JPH0433053A - Name shaping device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To divide a family name and a first name in a name data with the high rate of a correct answer by providing a name character number possessing means to calculate the number of characters in the name data, family name character number calculating means to calculate the number of characters for the family name from the number of characters in the name data, and family name dividing means to divide the name data into the family name and the first name according to the number of characters for the family name. CONSTITUTION:A name character number possessing means 2 is provided to calculate the number of characters in the name data, and a family name character number calculating means 3 is provided to calculate the number of characters for the family name from the number of characters in the name data. Then, a family name dividing means 4 is provided to divide the name data into the family name and the first name according to the number of characters for the family name. For example, when the number of characters in the name data is more than 3, the family name is divided to get two characters and when the number of characters in the name data is 2, the family name is divided to get one character. Thus, the rate of the correct answer for dividing the family name and the first name is made more than 90%, and the manual work of confirmation and correction for dividing the name can be made slight. Then, the man-hour can be saved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Fields] The present invention is a name formatting method that automatically converts name data handled by a computer from a string of consecutive last names and first names to a string of separated last names and first names. between the devices.

[Conventional technology] When name data is imported from an external source, for example, when the name on a business card is obtained through character recognition or when name data is obtained through data conversion from another address book database, etc., the surname of the name data is and names are often continuous strings with no delimiters. It would be more convenient for displaying and printing name data if the last name and first name are separated, but the data was manually corrected to separate the last name and first name.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, manually separating the last name and first name in name data requires a lot of effort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a name formatting device that automatically processes the separation between the last name and first name of name data using a computer.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The name formatting device of the present invention includes means for obtaining the number of characters in a name data consisting of a string of consecutive last names and given names using character code data that can be handled by a computer; The present invention is characterized in that it includes at least a surname character number calculation means for calculating the number of characters of a surname from the number of characters, and a surname and name separation means for dividing the name data into a surname and a first name based on the number of characters of the gender.

[Operation] The name formatting device of the present invention first obtains the number of characters in name data consisting of a string of consecutive last names and given names using character code data that can be handled by a computer, using a name character number obtaining means.

Subsequently, the number of characters in the last name is calculated from the number of characters in the name data by the number of characters in the last name calculation means.

Then, the name data is divided into a surname and a given name by the number of characters of the gender by the surname dividing means. For example, by inserting a single blank character at this position, name data such as ``Meiku Part'' will be formatted as ``Meiku Part'', with the last name and first name separated.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an example of a configuration block diagram of a name formatting device of the present invention. 1 is an original data buffer that stores name data. Reference numeral 2 denotes name character number acquisition means for acquiring the number of characters in the name data stored in the original data buffer. 3 is a surname character count calculation means for calculating the number of characters in the surname from the number of characters in the entire name.

4 is the number of characters in the surname, which is a surname separation means for separating the surname and first name in the name data. 5 is a new data buffer that stores name data in which the last name and first name are separated.

FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are flowchart examples of the name formatting device of the present invention, and Fl to F8 are step numbers. One piece of name data with consecutive first and last names, such as the original data column in Figure 3, is already stored in a buffer in the computer's memory, and new name data to be formatted is stored in a separate buffer. I will explain this based on the premise. First, the example shown in FIG. 2(a) will be explained.

In Fl, the number of characters in name data is calculated.

At F2, it is determined whether the number of characters obtained from F1 is 3 or more, and processing is distributed.

For F3, if the number of characters in the name obtained from Fl is 3 or more,
Let the number of characters in the last name be 2. The reason why the surname is set to two characters when the name is three or more characters is because many Japanese surnames have two characters.

In F4, if the number of characters in the name obtained in Fl is 2, the number of characters in the last name is set to 1. This is because if the name has two characters, the last name can only have one character.

At F5, one full-width space is inserted at the position of the number of characters of the last name obtained at F3 or F4 of the name data.

When the above processing is completed, the name data is formatted into a format in which the last name and first name are separated by double-byte spaces, as shown in column a of the result in FIG. For names with 3 or more characters, the surname will be 2 characters.

Next, the example shown in FIG. 2(b) will be explained. This is shown in Figure 2 (
This is an example in which the length of the surname is made variable to reduce the inconvenience caused by long names compared to example a).

In F6, the number of characters in name data is determined.

In Fl, the number of characters in the surname is calculated by dividing the number of characters obtained in Fl + 1 by 2. In other words, if the name is 2, the surname is 1, if the name is 3 to 4, the surname is 2, if the name is 5 to 6, the surname is 3, and so on, so that the surname is at least half the length of the name. This is because when a person's name is 5.6 characters or more, their surname is often 2 or more characters.

In F8, one full-width space is inserted at the position of the number of characters of the last name obtained in Fl of the name data.

When the above processing is completed, the name data is formatted into a format in which the last name and first name are separated by double-byte spaces, as shown in the result column of FIG. The length of the last name increases until it becomes more than half the length of the full name.

FIG. 4 is an example of a hardware configuration diagram of the name formatting device.

The area surrounded by the dotted line is, for example, the inside of a personal computer, and Hl is the CPU. F2 is a RAM, which is used to store programs, and as a buffer for name data and work. F3 is a ROM that contains system programs such as BIO5. H4 displays data, etc. on a display such as a CRT. F5 is a keyboard, and the user manually presses the keys as necessary. H6 is a recording device such as a magnetic disk, which reads and writes files.

[Effects of the Invention] By realizing the name formatting device of the present invention, which automatically separates name data into surname and first name using a computer system, formatting of name data is facilitated. This device can be realized by small and simple means without using large special means such as a name dictionary. Furthermore, the correct answer rate for separating first and last names is 90%.
As a result, only a small amount of work is required to confirm and correct the separation between names and names.

Up until now, formatting name data had to be done manually, but with this device, there is no longer any need for it except for the final corrections, which greatly reduces time and effort.

When importing data from other sources such as a database,
For example, in the case of raw data obtained by character recognition from business cards, etc., or data converted from other databases, name data in most cases does not have the last name and first name separated.

However, if this device is used, it is possible to automatically separate the data at the time of registering the data in the database.

Particularly in databases such as address management, by separating the last name and first name of name data, the display and printing of name data becomes clearer and easier to read.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a name formatting device according to the present invention. 2(a) and 2(b) are flowcharts showing the operating procedure of the device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of name data and processing results, and FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the device. Original data buffer 2: Name character count acquisition means 3: Last name character count calculation means 4: Name separation means 5: New data buffer and above Figure (0) Figure 2 (b)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a name formatting device that stores character code data in a storage device and separates name data consisting of a string of consecutive surnames and given names into a surname and a first name, the name character number obtaining means obtains the number of characters in the name data. A name formatting device comprising at least a surname character count calculation means for calculating the number of characters of a surname from the number of characters of the name data, and a surname separation means for dividing the name data into a surname and a first name based on the number of characters of the surname. .