JPH03209555A - Kanji/kana reconversion system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit the reinput of the Japanese reading of KANJI (Chinese character) when an area which is not correctly converted is detected later by reconvert the KANJI into KANA (Japanese syllabary) with the function of a KANA/ KANJI conversion front end processor. CONSTITUTION:The 'reading ways' and the 'fixed candidates' are stored opposite to each other into a storage buffer in a KANA/KANJI conversion state. If a KANJI paragraph 'KAKU' (fixed candidate), for example, is decided erroneous, this 'KAKU' is designated as a reconverting subject and retrieved out of the fixed candidates stored in the storage buffer. Thus the corresponding paragraph 'KAKU' (KANA) is obtained. When the error of the KANJI paragraph is corrected, a converting operation is carried out again with use of the KANA paragraph. Thus another KANJI paragraph 'KAKU' is obtained. In such a constitution, the KANA/KANJI conversion can be carried on with no reinput of the Japanese reading even when an area which is not correctly converted is detected later. Then the operability is improved for the KANA/ KANJI conversion.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding the re-conversion method for converting kanji back to kana in a kana-to-kanji conversion device as a front-end processor installed in an information processing device, word processor, etc., application software performs special operations. Even if it is not, the Kana-to-Kanji conversion front-end processor will reconvert the Kanji back to Kana, thereby
Even if you later discover a place where the correct conversion has not been performed,
With the aim of improving the operability of kana to kanji conversion by making it possible to continue the conversion operation without having to manually read the readings again, the kana to kanji conversion device is provided with a pair of memory buffers of a predetermined capacity, and in the device. After performing kana-to-kanji conversion, when it becomes necessary to store the stem or clause of the converted kana character and the converted kanji in the pair of memory buffers, and convert the converted kanji back into kana characters. , the kanji is searched in the storage buffer, and the stem or clause of the kana character stored in the storage buffer paired with the storage buffer in which the kanji is stored is determined and output.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a reconversion method for converting kanji back to gana in a kana to kanji conversion device as a front-end processor installed in an information processing device, a word processor, or the like.

[Conventional technology]

Some devices that perform kana-to-kanji conversion, such as personal computers, word processors, and workstations, have a reconversion function. This is a function that allows you to specify a range of hiragana or gatagana by pressing a predetermined key, and convert that character string as a "reading". This function requires a complex configuration, and some devices do not have this. This reconversion function is often needed when you want to revert back to "reading from mouth" when you recognize an error in a character string that has already been converted.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned reconversion function is performed by word processor software using its own method, but it would be desirable to have a reconversion function that can convert kanji back to kana in a general-purpose system such as a front-end processor for kana to kanji conversion.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to re-convert kanji back to kana by the function of the kana-to-kanji conversion front-end processor without the need for application software to perform any special operations. Even if a passage is discovered later, the conversion operation can be continued without re-reading the pronunciation, and the purpose is to improve the operability of kana to kanji conversion.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a kana-to-kanji conversion device is provided with a pair of storage buffers with a predetermined capacity, and after performing kana-to-kanji conversion in the device, the stem or root of the converted kana character is stored. The phrase and the converted kanji are stored in the pair of storage buffers, and when it becomes necessary to convert the converted kanji back into kana characters, the kanji is searched in the storage buffer, and the kanji is searched for in the storage buffer. There is provided a re-conversion method for converting kanji back to kana in a kana-to-kanji conversion device which determines and outputs the word stem or clause of a kana character stored in a storage buffer paired with a storage buffer that is paired with a kana character.

[For production]

Using the above-described method, a set of kana and the stem or phrase of a kanji that has just been converted are stored in a pair of storage buffers, and the kana can be easily determined from the kanji. The most recently converted kana and kanji pair is stored as many times as there are memory buffer pairs, and while this memory is retained, kanji can be easily reconverted to kana.

〔Example〕

A storage mode of a storage buffer used in an apparatus for reconverting kanji back to kana as an embodiment of the present invention is shown in the drawings.

A kana-to-kanji conversion device embodying the present invention includes a plurality of memory buffer pairs in addition to the usual configuration. As shown in the drawing, the "yomi" and "confirmed candidate" used when changing from kana to kanji are stored in the storage buffer pair in correspondence. And, as exemplified, the kanji phrase ``chiku'' (
If the confirmed candidate) is determined to be incorrect, the kanji phrase ``chiku'' is specified as a reconversion target and is searched from the confirmed candidates in the storage buffer to find its corresponding kana phrase ``kuchikaku''.

To correct an error, perform the conversion operation again using this kana clause and convert it to, for example, ``write''.

Originally, the above function would have to be performed by dictionary lookup using a reverse dictionary of reading from word, but in this example, "reading" and "
By memorizing a certain number of ``confirmed kanji candidates,'' the kanji can be returned to their reading form. The pair of memory buffers are stored as new ``readings'' and ``confirmed candidates'' are entered manually, and when they are all filled, the most recently stored one is erased by the input of the next new one. There is. Therefore, the contents stored in the storage buffer can be used to discover and correct errors in the previous conversion.

In this example, the case where the "yomi" and "determined candidate" are phrases is illustrated, but in other words, a method is shown in which "te, ni, wo, ha" is stored, but "tegami"" It is also possible to memorize a correspondence table of only the stems, such as the letter ``Shudan'' and ``Mean J.''

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the function of the kana-to-kanji conversion front-end processor reconverts kanji back to kana without the need for application software to perform any special operations. Even if a character is discovered later, the conversion operation can be continued without re-reading the reading, and the operability of kana to kanji conversion can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a diagram showing a storage mode of a storage buffer used in a device that performs a reconversion method for converting kanji back to kana as an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A kana-to-kanji conversion device is provided with a pair of storage buffers with a predetermined capacity, and after performing kana-to-kanji conversion in the device, the stem or clause of the converted kana character and the converted kanji are stored in the pair of storage buffers. When it becomes necessary to convert the converted kanji back into kana characters, the kanji is searched within the storage buffer and stored in the storage buffer that is paired with the storage buffer in which the kanji was stored. A reconversion method for converting kanji back to kana in a kana-to-kanji conversion device that finds and outputs the stem or clause of a kana character.