JPH038050A - Kana-kanji converting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a user for inputting a sentence by notifying it to the user that the string of square forms of KANA (Japanese syllabary) is directly inputted and the character string is registered in a dictionary. CONSTITUTION:When the character string is inputted from a keyboard 1 to a Japanese processing part 3, the character string is sent to a square form of KANA deciding part 32. It is checked whether the square form of KANA is included in the character string or not and when the square form of KANA is included, the part of the square form of KANA is taken out of the character string and converted to a KANA string. This KANA string is converted by using KANA-KANJI (Chinese character) converting part 33 and a converted result is investigated. When the converted result is coincident with the string of the square forms of KANA, the character string is displayed as a message on a display. Afterwards, the input character string is set to the KANA-KANJI converting part 33 and processing is finished.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion method for converting an input Japanese sentence in kana expression into a sentence containing kanji and kana.

(Prior art) In conventional kana-kanji conversion devices, as a means of inputting words consisting of katakana (hereinafter referred to as katakana words) such as foreign words, a character string input in hiragana is input by pressing a katakana conversion button. It has means for converting to katakana character strings and input modes such as hiragana mode and katakana mode, and when inputting katakana words, a method has been used in which the input mode is set to katakana mode. Here, such katakana input is referred to as katakana direct input. However, in these katakana direct input methods, the operation of inputting katakana is a special operation in the normal input operation of converting a kana character string into a character string containing kanji and kana. Users had to be very conscious of inputting katakana character strings, which hindered work efficiency.

Against this background, it is possible to register katakana words in a dictionary in the same way as ordinary words made up of kanji, so that words made up of katakana and kanji can be processed in the framework of the kana-kanji conversion process without distinction. has been considered. However, Katakana is originally a representation of foreign language words based on their pronunciation, and there are many variations in spelling, and there are also many proper nouns, so these words are not included in all dictionaries. It is impossible to keep it registered. especially,
If the word you are trying to input is not registered in the dictionary, the input kana string will be converted to a string containing kanji and kana to the extent that it can be interpreted as Japanese.
The problem is that the subsequent correction process requires more operations than if the user had input directly using katakana from the beginning, which actually hinders the user's input flow and reduces input efficiency.

For this reason, even when using a kana-kanji conversion device that uses a dictionary that also includes katakana, users input katakana by directly inputting katakana from the beginning in order to avoid correction processing in the event of a conversion failure. A situation arises. In that case, it is not known whether the entered katakana word is registered in the dictionary, so even if the same word is entered in the future, there is a high possibility that the user will enter it again using katakana direct input, reducing the efficiency of the user's text input work. The problem was that it was not improved.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional kana-kanji conversion device, even if the katakana words manually entered by katakana direct input are already registered in the dictionary, the user is not informed of this fact. Since it did not have a function to close words, I could not tell whether the word I entered was registered in the dictionary until I tried converting it using normal kana-kanji conversion.

Therefore, this invention, when a katakana character string is directly input, checks whether the word is registered in the dictionary, and if it is registered, notifies the user to that effect. The purpose is to improve the efficiency of text input.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) In this invention, in a kana-kanji conversion device for converting a kana character string into another character string consisting of kanji, katakana, etc., the user inputs a character string without using kana-kanji conversion. It is characterized by having a means for checking whether a katakana character string is in the dictionary and notifying the user of the result.

(Function) When a katakana character string is directly input, this invention converts a hiragana character string with the same reading as the katakana character string to kana-kanji, and determines whether the conversion result is the same as the original katakana character string. In the same case, the user is notified of this fact.

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

In the figure, 1 is the keyboard, 2 is the display, 3
is the Japanese language processing section. The Japanese processing unit 3 includes a kana-kanji conversion processing unit that takes in characters input from the keyboard 1 and converts them into a character string containing kanji and kana.
is a reading information input section, 32 is a katakana character string judgment section, 33
is a kana-kanji conversion unit, and 34 is a dictionary. The input unit 31 receives input from the keyboard and generates a kana code. The keyboard has an input mode switch button that allows you to switch between Hiragana and Katakana characters. In Hiragana mode, input from the keyboard generates Hiragana character strings, and in Katakana mode, it generates Katakana character strings. This character string is sent to the katakana character string determination unit when a conversion key, non-conversion key, etc. is input from the keyboard.

FIG. 2 is an example of a flowchart of the processing of the katakana character string determination section. First, the character string sent to the determination section is checked to see if it contains katakana characters, and if it does not, it is sent as is to the kana-kanji conversion section. If the string contains katakana characters, the katakana part is extracted from the string and first converted to a hiragana string. Next, convert this hiragana string using the kana-kanji converter and check whether the conversion result is the same as the original katakana string (because there are homophones, if multiple conversion results are obtained, the conversion result (Check if the same katakana word exists among the candidates)
. Here, if the conversion results are not the same, the input character string for the first determination section is sent to the kana-kanji conversion section and the process is completed. If the conversion result matches the katakana character string in the input character string, a message to that effect is displayed on the display, such as "*** is registered in the dictionary", and then the input character string is converted to kana-kanji. send it to the department for processing.

In this example, input modes such as hiragana mode and katakana mode are assumed as means of direct katakana input, but the same applies even if all input is in hiragana and the parts to be changed to katakana are converted using a katakana conversion key. be. In addition, if Katakana words are registered in the dictionary, the above embodiment uses a method to notify the user by displaying a message on the display, but this is done by changing the brightness of the word or making it blink. It is also easy to do this by voice using a speaker or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, if a word entered by the user by direct input of katakana is registered in the dictionary, the user can know this and input the same word from now on. When doing so, you will find that you can convert it to katakana using the normal input operations for kana-kanji conversion. Therefore, it becomes possible to input sentences including katakana words more efficiently than before.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a flowchart of processing of a katakana character string determination section. 1...Keyboard 2...Display 3...Japanese processing section 31...Reading information input section 32...Katakana character string determination section 33...Kana-kanji conversion section 34...Dictionary; Answer;

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a kana-kanji conversion device equipped with a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which words consisting of katakana are also registered, when a katakana character string input without going through kana-kanji conversion is registered in the dictionary, a notification to that effect is provided. A kana-kanji conversion method characterized by having a means.