JPH0540750A - Automatic word punctuation inserting circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically detect the punctuation of words inputted and to automatically insert punctuation code according to kinds of words. CONSTITUTION:A punctuation detecting part 3 decides whether the converted word string is KATAKANA(Japanese syllabary) or not, and by referring to the words stored in a KATAKANA dictionary 4, detects delimiting positions of the KATAKANA words. in response to this detecting result, an intermediate point generating part 7 generates the signal for generating an intermediate point, and an inserting/synthesizing part 9 inserts the intermediate point between words. When words are of foreign language, a space generating part 8 generates the signal for generating a space and the inserting/synthesizing part 9 inserts a space between words.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is suitable for application to a document processing apparatus and automatically detects a break between input words to automatically break the words. It is about circuits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing device, a word (whether hiragana, katakana, kanji, or romaji) input to the document processing device is registered as it is, and a kanji or other designated character is directly registered. It was converted to the type and displayed. Therefore, in the case of a long word, it is difficult to immediately understand the meaning of the word. For example, the following example will be described.

Example 1: The input word of hiragana is "johoshisutemu", and the designated word after conversion is "information system".

Example 2: The input word of Hiragana is "Economic Mikunimaru", and the designated converted word is "economic animal".

Example 3: The input word of the hiragana is "World Cup Sukka", and the designated converted word is
"WORLDUP SOCCER".

In the above example, "information", "system", "economic", "animal", "WORL"
It is assumed that all of "D", "CUP", and "SOCCER" are words included in the dictionary in the document processing device.

In the above example, the conversion result of Example 1 is easily readable. However, in the case of Example 2, it is somewhat difficult to read, and it is desirable to insert "." Between the words "economic animal" and the word. Further, in the case of Example 3, it is desirable to insert a space between the word “WORLD CUP SOCCER” and the word.
However, no document processing device that automatically detects such a break between words has been proposed.

[0008]

As described above, as described above,
Since there is no circuit that automatically detects word breaks between input words and automatically inserts characters or symbols that represent the breaks at the detected breaks,
In the case of using a document processing device without such a circuit, there is a drawback that it is difficult to read the display output by the document processing device when the word is particularly long.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems. According to the invention of claim 1, a word is input in response to the input means and the previous term input means. Conversion means for converting the word into a predetermined character format, dictionary means for storing the word in a predetermined character format, and previous conversion means in response to the previous conversion means, referring to the word in the previous conversion dictionary, Detecting means for detecting a delimiter between the words, the delimiter generating means for generating a delimiter in response to the preceding term delimiter detecting means, and the preceding term conversion means, the preceding term delimiter detecting means and the preceding term delimiter generating means for responding to the term It is an automatic word break insertion circuit composed of inserting means for inserting a break detected in the previous period into a converted word.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an input means for inputting a word, a converting means for responding to the input means for the previous term to convert the input word into katakana characters and a foreign language, and a character format of katakana characters are provided. Katakana character dictionary stored in the first term Katakana dictionary means in response to the first term conversion means and the foreign language dictionary means that stores words in the character format of the foreign language character Referring to the foreign language characters stored in the previous term foreign language dictionary means in response to the first detecting means for detecting a delimiter between the katakana characters converted in the previous term and the previous term conversion means, Second detecting means for detecting a delimiter between the foreign characters converted in the previous period, and first delimiter generating means for generating the first delimiter in response to the first delimiter detecting means for the katakana character in the previous period. , First half foreign countries Responsive to the second delimiter generating means for generating a second delimiter in response to the second character delimiter detecting means, the first term converting means, the first term delimiter detecting means, and the first term delimiter generating means. And then responds to the first inserting means for inserting the first delimiter detected in the previous term into the katakana character converted in the previous term, the first converting means, the second delimiter detecting means, and the second delimiter generating means. Then, the automatic word segment insertion circuit is composed of the second segment inserting unit for inserting the second segment detected in the previous period into the foreign language character converted in the previous period.

[0011]

With the above construction, the automatic word break insertion circuit of the present invention automatically detects the breaks in the character strings of all the words input by the input means, and detects the word type (katakana
The appropriate delimiter is automatically inserted according to the foreign language).

In the document processing apparatus of the present invention, the type of the character string of the word input by the input means and converted by the predetermined katakana or the conversion means into a foreign language is sequentially inspected.

The delimiter detection unit determines whether the character string of the converted word is katakana. If the character string of the converted word is katakana, it is determined whether the following word is also katakana.

If the succeeding word is also katakana, the delimiter detection unit detects the delimiter of the katakana word by referring to the word stored in the katakana dictionary. In response to the detection, the midpoint generating section generates a signal for generating the midpoint ".".

In response to the signal from the midpoint generator, the synthesizer inserts the midpoint "." Between the character strings of two words.

The delimiter detection unit determines whether the character string of the converted word is a foreign language. If the character string of the converted word is a foreign language, it is determined whether the following word is also a foreign language.

If the subsequent word is a foreign language, the delimiter detection unit detects the delimiter of the foreign language word by referring to the word stored in the foreign language dictionary. In response to the detection, the space generation unit generates a signal for generating a space.

In response to the signal from the space generator, the synthesizer inserts a space between character strings of two words.

This operation is continued until the number of words is completed, and if there is a next word, the above operation is repeated, and finally, all the word delimiters are automatically detected and the necessary delimiter symbols are generated. Is automatically inserted.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Based on the embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings, word breaks of katakana or foreign language (for example, English) in the present invention are automatically detected, and the positions of the breaks are detected. A document creating apparatus for automatically inserting a delimiter will be described in detail. Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The first half circuit includes an input unit 1, a conversion unit 2, a delimiter detection unit 3, a Katakana foreign word dictionary 4, a foreign language dictionary 5, a Kanji dictionary 6, a midpoint "." Generation unit 7, a space generation unit 8, and an insertion / synthesis unit. 9,
And display means 10.

The input means 1 includes a large number of input switches for inputting characters, usually in the form of a hiragana character string, to the document processing apparatus. The input character string is then instructed to be converted, so that the converting means 2 outputs an appropriate character string such as katakana, kanji, or roman characters in the katakana dictionary 4,
It is extracted and output from the Kanji dictionary 6 and the foreign language dictionary 5. No conversion is performed for Hiragana. A character string appropriately converted into hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji, etc. is directly input to the inserting / synthesizing unit 9.

The delimiter detection unit 3 is a circuit for detecting a delimiter between the words of the character string converted by the conversion means 2 with reference to a dictionary. That is, when converted into a katakana character string, the delimiter between the words of the katakana character string is detected by comparing with a large number of katakana (foreign words) stored in the katakana dictionary 4.

For that purpose, a match from the beginning of the word of the converted katakana character string is detected between the converted character string and the katakana dictionary 4, and the character string of the finally matched katakana word is detected. So far, suppose the first word is separated. As the second word, the character string of the word just detected is excluded, and the comparison with the katakana dictionary 4 is performed with the character string from the beginning of the next character string. If there is a character string up to the detected word, at the end of that word, the second
The words are judged to be separated.

Furthermore, as the third word, the character strings of the first and second words that have just been detected are excluded, and the katakana dictionary 4 is used to compare the character strings from the beginning of the third character string. To and from. Up to the detected word, it is determined to be the delimiter of the third word. The operation of the delimiter detection is repeated as long as the character string remains, and all the delimiter positions of the katakana character string input by the input unit 1 and converted by the conversion unit 2 are detected.

When the character string converted by the converting means 2 is a foreign language, it is compared with a large number of foreign languages stored in the foreign language dictionary 5 to find a difference between the words of the foreign language character string. The delimiter detection unit 3 detects all the delimiters.

To this end, a match from the beginning of a word in the converted foreign language character string is detected between the converted character string and the foreign language dictionary 5, and the finally matched foreign language character string is detected. Suppose the first word is delimited up to the word string. As the second word, the character string of the word just detected is excluded, and the comparison with the character string from the beginning of the second character string is performed with the foreign language dictionary 5. If there is a character string up to the detected word, add up to the end of that word
The words are judged to be separated.

Further, as the third word, the character strings of the first and second words that have just been detected are excluded, and the comparison with the character string from the beginning of the third character string is performed in the foreign language dictionary. Between 5 and. Up to the detected word, it is determined to be the delimiter of the third word. The operation of detecting the delimiter is repeated as long as the character string remains, and is input by the input means 1,
The delimiter detection unit 3 detects all the delimiters of the foreign language character string converted by the conversion unit 2. When the character string converted by the converting means 2 is a Chinese character, the Chinese character stored in the Chinese character dictionary 6 is extracted and output to the inserting / synthesizing unit 9.

The delimiter information in the character string of katakana detected by the delimiter detector 3 is output to the midpoint generator 7. The midpoint generating unit 7 accordingly inserts a signal for inserting the midpoint “·” into the detected delimiter, and inserts / synthesizes the signal.
Output to.

The delimiter information in the foreign language character string detected by the delimiter detection unit 3 is output to the space generation unit 8. The space generation unit 8 outputs to the insertion / synthesis unit 9 a signal for inserting a space at the detected delimiter in accordance therewith.

In the inserting / combining section 9, in response to the signal output from the midpoint generating section 7, the katakana converted by the converting means 2 is added to the division position detected by the division detecting section 3. Insert the midpoint and synthesize.

Similarly, in the inserting / combining unit 9, in response to the signal output from the space generating unit 8, the foreign language converted by the converting unit 2 is added to the delimiter position detected by the delimiter detecting unit 3. At, insert a space and synthesize.

The katakana or the foreign language which is synthesized and separated is output from the inserting / synthesizing unit 9 to the display means 10.
Is displayed.

If the conversion means 2 converts the kanji, the kanji output is input to the insertion / synthesis section 9 as it is and displayed on the display means 10 as it is.

For example, as in the following example, katakana and foreign languages are separated and displayed in a form in which a middle point "." Representing a separation and a space are inserted / combined. That is, when the converted word is katakana “economic animal”, it is displayed as “economic animal”. The translated word is the foreign language "WORLD CUP SOCCE
In the case of "R", "WORLD CUP SOCCER"
Is displayed as. In this case, the Katakana dictionary 4
It is assumed that the words "economic" and "animal" are remembered. In addition, the foreign language dictionary 5 is "WORRL
Suppose we have stored the words "D", "CUP", "SOCCER".

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation steps of the delimiter detection of the present invention. The flowchart of FIG. 2 includes steps S1 to S7.

In step S1, as described above, the type of the character string of the word converted by the conversion means 2 is sequentially inspected, and the operations of the conversion means 2 and the delimiter detection section 3 correspond to this.

In step S2, it is determined whether the character string of the converted word is katakana. If the converted character string is katakana, YES is selected and step S5 is selected. If not, the next step S3 is selected.

In step S5, it is determined whether the succeeding word is katakana. If this determination is YES, step S7 is selected. In step S7, the delimiter detection unit 3 performs the above-described related operation with the katakana dictionary 4 and inserts a midpoint between the character strings of two words.

In step S3, it is determined whether the character string of the converted word is a foreign language. If the character string of the converted word is a foreign language, YES is selected and step S4 is selected. If not, the next step (not shown) is selected and another operation is started.

In step S4, it is determined whether the following word is a foreign language. If this determination is YES, step S6 is selected. In step S6, the delimiter detection unit 3 performs the above-mentioned related operation with the foreign language dictionary 5 and inserts a space between character strings of two words.

The flow chart of FIG. 2 continues until the number of words is exhausted, and if there is a next word, then step S above
By repeating steps 1 to S7, all word delimiters are finally detected, and necessary delimiters are inserted.

In the above-described embodiment, the word types are katakana representing a foreign word and a foreign language (especially English), and the delimiters of the character strings of the words are automatically detected and the delimiters are automatically inserted. Although an example in which they are combined and displayed is shown, it is apparent from the above description that other kinds of words can be applied and can be implemented as such.

Besides, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0045]

[Effect] As described above, in the automatic word break insertion circuit of the present invention, the breaks of the character strings of all the words input by the input means are automatically detected and the word type (katakana, foreign language, etc.) is detected. Accordingly, the appropriate delimiter is automatically inserted, making it easy to input characters to the document processing device.
It is not necessary for the operator to consider the division while inputting. The displayed information is easy to understand as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic word break insertion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of operation steps of an automatic word segment insertion circuit in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 2 Conversion means 3 Separation detection section 4 Katakana dictionary 5 Foreign language dictionary 6 Kanji dictionary 7 Midpoint generation section 8 Space generation section 9 Insertion / synthesis section 10 Display means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting a word, a converting means for responding to the previous input means, for converting the input word into a predetermined character format, and a dictionary means for storing the word in the predetermined character format. And a detection means for responding to the previous term conversion means, referring to a word in the previous term dictionary means, for detecting a delimiter between the previously converted words, and a delimiter generation for generating a delimiter symbol in response to the previous term delimitation detection means An automatic word, characterized in that it comprises: means for inserting the term detected in the previous term into the word converted in the earlier term in response to the means for converting the term earlier, the means for detecting the term earlier, and the means for generating the term earlier. Break insertion circuit. 2. An input means for inputting a word, a conversion means for responding to the input means for the previous term, converting the input word into katakana characters and a foreign language, and storing the word in a character format of katakana characters. Katakana dictionary means, a foreign language dictionary means that stores words in the character format of foreign language characters, and the previous term conversion means in response to the katakana character stored in the katakana dictionary term means The first detecting means for detecting a delimiter between the katakana characters that have been converted and the first conversion means, and referring to the foreign language character stored in the first foreign language dictionary means, the first converted foreign language character Second detecting means for detecting a delimiter between the first and second delimiters, and a first delimiter generating means for generating a first delimiter in response to the first delimiter detecting means for the first half katakana character; 2 division inspection Second, in response to the means
Second delimiter generating means for generating the delimiter symbol, the first term converting means, the first term delimiter detecting means, and the first term delimiter generating means, and the first term detected in the previously converted katakana character. In response to the first insertion means for inserting the first delimiter, the first term conversion means, the second term delimiter detection means, and the second term delimiter generation means, the first term is detected as a foreign language character that has been previously transformed. A second insertion means for inserting a second delimiter, and an automatic word delimiter insertion circuit comprising: