JPH05128105A - Kanji/kana converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a KANJI(Chinese character)/KANA(Japanese syllable) converter which can convert a KANJI character string for which reading is not known into a KANA character string. CONSTITUTION:The KANJI/KANA converter consists of a character string segmentation means 3 segmenting a KANJI mixed character string into the character string of a segmentation unit or a character unit, a segmentation result storage means 4 storing the character string of the segmentation unit and the character unit, a conversion candidate storage means 5 storing the plural KANJI mixed character strings and the KANA character string corresponding to the reading and a collation means 6 collating the character string of the segmentation unit of the character unit and the KANJI mixed character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means 5 to output a corresponding KANA character string. The KANJI mixed character string is segmented into the segmentation unit of the character unit and collated with the character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means 5 at the respective segmentation units or character units so that the KANA character string corresponding to the manner for reading the KANJI mixed character string is outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kanji character in a device for displaying Japanese sentences such as a Japanese word processor.
The present invention relates to a kana conversion device, and in particular, it enables conversion from kanji to kana.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a device for displaying Japanese sentences such as a Japanese word processor has a kana-kanji conversion function for converting an "kana character string" input by an operator into a "kanji mixed character string". It has been known. In a conventional device having this function, the operator kana-reads a kanji-mixed character string of a manuscript, then inputs a corresponding kana-character string into the device, and this is converted into a kanji-mixed character string.

[0003]

However, if the operator does not understand how to read the kanji-mixed character string of the manuscript, the device cannot perform conversion into the kanji-mixed character string.

In such a case, until now, for example,
If you don't know how to read the kanji "traditional", type "shigau", display "follow" in kana-kanji conversion, delete "u", then type "kuru" and "come". After converting to, "ru" was deleted and displayed as "conventional" on the device.

Such a conversion method is inefficient, but if the reading of "conventional" is not understood, the manuscript is "conventional".
Every time the character "" appeared, there was no choice but to adopt the same conversion method.

In such a case, if the "conventional" reading can be displayed on the device, the operator is "sufficient".
And then, even if the expression "traditional" appears in the manuscript, enter the kana character string ""
It becomes possible to convert to "conventional".

However, so far, "Kanji mixed character strings"
There is no device that has a kanji-kana conversion function for converting a kana into a “kana character string”. Therefore, an inefficient conversion method is adopted every time a kanji whose reading is unknown appears.

The present invention solves such inconvenience, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kanji-kana conversion device capable of converting a kanji character string whose reading is unknown into a kana character string.

[0009]

Therefore, in the present invention, a character string dividing means for dividing a kanji-mixed character string into character strings in bunsetsu units or character units, and a partitioning unit for storing the character strings in bunsetsu units or character units. Result storage means, conversion candidate storage means for storing a plurality of kanji-blended character strings and kana character strings corresponding to their readings, and character strings for each phrase or character and kanji-blended characters stored in the conversion candidate storage means A kanji-kana conversion device is constituted by a collating means for collating a column and outputting a corresponding kana character string.

[0010]

Therefore, the kanji mixed character string is divided into bunsetsu units or character units and collated with the character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means for each bunsetsu unit or character unit to read the kanji mixed character string. The kana character string corresponding to is output.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a kanji-kana conversion apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a character string display means 1 for displaying a Japanese character string and a character string displayed on the character string display means 1. Character string selecting means 2 for selecting a character string to be converted from kanji to kana by enclosing it in a frame, and a character for dividing the character string selected by the character string selecting means 2 into character strings in units of clauses or characters. The column dividing means 3, the division result storing means 4 for storing the character strings divided by the character string dividing means 3 in units of clauses or characters, and a plurality of kanji mixed character strings and kana character strings corresponding to their readings are provided. The conversion candidate storage means 5 to be stored, the character string stored in the division result storage means 4 divided in units of clauses or characters, and the kanji mixed character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means 5 are matched and corresponded. Teru that outputs a character string Means 6, a conversion result storage means 7 for storing the kana character string converted by the collation means 6, and a kana character string stored in the conversion result storage means 7 for one phrase unit or character unit character string. An output selection means 8 for selecting a kana character string to be displayed when there are a plurality of characters and a conversion result display means 9 for displaying a character string output by the output selection means 8 are provided.

Next, the operation of the kanji-kana conversion apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

Step 1: Display the character string on a device such as a display capable of displaying Japanese.

Step 2: Select the range of the kanji-kana conversion from the character string with a pointing device or a diamond key cursor as shown in FIG. 3a.

Step 3: The character string dividing means 3 divides the character string whose range has been selected into character strings in units of clauses or characters, as shown in FIG. 3B. The division result storage means 4 stores the divided character strings.

Step 4; the collating means 6 takes out one of the character strings of the plurality of clause units or character units stored in the division result storing means 4 and stores the "Kanji character" stored in the conversion candidate storing means 5. The mixed character string-kana character string correspondence list "(exemplified in FIG. 4) is sequentially compared, and the corresponding kana character string is output. As a result, for example, the kanji mixed character string "conventional" is converted into the kana character string "jurai" by this list, and the kanji mixed character string "cousin" is "cousin" and "jukai". Will be converted into two kana character strings.

Step 5: The kana character string output by the collating means 6 is stored in the conversion result storing means 7.

Step 6; It is checked whether or not the next character string in the unit of phrase or character unit is stored in the division result storage means 4, Step 7; When stored, the operations of Step 4 and Step 5 are repeated. ..

In this way, all the character strings in the unit of clauses or the characters stored in the division result storage means 4 are converted into kana character strings and stored in the conversion result storage means 7.

Step 8: The output selection means 8 selects a kana character string to be output to the conversion result display means 9 out of the kana character strings stored in the conversion result storage means 7. In the case where it is converted into a single kana character string like "conventional", that kana character string is selected, and in the case where it is converted into multiple kana character strings like "cousin". , One of them
One is selected.

Step 9: The kana character string selected by the output selection means 8 is displayed on the display by the conversion result display means 9 as shown in FIG. 3c.

Step 10: When the operator operates to select the next candidate, the process returns to Step 8 and the output selection means 8
Is converted to multiple kana strings,
Select a kana character string different from the last time. For a character string converted into a single kana character string, the same kana character string as the previous time is selected. The kana character string selected by the output selection means 8 is output and displayed on the display in step 9.

As described above, in the kanji-kana conversion device of the embodiment, a kanji mixed character string can be converted into a kana character string corresponding to its reading and displayed.

Therefore, by incorporating this kanji-kana conversion device into a word processor, the operator of the word processor confirms the correct reading through conversion into kana character strings for kanji mixed character strings whose understanding of reading is not exactly understood. In addition, kana-kanji conversion for converting kana into kanji by inputting kana can be used for the input operation of the kanji mixed character string to the word processor.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description of the embodiments, in the kanji-kana conversion device of the present invention, kanji mixed character strings whose reading is unknown are converted into kana character strings corresponding to the reading and displayed. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to understand how to read a mixed character string of kanji, and it is possible to efficiently perform the input operation of the word processor by the understanding.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a kanji-kana conversion device of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation in the above embodiment,

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a process of kanji-kana conversion in the above embodiment,

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a list of kanji mixed character strings-kana character strings in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 character string display means 2 character string selection means 3 character string division means 4 division result storage means 5 conversion candidate storage means 6 collation means 7 conversion result storage means 8 output selection means 9 conversion result display means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character string dividing means for dividing a kanji-mixed character string into character strings in bunsetsu units or character units, a division result storing means for storing the bunsetsu unit or character units, and a plurality of kanji mixed characters. A conversion candidate storage means for storing a kana character string corresponding to a column and its reading, and a kana-mixed character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means and the kanji-mixed character string stored in the conversion candidate storage means are collated for correspondence. A kanji-kana conversion device comprising: a collating means for outputting a character string.