JPH01321556A - Kana/kanji conversion input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily select the desired KANJI (Chinese characters) by designating the radicals to decrease the candidate groups in the case the number of candidate groups is excessive only with the input of the reading of KANJI. CONSTITUTION:The reading of the desired KANJI is inputted via a prescribed key of an input device 1 and a single KANJI conversion key is operated. Thus the KANJI corresponding to the relevant reading is read out of a reading-based KANJI memory circuit 2 by a 1st control circuit 3. This read-out KANJI is stored in a memory circuit 4 and at the same time displayed on a display device 7. When the number of candidates is excessive, the radicals are designated by the device 1. Thus a 2nd control circuit 6 compares the KANJI of the designated radical selected out of those KANJI stored in a radical-based KANJI memory circuit 5 with the KANJI corresponding to the relevant reading and stored in the circuit 4. Thus the coincident KANJI are read out. Thus it is possible to easily decrease the candidates and to surely select the desired KANJI.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion input device.

[Prior art] Conventionally, as a method for converting a single kanji in kana-kanji conversion,
Generally, by inputting the pronunciation of a kanji, a group of kanji candidates for that pronunciation are displayed, and a desired kanji is selected from the candidate group.

Another method is to reduce the number of candidates by inputting other readings for the group of kanji candidates picked up for one reading.

[Problem to be Solved] In the conventional method described above, the number of candidates for one reading may be too large. For example, there are 255 candidates for the pronunciation of "kou". In such a case, if there are no other pronunciations or the kanji is unknown, the number of candidates cannot be further reduced, and it takes an extremely large amount of effort to select the desired kanji.

In addition, there are similar kanji with the same reading, such as ``Kaizo-ko-purchasing'', and it is often the case that one chooses the wrong one.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion input device that can easily reduce the number of candidates and reliably select a desired kanji.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an input device for inputting the pronunciation of a kanji and specifying a radical, a kanji-based kanji storage circuit that stores a plurality of kanji classified by their pronunciation, and the above-mentioned kanji. a first control circuit that reads a kanji corresponding to the reading input by the input device from the reading-specific kanji storage circuit; a storage circuit that stores the kanji read by the first control circuit; The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a second control circuit that selects a kanji character having a specified radical from the above-mentioned memory circuit.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In Figure 1, 1 is an input device consisting of keys for inputting the reading of kanji, keys for specifying radicals, and various function keys, and 2 is a reading for storing multiple kanji classified by reading. A separate kanji memory circuit; 3 is a first control circuit that reads the kanji corresponding to the reading input by the input device 1 and reads it from the separate kanji memory circuit 2; 4 stores the kanji read out by the first control circuit 3; 5 is a radical-based kanji memory circuit that stores multiple kanji classified by radical.
6 is a second control circuit that selects a kanji having a radical specified by the input device 1 from the storage circuit 4; 7 is a kanji read out by the first control circuit 3 and selected by the second control circuit 6; 8 is a display control circuit that controls the display device 7. A control circuit 9 consisting of a first control circuit 3, a second control circuit 6, and a display control circuit 8 is constituted by a CPU.

Next, the operation will be explained along the flowchart of FIG. When the reading of a desired kanji is input using a predetermined key on the input device 1 and the single kanji conversion key is then operated, the first control circuit 3 selects the above-mentioned kanji from among the kanji stored in the reading-specific kanji storage circuit 2. Kanji characters corresponding to the input pronunciation are read out, and these read out kanji characters are stored in the storage circuit 4 as a candidate group (routine ①). At the same time, display control circuit 8
The kanji characters stored in the memory circuit 4 are displayed on the display device 7 (routine ①).

If all of the candidate groups cannot be displayed on the display device 7 at once, the remaining candidate groups can be sequentially displayed by operating the next candidate key on the input device 1 (routine ①). By searching for a desired kanji from this group of candidates and operating the kanji selection key of the input device 1, the desired kanji can be selected (routine ①). However, if there are many candidates, the number of candidates can be reduced by operating the radical key on the input device 1 and then specifying the radical with a desired key. For example, as shown in the table below, a desired hiragana key is associated with the associated radical designation key, and by operating this key, the radical is designated. In other words, when specifying ``Ninben'', press the radical key and then press the hiragana ``2'' key.

The above example describes a case where there is a hiragana key that corresponds to a radical, but if there is no corresponding hiragana key, any key is assigned as the key for each radical.

When a radical is specified by the input device 1, the second control circuit 6 selects all the kanji that have the specified radical among the kanji stored in the radical-based kanji storage circuit 5 and the storage circuit 4. The kanji corresponding to the input reading stored in the above are compared, and the kanji that matches - is read out (routine ■), and the read out kanji is then sent to the display control circuit 8.
is displayed on the display device 7. After that, you can select the desired kanji using the same operations as above.

If there are a large number of candidates after simply inputting the pronunciation of the kanji through the above operations, the number of candidates can be reduced by further specifying radicals.

[Effects] ' According to the present invention, a large number of candidates corresponding to the input pronunciation can be reduced by a simple operation, and a desired kanji can be easily selected. Moreover, even if the target kanji has no other readings or other readings are unknown, the present invention reduces the number of candidates by limiting the candidate group by radical, so the number of candidates can be reduced reliably. can. Furthermore, since similar kanji with the same structure can be excluded, incorrect selections can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explanation. 1... Input device 2... Kanji storage circuit by reading 3... First control circuit 4... Memory circuit 6... Second control circuit 7... Display device and above Applicant Stock Company Seikosha

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An input device for inputting the pronunciation of a kanji and specifying a radical, a kanji storage circuit for kanji by pronunciation that stores a plurality of kanji classified by pronunciation, and a pronunciation input by the input device. a first control circuit that reads out a kanji corresponding to the kanji from the reading-specific kanji storage circuit; a memory circuit that stores the kanji read out by the first control circuit; and a radical specified by the input device. A second control circuit that selects a kanji from the memory circuit; and a display device that displays the kanji read by the first control circuit and the kanji selected by the second control circuit. A Kana-Kanji conversion input device.