JPH0235562A - Processing method for japanese syllabary to chinese character conversion - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change candidates in the opposite direction without altering a KANA(Japanese syllabary) to KANJI(Chinese character) conversion part by changing the storage positions of sequentially converted KANJI data. CONSTITUTION:When KANA-KANJI conversion is performed sequentially by a sequential conversion key 5 plural times, last converted KANJI data is saved in a stand-by buffer 8 from an output buffer 7 and the latest converted KANJI data is stored on the output buffer 7. Then, KANJI data on the output buffer 7 is taken out as KANJI data of a corresponding phrase. Then, when a previous conversion key 11 is operated, KANJI data stored on the output buffer 7 and stand-by buffer 8 are replaced and the resulting data is read out of the output buffer 7. Consequently, KANJI data are taken out in the opposite direction from the order of KANJI candidates read by a KANA-KANJI conversion part 2. Further, the KANA-KANJI conversion part 2 can be composed of a standard program and reduced in size.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion processing method for inputting a word using kana characters, receiving an instruction to convert the word from kana to kanji, and converting the word into kanji.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, the operation of sequential kana-kanji conversion processing used in word processors, etc. is to first input a word using kana characters, and when a conversion key is pressed, the word is converted into the first candidate kanji. will be displayed. If this is not the desired kanji, press the conversion key again to display the second candidate kanji instead.

In this way, when all the candidates are released, the first candidate is displayed again. At the time of each of these displays, if there is a confirmation opportunity such as inputting another kana character after the desired kanji has been obtained, the kana-to-kanji conversion process ends at that point.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned kana-kanji conversion method, if the desired kanji is displayed but the conversion key is pressed by mistake, in order to display that kanji again, all candidates must be There was a need for a function that would allow the conversion process to be performed by the kana-kanji converter in the opposite direction while changing the candidates. Since the kana-kanji conversion section generally follows standard processing, it was not desirable to make any changes to it.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion processing method that allows candidates to be changed in the opposite direction without changing the kana-kanji conversion unit by changing the storage location of sequentially converted kanji data. It is in.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for inputting a word using kana characters, and each time receiving an instruction for converting the word into kanji, the kana-kanji conversion unit generates kanji candidates for the word. In a kana-kanji conversion processing method that sequentially converts kana-to-kanji and extracts the converted data, each time the forward conversion key is operated for the input word, the kana-kanji is converted and the most recently converted kanji data is output to the output buffer. and store the kanji data previously stored in the output buffer in the save buffer, and when the previous conversion key is subsequently operated, mutually exchange the kanji data stored in the output buffer and the save buffer, The present invention provides a kana-kanji conversion processing method for extracting kanji candidates for the word based on the kanji data stored in the output buffer.

(Function) According to the present invention, when the forward conversion key is operated multiple times to perform successive kana-kanji conversion, the previously converted kanji data is transferred from the output buffer to the save buffer, and the most recently converted kanji data is transferred from the output buffer to the save buffer. The data is stored in the output buffer, and when the kanji data in the output buffer is retrieved as the kanji data for the word or phrase, and the previous conversion key is subsequently operated, the kanji data stored in the output buffer and the save buffer are swapped, and the kanji data stored in the output buffer and save buffer are exchanged. Kanji data in the resulting output buffer is retrieved in the same way.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a kana-kanji conversion processing circuit showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of a word processor that accommodates the circuit of FIG. 1.

1 is the main body of the device, 2 is a kana-kanji conversion unit housed in the main body 1 of the device and converts kana words into kanji candidates using a standardized program, 3 is a keyboard, and 4 is a kana-kanji conversion unit that converts kana characters into the kana-kanji conversion unit 2. This is a kana-style oyster for entering words. 5 is a forward conversion key, and for each operation, the kana-kanji conversion section 2
The controller instructs the Kana-style Kaki-4 to sequentially convert the words into kana-kanji characters, or instructs a program by the control unit 6 to be described later. Reference numeral 6 denotes a control unit, which is housed in the main body 1 of the device, and when the forward conversion key 5 or the pre-conversion key 11 (described later) is operated, stores the kanji data converted by the kana-kanji conversion unit 2 by a program described later. Do this.

7 is an output buffer for storing kanji data and outputting the kanji candidates to a subsequent stage; 8 is a save buffer for restoring the kanji data in output buffer 7 or for mutually replacing the kanji data; 9
is an intermediary buffer for temporarily storing each kanji data during the above exchange. 10 is a shift key for instructing cursor movement and the like. Reference numeral 11 denotes a pre-conversion key, which functions when the forward conversion key 5 and shift key 10 are pressed simultaneously to specify the above-mentioned exchange control to the control unit 6, and is made up of sets of keys 5 and 10. Reference numeral 12 denotes a confirmation trigger key including a kana-style key 4 that indicates to the control unit 6 the trigger for ending the kana-kanji conversion.

13 is a display that displays kanji (kanji, etc.) based on the kanji data in the output buffer 7; 14 is a memory that is housed in the device body 1 and sequentially stores the kanji data, etc. in the output buffer 7 when the confirmation trigger key 12 is operated; 15 is memory 14
This is a floppy disk device that stores kanji data in a timely manner.

Next, the operation of the circuit shown in FIG. 1 will be explained. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation.

When a kana name is input using the kana style key-4 (step SL
), the control unit 6 initializes the kanji candidate number n output from the kana-kanji conversion unit 2 to 0 (no output) (S
2), each of the following flags Fl.

F2 is initialized to 0 (S3).

The flag Fl is a flag that becomes 1 when the forward conversion key 5 is operated when the number n is not 0, and the flag F2
is a flag that becomes 1 when a kanji character resulting from the operation of the previous conversion key 11 is displayed on the display 13.

When the forward conversion key 5 is subsequently operated (S4), since it is nmO at this time (S5) and the flag F2 is 0 (S a), the kanji candidate number n is incremented by 1 and the first candidate 1 is selected.
(S7). In this case, assuming that the number n is within the total number of candidates (S8), the kanji is converted to the n-1 candidate (
S9), the converted data is stored in the output buffer 7 (SIO), the kanji based on the kanji data is displayed on the display 13 (S11), and the flag F2 remains 0.
(S12). In addition, in step S8, when the number n exceeds the total number of candidates, the process returns to n-1 (
S13).

When the previous conversion key 11 is operated in this state (S4
, 514), because the flag Fl is 0 (S15)
, data is not exchanged between the output buffer 7 and the save buffer, which will be described later.

When the forward conversion key 5 is subsequently operated (S4), since n-1 is at this time (S5), the flag F1 becomes 1 (
91B), becomes n-2 (S6, S7), and is converted into Kanji (S8, 89). n-ml data is stored in the save buffer 8, n-2 data is stored in the output buffer 7 (SIO), and n-2 kanji are displayed (S1
1).

Next, for example, when the previous conversion key 11 is operated (S4, 5
L4), at this time, flag Fl is 1 and flag F2 is 0.
Therefore, the data n=2 in the output buffer 7 and the data n-1 in the save buffer 8 are exchanged (S17), and the data n=1 is displayed (S15).
1g). Then flag F2 becomes 1 (S19)
.

When the pre-conversion key 11 is operated in this state, data is not replaced in the same manner as described above (S4, S13.5J4).

Although not shown in the flowchart, in this embodiment, for example, if there are m candidates for kana-kanji conversion, when the first candidate is displayed by operating the forward conversion key 5, the previous conversion key 11 is pressed. When is operated, the mth candidate is displayed.

Next, when the forward conversion key 5 is operated (S4), the flag F2
-1, so the operation of the forward conversion key 5 is the kana-kanji conversion unit 2.
(S6), and the n-1 data stored in the output buffer 7 by the previous conversion and the n-2 data stored in the save buffer 8 are exchanged (S2
0), the kanji of data n-2 is displayed (S 11
). Flag F2 becomes 0 (S12).

In this state, it is possible to perform kana-kanji conversion by operating the forward conversion key 5 and to exchange data by operating the pre-conversion key 11.

Here, when the confirmation trigger key 12 is operated, for example, by operating a new Kanajin Kaki-4 (S21), the data in the output buffer 7 currently being displayed is stored in the memory 14, and the data is stored in a timely manner. It is stored on the floppy disk of the floppy disk device 15.

In addition, in this embodiment, for the kanji data resulting from the previous conversion other than the most recently converted kanji data, only the data one time before the latest conversion is stored so that the data one time before can be retrieved. Each piece of data from a plurality of times ago may be retrieved. In that case, make the evacuation buffer 8 multifaceted,
The data from each time before the latest is stored sequentially, and the previous conversion key 11
Each time A is operated, this is sequentially replaced with the data in the output buffer 7, or when the forward conversion key 5 is operated, the replacement is undone, and the data in the output A buffer 7 is retrieved for each of these operations. Make it into a program.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, by changing the storage location of converted data without changing the operation of kana-kanji conversion by the kana-kanji conversion unit,
Since the Kana-Kanji converter is able to extract kanji candidates in the opposite order, the Kana-Kanji converter can be configured using a standard program, providing a low-cost and highly reliable Kana-Kanji conversion processing method. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a kana-kanji conversion processing circuit according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of a word processor according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the circuit of FIG. 1. 2...Kana-kanji conversion section, 4...Kanajin Kaki-5...
・Forward conversion key 6...Control unit, 7...Output buffer, 8...Evacuation buffer, 11...Previous conversion key 13
...display. Patent Applicant Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Yoshi 1) Takashi Sei

Claims (1)

[Claims] Kana-kanji conversion in which a word is input using kana characters, and each time an instruction for kanji conversion is received, a kana-kanji conversion unit changes kanji candidates for the word, sequentially converts the word from kana to kanji, and extracts the converted data. In the processing method, each time the forward conversion key is operated for the input word/phrase, the above-mentioned kana-kanji conversion is performed, and the most recently converted kanji data is stored in the output buffer, and at the same time, the kanji data previously stored in the output buffer is Then, when the previous conversion key is operated, the kanji data stored in the output buffer and the save buffer are exchanged, and the word/phrase is converted based on the kanji data stored in the output buffer. A kana-kanji conversion processing method characterized by extracting kanji candidates.