanji conversion candidate can be selected and input from among the plurality of displayed kanji conversion candidates, and kanji input can be performed efficiently.
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Furthermore, the present invention compares the ending of the data replaced by the data replacing means with the input order of the data set in the data replacement table, and searches for the data below the input order of the ending of the replacement data in the search range of the Kanji conversion dictionary. Since Kanji characters in the search range are extracted and displayed as conversion candidates, unnecessary extraction of Kanji conversion candidates can be eliminated, and Kanji character input can be performed efficiently.
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FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the mobile phone according to the embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a view showing a configuration example of a memory in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a data setting example of a data replacement table in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing a part of a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in the embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of character input in the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a replacement process of input data in the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing input data replacement processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of character input according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing input data replacement processing in the embodiment;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing input data replacement processing according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a key input unit in a conventional mobile phone.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of character input in a conventional mobile phone.
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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Cellular phone 12 Antenna 13 Speaker 14 Display part 15 Key input part 16 Microphone 17 Cursor key 18 Character input mode key 19 Menu key 20 Data substitution instruction key 21 Telephone start key 22 Clear key 23 Telephone end key 24 Numeric keypad part 30 CPU
31 Data Processing Unit 32 Data Replacement Unit 33 Comparison Unit 34 Data Conversion Unit 35 Program Memory 36 Data Replacement Table 37 Kana-Kanji Conversion Dictionary

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Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of inputting characters according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character in real time;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Receiving the input instructing replacement, replacing the first character with the second character, and displaying;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
This is a case where a reference is made to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character different from the first character, and the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table. Displaying the second character when the input order of the second character is lower than the input character when the second character can be input with the same key;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Receiving a continuous key operation input;
A step of displaying characters in real time according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Displaying the second character;
Converting an input character string composed of the input character and the second character into a specific language;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: An information processing method of an information processing apparatus having a conversion dictionary that stores a character string composed of one or more characters and a conversion candidate character string in association with each other,
Inputting one of the characters assigned to the key according to the number of consecutive key operations;
The conversion dictionary is referred to the input character string input in the character input step, and A ) a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string that matches the input character string in advance, and B) the final of the input character string A character that can be input with the same key as the character input key is a final character, and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string whose other characters are the same as that of the input character string. Step to display and
An information processing method characterized by comprising: Means for receiving continuous key input;
Character input means for inputting characters according to the number of consecutive key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Display means for displaying the second character;
The information processing apparatus characterized by having a. Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the second character in real time;
An information processing apparatus comprising: Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the first character replaced with the second character upon receiving an instruction for replacement;
The information processing apparatus characterized by having a. Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
This is a case where a reference is made to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character different from the first character, and the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table. When the second character can be input with the same key, the second display displays the second character when the input order of the second character is lower than the input character. Means and
The information processing apparatus characterized by having a. Means for receiving continuous key input;
First display means for displaying characters in real time according to the number of continuous key operations and the input mode;
With reference to a replacement table that associates a first character with a second character that is different from the first character, and when the input character is set as the first character in the replacement table, Second display means for displaying the second character;
Conversion means for converting an input character string composed of the input character and the second character into a specific language;
The information processing apparatus characterized by having a. An information processing apparatus having a conversion dictionary for storing a character string composed of one or more characters and a conversion candidate character string in association with each other,
A character input means for inputting one of the characters assigned to the key in accordance with the number of consecutive key operations;
The conversion dictionary is referred to the input character string input by the character input means, and A) a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string that matches the input character string in advance, and B) the final of the input character string A character that can be input with the same key as the character input key is a final character, and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to a character string whose other characters are the same as that of the input character string. Display means to display and
The information processing apparatus characterized by having a.

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