JPH06131327A - Method and device for processing character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a document by the corresponding character-string of reference language as a result, even if a spelling of other language is inputted in the midst of preparing the document based on certain one language as a reference by converting a second language character-string to a first language character-string, in the case a second language character-string exists in an inputted character-string. CONSTITUTION:When reading corresponding to a key input is being displayed, in the case it is decided that a KANA (Japanese syllabary) KANJI (Chinese character) conversion key is depressed, a KANA KANJI conversion processing is executed in accordance with a KANA character stored in a reading buffer 3b at that time point. Also, in the case an instruction of an English Japanese conversion is received, a character in notice phrase is converted to a character of the corresponding Japanese language by referring to a key to a key character-string in the corresponding key input buffer 3a and an English-Japanese dictionary 9. Subsequently, other character-string than that which becomes an object of an English Japanese conversion is processed as an object of the KANA KANJI conversion. Accordingly, in the midst of executing the KANA KANJI conversion by inputting Roman letters, an English word itself is inputted and can be converted to a KANA and KANJI mixed sentence containing appropriate Japanese language.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing method and apparatus, and more particularly to a character processing method and apparatus for converting an input character string into another character string and outputting it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A typical example of this type is a document processing apparatus represented by a word processor.

Generally, in this type of device, a kana or romanized syllable as a reading input from a keyboard or the like is converted into a kana-kanji mixed sentence to create a document.

By the way, many foreign words have been used in Japanese sentences in recent years. For example, the word "computer" can be mentioned, but in the case of inputting Roman letters, keys are input in the order of k, o, n, p, y, u,-, t, a,-from the keyboard. And before typing like this,
Alternatively, the user is instructed not to perform Kana-Kanji conversion after that.

As described above, the word "computer" is well established in Japanese. Therefore, for operators who have a little English proficiency, especially those who are involved in the creation and editing of English documents on a daily basis, spelling in English is required when inputting the character string "computer". , M, p, u, t, e, r are more natural and efficient.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when creating a document in which foreign words and Japanese original words are mixed,
Often, foreign words are spelled in English and converted into kana-kanji characters.

As a result, the reading is unfinished and is passed to the kana-kanji conversion processing, resulting in a meaningless result.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art. Even when spelling in another language is input while a document based on one language is being created. As a result, it is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing method and apparatus which enable conversion into a character string corresponding to a reference language.

To achieve this object, the character processing method of the present invention operates as follows. That is, when the character string of the second language is input while the character string of the first language is being input, the dictionary for converting the second language character string into the first language character string is referred to The character string in the second language is converted into the character string in the first language.

Further, the character processing device of the present invention has the following structure. That is, the input means for inputting the character string of the first language, the dictionary for converting the second language character string into the first language character string, and the character string input by the input means include: When the second language character string exists, the dictionary is referenced to convert the second language character string into the first language character string.

[0011]

In the character processing method and apparatus of the present invention, when the character string input from the input means includes the second language character string, the second language character string is referred to the dictionary. By converting into the second language character string, the entire input character string becomes the first language character string.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of the document processing apparatus in the embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and 2 is an R that stores a boot program.
OM, 3 is a RAM for storing a program related to document editing (including the flowchart of FIG. 5 described later) and document information being edited, and an input key buffer 3a for storing key characters input by a key, input Key buffer 3
The reading buffer 3b is provided for storing the characters converted from the characters stored in a into readings (kana). Reference numeral 4 is a keyboard for inputting characters and various instruction commands.
5 is a VRAM for expanding the displayed characters, 6 is a VRAM
5 is a display device for displaying characters and the like expanded in FIG. Reference numeral 7 denotes an OS of this apparatus, an external storage device (hard disk device, floppy disk device, etc.) for storing the above-mentioned programs and document files, and includes a Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 8 and an English-Japanese dictionary 9 as shown in the drawing. .

Although the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 8 is well known, its explanation is omitted here, but the internal structure of the English-Japanese dictionary 9 is as shown in FIG. That is, one data is composed of the spelling of an English word, the character string of its Japanese translation, and the part of speech when viewed as Japanese. Since English words that have become foreign words are often expressed in katakana, katakana reading is positioned as the first candidate for English-Japanese translation.

The contents of the character conversion processing in the above configuration will be described below. In the embodiment, Kana-Kanji conversion by inputting Roman characters will be described as an example.

It is assumed that a key input (reference numeral 30 in the drawing) as shown in FIG. 3 is performed in order to obtain a conversion result of "input data". In other words, instead of entering the character string "data" by key input as D, E,-, T, A,
The case where the spelling as an English word is input as it is is shown.

The key input is sequentially stored in the key input buffer 3a in the RAM 3, and the reading (kana conversion) is also stored in the reading buffer 3b.
As the data stored in the reading buffer, a character code indicated by reference numeral 31 in the figure is stored.

The kana conversion results (contents of the reading buffer 3b) are sequentially displayed on the display screen. "DATA"
Corresponds to "da" in romaji reading, so it will be displayed as shown.

In this state, if a predetermined key is pressed to perform kana-kanji conversion, a state 32 is displayed.
If the kanji-kanji mixed word corresponding to the reading "da" is not in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 8, that part is replaced with the data in the key input buffer 3a, which indicates that the conversion is impossible.

The operator cannot convert the kana-kanji into "DA
Confirm that "TA" is highlighted as shown, or make only "DATA" highlighted and press a predetermined key to perform English-Japanese conversion. In kana-kanji conversion for continuous bunsetsu, kana-kanji conversion does not always process every bunsetsu, so
The phrase position and length can be adjusted by looking at the conversion result. Immediately after the Kana-Kanji conversion, only the first bunsetsu is highlighted. The reason why “DATA” in the state 32 is highlighted in the embodiment is also for the same reason.

When an English-Japanese conversion instruction is received, the contents of the key input buffer 3a for the character string highlighted in the immediately preceding state and the English-Japanese dictionary 9 are referred to, and the first candidate, that is, "data.""Is extracted. As a result, the result as shown in the state 33 is obtained. In addition, when the instruction of the English-Japanese conversion is received, not only the conversion of the instructed key character string (the character string in the key input buffer 3a) from English to Japanese is performed, but also other parts except that part are converted. Is passed to the normal Kana-Kanji conversion process.

In the above example, the English-Japanese conversion is performed after the kana-kanji conversion, but the order may be reversed. An example thereof will be described with reference to FIG.

Now, assume that the conversion result of "input sample" is expected, and keys such as 40 in FIG. 4 are sequentially pressed. In other words, "sample" is S, A, M,
This is a case where the letters P, L, E are spelled in English as they are. As a result, the pressed content is stored in the key input buffer 3a,
The reading is stored and displayed in the reading buffer 3b as described above. However, as indicated by reference numeral 41, the characters after the first character "sa" fail to be converted into reading.

The operator sees this state and changes the segment break position. The phrase position is changed by operating a predetermined key. At this time, all reading characters are replaced with the contents of the key input buffer 3a. Then, the English-Japanese conversion is instructed in a state where the character string "SAMPLE" for which the reading conversion has failed is highlighted (which is performed by designating the trailing character "E").

As a result, the character string "SAMPLE" is converted by the English-Japanese dictionary, and the subsequent "WONYUURYOKU" is converted.
The reading of "SURU""toswell" is converted by referring to the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary.

As described above, in the case of a foreign word, reading in Japanese is often used. Also in the English-Japanese dictionary 9 of the embodiment, the first conversion result for "SAMPLE"
Since there are "samples" as candidates, the final conversion result is as shown by reference numeral 43, and it is possible to obtain the result as originally intended.

In the case of Japanese, "o" is particularly important as a character for delimiting a phrase, so that the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 8 actually gives the reading immediately after that. Alternatively,
You may make it pass up to "SAMPLEWO" as an English-Japanese conversion object. The word SAMPLE is in the English-Japanese dictionary 9
If a word including W or WO that exists in the following is not detected, it is recognized as a clause delimiter (or a character string) such as a particle. That is, in this case, "WO" is recognized as "". By doing so, even if the spelling of an English word is input, it is treated as if it were a Japanese word, and it can be operated in the same manner as a bunsetsu position change in normal Kana-Kanji conversion.

The specific procedure of the character conversion process in the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1, the key code input from the keyboard 4 is stored in the key input buffer 3a as it is. In step S2, a reading for the key stored in the key input buffer 3a is generated, and the reading is stored and displayed in the reading buffer 3b.

In steps S3 and S4, it is determined whether or not kana-kanji conversion or Japanese-English conversion is instructed. If neither of these is specified, the process returns to step S1 to receive the next character key.

When it is determined that the kana-kanji conversion is pressed while the key input is being performed and the reading corresponding to the key input is being displayed, the process proceeds to step S7, and the reading buffer 3b is stored at that time. Kana-Kanji conversion processing is performed according to Kana characters.

When receiving an instruction to convert from English to Japanese,
In step S5, if necessary, the phrase position should be changed, and in step S6, refer to the key character string in the key input buffer 3a corresponding to the character in the focused phrase and the English-Japanese dictionary 9. Convert to the corresponding Japanese characters.
Then, in the following step S7, processing is performed with the exception of the character string subjected to the English-Japanese conversion as the target for kana-kanji conversion.

When the kana-kanji conversion is performed in this way, the process proceeds to step S8 to receive an instruction as to whether or not the conversion result is acceptable. The fact that the conversion result is as expected is determined by pressing the next character key or pressing a predetermined confirmation key. When the instruction to change the phrase is received, the process proceeds to step S9, the segment break position is changed under the instruction of the operator, and the process returns to step S3. Therefore, after performing the phrase position changing process in step S9,
When a kana-kanji conversion instruction or an English-Japanese conversion instruction is received, the above-described processing is performed according to the changed clause position.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to convert a kana-kanji mixed sentence containing proper Japanese even if an English word is input during the kana-kanji conversion by inputting romaji. It will be possible.

In the embodiment, the key for instructing the conversion of kana-kanji and the conversion of English to Japanese has not been mentioned particularly.
This is because each key may be an independent key or a combination of predetermined keys. For example, a normal conversion key may be used for kana-kanji conversion processing, and if the conversion key is pressed while the shift key is pressed, it may be determined to be English-Japanese conversion.

Further, although the embodiment has been described by taking the conversion from English words into Japanese as an example, the present invention is not limited to this because it can be similarly applied to other languages.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the spelling of another language is input while a document based on a certain language is being created, as a result, the correspondence of the reference language is obtained. It becomes possible to create a document with a character string that

[0038]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal structure of an English-Japanese dictionary in an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of kana-kanji conversion processing including English words in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of kana-kanji conversion processing including English words in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of kana-kanji conversion according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 keyboard 5 VRAM 6 display device 7 external storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. When a character string of a second language is input while inputting a character string of a first language, a dictionary for converting the second language character string into the first language character string is referred to. The second
A character processing method comprising: converting a character string of the first language into a character string of the first language. 2. An input means for inputting a character string of a first language, a dictionary for converting a second language character string into a first language character string, and a character string input by the input means. In the case where the second language character string is present,
A character processing device for converting the language character string of 1. into the first language character string.