JPH0232462A - Character converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the working efficiency of a KANA (Japanese syllabary)/ KANJI (Chinese character) conversion by altering the form of a cursor, and making a user recognize the necessity of the selection of a candidate when the respective conversion candidates in Roman characters or KANA are displayed. CONSTITUTION:When a document processing part 14 judges that the character key of a keyboard 11 is pushed through an input part 13, it displays a corresponding character in a document window 21 on a screen 20 of a display part 18. When a character converting key is pushed, the character string in the Roman characters is sent to a converting part 16, and a KANJI conversion is executed. The converting part 16 extracts KANJI to be the conversion candidate, displays it on a window 22, issues an instruction to a cursor control part 15, and alters the form of a cursor 23. When the altered cursor 23' is displayed on the screen, a user selects the desired candidate out of the plural candidates, and the character string is sent to the processing part 14, and displayed at a prescribed position in the document in the window 21.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a character conversion device that converts an input character string into another character string, and in particular, the present invention relates to a character conversion device that converts an input character string into another character string. The present invention relates to a character conversion device that selects conversion candidates.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, such devices include a kana-kanji conversion device that converts a string of Roman characters or hiragana characters into a string of corresponding kanji characters, in which a user presses a character key on a keyboard to input a predetermined Roman character or hiragana character string. When a character string is input and the kanji conversion key is then pressed, kanji candidates corresponding to the input Roman or hiragana character string are displayed in a candidate display window that is displayed in advance. Then, when the user selects a desired kanji from the above candidates, the Roman or hiragana character string on the display section is converted to kana-kanji into the selected kanji character string, composing and displaying the desired document. .

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above device, the display position of the input Roman character or hiragana character string and the display position of each candidate corresponding to the character string are separated on the display unit (generally (The input character string is at the top of the display and the corresponding candidate is at the bottom right), so it is difficult to determine whether it is necessary to select a candidate during kana-kanji conversion or from the candidate corresponding to the display position of the input character string. This method has the disadvantage that it is not immediately clear whether or not the selected kanji character string has been displayed, and the user has to check each candidate display one by one, which reduces the work efficiency of kana-kanji conversion.

The present invention was made in view of the above problems, and it makes it easy for the user to understand that it is necessary to select a candidate for Kana-Kanji conversion and that the selected Kanji is displayed in the display position of the input Romaji or Hiragana. An object of the present invention is to provide a character conversion device that can improve the work efficiency of kana-kanji conversion.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the present invention, an input first character string (Romaji or Kana character string) is converted into a corresponding second character string (Kanji character string).
a display section such as a display for displaying character data, a cursor for specifying an arbitrary position on the display, and a conversion candidate for the Kanji character string corresponding to the Hiragana character string. Display control means for displaying each of the candidates when a plurality of candidates exist, and changing and controlling the shape of the cursor displayed on the display, and specifying the displayed candidate character string of kanji using the cursor. The present invention is characterized by comprising a selection means for selecting a desired kanji.

[Effect]

When displaying conversion candidates for a kanji character string that corresponds to an input Romaji or kana character string, the user can easily recognize that they need to select a candidate by changing the shape of the cursor. , after selecting a candidate, the cursor returns to its original shape. Thereby, the user can recognize that the kanji selected from the candidates has been converted and displayed at the display position of the input Roman characters or kana.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a character conversion device according to the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 11 is used to input various data including character data and commands such as kana-kanji conversion, and a mouse 12 is used as a display.
This is for moving the cursor displayed on 18 to an arbitrary position.

The input unit 13 controls the keyboard 11 and mouse 12, processes data and commands input from the keyboard 11 and mouse 12, and sends the processed signals to the document processing unit 1.
4 and the cursor control unit 15.

The expenditure processing unit 14 sends a character string to the display control unit 17 based on the processed signal, displays the character string on the display 18, and sends the character string to be converted into kana-kanji to the kana-kanji conversion unit 16. , performs kana-kanji conversion.

If there are multiple conversion candidates at this time, the kana-kanji conversion unit 16 sends them to the display control unit 17 to display them in the candidate display window of the display 18, and also causes the cursor control unit 15 to change the shape of the cursor. Send a command to change.

The input control unit 15 controls the movement of the cursor displayed on the display 18 based on instructions from the input unit 13, and changes the shape of the cursor via the display control unit 17 based on instructions from the kana-kanji conversion unit 16. and displayed on the display 18.

Next, the candidate selection operation according to the present invention will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, the document processing unit 14 determines whether a character key has been pressed via the input unit 13 (step 101). When a character key on the keyboard is pressed, the corresponding character is displayed on the display as shown in FIG. 18 in the document window 21 displayed on the screen 20 (step 102
). Then, it is determined whether the kanji conversion key has been pressed (step 103).

Here, if the kanji conversion key on the keyboard 11 is not pressed, the process returns to step 101 to determine whether the next character key is pressed, and if the kanji conversion key is pressed, the roman character to be converted to kana-kanji is Character string to kana-kanji conversion part 1
6 and performs the corresponding kanji conversion (step 10).
4). The kana-kanji conversion unit 16 extracts kanji that are conversion candidates, displays the extracted plurality of conversion candidates in the candidate display window 22 that is displayed in advance on the display screen 20, as shown in FIG. Step 1
05), sends a command to change the shape of the cursor 23 displayed in FIG.
3 is changed (step 106). In the embodiment, the changed shape of the cursor 23' is displayed in the shape of a "hand" as shown in FIG. 4, but the shape of the cursor is not limited to this and may be any desired shape.

When the changed cursor 23' is displayed on the screen, the user can move the cursor 23' as shown in FIG.
A desired candidate can be selected from among a plurality of candidates, and when the desired candidate is selected, the character string is sent to the document processing section 14, and is placed at a predetermined position (conversion) in the document in the document window 21. (the position of the target Roman character) (step 108). Then, the cursor control section 15
At step 109), the shape of the cursor is returned to the original shape shown in FIG. 3, and the process returns to step 101 to determine whether the next character key will be pressed.

Therefore, if there are multiple candidates for a Kanji character string that corresponds to a given Roman character string, the shape of the cursor in the document window will change, allowing the user to create a document when there are multiple Kanji characters to be converted. The user can easily recognize that a candidate needs to be selected by changing the shape of the cursor without having to check the candidate display window located away from the document being created. This allows the user to concentrate on character input operations. Furthermore, after selecting a candidate, the cursor returns to its original shape, so the user can easily recognize that the selected Kanji character string has been converted and displayed in the document.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, it is possible to easily inform the user that selection of a candidate is necessary due to the existence of multiple candidates, and that the selected character string of kanji is converted and displayed in the document. Since it can be recognized, the work efficiency of kana-kanji conversion can be improved.

11...keyboard, 12...mouse, 13...
Input section, 14... Document processing section, 15... Cursor control section, 16... Kana-Kanji conversion section, 17... Display control section, 18... Display section (display), 20... Screen , 21... Document window, 22... Candidate display window, 23.23'... Cursor.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character conversion device according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the operation of kana-kanji conversion according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are diagrams showing the process of changing the screen of the display unit in accordance with the operation of FIG. 2. No.! Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] Character conversion means for converting an input first character string into a corresponding second character string, a display section for displaying character data, and a cursor for specifying an arbitrary position on the display section. A character conversion device having a character conversion device that displays each candidate when there are a plurality of conversion candidates for the second character string corresponding to the first character string, and a cursor displayed on the display unit. display control means for controlling a change in the shape of the second character string, and selection means for selecting a desired candidate by specifying the displayed second character string candidates with the cursor; 2. A character conversion device, wherein the character conversion device selects two character string candidates, and displays character data of the first character string and the second character string on the display unit.