JPH05189474A - Device for converting spelling of kana/loan words - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the right spelling at all times even though the phonetic notation of a loan word is ambiguous. CONSTITUTION:KANA (Japanese syllabary) strings inputted from a character string input section 1 by an operator is temporarily stored in a storage section 2. A long sound conversion candidate control section 3 retrieves conversion candidate KANA character capable of converted into long sound from the KANA character string. The conversion candidate KANA character is converted into a long sound character by a long sound conversion section 5. The KANA string including the long sound character is preserved in a candidate storage section 6. Then the KANA string in the candidate storage section 6 is called successively, and a dictionary retrieval section retrieves the corresponding character string written in KATAKANA (the square form of KANA) in the dictionary storage section 8. At the time of coincidence, a display section 9 displays the KATAKANA notation of the loan word and its meaning. With many candidates for the loan word, the operator can judge the meaning to select the proper one. When the operator select the loan word, the objective spelling can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long-sound conversion capable of converting into a long sound in pronunciation even when a foreign word whose pronunciation is ambiguous is input by a kana character in a document preparation device such as a word processor. After searching for a candidate and replacing it to create a candidate character string, the foreign word katakana notation and its meaning are displayed from the candidate character string, and the operator selects the correct foreign word katakana notation from that meaning. The present invention relates to a kana foreign word spelling conversion device capable of converting an input kana character string into correct spelling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in a document preparation device such as a word processor, when a foreign word or the like is input in a kana, a spelling corresponding to the foreign word is displayed.

[0003]

However, when a foreign word which is desired to be spelled is ambiguous in the pronunciation due to a hearing or a memory error, there are cases where the expected spelling cannot be obtained.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a kana foreign word spelling conversion device which can obtain correct spelling even when the pronunciation of a foreign word is ambiguous.

[0005]

Therefore, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention temporarily stores a character string input section for inputting a kana character string and the input kana character string. A temporary storage unit, a dictionary storage unit that stores character information including kana, katakana, its spelling, and meaning corresponding to a phonetic sound of a foreign word, and a conversion candidate kana character of the long sound part in the kana character string. A conversion table in which long sound characters are stored, a character conversion unit that identifies the conversion candidate kana characters, searches the conversion table, and converts the converted long sound characters, and a kana character that includes the converted long sound characters. A candidate storage unit for storing a string; a dictionary search unit for searching the character information corresponding to the kana character string stored in the candidate storage unit by the dictionary storage unit and selecting target character information; It is characterized in that comprising a display unit for displaying the selected character information.

Further, the character conversion unit is a long sound conversion candidate control unit for specifying a conversion candidate kana character of a long sound part in a kana character string, and the conversion candidate kana character when the long sound conversion candidate control part is able to specify the conversion candidate kana character. It is characterized by comprising a long sound conversion unit that searches the table and converts it into a corresponding long sound character.

[0007]

With the above structure, the present invention automatically selects a long-sound candidate character even if an ambiguous pronunciation foreign word is not directly in the dictionary storage unit, converts it into a long sound, and converts the corresponding foreign word from the dictionary storage unit. It can shorten the time to reach the spelling of the desired foreign word. Also, in order to compensate for the ambiguity of the kana character string entered by the operator, the dictionary storage unit stores the meaning of the corresponding foreign word as well as the spelling corresponding to each foreign word. By displaying it together with the katakana notation, the operator can correctly select the spelling of the relevant foreign word even when there are many candidates for the relevant foreign word.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A case in which an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a flow of a kana foreign word spelling conversion device of the present invention.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, when an operator inputs a kana character string to obtain spelling from the character string input unit 1, the kana character string is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 2. In the case of FIG. 1, the operator inputs “negoshi e-shon” and then the kana character string is stored in the temporary storage unit 2. This kana character string is searched by the long sound conversion candidate control unit 3 for a conversion candidate kana character to be converted into a long sound.
The searched conversion candidate kana characters are converted into long sound characters by the long sound conversion unit 5 according to the conversion table 7. According to this embodiment, the “e” part of “negoshi e-shon” is replaced with “e” according to the conversion table 7.
The kana character string including the long-characters converted in this way is stored in the candidate storage unit 6. Thereafter, the character string stored in the temporary storage unit 2 is continued until there is no corresponding conversion candidate kana character in the conversion table 7. Similarly, all the converted kana character strings are stored in the candidate storage unit 6.

Next, the kana character strings stored in the candidate storage unit 6 are sequentially called, and the dictionary search unit 4 searches for a matching character string in katakana notation stored in the dictionary storage unit 8.
When they match, the katakana notation of the corresponding foreign word and its meaning are displayed on the display unit 9. In the case of this embodiment, the katakana notation of the relevant foreign word is “negotiation”, and its meaning is “negotiation, business negotiation, negotiation”. When there are many candidates for the relevant foreign word, the operator can judge and select from this meaning. When the operator selects the foreign word, the final purpose, spelling, is obtained. In this case, "negotiation" is displayed.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even if the operator inputs an ambiguous kana character string in pronunciation, the operator automatically searches the candidates according to the rules based on the conversion table and displays the katakana notation and meaning, so the operator can select the appropriate foreign word. The result is that the correct spelling is obtained and input ambiguity can be compensated for.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 character string input unit 2 temporary storage unit 3 long sound conversion candidate control unit 4 dictionary search unit 5 long sound conversion unit 6 candidate storage unit 7 conversion table 8 dictionary storage unit 9 display unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A character string input section for inputting a kana character string, a temporary storage section for temporarily storing the input kana character string, and a kana, katakana corresponding to a phonetic sound of a foreign word, A dictionary storage unit that stores character information including its spelling and meaning, a conversion table that stores long sound characters corresponding to conversion candidate kana characters in the long sound part of the kana character string, and specifies the conversion candidate kana characters. In addition, a character conversion unit that searches the conversion table and converts the corresponding long sound character, a candidate storage unit that stores the kana character string that includes the converted long sound character, and a kana stored in this candidate storage unit A dictionary search unit for searching the character information corresponding to a character string from the dictionary storage unit and selecting target character information; and a display unit for displaying the selected character information. Door pseudonym foreign language spelling conversion apparatus according to claim. 2. The character conversion unit includes a long sound conversion candidate control unit that specifies a conversion candidate kana character of a long sound part in a kana character string, and the conversion candidate kana character when the long sound conversion candidate control unit can specify the conversion candidate kana character. The kana foreign word spelling conversion device according to claim 1, comprising a long sound conversion unit that searches the conversion table and converts the long sound character into a corresponding long sound character.