JPH05128097A - Kana/kanji conversion device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the KANA/KANJI conversion device permitting a user without the higher grammatical knowledge to easily register words with the conversion information of the entry word information. CONSTITUTION:In the step 1, one part of the conversion character strings after conversion processing is inputted from a keyboard. In the steps S3 and S5, reading character strings and corresponding conversion character strings are inputted. In the step 6, the conversion information corresponding to the conversion character strings specified by the step 6 and a pair of the inputted reading character string and the conversion character string are registered in a dictionary part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device capable of registering arbitrary word information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the registration of word information in a kana-kanji conversion device, word information including a reading character string, a conversion character string corresponding thereto, and conversion information representing information such as a part of speech of the conversion character string are paired. It is common to register as, but when inputting conversion information among them, the same conversion information as the word information registered in the dictionary in advance is displayed as a list and any Some of them are designed to be input by selecting one.

[0003]

However, the conversion information used for registering word information has become complicated with the sophistication of kana-kanji conversion processing, and it is considerably necessary to specify this and register word information. Requires literary knowledge,
There was a problem of imposing an excessive burden on the user.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device capable of easily registering word information even for a user having no advanced grammatical knowledge. It is a thing.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention comprises an input means for inputting a reading character string, a reading character string and a conversion character string corresponding to the reading character string, and A dictionary unit that stores conversion information that represents information such as the part of speech of the conversion character string, a conversion character string that corresponds to a reading character string that is input by the input unit when a conversion request is made, and conversion information that is the dictionary unit. A kana-kanji conversion device that performs conversion processing according to conversion information by searching from the dictionary unit, and the dictionary unit registers word information including an arbitrary reading character string and a conversion character string input from the input unit and conversion information. The conversion information corresponding to the conversion character string specified by the input means in the conversion character string that has been configured so as to be already input and has been converted, and the conversion information input by the input means. It is configured with a means for registering in the dictionary portion in the pair and the string and a converted character string read at will.

[0006]

In the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, a part of the converted character string input by the input means and converted is designated, and the reading character string and the converted character string corresponding thereto are specified. By inputting, the conversion information corresponding to the specified conversion character string and the input reading character string and conversion character string can be registered in the dictionary unit as a pair.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a kana-kanji conversion device embodying the present invention. A kana-kanji conversion device 1 of the present embodiment is a keyboard 2 which is an input means for inputting characters and editing instructions, a display 3 for displaying characters and figures, a printer 4 for printing characters and figures, and a document connected to these. It is composed of an electronic control unit 5 and the like having a function of controlling input, conversion, editing and printing of.

The keyboard 2 has a character key for inputting characters, a conversion key for converting the input kana character string into kanji,
A line feed execution key for executing various operations such as selection of a candidate character string at the time of conversion, a cursor key for specifying a character input position in a document by moving a cursor displayed on the display 3, a dictionary described later. A dictionary registration key for instructing the start of the registration process is provided, and the user operates these keys to input, convert, and
Instructions for editing, printing, etc. are given to the electronic control unit 5.

The electronic control unit 5 includes a well-known CPU 10 and R
The arithmetic ethics operation circuit mainly includes the OM 11 and the RAM 12, and includes an input / output port 13 for converting an input / output signal of an external device such as the keyboard 2 into a signal processable by the CPU 10.

In the ROM 11, in addition to an area for storing a program for operating the apparatus such as kana-kanji conversion processing, an area 11a of a dictionary section for storing word information used in the conversion processing is provided. Be done.

Further, the RAM 12 is provided with an area 12a for storing a created document, a dictionary registration area 12b for the user to register arbitrary word information, and the like.

The dictionary registration processing in this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the dictionary registration processing is started by the user pressing the dictionary registration key on the keyboard 2 while the candidate character string for kana-kanji conversion is being displayed. First, in S1, a message as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the bottom line of the display 3, and in the candidate character string for kana-kanji conversion, the conversion character string portion using the conversion information as the word information to be registered is displayed on the keyboard 2. Prompt the user to specify using the cursor keys and the execute key. When the user finishes the designation using the cursor key and the execute key, the CPU 1
0 recognizes the designated portion in the candidate character string, stores the corresponding conversion information in the work area in the RAM 12, and the process proceeds to S2.

In S2, as shown in FIG. 4, whether or not the reading character string corresponding to the designated portion in the candidate character string is used as the reading character string of the word information to be registered is displayed on the bottom line of the display 3. According to the displayed message, the user is prompted to select by pressing the Y key or the N key on the keyboard 2.

When the user selects to use the reading character string corresponding to the designated portion in the candidate character string by pressing the Y key, the determination in S2 becomes YES and the process proceeds to S4. On the other hand, if the user selects not to use the reading character string corresponding to the designated portion in the candidate character strings by pressing the N key, the determination in S2 is NO.
Then, the process proceeds to S3 and prompts the user to input the reading character string of the word information to be registered from the keyboard 2.
The state of the display 3 at that time is shown in FIG. 5, and a state in which the user is inputting the reading character string of the word information to be registered is shown in the bottom line of the display 3. When the CPU 10 detects the end of the input of the read character string by pressing the execution key, the process proceeds to S4.

In S4, as shown in FIG. 6, whether or not the converted character string of the designated portion in the candidate character string is used as the converted character string of the registered word information is displayed on the bottom line of the display 3. The user is prompted to make a selection by pressing the Y key or the N key according to the message.

When the user selects to use the converted character string of the designated portion in the candidate character string by pressing the Y key, the determination in S4 is YES and the process is S6.
Proceed to. On the other hand, when the user selects not to use the converted character string of the designated portion in the candidate character strings by pressing the N key, the determination in S4 is NO, and the process is S
Proceeding to step 5, the user is urged to input the conversion character string of the word information to be registered by inputting the reading character string from the keyboard 2 and further performing conversion processing. The state of the display 3 at that time is shown in FIG. 7, and the bottom line of the display 3 shows the state in which the user is inputting the conversion character string of the word information to be registered. CPU1 by pressing the execution key
When 0 detects the end of the input of the converted character string, the process proceeds to S6.

In S6, the reading character string corresponding to the designated portion of the input or candidate character string, the converted character string of the designated portion of the input or candidate character string, and the converted character string of the designated portion of the candidate character string. And corresponds to RA in S1
A process of storing the word information paired with the conversion information stored in the work area of M12 in the dictionary registration area 12b of the RAM 12 is completed, and the word registration processing is completed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by designating a part of the candidate character string that has undergone the kana-kanji conversion, the same conversion as the designated conversion character string in the candidate character string has in the dictionary. Not only the information but also the reading character string or the converted character string can be used, so that the user can easily register the dictionary.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, in the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention, a part of the kana-kanji converted candidate character string is designated, and the reading character string and the corresponding converted character string are specified. By inputting it, it is configured so that the word information having the same conversion information as the specified conversion character string in the candidate character string has in the dictionary can be registered in the dictionary. Even without knowledge, word information having conversion information similar to the word information registered in the dictionary can be easily registered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a dictionary registration process of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of a display during a dictionary registration process of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state of a display during a dictionary registration process of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state of a display during a dictionary registration process of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of a display during a dictionary registration process of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state of a display during a dictionary registration process of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Kana-Kanji conversion device 2 Keyboard 3 Display 4 Printer 5 Electronic control device 10 CPU 11 ROM 11a Dictionary area 12 RAM 12a Document area 12b Dictionary registration area

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a reading character string and the like, and a dictionary unit for storing the reading character string, a conversion character string corresponding to the reading character string, and conversion information representing information such as part of speech of the conversion character string. In the kana-kanji conversion device that searches a conversion character string and conversion information corresponding to a reading character string input by the input means when a conversion request is made, and performs conversion processing according to the conversion information, the dictionary The section is configured so as to be able to register word information consisting of an arbitrary reading character string and conversion character string input by the input means, and conversion information, and in the conversion character string already input and converted,
A means for registering the conversion information corresponding to the conversion character string designated by the input means, and the arbitrary reading character string and the conversion character string input by the input means in the dictionary unit as a pair. Kana-to-Kanji conversion device.