JPH01113860A - Word processor with automatic katakana word registering function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit the changeover between HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary) and KATAKANA (square form of Japanese syllabary) and to improve the operability of the title word processor at input by registering automatically the KATAKANA (square form of Japanese syllabary) words with input of the sentence including said KATAKANA words. CONSTITUTION:When a sentence including KATAKANA words is supplied from a key input means 201, each KATAKANA word and its corresponding HIRAGANA character string are automatically registered into a dictionary of a memory means 202 via a register means 204. Hereafter a registered HIRAGANA character string supplied from the means 201 is converted into the corresponding KATAKANA words via the dictionary of the means 202. Therefore no changeover is required between HIRAGANA and KATAKANA for such words that are once supplied in KATAKANA. Thus the input time and labor can be omitted with a word processor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly to a word processor capable of inputting hiragana and katakana and having a kana-kanji conversion function.

(b) Prior Art Conventionally, in this type of word processor, an apparatus has been proposed that has words written in Katakana (hereinafter referred to as Katakana words) in a kana-kanji conversion dictionary. This device is convenient because it does not require switching between hiragana and katakana when inputting.

(c) Problems that the invention aims to solve However, since many of the simple words are newly coined, it is impossible to prepare frequently used words in a dictionary in advance. In addition, it is time-consuming for the user to register katakana words. This invention was made in consideration of such circumstances, and it automatically registers input katakana words in the dictionary. This provides a word processor with an automatic katakana word registration function that eliminates the trouble of switching between hiragana and katakana during input.

(d) Means to solve the problem FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

In this figure, 201 is a key input means, 202 is a storage means for storing a dictionary in which hiragana character strings and their corresponding words are registered, and 203 is a storage means for storing hiragana character strings input from the key input means 201. 202 is a conversion means for converting into a corresponding word based on a dictionary; 204 is a key input means 201;
Registration means for automatically registering the Katakana word and the corresponding Hiragana character string in the dictionary of the storage means 202 each month when a sentence including a Katakana word is inputted. , and the registered hiragana character string is the key input means 2.
01, the hiragana character string is converted into the corresponding katakana word based on the dictionary in the storage means 202.

(e) When a sentence containing a kana word is input from the function key input means 201, each month when a kana word is input, the registration means 204 registers the kana word and the corresponding hiragana character string. is automatically registered in the dictionary of the storage means 202. Next time, the registered hiragana character string will be displayed on the key input means 20.
1, the hiragana character string is converted into the corresponding katakana word based on the dictionary in the storage means 202.

Therefore, for a word entered in -eikata kana, it is written in hiragana,
It becomes unnecessary to switch between unilateral and kana characters, and the effort required for input can be saved.

(f) Examples Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings. Note that this invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In this figure, l is a conversion unit with a function of converting kana to kanji, 2 is a keyboard where kana characters are entered and instructions for converting the kana characters to kanji are given, and 3 is a display of the content input from keyboard 2. This is a CRT display on which conversion results are checked. 4 is a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, and includes a standard dictionary section 41 in which predetermined kana-kanji conversion contents are registered in advance, and a registered dictionary section 42 in which the user can newly register.

5 separates and separates the single character string input from the keyboard 2 (hereinafter referred to as the single character string) into processing units;
a registration processing unit that performs so-called extraction and registers it in the registration dictionary unit 42; 6 an input buffer that stores kana character strings input from the keyboard 2 (hereinafter referred to as kana strings) for converting them to kana-kanji; 7 other characters that have been converted to kanji; A conversion result buffer for storing character strings; 8 is a pointer for storing the correspondence between the kana string stored in the input buffer 6 and the character string stored in the conversion result buffer 7 for each processing unit; dictionary 4 for kana-kanji conversion, registration processing unit 5,
Input buffer 6, conversion result buffer 7 and pointer 8
is CPU, ROM.

It consists of a microcomputer equipped with RAM and an I10 board.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the layout of the keyboard 2. As shown in the figure, the keyboard 2 has a "katakana ° key 21" for switching the input kana column to hiragana or katakana.
and a "hiragana" key 22.

In such a configuration, the operation will be described below.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the result of converting an input kana string including a katakana string into kana-kanji.

When switching between katakana and hiragana using the ``katakana'' key 21 and ``hiragana'' key 22, and inputting a kana string containing katakana and hiragana from the keyboard 2 to instruct conversion, the state shown in the figure is obtained. Here, the single column is the whole "noun",
If you process it assuming that it is a ``su-variable'' or ``adjective,''
The result shown in the figure can be obtained even if the registered dictionary unit 42 does not have a single word corresponding to the single word column registered.

The pointer 8 indicates the boundary between the processing units of the input buffer 6 and the conversion result buffer 7, and in the figure, "cathode/cathode" and "transmission/resistance" are each one processing unit.

When the first candidate for this kana-kanji conversion is obtained, the conversion unit 1
causes the registration processing unit 5 to start cutting out and registering simple words.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the registration processing section 5, and the processing of cutting out and registering single-sided words will be explained below with reference to FIG.

First, the registration processing unit 5 refers to the input buffer 6 and the pointer 8 and searches for a single column included in the input buffer 6 that is a single processing unit. This becomes a candidate for a kana word to be registered (step 100).

Then, through communication with the conversion unit 1, the latest step 10
After processing 0, it is checked whether the contents of the conversion result buffer 7 have been modified (step 101). If there is a correction, the process branches to step 100 (step 102).

Subsequently, it is checked by communication with the conversion unit 1 whether the conversion has been finalized by new kana input or cursor movement for the next conversion (step 103). If it is undetermined, the process branches to step 101 (step 104).

Finally, "cathode" corresponding to the input kana string of the katakana word candidate (in this case "cathode/cathode") cut out in step 100, and the corresponding hiragana character string "
"Yomi" is registered in the registration dictionary section 42. However, if the same word is already in the registration dictionary section 42, it is not registered (step 1).
05).

Through such processing, the katakana word "kaso-do/cathode" is registered in the registration dictionary section 42, and the word "cathode" inputted in -degata kana will be changed to katakana from the next time.
There is no need to switch between hiragana and time required for input.

Note that in the above example, only one-word words are registered, but if the input one-word string is short, the processing units before and after it may be registered as one word.

For example, if a katakana string is 2 characters or less, and if there is a suffix, noun, or adjective verb (written in 2 kanji characters) that follows the katakana string, then this katakana string and the suffix unit can be combined into one word. It may be registered as such.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing, as an example of such a case, a case where "emisidine reduction" is converted into the abbreviation "emisidine reduction J".

In this case, two processing units are registered as one word (``Emigen/Emi-reduction'').

In this way, by preventing the registration of short "yomi" words, the negative impact on kana-kanji conversion can be alleviated. Naturally, a combination such as a prefix and a short string, or a processing unit of three or more may be regarded as one word.

Furthermore, when registering the katakana word stored in the conversion result buffer 7 in the registration dictionary section 42 in step 105 shown in FIG. 5, it is checked whether the katakana word is already registered. I am trying to determine, but step 100
At the extraction stage, it may be checked whether the simple words stored in the conversion result buffer 7 have been processed based on the registered dictionary section 42.

(g) Effects of the invention According to this invention, when a sentence containing a kana word is input, the kana word is automatically registered in the dictionary. For words that are
From next time onwards, you will be able to type in hiragana and convert it to katakana. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to switch between hiragana and katakana, and a word processor with an automatic katakana word registration function is provided that has excellent operability during input.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of this invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the keyboard layout, and FIG. An explanatory diagram showing an example of the result of converting an input kana string including kana-kanji, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the registration processing section,
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where "emissillon decrease" is converted into the abbreviation "emisillon decrease". 1... Conversion unit, 2... Keyboard, 3
・・・・・・CRT display, 4th...l
RAM. 5... Registration processing unit, 6... Input buffer, 7... Conversion result buffer, 8...
2nd RAM. 21... "Katakana" key, 22... "Hiragana" key, 41...
Standard dictionary section, 42...Registered dictionary section. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A key input means, a storage means storing a dictionary in which hiragana character strings and their corresponding words are registered, and a storage means that stores the hiragana character string inputted from the key input means into the corresponding word based on the dictionary. a converting means for converting into a character string; automatic registration of katakana words, characterized in that when the registered hiragana character string is input, it is converted into a corresponding katakana word based on the dictionary. Functional word processor.