JPH0199167A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert an input of Japanese pronunciation of an English word to a correctly-spelled English word only if the former is inputted by providing a character string conversion part to convert the Japanese pronunciation of an English word to an ambiguous-spelling English word, an English dictionary part, and an English dictionary retrieval part. CONSTITUTION:The following are provided: the character string conversion part 6 that converts the Japanese pronunciation of an English word inputted from a character input means 1 to an ambiguous-spelling English word, the English dictionary part 8 to store English word information, and the English dictionary retrieval part 7 that outputs only such one of the ambiguous-spelling English words obtained from the part 6 as coincidence with an English word stored in the part 8. As a result, at the time of inputting an English word whose spelling is unknown to a user, the Japanese pronunciation of the word can be converted to an English word of correct spelling only if inputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device that allows a computer to process a document.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, document creation devices that are inexpensive and have good performance have become widespread. However, when inputting English sentences using a document creation device, it often happens that the user must input English words whose pronunciation is known but the spelling is unknown.

In such cases, with conventional document creation devices, you either look up the English word in an English dictionary each time you use it and input the English word, or if you don't know how to spell an English word, you enter it by spelling what you think is correct based on your vague memory of the spelling. After inputting the entire text manually, I used a function to check the texture of the English words I had input, and then checked and corrected them. Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, the operation of an example of the conventional document creation device described above will be explained using FIGS. 5, 6 (al (b) (C), and 4). A block diagram of a conventional device, FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) (C1 is a diagram showing a specific example of the operation during document creation in a conventional document creation device on the display device screen using a document display means, FIG. 4) is a diagram showing an example of an English dictionary.

In FIG. 3, 14 is a character input means, 15 is a document editing means, 16 is a document display means, 17 is a document recording means, and 18
numeral 9 is a document calling means, numeral 9 is an English dictionary search section, and numeral 2o is an English dictionary section.

For example, rHow long is the Miss
issippi? I want to input the English sentence J, but rlo
Suppose you don't know the meaning of ngJ and r theJ.

(1) The user spells rHow long is the Mississi based on his memory of the ambiguous spelling and uses the spelling that he thinks is correct.
ppi? Enter J. (Figure 6 (a121)) (2) The user uses the function to check the spelling of English words to find out where the words are misspelled.

The function to check the spelling of English words searches the English dictionary search section to see if there is a match between each input word and the English dictionary section shown in Figure 4, but since the word rrongJ does not match, it is treated as a misspelling. Point out. (Figure 6(b)
22) (3) The user uses a dictionary to correct the mistakes pointed out by the spelling check function.

(Figure 6 (C) 23) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above configuration, when correcting an English word that has been spelled incorrectly or an English word that has been inputted incorrectly, It is very useful, but when you enter an English word that you do not understand or the name of the name is ambiguous, you can either look it up in an English dictionary or try to correct it yourself based on your memory of the ambiguous spelling. The problem is that the user has to enter a word with the correct spelling and then check and make corrections later to see if the spelling is correct, making the operation complicated. Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a document creation device that, when an English word whose spelling is unknown is input, can be converted into an English word with the correct spelling simply by manually reading the English word in Japanese. The purpose of this service is to improve the efficiency of document input.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the document creation device of the present invention includes:
a character manual means for inputting characters; a document editing means for editing a document input from the character input means; a document display means for displaying document data obtained from the document editing means; a document recording means for recording the document recorded by the document recording means; a document calling means for calling the document recorded by the document recording means; and a character for converting the Japanese pronunciation of the English word inputted from the character input means into an ambiguously spelled English word. a string conversion unit, an English dictionary unit that stores English word information, and an English dictionary unit that outputs ambiguously spelled English words obtained from the character string conversion unit that match English words stored in the English dictionary unit. The present invention is configured to include a dictionary search section.

Effect of the Invention With the above-described configuration, the present invention allows when inputting an English word whose spelling is unknown, it can be converted into a correctly spelled English word by simply inputting the Japanese pronunciation of the English word.

Embodiment Hereinafter, a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of essential parts of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The operation of the document creation device configured as described above will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3(a) and 3(b), and FIG. 4. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the operation during document creation using the document creation device of the present invention on the display screen of the document display means, and FIG. A diagram showing a concrete example and a concrete example of converting the Japanese pronunciation of an English word into an ambiguously spelled English word using the rules of the character string converter. Figure 4 is a diagram showing a concrete example of an English dictionary. In Fig. 1, l is a character input means, 2 is a document editing means, 3 is a document display means, 4 is a document recording means, 5 is a document calling means, 6 is a character string conversion section, and 7 is an English dictionary search section. ,
8 is the English dictionary section.

For example, rHow long is the Miss
issippi? I want to input the English sentence J, but rlon
Suppose you don't know how to spell gJ and r theJ.

(1) Users can read words they don't know how to spell in Japanese: rlongJ is "long" and r theJ is "the".
Enter (FIG. 2(a) 9) (2) The Japanese pronunciation of an English word is converted into an ambiguously spelled English word according to the rules of the character string converter shown in FIG. 3(a) 11. (Figure 3(b) 12) (3) The English dictionary search unit searches the ambiguously spelled English words obtained from the character string conversion unit to match the English words stored in the English dictionary unit shown in Figure 4 rlongJ .

Output r theJ. (Figure 2 (kll 10)
Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a document creation device having a character string conversion section, an English dictionary section, and an English dictionary search section.When inputting an English word whose meaning is unknown, the Japanese reading of the English word is input. You can simply convert it into a correctly spelled English word.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. The explanatory diagrams shown on the display screen, Figures 3 (a) and 3 (b), are a specific example of the rules of the character string converter and ambiguous spelling of the Japanese pronunciation of English words using the rules of the character string converter. Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of an English dictionary converted into English words, Fig. 5 is a block diagram of the main parts of a conventional document creation device, and Fig. 6 ( al (bl (C1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation during document creation on a display device screen by an information display means in a conventional document creation device. 1. Character input means; 2 ...Document editing means, 3...Document display means, 4...Document recording means, 5...Document calling means, 6...
...Character string conversion section, 7...English dictionary search section,
8...English dictionary department. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1 person) Figure 3 Figure 4 I3 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] a character input means for inputting characters; a document editing means for editing a document input from the character input means; a document display means for displaying document data obtained from the document editing means; a document recording means for recording the document recorded by the document recording means; a document calling means for calling the document recorded by the document recording means; and a character for converting the Japanese pronunciation of the English word inputted from the character input means into an ambiguously spelled English word. a string conversion unit, an English dictionary unit that stores English word information, and an English dictionary unit that outputs ambiguously spelled English words obtained from the character string conversion unit that match English words stored in the English dictionary unit. A document creation device comprising: a dictionary search section.