JPH01233548A - Kana to kanji converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a KANA (Japanese syllabary) to KANJI (Chinese character) converter having the priority by a KANJI classification by providing a prescribed word dictionary, a KANJI classifying and designating means, a priority order rearranging means and a sentence clause candidate display means. CONSTITUTION:When a KANJI classification whose preferential display is desired is designated by a classifying and designating part 7 prior to its input, a KANA and KANJI character-string which has been inputted from an input part 2 is brought to KANA to KANJI conversion by a KANA to KANJI converter 8, and a sentence clause candidate of a designated classification and other candidate are displayed by an emphasized character and a regular character, respectively on a sentence clause candidate display part 3. Subsequently, by a sentence clause candidate selecting part 4, the sentence clause candidate is selected by a sentence clause unit, the sentence clause candidate is decided definitely by a sentence clause candidate definitely deciding part 5, and the KANA and KANJI character-string is stored as a sentence in a sentence store part 6. In the converter 8, a KANA character is received by a KANA and KANJI obtaining part 9 and in a sentence clause divide-writing part 10, a word is classified by a KANJI, and while retrieving a word dictionary 11 having a word code by a word unit, the grammar processing is executed, and a sentence clause divide-writing processing is executed. The generated sentence clause candidate is rearranged by a priority order rearranging part 12 so that the sentence clause candidate of a designated KANJI classification precedes and outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device that converts a kana character string input for inputting a Japanese sentence into a sentence containing kana and kanji.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional kana-kanji conversion, there was no method that classified words in a word dictionary by focusing on the type of kanji. Therefore, processing to give priority to words by kanji classification was not performed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

According to the prior art, in conventional kana-kanji conversion, the kanji that use the words in the word dictionary are focused on and classified, and processing is not performed to give priority based on kanji classification.

Word dictionaries are not categorized by the kanji used, so when entering sentences based on a certain kanji standard such as common kanji,
Since the operator selects and uses the kanji at his or her will, the only way to make a decision is to either memorize all the kanji and refrain from inputting them in advance, or to check the text after inputting it, which has the problem of making many mistakes.
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a device that has priority based on kanji classification.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve these open chains, the present invention provides a word dictionary that classifies words by kanji and assigns a classification code to each word, a kanji classification designation means for specifying a kanji classification in advance,
A priority order sorting means that gives priority to phrase candidates that include words in a specified kanji classification and arranges them in priority order, and explicitly identifies phrase candidates of the specified kanji classification and other phrase candidates. It is characterized by having a phrase candidate display means for distinguishing and displaying phrase candidates.

[For production]

In a kana-kanji conversion device that converts an input kana character string into a kana-kanji mixed sentence, a kanji classification to be displayed preferentially is specified by a kanji classification specifying means before inputting the kana character string,
If a kana character string is input, the word is classified by kanji,
A word dictionary in which each word has the classification code is searched, and a bunsetsu candidate is created by the bunsetsu segment writing means, and the bunsetsu candidates containing words of the kanji classification specified by the priority sorting means are searched. The phrase candidates are given priority over others and rearranged in order of priority, the phrase candidates are outputted by the phrase candidate output means, and the phrase candidates of the specified kanji classification are explicitly distinguished from the others by the phrase candidate display means. The desired phrase is selected by the phrase candidate selecting means, and the phrase is determined and output by the phrase candidate determining means.

〔Example〕

Here, the present invention will be explained based on examples showing details of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 in the figure is a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire system based on data input from the input section 2. All devices are controlled by this CPU.

Before inputting a kana character string using the input section 2, a kanji classification to be displayed preferentially is specified using a reference specifying section 7. The kana character string inputted in the input section 2 is then converted into a kana-kanji converter 8.
The clause candidates are sent to Kana-Kanji conversion, and the clause candidates are displayed by a clause candidate display section 3, with the former being preferentially displayed, with the clause candidates of the designated kanji classification being highlighted characters, and the other clause candidates being normal characters. Therefore, the phrase candidate selecting section 4 displays and selects phrase candidates for each phrase, the phrase candidate determining section 5 determines a desired phrase candidate, and the kana-kanji character string is stored as a sentence in the sentence storage section 6.

In the kana-kanji conversion device 8, the kana-kanji acquisition unit 9
The kana characters are picked up, and the bunsetsu divider 10 performs grammatical processing while searching the word dictionary 11 and performs bunsetsu divider processing.

The phrase candidates created by the phrase separation unit 10 are rearranged by the priority sorting unit 12 so that the phrase candidates of the kanji classification specified in the phrase division unit come first, and are output by the phrase candidate output unit 13. .

Further, the information on the phrase candidates determined by the phrase candidate determining section 5 is received by the determined phrase information receiving section 15, and the word learning section 16 writes the usage frequency or latest usage information into the word dictionary 11.

In the case of this embodiment, the kanji classification was determined as follows.

1: Kanji for 1st grade elementary school 2: Kanji for 2nd grade elementary school 3: Kanji for 3rd grade elementary school 4: Kanji for 4th grade elementary school 5: Kanji for 5th grade elementary school 6: Kanji for 6th grade elementary school 7: Kanji for regular use 8: JIS No. 1 level 9: JIS 2nd level However, in the case of a word containing multiple kanji, it falls into the kanji classification with a large number from 1 to 9.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention regarding the creation of clause candidates.

As mentioned above, the kana-kanji conversion device 201 of the present invention
First, the kanji classification that you want to display preferentially is set.

Then, a kana character string is input in <202>, and in <203
The word dictionary search and word candidate creation are performed in >, and all candidates are created in <204>. Then, step 203> is repeated until all candidates are created.

In <205>, the word candidates that have already been created are divided into phrases, and phrase candidates with flags indicating whether they are in the specified kanji classification or not are created. These clause candidates are rearranged by <206> so that the designated kanji classification comes first.

Once the entire phrase candidates have been created, the phrases of the kanji classification specified by <207> are displayed in emphasized characters and the others are displayed in normal characters, and the desired phrase candidates are selected and confirmed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention has the following effects.

(1) Pre-check is performed to prevent the use of kanji other than the predetermined standard when inputting sentences containing kana and kanji.

(2) Words that match the specified okurigana format and words that do not are displayed separately, so you can consciously use words from other kanji classifications, such as furigana or hiragana. You can take immediate action.

(3) New word dictionaries can be created using specified kanji classifications.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention. 3... Phrase candidate display section 11... Word dictionary 12... Priority sorting section and above Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a kana-kanji conversion device that converts an input kana character string into a mixture of kana and kanji, there is a word dictionary that classifies words based on the kanji that make up the word, and each word has a classification code, and a kanji that specifies the kanji classification in advance. A classification specifying means, a priority sorting means for giving priority to clause candidates including words of the specified kanji classification over others and arranging them in order of priority, and a means for sorting clause candidates including the specified kanji classification and other clause candidates. A kana-kanji conversion device characterized by having a phrase candidate display means for explicitly distinguishing and displaying phrase candidates.