JPH03127165A - Kana to kanji conversion japanese language input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the burden of a data input and to improve input operability in a Japanese language input of a general word and a Japanese language input of a person name word, respectively by providing a KANA (Japanese syllabary) to KANJI (Chinese character) conversion control part for controlling a conversion sequence of a KANA to KANJI conversion processing standard dictionary and a person name dictionary. CONSTITUTION:A KANA to KANJI conversion dictionary is constituted of a standard dictionary 5 and a person name dictionary 6. A switch key 1-1 is used in order to instruct a conversion sequence of the standard dictionary and the person name dictionary used in the case of executing KANA to KANJI conversion, and when the switch key 1-1 is turned on, the standard dictionary is converted first, and thereafter, the person name dictionary is converted, and when the switch key 1-1 is turned off, the person name dictionary is converted first, and thereafter, the standard dictionary is converted. In such a way, in the case of executing a Japanese language input of a general word or a person name word, the number of key touches executed until a target Japanese language appears as candidate character is decreased.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion Japanese input method.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional kana-kanji conversion Japanese input method is to press the kanji key, select Japanese mode, enter "kana" which is the pronunciation of the word to be converted to Japanese, and then press the conversion key. This is done by selecting the desired Japanese character from a plurality of candidate Japanese characters displayed on the display for the "kana" input. In this case, kana-kanji conversion is performed using only one kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which Japanese candidate characters are registered. The kana-kanji conversion dictionary stores general words and personal names, but the order of kana-kanji conversion is a fixed order: general words followed by personal names, or personal names followed by general words.

Here, the conventional kana-kanji-Japanese input method will be specifically explained using FIGS. 4a and 4b.

As shown in Figures 4a and 4b, after pressing the Kanji key to select the Japanese mode on the screen 24, if you enter "°Keiko" from the keyboard on the screen 25, the screen 24 will appear.
It becomes 6. When you press the conversion key on this screen 26, screen 2
7 is obtained. On this screen 27, it is necessary to press the conversion key many times until the desired Japanese appears among the displayed candidate characters.

In this example, if you press the conversion key once, you will get screen 28, and if you press the conversion key again, you will get screen 29. However, on this screen 29, the target candidate character "Keiko J" appears in the 7th position, so the number 7” by entering “
The desired kanji ``keiko'' for ``Keiko'' is obtained as a screen 30. By this method, Japanese input is completed on the screen 30.6 [Problem to be solved by the invention] The above-mentioned conventional kana-kanji conversion Japanese input method uses only one kana-kanji in which general words and personal names are stored. Kana-Kanji conversion was performed using a conversion dictionary, and the conversion order was fixed for general words and human words, so when inputting general words or personal names into Japanese, the target Japanese was the candidate. It requires a large number of key touches before it appears as a character, and it has the disadvantage that it takes a lot of time to input Japanese. In addition, there was also the drawback that errors in Japanese input were likely to occur, resulting in poor efficiency.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks, and when converting kana-kanji, use two dictionaries: a standard dictionary storing general words and a personal name dictionary storing personal names. In this case, the Japanese candidate character for the common word appears first, and in the case of Japanese input for the word of life, the Japanese candidate character for the word of life appears first. It is about providing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The method of the present invention is a kana-kanji conversion Japanese input method in a terminal equipped with a keyboard, a screen, and a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, wherein the kana-kanji conversion dictionary is composed of a standard dictionary and a personal name dictionary, and also has a kana-kanji conversion function. A kana-kanji conversion control unit that controls the conversion order of the above-mentioned standard dictionary and personal name dictionary used when performing kana-kanji conversion processing by turning the keyboard switch OFF/ON; The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a conversion dictionary control section that controls the reading of a personal name dictionary from a disk file, and inputs Japanese from kana input data while operating switch keys on a keyboard.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, keyboard 1 is used to input kana, numbers, etc. for inputting Japanese, and in addition to normal keys such as kana character keys and number keys, it also has switch keys 1-1.
．． Kanji key 1-2. A conversion key 1-3 and an enter key 1-4 are provided.

Switch key 1-1 is used to instruct the conversion order of the standard dictionary and personal name dictionary used when converting kana-kanji. When switch key 1-1 is ON, the standard dictionary is converted first and then the dictionary is converted. When the switch key 1-1 is OFF, the personal name dictionary is converted first and then the standard dictionary is converted.

The Kanji key 1-2 is used to select the Japanese mode when inputting Japanese.

Conversion keys 1-3 are used to convert kana input into kanji, and enter keys 1-4 are used to register Japanese candidate characters converted from kana input as kanji input data and display them on display 8. This is used when displaying.

The keyboard control section 2 controls signals input from the keyboard 1 to be identified and transmitted to each control section.

The kana-kanji conversion control unit 3 converts the kana input transmitted via the keyboard control unit 2 into kana-kanji, and also displays the transmitted kana input and Japanese converted into kana-kanji on the display 8. The information is transmitted to the screen control unit 7 for this purpose. Further, the kana-kanji conversion control unit 3 transmits control signals for reading the standard dictionary 5 and personal name dictionary 6 used for kana-kanji conversion to the conversion dictionary control unit 4, It controls the conversion order of the standard dictionary 5 and the personal name dictionary 6, and performs various controls thereof.

The conversion dictionary control section 4 performs various controls for reading out the standard dictionary 5 and the personal name dictionary 6 based on the signals transmitted from the kana-kanji conversion control section 3, controls access to the standard dictionary 5 as a memory, and reads out the personal name dictionary 6. access is controlled as a disk.

In the standard dictionary 5 and personal name dictionary 6, multiple Japanese words corresponding to one kana character are registered, and the standard dictionary 5 is a dictionary in which 33,000 common words are registered. The personal name dictionary 6 is a dictionary in which 170,000 kanji characters for personal names are registered.

The screen control section 7 performs various controls for displaying kana, numbers, Japanese, etc. on the display 8.

Next, the operation of kana-kanji conversion will be explained.

FIG. 2 shows a switch key 1-1 in an embodiment of the present invention.
The relationship between the screen and keyboard input is shown when is ON, that is, when the standard dictionary 5 is converted first and then the personal name dictionary 6 is converted.

In FIG. 2, a screen 14 is a display screen for Japanese input of kana-kanji conversion, and there is a kana-kanji conversion area 9 at the bottom of the screen, and six screens in which a kana input field 10 and a candidate character display field 11 are provided. A kanji input field 12 is provided at the top. Further, the cursor 13 is indicated by a "-" line, and represents the next input position from the keyboard 1.

Next, the case where the common Japanese word "keiko" is inputted in FIG. 2 will be explained.

On the screen 14, the operator turns on the switch key 1-1 from the keyboard 1, and then presses the kanji key 1-2 to enter the Japanese mode and obtain the screen 15.

On this screen 15, if you input "Keiko" from the keyboard 1, the input content will be displayed in the kana input field 10 on the screen 16. On the screen 16, press 3 on the conversion key,
By making a kana-kanji conversion request, the Japanese word “Keiko” is selected from the standard dictionary 5 as a candidate character for the input “Keiko”.
``Rehearsal'' is displayed in the candidate character display field 11 and screen 1
Get 7.

On this screen 17, when the enter key 1-4 is pressed, the Japanese input instruction for "keiko" is performed, "keiko" is displayed in the kanji input field 12, and screen 18 is obtained by using zero or more methods to input "keiko". Japanese input is completed.

Next, in FIG. 3, a case will be explained in which the Japanese word ``Satoko'' is input.

On screen 19, the operator presses switch key 1-1 and then presses kanji key 1-2 to enter the Japanese input mode and obtain screen 20.

On this screen 20, when you input "Keiko" from the keyboard 1, the input content is displayed in the kana input field 10 on the screen 21. When you press the conversion key 1-3 on the screen 21, candidate characters for the input "Keiko" are displayed. The Japanese word "Satoko" is displayed in the candidate character display field 11 from the personal name dictionary 6, and a screen 22 is obtained.

On this screen 22, when the enter key 1-4 is pressed, the Japanese input instruction for "Satoko" is performed, "Satoko" is displayed in the Kanji input field 12, and the screen 23 is obtained. Japanese input is completed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

By adopting the configuration described above, the present invention reduces the data input load in both Japanese input of general words and Japanese input of personal names.
This has the effect of improving input operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing the flow of data input operations using the Japanese input method of this embodiment, and FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of data input operations. 1...Keyboard, 1-1...Switch key 1-
2... Kanji key 1-3... Conversion key 1-4...
・Enter key, 2...Keyboard control section, 3...
Kana-kanji conversion control unit, 4... Conversion dictionary control unit, 5...
・Standard dictionary, 6... Personal name dictionary, 7... Screen control section,
8...Display, 9...Kana-Kanji conversion area,
10... Kana input field, 11... Candidate character display field, 12... Kanji input field, 13.
··cursor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a kana-kanji conversion Japanese input method in a terminal equipped with a keyboard, a screen, and a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary is composed of a standard dictionary and a personal name dictionary, and has a kana-kanji conversion function. a kana-kanji conversion control unit that controls the conversion order of the standard dictionary and personal name dictionary used when performing kana-kanji conversion processing by turning a switch on the keyboard OFF/ON; and a conversion dictionary control unit that controls reading of the personal name dictionary and reading of the personal name dictionary from a disk file, and inputs Japanese from kana input data while operating switch keys of the keyboard. Conversion Japanese input method.