JPH05151195A - Kanji input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform the selection work of a KANJI(Chinese character) by an operator by narrowing down the number of candidates to be extracted to a small number. CONSTITUTION:A conversion control part 3 receives the input of plural radicals by a radical name designation receiving means 3a for the input of one KANJI. Furthermore. the conversion control part 3 extracts the KANJI provided with all the received plural radicals by a KANJI extraction means 3b. The conversion control part 3 judges a designated KANJI out of the KANJIs extracted by the KANJI extraction means 3 as an input KANJI by a character extraction processing means 3c.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kanji input device which is applied to, for example, a document creating device and which selects and selects a specified kanji.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of the methods of inputting characters in a document creating apparatus is called "radial input". This "radial input" is to extract the kanji having the specified radical and to adopt the specified kanji of the extracted kanji. Specifically, when “sanzui” is designated as the radical, kanji characters having the radical “sanzui” such as “E”, “ike”, “sawa” ... Are extracted. Then, the designated one of the kanji thus extracted is selected. Thus, an operator who inputs kanji can input a desired kanji from the radical included in the kanji even if he / she does not know how to read the kanji he / she wants to input.

However, in general, there are many Kanji characters having one radical. For example, there are hundreds of such items as "sanzui" and "kinen". Therefore, the operator has to perform a very troublesome task of searching for a desired kanji from a large number of extracted candidates.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional kanji input device, since all kanji having a radical are extracted as candidates for the designation of one radical, the number of candidate kanji becomes large. However, there has been a problem that the work of searching for a desired kanji character from the large number of candidates becomes troublesome.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to limit the number of candidates to be extracted to a small number, thereby facilitating the operator's work of selecting kanji. The object is to provide a kanji input device that can do the above.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a component designation receiving means, such as a radical name designation receiving means, for receiving input of a plurality of components such as two radicals for one kanji input. And a kanji extraction means for extracting a kanji character having all of the plurality of constituent parts received by the constituent part designation receiving means, and inputting the designated one of the kanji characters extracted by the kanji character extracting means. I decided to judge.

[0007]

By taking such a means, the input of a plurality of constituent parts is received with respect to the input of one kanji character, and the kanji character having all of the input plurality of constituent parts is extracted. Then, the designated one of the Kanji thus extracted is determined as the input Kanji. Therefore, since only a few kanji have a plurality of constituent parts in common, the number of kanji extracted is small and the selection thereof is easy.

[0008]

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 functional block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device configured by applying the kanji input device according to this embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a keyboard for an operator to input various instructions to the document creating apparatus. An instruction input from the keyboard 1 is analyzed by the command analysis unit 2, and the analysis result is notified to the conversion control unit 3 or the display control unit 4.

The conversion control unit 3 writes data in the text memory 5 or rewrites data based on the read information and control information notified from the command analysis unit 2. When a Kanji character is input, the conversion control unit 3 selects and selects a specified Kanji character from the Kanji characters stored in the dictionary 6 based on the instruction input. The dictionary 6 is a data table that stores the kanji code in association with the kanji reading indicated by the kanji code. The dictionary 6 also stores data in which each kanji code is classified according to the radical possessed by the kanji indicated by the kanji code.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a Kanji data buffer, which stores the Kanji code when there are a plurality of Kanji codes selected from the dictionary 6 by the conversion control unit 3.
The kanji code stored in this kanji data buffer 7 is
It is transferred to the text memory 5 under the control of the conversion control unit 3.

The display control unit 4 expands the text data read from the text memory 5 into bitmap data,
The display unit 8 including a CRT or LCD is controlled on the basis of the bitmap data to display a predetermined image on the display screen of the display unit 8. Further, the display control unit 4 generates an image of a predetermined pattern including the Chinese character indicated by the Chinese character code read from the Chinese character data buffer 7, and displays this image on the display screen of the display unit 8.

By the way, the conversion control unit 3 has a radical name designation receiving means 3a, a kanji character extracting means 3b, and a character-giving processing means 3c in addition to well-known general conversion processing such as kana-kanji conversion and single-kanji conversion. have. Here, the radical name designation receiving means 3a determines and fetches radical names designated and input from the keyboard 1, and can accept two radical names for one Kanji input. The kanji character extracting means 3b extracts kanji characters having radicals of radical names taken in by radical name designation receiving means 3a from the dictionary 6. When two radical names are designated, the kanji extracting means 3b extracts from the dictionary 6 the kanji including both radicals of these two radical names. Then, the character collection processing means 3c is used by the kanji extraction means 3b.
Among the kanji extracted by, the one specified by the instruction input on the keyboard 1 is adopted as the input kanji.

Next, the operation of the document creating apparatus configured as described above at the time of Kanji input processing will be described according to the processing procedure of the conversion control unit 3. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the conversion control unit 3 determines in step a whether or not a composite input instruction has been made for the current Kanji input. If the composite input instruction is not given here, the conversion control unit 3 shifts the processing to step b, and at this step b, the kanji input processing is performed by a well-known procedure such as “kana-kanji conversion” or “single-kanji conversion”. To do.

On the other hand, when a synthetic input is instructed by a predetermined instructing operation on the keyboard 1, the conversion control section 3 shifts the processing from step a to step c. The conversion control unit 3 waits for the first radical name to be input in step c, and shifts the processing to step d when the first radical name is input. And step d
Then, the conversion control unit 3 fetches the input first radical name.

Subsequently, in step e, the conversion control unit 3 waits for the second radical name to be input, and when it is input, the process proceeds to step f. Then, in step f, the conversion control unit 3 fetches the input second radical name. The processing of steps c to f described above is performed by the radical name designation receiving means 3a.

Then, in step g, the conversion control section 3 converts the kanji having both the radical indicated by the first radical name fetched in step d and the radical indicated by the second radical name fetched in step f into a dictionary. Extract from 6. Conversion control unit 3
Stores the Kanji code of the Kanji thus extracted in the Kanji data buffer 7. This process is the kanji extraction means 3b.
Done by

When the Kanji code is stored in the Kanji data buffer 7 in this way, the display control unit 4 reads the Kanji code stored in the Kanji data buffer 7. Then, an image in a predetermined format including the kanji corresponding to the kanji code is generated and displayed on the display unit 8. Here, the image of the predetermined format generated by the display control unit 4 shows a list of candidate Chinese characters. Therefore, the operator can know the Chinese character extracted as a candidate from the image displayed on the display unit 8. Then, a desired kanji character is searched from the displayed kanji characters, and a character selection instruction is given by a predetermined operation of the keyboard 1.

The conversion control unit 3 waits for a kanji writing instruction in step h after the extraction of the kanji in step g is completed. When the kanji writing instruction is issued as described above, the processing is stepped. i. In step i, the conversion control unit 3 determines the Chinese character designated by the character writing instruction as an input Chinese character, and prints the Chinese character. That is, of the kanji codes stored in the kanji data buffer 7, the one designated by the above-mentioned kanji writing instruction is written in a predetermined area of the text memory 5 (for example, an area corresponding to the input position of the kanji) and The contents of the data buffer 7 are cleared. This processing is performed by the character collection processing means 3c.

As described above, according to this embodiment, two radicals can be designated for one Kanji input. Therefore, by inputting "Hen" as the first radical and "Tsukuri" as the second radical, only one kanji will be extracted in most cases, and the operator will confirm as a writing instruction. All you have to do is move. In addition,
When only one Chinese character can be extracted, the character-gathering processing unit 3c may automatically character-gather without inputting an instruction from the keyboard 1. In this way, the operator does not need to perform a confirmation operation, and the operation of inputting Chinese characters becomes even easier.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the Kanji input device according to the present invention is applied to the document creating device, but it may be a single Kanji input device that only generates a Kanji code, or an electronic device, for example. It can also be applied to devices such as notebooks that can register various information including kanji.

Further, in the above embodiment, the radical is taken in as the constituent part of the input Chinese character, but the constituent part different from the radical may be taken in. In other words, when a constituent part is a radical, the kanji "sho" is divided into two constituent parts, "Hen" and "Tsukuri", and "Ai", for example, "Sanzui".
For example, “tree”, “eye”, “recess”, and “phase” are all constituent parts.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the number of constituent parts incorporated is two, but the number of constituent parts may be three or more. other than this,
Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

According to the present invention, a constituent part designation receiving means such as a radical name designation receiving means for receiving a plurality of constituent portions such as two radicals in response to an input of one Chinese character, And a kanji extracting means for extracting kanji having all of the plurality of constituent parts received by the constituent part designation receiving means, and judging the designated one of the kanji characters extracted by the kanji extracting means as an input kanji character. By doing so, the extracted candidates can be narrowed down to a small number, and the kanji input device can facilitate the operator's work of selecting kanji.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a document creation device configured by applying a Kanji input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a conversion control unit 3 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... Command analysis part, 3 ... Conversion control part, 3a ... Radical name designation receiving means, 3b ... Kanji extraction means,
3c ... Character collection processing means, 4 ... Display control section, 5 ... Text memory, 6 ... Dictionary, 7 ... Kanji data buffer, 8 ... Display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A component part designation receiving means for receiving input of a plurality of component parts for one kanji input, and a kanji character having all of the plurality of component parts received by the component part designation receiving means is extracted. A kanji input device comprising: a kanji extracting means; and an input kanji determining means for judging a designated one of the kanji extracted by the kanji extracting means as an input kanji.