JPH01214971A - En inputting system for word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input en-size characters while fingers are placed on their home positions so that interruption of the flow of thinking can be reduced while a composition is inputted by giving a Kanji (Chinese character) converting, Katakana (square form of Japanese syllabary) converting, and en converting functions to one conversion key. CONSTITUTION:When a conversion key 11c is depressed, a converting means 13 refers to a converting character information storing area 16. Then the means 13 actuates a Kanji converting means 18 when Kanji information is stored in an inputted character storing area 15, Katakana converting means 19 when Katakana information is stored, and en converting means 20 when en information is stored. When Hiragana (round form of Japanese syllabary) information is stored in the area 15, the means 13 causes a display section to display the Hiragana stored in the area 15. Thus the information stored in the converting character information storing area 16 is rewritten by the converting means 13 in corresponding to the operation of the conversion key 11c. Therefore, Kanji, Katakana of em size, Katakana of en size, and Hiragana corresponding to the Hiragana stored in the area 15 are successively displayed on the display section without operating functions keys. Thus flow of thinking is not interrupted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a half-width input method for a word processor, and more particularly to a half-width input method for a word processor that can improve operability when inputting half-width characters.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when entering half-width characters in a word processor, the input mode is set to half-width mode using a function key, and then the characters are input. Furthermore, when inputting full-width characters after setting the input mode to half-width mode, the input mode is changed to full-width mode using a function key and the characters are input.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventionally, as mentioned above, the function keys have been used to switch between half-width mode and full-width mode, and switching from full-width mode to half-width mode.

Each time you switch from half-width mode to full-width mode, you have to take your finger off the home position and operate the function key, which makes it difficult to operate.Also, in the past, the input mode was changed to half-width mode before entering characters. I had to think about whether to set it to full-width mode and use the function keys, which interrupted my train of thought.

An object of the present invention is to improve the operability when inputting half-width characters, and to prevent the flow of thought from being interrupted even when inputting sentences containing a mixture of half-width characters and full-width characters.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a word processor that has an input section for inputting characters in hiragana, and a display section, and creates a sentence 3 by displaying the characters input from the input section on the display section. a conversion key; an input character storage area in which hiragana input from the input section is stored; a conversion character information storage area in which one of kanji information, katakana information, half-width information, and hiragana information is stored; a rewriting means for rewriting the contents of the conversion character information storage area according to the operation of the conversion key; a kanji dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and kanji; a katakana dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and full-width katakana; and a katakana dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and full-width katakana. A dictionary file including a half-width dictionary showing the relationship between ``and'' and half-width katakana, and katakana conversion that refers to the katakana dictionary and displays the full-width katakana corresponding to the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display section. means, half-width converting means for displaying on the display section half-width katakana corresponding to the hiragana stored in the input character storage area with reference to the half-width dictionary and the katakana dictionary; kanji conversion means for displaying one of the hiragana-compatible kanji stored in the input character storage area on the display unit; When kanji information is stored in the conversion character information storage area, the kanji conversion means is operated, when katakana information is stored, the katakana conversion means is operated, and when half-width information is stored, the kanji conversion means is operated. A conversion means is provided for operating a half-width conversion means and, when hiragana information is stored, displaying the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display section.

[For production]

When the conversion key is pressed, the conversion means refers to the converted character information storage area. The input character storage area contains kanji information, katakana information, and half-width information.

If any of the hiragana information is stored, the conversion means operates the kanji conversion means to perform the kanji conversion if the kanji information is stored, and if the katakana information is stored, the conversion means operates the kanji conversion means to perform the katakana conversion. Operates the conversion means, and if half-width information is stored, operates the half-width conversion means that performs half-width conversion, and if hiragana information is stored, displays the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display unit. let The information stored in the converted character information storage area is rewritten by the rewriting means in accordance with the operation of the conversion key. Therefore, by operating the conversion key, kanji, full-width katakana, half-width katakana, and hiragana corresponding to hiragana stored in the input character storage area are sequentially displayed on the display section.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a terminal device 11, input means 12, conversion means 13, terminal display means 14, input character storage area 15, converted character information storage area 16. , display character storage area 17, and kanji conversion means 1
8, katakana conversion means 19, half-width conversion means 20,
It includes a dictionary file 21. The terminal device 11 includes a display section 11a and an input section 11b.
b is a key for hiragana input, numeric keypad, conversion key 11c
It has keys such as The dictionary file 21 also includes a kanji dictionary 21a that associates hiragana and kanji, a katakana dictionary 21b that associates hiragana with full-width katakana, and a half-width dictionary 121c that associates full-width katakana with half-width katakana.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing example of the conversion means 13;
3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the kanji conversion means 18, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the katakana conversion means 19, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the half-width conversion means 20. The operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings.

When the operator operates the hiragana input key provided on the input unit 11b and inputs a hiragana, the input means 12 inputs the input hiragana into the input character storage area 1.
5, processing to store kanji information in the converted character information storage area 16, and pointer P in the kanji conversion means 18.
The converted character information storage area performs processing to set the initial value to "0", and the terminal display means 14 performs processing to display the input hiragana on the display section 11a each time a hiragana is input from the input section 11b. 16, when the conversion key 11c is pressed, should the hiragana stored in the input character storage area 15 be converted into kanji and displayed on the display section 11a?

This area stores information indicating whether to convert to katakana and display it, convert it to half-width katakana characters, or display it as hiragana, and if it converts to kanji and displays it, kanji information is stored. is stored, and when converted to katakana and displayed, katakana information is stored, when converted to half-width katakana characters and displayed, half-width information is stored, and when displayed as hiragana, hiragana information is stored. Stored. In addition, in the initial state,
Kanji information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16.

The operator impersonates a hiragana input key provided on the input section 11b, inputs a two-character string to be displayed on the display section 11a, and then presses the conversion key 11c.

When the conversion key lie is pressed, the conversion means 13 starts the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, first refers to the converted character information storage area 16 (step 521), and then If it is determined that kanji information is stored (if the determination result in step 322 is YES), control is passed to the kanji conversion means 18 (step 523), and if it is determined that katakana information is stored ( If the judgment result in step 324 is YES) step 525) of passing control to the katakana conversion means 19;
If it is determined that half-width information is stored (if the determination result in step S26 is YES), control is passed to the half-width conversion means 20 (step 527), and step S22
．． 324° If all the judgment results in S26 are NO, that is,
When it is determined that hiragana information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16, the conversion means 13 displays the hiragana information stored in the input character storage area 15.
7 :), step 528), and then store the kanji information in the converted character information storage area 16 (step S29).
, and then activates the terminal display means 14 (step 53
0).

When the kanji conversion means 18 is activated by the conversion means 13, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
532), it is determined whether the kanji corresponding to the hiragana stored in the input character storage area 15 exists in the kanji dictionary 21a (step 533).

If it is determined that the hiragana-compatible kanji stored in the input character storage area 15 does not exist in the kanji dictionary 21a (if the determination result in step S33 is NO), katakana information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16. After that (step 535), control is passed to the katakana conversion means 19 (step 836), and if it is determined that it exists (if the judgment result in step S33 is YES), refer to the pointer P (step 534), the same sound The kanji indicated by the pointer P among the kanji characters is stored in the display character storage area 17 (step 537), and then the kanji stored in the display character storage area 17 is stored as the last kanji with the same sound stored in the kanji dictionary 21a. Determine whether it is a kanji (step 838)
.

If it is determined that it is the last kanji, the pointer P is set to the initial value "0" (step 539), then the katakana information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16 (step 541), and then the terminal display means 14 is Activate (step 542). As a result, the kanji characters stored in the display character storage area 17 in step S37 are displayed on the display section 11a. If it is determined in step 338 that it is not the last kanji, the pointer P is incremented by 1 (step 540), and then step 342 is performed.

When the katakana conversion means 19 receives control from the conversion means 13 or the kanji conversion means 18, it refers to the input character storage area 15 and the katakana dictionary 21b and stores the data in the input character storage area 15, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The displayed hiragana is converted to full-width katakana, and the converted full-width katakana is stored in the display character storage area 17 (steps 351 to 553).Then, the display character storage area 17 is converted to half-width katakana in the converted character information storage area 16. (step 554), and then starts the terminal display means 14 (step 355). As a result, the full-width katakana stored in the display character storage area 17 in step S53 is displayed on the display section 11.
・Displayed in a.

When the half-width conversion means 20 receives control from the conversion means 13, the half-width conversion means 20 converts the input character storage area 15. The hiragana stored in the input character storage area 15 is converted into half-width katakana with reference to the katakana dictionary 21b and the half-width dictionary 21C, and the converted half-width katakana is stored in the display character storage area 17 (step 361-3
64). Next, the half-width conversion means 20 stores the hiragana information in the converted character information storage area 16 (step 565),
Thereafter, the terminal display means 14 is activated (step 566
) As a result, the half-width katakana characters stored in the display character storage area 17 in step S64 are displayed on the display section 11a.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using a specific example. now,
For example, if the operator inputs the character string "field effect transistor" by changing "transistor" to half-width characters, the operator first inputs "denkai" in hiragana from the input section 11b, and then presses the conversion key 11C. When "Denkai" is input in hiragana, the input means 12 performs processing to store "Denkai" in the input character storage area 15, processing to store kanji information in the converted character information storage area 16, and kanji conversion means. Processing is performed to set the pointer P in 18 to the initial value rOJ. When the conversion key 11C is pressed, the conversion means 13 refers to the converted character information storage area 16 (step 521). In this case, the converted character information storage area 16
Since the kanji information is stored in , the determination result in step 322 becomes YES, and the conversion means 13 transfers control to the kanji conversion means 1 (step 523).

When the kanji conversion means 18 receives control from the conversion means 13, it refers to the input character storage area 15 and the kanji dictionary 21a,
It is determined whether the kanji corresponding to "denkai" stored in the input character storage area 15 exists in the kanji dictionary 21a (steps 531-333).

If it is determined that the kanji exists in the kanji dictionary 21a, refer to the pointer P (step 534), and store the kanji pointed to by the pointer P among the kanji corresponding to "denkai" in the display character storage area 17. (Step 537). Now, for example, the kanji that corresponds to ``denkai'' are ``electrolytic'' and ``electrolytic''.
"Electric field" is stored in the kanji dictionary 21a, and the pointer P points to rO.
Assuming that "electrolysis" is pointed at JO and "electric field" is pointed when pointer P is "1", "electrolysis" is stored in the display character storage area 17 by performing the above-mentioned processing. When "electrolysis" is stored in the 0 display character storage area 17 (step 537), the kanji conversion means 18 stores "electrolysis".
It is determined whether or not this is the last kanji among the kanji with the same sound stored in the kanji dictionary 21a (step 338).

In this case, since "electric field" is also stored as a homophonetic kanji, the determination result at step 338 is NO, and the kanji conversion means 18 increments the pointer P by 1 and sets its value to "1" (step 540). Next, the kanji conversion means 18 activates the terminal display means 14 (step 542). As a result, "electrolysis" is displayed on the display section 11a.

Since "electrolysis" displayed on the display section 11a is not the kanji that the operator desires, the operator presses the conversion key 11c again. As a result, the converting means 13 is activated again. Even in this case, since kanji information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16, the determination result in step 322 is YES, and control is passed to the kanji conversion means 18.

When the control is passed from the conversion means 13, the kanji conversion means 18 determines whether or not the kanji corresponding to "denkai" exists in the kanji dictionary 21a (step 33).
1-533).

In this case, the kanji corresponding to "denkai" is found in Kanji Dictionary 21.
Since it exists in a, the judgment result in step S34 is YE.
S, and the kanji conversion means 18 refers to the pointer P (
Step 334) At this time, since the pointer P is "1", the kanji conversion means 18 stores the kanji "electric field" pointed to by the pointer P in the display character storage area 17 (step 537). Next, the kanji conversion means 18 converts "electric field"
It is determined whether or not is the last kanji among the kanji with the same sound (step 838). In this case, since "electric field" is the last kanji, the kanji conversion means 18 sets the pointer P to "0" (step 539), then stores the katakana information in the converted character information storage area 16 (step 341), and then ,
The terminal display means 14 is activated (step 342), whereby the Chinese character "electric field" desired by the operator is displayed on the display section 11a.

When "electric field" is displayed on the display section 11a, the operator inputs "kouka" in hiragana from the input section 11b, and presses the conversion key lie until the desired kanji "effect" is displayed on the display section 11a. .

When “desired kanji F effect” is displayed on the display section 11a,
The operator inputs "Toranji Star" in hiragana from the input section 11b, and then presses the conversion key 11c. By inputting "Toranji Star" in hiragana, input means 1
2 performs processing for storing "Toranji Star" in the input character storage area 15, processing for storing kanji information in the converted character information storage area 16, and processing for setting the pointer P in the kanji conversion means 18 to "0". , When the conversion key 11C is pressed, the conversion means 13 is activated, and the conversion means 13 refers to the converted character information storage area 16 (step 521).
In this case, since kanji information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16, the determination result in step 322 is YES.
Therefore, the conversion means 13 passes control to the kanji conversion means 18 (step 323).

When control is passed from the conversion means 13, the kanji conversion means 18
As described above, input character storage area 15 and kanji dictionary! See step 331.218. 332), it is determined whether the kanji corresponding to "Toranjisuta" stored in the input character storage area 15 exists in the kanji dictionary 21a (step 533). Since the kanji corresponding to "Toranjisuta" is not stored in the kanji dictionary 21a, the determination result in step 333 is N.

Therefore, the kanji conversion means 18 uses the converted character information storage area 16.
to store the katakana information (step 535), and then
Transfer control to katakana conversion means 19 (step 836)
.

When the katakana conversion means 19 receives control from the kanji conversion means 18, the katakana conversion means 19 converts the input character storage area 15 and the katakana dictionary 21 into
Convert the hiragana "Toranjisuta" stored in the input character storage area 15 to the full-width katakana "transistor" with reference to b, and store the converted katakana "transistor" in the display character storage area 17 (step 351-55
3). Next, the katakana conversion means 19 stores the half-width information in the converted character information storage area 16 (step 554), and then starts the terminal display means 14 (step 555).
, As a result, "transistor" is displayed in full width on the display section 11a. Since full-width display is not what the operator desires, the operator further presses the conversion key 11C.

When the conversion key 11c is pressed, the conversion means 13 is activated again, and the conversion means 13 refers to the converted character information storage area 16. In this case, since half-width information is stored in the converted character information storage area 16, the determination result in step 326 is YES, and the converting means 13 passes control to the half-width converting means 20 (step 327).

When the half-width conversion means 20 receives control from the conversion means 13, the half-width conversion means 20 converts the input character storage area 15. With reference to the katakana dictionary 21b and the half-width dictionary 21c, the hiragana "Toranjisuta" stored in the input character storage area 15 is converted into the half-width katakana "transistor", and this is stored in the display character storage area 17 ( Steps 361 to 364), then the half-width conversion means 20 stores the hiragana information in the converted character information storage area 16 (step 565), and then activates the terminal display means 14 (step 566).

As a result, the half-width katakana "transistor J" is displayed on the display section 11a.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a single conversion key with a kanji conversion function, a katakana conversion function, and a half-width conversion function. Since half-width characters can be input while the device is in the same position, there is an effect that half-width characters can be input easily. In addition, since the present invention does not require consideration of whether to set the input mode to half-width mode or full-width mode before inputting characters, the flow of thought is less likely to be interrupted while inputting text. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the conversion means 13, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the kanji conversion means 18, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the kanji conversion means 19. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing of the half-width conversion means 20. In the figure, 11...terminal device, lla...display section, Ilb...input section, lie...conversion key, 12.
... Input means, 13... Conversion means, 14... Terminal display means, 15... Input character storage area, 16... Converted character information storage area, 17... Display character storage area, 18
...Kanji conversion means, 19...Katakana conversion means, 2
0...Half-width conversion means, 21...Dictionary file, 21
a...Kanji dictionary, 21b...Katakana dictionary, 21C
...Half-width dictionary.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A word processor that has an input section for inputting characters in hiragana and a display section, and that creates a document by displaying the characters input from the input section on the display section, comprising: a conversion key; , an input character storage area in which hiragana input from the input section is stored; a converted character information storage area in which one of kanji information, katakana information, half-width information, and hiragana information is stored; and the converted character information storage area. a rewriting means for rewriting the contents of the area according to the operation of the conversion key; a kanji dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and kanji; a katakana dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and full-width katakana; and a katakana dictionary showing the relationship between hiragana and full-width katakana a dictionary file including a half-width dictionary showing the relationship between the characters; a katakana conversion means for referring to the katakana dictionary and displaying full-width katakana corresponding to the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display section; half-width conversion means for displaying a half-width katakana corresponding to the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display unit with reference to a dictionary and a katakana dictionary; kanji conversion means for displaying one of the stored kanji corresponding to hiragana on the display section; and kanji conversion means that refers to the converted character information storage area when the conversion key is pressed, and the converted character information storage area; If kanji information is stored in , the kanji conversion means is operated, if katakana information is stored, the katakana conversion means is operated, and if half-width information is stored, the half-width conversion means is operated. and, if hiragana information is stored, converting means for displaying the hiragana stored in the input character storage area on the display section.