JPH03102564A - Japanese sentence input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a Japanese sentence, which can be analyzed by an information processor, by displaying the candidates of words to be inputted in a variable part in the syntax pattern of the Japanese sentence and selecting the word to be inputted out of these displayed words. CONSTITUTION:As an example, when inputting the Japanese sentence meaning 'to recover an erased file', at first, the first candidate is selected from the display of a pattern menu 21. At such a time, it is displayed on a screen to respectively input a noun to an input field 27 and a verb to an input field 28. The 'file' is selected from the candidates of the words to be inputted to the input field 27 and further, the modifier of the 'erased' is selected out of the candidates of the words to modify the 'file'. Samely, the word of the 'recover' is selected out of the candidates to the input field 28 and the words of 'to recover an erased file' are inputted to the information processor.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Summary) It relates to a Japanese sentence input device, and in particular, an input device for inputting Japanese sentences, a Japanese sentence interpretation device for interpreting input Japanese sentences, and a display device for displaying input documents. Regarding a Japanese sentence input device that inputs data to an information processing device in Japanese, the information processing device can accurately interpret the Japanese text even if the user does not have detailed knowledge of the Japanese sentences that the device can accept. A structure diagram display means for displaying a syntactic pattern of a Japanese sentence as a structure diagram on the display device, and a structure diagram display means for displaying a syntactic pattern of a Japanese sentence as a structure diagram on the display device. The present invention comprises a word display means for displaying word candidates that can be input at variable intervals in a pattern, and a selection means for selecting a word to be input from the displayed words.

(Industrial Application Field) The invention relates to a Japanese sentence input device, and in particular, an input device for inputting Japanese sentences, a Japanese sentence interpretation device for interpreting input Japanese sentences, and a display for displaying input documents. Hiki M, which has a display device and performs input to the information processing device in Japanese.
Regarding a Δ sentence input device.

[Conventional technology]

When an information processing device searches a database or issues a command to the OS, a natural language that has a large expressive power and is easy to use may be used as a language for help commands. In Japan, such input devices use Japanese as a natural language.

An example of such an input device for Japanese/Japanese sentences is shown in FIG. This includes an input device 31 for inputting Japanese sentences into the information processing device, a Japanese sentence interpretation device 32 for interpreting the input Japanese sentences, and a display armor 3 for displaying the input documents.
3, a display 41 is provided on the display device 33 as shown in FIG. 6(1), so that Japanese sentences can be input freely, and the input Japanese sentences are interpreted by the Japanese interpretation device W32. This is what I did. In addition, as shown in Figure 6 (2), in order to facilitate the input of Japanese sentences, templates 1 to 42 with particles specified for manual input are displayed on the display device, and the frames for these templates 1 to 42 are displayed. It allows you to enter Japanese words inside.

The example shown in Figures 6 (1) and (2) in ``2'' shows a case where, for example, a command ``do not delete file'' is input in order to delete data stored in a specific file.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the above-mentioned Hiki Edict input device, the 4114 sentences and phrases of the input Japanese sentences are ambiguous, so the Japanese language analysis device 32 may not be able to analyze their meanings. Furthermore, even when users input Japanese sentences, there is a problem in that they are unable to input accurately because they do not know what kind of syntax, phrases, and words will be accepted by the information processing device.

Therefore, the present invention provides a Japanese sentence input device that can input Japanese sentences that can be accurately interpreted by an information processing device, even if the user does not have detailed knowledge of Japanese sentences that can be accepted by the information processing device. The purpose is to provide.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the present invention, means for solving the above problems are as follows:
As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus has an input device 1 for inputting Japanese sentences, a Japanese sentence interpretation device 2 for interpreting the input Japanese sentences, and a display device 3 for displaying the input documents. In a Japanese sentence input device that performs input in Japanese, there is a structure diagram display 4 that displays the syntactic pattern of a Japanese sentence as a structure diagram on the display device 3, and words that can be input into variable parts in this pattern. The present invention is provided with a word display row 5 for displaying the complement #, and a selection row 6 for selecting a word to be input from the displayed words.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, the structure diagram display 4 displays the syntactic pattern of a Japanese sentence as a structure diagram on the display device 3, and the word display means 5 displays word candidates that can be input in variable positions in this pattern. Therefore, the user can easily input a Japanese sentence acceptable to the information processing device by selecting the word to be input from the words displayed on the selection means.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the Japanese sentence input device according to the invention will be described based on the drawings.

2 to 4 show an embodiment of the Japanese sentence input device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the Japanese/Japanese sentence input device has the structure shown in FIG.

In the figure, numeral 10 indicates a management section interface, 11 an analysis management section, 17 a structural drawing section, and 16 an application analysis section. The analysis management section 11 is connected to an initial pattern acquisition section 18, a detailed pattern acquisition section 19, a pattern analysis section 12, a free-form Japanese sentence analysis section 13, a word candidate acquisition section 20, and a word registration analysis section 21. A pattern management unit 14 is connected to the acquisition unit 18, detailed pattern acquisition unit 19, pattern analysis unit 12, and free-form Japanese sentence analysis unit 13, and the pattern analysis unit 12, free-form Japanese sentence analysis unit 13, and word candidate acquisition Part 20, word registration capital 2
1 has dictionary management capital 15. Sell it.

First, when an input request is sent from the application section 16 to the analysis manager 11, the analysis manager 11 requests the initial pattern acquisition section 18 for information necessary for adjusting the initial pattern. The initial pattern acquisition unit 18 is the pattern management unit 14
The information on the initial pattern is acquired from and sent to the analysis manager Iku 11. The analysis management unit 11 sends this information to the interface management unit 10, and the interface management unit 10 uses the structure drawing tool 17 to create an initial menu and display it on the screen.

A case in which the user requests detailed information will now be described. The interface management unit 10 sends the type of pattern and the type of detailed information requested by the user to the analysis management unit 11.

The analysis management section 11 uses the detailed pattern acquisition section 19 to obtain necessary pattern information from the pattern management section 14 and sends it to the interface management section 10. The interface management unit 10 again uses the structure diagram creation unit 17 to create a structure diagram of the pattern, which is detailed information, and displays it on the screen. Requests for more detailed information are also handled in this manner.

Next, a case will be described in which the user inputs a Japanese sentence by inputting a word in a pattern.

The input word and pattern type are sent to the analysis manager 11, and the analysis manager 11 starts up the pattern analysis section 12.

The pattern analysis unit 12 performs analysis based on the pattern,
The analysis result is converted into an internal representation format used by the application and sent to the analysis management section 11. Analysis management capital 11
returns this analysis result to the application section 16 and completes the initial input request from the application section 16. In response to the next input request from the application section 16,
Since the initial pattern is already displayed on the screen, the analysis management unit 1 prevents the initial pattern from being displayed on the screen again.
The only difference is that it is controlled by one hand.

When the user inputs a Japanese sentence in a free format without using a pattern, the input Japanese sentence is passed through the analysis management section 11 and analyzed by the free-form Japanese sentence analysis section 13.

At this time, if the analysis cannot be performed, the pattern closest to the input Japanese sentence is sent to the analysis management unit 11 along with the information that "the input could not be performed." At the request of the analysis management section 11, the interface management section 10 displays this information on the screen and prompts the user to check the pattern and input Japanese language sentences that can be correctly analyzed.

Next, when the user gives an instruction using a pointing device such as a mouse device, the interface management section 10 sends information about which part of which pattern is a candidate to the analysis management section 11.

The analysis management section 11 sends this information to the word candidate acquisition section 820, and the word candidate acquisition section 20 obtains a set of corresponding words from the dictionary management section 15 based on the type of the requested word (part of speech, etc.). It is sent to the interface manager 10 via the analysis manager 11. The interface manager 10 lays out words in an easy-to-read format and displays them on the screen.

When the user specifies a word to be registered using a mouse device, the interface management unit 10 displays a message on the screen asking, for example, ``In which blank space of which pattern would you like to register a word that can be used?''.

The above-described processing is performed while the user requests detailed information or selects word candidates. Finally, when the spelling of the word to be registered by the user is input, the spelling and information about which pattern and which part of the word is used are returned to the analysis management section 11. The word registration unit 21 registers words in the dictionary management unit 15 based on the type of word (part of speech, etc.).

Next, the display of the Japanese sentence input device according to this embodiment will be explained. First, in the initial state, a pattern menu 21 is displayed on the display device as shown in FIG.

This pattern menu 21 includes conventional templates that are displayed as input sentence candidates.
Suggestions such as "[ ] to [ ]" will be displayed. In this example, the final candidate (No. N in the figure) is displayed as the final candidate (No. As shown in Figure 3, “[] to [
] is displayed. In the input area of the structure diagram to be input, the part of speech of the word to be input into each area is displayed, for example, "noun" in the first area 27 and "verb" in the second area 28. According to this display, the user can input, for example, "[recover] [file]".

Furthermore, in this embodiment, candidates for words that can be input into each area and candidates for words that can be input to modify each edict can be displayed on the display screen. This is done by selecting input fields 24 and 29 using the mouse device in order to display word candidates and word modification patterns in the structure diagram 22.
is displayed. Also in this example,
An input area 26 is provided for registering new words.

When such an input area is selected, a noun modification pattern 23, a verb modification pattern 34, a word candidate display 25, and a registered word input field 36 are displayed as shown in Fig. 3, and the necessary words, etc. are selected and input. We believe that it is possible.

Here, for example, a case will be explained in which a Japanese sentence such as ``Recover a deleted file'' is input.

First, the first candidate is selected from the pattern menu 21 displayed. Then, as shown in Figure 4, "[
] is displayed, and the first input file 1 is displayed.
Enter "noun" in field 27, and enter "noun" in field 2.
8 indicates that a verb should be input. Then, when you select the word display input field to display word candidates, candidates for word 11 to be input are displayed in the first input field 27, so select "File" from among them, and then select "File" from this list. Select field 24 to display candidate words that can modify "file," and select the modifier "erased" from these word candidates. do. In this way, the word "recovery" can be selected from the candidates in the second input field, and the word "recover deleted files" can be input to the information processing device.

Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the user does not have sufficient knowledge of Japanese sentences that the information processing apparatus can understand, it is possible to accurately and easily input the correct Japanese sentences into the information processing apparatus. Furthermore, if the user has sufficient knowledge about the Japanese sentences that can be input into the input device, if the user selects the input area where the Nth Japanese sentence can be freely input when selecting the initial pattern menu. It is possible to perform quick input.

1 2 [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the structure diagram display means for displaying the syntactic pattern of a Japanese sentence on the display device as a structure diagram in the Japanese sentence input device, and the variable Since the device is equipped with a word display means for displaying word candidates that can be input into the part, and a selection means for selecting a word to be input from the displayed words, the information processing device can provide the user with understandable Japanese sentences. Even if you do not have sufficient knowledge of Japanese, you can easily input correct Japanese sentences into an information processing device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the Japanese sentence input device according to the present invention, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing the second embodiment of the Japanese sentence input device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of another embodiment of the Japanese-Japanese sentence input device according to the invention, and FIG. 5 is a conventional Japanese sentence input device. A diagram showing the device;
Figures 86 (1) and (2) are diagrams showing display examples of conventional Japanese language sentence input devices. 1...Input device 2...Japanese sentence interpretation device 3...Display device 4...・Structure diagram display means 5...Word display 1,000 steps 6...Selection means

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input device (1) for inputting Japanese sentences, a Japanese sentence interpretation device (2) for interpreting the input Japanese sentences, and a display device (3) for displaying the input documents. , a Japanese sentence input device that performs input to an information processing device in Japanese, the display device (
3); a word display means (5) for displaying word candidates that can be input into the variable part of this pattern; and a word display means (5) for displaying word candidates that can be input into the variable part of this pattern; and selecting a word to be input from the displayed words. A Japanese sentence input device characterized by comprising: selection means (6) for selecting.