JPH04155570A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress the increase of a homonym to an irreducible minimum, and to use a memory effectively by informing a user of it when a word of the same expression or the word of the same reading as a specified word is registered in an auxiliary word storage means when registering the specified word. CONSTITUTION:An input device 1 is also provided with a function as a selection means selecting whether the user registers or not when the alarm message of an overlapping registration is displayed in a display device 8. A word registration control part 3 processes to register the specified word in an auxiliary word storage device 6, makes a dictionary retrieving part 4 retrieve whether the word of the same expression or the word of the same reading as the specified word is registered in the auxiliary word storage device 6 or not when registering the specified word, and executes the overlapping registration alarming process informing the user of it when the word of the same expression or the word of the same reading is registered. Thus, it is reduced to register the word of the same reading with the different expression or the word of the same expression with the different reading by mistake, and the increase of the homonym and the futility of the memory can be minimized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device for creating, editing, etc. a document.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of document processing device, when a reading input in kana or romaji is instructed to be converted to kanji, the kanji corresponding to the reading is searched in a word storage device (hereinafter referred to as a dictionary), and a sentence containing kana and kanji is searched for. is converted to At this time, one way to convert words that are not in the dictionary is to register unregistered words in the auxiliary word storage device (hereinafter referred to as user dictionary) for each user, and retrieve kanji that are not in the dictionary from the user dictionary and display them. There is a method. Recently, document processing devices have been developed that automatically register unregistered words in a user dictionary and that simplify the method of registering words in the user dictionary.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned method of using a user dictionary is widely used, and when registering an unregistered word in a user dictionary, it is often the case that the word is registered with a different reading, such as an abbreviation, rather than the reading that corresponds to its notation. However, if a user registers a different pronunciation that does not correspond to the spelling, the number of homonyms increases, resulting in the problem that it takes time to select the desired spelling. Also, if you forget that you have registered the spelling in a different reading, you may end up registering the same spelling word twice as an abbreviation or in a different reading, which wastes memory. There were also problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that can suppress the increase in the number of homophones to the necessary minimum and use memory effectively.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the document processing device according to the present invention, when a specified word is registered by a user, a word with the same spelling or a word with the same reading as the specified word is stored in the auxiliary word storage means. It is equipped with a duplicate registration warning means that searches for whether words with the same spelling or the same pronunciation are registered, and notifies the user via a display means such as a CRT, for example. .

[Effect]

According to the above configuration, when a word is registered in the user dictionary, a check is made to see if a word with the same spelling or the same reading as that word has already been registered in the user dictionary, and if it is registered, The user will then be notified and can reconfirm their registration based on that information.

Therefore, words with the same pronunciation but different spellings, or words with the same spelling but different pronunciations, are less likely to be erroneously registered, and the increase in homophones and waste of memory can be minimized.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the document processing device according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a document processing device according to the present invention.

This document processing device includes an input device], an input control section 2, a word registration control section 3, a dictionary search section 4, and a word storage device (dictionary) 5.
, auxiliary word storage device (user dictionary) 6, display control unit 7
, and a display device 8.

The input device 1 is an input means for inputting reading information, and includes character keys such as hiragana, alphabetic characters, and numbers, and function keys such as a kanji conversion key. In addition, input device 1
It also has a function as a selection means for selecting whether to register or not when a warning message for duplicate registration is displayed on the display device 8, which will be described later. The reading information entered manually from the input device 1 is converted into a predetermined code by the input control section 2 and sent to the word registration control section 3. In addition,
As the above-mentioned selection means, a pointing device such as a mouse may be used.

The word registration control unit 3 controls the reception and passing of data such as pronunciations and spellings, registers specified words in the auxiliary word storage device 6 according to instructions from the user, and registers the specified words at the time of registering the specified words. The dictionary search unit 4 searches whether a word with the same spelling or the same reading as the specified word is registered in the auxiliary word storage device 6, and if a word with the same spelling or the same reading is registered. , performs a duplicate registration warning process to notify the user.

The dictionary search section 4 searches for words registered in the auxiliary word storage device 6 and the word storage device 5 according to instructions from the word registration control section 3, and performs a process of reading out the corresponding words.

Note that the word registration control section 3 and dictionary search section 4 are implemented by a CPU.
It consists of peripheral circuits based on a central processing unit (central processing unit), and executes the various data processing described above according to a control program stored in a memory device (not shown).

The dictionary storage device (dictionary) 5 is composed of a storage device such as a ROM, and stores a Japanese dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, which is referred to when converting the input reading to shallow learning.

The auxiliary word storage device (user dictionary) 6 is comprised of a storage device such as a RAM, and specifies words designated by the user. Words registered in this auxiliary word storage device 6 can be registered and deleted by the user.

The display device 8 is a display means for displaying data such as reading information sent from the word registration control section 3 and a warning message for duplicate registration.The displayed data is input via the display control section 7. be done.

In the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, when registration information such as the pronunciation and spelling of a word is input from the input device 1, the information is sent to the word registration control section 3 via the input control section 2. The word registration control unit 3 sends the information to the dictionary search unit 4 to search the dictionary.

The dictionary search unit 4 includes an auxiliary word storage device 6 and a word storage device 5.
is searched, and if there is a word corresponding to the input pronunciation and spelling, the information is sent to the word registration control section 3. The word registration control section 3 sends the information to the display control section 7 and causes the display device 8 to display it together with a warning message. Here, a registration request from the user is sent to the word registration control unit 3 via the input control unit 2.
When the word is sent, the word registration control section 3 stores the pronunciation and notation in the auxiliary word storage device 6.

Next, the processing procedure for registering words in the user dictionary will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 2.

First, the input control section 2 receives information such as the pronunciation and spelling of a registered word from the input device 1, and sends it to the 81 word registration control section 3 (step 101). The word registration control unit 3 searches the auxiliary word storage device 6 and the word storage device 5 via the dictionary search unit 4, and determines whether or not words with the same pronunciation or the same spelling exist in the dictionary. (Step 102). Here, if there are no words with the same reading or the same notation,
The registered word is registered in the auxiliary word storage device (user dictionary) 6 (step 103). Further, if there are words with the same pronunciation or the same notation, information on the pronunciation, notation, etc. of those words is sent to the display control section 7 and displayed together with a warning message on the display bag W8 (step 104). Then, in step 10, determine whether there is a registration request from the user.
5) When a registration request is received, a message asking whether to change the pronunciation or notation is displayed (step 106).
. Then, it is determined whether there is a request from the user to change the pronunciation or notation (step 107), and if there is a request for change, the pronunciation or notation of the registered word is changed according to the user's instructions.
Or change the notation (step 108).

Next, a specific example will be described in which words with the same pronunciation but different pronunciations and words with the same pronunciation but different pronunciations are registered.

Now let's say you want to register ``Tohoku Sales Division'' as ``Toei''. First of all, the user reads ``Toei'',
Instructs to register the notation "Tohoku Sales Division" in the user dictionary. Here, if the reading ``Toei'' is read as ``Toei'' and ``Tokyo Sales Department'' is registered in the user dictionary, the dictionary search unit 4 searches the user dictionary (the search range is limited to the user dictionary). ) and read out "Tokyo Sales Department" from the user dictionary. Information on that word is then displayed in the display bag W8 together with a warning message. As a result, the user will be able to confirm that the "Tokyo Sales Department" is
You can know that it is registered in the user dictionary with the reading ``Toei''. In this case, for example, by changing the pronunciation to "Tohokuei" and then re-registering, the number of homophones can be prevented from increasing.

Also, when I tried to register ``Tokyo Sales Department'' with the same reading as ``Toei'', the user dictionary registered ``Tokyo Sales Department'' with the same notation as ``Toeishi''. In this case, a warning message will be displayed in the same way as in the above example.

In this case as well, the user can know that a word with the same spelling has been registered in a different reading, and can decide whether to register it in a different reading.

Therefore, the number of duplicate registrations of words with the same notation in different pronunciations is reduced, and memory can be used effectively.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the document processing device according to the present invention, when a word with the same pronunciation or the same spelling as a word registered in the user dictionary is already registered, that information is notified to the user. Therefore, the increase in homonyms can be suppressed to the necessary minimum, and homonyms can be selected efficiently. In addition, when managing in-house terminology dictionaries etc. and sharing one user dictionary among multiple people, it is less likely that a word that has already been registered will be registered with a different reading. , you can use memory effectively.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when registering a word in a user dictionary. 1. Input device, 2. Manual control unit, 3. Word registration control unit, 4. Dictionary search unit, 5. Word storage device (dictionary).
, 6... Auxiliary word storage device (user dictionary), 7...
-Display control unit, 8.Display device. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document processing device comprising auxiliary word storage means for storing unregistered words, registration means for registering words in the auxiliary word storage means, and reading means for reading out words from the auxiliary word storage means. , When registering a specified word, a word with the same spelling as the specified word,
Alternatively, a duplicate registration warning means is provided which searches whether words with the same pronunciation are registered in the auxiliary word storage means and notifies the user when words with the same notation or words with the same pronunciation are registered. A document processing device characterized by: