JPH01128159A - Japanese word document producer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and easily produce the documents which are easy to read by using a Japanese word syntax structure analyzing part, a boundary deciding part and a control part to carry out the resetting line feed control. CONSTITUTION:The KANA (Japanese syllabary) character strings, etc., received by a Japanese word syntax structure analyzing part 6 from a keyboard 4 directly or via a CPU 1 are converted into the KANJI (Chinese characters)-KANA character strings including the part-of-speech information and the paragraph information via the internal processes (61-64) of the part 6. Then a display boundary deciding process part 71 of a display output part 7 decides whether the KANJI-KANA character strings include or not the words (or paragraphs) covering the end of a line through the head of the next line when said character strings are displayed on a display device 2. If so, a display resetting line feed control part 72 performs such as process to define the boundary immediately preceding the relevant word as a resetting line feed part. If not, the end of a line is defined as a line feed part. A display output control part 74 sends the KANJI-KANA character strings undergone such processes to the device 2 based on the control information. The exactly same operation as the part 7 is applied to a print output part 8 at print. Then the working result of the part 8 is sent to a printer 3.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field to which the Invention Pertains] The present invention relates to the improvement of technology for creating Japanese documents by machine, and specifically aims to create documents in a format that is easier for humans to read. This invention relates to a Japanese document creation device.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional Japanese document creation devices, the number of characters displayed in one line is a fixed length, as shown in FIG. In the example shown in this figure, the number of characters in one line is fixed at 20, and the word "humanities" (or the phrase "humanities") at the end of the first line is separated from the beginning of the next line. For this reason, the end of a line is reached in the middle of a word (or phrase), and a return/line feed is inevitable, which impairs the original flow of document reading.

Furthermore, as another conventional technique, there is a device in which the left line end and right line end can be set for each line in order to vary the number of characters displayed on one line.

In FIG. 5 obtained in the case of the device in question.

The "•" mark indicates that the character position is outside the right line edge due to the setting. The number of characters in each line is variable, with 17 characters in the first line, 18 characters in the second line, and 16 characters in the third line. Note that when printing, the "•" mark is treated as a blank. According to such a =2- device, if a word (or phrase) appears at the end of a line, it is possible to avoid this by manually setting the right end of the line. something that must be intervened.

If a word (or phrase) ends up at the end of a line due to a change, etc., the right end of the line must be reset by nine people.

Furthermore, as another conventional technique, as shown in FIG. 6(A), there is a device that uses equal allocation control codes to vary the number of characters displayed in one line.

In this figure, average and degree are equal allocation control codes,
The strings sandwiched between these are printed.

By adjusting the character pinch as shown in FIG. 6(B), the entire document is printed with its left and right line edges aligned. According to such a device, a control code layer representing the left end position of equal distribution loading is placed at the beginning of the third line, and a control code layer representing the right end position of equal distribution loading is placed at the end of the first line.

It is possible to avoid splitting words (or clauses) by creating a document while being conscious of not allowing words (or clauses) to end at the end of a line, but as in the case of Figure 5, it requires manual intervention each time. things that must be intervened,
If a word (or phrase) is placed at the end of a line due to a change, etc., there is a drawback that the editing work must be redone manually.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to control the output so that words (or clauses) do not appear at the end of lines without requiring manual operation when creating Japanese documents, thereby creating documents that are easier for human beings to read than conventional techniques. It is about providing an environment.

[Characteristics of the invention and differences from conventional technology]

The most important features of the present invention are
Or, in order to realize carriage return control based on word (or clause) breaks, which had to be done by nine people, a Japanese syntax analysis unit such as morphological analysis or intermediary analysis, and words using the analysis results. (or clause) boundary judgment unit, and if there is a word (or clause) that extends from the end of a line to the beginning of the next line, control that performs carriage return and line feed control immediately before that word (or clause). This is because we have established a department. There are two differences between the conventional technology and the device of the present invention:
The boundary of the document is extracted and used when displaying or outputting the document.As a result, it is possible to easily create a document that is easy for humans to read.

[Structure of the invention: Examples]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a central processing unit (CPU), 2 is a display device (CRT), 3 is a printing device (PTR), 4 is a keyboard (KB), and 5 is a Storage device (FDD), 6 is a Japanese syntax analysis unit, 7 is a display output unit,
8 is a print output section. Further, FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of an embodiment showing a processing aspect of the present invention.

To operate this, first, a kana string or a Roman character string sent from the keyboard 4 to the Japanese parser 6 via the central processing unit 1 or directly from the keyboard 4 is processed internally by the Japanese parser 6. The morphological analysis processing unit 61.
The connection verification processing section 62 is handled by the analysis processing section 63. After passing through the syntax determination processing section 64, etc., it is converted into a string of kanji and kana mixed together with two part of speech information and clause information, as is conventionally known. next.

The display boundary determination processing unit 71 or the print boundary determination processing unit 81, which is one of the internal processes of the display output unit 7 or the print output unit 8, outputs the kanji/kana mixed string with the part-of-speech information and clause information to the display device 2. A word (or phrase) that spans the end of two lines and the beginning of the next line when displayed or printed on the printing device 3
(Fig. 3, ■). Note that to determine whether or not to include a line, it is sufficient to check the number of characters in one line. If it is included, further process to make the boundary immediately before the word (or phrase) a new line part (Fig. 3 ■)
This is performed by the display return/line feed control unit 72 or the print return/line feed control unit 82. If it is not included, the end of the line is treated as a line break (■ in Figure 3). The display output control section 74 or the print output control section 84 outputs the results to the display device 2 or the printing device 3 according to the kanji/kana mixed strings that have undergone such processing and the control information (FIG. 3).

With this structure, the word (or sentence vJ) boundary is automatically determined by the action of the 9 display boundary determination processing section 71 or the print boundary determination processing section 8I, and the word ( or phrases) can be prevented from being displayed or printed. As is clear from this result, it is possible to easily create a Japanese document with good readability compared to conventional techniques.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, which has a configuration in which a conventionally known uniform display interval calculation section 73 and uniform printing interval calculation section 83 are added to the components shown in FIG. These are 1
It provides an even layout function that aligns the left and right line ends of the entire document by adjusting the character pinch. To make this work in FIG.

Before operating the display output control section 74 or the print output control section 84, the equal display interval calculation section 73 or the equal print interval calculation section 83 performs calculations for uniform display or uniform printing in advance (see Fig. 3). ) 1 display output control section 74 or print-output control section 84,
The results are outputted to the display device 2 or the printing device 3 according to the kanji/kana mixed strings and control information that have undergone such processing.

Because of this structure, word (or clause) boundaries are automatically determined by the action of the 2-display boundary determination processing unit 71 or print boundary determination processing unit 81, and words (or phrases) that span the end of one line and the beginning of the next are automatically determined. It is possible to prevent display output or print output of phrases), and further,
Equal display interval calculation unit 73 or uniform printing interval calculation unit 8
By the effect of 3, it is possible to obtain beautiful display output or printed output with both left and right edges aligned. As is clear from the results, it is possible to easily create beautiful Japanese documents that are more readable than conventional techniques.

C. Effects of the Invention As explained above, 1. According to the present invention, 2. Words spanning the end of 9th line and the beginning of the next line are determined based on the kanji-kana mixed string with part-of-speech information and clause information obtained by the Japanese parsing unit. (or clauses), and if they cross, a new line is processed at the immediately preceding word (or clause) boundary, so the document is automatically shortened to a format that is easier for one person to read. There are effects that can be created in time. Further, by performing equal allocation, it is possible to create a document that is not only easy to read but also visually beautiful.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can function not only when creating a Japanese document (1), but also when changing a Japanese document that has been created (3). That is, the above process may be repeated in order for each line from the changed location to the last line of the paragraph.

2 Japanese syntax analysis section 69 display output section 7. Although there may be cases where the internal processing of the print output unit 8 is performed by the central processing unit 1, there is no essential difference from the present invention. Furthermore, although the operation has been described taking into account that the number of characters in one line during 3-display and printing may generally be different, in the case that they are the same, it is also possible to share the display output unit and the print output unit.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention apparatus, FIG. 2 is another embodiment of the present invention apparatus, FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a conventional Japanese document creation apparatus. Figure 5 is a creation screen of a conventional Japanese document creation device that allows line end settings, and Figure 6 (A) is a creation screen of a conventional Japanese document creation device that allows equal allocation. B) shows an example of the print output of a conventional Japanese document creation device that allows equal allocation. 1...Central processing unit (C'PU>), 2...Display device (CRT), 3...Printing device (PTR), 4...
Keyboard (KB), 5...Storage device (FDD), 6
. . . Japanese syntax analysis unit, 61 . . . Morphological analysis processing unit, 62 . . . Close reading test processing unit, 63 . 64...Syntax determination processing unit, 7...Display output unit, 71
. . . Display boundary determination processing unit, 72 . . . Display return line feed control unit. 73... Equal display interval calculation unit, 74... Display output control unit, 8... Print output unit, 81... Print boundary determination processing unit. 82...Print return line feed control unit, 83...Even print interval calculation unit, 84...Print output control unit. Patent applicant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] A boundary determination processing unit that determines the presence or absence of a word (or phrase) that spans the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a certain line of a Japanese document; ) immediately before the word boundary (or clause boundary)
1. A Japanese document creation device, comprising: a carriage return/line feed control unit that performs processing to make a carriage return/line feed part.