JPH0327469A - Kana/kanji converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To refer to attribute information accumulated in a words and phrases information holding part and to attain KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion into appropriate words and phrases, which fit to attribute information at the time of correcting a sentence by providing the words and phrases information holding part holding information showing the position of deleted words and phrases and attributes such as the parts of speech and sematic/origin of the words and phrases. CONSTITUTION:A KANA/KANJI dictionary part A which previously stores attribute informa tion showing the attribute including the part of speech and sematic/origin of respective words and phrases with KANJI information, the words and phrases information holding part B extracting and holding attribute information of the words and phrases apart from position information showing the position of the words and phrases which are deleted by the deletion instruction of the words and phrases in a document by referring the KANA/KANJI dictionary part A and a KANA/KANJI conversion part C which refers to attribute information accumulat ed in the words and phrases holding part B in accordance with the insertion instruction of the words and phrases and which executes conversion into the words and phrases fitting to information by using the KANA/KANJI dictionary part A are given. Thus, KANA/KANJI conversion is attained into the appropriate words and phrases fitting to attribute information by referring to attribute information accumulated in the words and phrases information holding part at the time of correcting the sentence.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device used in word processors and personal computers, and more specifically, when correcting a word in a sentence whose kana-kanji notation has been determined into another word. This invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device that can automatically convert kana-kanji into optimal words.

[Prior Art] In the conventional kana-kanji conversion device, the information used for selecting kanji when performing kana-kanji conversion is only the undetermined part newly entered manually from the keyboard.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such conventional kana-kanji conversion devices do not retain attribute information regarding attributes such as part of speech and semantic features of words deleted when correcting a sentence. The disadvantage is that it is not possible to automatically select the most suitable kanji.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device that is capable of converting kana-kanji into new reading words that match the part of speech, semantic features, and other attributes of the original word before correction when correcting a word in a sentence. It's about doing.

[Function] In the present invention, the position of the deleted word and the part of speech of this word can be determined. By providing a word/phrase information holding unit that holds information representing attributes such as semantic features, when correcting a sentence, the attribute information stored in this word/phrase information holding unit is referred to and appropriate information matching this attribute information is created. It is possible to convert kana-kanji into words and phrases.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a means for solving the problems.
The Kana-Kanji dictionary section stores attribute information representing attributes including semantic features in advance along with Kanji information, and the Kana-Kanji dictionary section stores attribute information of the word in Kana-Kanji in addition to location information that does not represent the position of the word deleted by the word deletion instruction in the document. The word/phrase information storage section refers to the dictionary section to extract and hold the word/phrase information, and the attribute information stored in the word/phrase information storage section in response to a word insertion instruction is referred to, and the word/phrase that matches the information is converted using the kana-kanji dictionary section. It is characterized by being equipped with a Kana-Kanji converter.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of the base wood according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, A is a kana-kanji dictionary section that stores in advance attribute information representing attributes including part of speech and semantic features of each word along with kanji information. Reference numeral B denotes a word/phrase news holding section that refers to the kana-kanji dictionary section A and extracts and holds the above-mentioned attribute information of the word/phrase in addition to the positional information representing the position in the document of the word/phrase deleted by the word/phrase deletion instruction. C is a Kana-Kana-Kanji converter that refers to the attribute information stored in the word-phrase information holding section B in response to a word insertion instruction and uses the Kana-Kanji dictionary section A to convert a word that matches the information.

FIG. 2 shows the overall circuit configuration of a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the same figure, 1 is a microprocessor (CPU), which performs calculations 5, logical judgments, etc. for filling characters IA, including kana-bakuji conversion, and handles address buses All and control buses C.
B. Controls each component connected to those buses via the data bus DB.

The atres bus 8B transfers atres signals indicating the components to be controlled by the microprocessor 1. The control bus CB transfers and applies control signals for each structural element to be controlled by the microprocessor 1. The data hash OB transfers data between each component device.

2 is a read-only fixed memory (ROM). R
The PA in the OM2 is a program area in which control procedures etc. by the microprocessor 1, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 4, are stored in advance.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a writable random access memory (RAM) having a configuration of 1 word and 16 bits, and is used for temporary storage of various data from each component, which will be described below. That is, 31 is a document buffer, a keyboard (KBl4
This is a storage area for storing document information created manually. 32 is a kana kanji dictionary, which does not represent the attributes including the part of speech and semantic features of each word, but uses the attribute information as kanji information (kanji coat).
It is memorized in advance. 33 is a word/phrase information storage unit that stores information on deleted words;
In addition to the position information indicating the position in the document buffer 3l of the word deleted manually (delete key), the attribute information of the word "=" is selected from the kana-kanji dictionary 32. Extract and store in memory.

The keyboard (HBl4) is equipped with various function keys such as character symbol input keys such as alphabet keys, hiragana keys, and katakana keys, and cursor movement keys for instructing cursor movement.In particular, this keyboard 4 has a delete key and It has a special function key for correcting words such as an insert key.

5 is a disk memory device (D
ISK), which stores the created documents, and the stored documents can be called up when necessary by instructions from the keyboard 4.

6 is a cursor register (cn). The contents of this cursor register 6 can be read and written by the CPU. A CRT controller (CRTC) 8, which will be described later, displays a cursor at a position on a display device (CRT) 9 corresponding to the address stored here.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a display huffer memory (DBUF), which stores patterns such as document information stored in the document buffer Tnure.

The CIITC 8 plays the role of displaying the contents stored in the cursor register 6 and the display buffer memory 7 on the display device 9. Further, the CRT 9 is a display device using a cathode ray tube or the like, and the display of the dot configuration pattern and cursor on the display device 9 is controlled by the CRT controller 8 . Furthermore, 1o is a character generator (CG
), and the characters such as kanji to be displayed on the display device 9. Memorize symbol patterns.

The kana-kanji conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is comprised of these components, operates in response to various types of human input information from the keyboard 4. When input information from the keyboard 4 is supplied, first, an interrupt signal is generated. is sent to microprocessor 1, and microprocessor 1
Various control signals stored in the controller are read out, and various controls are performed according to these control signals.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the word/phrase information holding section 33 shown in FIG. 2 described above. As shown in the figure, the word/phrase information holding unit 33 stores deleted words, positions, etc. Part of speech/semantic feature data is stored.

FIG. 4 shows the operating procedure of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the display screen of the display device 9 that changes according to this operating procedure. Here, 51 to S6 are processing steps,
21 to 25 indicate the display contents of the display screen.

First, 21 is a display screen showing the initial state given to the old CP, and the notation in kana and kanji has already been determined. next,
When "he" in sentence 21 is deleted using the deletion key,
The display screen will look like 22, and since this "he" is a word (S1), the position where "he" was written and this "
The word/phrase information holding unit 33 extracts the part of speech of “he” and a semantic expression that is an expression of the semantic features of the noun from the kana-kanji dictionary unit 32.
It is held in the format shown in Figure 52 (S2). In this case, the part of speech of "he" is a noun, and the semantic feature "hum", which has the meaning of human, is retained.

Next, when ``Kishiya'' is inserted at the position of the deleted ``Kare J'' using the insert key and the character input key (S3), the display screen becomes like 23, and this ``Kishiya'' is Since this is a word/phrase insertion (S4), the word/phrase information holding unit 33 is accessed and information on the word/phrase at the inserted position is retrieved (S5).

Then, with reference to the Kana-Kanji dictionary 32, a first candidate is selected from among the candidates for the kanji representation of "kisha" that matches the word information (the part of speech is noun and the semantic feature is hum) extracted from the word information storage unit 33. It is displayed as shown in 24. If there is no item that matches both the part of speech and the semantic feature, the item with the most matching parts is displayed with priority (S6).

When the operator selects the first candidate using the selection key of the keyboard 4, appropriate kana-kanji conversion is smoothly performed as shown in the display example 25.

Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment in which there are a plurality of correction points will be described.

In example sentence 21 in Figure 5, if you want to correct both ``he'' and ``1 return to work'', first delete one of the words. For example, when "Going back to work" is deleted first, the position of "Going home" in the sentence and the part of speech "verb" are recorded in the phrase information holding unit 33.

Next, write a new word or phrase to be corrected in the deleted position, or delete "he", but since the writing process in the previous step was explained in the previous example, here we will explain the latter deletion. The process will be explained. The position, part of speech, and semantic features of "he" are also recorded in the phrase information storage unit 33. When writing a new word/phrase, the attribute information of the deleted word that matches the written position is retrieved from the word/phrase information holding unit 33, and the word/phrase with the attribute matching the attribute information (homonym dissonant word) is given top priority. Since the Kana-Kanji conversion is performed by presenting the candidates as candidates, the order in which they are written does not matter.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a phrase information holding unit is provided that holds information representing attributes such as the position of a deleted word, the part of speech of this word, and its semantic features. When correcting a sentence, refer to the attribute information stored in this word information storage unit and select an appropriate word r, which matches this attribute information.
You can obtain the effect of converting kana to kanji.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the entire circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an example of the configuration of the phrase information holding unit in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of specific word correction according to the operating procedure of the embodiment of the present invention. 1... Microprocessor (CPU), 2... Fixed memory (noM), 3... Random access memory (RAM), 4...
Keyboard (lt[1), 5... Disk device (DISK), 6... Cursor register (cn), 7... Display buffer memory (DBtIF), 8...
・CRT controller (CRTC), 9...Device display (CRTI, lO...Character generator (cn), 31...
- Document buffer, 32...Kana-Kanji dictionary, 33...Word information holding unit. -533-

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A kana-kanji dictionary section that stores in advance attribute information representing attributes including part of speech and semantic features of each word along with kanji information, and position information that represents the position in the document of a word deleted by a word deletion instruction. In addition, a word/phrase information storage section that extracts and holds the attribute information of the word/phrase by referring to the kana/kanji dictionary section; , and a kana-kanji conversion unit that converts words and phrases that match the information using the kana-kanji dictionary unit.