JPH01114973A - Device for supporting document formation/calibration - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain current analysis for the formation and calibration of documents by displaying the contents of a dictionary for a specified character string together with the information of allophones of the same characters. CONSTITUTION:A specified sentence is displayed on a sentence display area of a device, a part of the sentence is specified and the specified character string is collated with the heading KANJI (Chinese character) notation information of an internal dictionary. When the dictionary collation succeeds, the contents of the dictionary including also the allophone word information of the specified character string are stored in a stack and the information is displayed. After the display, other processing such as the retrieval and end of the character string dictionary based on user's decision.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention can extract errors and inappropriate expressions from Japanese texts, present guidance and correction information, and extract The present invention relates to a document creation/proofreading support device that creates documents by providing necessary amounts and other information. It can also be used as a voice-to-speech device that performs language analysis on sentences with a mixture of kana and academics, obtains kana character strings, and performs speech synthesis using the results.

Conventional technology> Japanese word processors (hereinafter referred to as word processors) are currently in practical use, and related basic technologies such as Japanese input/output, editing, kana-kanji conversion algorithms, and dictionary technology have been established. are doing.

Word processors that use the kana-kanji conversion method require a dictionary for conversion, and user dictionary technology has been established that allows users to add their own words.

Furthermore, basic techniques such as morphological analysis, syntactic analysis, and semantic analysis are well known in Japanese language processing technology.

Additionally, a technology called learning has been established as a means of text analysis. The currently known learning algorithm that is used in word processors, etc. is LI.
This method is based on the concept of FO, and gives top priority to the result of the last use of the same word.

In Europe and the United States, word processors became popular early on, and related technology has advanced, and devices with spell check and correct functions have been put into practical use.

Compared to Western words, which are written with punctuation into each word, Japanese words are usually written in kanji, kana, and kana sentences without punctuation, and the orthography is not as strict. In addition, analysis is difficult, and devices that automate calibration have not been put into practical use.

Traditionally, when accurate Japanese was required, multiple people read together in pairs to extract problematic parts, or people with specialized proofreading knowledge carried out sequential cross-checking. In addition, calibration methods are also used.

Recently, devices for supporting such calibration work are being developed. These devices can be broadly divided into the following two types.
It can be classified into two methods.

The first is for the former, and is the basis of the six devices, which are proofreading devices that can analyze sentences in kanji and kana, convert them into audio, and read them together with a machine via audio. One technology that has been established is speech synthesis, which converts a kana character string input into speech and outputs it.

The other one is for the latter, and is aimed at supporting automation of proofreading or specialization of proofreading. Since this device requires more advanced technology than the former device, there are only conceptual proposals, but there are few reports on the means for configuring the xi or the specific means for calibration.The device according to the present invention It belongs to the latter.

That’s all, tF! Although we have described conventional technology centered on processing, other than this technology, technology related to work stage windows has been established, and equipment using multi-windows to improve work efficiency has not been put into practical use. .

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> In recent years, Japanese word processors have become popular, and more and more documents are being created using these i-machines. Many word processors are now using the Kana-Kanji conversion method (including the Romaji-Kanji conversion method unless otherwise specified) for easy input.

Kana-kanji conversion algorithms generally use word dictionaries, linguistic information such as grammar, and probabilistic information such as word frequency in the process of converting kana to kanji.

In Kana-Kanji conversion, the input is a Kana character string, and the output is a character string with a mixture of Kana and Kanji. The output character string may be accompanied by a compilation, but is basically in the form of final use.

Document creation/proofreading support systems generally have a structure in which a kanji/kana intersection sentence is input, the character string is analyzed using a dictionary, rules, etc., and the results are used to perform various processes6.
Usually, the information of the analysis results other than the location of calibration and the candidates for calibration is different from the final output form, and therefore requires some additional processing. Due to this, the Mill is
The analysis results are not notified to the user during normal processing.

However, in a device having such a structure, the following problems occur.

First, the analysis results may not be displayed when the device is not operating normally, such as when points that should be extracted as calibration points are not extracted, or when points that should not be extracted are extracted. Otherwise, it is impossible to determine the exact cause.

Further, even if the device performs an incorrect analysis that does not affect the document creation/proofreading process, the user may feel uneasy if it is unclear how the analysis was performed.

In particular, when there are homographs and allophones, the problem is that the result may affect subsequent processing, leading to incorrect work or wasted work. .

In addition, in the case of a synonym presentation function using analysis results, 111 may present incorrect synonyms,
It also has the disadvantage that the cause is unknown.

In order to solve these problems, a method such as the kana-kanji conversion method that displays the analyzed results one by one has the disadvantage that the screen is devoted to information that the user does not need.

Furthermore, from the user's point of view, there is also the drawback that unnecessary information is viewed, which increases fatigue and mental burden.

Alternatively, instead of using the method described above, it is also possible to write the contents of the dictionary on a medium such as paper and refer to it.
This method has the advantage of being time consuming.

The present invention attempts to eliminate such drawbacks by comparing the character string specified by the user with an internal dictionary and displaying it including information on homographs and allophones when the user desires. .

<Means for solving the problem α> The present invention provides a means for inputting and collecting Japanese words, a means for storing the input Japanese words, a means for storing a dictionary,
A means for storing grammar, a control means such as a microprocessor for converting and editing the input kana character string into a sentence mixed with kanji, a means for displaying character/symbol strings, etc., and characters to be proofread. - Consists of means for modifying a character string if there is a symbol string.

<Operation> When a Japanese kana character string inputted into a computer etc. using an input method is analyzed using a dictionary or rules and used for creating and proofreading wording, the analysis result may not be displayed because it differs from the final usage form. It's normal.

In the present invention, the kana character string specified by the user is compared with the heading of the built-in dictionary, and information including homographs and allophones is presented to the user.

Based on the information presented by this action, the user can determine the results of the analysis. ! It is possible to increase the number of headings and rules in the user dictionary, and to modify the contents of the dictionary and rules, thereby enabling correct analysis for document creation and proofreading.

<Example> The present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation/proofreading support device according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a means such as a keyboard for inputting and collecting Japanese character strings. This includes a kana-kanji conversion function that turns kana into kanji, which is now a well-known fact, and a function to specify a certain string of characters.

2 is a means for storing the Japanese character string inputted by the input means. A keyboard is usually used as the input means, but instead of sequential input, it is also possible to use an external storage means such as a 70T disk or magnetic tape to store input Japanese character strings. be. That is, there may also be a configuration in which one input means is omitted.

3 is means for storing a dictionary for analyzing Japanese character/symbol strings multiplied by W in 2 above, and this includes means for storing a user dictionary that can be defined, registered and deleted by the user. include.

4 is a means for storing rules for analyzing grammar and other sentences.

5 extracts a part of the width of the string stored in 2,
This is a control means that stores intermediate results and commands display. The control means includes means for storing results obtained by the control.

Reference numeral 6 denotes display means such as a CRT for displaying input character strings, intermediate results of verification, character strings to be proofread, KWIC, and the like.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a proofreading means for correctly reflecting the results of corrections made to the portion to be proofread indicated by 6 in the original text.

The present invention relates to a document creation/proofreading support device, but since it is not directly related to the creation/proofreading functions, the explanation will be limited to a block diagram.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration device related to the present invention.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a means for activating the present invention, which performs processing such as switching to dictionary mode, for example.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a means for stopping the present invention, and is used, for example, to perform processing such as extracting from the dictionary mode.

10 is a means for specifying a character string, and 11 is a means for starting a comparison between the specified character string and a dictionary heading. 10 also includes the case where a corresponding character string is directly input without specifying the character string.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a means for displaying candidates for the previous screen and the next screen when there are a plurality of headings with the same letter and allophone, and when they cannot be displayed in one double-sided display. As mentioned above, the means 8 to 12 may have an independent structure, but usually the input ai
This can be realized using a part of i means 2. Also,
Since the arrangement of means 8 to 12 does not affect the present invention, a structure that does not depend on the order of arrangement in FIG. 2 can be considered.

Fig. 3 is an example of a diagram showing the display means, where 13 is an area for displaying sentences, 14 is an area for displaying ``ignsu'', and 15 is for displaying dictionary contents and work information necessary for document creation and proofreading. This indicates that this is an area where The arrangement of 13 to 15 does not affect the present invention, and ostensibly 1
The present invention can also explain the case where a multi-window is used in which 3 to 15 areas are not distinguished and areas are reserved as needed.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing a state in which values are entered in each corresponding area of the $3 diagram, 16 is an example of the sentence displayed in 15, and 17 is the specified character string in 16. This is a display example.

Reference numeral 18 is an example of a display of the processing mode of the device, and the present example shows that a dictionary search is being performed in <dictionary mode>.

19.20.21 is an example of displaying a frame for displaying the contents of a dictionary. 19 is the kanji information in the heading, 20 is the reading kana information, and 21 is information such as part of speech (part of speech information will be described in the following sections). (abbreviated as ) 1 treasure which indicates that it is an area. These areas have indicators that can be seen by humans, and 22, 23, and 24 are indicators corresponding to 19.20121 respectively. FIG. 5, which shows an example of the above, is another implementation example of specifying a character string, where 25 is an example of a prompt prompting the input of a specified character string, and 26 is an example of a specified character string. For comparison, the same character string as 17 is shown. 26 can be input using a kana-kanji conversion means built into the device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of the internal dictionary used in the device.
27 is the ID number of the dictionary, 28 is information representing the kanji notation of the heading, 29 is information representing the reading of the heading, and 30 is information such as the part of speech of the heading. Since 27 is calculated backwards from the order of the stored positions in the dictionary, there may be a structure in which this is omitted.

In this figure, examples of homographs and allophones with the same heading notation but with different information are given for ``one hand'' and ``devise''.

Figure $7 is a schematic 70-diagram of the present invention. I will explain using the sentence displayed in Figure 4, ``He helped me in implementing the one-way traffic restriction.''

First, the specified text is displayed in the text display area of the device. If the specified sentence does not exist, such as when creating a sentence for the first time, enter a state where the desired sentence can be entered, and enter the desired sentence. After going through this state, a sentence like 16 in FIG. 4 is displayed. The processing block for displaying this text is designated as 31.

Next, specify part of the displayed text. 22, “
Consider a situation where you are trying to specify ``one way'' in a place with ``one-way traffic.''

Here, the method of specifying "one side" is to point to the "-" of "one side" with a pointing device such as a cursor, and then
This process of specifying a string involves operating the to determine the starting part of the specified string, then specifying the end character of the specified string, and then shaking 10 again to specify the string. Let there be 32 blocks.

The means 11 is operated to compare the specified character string "Katari" with the kanji notation information of the heading in the internal dictionary.

Various proposals have been made regarding the order in which the dictionary is searched, but since this is outside the scope of the present invention, the search will be performed in the order in which the dictionary is arranged. - As an example, check in order from the top of Figure 6.

First, a match is made between ``one side'' and ``love,'' which fails. 6. Next, a search is made for the next entry in the dictionary, and a match is successfully made with the entry whose part of speech is ``noun'' and the reading is ``one side.'' . The processing block for this dictionary comparison is designated as 33.

The result of the success or failure of the collation and the dictionary information when the collation is successful are stacked on the stack in the control device. The processing block that stacks this result is assumed to be 34.

Next, he moves forward one more entry in the dictionary, and this time he succeeds in matching it with the conjunction "on the other hand." This process is repeated and the dictionary search is stopped when it reaches the heading ``Invention'' where the matching fails. If the dictionary matching is successful, the processing block for determining the heading of the homograph and allophone of one process for storing the contents of the dictionary in the stack is set to 35, and the processing block for storing the dictionary contents to the stack is set to 36. .

Next, the information in the internal dictionary is displayed at the location of the corresponding information on the Pt54 diagram. In Figure 6, the internal information is expressed in a way that humans can understand, but in general, dictionaries are compressed or expressed in symbols, so it is difficult to distinguish between them, so it is necessary to restore the internal information. Often, there is also an internal dictionary and a fourth
If the sizes of the corresponding items are different in the dictionary content display header shown in the figure, editing is required. Since the details of these processes are beyond the scope of the present invention, a detailed explanation will be omitted.

The processing block for information restoration is designated as 37, and the block for correspondence information processing is designated as 38. Further, the dictionary content display processing block is assumed to be 39.

After displaying, the user can move on to other tasks, such as searching the dictionary for the next character string or exiting, at the user's discretion. 40 is a termination processing block.

Note that if the device performs LIFO-based learning,
There is a high possibility that the second ``one side'', ``one side ranu'', will be analyzed as ``one side ranu'', and by this display, it is possible to confirm the possibility of incorrect analysis.

<Effects of the Invention> The present invention is effective in that the user can specify the information he/she wants to know with a simple operation.

In addition, by searching the dictionary and displaying information on allographs and allographs of the specified character string, it is effective in that it is possible to obtain information that can be used to understand the cause when the device is not working properly. There is.

In addition, even if the device performs an incorrect analysis that does not affect the document creation/proofreading process, the scope of the analysis can be known and the user's anxiety caused by the unknown can be reduced. be.

In particular, if the specified string contains allographs,
The analysis result may affect subsequent processing, so it is effective in preventing incorrect or wasteful work.

Furthermore, compared to the method of looking up and checking a dictionary written on a medium such as paper, it is effective in that the content can be searched in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of the device of the present invention, and Figure 2 is an input/output diagram.
A diagram explaining a part of the editing means in detail, Figure 3 is a diagram showing a rough functional classification of the areas of the display means in Figure 1, and Figure 4 shows the case where values are entered in each area of Figure 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another display example of character string area specification in FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of the internal dictionary, and FIG. 7 is a schematic flow diagram of the present invention. Figure 1 tA 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means for inputting/editing Japanese, a means for storing the input Japanese, a means for storing a dictionary, a means for storing grammar, and a method for editing characters and characters to be proofread from the input Japanese. In a document processing system that has a means for extracting a symbol string, a means for displaying the text and the candidate character/symbol string, and a means for correcting the character/symbol string when there is a character/symbol string to be proofread. A document creation/proofreading support device characterized in that when displaying the contents of a dictionary of character strings, information on homographs and allophones is also displayed.