JP5994374B2 - Character processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a character processing device and a program.

  As an invention of character input, for example, there are devices disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2. In the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, a hiragana with 50 syllables is displayed on a touch panel, and when a user touches one of the displayed hiragana with a finger, a line of 50 syllabary is selected. When the finger is moved on the touch panel after this selection, one of the hiragana characters included in the selected row is selected according to the movement distance of the finger in the Y direction, and the attribute of the selected hiragana character (turbid sound, semi-voiced sound) , Small letters, long sounds, prompt sounds, etc.) are selected according to the distance of movement of the finger in the X direction. In addition, the device disclosed in Patent Document 2 selects a clear sound according to the number of times a key on which a hiragana with 50 dans is placed is pressed, and after a clear sound is selected, the key continues to be pressed. Correspondingly, conversion to lower case and addition of muddy and semi-voiced sounds are performed.

JP 2009-199323 A JP 2002-82760 A

  The present invention has been made under the background described above, and an object thereof is to enable character conversion without operating an image of a user interface for character conversion.

The character processing device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a display unit that displays an image, and a first control unit that controls the display unit so that a plurality of predetermined different characters are displayed on the display unit. And a detecting means for detecting the movement of the indicator on the display surface of the display means and the position of the pointer, and the action detected by the detecting means designates one of the displayed characters. If it is an action, the second control means for controlling the display means so that the designated character is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means, and the position detected by the detection means is within the area. When the action detected by the detecting means is one of a plurality of predetermined actions, the character displayed and selected in the area is converted according to a conversion rule associated with the action. Do And a switch means, said detecting means detects the operation and positions of a plurality of pointer, one of the operation of said plurality of pointer detected by the detection means to specify one of the plurality of characters If the action of the indicator other than the indicator specifying the character is an operation of changing the distance from the indicator specifying the character or an operation of hitting the display surface, the character specified by the indicator The display unit is controlled according to a conversion rule associated with the operation, and the display means is controlled so that the converted character is displayed .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to control the display unit such that a plurality of predetermined different characters are displayed on a display unit that displays an image; Means for detecting the action of the indicator on the display surface of the means and the position of the indicator, the detecting means for detecting the action and position of the plurality of indicators, and the action detected by the detecting means are displayed. A second control means for controlling the display means so that the designated character is displayed in a predetermined area of the display means, when the operation is to designate any one of the plurality of characters, When the position detected by the detecting means is within the area, and the action detected by the detecting means is one of a plurality of predetermined actions, the character displayed and selected in the area The Conversion means for converting according to the conversion rule associated with said operating is an operation in which one of the operation of said plurality of pointer detected by the detection means to specify one of the plurality of characters, specifies the character When the action of the indicator other than the designated indicator is an action of changing the distance from the indicator specifying the character or an action of hitting the display surface, the character specified by the indicator is associated with the action. Conversion is performed according to the conversion rule, and the display unit is caused to function so as to display the converted character .

According to the first and second aspects, it is possible to perform character conversion without operating the user interface image for character conversion .

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram which showed the structure of the function implement | achieved in the control part. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which the control part 102 performs. FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 1042. FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 1042. The figure which showed an example of the screen displayed in a modification.

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus 1 has an image forming function for forming an image on a sheet in accordance with data sent from another computer apparatus, a copying function for copying a document, a scanning function for reading an image formed on the sheet, a facsimile function, and the like. ing. Note that the image forming apparatus 1 is not limited to the one having all the functions described above, and may be configured to have, for example, an image forming function and a copying function, and no other functions.

As shown in the figure, each unit of the image forming apparatus 1 is connected to the bus 101, and exchanges data between each unit via the bus 101.
The operation unit 104 of this embodiment includes a plurality of buttons for operating the image forming apparatus 1. In addition, the operation unit 104 is provided on the surface of the display unit 1042 that is an example of a display unit that displays an image and the display unit 1042, and the finger that is an example of an indicator is transmitted through the image displayed on the display unit 1042. A touch screen 104A integrated with a detection unit 1041 that detects a touched position is provided. As the display unit 1042, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display is used. In addition, as the detection unit 1041, a detection unit (for example, a capacitance type) that detects the positions of a plurality of touching fingers is used.

  The communication unit 109 according to the present embodiment is connected to a communication line with a communication cable and performs data communication with other devices connected to the communication line. Examples of the communication line include a telephone line and a LAN (local area network). For example, the communication unit 109 receives image data representing an image to be formed on a sheet. The image data received by the communication unit 109 is supplied to the image processing unit 108.

The reading unit 106 includes an image reading device (not shown) that optically reads characters and images formed on a sheet and generates image data representing the read image. The reading unit 106 supplies the generated image data to the image processing unit 108.
The image processing unit 108 performs various processes on the supplied image data. The image processing unit 108 performs image processing such as color correction and gradation correction on the image represented by the supplied image data, and Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), and C (Cyan) from the image subjected to the image processing. , K (Key tone: black in this embodiment), image data of each color image is generated and output to the image forming unit 107.

The image forming unit 107 according to this embodiment forms a toner image on a sheet by an electrophotographic method. Specifically, the image forming unit 107 includes an image forming unit that forms a toner image for each of the Y, M, C, and K colors. Each image forming unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor according to the image data supplied from the image processing unit 108, and then forms a toner image by attaching toner to the surface of the photoconductor. Transcript to. The toner image transferred onto the paper is fixed by applying heat and pressure, and then the paper on which the toner image is formed is discharged out of the image forming apparatus 1.
In this embodiment, an image is formed on a sheet using toner, but an image may be formed on a sheet using ink such as an ink jet method.

The storage unit 103 according to the present embodiment includes a storage device (for example, a hard disk device) that retains data without supplying power. The image data received by the communication unit 109 and the image generated by the reading unit 106 are included. Store data etc.
The control unit 102 of this embodiment is a so-called microcomputer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102A, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102B, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102C, and the like. When the CPU 102A executes the program stored in the ROM 102B, the above-described image forming function, copying function, facsimile function, scanning function, and the like are realized. Further, when the CPU 102A executes a program stored in the ROM 102B, functions for character input and character conversion are realized. That is, the image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is an example of a character processing device that processes characters such as character input and character conversion.

(Functional configuration of image forming apparatus 1)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of functions related to the character input and character conversion functions among the functions realized by the control unit 102.
The detection unit 202 uses the position detected by the detection unit 1041 to detect the operation of the indicator and the position of the indicator. The detection unit 202 is an example of a detection unit that detects the operation and position of the indicator.
The first control unit 200 controls the display unit 1042 such that a plurality of different predetermined characters are displayed on the display unit 1042. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the first control unit 200 displays so that an image of 50 tones of clear sound (a plurality of predetermined different characters) is displayed in the area A1 in the display screen. The unit 1042 is controlled. The first control unit 200 is an example of a first control unit that controls the display unit 1042 such that a plurality of different predetermined characters are displayed in a predetermined region of the display unit 1042 (display unit). .

When the operation detected by the detection unit 202 is an operation for designating a character displayed in the area A1, the second control unit 201 sets the display unit 1042 so that the designated character is displayed in the display unit 1042 area A2. Control. The second control unit 201 is an example of a second control unit that controls the display unit 1042 so that a designated character is displayed.
When the position detected by the detection unit 202 is in the area A2 and the detected action is one of a plurality of predetermined actions, the conversion unit 203 is displayed and selected in the area A2. Is converted according to the conversion rule associated with the action. The conversion unit 203 is an example of a conversion unit that converts characters.

(Operation of Image Forming Apparatus 1)
Next, an example of the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 will be described. The image forming apparatus 1 having a facsimile function has a function of registering a destination name and a FAX number, and when a user selects the registered destination name, a document is transmitted with the FAX number associated with the selected destination name. is there. Here, characters are input when registering the destination name, and the input character string is registered as the destination name.

  When the destination name is input, the image illustrated in FIG. In the image of FIG. 10, an area A1 and an area A2 are provided. The area A1 is an area where a key image for character input is displayed. When inputting hiragana, a plurality of keys associated with Kiyone hiragana are displayed in area A1. When inputting a katakana, a plurality of keys associated with Kiyone Katakana are displayed in the area A1, and when inputting a Latin character, a plurality of keys associated with a Latin character are displayed. Is done. An area A2 is an area in which characters input by an operation performed in the detection unit 1041 are displayed.

  When the user touches the detection unit 1041, data representing the position touched by the finger is sent from the operation unit 104 to the control unit 102. The control unit 102 uses the data sent from the operation unit 104 to specify the operation performed by the user in the detection unit 1041 (FIG. 3: step SA1). Note that the identified actions include an action of hitting the detection unit 1041 with one finger (hereinafter referred to as a first action), and an action of hitting the detection unit 1041 with two fingers (hereinafter referred to as a second action). An operation of touching the detection unit 1041 with one finger and moving the touched finger (hereinafter referred to as a third operation), an operation of touching the detection unit 1041 with two fingers and shortening the distance between the touched fingers ( (Hereinafter referred to as a fourth operation), an operation of touching the detection unit 1041 with two fingers, and increasing the distance between the touched fingers (hereinafter referred to as a fifth operation). Further, the control unit 102 specifies whether the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 is the area A1 or the area A2 (step SA2).

When the control unit 102 specifies the user's action, the control unit 102 determines whether the region specified in step SA2 is the region A1. If the area identified in step SA2 is area A1 (YES in step SA3), control unit 102 performs the process shown in FIG. 4 in step SA4.
Specifically, when the action specified in step SA1 is the first action (YES in step SB1), the control unit 102 associates the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 with the kana of clear sound. It is determined whether it is the position of the key image. Here, when the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 is the position of the key image associated with the pseudonym kana (YES in step SB2), the control unit 102 sends it from the operation unit 104. Based on the position represented by the received data and the image displayed at the position, the character input by the user is specified (step SB3). When the control unit 102 specifies the character input by the user, the control unit 102 controls the display unit 1042 to display the specified character in the area A2 (step SB4).

  For example, when the user touches a position where the image of the “ha” key is transparent in the detection unit 1041, data indicating the position where “ha” is displayed is sent from the operation unit 104 to the control unit 102. . The control unit 102 specifies the image displayed at the position represented by the transmitted data. Here, since the image of the “ha” key is displayed at the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104, the control unit 102 specifies that the character input by the user is “ha”. When the control unit 102 specifies a character input by the user, the control unit 102 controls the display unit 1042 to display “ha” of the specified character in the area A2 as shown in FIG.

  If it is determined NO in step SB2, the control unit 102 executes processing corresponding to the key image at the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 (step SB5). For example, when the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 is the position of the “Katakana” key image, a plurality of keys associated with the Katakana character of the sound are displayed in the area A1. Further, when the position represented by the data sent from the operation unit 104 is the position of the “English / Numeric” key image, a plurality of keys associated with Latin characters and numbers are displayed in the area A1.

Next, when the position touched by the finger is within the area A2 (NO in step SA3) and the operation performed is the first operation (YES in step SA5), the control unit 102 returns to FIG. 5 in step SA6. Perform the indicated process.
Specifically, first, the control unit 102 determines whether or not the character at the rear end of the displayed character string (the character at the right end in the present embodiment) is a clear sound of “ha”. Here, when the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is a clear sound of “ha line” (YES in step SC1), the control unit 102 changes the character at the rear end of the input character string to a semi-voiced sound. The display unit 1042 is controlled so as to display the translucent sound after the conversion (step SC2). For example, when the character at the end of the input character string is “ha”, “ha” is converted to “pa” as shown in FIG. When the user performs the first operation in the area A2 with the rear end character being “PA Line”, the rear end character that is a semi-voiced sound is converted into a clear sound and displayed (YES in step SC3). Step SC4). In other words, the first operation is associated with a conversion rule that converts the voice of “ha line” into a semi-turbid sound and converts the characters of “pa line” into the voice of “ha line”.

Further, when the position touched by the finger is within the area A2 (NO in step SA3) and the performed action is the second action (YES in step SA7), the control unit 102 indicates in step SA8 in FIG. Process.
Specifically, the control unit 102 first determines whether the character at the end of the displayed character string is a sound of “ka line”, “sa line”, “ta line”, or “ha line”, In other words, it is determined whether the character can be muddy. Here, when the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is the clear sound of the above line (YES in step SD1), the control unit 102 converts the character at the rear end of the input character string into muddy sound. The display unit 1042 is controlled so that the converted muddy sound is displayed (step SD2). For example, when the character at the end of the input character string is “ha”, “ha” is converted to “ba” as shown in FIG. When the user performs the second operation in the area A2 in the state where the rear end character is “B”, the rear end character that is muddy is converted to a clear sound and displayed (YES in step SD3, step SD4). . In other words, the second operation is associated with a conversion rule for converting clear sound to muddy sound or muddy sound to clear sound.

In addition, when the position touched by the finger is in the area A2 (NO in step SA3) and the performed operation is the third operation (YES in step SA9), the control unit 102 indicates in step SA10 in FIG. Process.
Specifically, the control unit 102 first determines whether the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is muddy or semi-voiced. Here, when the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is muddy or semi-voiced (YES in step SE1), the control unit 102 converts the character at the rear end of the input character string into a clear sound, The display unit 1042 is controlled so that the converted sound is displayed (step SE2). For example, when “pa” or “ba” is displayed, when the user performs the third operation in the area A2, “pa” or “ba” is converted into “ha” and displayed. That is, the third operation is associated with a conversion rule for converting semi-turbid sound or muddy sound into clear sound.

In addition, when the position touched by the finger is within the area A2 (NO in step SA3) and the performed operation is the fourth operation (YES in step SA11), the control unit 102 indicates in step SA12 in FIG. Process.
Specifically, the control unit 102 first determines that the last character of the displayed character string is “a”, “i”, “u”, “e”, “o”, “tsu”, “ya” ”,“ Yu ”,“ Yo ”or“ Wa ”, that is, a character that can be abandoned kana. Here, when the character at the end of the displayed character string is one of the above-described predetermined characters (YES in step SF1), the control unit 102 determines the character string of the input character string. The rearmost character is converted into a lower case letter, that is, discarded kana and displayed (step SF2). For example, as shown in FIG. 11D, when the character at the end of the displayed character string is “A”, “A” is converted to “A” and displayed. That is, the fourth operation is associated with a conversion rule for converting from uppercase letters to lowercase letters.

In addition, when the position touched by the finger is in the area A2 (NO in step SA3) and the performed operation is the fifth operation (YES in step SA13), the control unit 102 indicates in step SA14 in FIG. Process.
Specifically, first, the control unit 102 determines that the last character of the displayed character string is “a”, “i”, “ぅ”, “e”, “ぉ”, “tsu”, “ya”. ”,“ Yu ”,“ yo ”, or“ ゎ ”, that is, whether it is a discarded kana. Here, when the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is one of the predetermined characters (YES in step SG1), the control unit 102 determines the character at the rear end of the input character string. Is converted from uppercase letters, that is, abandoned kana characters to Kiyane characters (step SG2). For example, as shown in FIG. 11E, when the character at the end of the displayed character string is “A”, “A” is converted to “A” and displayed. In other words, the fifth operation is associated with a conversion rule for converting from lowercase letters to uppercase letters.

  In this embodiment, even if a key corresponding to muddy sound, semi-voiced sound, and abandoned kana is not provided, characters other than clear sound are input, and fewer keys are compared with the case where a key corresponding to muddy sound, semi-voiced sound, and abandoned kana is provided. The muddy sound, semi-voiced sound, and abandoned kana are entered. In the above-described embodiment, hiragana is converted, but katakana may also be converted into muddy sound, semi-voiced sound, and abandoned kana.

[Modification]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, It can implement with another various form. For example, the present invention may be implemented by modifying the above-described embodiment as follows. In addition, you may combine each of embodiment mentioned above and the following modifications.

(1)
In the embodiment described above, the character at the rear end of the displayed character string is converted to muddy sound, converted to semi-voiced sound, or converted to abandoned kana, but these conversions are performed. The character is not limited to the character at the end of the character string. For example, the above-described conversion may be performed on the character at the cursor position by moving the cursor position indicating the position of the selected character by touching the key associated with the arrow.

(2)
The operation for converting characters is not limited to the operation of the above-described embodiment. For example, when three fingers touch the touch screen 104A, a muddy sound or a semi-turbid sound may be converted into a clear sound. In addition, when the touch screen is tapped twice with one finger, if the character to be converted is a clear sound, it is converted from a clear sound to a muddy sound, and if the character to be converted is a muddy sound, it is changed from a muddy sound to a clear sound. You may make it convert.

(3)
In the embodiment described above, hiragana and katakana are converted, but character conversion is not limited to hiragana or katakana, and various conversions may be performed on other characters such as Latin characters, for example. Good. For example, when inputting Latin characters, two fingers are moved while being in contact with the touch screen 104A, and when the distance between the positions touched by the fingers is increased, the distance is shortened. If it is, it may be converted to lower case.
In addition, the character may be converted to a character with an acute accent by any operation of the embodiment, or may be converted to a character with a grave accent by any operation of the embodiment. Moreover, it may be converted into a character with a circumflex by any operation of the embodiment, or may be converted into a character with an umlaut symbol by any operation of the embodiment. Moreover, you may convert into the character with a diacritical mark by the operation | movement in any one of embodiment.
The character is not limited to Latin characters, and may be other characters such as Greek characters.

(4)
In the embodiment described above, the control unit 102 may control the display unit 1042 to display an image representing the character conversion operation. For example, the image forming apparatus 1 displays the image G1 in FIG. 12A as an image representing a method for converting to semi-turbid sound, and the image G2 in FIG. 12A as an image representing the method for converting to semi-turbid sound. Is displayed. Further, the image forming apparatus 1 displays the image G3 in FIG. 12B as an image representing the conversion method to the abandoned kana, and displays the image G3 in FIG. The image G4 is displayed.

(5)
In the embodiment described above, the detection unit 1041 is touched with a finger, but the use for inputting characters is not limited to the finger. For example, the support unit is an example of a support and corresponds to a touch screen. A character may be input by touching the detection unit 1041 with a pen or the like.

(6)
In the above-described embodiment, the conversion to the abandoned kana is performed according to the fourth operation performed in the area A2, but the input method of the abandoned kana is not limited to this method.
For example, touch the area A1 with two fingers and “a”, “i”, “u”, “e”, “o”, “tsu”, “ya”, “yu”, “yo” with one finger ”Or“ Wa ”When touching the key image of the character and moving the other finger closer to one finger, the hiragana characters in the position where one finger is touching are displayed. You may do it. In the case of this configuration, for example, when an operation of bringing the thumb close to “good” while touching “good” with the index finger is performed, “表示” is displayed in the area A2.
In addition, when displaying an image of a Latin capital letter key, touching the letter key image with one finger and moving the other finger closer to one finger will display a lower case letter. When an image of a lowercase key is displayed, an uppercase letter may be displayed by performing an operation of touching the character key image with one finger and releasing the other finger from the other finger.
Further, in this modification, one finger touches the position of the key image of the characters “ka line”, “sa line”, “ta line”, or “ha line”, and the first finger operates with the other finger. May be converted to muddy sound in the image of the key at the position touched by one finger.

(7)
In the above-described embodiment, character input is performed in the image forming apparatus 1, but the above-described character input configuration is not employed only in the image forming apparatus 1. For example, in other computer devices such as a smart phone, a tablet-type terminal, and an automated teller machine, the character input may be performed by adopting the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

(8)
The programs stored in the ROM 102B described above include magnetic recording media (magnetic tape, magnetic disk (HDD (Hard Disk Drive), FD (Flexible Disk))), optical recording media (optical disks, etc.), magneto-optical recording media, It may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory and installed in the image forming apparatus 1. Alternatively, it may be downloaded and installed in the image forming apparatus 1 via a communication line.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Image forming apparatus, 101 ... Bus, 102 ... Control part, 102A ... CPU, 102B ... ROM, 102C ... RAM, 103 ... Memory | storage part, 104 ... Operation part, 106 ... Reading part, 107 ... Image forming part, 108 ... Image processing unit 109 ... communication unit 200 ... first control unit 201 ... second control unit 202 ... detection unit 203 ... conversion unit

Claims (2)

Display means for displaying an image;
First control means for controlling the display means such that a plurality of predetermined different characters are displayed on the display means;
Detecting means for detecting the operation of the indicator on the display surface of the display means and the position of the indicator;
When the operation detected by the detection unit is an operation of designating any of the displayed characters, the display unit is configured to display the designated character in a predetermined area of the display unit. Second control means for controlling
When the position detected by the detection means is within the area and the action detected by the detection means is any of a plurality of predetermined actions, the position is displayed and selected in the area. Conversion means for converting characters according to the conversion rules associated with the action, and
The detection means detects the movement and position of a plurality of indicators,
The operation of any of the plurality of indicators detected by the detecting means is an operation of designating any of the plurality of characters, and the operation of an indicator other than the indicator designating a character designates a character If the action is to change the distance to the action or to hit the display surface, the character specified by the indicator is converted according to the conversion rule associated with the action so that the converted character is displayed. A character processing device for controlling the display means . Computer
First control means for controlling the display means such that a plurality of predetermined different characters are displayed on the display means for displaying an image;
Means for detecting the movement of the indicator on the display surface of the display means and the position of the indicator, and detecting means for detecting the movement and position of a plurality of indicators;
When the operation detected by the detection unit is an operation of designating any of the displayed characters, the display unit is configured to display the designated character in a predetermined area of the display unit. Second control means for controlling
When the position detected by the detection means is within the area and the action detected by the detection means is any of a plurality of predetermined actions, the position is displayed and selected in the area. Conversion means for converting characters according to a conversion rule associated with the action ;
The operation of any of the plurality of indicators detected by the detecting means is an operation of designating any of the plurality of characters, and the operation of an indicator other than the indicator designating a character designates a character If the action is to change the distance to the action or to hit the display surface, the character specified by the indicator is converted according to the conversion rule associated with the action so that the converted character is displayed. A program for functioning as means for controlling the display means .

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