JPH0444162A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input data without worrying about the size of a display area and to easily confirm inputted contents by providing a function which converts input data to sentences, character strings, and symbols in a format corresponding to the size of the display area, contents of inputted sentences, and the purpose and displays the conversion results. CONSTITUTION:This device consists of an input part 1 for input for characters and symbols, an analyzing part 2 which analyzes input data of character strings, symbols, sentences, etc., inputted from the input part 1, a converting part 5 which refers to a dictionary 6 to convert input data, a condition discriminating part 8 which discriminates the condition for conversion, a control part 4 which controls these parts, and an output part 7 which outputs converted data. The condition deciding part 8 decides the size of the display area and the purpose of the sentence based on the analysis result of the analyzing part 2, and the converting part 5 converts input data to sentences, character strings, and symbols in the format corresponding to the condition decision. Thus, display is scrolled to confirm the whole of a sentence at the time of retrieving input data or a part or all of the sentence is so rewritten at the time of registration input that all of the sentence is put in the display time, and re- input is unnecessary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to document processing devices such as electronic notebooks, electronic notebooks, and word processors.

(b) Conventional technology In the conventional technology, electronic notebook PA manufactured by Sharp Corporation
6500 and Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. business processor BP
-21, there is a size limit on the display frame for data such as a schedule management table, and if data exceeding the frame is input, the data input beyond the display frame will not be displayed. Therefore, when searching for the above data, either scroll the displayed area to check the full text, or rewrite a part of the text so that the full text fits in the display frame above during registration input, or rewrite the full text. The drawback was that it required input.

Also, when filling out schedule management sheets, message boards, etc., write text from the perspective of the recipient of the e-mail or message, such as "Please call me at 9 o'clock." The disadvantage was that it had to be converted into the following sentence and entered.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to prevent the display of data that exceeds the display frame when there is a limit to the display frame in a document processing device. When doing so, the first technical problem is to make it possible to substantially display the intended content of the data without changing the size of the display frame.

In addition, the second technical problem is to change and display the text content according to the purpose.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the document processing device according to the present invention includes an input section for inputting characters and symbols, and character strings, symbols, sentences, etc. input from the input section. an analysis unit that analyzes the input data, a conversion unit that converts the input data with reference to a dictionary, a condition determination unit that determines conditions for performing the conversion, and a control unit that controls each of these units; The condition determining unit determines the size of the display area and the purpose of the text based on the analysis result by the analyzing unit, and the converting unit converts the data according to the condition determination. It is characterized by converting input data into formatted sentences, character strings, and symbols.

(E) Function As mentioned above, by converting the text, character strings, and symbols in a format that matches the size of the display area and the content and purpose of the input text, the display can be scrolled and the entire text displayed when searching for input data. , or rewrite part or the entire text so that the entire text will fit in the display frame when entering the registration.
No need to re-enter.

(f) Examples Examples of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing device according to the present invention. (1) is an input section, into which input data such as character strings, symbols, sentences, etc. to be converted are input. (2) is a grammatical analysis section, which performs grammatical analysis of the input data input from the input section.

(3) is a clause buffer, in which the grammar information analyzed by the above-mentioned analysis unit (2) is stored. (4) is a control unit that controls data exchange, etc.

(5) is a conversion candidate configuration unit, which searches for candidates for conversion. (6) is a dictionary which stores conversion information corresponding to a specific conversion format in order to convert input data. (7) is an output unit, which outputs the conversion results by displaying or printing them. (8) is a conversion condition determination section.

Input data such as character strings, symbols, sentences, etc. input from the input section (1) are processed by the control section (4) as follows. First, the control unit (4) is controlled by the grammar analysis unit (2).
The input data provided is analyzed to obtain grammatical information, and the grammatical information is stored in the phrase buffer (3). Next, the control unit (4) converts the conversion candidate configuration unit (5) into a conversion candidate configuration unit (5).
is activated, a conversion candidate is searched by referring to the dictionary (6), and the control unit (4) instructs the conversion condition determining unit (8) to process the searched candidates. In the conversion condition determination section (8),
Select a document, character string, or symbol suitable for the size of the display area and purpose of use, and send the selection result to the control unit (4)
It outputs to the output section (7) via.

Figure 2 (a) - Figure 2 (d), Figure 3 (a) - Figure 3 (d), Figure 4 (a) - Figure 4 (C) are used to input data into the schedule management table. An example of operation when using document conversion according to the present invention is shown.

In the figure, (9) is a weekly schedule table, in which data (schedule) corresponding to each day of the week can be input. (10) is a communication area, which displays input data such as character strings, symbols, sentences, etc. sent via communication.

(11) is an input area, in which input data (12) such as character strings, symbols, sentences, etc. can be input using a keyboard (not shown) using the well-known kana-kanji conversion, or input data received through the above communication. Display as data. (1
3) is a display area that displays the results of converting input character strings, symbols, and sentences. For example, as shown in Figure 2 (C), if the text ``Call the Patent Division at 10:30'' is input directly into the system from a tablet or keyboard, the input text (12) is Display in the input area (11). The conversion is performed with reference to the dictionary (6) according to the display area (13) and purpose of use (in this embodiment, schedule input). When a document in the predetermined format as described above is input and the conversion condition determination unit (8) determines that the number of characters displayed in the display area (13) is smaller than the input text, the text is converted to a grammar analysis unit. (2)
The grammatical analysis is performed on a clause-by-clause basis, and the conversion candidate composition section (5) decomposes it into conversion candidates. Furthermore, in order to display each conversion candidate as a symbol, the dictionary (6) is referred to for conversion and synthesis. Specifically, it analyzes that "To the Patent Division" is a location, creates a conversion candidate "Patent Division", and similarly writes "At 10:30".
to "10:30" and "to call" to "including". The conversion result (14) is displayed in the conversion result display area (15)
If the displayed conversion result is indicated by a key or the like, the same display (16) as the conversion result (14) is displayed in the display area (13). The display area is determined based on the content of the text, and if there is no date or day of the week specified in the text, the input date is determined. In this embodiment, data input on Tuesday is used.

Also, as shown in Figure 3(b), from other systems "
Please call the General Affairs Department at 9 o'clock. '' is sent by e-mail, etc., the text data (17) received by this device is displayed in the communication area (18), and the text is moved to the input area (19) for use in schedule input. . Similar to the second embodiment, the grammar analysis unit (2) performs grammatical analysis on the sentence data in units of phrases, and further,
It is broken down into conversion candidates, and each candidate is converted into a sentence according to the purpose by referring to the dictionary (6). The conversion result is displayed in the conversion result display area (20). In this embodiment, since the purpose is to write it on a schedule table, it is converted into text from the perspective of the recipient of the email. At this time, the document format of the received data is a predetermined format, and the control unit (4) controls the dictionary (6).
), convert "Please do..." to "Do..." and display it. After displaying, check the converted text and register it in the schedule table (21).
It is shown in the display area (22). Further, FIG. 4(a) shows a tablet in which a coordinate input mechanism and a display mechanism are integrated as an input area in the above embodiment (23), and coordinate input and display can be performed at the same position. After recognizing the character strings and symbols (24) that were input by hand from the tablet, the conversion result display area (25) and the conversion result 1 (26) and conversion result 2 (27) are displayed depending on the purpose of use. Indicates the case. Here, the conversion result (26)
is an example of conversion to make the content of the input text easier to understand, and the text has been changed from the perspective of the reader. Conversion result (27) is an example in which, when the display area is small, the text and symbols are changed to a length corresponding to the size of the display area.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the present invention has a function of converting the input text into text, character strings, and symbols in a format depending on the size of the display area, the content and purpose of the input text, and displaying the conversion result. Depending on the input data search, you may need to scroll the display to check the full text, rewrite part of the text so that the full text fits in the display frame during registration input, or re-enter the full text. Therefore, even if the size of the display area is limited, input can be made without worrying about the size of the display area, and the input contents can be easily confirmed.

Furthermore, there is no need to re-enter the text received by the receiver via e-mail or the like to convert it into the text of the receiver, and it becomes possible to display the text on a schedule, message board, etc. as soon as it is received.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for implementing the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d) are schematic diagrams for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3(a) ~ Figure 3 (, d) is a schematic diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 (a)
-FIG. 4(C) are schematic diagrams for explaining still another embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input unit, 2... Grammar analysis unit, 3... Clause buffer, 4... Control unit, 5... Conversion candidate configuration unit, 6
・Dictionary, 7... Output section, 8... Conversion condition determination section,
9. Schedule table, 10... Communication area, 11...
- Input area, 13... Display area, 15... Conversion result display area, 18... Communication area, 19... Input area,
20...Conversion result display area, 23...Handwriting input area

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An input section that inputs characters and symbols, an analysis section that analyzes input data such as character strings, symbols, and sentences input from the input section, and a conversion section that converts input data by referring to a dictionary. and a condition determining unit that determines conditions for performing the conversion.
It consists of a control section that controls each of these sections and an output section that outputs the converted data, and the condition judgment section judges the size of the display area and the purpose of the text based on the analysis result by the analysis section. A document processing device, wherein the conversion unit converts input data into sentences, character strings, and symbols in a format according to the condition determination.