JPH04155569A - Kana/kanji converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make effective use of memory resources by referring the storage information of a converted word storage means storing a defined Chinese character(KANJI) expression and its reading, and executing a Chinese character(KANJI)/Japanese syllabary(KANA) conversion by a reading converting means. CONSTITUTION:The KANJI expression and the reading information KANA/ KANJI-converted and defined are corresponded and stored in a converted word storage means 4. And when a reconverting instruction is requested to the specified character string to be a conversion object in a defined document, a reading converting means 23 refers the storage contents of the converted word storing means 4, retrieves the reading character string of the requiring KANJI expression, and reconverts the reading character string as the part of or the all of the input character string in the case the KANJI expression is included in the character string to be the conversion object. Therefore, regarding the defined KANJI expression, the KANJI expression and the reading are registered, and are not registered overlappingly. Thus, it is possible to reduce the storage area storing the reading information of the KANJI expression for processing the KANJI/KANA conversion, and to make effective use of the memory resources.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device, and particularly to a kana-kanji conversion device capable of reconverting a character string that has been converted to kana-kanji.

[Conventional technology]

Some conventional kana-kanji conversion devices include a kana-kanji conversion function that converts kana to kanji, and a kanji-kana conversion function that converts kanji to kana. In such a kana-kanji conversion device, there is a kana-kanji conversion processing unit that converts an input character string input in kana or romaji into a corresponding compound word or kanji by referring to a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, and a kana-kanji conversion processing unit that converts an input character string input in kana or romaji to a corresponding compound word or kanji, and The apparatus includes a kanji-kana conversion processing unit that converts the kanji notation to be converted into the corresponding reading by referring to the file storing the information. In addition, the reading obtained by the conversion process of the Kanji-Kana conversion processing unit,
It can be converted into kanji notation by the kana-kanji conversion processing unit.

Therefore, by converting reading character strings into kanji notation, or converting erroneously converted kanji notation into the desired kanji notation, it is possible to create and edit the desired document easily. Be as you are.

Note that the reading information of the kanji notation stored in the file referred to by the kanji-kana conversion processing unit includes a dictionary for kanji-kana conversion and all reading information of the created document.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, with the conventional kana-kanji conversion device described above, it is necessary to have a dictionary for kanji-kana conversion in addition to a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, and in addition to the created document, it is necessary to have an input kana document corresponding to the created document. required memory space.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device that can effectively utilize memory resources.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores, in a kana-kanji conversion device that converts an input reading character string into a kana-kanji mixed character string, the kanji notation determined by kana-kanji conversion and its reading information in correspondence with each other. The conversion word storage means includes a conversion word storage means, and a reading conversion means for searching the storage information of the conversion word storage means for the kanji notation in the character string to be converted, and converting it into a corresponding reading character string.

[Effect]

According to the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention, the kanji notation that has been determined after being converted into kana-kanji is stored in the converted word storage means in association with the kanji notation and reading information.

Then, when there is a request for re-conversion of a specified character string to be converted in a confirmed document, the reading conversion means will, if the character string to be converted contains kanji notation, With reference to the stored contents of the converted word storage means, a reading character string of the desired kanji notation is searched, and the reading character string is reconverted as part or all of the input character string.

Therefore, the reading can be obtained from the established kanji notation.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention.

In the figure, the kana-kanji conversion device has an input section 1, a control section 2, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 3, a converted word storage means 4, and an output section 5.

The input unit 1 includes a keyboard equipped with function keys such as a conversion key and various character keys, and is used to input various character strings and issue various instructions such as conversion requests.

The control unit 2 includes a document creation unit 21, a word processing unit 22, and a pronunciation conversion unit 23, and creates and edits a document according to input information such as pronunciation character strings and conversion requests from the input unit 1. , input character string, creation/editing result output unit 5
This is what is output to.

The document creation section 21 passes the conversion target character string requested for conversion from the input section 1 to the word processing section 22 to request conversion, receives the conversion result from the word processing section 22 in response to this request, and converts it into a document. It performs creation/editing processing, and outputs the processing results to the output section 5. The word processing unit 22 also outputs to the output unit 5 the reading character string as a conversion target character string that has been input until a conversion request is made.
Analyze it and perform kana-kanji conversion processing according to the analysis result. In other words, ■: If the character string is read in all, the dictionary 3 is referred to and the kana-kanji conversion process is performed.

On the other hand, ■: If a kanji notation is included in the character string to be converted, the corresponding kanji notation is passed to the reading conversion means 23 to request conversion to a reading, and the reading conversion means 4 responding to this request According to the conversion result (reading), the dictionary 3 is referred to and kana-kanji conversion processing is performed. In the case of ■ above, there are two cases: all in kanji and only a part in kanji.In the former case, the obtained reading character string is converted to kana-kanji. Kana-Kanji conversion is performed using a reading character string that takes into consideration the reading character string and other reading character strings.

Further, when the kanji notation converted into kana-kanji is determined, the kanji notation and reading are stored in the converted word storage means 4.

The reading conversion means 23 searches the converted word storage means 4 for the reading corresponding to the input kanji notation, and returns the search result to the word processing section 22.

Note that the control unit 2 is realized by a central processing unit (or processor).

The converted word storage means 4 is constituted by a real memory such as a RAM, and holds data in which kanji notations and their readings are associated with each other in a table format. The converted word storage means 4 includes:
Rather than storing table-format information for each document,
Information in table format is registered for all documents created while the system (kana-kanji converter) is in operation. In addition,
Settings are made so that the same reading information is not registered twice in correspondence with the same kanji notation. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the registered information can also be stored in an auxiliary storage device such as a floppy disk or a magnetic disk.

The output unit 5 is composed of a display, and displays input character strings, documents being created/edited, and various output information.

Next, the kana-kanji conversion process of the kana-kanji conversion device in the above-described configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

It is now assumed that the converted word storage means 4 does not have the pronunciation "Shinko" registered in correspondence with each of the kanji characters for "population" and "artificial".

First, when characters are input while waiting for input, the input character string is input to the output unit 5 via the document creation unit 2 and displayed.

Then, a reading character string, a kanji notation that has already been created and confirmed, or a character string containing a kanji notation is specified as the character string to be converted (step 101), and when the conversion key is pressed and a conversion request is made (step 102). , the document creation unit 21 passes the character string to be converted to the word processing unit 22 and requests conversion.

The word processing unit 22 checks whether the passed character string to be converted contains kanji notation (step 103).
).

Here, if the kanji notation is not included, for example, if the reading character string "Shinko" is input and a conversion request is made, the word processing unit 22 determines whether the input character string includes the kanji notation or not. It is determined that there is no such word, and the dictionary 3 is referred to to convert Jinkou J into a kanji notation corresponding to the pronunciation, such as ``artificial'' (step 104).

The conversion result (“artificial”) is input to the output unit 5 via the document creation unit 21 and displayed, so the user refers to the conversion result and, if it is the desired kanji notation, makes a confirmation request. If the kanji notation is not the desired one, a homophone processing request will be made.

Now, when the word processing unit 22 has finished the kana-kanji conversion process, it determines whether or not a confirmation request has been made (step 105). If a confirmation request has been made, the confirmed kanji notation and its reading information It is determined whether or not it has already been registered (step 106).

If it is not registered here, the kanji notation and reading of the determined character string (kanji notation) are stored in the converted word storage means 4 (step 106), and the process ends;
If it has already been registered, the process ends.

Note that if the kanji notation as a conversion result is not determined in step 105 above, the converted kanji notation has been incorrectly converted, so re-conversion is required in response to a homophone processing request from the user. Processing (that is, homophone processing) is performed (step 108), and then the process returns to step 105 and the steps from this step onwards are executed.

By repeating the processes of steps 101 to 108 above, documents can be created and edited.

Then, the user reviews the document that has already been created, checks whether there are any parts to be corrected due to misconversions, typos, or omissions, and if so, performs correction operations on those parts.

Next, the second step is to perform correction processing when there is a kanji notation different from the desired kanji notation in the already created document.
This will be explained with reference to the figures.

Now, where the kanji notation "population" should be inserted, "
The kanji notation ``artificial'' has been inserted by mistake, and it will be corrected. At this point, as explained in step 107 above, the kanji notation "artificial" has been determined in the converted word storage means 4, so the kanji notation "artificial" is read as "jinkou". is registered in the converted word storage means 4.

First, as explained in steps 101 and 102 above (see Figure 2), when the user specifies "artificial" as the character string to be converted and further requests conversion,
The word processing unit 22 performs step 103 (see FIG. 2).
The same process as above is performed, but in this case, it is determined that the character string to be converted is in kanji notation, and the kanji notation "artificial" is read and passed to the conversion means 23 (step 109).

The reading conversion means 23 searches the storage contents of the converted word storage means 4 to find the passed kanji notation [an artificial reading character string that is another conversion candidate, and returns the search result to the word processing section 22 ( Step 110). In this case, the converted word storage means 4 contains the kanji notation ``Artificial J'' and ``Jinkou''.
is registered, the reading is returned to the word processing unit 22 as a search result.

The word processing unit 22 that has received the search result replaces the received search result ("shinko") with the kanji notation "artificial" as the input character string (step 111), and then performs the steps described above. The process returns to step 104 and the steps after this step are executed.

In other words, referring to the dictionary 3, the reading ``Jinkou'' is converted into the corresponding kanji notation, and if a confirmation request is made for the kanji notation ``Population J'' as a conversion candidate, then the kanji notation ``Population J'' is converted. Since the reading ``Jinkou'' has not been registered yet, the kanji notation ``Population'' and the reading ``Jinkou'' are registered in the converted word storage means 4 in the same manner as in step 107 above. Furthermore, even if the character string [Population J] and the reading ``Jinkou'' are registered in the conversion word storage means 4, the previously registered kanji notation ``Artificial'' will not disappear from the table; In this case, in the converted word storage means 4, the pronunciation ``ji'' is registered corresponding to each of the kanji expressions ``artificial'' and ``population.''

In other words, even if the reading is the same, if the kanji notation is different, this information will be registered, and even if the kanji notation is the same, if the reading is different, this information will be registered. However, duplicate registration is not possible.

In the above-described embodiment, the processing is explained in the case where all the character strings to be converted are written in Kanji characters, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where the character strings to be converted include Kanji notations.

For example, if you want to correct the erroneous character string "population" that exists in an already created document to the character string "artificial respiration", use "population" as the character string to be converted.
By specifying and requesting conversion, the word processing unit 22
, it is analyzed that the character string to be converted has the kanji notation "population", and the parsed reading conversion means 23 converts the analyzed kanji notation "population" into a reading "Shinko".

is converted to Then, the word processing unit 22 refers to the dictionary 3 and converts the conversion result "Jinkou J" from the reading conversion means 23 into kana-kanji, which takes into consideration the reading "Jinkou J" and the already input "Kokyu". . As a result of this kana-kanji conversion, we can obtain ``artificial respiration''. As a result, it is possible to obtain a desired kanji notation by performing a -degree operation without having to reconvert the kanji part and the kana part separately.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the erroneously converted kanji notation is converted to the reading, and the converted reading is further converted to the desired kanji notation, but the kanji notation is not converted to kana-kanji, and the kanji notation is converted to kanji. You can also output the reading.

In this case, in addition to a key for instructing to convert kana-kanji (for example, a conversion key), a key for instructing to convert kanji to kana (conversion from kanji notation to reading) is provided. Depending on the type of key pressed, the word processing unit 22 determines whether the reading character string from the reading conversion key 23 should be output as is, or whether the reading character string should be converted into kana-kanji and output. This can be achieved by making a judgment and performing processing according to the judgment result.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, the kanji notation and reading are registered only for the confirmed kanji notation,
In addition, since duplicate registration is avoided, it is possible to reduce the storage area for storing reading information of Kanji notation for Kanji-Kana conversion processing.

In addition, by requesting conversion for a character string that has already been determined in kanji notation or partially includes kanji notation, it is possible to obtain the desired conversion result (reconversion result), making it easy to convert documents that have already been created. can be edited.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the reading conversion means:
Since the kanji-kana conversion is performed by referring to the memory information of the conversion word storage means that stores the determined kanji notation and its reading, a memory area is used to store the reading information of the kanji notation for the kanji-kana conversion process. This allows for effective use of memory resources.

In addition, if there is an incorrect kanji notation in a document that has already been created, by specifying the string containing the incorrect kanji notation as the string to be converted and requesting further conversion, you can Since the notation is converted into reading and then converted into kanji notation, it becomes possible to easily modify the created document.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kana-kanji conversion process. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input unit, 2... Control unit, 3... Dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, 4... Converted word storage means, 5... Output unit, 21... Document creation unit, 22...
Word processing unit, 23... Reading conversion means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a kana-kanji conversion device that converts an input character string with readings into a character string containing kana-kanji, there is provided a converted word storage means for storing the kanji notation determined after conversion into kana-kanji and its reading information in correspondence with each other. . A kana-kanji conversion device, comprising: reading conversion means for searching the storage information of the converted word storage means to convert a kanji notation in a character string to be converted into a corresponding reading character string.