JPH0462661A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically call the learning information back to a storage area with no intervention of a user by storing automatically the learning information in another area as long as the learning information is stored in the storage area when the information on the application, etc., are read out of the outside. CONSTITUTION:When a floppy disk put into an auxiliary storage device 20 is used for the application software only, a retention/call control part 16 discriminates whether the learning information is registered or not in a learning memory area 26 of a storage part 22 by reference to a learning flag of a learning flag area 28. When the learning information is stored, the part 16 discriminates whether the set floppy disk is specified for use of application or not based on the ID information. When it is discriminated that the floppy disk of the storage 20 is used for the application software only, the part 16 reads the application software and stores it in the area 26. When the application software is started, executed and completed, the part 16 calls the learning information stored in the floppy disk back to the area 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Objective of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a document creation device that can use control information read from the outside, particularly application software.

(Prior Art) In recent years, some document creation devices are provided with a function of loading application software and executing specific processing. Various applications such as communication, MS-DOS text file conversion, extended dictionaries, games, etc. used in this type of document creation device are prepared on auxiliary storage media such as floppy disks.

By the way, document creation devices are provided with learning functions such as phrase learning and homophone learning. For example, when phrase learning is instructed to change the phrase, information indicating the position of the phrase is stored, and homophone learning retains information indicating the most recently selected among multiple homophones and the number of selections. It is something to keep. Other learning functions include katakana conversion learning, non-conversion learning, and co-occurrence learning. The learning information set in these learning functions is referred to when converting the "yomi" input later into a sentence containing kana and kanji. Usually, learning information is classified and stored for each learning content in a learning memory area provided in a memory.

Now, since application software executes specific processing different from normal processing, an area dedicated to application software is not reserved in memory.

For this reason, in conventional document creation devices, a learning memory area may be used when application software is loaded.

If application software is stored in the learning memory area in this way, the learning information stored in the same area will be lost. For this reason, conventionally, the content of learning information can be stored in an auxiliary storage device in response to a user's instruction if necessary. After the application software is terminated, this saved learning information can be recalled from the auxiliary storage device to the learning memory in response to an instruction from the user, if necessary, and can be used again.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional document creation devices, when application software is read from the auxiliary storage device, it may be stored in the learning memory area. In this case, the learning information in the learning memory is lost, so the user must always be conscious of saving the learning information in the auxiliary storage device.

Further, the saved learning information is recalled to the learning memory area by a user's instruction after the application ends. That is, conventionally, when using application software, the user had to consciously save and recall learning information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and it is possible to use a document creation device that can easily save and recall learning information when using external control information, especially application software. The purpose is to provide.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a registration information storage means for storing registration information indicating whether learning information is stored in a storage area;
A learning information storage means for storing learning information; and a learning information storage means for storing learning information according to the registered information stored in the registered information storage means when information to be stored in the storage area is read from the outside. and a learning information recalling means for recalling the learning information stored in the learning information storage means to the storage area when the information read from the outside is no longer needed. .

(Function) According to such a configuration, when information such as an application that uses the same storage area as the learning information is read from the outside, if the learning information is stored in the storage area, this learning information is automatically saved in another area, and, for example, when the application is terminated, it is automatically recalled to the storage area again, eliminating the need for user intervention.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to the same embodiment. In FIG. 1, a keyboard 10 is used by the user to input information to the document creation apparatus, such as "reading" for document creation and instructions for starting and terminating application software. In addition to the character entry key and cursor key, the keyboard 10 also has "conversion/next candidate" keys.
Key "No conversion" key "Katakana conversion" key "Phrase change instruction" key "Select/Execute" key "Cancel" key and other function keys are provided.

The keyboard IO is connected to the input control unit 12 and notifies input information according to key presses. The input control section 12 determines information input from the keyboard 10 and prompts the kana-kanji conversion section 14 and the storage/recall control section 16 to perform processing according to the keystrokes.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 14 receives input from the keyboard 10,
The ``reading'' in hiragana notified via the input control unit 12 is converted into a sentence containing kana and kanji based on a dictionary and learning information, which will be described later.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 14 in this embodiment is capable of distinguishing each clause and performing kana-kanji conversion on each clause when a "yomi" consisting of a plurality of clauses is input at once. Connected to the kana-kanji conversion section 14 is a screen display section 18 that includes a display device constituted by, for example, a liquid crystal display, and a control device that performs display control on the display device. The screen display unit 18 displays the "reading" input from the keyboard 10, the kana-kanji conversion results corresponding to the "reading", and messages to the user.

The storage/recall control unit 16 controls reading and storage of application software, storage of learning information, and retrieval processing. An auxiliary storage device 20 is connected to the storage/retrieval control section 16 . The auxiliary storage device 20 is configured by, for example, a floppy disk device. In this embodiment, it is assumed that application software is stored and prepared on a floppy disk. It is also assumed that the learning information is also stored on the floppy disk. The auxiliary storage device 20 is used to load and store application software and learning information in response to instructions from the storage/retrieval control section 16.

The storage unit 22 includes a dictionary area 24 for storing a dictionary used by the kana-kanji conversion unit 14, a learning memory area 26 for storing learning information about the dictionary, and a learning area 26 for storing learning information about the dictionary. Learning flag areas 28 and the like are provided for each content. The dictionary memory area 24 stores an input "yomi" and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to this "yomi" in association with each other.

In some cases, multiple conversion candidate character strings are set for one "yomi". Learning information is stored in the learning memory area 26 for each type of learning. As for the type of learning,
There are clause learning, homophone learning, katakana conversion learning, non-conversion learning, co-occurrence learning, etc. Learning information is registered in the learning memory area 26 by the kana-kanji converter 14 according to the content of each learning. Further, along with the registration of the learning information, a flag indicating that the learning information has been registered is set in the learning flag 28.

Note that the learning memory area 26 is also used as an area for storing application software when it is loaded.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, when creating a document, a character key on the keyboard 10 is pressed to input "yomi". In the case of input using character keys, the input control section 12 instructs the kana-kanji conversion section 14 to convert the input "yomi" into kana-kanji, and prompts it to create a document.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 14 notifies the screen display unit 18 of the display of the input “yomi” and performs kana-kanji conversion on the “yomi” by referring to the dictionary stored in the dictionary memory area 24 of the storage unit 22. The screen display section 18 first displays the input "yomi", and after the kana-kanji conversion, displays the conversion result instead of the previously displayed "yomi". The conversion result at this stage is in an undetermined state, and other conversion candidates can be displayed by operating the function keys.

For example, regarding the conversion result when the readings of multiple bunsetsu are input, if a command is given to change the clause using the "Bunsetsu recut instruction" key, the kana-kanji conversion is performed again according to the bunsetsu position according to the instructions. can be executed. At this time, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 registers information indicating the position where the phrase has been recut in the phrase learning area in the learning memory area 26, and also registers information indicating that phrase learning has been performed in the learning flag area 28. Set flag.

FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of learning flags set in the learning flag area 28. As shown in FIG. 2, when bunsetsu learning is performed and learning information about bunsetsu learning is registered, a flag corresponding to bunsetsu learning is set to, for example, "1".

Similarly, when the display of another conversion candidate corresponding to "yomi" is instructed by operating the "conversion/next candidate" key, the input control section 12 instructs the kana-kanji conversion section 14 to display the next candidate. prompt. The kana-kanji conversion unit 14 refers to the dictionary and converts (
If there is homophone learning information, refer to it) to request display of the next candidate. Here, if a key for instructing confirmation of the homophone, such as the "select/execute" key, is pressed, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 stores the selected homophone in the area for learning the homophone in the learning memory area 26. For example, frequency information indicating the number of times the conversion candidate character string has been selected is set.

Further, the flag corresponding to homophone learning in the learning flag area 28 is set to "1" indicating that homophone learning has been performed.

In addition, for example, if a "yomi" consisting of multiple clauses is input and a "yomi" that has multiple homophones and synonyms is confirmed, the difference between adjacent clauses or between clauses where multiple clauses have been inserted In , it is determined whether there is a co-occurrence relationship. That is, when it is determined that there is a co-occurrence relationship between two clauses based on a preset rule, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 performs co-occurrence learning on this selection result and stores the information in the learning memory area 26. Co-occurrence learning information is registered in the co-occurrence learning area of , and a learning flag indicating that co-occurrence learning has been performed is set to "1".

In addition, when katakana conversion learning and non-conversion learning are selected by operating the ``katakana conversion'' key and ``no conversion'' key, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 receives learning information about the selected conversion candidate character string. , is set in a predetermined area in the learning memory area 26, and a learning flag is also set.

In this way, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 performs kana-kanji conversion on the "yomi" input from the keyboard 10 based on the learning flag, the learning information stored in the learning memory area 26, and the dictionary to create a document. At this time, learning information is registered in the learning memory area 26 for each learning content.

Next, a method for storing learning information when loading application software will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when a predetermined key instructing to load an application is pressed from the keyboard 10 with a floppy disk on which application software is recorded in the auxiliary storage device 20 set in the device, the input control unit 1
2 notifies the storage/recall control unit 1B of this effect (
Step Sl). First, the save/recall control unit 16 reads ID information indicating the type of floppy disk read from the auxiliary storage device 20, and determines whether the floppy disk is for an application based on this ID information ( Step S2). Here, if the inserted floppy disk is not for application software, a message such as "Please insert a floppy disk for application software" is displayed on the screen display section 18, prompting the user to insert the correct floppy disk. (Step S3).

Then, the floppy disk in which the application to be executed is registered is inserted into the auxiliary storage device 20, and
For example, when the "Select/Execute" key is pressed, step S
Proceed to step 2. Note that in step S4, for example, if the "cancel" key is pressed, the application software loading process is ended.

In step S2, if it is determined that the floppy disk inserted in the auxiliary storage device 20 is for application software, the storage/retrieval control section 16 controls the storage section 20.
It is determined whether learning information is registered in the learning memory area 26 in the learning flag area 28 by referring to the learning flag in the learning flag area 28 (step S5). Here, set the learning flag to “1”.
” is set, indicating that the learning information is registered, the storage/recall control unit 16 registers the learning information on the set floppy disk (usually a floppy disk for an application). It is determined whether or not there is sufficient free space necessary for this purpose (step S6).

If there is not enough free space on the floppy disk, for example, ``Only the top learning information will be saved.'' If you want to save all learning information, press the ``Convert/Next Candidate'' key. Please. ” is displayed (step S7). Here, if the "convert/next candidate" key is pressed (step S8), for example, "Please replace the floppy disk" is displayed to prompt the user to replace the floppy disk (step S9). Then, when the floppy disk is replaced with a floppy disk with sufficient free space and the "select/execute" key is pressed, the process moves to step S6 (step 510).

If the floppy disk set in the auxiliary storage device 20 has sufficient free space, it is determined whether or not the set floppy disk is writable (
step 811). If writing is not possible, for example, "Please change the floppy disk."
is displayed to prompt the user to replace the floppy disk (step 512). Then, when the floppy disk is replaced with a writable floppy disk and the "Select/Execute" key is pressed, the process moves to step s6 (step $1
3).

In step Sll, if it is determined that the floppy disk set in the auxiliary storage device 2o is writable, the save/recall control unit 16 registers ID information indicating that learning information is to be saved in the floppy disk. Then, the learning information in the learning memory area 26 is saved to a floppy disk (step S1).
5).

At this time, the storage/recall control unit 16 controls the learning flag area 2.
8, and save only the learning contents set to "1'" (step 515).
).

In addition, in step S8, if an execution instruction has been input in response to the notification that only the higher-ranking pieces of learning information will be saved, then among the learning information whose learning flag is set to "1", more Only the higher learning information (the one that is referenced more frequently) is saved according to the free space on the floppy disk. In this case, the priority order of the learning information to be saved may be such that, for example, the higher learning information of each learning content is saved, or the learning content may be prioritized.

When the learning information is saved in this way, the save/recall control unit 16 determines whether the set floppy disk is for an application or not based on the ID information (
step 816). Here, if the inserted floppy disk is not for application software, a message such as "Please insert a floppy disk for application software" is displayed on the screen display section 18, prompting the user to insert the correct floppy disk. (Step S17). Then, when a floppy disk in which an application to be executed is registered is inserted into the auxiliary storage device 20 and, for example, a "select/execute" key is pressed, the process moves to step SIB.

Note that in step 81g, for example, if the "cancel" key is pressed, the application software loading process is ended. In this case, only the learning information is saved.

If it is determined in step 31B that the floppy disk inserted into the auxiliary storage device 2o is for application software, the save/recall control unit 16 reads the application software and stores it in the learning memory area 26 (step 519). .

When the application software is started, executed, and terminated,
In order to recall the learning information saved on the floppy disk to the learning memory area 2B, the storage/recall control unit 16
First, in step SL, it is determined whether learning information is registered on the floppy disk set in the auxiliary storage device 20, that is, the floppy disk for application.
The ID information is determined based on whether it is the same as the ID information registered in step 4 (step 520). Note that if it is determined in step S5 that learning information is not registered in the learning memory area 26 (step 524), the process of step S2D is not performed.

In step S20, if it is determined that the learning information is not registered on the floppy disk, for example, "
Please insert the floppy disk containing learning information. " is displayed to prompt the user to replace the floppy disk (step S21). Then, when the floppy disk containing the learning information is replaced and the "select/execute" key is pressed, the process moves to step S20 (step 522).

If the learning information is registered on the set floppy disk, the storage/recall control unit 16 reads out the learning information and stores it in the learning memory area 26, making it in the same state as before loading the application software.

In the above, when the implementation status is incorrect,
The explanation includes the case where a message is displayed to prompt normal operation. However, in the original implementation state (if there is sufficient free space on the floppy disk for the application and it is in writable state), learning information can be stored without the user's awareness by simply instructing the application software to be loaded. Preservation is done. In addition, the learning information stored in the auxiliary storage device is automatically recalled when the application is terminated and stored in the learning memory area 26, and the kana-kanji conversion is performed based on the same learning information as before the application was executed. is executed.

In this way, when using application software, the learning information that exists in the area where this software is stored is automatically saved, and when the application software is terminated, the saved learning information is recalled. and stored in the learning memory area 26. Therefore, there is no need for the user to consciously manage the learning information, and the operational burden is greatly reduced. Furthermore, since the learning information is not destroyed, it can be used effectively.

In the above embodiment, learning information is stored on a floppy disk when using an application, but it is of course possible to use other storage media.

Furthermore, by setting in advance information (mode) instructing whether or not to automatically save and recall the learning information, the function may be made to function accordingly.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since the learning information is automatically saved and recalled, the user does not need to be aware of it.
This can significantly reduce the workload.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of learning flags stored in the learning flag area 28 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is the same diagram. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the storage information storage method in an Example. 10... Keyboard, 12... Input control section, 14.
...Kana-Kanji conversion unit, 16...Save/recall control unit,
20...Auxiliary storage device, 22...Storage unit, 24...
- Dictionary area, 2B... learning memory area, 28... learning flag area. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] A document creation device that uses a storage area for storing learning information whose contents are sequentially rewritten as a document is created to store information read from the outside, wherein the learning information is A registration information storage means for storing registration information indicating whether the information is stored in the storage area; a learning information storage means for storing the learning information; and a learning information storage means for storing the information to be stored in the storage area from outside. storage means for storing learning information in the learning information storage means according to the registration information stored in the registration information storage means, and information read from the outside stored in the storage area is unnecessary. 2. A document creation device comprising: learning information recalling means for recalling learning information stored in said learning information storage means by said storage means to said storage area when said storage means becomes .