JPH03206550A - Method and device for display of conversion candidate of read input character string - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability with these method and device by converting a long read input character string into a desired converted character string consisting of plural divided character units and at the same time displaying the conversion candidates after limiting them for each divided character. CONSTITUTION:The read input character string of a desired Japanese word to be inputted in KANA (Japanese syllabary) or Roman characters is inputted via a key input device 107. Thus a series of character codes equivalent to the read of the input character string are stored in a key code memory 106. When the character string is converted, a desired converted character string consisting of plural divided character units corresponding to the read input character string and the conversion candidate character string corresponding to the partial divided character units of the converted character string are simultaneously displayed on the same screen. Thus the selection of the conversion candidate character strings and the correction of the desired converted character string are carried out simultaneously with the converting operation and also for each divided character unit. Thus it is possible to omit the operation for display of the conversion candidates and to improve the operability in the display method for conversion candidates.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a computer or a word processor that has a function of converting a kana character string input into a character string containing kanji and kana. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying conversion candidate character strings associated with string conversion.

[Background of the invention]

Conventionally, when converting a kana character string input into a character string containing kanji and kana, the conversion results (conversion candidates) for the entire kana character string input specified by the operator as a conversion unit were displayed on the screen of the display device at once. it's shown. Furthermore, if the conversion result has multiple meanings, it is possible to enumerate and display all of the multiple meanings.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in cases where the conversion result is displayed at once for the entire character string input, or multiple meanings of the conversion result are displayed at once, the conversion unit, that is, the kana character string input, is In the case of a long character string input consisting of multiple words or multiple phrases, the conversion result (conversion candidate) corresponding to the character string input becomes 7L3 longer and its number increases, and as a result, the conversion result (conversion candidate) Some of the conversion results (candidates) are off the screen, making it difficult to visually select a desired conversion result (conversion candidate) from the displayed content.

(Objective of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to provide a system that allows selection and correction to be performed easily and quickly when, for example, correcting the kana-kanji conversion result for a long character string input consisting of multiple words or multiple phrases. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for displaying conversion candidate character strings.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention is a reading character string conversion device that converts a desired converted character string consisting of a plurality of words or a plurality of clauses into a character string, such as a kana-kanji character string. A desired converted character string consisting of the plurality of divided character units corresponding to the above and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to the divided character units of a part of the converted character string are displayed simultaneously on the same screen, In addition, when a desired conversion candidate character is selected from the conversion candidate characters corresponding to the divided character unit of a part of the converted character string in 4 above, the conversion candidate character corresponding to the next divided character unit following the divided character unit is automatically selected. This is in the method of displaying conversion candidates for the displayed reading input character string.

The present invention also provides an input means for inputting a kana character string, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the kana character string inputted by the input means into a kanji-kana mixed character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units, and the kana-kanji conversion means. a first display section that displays a kanji-kana mixed character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units converted by the means at positions 1 to 1 of the writing text; and a first display section that corresponds to one divided character unit of the converted kanji-kana mixed character string; display means including a second display unit for displaying conversion candidate character strings to be converted; and a display means for selecting a desired conversion candidate character string from among the conversion candidate character strings on the second display unit, and displaying the selected conversion candidate character string as described above. means for replacing a part of the converted character string in the text position of the first display section, and displays the converted Kanji-kana mixed character string and the conversion candidate character string on the same screen at the same time, Further, when a desired conversion candidate character is selected from the conversion candidate characters for a divided character unit of a part of the converted character string by the rewriting means, the conversion candidate character corresponding to the next divided character unit following the divided character unit is selected. There is a conversion candidate display device for reading input character strings, which is automatically displayed on the second display section.

When a kana input character string is converted into a kanji-kana-mixed character string consisting of multiple clauses, conversion candidates corresponding to one of the clauses are displayed on the same screen at the same time as the converted kanji-kana-mixed character string. This makes it possible to efficiently display, select, or modify multiple meanings of kana-kanji conversion such as a plurality of words and phrases.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a Japanese text input device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a processing device 101 is a microprocessor that reads and executes a program stored in a program memory 102, and also
5 to control each block and control data transfer.

When you input the Japanese pronunciation (pronunciation input character string) that you want to input in kana or romaji from the key human power device 107, the sequence of character codes corresponding to the pronunciation is stored in the key code memory 107.
It is stored in 06. In this case, the Japanese pronunciation is a word, a phrase, or a plurality of consecutive phrases, or
It can be anything from the beginning of a sentence to a full stop or comma. Each time the character code string stored in the key code memory 106 is input, the display control circuit 111 transfers the character code string stored in the key code memory 106 to the corresponding location in the refresh memory in the display device 112, that is, in the display device 112 indicated by the cursor pointer 113. Written to the cursel location. The display device ii 112 scans the refresh memory at regular intervals, receives the character pattern in the character generator 110 corresponding to the character code through the display control circuit 111, and displays it.

The timing 71 at which the key human power device 107 instructs the conversion of the input character series into a kanji-kana mixed sentence may be a single word or phrase, or a plurality of words or phrases, or both. , an appropriate combination of these may be used, but the units to be converted are usually determined depending on the Japanese text input device used. A conversion unit that is compatible with the present invention is a character string (unit of a plurality of divided characters) including at least two or more words or phrases.

The above conversion unit and the actual conversion timing may match, or several conversion units may be grouped together.
Although the conversions may be executed at the same time, in this embodiment, a case in which the unit of conversion and the timing of conversion execution are the same will be described.

When an instruction is given from the key human power device 107 to convert the input character series into a kanji-kana mixed sentence, the program from the program memory 102 loaded into the processing device 101 is transferred to the external storage device 114. executes kana-kanji conversion while referring to the contents of the terminology dictionary in the external storage device control circuit 113, converts the text into a sentence containing kanji and kana,
It is displayed on the text portion of the display device 8-112. The displayed kanji-kana mixed sentence is a sequence of terms and their connection information that are considered to be most appropriate as a result of kana-kanji conversion.

To explain one specific example of how to display candidates for the conversion results, for example, when multiple words or multiple phrases are converted into kana-kanji, candidates are displayed first by displaying the conversion results for the first word or phrase. Display on a display device.

At this time, as a result of converting an input string containing multiple words or phrases into kana-kanji, the delimiters between words or phrases may not be uniformly determined, but in any case, the first line from the converted input string Only the conversion result of the word or phrase is displayed on the display device. For example, if we convert the character string ``TEION KANKYO'' into kana to kanji and display it word by word, ``low temperature'' (a two-character idiom) and ``low'' (a prefix) will be displayed. Ru. The operator looks at the conversion result and then performs a correction operation on the portions that differ from the desired conversion result.

FIG. 2 shows the method by which the operator corrects the kana-kanji conversion results. In Figure 2, 20{ is the first
This is the display device 112 in the figure, and the input character string is "
As a result of the kana-to-kanji conversion when inputting ``TEON KANKYO'', ``LOW TEMPERATURE FEELING'' is displayed in the text 1 area 202. Now, the character string desired by the operator is "low temperature environment"
If so, it is different from "low temperature sensation" shown in the text area 202, and therefore correction work is required.

The display example of the candidate display section 203 in FIG. 2 shows an example of the display of candidates for the first word of the input character string "TEON KANKYO NI" immediately after the start of the above-mentioned correction work.

Figure 3 shows how to save and use the results of kana-kanji conversion when modifying the results of kana-kanji conversion, and Figure 4 shows how to use the results when modifying the results of kana-kanji conversion. This figure shows an example of how candidates are displayed on the display device 112 and a procedure for selecting the candidates.The details of the present invention will be explained using both FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

In FIG. 3, assume that the input character string from the key input device 11107 in FIG. There are only two ways to cut the word ``Teion'' and ``Tei'', the former as an idiom and the latter as a prefix.
The above two candidates are stored at address A in the candidate storage section as shown in 301, and after the character section "low temperature" there is an address (in this implementation) where the following candidate character string is stored. In the example, the value of Al) is entered, and after "low", the value of the address (A2 in this embodiment) where the candidate character string following this is stored is entered.

The display of candidates for the head part in Figure 4 is shown in Figure 3 above.
Use the information of 01, leave the character part as is, and change to the second
First, it is displayed in the candidate display section 203 in the figure. After that, 3
The information following the character 01 is referred to, and if the information points to an address other than O, a mark "*"'r\ is placed after the candidate character displayed above. Both of the information after the letters in 301 are O.
Since the addresses (Al and A2) that are not
Both are marked with an asterisk (*).

Next, the operator looks at 401 and selects the one he or she would like to input. To obtain the results shown in the example in Figure 2, 4
Select 01 “Low temperature*”.

For example, the selection method is as follows:
This can be realized by having keys corresponding to each of the three candidate areas 401 in FIG. 4, and by pressing the keys, the displayed contents are selected.

If "low temperature*" (the * mark indicates that there are more words following this) is selected from the two candidates currently displayed in 401, address A will be displayed in 301 of FIG. Refer to address A1 attached to "low temperature". Address A1 and subsequent addresses have information as shown in 302,
Candidate characters following "low temperature" are stored. In other words, “
These are ``to impress,'' ``to the environment,'' and ``between'' (suffix). Behind each character, like 301, information about the characters that follow that character is stored, but in the case of 302, "
There is an ``O'' after the words ``For excitement'' and ``For the environment.'' This indicates that no more characters follow the character. After “between”, the address Al
This indicates that information about the following character exists in l.

The candidate display for the part 302 is as shown in 402 in FIG. In 402, the part enclosed in [ ] indicates a part that has already been selected and established. The candidates shown in 402 are "kankiyou" (two-character idiom) and "kan".
(suffix), indicating that the two-character idiom has two ambiguous meanings: ``impression'' and ``environment.'' There are no characters in the upper two of 402, so if they are selected, all conversion results will be finalized.

The candidate at the bottom of 402 has more characters, so if you select this part, 302 in Figure 3 will be the address A.
ll will be referred to. There are 3 candidates for address All.
It looks like 03.

Address A I. Candidate 1 contains the conversion result for "Kyoni", and as shown in 303, the results "Kyo ni" and "Kyo ni" are mixed with kanji and kana, and there are no more characters. Since it does not continue, the display is as shown in 4. in Figure 4. It will look like the one shown in 03, and if you select ``Today'' or ``Kyoto'', all characters will be confirmed.

On the other hand, if you select "Low *" in the second row of the 401 displays, 304 will be displayed at address A2 in FIG.
The results are described as follows. The result of 304 is the conversion result of the "Onkan" part of the remaining input characters "Onkanki Yoni". In this case, there is only one candidate and the candidate display is as shown in 404 of FIG. It becomes like this. 404
If you select the top row in , the conversion result for the character "Kyoni" following "Onkan" will be "304" in Figure 3.
Address A21 is referenced from the information accompanying "Pitch". The address A21 is 305, and candidates for "Kiyo ni" are stored. The contents of address All in 303 are also the conversion results for "Kyoni" as in 30 above, but in the case of 303, the suffix "
3.
In the case of 05, the difference is that in addition to the above-mentioned idiom, the suffix ``go'' is also accepted as the word following the idiom ``pitch j''. 305
Candidates are displayed as shown in 405 in FIG.

That is, if the desired sentence to be input is "low temperature: environment", the operator selects "low temperature" from the above candidates. Immediately, the conversion results for the remaining human characters ``Kankyo'', ``r-environment'' and ``kanko'', are displayed, so you can then select ``environment''.

If the character you want to input is "r low: pitch: go",
If you select "Low" from the above candidate, the first part of the conversion result for the remaining character string "Onkankiyo", 1b "Pitch", will be displayed, so if you select "Pitch", the remaining character string "Kyo" will be displayed. The conversion result for ``Go'' etc. will be displayed. Furthermore, by selecting "Go", the desired conversion result can be obtained.

After performing the above-described operations, by inputting kana characters using the key input device 107, the correction operation is completed and it is possible to move on to the next kana-kanji conversion.

In FIG. 3, the selection at 304 was when there was only one candidate. In this embodiment, a method of selecting a candidate even when there is only one candidate has been shown, but in this case, it is not necessarily necessary to select the candidate itself. Therefore, it may be a key press or an instruction indicating confirmation.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, when a long reading input character string is converted into a desired conversion character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units, for example, a plurality of words or phrases, the conversion candidate is converted into a part of the converted character string, that is, one divided character unit. Since the display is limited to each 'b-', the conversion candidate character string will not fall off the display screen, making it possible to select the conversion candidate reliably and easily. Since the processing speed can also be increased, the operability can be improved. Further, the present invention simultaneously displays a predetermined converted character string and conversion candidates corresponding to divided character units of a portion of the converted character string on the same screen during a conversion operation.
The operation for displaying the conversion candidates can be omitted, and the operability is good.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the Japanese text input device according to the present invention, and Figs. 2 to 4 show the display of candidates obtained by kana-kanji conversion and the procedure for selecting candidates. FIG. 101: Processing device, 103: Candidate display memory, 107
: Key human power device, 1l1: Display control device, 112: Display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reading character string conversion device that converts a reading input character string into a desired converted character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units,
When converting the above character string, the desired conversion string consisting of the plurality of divided character units corresponding to the above reading input character string and the conversion candidate character string corresponding to the divided character units of a part of the converted character string are displayed on the same screen. A conversion candidate for a reading input character string, characterized in that the conversion candidate character string is simultaneously displayed on the top of the screen, and selection of the conversion candidate character string and correction of the desired conversion character string can be performed simultaneously with the conversion operation and in units of divided characters. Display method. 2. The reading input character string is a kana character input string, and the desired character string consisting of the plurality of divided character units is a kanji-kana mixed character string consisting of a plurality of words or a plurality of clauses. A method for displaying conversion candidates for reading input character strings according to claim 1. 3. When a desired conversion candidate character string is selected from a plurality of conversion candidate character strings corresponding to the first divided character unit of the conversion character string, a second divided character unit following the first divided character unit is selected. A method for displaying conversion candidates for a reading input character string according to claim 1, characterized in that a conversion candidate character string is automatically displayed in place of the conversion candidate character string in units of first divided characters. . 4. an input means for inputting a kana character string; a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the kana character string inputted by the input means into a kanji-kana mixed character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units; A first display section that displays a Kanji/Kana mixed character string consisting of a plurality of divided character units at the sentence creation text position, and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to one divided character unit of the converted Kanji/Kana mixed character string. display means including a second display section for selecting a desired character string from among the conversion candidate character strings on the second display section, and displaying the selected conversion candidate character string on the first conversion candidate character string;
means for replacing the converted character string with the converted kanji/kana mixed character string in units of divided characters corresponding to the conversion candidate character string at the text position of the display section; A conversion candidate display device for a reading input character string, characterized in that a character string and the conversion candidate character strings corresponding to divided character units of a part of the character string are simultaneously displayed on the same screen. 5. When a desired conversion candidate character string is selected from the conversion candidate character strings for one divided character unit of the converted Kanji/kana mixed character string by the above rewriting means, it corresponds to the next divided character unit following the said divided character unit. 5. The conversion candidate display device for input character strings according to claim 4, further comprising means for automatically displaying conversion candidate characters on the second display section.