JP5413194B2 - Character conversion method, apparatus, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a character conversion method for character input in a mobile phone mail or a browser.

  Modern mobile phones have a user dictionary in addition to a phone book and dictionary. This user dictionary is a dictionary that can be registered by associating a character string and a reading that the user has input in advance, and like a dictionary, is used for conversion from characters to kanji, etc. Usually used to easily call a character string that is not in the dictionary. A cellular phone user performs character conversion using a dictionary and a user dictionary when composing mail or inputting characters in a browser or the like.

  Patent Document 1 proposes a user dictionary registration method in which an input name and a reading are associated with each other and stored in a user dictionary at the same time when a telephone directory is registered. However, with this method, only names are registered in the user dictionary, and when a phone number, e-mail address or address registered in the phone book is registered in the user dictionary, a reading is added to each. It is necessary to register.

  In this case, the phone number has no reading. In addition, there is no reading in the address field of the existing mobile phone directory, so software modifications and extra memory are required.

  When retrieving the address of a friend from the user dictionary, the address cannot be retrieved from the user dictionary because the address is unknown unless the address is known.

  In addition to the phone book, the same data is registered in the user dictionary, which wastes memory. Also, the time required for registration is doubled.

  Registration in the user dictionary is only performed when the phone book is registered, and is not registered in the user dictionary when the phone book is registered via IrDA (Infrared Data Association) or a PC.

  Since names registered in the user dictionary are managed in the same row (same level) as other data registered in the user dictionary, it is not possible to extract and display only the corresponding data.

In addition, mobile phones capable of quoting phone book data on a character input screen for e-mails and browsers as shown in FIG. 1 are also on the market. In this mobile phone, as shown in FIG. 2, after inputting characters in step 401, a phone book read request is made by key operation in step 402, and the corresponding person data is searched by key operation in steps 403 and 404. Furthermore, the data to be cited is specified. For this reason,
Several key operations are required to open the phone book by menu operation.
Even if you open the corresponding phone book, you need to select your name, phone number, etc.
If you want to quote a name and address, you need to repeat the above operation twice.
There was a problem such as.
JP 2002-222187 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a character conversion method, apparatus, and recording medium capable of outputting telephone book data such as a telephone number, an e-mail address, and an address with a simple operation and without consuming extra memory. There is.

In order to achieve the above object, the character conversion method of the present invention, when a user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, displays the corresponding conversion candidate from the memory dictionary or user dictionary on the screen. A character conversion method to output,
The control means
Pre-register each Hiragana Yomi and the phonebook data corresponding to the Yomi in the phonebook,
When the user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, it is determined whether or not the hiragana reading is registered in the phone book;
If registered, the information registered in the phonebook corresponding to the reading is sequentially output to the screen,
In the normal character conversion operation by the user, a corresponding conversion candidate is read from the dictionary or the user dictionary, and when a specific key is pressed by the user, the corresponding information is read from the telephone directory.
On the other hand, the character conversion device according to the present invention, when a user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on a character input screen, character conversion that outputs a corresponding conversion candidate from a memory dictionary or user dictionary to the screen. A device,
Hiragana Yomi and the phone book data corresponding to the Yomi are pre-registered in the phone book,
When the user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, it is determined whether or not the hiragana reading is registered in the phone book. In response to the control means for sequentially outputting information registered in the telephone directory to the screen,
The control means includes
At the time of a normal character conversion operation by the user, a corresponding conversion candidate is read from the dictionary or the user dictionary, and when a specific key is pressed by the user, the corresponding information is read from the telephone directory.

  First, use the data registered in the phone book as a character conversion candidate and display the phone book name, phone number, mail address, address, etc. on the screen as conversion candidates from the phone book reading. There is no need to add “scratches” to numbers, email addresses or addresses, and no extra memory is consumed.

  Secondly, the phone book data is not registered in the user dictionary at the time of phone book registration and is read directly from the phone book instead of reading conversion candidates from the user dictionary. Can be displayed as a character conversion candidate. In addition, since double registration in the user dictionary is unnecessary, the writing time is not affected.

  Third, even when a phone book is registered via e-mail attachment, IrDA, Bluetooth or PC, the phone book data can be read out as a character conversion candidate. The reason is that, when registering the phone book, it is also registered in the user dictionary, and the conversion candidates are not read out from the user dictionary, but are read out directly from the phone book.

  Fourth, it is possible to quote the phone book data with a simple operation, and even when it is desired to quote a plurality of data such as a telephone number and an address, it can be performed with a simple operation. The reason is that the corresponding person registered in the phone book is searched from Yomi and the name, phone number, mail address, address, etc. are displayed as conversion candidates one after another.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browser and a character input screen. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a conventional telephone book reading operation procedure. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a mobile phone. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of a mobile phone. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a character conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a character conversion screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of telephone directory registration data. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a character conversion method according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the character conversion screen.

Explanation of symbols

101 wireless unit 102 operation unit 103 display unit 104 receiver 105 speaker 106 control unit 107 memory unit 201 program 202 phone book 203 dictionary 204 user dictionaries 301-310, 301 ′, 401-404 steps

  FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a mobile phone which is an example of a device on which a character conversion device is mounted. The mobile phone includes a wireless unit 101, an operation unit 102, a display unit 103, a receiver 104, a speaker 105, a program 201, a memory unit in which a phone book 202, a dictionary 203, and a user dictionary 2043 are stored. The control unit 106 includes a control unit 106 including a control unit 107.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of a mobile phone. However, the present invention is irrelevant to the overview and device arrangement of a mobile phone, and can be applied to PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), PC (Personal Computer), car navigation, etc. Is possible.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a character conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Mobile phones have functions such as mail and browser, and there are many scenes where characters are entered. When the user performs a character conversion operation from Hiragana to Kanji on the mail creation screen in FIG. 6 or the character input screen in FIG. 8, the control unit 106 issues a conversion candidate output request in step 301. Based on the determination, the corresponding conversion candidate is output from the dictionary 203 or the user dictionary 204 of the memory unit 107 to the screen of the display unit 103. Since the method for character input and character conversion is a well-known existing technology, description thereof is omitted here. Further, in the present embodiment, in response to the conversion candidate output request, the control unit 106 confirms whether or not there is a corresponding reading in the phone book data of the phone book 202 in step 302. If there is a corresponding reading, the control unit 106 confirms whether or not a name is registered in the telephone directory data in step 303. If registered, the control unit 106 outputs the name to the conversion candidate of the display unit 103 in step 304. Next, the control unit 106 confirms whether or not the telephone number is registered in Step 305. If registered, the control unit 106 outputs the telephone number as a conversion candidate in step 306. Next, in step 307, the control unit 106 confirms whether or not a mail address is registered. If registered, the control unit 106 outputs the mail address to the conversion candidate in step 308. Next, the control unit 106 confirms whether or not the address is registered in Step 309. If registered, the control unit 106 outputs the address to the conversion candidate in step 310.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the conversion operation, conversion candidates, and display screen. Assume that data as shown in FIG. 7 is registered in advance in the telephone directory. Note that data registration in the telephone book 202 is registered by a widely known method such as key operation, mail attachment, IrDA, Bluetooth, and PC tool. When the user inputs “Nichiden” on the mail creation screen, the control unit 106 selects “Niden”, “Niden”, “Nichiden”, “from the dictionary 203 or the user dictionary 204 as conversion candidates. "Chiden" is output and displayed on the display unit 103. Subsequently, according to the flow of FIG. 5, “Nichiden” is found from the phone book data of FIG. 7, and the name “Nippon Taro” is output and displayed. Furthermore, when an operation for selecting another candidate is performed, the telephone number “044-1123-4567”, the mail address “HYPERLINK“ mailto: taro@mail.co.jp ”taro@mail.co.jp”, the address Outputs and displays “1-2-3 Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City”.

  The character conversion operation, conversion candidate display order, conversion candidate scroll operation, and the like are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be applied to character conversion of any well-known mobile phone. For example, if “Nichiden” is entered in FIG. 6 and the arrow key ▲ is pressed, selection candidates can be output and displayed in the order of address, e-mail address, telephone number, and name.

  According to the present embodiment, when it is desired to input the address of a friend, it is possible to input only by inputting the name without knowing the address at all. The reason is that the corresponding person registered in the phone book is searched from Yomi and the name, phone number, mail address and address are displayed one after another as conversion candidates.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

  In the embodiment described above, reading of conversion candidates is started from the phone book data triggered by a character conversion candidate output request. As shown in FIG. 8, in step 301 ′, a specific key (for example, a phone book key) It is also possible to start reading the phone book data triggered by the depression of).

  In this way, conversion candidates are output / displayed only from the dictionary 203 or the user dictionary 204 without reading the telephone directory data in a normal conversion operation. Data can be read from the phone book 202 only when the user wants to input a name, telephone number, and the like. Specifically, the phonebook data is not output / displayed just by entering “Nichiden”, but by pressing a certain key, the phonebook data is read and the corresponding name and phone number are entered. Output and display (FIG. 9).

  The processing of the control unit 106 shown in FIGS. 5 and 8 is performed by recording a program for realizing the function on a computer-readable recording medium and reading the program recorded on the recording medium into the computer. May be executed. The computer-readable recording medium refers to a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk device built in a computer system. Further, the computer-readable recording medium is a medium that dynamically holds the program for a short time (transmission medium or transmission wave) as in the case of transmitting the program via the Internet, and in the computer serving as a server in that case Such as a volatile memory that holds a program for a certain period of time.

  Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the following claims. Should be understood.

  This application claims the priority on the basis of Japanese patent application No. 2007-235366 for which it applied on September 11, 2007, and takes in those the indications of all here.

Claims (7)

When a user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, a character conversion method for outputting a corresponding conversion candidate from a memory dictionary or user dictionary to the screen,
The control means
The telephone directory data corresponding to the readings and the readings of each hiragana can you in advance registered in the telephone book,
If the user in the character input screen makes a character conversion operation from hiragana to other characters, and determines whether the readings of the hiragana is registered in the telephone directory,
If registered, the information registered in the phonebook corresponding to the reading is sequentially output to the screen ,
A character conversion method for reading a corresponding conversion candidate from the dictionary or the user dictionary during normal character conversion operation by the user, and reading out corresponding information from the telephone directory when a specific key is pressed by the user .   The character conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the phone book data corresponding to Yomi includes at least one of a phone number, a mail address, and an address in addition to the name of the phone book.   The character conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the character conversion operation is an input of a conversion candidate output request. When a user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on a character input screen, the character conversion device outputs a corresponding conversion candidate from a memory dictionary or user dictionary to the screen,
Hiragana Yomi and the phone book data corresponding to the Yomi are pre-registered in the phone book,
When the user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, it is determined whether or not the hiragana reading is registered in the phone book. the information registered in the telephone directory sequentially, have a control means to output to the screen in response to readings,
The control means includes
A character conversion device that reads a corresponding conversion candidate from the dictionary or the user dictionary during a normal character conversion operation by the user, and reads out corresponding information from the telephone directory when a specific key is pressed by the user . The character conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein the phone book data corresponding to Yomi includes at least one of a phone number, an e-mail address, and an address in addition to the name of the phone book. The character conversion device according to claim 4 or 5 , wherein the character conversion operation is an input of a conversion candidate output request. A character conversion program that causes the computer to output the corresponding conversion candidates from the memory dictionary or user dictionary to the screen when the user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen A recording medium on which
When the user performs a character conversion operation from hiragana to another character on the character input screen, a procedure for determining whether or not the hiragana reading is registered in the phone book;
If registered, the procedure for sequentially outputting the information registered in the telephone directory corresponding to the reading to the screen ;
At the time of a normal character conversion operation by the user, a corresponding conversion candidate is read from the dictionary or the user dictionary, and when a specific key is pressed by the user, the corresponding information is read from the phone book;
A recording medium on which a character conversion program for causing a computer to execute is recorded.

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