JPH01205264A - System for inputting japanese - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the trouble of a Japanese input by retrieving character information related to a grammatical term stored in a grammatical term dictionary based on a first character string to be already inputted and preparing a second character string. CONSTITUTION:A grammatical term designating means 111 designates the grammatical term, and a grammatical term dictionary 121 stores the character information related to the grammatical term. A character string preparing means 131 retrieves the character information related to the grammatical term designated by the grammatical term designating means 111 based on the first character string to be already inputted, and the means 131 prepares the second character string corresponding to the first character string and character information. Consequently, as a whole, the character information related to the grammatical term is retrieved based on the first character string to be already inputted, and the second character string corresponding to the first character string and character information is prepared. Thus, the trouble of the Japanese input can be reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a Japanese input method in which Japanese is input by specifying grammatical terms, the purpose of this invention is to specify grammatical terms for the purpose of reducing input effort. A grammatical term specifying means, a grammatical term dictionary storing character information regarding the grammatical term, and searching the grammatical term dictionary for character information regarding the grammatical term specified by the grammatical term specifying means based on the inputted first character string. , and character string creation means for creating a second character string according to the first character string and character information.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a Japanese input method, and particularly to a Japanese input method in which Japanese is input by specifying grammatical terms.

[Conventional technology]

Normally, when manually inputting Japanese using an input device such as a keyboard, the user inputs kana or Roman characters corresponding to the kana, and the Japanese language processing program reads the corresponding Japanese words from a dictionary and requests confirmation from the operator. The next candidate is read from the dictionary until the desired Japanese word is obtained.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional method, regarding grammatical terms unique to Japanese (such as "desu", "masu", "desu J" or combinations of these with negative words, etc.) However, there was a problem in that it was necessary to perform Kana Jinriki each time, which was time-consuming.

In particular, in conventional Japanese input, devices equipped with the so-called "word registration 1 function" do not.

It is possible to replace words such as j with one word and register them, but these grammatical terms change depending on the previous character string due to conjugation, etc., so the word registration function cannot be used effectively. It turns out.

The present invention was created in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Japanese input method that can reduce input effort.

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the Japanese input method of the present invention.

In the figure, grammatical term designation means 111 specifies grammatical terms.

The grammatical term dictionary 121 stores character information regarding grammatical terms.

The character string creation means 131 searches the grammatical term dictionary 121 for character information regarding the grammatical term specified by the grammatical term specifying means 111 based on the inputted first character string, and combines the first character string and the character information. A second character string is created according to the following.

Therefore, the system as a whole is configured to search for character information related to grammatical terms based on the first character string that has already been input, and to create a second character string in accordance with the first character string and the character information.

[For production]

A grammatical term is specified by the grammatical term specifying means 111. The grammatical term dictionary 121 stores character information regarding grammatical terms.

The inputted first character string is introduced into the character string creation means 131, and based on the first character string, character information for the grammatical term specified by the grammatical term specification means 111 is searched from the grammatical term dictionary 121. . Further, the character string creation means 131 creates a second character string according to the first character string and the retrieved character information.

In the present invention, Japanese input is performed by searching character information related to grammatical terms stored in the grammatical term dictionary 121 based on the inputted first character string and creating a second character string. The effort required can be reduced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment to which the Japanese language manual system of the present invention is applied.

1. The correspondence between the embodiments of the present invention and FIG. 1 will now be shown.

The grammatical term designation means 111 is executed by the CPU 210. Keyboard 211. This corresponds to the manual macro 237 in the RAM 231.

The grammatical term dictionary “121” corresponds to the grammatical term corresponding word 225 in the dictionary 223.

The character string creation means 131 is executed by the CPU 210. RAM231
This corresponds to the Japanese language processing program 233 in .

Examples of the present invention will be described below assuming that the correspondence relationship as described above exists.

In FIG. 2, a Japanese language processing device (for example, a Japanese word processor) to which the Japanese language input method of the present invention is applied includes a CPU 210 that performs overall control and performs kana-kanji conversion;
A RAM 231 that stores programs and data directly processed by the CPU 210, a keyboard 211 for inputting instructions and data by an operator, a display 253 for displaying data, and a keyboard 2
11 and a display 253; a disk device 221 that holds data; and a disk control section 261 that controls data input and output to and from the disk device 221. There is.

RAM 231 is the operating system (O3) 2
03235 stores an input macro 237 that performs processing related to data input from the keyboard 211 and a processing related to data display on the display 253. It also includes a character display macro 239 to perform the following operations.

The disk device 221 also stores a dictionary 223 for converting data input by an operator into desired Japanese, and this dictionary 223 further includes grammatical term correspondence words 225 that store data regarding grammatical terms. .

CPU210. RAM231. The input/output control section 251 and the disk control section 261 are connected by a bus. Further, the disk device 221 is connected to a disk control section 261. The keyboard 211 and display 253 are connected to the input/output control section 251.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the operation keys of the keyboard 211.

In the figure, the keyboard 211 has a kana keyboard 313.
and a grammar term key 315.

The kana key 313 is a group of keys including a kana key, an alphabet key, and a control key (conversion key, insertion key, etc.), and is a conventional operation key for inputting Japanese.

The grammatical term key 315 is a key added to apply the Japanese input method of the present invention, and includes a "Desu/Masu" key to indicate respectful form, a "desu" key to indicate normal form, and a tense key. It consists of a ``present'' key and a ``past'' key that designate the information, an ``affirmation'' key, a ``negation'' key, an ``reverse conjunction'' key, and a ``question'' key.

Next, the operation of the Japanese manual system according to the embodiment of the present invention described above will be explained.

FIG. 4 shows the operating procedure of the embodiment. Further, FIG. 5 shows a detailed explanation of the grammatical term corresponding words 225 in the dictionary 223, and FIG. 6 shows the operation procedure for Japanese input according to the embodiment.

It is now assumed that the CPU 210 executes the Japanese language processing program 233 under the control of 03235 in the RAM 231, and performs the Japanese input operation of the present invention under the control of the Japanese language processing program 233. Further, data input from the keyboard 211 is processed by an input macro 237, and data display on the display 253 is processed by a character display macro 239.

Day i -85 Φ First, the operation of the embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, when a key operation (manual key operation) is performed by an operator (step 411), the CPU 210 determines whether the operated key is a grammar term key (step 412).

For example, when performing conventional Japanese input (input for kana (or romaji) - kanji conversion), a negative judgment is made, and then the conventional conversion logic is executed (
Step 413). The CPU 210 searches the dictionary 223 of the disk device 221 for the Japanese word corresponding to the input kana and displays it on the display 253.

Next, the CPU 210 determines whether the kana-kanji conversion has been finalized (step 414).

If it is unconfirmed, make a negative judgment and set the confirmed flag (described later)
is cleared (no step 415), and the process returns to step 411.

For example, if you press the "convert" key after the kana key, the conversion is not confirmed, and the conversion will only be confirmed when the next kana key is pressed or the "confirm conversion" key is pressed. . At this time, an affirmative determination is made in step 414, and then the CPU 210 determines whether or not there is a part of speech in the determined data (step 4
16). In addition, r part of speech j here is an adjective, an adjective verb,
Refers to verbs and nouns.

When the determination is affirmative, the type of the part of speech is stored in the RAM 231 (step 417).

When the process in step 417 is completed, or if a negative determination is made in step 416, the CPU 210 next executes the RA
Set the confirmation flag in M231 (Step 418)
, the last character of the confirmed data is stored in the RAM 231 (step 419). When these processes are completed, the process returns to step 411 and repeats the process.

If an affirmative determination is made in step 412 (whether the key is a grammar term key or not), then the CPU 210 determines whether the key is a mode setting key (step 420).

In step 411, keys for specifying tense in the grammar terminology key 315 ("present j key, "past" key) or keys for specifying honorific and normal forms ("desu・masu" key,
When the "is" key) is pressed, an affirmative judgment is made and the mode information of the pressed key is stored in the RAM 231 (
Step 421). Thereafter, the process returns to step 411 and repeats the process.

In step 411, the grammar term key 315 is “affirmative”.
key, "negate" key, "reverse connection" key, or "question" key, a negative determination is made in step 420, and then the CPU 210 determines whether or not the confirmation flag is set ( step 422). RAM
If the confirmation flag is not set in step 231, data is being input from the keyboard 211, so a negative determination is made and the processing from step 411 onwards is repeated.

If the confirmation flag is set in step 213, an affirmative determination is made in step 422, and then the CPU 210 selects the already set mode and the grammar term key pressed in step 411 (grammar term keys other than the mode setting key). Accordingly, the storage address of the grammatical term corresponding word 225 in the dictionary 223 stored in the disk device 221 is obtained (step 424).

Further, the CPU 210 stores the RAM in step 417.
The type of part of speech stored in 231 is read out, and a desired character string in the grammatical term corresponding word 225 is obtained according to the type of part of speech (step 425). Furthermore, step 423,4
The detailed operation in step 24 will be described later.

Next, the CPU 210 stores the RAM in step 419.
The last character stored in 231 is read out (step 425), and it is determined whether that character is a punctuation mark (step 426).

If the last character is a punctuation mark, an affirmative determination is made and the punctuation mark is deleted (step 427).

When the process in step 427 is completed, or when the determination in step 426 is negative, the character string is next displayed (step 428).

If the last character of the character string displayed on the display 253 (a character string whose conversion has already been confirmed) is a punctuation mark,
The cursor is moved back one character and the character string obtained in step 425 is displayed. In addition, if the last character is not a punctuation mark, continue the character string that has already been converted, and then
Display the character string obtained in step 5.

When the display of the character string in step 428 is completed, the process moves to step 419 to perform processing.

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Details of the grammatical term correspondence words 225 in the dictionary 223 stored in the disk device 221 will be explained.

FIG. 5 shows various tables included in the grammatical term correspondence words 225.

In the figure, the ``grammar term table'' has the ``affirmation'' key, ``
The address data corresponding to the "Negation" key, "Reverse connection" key, and "Question" key is "Mode table IJ is tense (current,
The address data regarding (past) is in r mode table 2
'' stores address data regarding honorific and regular forms, and r character correction table j stores address data regarding each part of speech.

In step 423 in the above-mentioned "(i) Japanese input operation", the CPU 210 inputs the r grammar term table J+
The address data stored in the r-mode table 21 is obtained by tracing the F-mode table IJ and then the F-mode table 2j in this order.

Further, in step 424, the r character correction table is further searched based on the address data obtained in step 423, and a character string corresponding to the corresponding part of speech is obtained. Note that when the part of speech is a verb, the conjugation of the verb must be taken into consideration, and a character string corresponding to the conjugation form of the verb is searched.

iii Figure 6 shows the specific operating procedure when inputting the character string ``A is B, but C is not D.'' (The mode is set to normal and current.) ).

(2) First, the character string FA is inputted as Bl using the conventional method.

■Next, press the "affirm" key. Here, the CPU 210 searches various tables of grammatical term correspondence words 225 in the dictionary 223 to find the character string r that corresponds to the "affirmative" key, the setting mode "current", and "normal". ”.

■Next, press the "reverse connection" key, and in the same way, press the "reverse connection J key," and depending on the setting mode "current J, r normal", you will get ",". There is a punctuation mark at the end of ``There is.'', so delete that punctuation mark and create the string r.
A is B, but we obtain up to ``.

■Similarly, input DJ for the character string rC.

rC is not D by pressing the "negation" key next time.

”.

Therefore, although the character string FA becomes B by the above key operations, C is not D. The input of j is completed.

In this way, the CPU 210 stores in the RAM 231 the part-of-speech information and the last character of the character string whose conversion has been confirmed. Next, when the grammar term key is pressed, the CPU 210 stores the pressed grammar term key, the set mode, and the RAM 2.
A character string search is performed based on the part of speech information stored in 31. If the previous character is a punctuation mark, move the cursor back one character (delete the punctuation mark) and add the character string obtained above.

Therefore, by searching for the character string corresponding to the pressed grammar term key based on the determined character string,
The effort required to input Japanese can be reduced.

In particular, by manually using grammatical terminology keys as in the present invention, the number of key operations can be reduced, and it is also possible to input Japanese in consideration of the necessity of the flow of word groups, which is a characteristic of Japanese sentences. As a result, you will be able to concentrate your thoughts on the content of the text.

■1.0-3 In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, Japanese input in a word processor etc. was considered, but the present invention can be applied to any other device that performs Japanese input. can do.

In addition, in "1. Correspondence between Examples and FIG. 1",
Although the correspondence between the present invention and the embodiments has been described, those skilled in the art will easily assume that the present invention is not limited to this and that there are various modifications.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the second character string is created by searching for character information related to grammatical terms stored in the grammatical term dictionary based on the inputted first character string. It is extremely useful in practical terms because it can reduce the effort required to input Japanese.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a principle block diagram of the Japanese input method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment to which the Japanese input method of the present invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is an outline of the operation keys of the keyboard of the embodiment. Figure, 4th
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the grammatical term correspondence words of the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the operation procedure for inputting Japanese in the embodiment. In the figure, 111 is a grammatical term designation means, 121 is a grammatical term dictionary, 131 is a character string creation means, and 210 is a CPU. 211 is a keyboard, 221 is a disk device, 223 is a dictionary, 225 is a grammar term corresponding word, and 231 is a RAM. 233 is a Japanese processing program, 235 is 031, 237 is an input macro, 239 is a character display macro, 251 is an input/output control unit, 253 is a display, 261 is a disk control unit, 313 is a kana input key-1, 315 is a grammar term key It is. Patent applicant: PfN Co., Ltd. Kansai Panafacom Co., Ltd. Riyo Yoshiboshi < 1 sun Me G 17 11 Sengyu Koji Meishi 3 Bb 8 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Grammar term specification means for specifying grammatical terms (11
1); a grammatical term dictionary (121) that stores character information regarding the grammatical term; and a grammatical term dictionary (121) that stores character information regarding the grammatical term specified by the grammatical term specifying means (111) based on the inputted first character string. character string creation means (131) for searching from the grammar term dictionary (121) and creating a second character string according to the first character string and the character information; Japanese input method.