JPH04123163A - Data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the conversion hit rate to a target KANJI (Chinese character) by executing the KANJI conversion by selecting the kinds of KANJI dictionary in accordance with order designated by a table at the time when a character subjected to KANA (Japanese syllabary) input is converted to a KANJI. CONSTITUTION:When an operator inputs an input guidance number at the time of inputting data, a controller 1 retrieves the guidance concerned from a guidance group 4 and displays it on a display device 2. Also, by this input guidance number, the table concerned is retrieved from in a table group 5. In this case, this table is managed by a screen unit. When the operator starts a data input by an item unit, the controller 1 determines an item No subjected to data input by a position of a cursor on the screen and the input guidance. Subsequently, by referring to the table, a dictionary designated at every item No is used in accordance with priority, a KANA to KANJI conversion is executed, and a result of conversion is displayed on a display area of the item concerned. In such a way, the KANJI hit rate can be improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a data input device, and particularly to a data input device that uses a kanji dictionary and inputs data while converting kana-kanji. The present invention relates to a data input device suitable for improving the hit rate of conversion.

[Conventional technology]

For example, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 153427/1983, there is a conventional technique in which frequently used words are stored in a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in order to reduce the burden of proofreading and correction work on the operator when converting kana-kanji. There are inventions that improve the identification rate of homophones by adding them to the homonyms. But 1
It has not been proposed to use different dictionaries for each input item as in the present invention.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In recent years, data input devices that can input Japanese are
Devices that convert kana characters into kanji while inputting are common. This type of device uses a method in which, when a target kanji is not found, candidate kanji are displayed on a display, and the operator selects and inputs the kanji that are displayed. In this case, when converting kanji, the dictionary for general terms is searched with priority, so that people's names have a low priority, which results in poor conversion efficiency when the name is a person's name. For example, when converting "sato", "sugar" becomes "sal".
Prioritizes IJ. Therefore, when one person is a master, the hit rate of the target kanji is low. However, if a person's name is given priority when converting kanji, the hit rate of the target kanji will be poor when inputting general sentences.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve the hit rate of conversion to target kanji when converting kana-kanji. Information defining data attributes for each input item is stored in advance in the device, and the priority order of the dictionary to be used is This is to improve the hit rate by changing the

[Means to solve the problem]

The data input device of the present invention converts hiragana input from the input device into kanji using a controller and displays the converted kanji on a display device. In particular, the controller has a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries and input items defined. Input guidance and
It is equipped with a table that specifies the usage priority of the plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries for each input item, and when converting characters input in kana to kanji, the type of kanji dictionary is selected according to the order specified by the table. By converting kanji with , it improves the conversion hit rate to the target kanji.

[Operation] According to the present invention, input guidance in which a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries and input items are defined, and a table specifying the type of dictionary to be used during kanji conversion for each input item are provided, and these are stored in advance in the controller. is stored in.

When the operator inputs an input guidance number when inputting data, the controller searches for the corresponding guidance from the guidance group and displays it on the display device. Also,
Based on this input guidance number, the corresponding table is searched from the table group. Here, the above table is managed on a screen-by-screen basis.

When the operator starts inputting data item by item, the controller determines the item number for data input based on the position of the cursor on the screen and input guidance. Next 5
Referring to the table, the dictionary specified for each item number is used in accordance with the priority order, kana-kanji conversion is performed, and the conversion result is displayed in the display area of the item.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire data input device showing one embodiment of the present invention. The data input device of this embodiment includes a controller 1 that controls the entire device, and a display device that displays data! 2, an input device [3 for the operator to input data, and a controller 1
Stored therein are a guidance group 4 to be displayed on the display device 3 during data input, a table group 5 specifying dictionaries to be used corresponding to each guidance, and a dictionary group 6 divided into one part of speech.

When a guidance number is input from the input device 3, the controller 1 selects the guidance corresponding to the input guidance number from the guidance group 4, and displays the selected guidance on the display device 2. Similarly, input bags! The kana characters entered by the operator from 3 onwards are also sent to controller 1.
It is converted into kanji and displayed in the display bag [12].

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the dictionary group 6 stored in the controller 1. Dictionaries are created separately for each part of speech, and in this embodiment, A is a personal name dictionary, B is a general term dictionary, and C is an address dictionary.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the guidance group 4 stored in the controller 1. As described above, when the operator inputs the guidance number, the controller 1 displays the guidance in the display bag [2]. At this time, one screen of the display device 2 corresponds to one guidance. As shown in FIG. 3, the guidance has an input canister separated for each input item, and each input canister is assigned an input number (input item No. 1 to 3).

Figure 4 shows table group 5 stored in controller 1.
shows. This table group 5 has one guidance number for each guidance number.
A table has been prepared and is mapped by guidance numbers. In one table, the priority order of the dictionary to be used is defined for each corresponding input item of guidance, and the input item number of one table is associated with the order of input items of guidance.

FIG. 5 is a logic flowchart when the controller 1 converts hiragana input from the input device 3 into kanji. When a guidance number for input is input from the input device 3 (step 11), the guidance concerned is selected from the guidance group 4 and displayed on the display device 2 (step 1).
2.13).

If there is no guidance corresponding to that number.

An error is displayed (step 14).

Next, the table corresponding to the guidance number is searched from the table group, and the table to be used when inputting data is determined (steps 15 and 16).

If there is no table with the corresponding number, a shared table is used (step 17). When the operator moves the cursor to the input canister and enters data, the controller 1 changes to the display! Determine which input item number is from the cursor position in step 2, use the dictionary in the priority order specified for the input item number, and convert to kanji (
Step 18.19).

The converted kanji is displayed in the entry area where the cursor is positioned (step 20).Whether or not all guidance inputs are completed during the 0 display is determined by the operator (step 21).

FIG. 6 shows a data input device having in the controller 1 the dictionary shown in FIG. 2, the input guidance shown in FIG. 3, the table shown in FIG. 4, and the kanji conversion processing procedure shown in FIG. , input item no.

1, input item number No., and 3 (see Figure 3), enter "SATO" and convert it into kanji. The results are shown below.

001 is selected as the input guidance number, and input item N001 is specified by the table to give priority to the personal name dictionary when converting into kanji, so when you input and convert "Sato", "Sawara" is displayed. Ru. Furthermore, since input item No. 3 is specified in the table to give priority to the general term dictionary in kanji conversion, "Sawara" is displayed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the target kanji hit rate when converting kana to kanji, thereby improving the operability of data input.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a data input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of a dictionary group stored in the controller shown in FIG. 1,
3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a guidance group stored in the controller shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a table group stored in the controller shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a logical flowchart when the controller converts hiragana input from the input device into kanji in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 shows the input item No. shown in FIG. 3.
, 1 and input item number N093 "SATO" are input and are converted into kanji characters. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Controller, 2... Display device, 3... Input device, 4... Guidance group, 5... Table group, 6... Dictionary group. Rinzu Kuzuen series of islands

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data input device that converts hiragana input from an input device into kanji using a controller and displays the converted kanji on a display device, wherein the controller has a plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries and input items defined. Equipped with input guidance and a table specifying the priority order of use of the plurality of kanji conversion dictionaries for each input item, and converting kanji using the plurality of kanji dictionaries according to the order specified by the table at the time of kanji conversion. A data input device characterized by: