JPH05257939A - Document preparing machine and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document preparing machine and its method capable of storing phonetic KANA (Japanese syllabary) characters inputted by a 'KANA'/'KANJI' (Chinese character) conversion system as a document together with 'KANJI' words or Chinese compound words converted at the time of 'KANA'/'KANJI' conversion and using the phonetic 'KANA' characters inputted at the time of reusing the document as a retrieving key. CONSTITUTION:The document preparing machine 12 has an input means 1, a display means 2 for displaying a document, a storage means 10 storing a document storing part 9 and a 'KANA'/'KANJI' dictionary 8, a printing means 3, an edition control means 7 having a control function of respective parts and a document editing function, and an input character storing means 4 for temporarily storing a 'KANA' character string inputted by 'KANA' or 'ROMAJI' as phonetic 'KANA' characters. In addition, the machine 12 is also constituted of a 'KANA'/'KANJI' conversion means 6 for retrieving the dictionary 8 and substituting a corresponding word or a Chinese compound word for the phonetic KANA, a 'KANJI'/'KANA' storing means 5 for storing the phonetic 'KANA' characters and the converted word or Chinese compound word, and an extracting character retrieving means 11 for extracting phonetic 'KANA' characters from the document including the words or the Chinese compound words stored in the storing part 9 and provided with phonetic 'KANA' characters.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation machine and a document preparation method, and more particularly to a document preparation machine for inputting phonetic character data such as kana or romaji and outputting it as a print document containing words and phrases that have been converted. Regarding document creation method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, a conventional document creator has an input means 1, a display means 2, a printing means 3, a kana-kanji conversion means 16, a kana-kanji dictionary 8 and a document storage section 1.
It is composed of a storage means 20 for storing 9 and an editing control means 17 for editing the document while controlling the entire document creator 22.

Next, the operation of the conventional document creator will be described.

The editing control means 17 uses the kana or romaji input by the input means 1 to read the kana in the input means 1.
In response to an instruction such as “conversion”, the Kana-Kanji conversion unit 16 searches the Kana-Kanji dictionary 8 and replaces it with the corresponding word or phrase. The display means 2 displays the input characters, the edited state, and the like. The printing means 3 prints the given document data. The kana-kanji dictionary 8 stores a dictionary for converting a character string input with kana characters into kanji, and the document storage unit 19 stores the created document data. The editing control means 17 edits the characters input according to the instruction of the operator as document data, and proofreads the edited document data.

The characters input from the input means 1 are converted into kanji / kana mixed sentences of Japanese by the kana / kanji conversion means 16, the editing control means 17 edits them as document data, and the display means 2 displays the edited state. .. The edited document data is stored in the document storage unit 19. The document data edited by the editing control unit 17 or called from the document storage unit 19 is printed by the printing unit 3.

Further, the edit control means 17 creates a document by performing processing such as insertion, correction, deletion, movement and copying of character strings on the edited document data or the document data called from the document storage section 19. ..

The document creator 22 aims to create a document by inputting characters.
When using the data entered in, for other purposes, consider using the document in advance for other purposes, and create the data according to the purpose of use, for example, to use for document search. Was needed.

When the data input by the document creator 22 is used in another system, the document storage unit 1
Document data 9 is often transmitted online or used via a medium such as a flexible disk. Even when this data is used in another system, it is desirable to create the document data in advance so that the document creator 22 can easily use it in another system. It was necessary to create data as closely as possible to the purpose of use of the system used in etc.

[0009]

Although the above-described conventional document creating machine is extremely convenient for creating a document, a part of the created document is used to create a table of contents, an index, and a list. If you want to use it for other systems or other purposes such as updating and rearranging after creating, add a phonetic alphabet etc. in advance to search for the words or phrases that you want to extract from that document, and also It is necessary to mark the idiomatic word and its phonetic kana to be used for a special purpose (search), and to distinguish between them. Enter numbers and kana, symbols and special symbols that have meanings for words or idioms, or input, or read the created document and add alphanumeric characters, kana, symbols and special symbols by proofreading, etc., Again There is a problem that must be re-entered.

An object of the present invention is to store a phonetic kana input by the kana-kanji conversion method as a document together with a word or a idiom of the kanji converted during kana-kanji conversion, and retrieve the phonetic kana input during reuse of the document. It is to provide a document creator and a document creating method that can be used as a key.

[0011]

The document creator according to the present invention comprises:
A kana-kanji dictionary used for converting a kana character string into kanji, an input means for inputting a kana character string by either kana or romaji, and the kana character string input by this input means is the kana-kanji dictionary. And a kana-kanji conversion means for converting to kanji, and a series of kana and syllabic data such as romanized characters converted into kana-kanji mixed sentences by the kana-kanji conversion means and a document containing the converted words and idioms An input character stored in a kana and the kana character string input in Roman letters as a phonetic kana for use in a search, in a document creation machine including a document storage unit that stores the document as a print document and a printing unit that outputs the document as a print document. The storage unit and the Kana-Kanji conversion unit separately associate the word and phrase corresponding to the Yomi-Kana retrieved from the Kana-Kanji dictionary with the Yomi-Kana. The kanji / kana storage means, and the document storage having a function of adding and storing the kanji words and phrases and kanji words of the kanji associated with the kana / kana stored in the kanji / kana storage means to the document corresponding to the search. Department,
It is configured to include extracted character search means for extracting and searching the reading kana from the document to which the reading kana is added, and editing control means for controlling the respective means and editing the document.

According to the document creating method of the present invention, a kana-kanji dictionary is used to convert a kana character string into kanji, and the kana character string is input by either the kana or romaji by the input means, and the kanji character string is input by the input means. The Kana-Kanji conversion unit searches the Kana-Kanji dictionary for the input Kana character string and converts it into Kanji,
A series of Kana and Romaji phonetic character data is converted by the Kana-Kanji conversion unit into a sentence mixed with Kana-Kanji and stored in the document storage unit as a document containing the converted word and idiom, and the document is printed by the printing unit. In the document creating method for outputting as a print document, the input means temporarily stores the kana character string input by one of kana and romaji in the input character storage means as a reading kana for use in the search, and then optionally The kana character string of Kanji and kanji associated with the kana in the kanji and kanji words converted by the kana-kanji conversion means by searching the kana-kanji dictionary is selected by the input means, and the kana Kanji words and idioms associated with and the Yomikana are added to the document corresponding to the search and stored in the document storage unit, and separately for the document corresponding to the search, It is configured to extract search on the extraction character search means only pseudonym.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

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

The document creator 12 of the present invention includes an input means 1 for an operator to input characters and an operation instruction, and a display means 2 for displaying a state in the middle of creation and a document called from the document storage section 9 of the storage means 10. And a storage unit 10 for storing a document storage unit 9 for storing the created document and a Kana-Kanji dictionary 8,
A printing unit 3 for printing the created document, an input unit 1, a display unit 2, a printing unit 3, a storage unit 10, and
The input character storage means 4, the kanji / kana storage means 5, the kana / kanji conversion means 6, the extracted character search means 11, the editing control means 7 having the functions of controlling these parts and editing the input document, and the input means. An input character storage unit 4 for temporarily storing a kana character string in which 1 is input in kana or romaji as a reading kana, and a reading kana stored in the input character storage means 4 is searched in a kana-kanji dictionary 8 to find a corresponding word or Kana-kanji conversion means 6 for replacing with kanji words, and kanji / kana storage means 5 for storing the reading kana stored in the input character storage means 4 and the words or kanji words converted by the kana-kanji conversion means 6.
And the extracted character searching means 11 for extracting the reading kana added at the time of input from the document in which the reading kana is added to the word or the phrase stored in the document storage unit 9.

In the configuration described above, the input means 1, the display means 2, the printing means 3, and the kana-kanji dictionary 8 in the storage means 10 have the same functions as the respective means of the same name described in the prior art. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The input character storage means 4 has a function of temporarily storing the phonetic kana input by the input means 1. The kana-kanji conversion means 6 refers to the kana-kanji dictionary 8 to convert the received kana kana into words or idioms. The kanji / kana storage means 5 has a function of converting, and the kanji / kana storage means 5 has a function of temporarily storing the word or phrase converted by the kana / kanji conversion means 6 and the phonetic kana input by the input means 1 in association with each other. Reference numeral 11 has a function of searching the document storage unit 9 for a phonetic kana stored in association with a word or a phrase necessary after the document is created. The document storage unit 9 stores kana kana characters input by the input means 1 and kanji / kana mixed sentences such as words with kana / kanji stored in the kanji / kana conversion means 5.

Next, give a kana to a kanji word or idiom,
An example in which the necessary reading kana is searched for from the stored document and the reading kana is set to “bunsho”, the converted kanji is set to “document”, and the reading kana is set to “bunsho” will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the operation of giving the reading kana characters. 2 will be used for the explanation, and the names used in FIG. 1 will be used.

The operator makes a step (hereinafter referred to as S) 31.
In the input means 1, enter the phonetic kana / romaji "bunsho" and the phonetic kana, and input this phonetic kana (bunsho).
Is temporarily stored in the input character storage means 4 in S32. Subsequently, when the operator gives an instruction for kana-kanji conversion using a key such as "conversion" of the input means 1, the editing control means 7 controls the kana-kanji conversion means 6 in S33 to input the phonetic kana (bun). The kana-kanji dictionary 8 is searched for, the corresponding phrase (document) is determined in S34, and the word or phrase (document) determined in S37 and the reading kana (bunsho) are stored in the kanji / kana storage unit 5. .. Next, when it is necessary for the operator to change the phonetic kana input from the input means 1 (for example, to change the pronunciation into a special symbol such as a house display), the operator again inputs from the input means 1 in S35. Then, the input character storage means 4 stores it again in step S36, and further stores it in the kanji / kana storage means 5 in step S37. Subsequently, after determining both the word or the kanji word of the kanji and the phonetic kana, the kanji word or the kanji word of the kanji / kana storage means 5 and its phonetic kana are stored in the document storage section 9 of the storage means 10 as a document in S38.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the operation for extracting and retrieving phonetic kana characters. The description uses FIG. 3 and the names use those in FIG.

An example will be described of the Chinese character “document” that is searched for “Bunsho” in the phonetic kana.

The operator selects a document name to be searched from the created documents, and in S41, instructs the search by inputting the "search" key or the like from the input means 1. Next, in S42, the format of output (or display) of the search result is specified (display or print instruction, whether or not a part of the sentence starting from the searched character is output, the page or line of the searched word or phrase) Display, number of searched words or phrases, etc.) and output format instructions. Next, the phonetic alphabet to be searched for is input (bunsho) in S43, and the sentence searched for in the execution start instruction is output in S44.

In the above description, a word or idiom is searched as an example. However, the search target is not limited to this, and a kanji word or idiom is associated with the kana, symbol, By adding a combination of symbols,
Since the kana, the symbol, and the combination of the symbols can be used as a key, the effect of the index function such as a roster index or the Japanese syllabary index can be obtained by adding an index (sorting) means. Can be achieved.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the input character storage means for storing the kana and the kana character string input in romaji as the reading kana for use in the search and the kana-kanji conversion means are separately kana-kanji characters. Kanji / kana storage means for associating and memorizing words and idioms corresponding to the reading kana retrieved from the dictionary and the mnemonic, and kanji words and idioms and reading kana associated with the kana / kana stored in the kanji / kana storage means A document storage unit having a function of adding and storing a word to a document corresponding to a search, an extraction character search unit for extracting and searching a Kana character from a document to which a Yomi name is added, and controlling each unit and editing the document By including the editing control means for performing the kana and kanji conversion, the reading kana input by the kana-kanji conversion method is stored as a document together with the kanji words or idioms converted during kana-kanji conversion. , An effect that it is possible to use a pseudonym reading was entered at the time of re-use of the document as a search key is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a reading kana character adding operation.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an operation of extracting and searching phonetic kana characters.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional document creator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 input means 2 display means 3 printing means 4 input character storage means 5 kanji / kana storage means 6 kana / kanji conversion means 7 editing control means 8 kana / kanji dictionary 9 document storage section 10 storage means 11 extracted character search means 12 document creator

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A kana-kanji dictionary used for converting a kana character string into kanji, an input means for inputting a kana character string by either kana or romaji, and the kana character string input by this input means. And a kana-kanji conversion means for searching the kana-kanji dictionary for conversion into kanji, and a series of kana and syllabic phonetic character data such as roman characters converted into kana-kanji mixed sentences by the kana-kanji conversion means and the converted words. And a kana for use in a search using the kana and the kana character string input in roman letters in a document creation machine including a document storage unit that stores a document containing a phrase and a phrase and a printing unit that outputs the document as a print document. And an input character storage unit that stores the input character storage unit, and a word and a phrase corresponding to the Yomi-Kana searched by the Kana-Kanji conversion unit separately from the Kana-Kanji dictionary and the Yomi-Kana. It has a function of storing the kanji / kana storage means to be associated with each other and the kanji / words and kanji words of the kanji stored in the kanji / kana storage means to be associated with the reading kana and the reading kana to the document corresponding to the search. The document storage unit, an extracted character search unit for extracting and searching the reading kana from the document to which the reading kana is added, and an editing control unit for controlling each unit and editing the document. A document creation machine characterized by. 2. A kana-kanji dictionary is used to convert a kana character string into kanji, and the kana character string is input by either the kana or the roman character by the input means, and the kana character string input by the input means. The kana-kanji conversion means searches the kana-kanji dictionary and converts it into kanji, and a series of phonetic character data such as kana and romaji is converted into kana-kanji mixed sentences by the kana-kanji conversion means and converted. In a document creating method for storing a document including words and phrases in a document storage unit and outputting the document as a print document by a printing unit, the input unit retrieves the Kana character string input by either one of Kana and Roman characters. The Kana-Kanji conversion unit searches the Kana-Kanji dictionary for any Kana character string and temporarily stores it in the input character storage unit as a phonetic kana for use in And a kanji word that is associated with the Yomikana in the kanji and the kanji word is selected by the input means, and the kanji word and the kanji word associated with the yomikana and the yomikana are added to the document corresponding to the search, and the document is stored. A method for creating a document, characterized in that the reading kana is extracted and searched by the extracted character searching means for a document that is stored in a section and separately corresponds to the search.