JPH0421224B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a word processor that creates sentences containing kanji and kana using a kana-kanji conversion method.

(Prior Art) For example, a Japanese word processor that creates sentences containing kanji and kana by inputting kana is equipped with a correspondence list for converting kana (or Roman characters equivalent thereto) into kanji. This correspondence list is generally called a dictionary.

FIG. 1 shows the standard configuration of a dictionary memory used in a conventional Japanese word processor. A common dictionary 12 and a user dictionary 13 are registered in the dictionary memory 11, respectively. Here, the common dictionary 12 is called a general dictionary or a manufacturer's dictionary, and is a standard dictionary prepared by the manufacturer of the device. Further, a user dictionary is a dictionary prepared by a user according to the field of use.

By the way, if the entire dictionary memory is configured in this way, it is not possible to efficiently create Japanese for specialized fields until the user side enriches the contents of the user dictionary through registration operations. In other words, plain Japanese used in daily life can be adequately processed with the corresponding list of 12 general dictionaries, but when trying to utilize it in the fields of medical equipment and electronics, it is extremely difficult to create Japanese sentences at the initial stage of use. There was a problem that made it difficult.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of a dictionary memory conventionally proposed to solve these problems. The dictionary memory 14 includes a common dictionary 1.
2 and the user dictionary 13, one or more specialized dictionaries 15 are registered. Special dictionary 1 here
5 is a dictionary by field in industry, academics, etc. The manufacturer or seller of the device should refer to specialized dictionary 15.
A large number of these are available for each field, and some of these are provided depending on the user's application. For example, if the device is used at a medical university, a medical terminology dictionary 1
5-1 and a medical device term dictionary 15-2 are registered in the dictionary memory 14. With such a dictionary configuration, it becomes possible to perform fairly satisfactory Kana-Kanji conversion for a specific specialized field even during the initial use of the device.

However, even with such a dictionary structure, if the specialized field is even slightly different, technical terms that are omitted from the list will be converted one after another, resulting in insufficient kana-kanji conversion. For example, researchers in medical electronics find it difficult to create Japanese texts related to light electrical appliances. Of course, registering terms from all specialized fields in one device would require an extremely large capacity of memory and would be impossible. Furthermore, if an unnecessarily large number of terms are registered in the dictionary memory, the number of homonyms will increase, and a lot of time will be wasted selecting them, which is not a good idea. Furthermore, in order to solve this kind of time, multiple specialized dictionaries are stored in different external memories,
An invention has been proposed in which a dictionary selected as necessary is stored in a memory inside the device. However, in this case, each time a necessary dictionary is selected, it is necessary to set and read the dictionary in the external memory. Particularly when a plurality of dictionaries are required, the same operation must be repeated many times, making the operation extremely complicated.

(Object of the Invention) In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that allows a plurality of users in different specialized fields to quickly create documents.

(Means for Achieving the Object) The present invention includes a display means for visually displaying input data, a first internal storage memory storing therein a plurality of dictionaries classified according to usage, and a display means for visually displaying input data; Dictionary characteristic table display means for displaying a dictionary characteristic table representing the contents of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the first internal storage memory on the above-mentioned display means; dictionary selection means for selecting a basic dictionary and any specialized dictionary to be a part of the dictionary from a dictionary characteristic table displayed on the display means; A second internal memory stores a dictionary, and a dictionary stored in the second internal memory until the contents of the dictionary stored in the second internal memory are changed due to a new selection of a dictionary by the dictionary selection means. The above object is achieved by equipping a document creation device with a kana-kanji conversion means for converting kana-kanji using a dictionary.

The present invention will be explained in detail with reference to Examples below.

(Embodiment) FIG. 3 shows the main part of the Japanese word processor of this embodiment. The word processor has an input section 2 equipped with a keyboard for inputting kana.
1 is provided. When data is input from the input section 21, a visual display is performed on a display section 22 made of a CRT or the like. The control unit 23 controls each unit, reads out necessary dictionaries from the storage memory 24, and reads the kana-kanji conversion memory 25.
In addition, Kana-Kanji conversion is performed based on the registered contents.

Now this word processor is powered on and
When the mode for creating Japanese sentences is selected by the input section 21, a dictionary characteristic table 26 is displayed on the display section 22 as shown in FIG. The dictionary characteristic table (dictionary property sheet) 26 represents the contents of dictionaries that can be selected from among the dictionaries in the storage memory 24. The user moves the cursor 27 displayed on the display section 22 to select dictionaries in the dictionary characteristic table 26, and reads these dictionaries from the storage memory 24.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the storage memory. The storage memory 24 stores a plurality of dictionaries classified according to usage, such as a common dictionary 12, various specialized dictionaries 28-1 to 28-4, a user common dictionary 29, and specific user dictionaries 31-1 and 31-2. has been done. Of these dictionaries, the common dictionary 12 and the user common dictionary 29 will be collectively referred to as basic dictionaries here. When the user points to the "basic dictionary" column 32 with the cursor 27, the contents of the dictionaries 12 and 29 are read out from the storage memory 24, and are stored in the kana-kanji conversion memory 25 via a bus line (not shown) under the control of the control unit 23. be registered.
If the user then points to the "Specialized Dictionary 2" column 33 with the cursor, business terms will be similarly registered in the kana-kanji conversion memory 25. In the columns 32 and 33 designated by the cursor 27, which dictionary has been registered in the kana-kanji conversion memory 25 is displayed by inverting the brightness of that part of the display screen. After completing dictionary selection using the dictionary characteristic table 26, the user inputs his or her user number from the input section 21. As a result, the corresponding dictionary is selected from the specific user dictionary 31 and similarly registered in the kana-kanji conversion memory 25. The above operations are performed by the control unit 2 based on a control program stored in a ROM (read-only memory) not shown.
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By the above operations, the optimum correspondence list for this user is registered in the kana-kanji conversion memory 25, and the kana-kanji conversion is performed smoothly. Of course, the user can call up the dictionary characteristic table 26 as appropriate when creating Japanese sentences in a different field, and change the contents of the dictionary used for kana-kanji conversion.

In the embodiment described above, the contents of the kana-kanji conversion memory 25 are initially cleared, and the storage memory 2
Although it was decided to register the necessary dictionaries from 4 onwards, it is also possible to always register in the kana-kanji conversion memory 24 the dictionaries that are always used without having to make a selection.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the document creation device of the present invention, an optimal dictionary according to the application is prepared inside the device for kana-kanji conversion, so it can greatly contribute to improving the efficiency of office work.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are block diagrams of a dictionary memory used in a conventional document creation device, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the Japanese word processor, FIG. 4 is a plan view of data displayed on the display section, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the storage memory. 21...Input section, 23...Control section, 2
4... Memory for storage, 25... Memory for kana-kanji conversion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A display means for visually displaying input data; a first internal storage memory that stores therein a plurality of dictionaries classified by use; and the first internal storage memory. dictionary characteristic table display means for displaying a dictionary characteristic table representing the contents of a plurality of stored dictionaries on the display means; a dictionary selection means for selecting a basic dictionary and any specialized dictionary from a dictionary characteristic table displayed on the display means; a second dictionary for storing the basic dictionary and specialized dictionary selected by the dictionary selection means; Kana-Kanji conversion is performed using the internal memory and the dictionary stored in the second internal memory until the contents of the dictionary stored in the second internal memory are changed due to a new selection of a dictionary by the dictionary selection means. A document creation device comprising: a kana-kanji conversion means.