JPH06236362A - Word processor and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add a phonetic reading name easily, speedily, and automatically by automatically adding phonetic reading information to KANJI(Chinese character)-mixed sentence information after conversion control processing and displaying it out at a display means. CONSTITUTION:Once an all-phonetic-reading key 44h for inputting indication information for adding phonetic reading information to all KANJI in converted KANJI-mixed sentence information is pressed, a central control processing part 10 is actuated with signal information sent through an input control part 42. Then the phonetic reading information is granted to all of KANJI information in KANA-KANJI mixed document information which is inputted from an input device 40 after the all-sentence phonetic reading key 44h is pressed and converted by the KANA-KANJI conversion control processing of the central control processing part 10 by referring to a phonetic reading setting mode information area 20d of a ROM 20, so that the KANJI information and phonetic reading information are automatically displayed out at a display device 50 while be made to correspond to each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a function of adding a kana kana to a kanji character, and a display control method in which the kana kana kana addition method is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in creating a document using a document creating device, for example, in a created document, a kana that is difficult to read or a character that is easy to read is a kana as a kana. I have tried to add. As a method of adding furigana, for example, by using the ruby function installed in the document creation device, a ruby is added to the upper part of the kanji, or a furigana is added in parentheses beside the kanji. Things are being considered. In any case, in adding furigana, in the kanji information subjected to kana-kanji conversion control processing, first, for example, a cursor is used to specify a range of kanji to which furigana is added. After that, the operator himself / herself achieves this by inputting the kana kana of the kanji using the keyboard.

[0003]

In the conventional method of adding furigana in a document creating apparatus, for example, a range of kanji to which furigana is added is designated by a cursor, and the operator himself / herself uses the furigana of the kanji. This is achieved by keying in from the keyboard.

However, the above method of adding furigana is
The operator had to perform the above operation each time a furigana was added. That is, in a document that is being created or edited and proofread, a similar operation of adding a kana is often required. Moreover, since this furigana addition operation is complicated unlike the normal document input operation, it is also a factor that significantly reduces the work efficiency. Especially, in the case where furigana is added to all the kanji to be input, the labor of the operator is immeasurable. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a display control method capable of easily and quickly adding a furigana.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores dictionary information in which Japanese reading information and conversion word information corresponding to this reading information are associated in accordance with a predetermined rule. Kana-Kanji conversion control for dictionary storage means, input means for inputting various control information and data, and Japanese reading information, and Japanese reading information from this input means by referring to the dictionary information in the dictionary storing means. Kana-Kanji conversion control means for processing and creating kanji-mixed sentence information, and kana-kana addition means for adding kana-kana information to kanji-mixed sentence information created by this kana-kanji conversion control means, and this kana-kana addition Display means for displaying the kana kana information added by the means and kana-kanji conversion sentence control information processed by the kana kanji conversion control means, and the kana kana addition means The kana-kanji mixed sentence information is automatically added to the kanji-mixed sentence information converted and processed by the kana-kanji conversion control means based on predetermined instruction information from the input means, and the display means together with the kanji-mixed sentence information. The document creating apparatus is characterized in that it is controlled so as to output and display.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
The dictionary information in which the Japanese reading information and the conversion word information corresponding to the reading information are associated according to a predetermined rule is stored, various control information and data, and the Japanese reading information are input, and the input Japanese is input. The kana-kanji conversion control processing is performed on the reading information of the kana by referring to the dictionary information to create the kanji-mixed sentence information, and the control processing is performed to add the kana-kana information to the created kanji-mixed sentence information. When displaying the kana kana information and the kana-kanji conversion control processed kanji mixed sentence information, based on predetermined instruction information,
A kana-kanji conversion control method is a display control method characterized in that the kana-kanji mixed sentence information is automatically added with kana kana information for output display.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the kana kana information is automatically added to the kanji mixed sentence information that has been conversion-controlled by the kana-kanji conversion control means and is output and displayed on the display means. As a result, the operator's input work of furigana information can be reduced.

[0008]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a document creating apparatus according to this embodiment. That is, the document creation apparatus includes a central control processing unit 10, a ROM 20 and a RAM 30,
An input device 40, a display device 50, a printer device 60, an external storage device 70, and a communication device 80 are provided.

The central control processing unit 10 controls various kinds of control of the entire system and the kind of control shown in FIG. 2 according to predetermined program information stored in the program area 20a of the ROM 20, and various commands based on the input instruction information. To execute. Further, the central control processing unit 10 has a kana-kanji conversion processing function, a furigana addition function, and the like. That is, the kana-kanji conversion processing function of the central control processing unit 10 uses the work area 30a of the RAM 30 and stores the input character string information (reading information) from the input device 40 based on predetermined instruction information in the ROM.
The kana-kanji conversion is performed by referring to the dictionary information in which the reading information stored in the dictionary area 20b of 20 and the conversion word information such as kanji are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule to create document information including kanji, and the font data is This is a function of referring to the stored character pattern area 20c and outputting the conversion result to the display device 50. On the other hand, the furigana addition function is a function of adding furigana information such as ruby to the kanji-mixed document information subjected to kana-kanji conversion control processing as described above.

The input device 40 controls the reception of input information and sends it to various regions of the central control processing unit 10 and the RAM 30, and a large number of inputs for outputting various input information to this input control unit 42. Keyboard 44 with keys
Composed of and. Here, a large number of data keys 4 for inputting data such as reading information of character strings are input to the keyboard 44.
, And a [conversion] key 44 for inputting instruction information for converting the input reading information into sentence information containing kanji.
b, if the information converted to Kana-Kanji has a homonym, the [selection / execution] key 44c for instructing the selection and confirmation of the homonym and executing / determining various control processes, the designated control [Cancel] key 44d for instructing to cancel / stop processing, and [Next candidate] key 44e for displaying the next candidate or moving the cursor to the next candidate when there are homonyms and other output candidates. , A cursor key 44f for controlling the movement of the cursor, and mode setting of a kana kana setting mode for adding kana kana information to arbitrary kanji information in a kanji mixed sentence output and displayed on the display device 50 [ Furigana key 44g, various functions such as [all sentence furigana] key 44h for inputting instruction information for adding furigana information to all kanji in the converted kanji mixed sentence information Chromatography (not shown) is provided.

On the other hand, under the control of the central control processing unit 10, various information subjected to Kana-Kanji conversion control processing and the like is displayed by the display control unit 5.
2 is output and displayed on a display unit 54 having a liquid crystal display (LCD) as a display screen. Here, the display unit 5
A guide area 54a for outputting and displaying various guide messages is provided at a lower portion of the table 4.

Further, various information which has been subjected to the kana-kanji conversion control processing and the like under the control of the central control processing unit 10 is stored in the printer device
0, that is, the printer control unit 6 that constitutes the printer device 60.
Printer unit 6 which constitutes the printer device 60 via
It is configured to be printed out at 4.

Further, the various information thus controlled, created or edited and calibrated is controlled by a floppy disk device (FDD) which constitutes the external storage device 70 based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44. The data is stored in the FDD 74 constituting the external storage device 70 via the unit 72. Then, based on the predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44, the document information stored in the FDD 74 is R
The image information is read into the document area 30b of the AM 30 and the image information is R
The image area 30c of the AM 30 is read, and various other information is read in a predetermined area of the RAM 30 to be used for work such as editing and proofing.

Further, if desired, the above-mentioned various kinds of information can be communicated with other document producing devices by the communication device 80 via a telephone line or the like based on predetermined input instruction information from the keyboard 44. There is.

By the way, the above [Kana] key 44 is used.
When g is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent via the input control unit 42, and R
By referring to the furigana setting mode information area 20d of the OM 20, the furigana setting mode for adding furigana information of the kanji information to arbitrary kanji information in the document information being created or edited and set is set. To be done. That is, when this mode is set, a message indicating that the range of kanji information to which furigana is added is designated is displayed on the guide area 5 of the display unit 54.
4a, the operator selects a desired kanji character to which furigana information is added from the kanji information output and displayed on the display unit 54 by operating the cursor key 44f. After that, if the operator key-inputs the reading (kana) of the kanji information, the reading information is added as the kana information, and the kanji information and the kana information are associated with each other to give the kana of the RAM 30. It is configured to be stored in the table information area 30d.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned [whole sentence pseudonym] key 44
When h is pressed, the central control processing unit 10 is activated by the signal information sent via the input control unit 42, and R
Referring to the furigana setting mode information area 20d of the OM 20, the kana which is input from the input device 40 after the [entire sentence furigana] key 44h is pressed and subjected to the kana-kanji conversion control processing by the central control processing unit 10 In the kanji-mixed document information, the kana information is added to all the kanji information, and the kanji information and the corresponding kana information are automatically output and displayed correspondingly on the display device 50. Here, the furigana information given to the kanji is the reading information in the dictionary information in which the kanji information is stored, or the hiragana candidate as a homophone stored at the same level as the kanji information is the furigana information. Is automatically output as.

In the learning area 30e of the RAM 30, information is stored or furigana information is added so as to preferentially output and display the previously selected and confirmed for the same reading when selecting the same phoneme. This is an area for storing frequency information such as homophones. The operation of the above configuration will be described below.

[Document name] key 4 during document creation
When the user presses 4g or the [entire sentence kana kana] key 44h (Y in step S2 of FIG. 2), the system enters the kana kana setting mode. Here, if the [entire sentence pseudonym] key 44h is pressed (Y in step S4 of FIG. 2), when the homonym is selected (step S6 of FIG. 2), the [entire sentence pseudonym] key 44h is pressed. In the Kana-to-Kanji conversion process performed after the key is pressed, a kana is automatically added to the Kanji information converted into Kanji information. That is, in the case of selecting a homophone, when the selected and confirmed one is other than hiragana, that is, a kanji (Y in step S8 of FIG. 2), the dictionary area 2
The reading information of the selected kanji or the hiragana information as a conversion candidate is extracted from 0b (step S1 in FIG. 2).
0), it is added to the kanji information and displayed for output (steps S12 and S14 in FIG. 2).

On the other hand, in step S8, if the selected one is hiragana (N in step S8 of FIG. 2), the kana processing is not performed and normal display processing is performed (step S14 of FIG. 2). ).

Further, in the above step S4, not the [whole sentence fake kana] key 44h, but simply the [fake kana] key 4
When 4g is pressed (N in step S4 of FIG. 2),
A message is displayed in the area 54a of the display unit 54 guide for designating the range of Kanji information to which furigana information is added. Therefore, in the Kanji information output and displayed by the display unit 54, it is desired to add furigana information. If the cursor is first moved to the start point of the kanji and the [select / execute] key 44c is pressed, then the cursor is moved to the end point of the desired kanji and the [select / execute] key 44c is pressed to specify the range. Good (step S16 of FIG. 2). After that, if the reading of the kanji information (kana kana) is keyed in (step S18 in FIG. 2), the reading information is added and displayed as kana information (step S14 in FIG. 2). At this time, the Chinese character information and the furigana information are associated with each other and stored in the furigana assignment table information area 30d of the RAM 30.

In the above embodiment, the kana information is automatically added to all the kanji information in the kanji-mixed document information subjected to kana-kanji conversion control processing based on predetermined instruction information, and the kana information is displayed on the display device. Since the output is displayed, the operator's input work of furigana information can be reduced. In particular, unlike the conventional case, the operator is not forced to perform a very complicated work, and the work efficiency can be significantly improved.

Further, in the above embodiment, when it is not necessary to give furigana to all kanji, [furigana]
By pressing the key 44g, a furigana addition operation can be performed only for a desired one, which is useful. Moreover,
Since it is possible to select whether to add the furigana to all the kanji or to add the furigana only to a desired character by simply pressing a key, it is possible to obtain an excellent handling property.

In the above embodiment, when the [whole sentence syllabary] key 44h is pressed, the syllabary kana is selected only when the same phoneme is selected for the key input and subsequent kana-kanji conversion processing. However, if the [whole sentence kana] key 44h is pressed, the kanji that have been key-input and confirmed before that, and the kanji after the homophone selection has been confirmed. However, it is of course within the scope of the present invention that a furigana may be added, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the kana-kana information is automatically added to the kanji-mixed sentence information converted and processed by the kana-kanji conversion control means, and is output and displayed on the display means. Since it is configured, it is possible to easily and quickly automatically add the furigana. Further, since it is possible to reduce the complicated reading and input operation of the furigana information by the operator, there is an excellent effect that the working efficiency is remarkably improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of adding furigana information according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 ... Central Control Processing Unit, 20 ... ROM, 20b ... Dictionary Area, 20d ... Furigana Setting Mode Information Area, 30 ... RA
M, 30d ... Shame kana provision table information area, 44 ... Keyboard, 44g ... [Pseudo kana] key, 44h ... [Whole sentence kana] key, 50 ... Display device, 54 ... Display section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary storage unit for storing dictionary information in which Japanese reading information and conversion word information corresponding to the reading information are associated with each other according to a predetermined rule, various control information and data, and Japanese reading information. And kana-kanji conversion control means for creating kanji-mixed sentence information by performing kana-kanji conversion control processing on the Japanese reading information from the input means by referring to the dictionary information in the dictionary storage means. , A kana kana adding means for adding the kana kana information to the kanji mixed sentence information created by the kana kanji conversion control means, and the kana kana information added by the kana kana adding means and the kana kanji conversion control means. Display means for displaying kanji mixed sentence information that has been subjected to kana-kanji conversion control processing, wherein the furigana addition means is based on predetermined instruction information from the input means, Kana Kanji conversion control means automatically adds kana kana information to the kanji mixed sentence information converted and controlled so that the kanji mixed sentence information is output and displayed on the display means together with the kanji mixed sentence information. Document creation device. 2. Dictionary information in which Japanese reading information and conversion word information corresponding to the reading information are associated in accordance with a predetermined rule is stored, and various control information and data and Japanese reading information are input, Kana-kanji conversion control processing is performed on the input Japanese reading information by referring to the dictionary information to create kanji-mixed sentence information, and control processing is performed to add furigana information to the created kanji-mixed sentence information. However, when displaying the added Kana-Kana information and the Kanji-Kanji conversion control processed Kanji-mixed sentence information, the Kana-Kanji conversion control-processed Kanji-mixed sentence information is automatically changed based on predetermined instruction information. A display control method characterized in that kana information is added and output is displayed.