JPH0227470A - Sentence proofreading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make unnecessary the confirmation of a user and to make shorter a necessary time for proofreading by limiting a detecting range so that proofreading object expression may be detected only for a text constituting element whose correction history is not older than a proofreading history. CONSTITUTION:A proofreading range limiting part 12 to limit the detection range of a proofreading object expression detecting part 2 so that the proofreading object expression may be detected only for the text constituting element whose correction history is not older than the proofreading history is provided. A text history information memory part 8 holds history information in which a part is proofread at every sentence constituting element and the corrected history information, and for the part which is not corrected after the proofreading, the proofreading range limiting part 12 limits the range of the proofreading object expression detecting part 2. Thus, the useless confirmation is unnecessary for the user, and the necessary time for the proofreading can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an interactive grammar proofing device for proofreading text on a computer such as a word processor.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION With the spread of word processors, techniques and devices have been developed to efficiently create sentences by performing grammar proofing work on a computer, which was conventionally done on paper. Examples of these include the Technical Research Report of the Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers (IEICE Technical Report Vol. 86A143pp15r Japanese Writing Support System COMETJ).

In these conventional grammar proofing devices, when a user issues an instruction to start proofreading, the device presents to the user the sentence expressions that the device has determined should be proofread.

If necessary, the user reviews the text while checking each presentation content one by one, and if necessary, corrects the text with reference to the presentation.

A block diagram of a conventional example of this conventional grammar proofing device is shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a text storage unit that stores text as a character code string.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a proofreading target expression detection unit, which detects a pre-registered "text expression that should call the user's attention." The proofreading target expression detection unit 2 maintains a proofreading expression dictionary in which the corresponding proofreading target expressions are arranged in the order of character notation codes, and detects whether there is an expression identical to the dictionary in the text in the text storage unit 1. .

The reason for detection is stored in the dictionary in association with the expression to be proofread, and the reason for the detection can be obtained at the same time when the expression to be proofread is detected.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a proofreading information display section, which displays the proofreading target expression detected by the proofreading target expression detecting section 2 in the text of the text entry m section 1 in reverse video on the display. Further, the reason for the detection is displayed in a separate area on the same display.

Reference numeral 4 is a proofreading instruction device, which instructs the start of proofreading processing for the text in the text storage unit 1 by inputting a message on the keyboard 1 device.
Instruct by pressing the "Calibration Start Key".

Reference numeral 5 denotes a text correction section, which deletes and inserts characters into the text in the text storage section 1 according to instructions from the user.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a modification instruction device, which has an editing function key, a character key, and an input control key on a keyboard device, and transmits signals when these are pressed to the text modification section 2.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a display device, which displays the text in the text storage section 1 on the display device under the control of the text correction section 5. Furthermore, under the control of the calibration information display section 3, the expression to be calibrated and the reason for its detection are displayed on the same display.

The procedure of grammar proofing processing using this conventional grammar proofing device will be explained using the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 3a shows a text consisting of two paragraphs stored in the text storage unit 1. When the user presses the "proofreading start key" on the proofreading instruction device 4, the proofreading target expression detection section 2 is activated. When the expression to be proofread is detected, the corresponding text portion is displayed in reverse on the display device 7 under the control of the proofreading information display section 3. At the same time, the reason for the detection is displayed. The display is shown in Figure 3.

Sentence expressions such as ``absolute desperation,''``until,''``thing,'' and ``deki'' were detected as expressions that should be noted.

The user corrects the text using the text correction section 5 while checking this proofreading information on the display device 7.

As a result, "absolutely desperate" was corrected to "desperately",
Other than that, we decided to leave the current notation as is.

The result of this correction is shown in FIG. 3C.

As described above, by providing a mechanism for detecting expressions to be proofread, conventional grammar proofing devices can replace the ``detection of undesirable expressions'' that was traditionally performed exclusively by humans in the grammar proofing work, and This greatly reduced the burden on workers.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the conventional grammar proofing device configured as described above has the problem that it is difficult for users to use because it gives unnecessary indications when the same document is repeatedly proofread. Ta.

Still, there was a problem in that the calibration process took a long time due to unnecessary processing.

When creating documents using a word processor or the like, authors are often in charge of proofreading, and they work on revising the draft while proofreading. That is, there are many situations in which the calibration function is applied repeatedly. In such a case, if you edit and proofread the text after the first proofreading, even the parts pointed out by the grammar proofing device in the first proofing that the user intentionally ignored will be pointed out each time. become.

In the sentence shown in Figure 3C, after correcting the end of the first paragraph from ``It happened frequently'' to ``Ah! I did it'', if you run the proofreading process again, the proofreading information will be as shown in Figure 3D. is output to.

The presentation of the expression to be corrected shown in FIG. 3 is repeated. This is a meaningless display for users who have decided that they want to use kanji expressions for ``to'', ``koto'', and ``deki'' on purpose. usually,
A user who does not remember the entire calibration history must check the calibration information display one by one, which increases the time required for the calibration process itself.

In view of the problems of the conventional grammar proofing devices, an object of the present invention is to provide a grammar proofing device that is easy to use and requires short proofreading time, which eliminates the need for the user to check the parts that have already been proofread. do.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention comprises at least a text storage unit that stores the text of a sentence as a character code string, and a proofreading target expression detection unit that detects a sentence expression to be proofread from the text in the text storage unit. , a text correction unit that corrects the text in the text storage unit; a text history storage unit that stores text proofreading history information and correction history information in association with each constituent element of the text in the text storage unit; A proofreading history recording section that records the proofreading history for the text, a correction history recording section that records the correction history for the text, a history comparison section that compares the proofreading history and the correction history, and a text whose correction history is not old compared to the proofreading history. The text proofreading device includes a proofreading range limiting unit that limits the detection range of the proofreading target expression detection unit so that proofreading target expressions are detected only for constituent elements.

According to the above-described structure, the present invention stores history information that has been proofread and corrected history information for each text constituent element in the text history information storage section, and allows corrections to be made after proofreading. For the parts that have not been added, the calibration range limiting section limits the detection range of the calibration target expression detection section.
To shorten the time required for calibration without requiring unnecessary confirmation from a user.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a keyword extraction device in an embodiment of the present invention.

1.2.3.4.5.6 and 7 in this configuration diagram are the second
These components are the same as the components with the same numbers in the conventional example shown in the figure.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a text history information storage unit, which stores the date and time when the latest proofreading process and correction process were performed for each paragraph as proofreading history information and correction history information, respectively.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a modification history recording section which, when a modification is made by the text modification section 6, records the text modification history information in the text history information storage section 8 corresponding to the modified paragraph at the time when the modification was made. Update.

1o is a proofreading history recording part, which records the time when the latest proofreading history information in the text history information storage part 8 corresponding to the paragraph that is the detection target is proofread when the proofreading target expression detection part 2 is activated. Update to.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a history comparison section, which compares the correction history information in the text history information storage section 8 with the proofreading history information for a specified paragraph. If the comparison result correction history information is newer than the calibration history information, a positive value is output as the comparison result signal; otherwise, a negative value is output.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a proofreading range limiting section, which makes a judgment in the history information comparing section 11 for each paragraph in the text history information storage section 8, and sets only those for which a positive value is output as the range for the proofreading target expression detection process. do.

The operations of the grammar proofing apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below by dividing them into [proofreading target expression detection] and [text correction] using the flowcharts of FIG. 4 and b.

[Text correction]

1o1 Key When the user intends to modify the text in the state of waiting for manual input, he or she presses a key for instructing modification from the keyboard of the modification instructing device 6.

102 Key Judgment Control is transferred to 103 if the input key is a "cursor movement key", to 104 if it is a "delete key", and to 105 if it is a "character key or input control key".

103 When a cursor movement key in the up, down, left, or right direction is input, the cursor control text modification unit 6 updates the internally held cursor position by the number of characters in the specified direction and redisplays the cursor display position accordingly. .

104 Character deletion The text modification unit 6 deletes the text code at the current cursor position and shifts the character codes after the cursor position forward one by one.

105 Character input text correction unit 6 performs kana-kanji conversion input using the character keys and input control keys on the correction instruction device θ. The characters you type are inserted in sequence between the current cursor position and the previous character.

106 Update of revision history information When a part of the text information on the text storage section 1 is updated as a result of "deletion" or "character input" processing, the revision history recording section 9 updates the revision history information of the paragraph including the changed part. . The modification history information is stored on the text history information storage section T. After updating the modification history information, the system enters the input waiting state again.

[Calibration target expression detection]

201 Proofreading instruction input When the proofreading instruction key on the proofreading instruction device 4 is pressed, the proofreading range limiting unit 12 assumes that an instruction has been given to detect the expression to be proofread for the text in the text storage unit 1 at that time. will be activated.

202 Proofreading range limitation The proofreading range limiting unit 12 compares the correction history information stored in the text history information storage unit 8 with the proofreading history information for each paragraph using the history comparison unit 11. The judgment result is correct,
That is, the paragraph identification number of the paragraph whose modification history information is newer than the proofreading history information is determined as the proofreading range.

203 Detection of proofreading target expressions The proofreading target expression detecting unit 2 detects proofreading target expressions in the text storage unit 1 for the range of paragraphs instructed by the proofreading range limiting unit 12.

204 Calibration Information Display The calibration target expression detection unit 2 outputs the detected calibration target expression and the reason for its detection to the calibration information display unit 3. The calibration information display section 3 outputs and displays each expression to be calibrated and the reason for its detection on the display screen of the display device 7.

205 History Update Next, the proofreading target expression detection unit 2 outputs the number of the paragraph containing the detected proofreading target expression to the proofreading history recording unit 10. The proofreading history recording unit 1o overwrites and updates the current time as the proofreading history information of the paragraph with the corresponding number in the text history storage unit 8 based on the given paragraph number.

Once the update is complete, it will be waiting for input again.

FIG. 6 describes the proofreading process when proofreading a text using this embodiment.

FIG. 6d shows how the text before proofreading is displayed. This is the same content as FIG. 3a. The text consists of two paragraphs.

FIG. 5 a-1 shows the contents of the text history information storage section 7 for FIG. 6 a. The example text was created at 10:20 on April 12, 1988.

The modification time (in this case, the creation time) is used as the implicit value for the proofreading time of an unedited text.

When a proofreading instruction is given to the above example sentence, since the proofreading history and the correction history are equal, the proofreading target range becomes t41 and the second paragraph. That is, proofreading target expressions are detected for the entire text stored in the text storage section 1, and proofreading information shown in FIG. 6 is output to the proofreading information display section 3. This is equivalent to that shown in Figure 3. As a result of the user's judgment after reading the display of the expression to be calibrated shown in the figure, "absolutely hopeless" is changed to "desperately". The user intentionally ignores the presentation of other expressions to be calibrated. The proofreading process was done on 13 on the day of input.
At 1:30, the proofreading history in the text history information storage section 7 is updated as shown in FIG. 6b-1.

Furthermore, the final expression of the first paragraph was changed from ``It happened frequently'' to ``It happened'', as shown in Figure 5C. Text history information storage unit 8 at the time of completion of this modification
The contents are shown in Figure 6 c-1.

This is the result of the correction completed at 16:40 on the day after the calibration.

Next, when the proofreading process is instructed again for final proofreading of the same text, the first paragraph is selected as the proofreading target range because the proofreading history is older than the correction history. On the other hand, the second paragraph is excluded from the scope of proofreading because the revision history is older than the proofreading history. In other words, the image range for the calibration pair is only the first paragraph.

However, since the expression to be proofread no longer exists in the first paragraph, the output screen becomes as shown in FIG. 5d without any proofreading information displayed.

In this manner, compared to the conventional example, the user can easily determine that the grammar correction apparatus has no longer pointed out the problem.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by limiting the calibration range prior to detecting the expression to be calibrated, the computer processing itself is omitted and the response time is shortened.

In addition, in this example, the unit of "paragraph" was used as a sentence component, but this was changed to "whole document, chapter,
It may be a logical unit such as a section, paragraph, or sentence, or a text component organized in a physical unit such as a file, block, line, or number of characters.

In addition, in this example, the calibration range was limited in advance and the expression to be calibrated was detected. May be used.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, by not presenting unnecessary proofreading information to the user, it is possible to provide a text proofreading processing device that is easy to operate and requires a short time for proofreading.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the grammar proofing device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional grammar proofing device, and Fig. 3 is a screen example for explaining the operation of the conventional grammar proofing device. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the grammar proofing device of this embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for explaining the operation of the grammar proofing device of this embodiment. 1...Text storage unit, 2...Proofreading target expression detection unit, 12...Proofreading range limiting unit, 11
...History comparison unit, 8...Text history information storage unit, 9...Modification history recording unit, 1o...
...Proofreading history recording section, 6...Text correction section. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and 1 other person
1 Fig. Fig. Fig. (a) (b) (C) How Fig. (mu Fig. (b) ) (Cl) (d)

Claims (1)

[Claims] a text storage unit that stores at least the text of a sentence as a character code string; a proofreading target expression detection unit that detects a sentence expression to be proofread from the text in the text storage unit; and a correction target expression detection unit that corrects the text in the text storage unit. a text correction section; a text history storage section that stores text proofreading history information and correction history information in association with each constituent element of the text in the text storage section; and a proofreading history recording section that records the proofreading history of the text. , a correction history recording section that records the correction history for the text, a history comparison section that compares the proofreading history and the correction history, and detects expressions to be proofread only for text constituent elements whose correction history is not older than the proofreading history. A proofreading device comprising: a proofreading range limiting section that limits a detection range of the proofreading target expression detecting section.