JPH05135007A - Character input processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable document preparation by selecting either a new JIS type or a former JIS type. CONSTITUTION:In a character processor to convert an inputted Japanese syllabary (KANA) reading sequence to a Chinese character (KANJI) mixed character string corresponding to this reading, a dictionary SKYDIC to store a converted candidate character string corresponding to this index stores a KANA index and the character type information of KANJI as well concerning respective characters in the relevant character string, and the character type of KANJI to be used in a prepared document is set. Then, when converting the inputted KANA reading sequence to the KANJI mixed character string by the dictionary SKYDIC, the type of characters in each converted candidate character string is compared with the set character type in the case of conversion, and it is controlled to present only the candidate composed of the character type corresponding to the setting among the converted candidates.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing device for creating a document, and more particularly to a document processing device having a function of converting a hiragana reading string into a predetermined character string containing Chinese characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing apparatus having a function of converting a hiragana reading string into a predetermined character string containing kanji, the kanji font that can be used for conversion is either the new JIS kanji character or the old JIS kanji character. It was limited to only one. For example, when an operator who uses a document processing device conforming to the new JIS kanji wants to use the old JIS kanji in the created document, he / she wants to use the old JIS kanji by a predetermined method in advance.
The IS kanji had to be registered in the storage device of the document processing device as an external character.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is possible to create both a new JIS type kanji character document and an old JIS type kanji character document in a single document processing device without performing troublesome external character registration in advance. It is very effective for document creation efficiency.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a kana heading is provided in a character processing device for converting an input hiragana reading string into a kanji mixed character string corresponding to this reading. Then, in the dictionary that stores the conversion candidate character string corresponding to this headline, for each character in the character string, the font information of the Chinese character is also stored together, and the font of the Chinese character used in the created document is set. , When converting the inputted Hiragana reading string into a character string mixed with Kanji by the dictionary, the character fonts of the respective conversion candidate character strings are compared with the set fonts at the time of conversion, and the character strings of the conversion candidates are converted. Among them, the control is performed so that only the candidates having the font suitable for the setting are presented.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the kanji font included in the converted character string can be converted into the new JIS font or the old JIS font by the operator before the document is created.
For each word (conversion candidate) stored in the dictionary when the Hiragana reading string input by the operator at the time of document creation is converted to a character string containing Kanji by setting any one of the S bodies By comparing the font information of the old and new JIS provided in and the set font, the kanji notation that matches the set font is found, and by outputting only the character string containing that kanji from the conversion candidates, According to the operator's intention, both a document in new JIS type kanji and a document in old JIS type kanji can be created in the same document processing device.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of the present invention.

In the configuration shown in the figure, the CPU is a microprocessor, which performs arithmetic operations for character processing, logical judgments, etc., an address bus AB, a control bus CB,
The respective components connected to those buses are controlled via the data bus DB.

The address bus AB is a microprocessor C
An address signal for instructing a component to be controlled by the PU is transferred. The control bus CB transfers and applies a control signal of each constituent element to be controlled by the microprocessor CPU. The data bus DB transfers data between the constituent devices.

The ROM is a read-only fixed memory and is a microprocessor CP described later with reference to FIG.
A single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDI in which a control procedure by U and a dictionary to be referred to when performing single-kanji conversion are stored.
The fixed data of C and other dictionaries are stored.

The single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC, as will be described later with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9, is composed of pointer information to the kanji reading part by the leading character of reading n and pointer information to the kanji portion by the leading character of reading n. Index area, kanji reading sequence n
Reading area consisting of reading information of Chinese characters, Kanji reading string n
It is a dictionary composed of kanji part areas composed of kanji information of kanji group n corresponding to.

The RAM is a writable random access memory having a structure of 1 word and 16 bits, and is used for temporarily storing various data from each constituent element.

TEXT is a text buffer which stores a document handled by the character processing apparatus in an internal format.

KBBUF is a keyboard buffer for storing an input reading string.

YOMIBUF is a reading input buffer for storing the input reading of Kana-Kanji conversion.

KOUHOBUF is a candidate output buffer for storing the result of the kana-kanji conversion process and the candidate created as a result of the kanji-kana conversion process.

KB is a keyboard, which is a character / symbol input key such as an alphabet key, a hiragana key, or a katakana key, and a conversion key, a cursor movement key, a selection key,
Various function keys such as an insert key, an insert key with brackets, and an insert key with ruby are provided for instructing various functions for the character processing device.

DISK is an external storage for storing document data, which stores a document created in the text buffer TEXT, and the stored document is called when necessary by an instruction of the keyboard.

CR is a cursor register. The CPU can read and write the contents of the cursor register. The CRT controller CRTC, which will be described later, displays a cursor at a position on the display device CRT corresponding to the address stored here.

DBUF is a buffer memory for display and stores a pattern of data to be displayed. When displaying the contents of the document data, the pattern is developed on the DBUF based on the data on the text buffer TEXT.

The CRTC plays a role of displaying the contents stored in the cursor register CR and the buffer DBUF on the display CRT.

The CRT is a display device using a cathode ray tube or the like, and the display pattern of the dot configuration and the display of the cursor on the display device CRT are controlled by the CRT controller. Further, CG is a character generator, which stores a pattern of characters and symbols to be displayed on the display device CRT.

The character processing device of the present invention comprising the above-described components operates in response to various inputs from the keyboard KB, and when an input from the keyboard KB is supplied, an interrupt signal is first sent. Sent to the microprocessor CPU, which microprocessor CP
U reads out various control signals stored in the ROM,
Various controls are performed according to these control signals.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen structure formed on the display device CRT of the device of the present invention.

In the figure, DSP means a display screen.

TS is a text screen on which the content of the document stored in the text buffer TEXT is displayed.

KS is an area for displaying the soft keys, and includes keys necessary for the operation situation, such as a selection key, a conversion key, a character conversion mode key, a single Chinese reading key, a single Chinese radical key, and a single Chinese stroke number key. It is used for displaying and inputting with the key at the corresponding position on the keyboard KB.

YS is an area for displaying reading input for Kana-Kanji conversion.

FIG. 3 shows a new JIS, which is a feature of this device.
7 is a view showing a screen for setting the body and old JIS body switching. The hiragana input on the document creation screen is converted into kanji in the font set here.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the transition of the screen for selecting a candidate by displaying the converted character candidate after converting the single kanji after inputting the reading in the single-kanji conversion function.

When the document processing device is in the state where the document can be created, if the user presses the simple Chinese reading key, a simple Chinese reading input window appears as shown in FIG. 4 (a), so that the operator can read with the Hiragana key. input.

Then, the single-kanji converted character candidates are displayed on the display screen DSP. (Fig. 4 (b))

Here, the operator moves the cursor position to "acknowledge" with the cursor movement key (FIG. 4 (b)),
By pressing "select" with a key, "acknowledge" is input to the text buffer TEXT. (Fig. 4 (c))

5 to 9 are diagrams for explaining the structure of the single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC.

The single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC is a pointer area to the kanji reading part according to the leading character of reading n, an index area (pointer to FIG. 5) composed of pointer information to the kanji portion according to the leading character of reading n, and reading of single kanji. A dictionary composed of three reading areas (FIG. 6) in which the words are stored in a lexicographical array in ascending order, and a kanji area (FIG. 7) composed of kanji information of the kanji group n corresponding to the reading column n of kanji. Is.

First, FIG. 5 shows a single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC.
It is a figure explaining the structure of the index area of.

In the index area of the single-kanji reading dictionary, pointer information to the kanji reading portion by the leading character of reading n and pointer information to the kanji portion by the leading character of reading n are each composed of 2 bytes. , Character code of reading n (JISX020
They are stored in ascending order (8 codes).

For example, pointer information to the kanji reading part by the leading character of the reading "a" and pointer information to the kanji portion by the leading character of the reading "a" are stored at the beginning of the index area, and then the reading "a" is stored. The pointer information to the kanji reading part by the first character of "" and the pointer information to the kanji part by the first character of reading "a" are stored.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC.
It is a figure explaining the composition of the reading part field. In the reading section area of the single-kanji reading dictionary, each piece of data is composed of 1 byte and is stored in the younger order (ascending order) of the character code (JISX0208 code) of the reading n of the kanji reading string n.

For example, the reading information of the kanji reading string "a" is stored at the beginning of the kanji reading part, and the reading information of the kanji reading string "aa" is stored next.

Further, FIG. 7 shows a single-kanji reading dictionary SKYDIC.
It is a figure explaining the composition of the Chinese character part area of.

In the kanji part area of the single-kanji reading dictionary, kanji information of the kanji group n corresponding to the kanji reading string n is composed of 2 bytes, and the character code (JISX0208 code) of the kanji reading string n is younger ( Stored in ascending order).

For example, at the beginning of the kanji code part, the kanji information of the kanji group "a" corresponding to the kanji reading string "a" is stored, and then the kanji group "ah" corresponding to the kanji reading string "aa". The kanji information of “” is stored, and then the kanji information of the kanji group “ae” corresponding to the kanji reading sequence “ae” is stored.

The respective kanji groups are arranged in the second level after the JIS first level, and are arranged in ascending order of the number of strokes in each level.

FIG. 8 shows the structure of one Kanji character. In this figure, the flag is for indicating the division of the Chinese character group, and the flag 1 and the flag 2 always take the same value. The last 1 byte has a new and old JIS discrimination flag.

FIG. 9 shows the structure of the old and new JIS discrimination flags. With this flag, the kanji will be the new JI
Distinguish between S-type Kanji and old JIS Kanji.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

When creating a document, a display screen as shown in FIG. 2 appears on the display device CRT of this device. When a Hiragana reading string is entered on the text screen, it is converted into a character string containing Kanji characters at any time, but the new JIS Kanji character is used as the default font for the Kanji characters used there. If the operator created the document in the old JIS
If the user wants to use the Chinese character, the character conversion mode key opens a character conversion mode window as shown in FIG. 3, and the character of the converted Chinese character is selected to the old JIS font.
In the following description, it is assumed that the old JIS body mode is selected.

FIG. 10 shows a situation in which the operator wants to convert the hiragana reading string into kanji by the single kanji conversion function while the document is being created on the document creation screen after the setting of the font conversion mode described above is completed (FIG. 4). ), The conversion device searches the single-kanji reading dictionary for the input reading (Fig. 4 (a)), and several kanji candidates with that reading are found in the old JI.
6 is a flowchart showing a process of presenting in S form (FIG. 4B) and outputting the Chinese character to a text document by the operator selecting the Chinese character intended by the operator (FIG. 4C).

First, in step S10-1, the single-kanji reading key is pressed to open a single-kanji reading input window as shown in FIG. 4 (a), and a process for inputting the reading of the character to be converted into kanji is performed (FIG. 4 (a)). )). Here, it is assumed that "Ae" is input.

In step S10-2, the index area of the single-kanji reading dictionary is searched from the input reading "Ae", and a pointer to the corresponding part in the single-kanji reading dictionary reading part and the single-kanji reading dictionary kanji part is set. obtain. As can be seen from FIG. 5, in the single-kanji reading dictionary index area, for each first character of the reading, the start address of the reading sequence group of the single kanji starting with that reading and the starting address of the single kanji group starting with that reading Are stored in order.

In step S10-3, the single-kanji reading dictionary reading section is searched. The reading sequence is searched in order from the beginning of the single-kanji reading sequence group obtained in the previous step S, and the one that matches the input reading sequence "Ae" is obtained.

In step S10-4, the kanji part of the single-kanji reading dictionary is searched. From the previous step S, it is possible to find out what reading string the input reading is in the reading string group starting with one reading. Therefore, the single-kanji reading dictionary kanji part obtained in step S10-2. The position where the pointer is advanced by that number from the beginning of the relevant part in is the beginning address of the single kanji group having the input reading "Ae". For each of those single kanji, the next step S
Process.

In step S10-5, for one single Chinese character, the value of the old and new JIS discrimination flag of the Chinese character is checked. As can be seen from FIG. 8, the old and new JIS discrimination flag is indicated by the last 1 byte of the kanji information, and its meaning is as shown in FIG.

If the old and new JIS discrimination flags are valid for both the old and new JIS, or if only the old JIS is valid, the kanji is displayed in the single kanji conversion window. (Step S10-6) When the old and new JIS discrimination flags indicate other values, the kanji is not displayed. This process is repeated until there are no kanji in the single kanji group. In this way, the old JIS type Chinese characters having the input pronunciation are displayed as conversion candidates as shown in FIG. 4B.

Steps S10-7 to S10-
In 10, when the operator selects an intended one from these candidates, moves the cursor to the Chinese character and presses the select key, the Chinese character is output in the text as shown in FIG. 4 (c). ..

[Other Embodiments] In the above description of the embodiments, in the case where the single-kanji conversion is performed by inputting the reading, the font of the converted kanji is changed to the new JIS or the old JIS.
It has been shown that it can be switched to either of.

Similarly, in the case of performing single-kanji conversion by designating the radical, it is possible to switch the font of the converted kanji.

The dictionary referred to in this case is the single-kanji radical dictionary SKBDIC, and the structure of its index area is changed from FIG. 5 to FIG. In SKBDIC, the kanji structure is changed to that shown in FIG. 13 instead of that shown in FIG. 8, and the old and new JIS flags are provided as additional information instead of in the sending kana information.

Another approach to single-kanji conversion is to specify the number of strokes. Even in this case, by changing the configuration of the single-kanji stroke number dictionary in the same manner as above,
It is possible to switch the font of Kanji to either the new JIS or the old JIS.

Further, similar character style switching can be realized not only in conversion of the level of a single kanji character but also in conversion into a kanji kana magical notation composed of two or more characters for the input reading. The dictionary referred to in this conversion is the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary KKDIC, and the structure of one word is as shown in FIG. There is a reading of the word as the heading of the word, and a plurality of kanji kana magical notations that are conversion candidates for the reading follow after that, but after each conversion candidate, a new and old JIS discrimination flag similar to the single-kanji reading dictionary should be provided. Then, the kanji that make up the conversion candidates are the new JIS
It is possible to know which of the fonts of the body or the old JIS font belongs to, and by comparing with the previously registered converted font in the same manner as in the case of the single-kanji conversion embodiment, one of the fonts is registered. It is possible to present only conversion candidates composed of Kanji characters, and the operator can perform Kana-Kanji conversion by selecting a candidate that matches the context from among them.

The present invention is applicable not only to a single device but also to a system composed of a plurality of devices.
It goes without saying that it can be realized by providing software to the device or system.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A character processing device having a dictionary for converting a hiragana reading string into a predetermined character string kanji kana and a conversion means for converting an input hiragana reading string into a predetermined character string kanji kana kanji by this dictionary. When the operator selects any of the new JIS fonts or the old JIS fonts for the kanji characters included in the subsequent character string before creating the document, the storage means stores the selected font character, When converting a hiragana reading string input by the operator into a character string containing kanji when creating a document, font information based on the old and new JIS discrimination flags provided for each word (conversion candidate) stored in the dictionary and By comparing the selected character with the selected character, the kanji notation matching the selected character is found, and by outputting only the character string containing the kanji from the conversion candidates,
Documents in new JIS Kanji characters according to the operator's intention,
It is possible to create either of the documents in the old JIS type kanji using a single document processing device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen configuration of the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a character style conversion mode setting screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a method of displaying conversion character candidates and selecting a candidate.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an index area of a single-kanji reading dictionary.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a reading section area of a single-kanji reading dictionary.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a kanji part area of a single-kanji reading dictionary.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of kanji in a single-kanji reading dictionary.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of old and new JIS discrimination flags of a single-kanji reading dictionary.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the character processing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of an index area of a simple Chinese radical dictionary.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of a Chinese character portion region of a single Chinese radical dictionary in another embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the configuration of Chinese characters in a single Chinese radical dictionary in another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 1 according to another embodiment.
It is a figure showing composition of a word.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DISK External storage device CPU Microprocessor ROM Read only memory RAM Random access memory KBBUF Keyboard buffer TEXT text buffer YOMIBUF Read input buffer KOUHOBUF Candidate output buffer SKYDIC Single kanji reading dictionary

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character processing device for converting an input hiragana reading string into a kanji-blended character string corresponding to this reading, in a dictionary storing a kana heading and a conversion candidate character string corresponding to this heading. For each character in the character string, store the kanji character information as well, set the kanji character style used in the created document, and convert the input hiragana reading string into a kanji mixed character string using the dictionary. At the time of conversion, at the time of conversion, the character font of each conversion candidate character string is compared with the set font, and among the conversion candidates, only candidates consisting of fonts suitable for the setting are presented by the comparison. A character input processing method characterized in that it can be controlled as follows.