JPH06274492A - Language inputting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a language inputting device in which efficient conversion can be attained by using the pronunciation of Japanese at the time of inputting Chinese, and efficient conversion can be attained by using the pronunciation of Chinese at the time of inputting Japanese. CONSTITUTION:At the time of inputting Chinese as main input, and inputting Japanese as auxiliary input, a character string inputted by an inputting means 1 is divided into syllables by a Chinese syllable dividing means 5. Then, words included in the input character string are extracted by using a dictionary means 4 based on the divided syllables, and whether the extracted words are Chinese or Japanese is decided by an input language decided means 6. The character string judged as Chinese is converted into the Chinese characters of Chinese by a Chinese converting means 7, and the character string judged as Japanese is converted into the Chinese characters of Japanese by a Japanese converting means 8. On the contrary, at the time of inputting Japanese as main input, the input character string is segmented into the clauses of Japanese. Whether the words in the segmented clauses are Japanese. Whether the words in the segmented clauses character string is converted into the Chinese characters corresponding to each language.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention enables a person who has some knowledge of both Japanese and Chinese to some extent to work efficiently when creating a Japanese or Chinese document. Language input device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a Chinese word processor, pinyin input is most often used, and code input using a GB code or a glyph code is used as an auxiliary input. In a Japanese word processor, kana input is the main input method, and code input using a JIS code or the like is used as auxiliary input. Among these input methods, Pinyin input in Chinese and Kana input in Japanese are pronunciation-based input methods and can be converted in units of phrases or sentences, so input is easy. On the other hand, when inputting a code, it is necessary to check a code corresponding to a character, and the input is performed in units of one character, which is troublesome.

With an input device specialized for Chinese input, when a Japanese prepares a Chinese document, if the user knows the desired Kanji but does not know the Pinyin notation of the desired Kanji, a troublesome code input is required. It is necessary to use. Similarly, when a Chinese person creates a Japanese document, a device dedicated to Japanese input has no choice but to use code input when he / she does not know the Kana or Romaji notation of the intended Kanji.

In order to meet such a conventional demand, input devices as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 have been proposed. FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are a functional block diagram and a flow chart of the Chinese word processor disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-125364. In FIG. 9, A is a Japanese Kanji conversion means for converting the input Japanese reading into Japanese Kanji corresponding to the reading, B is a Simplified character conversion means for converting the Japanese Kanji into a simplified Chinese character corresponding to the Japanese Kanji, and C is It is a means for converting a reading into a Chinese character peculiar to Chinese associated with the reading by inputting a predetermined Japanese reading. Simplified Chinese is a new Chinese character used in the People's Republic of China. On the other hand, in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the old font (called traditional character) is used.

In order to obtain Chinese kanji using Japanese reading, the following processing is performed according to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, set the Japanese Kanji conversion mode, Simplified Chinese character mode, etc. (STEP1) and input the Japanese reading (S
TEP2), if not in Chinese mode, extracts Kanji from Japanese reading (STEP5). If you want to make the font simplified, use the Kanji extracted in STEP5 in STEP7.
It is designed to be displayed in simplified characters.

[0006]

Since the conventional Chinese input device using Japanese kana is configured as described above, pinyin input and kana input are switched during the Chinese document creation. Sometimes it was necessary to switch between modes, which made the operation cumbersome. In addition, when using the kana input, there is a problem that it is not possible to perform batch conversion because the input is one word at a time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and automatically extracts the Japanese kana notation from the Chinese Pinyin notation of the input sentence and converts it into the kanji corresponding to each notation. An object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of collectively converting input into Chinese by switching the mode without switching the mode.

Further, regarding Japanese input as well, there is provided a device capable of utilizing Chinese Pinyin input as an auxiliary input.

[0009]

A language input device according to a first aspect of the present invention has the following elements. (A) Input means for inputting Pinyin in Chinese and Roman letters in Japanese (b) Chinese syllable dividing means for dividing the character string input by the input means into Chinese syllables (c) Kanji with reading information Stored dictionary means (d) Input language determination means for determining whether the character string is in Chinese Pinyin notation or Japanese Roman alphabet notation by the Chinese syllable dividing unit and dictionary unit (e) Chinese conversion means for converting Chinese pinyin to kanji (f) Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese reading to kanji (g) Display means for displaying the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means.

A language input device according to a second aspect of the present invention has the following elements. (A) Input means for inputting pinyin in Chinese and reading in Japanese (b) Japanese phrase dividing means for dividing the character string input by the input means into Chinese phrases (c) Kanji with reading information Stored dictionary means (d) Input language determination means for determining whether the character string is in Chinese Pinyin notation or Japanese Yomi notation by the Japanese phrase segmenting means and dictionary means ) Chinese conversion means for converting Chinese pinyin to kanji (f) Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese reading to kanji (g) Display means for displaying the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means.

The language input device according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with means for unifying the Chinese characters displayed on the display device into simplified characters or traditional characters.

[0012]

In the language input device according to the first aspect of the invention, the input Chinese character string is divided into Chinese syllables, and the word obtained from the combination of syllables is in Chinese Pinyin notation. It is characterized by having a means to determine whether it is written or written in Japanese Roman alphabet. As a result, the Romaji input can be used as an auxiliary input even while a Chinese document is being created using the Pinyin input.

In the language input device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the input Japanese character string is divided into Japanese phrases, and the words in the divided phrases are written in Japanese kana or The feature is that it is provided with a means for judging whether it is written in Roman alphabet or Chinese Pinyin notation. With this, even if Chinese Pinyin notation is mixed in the input of Japanese, it can be converted into the corresponding language, and Pinyin can be used while creating a Japanese document using Japanese Kana or Romaji input. The input can be used as an auxiliary input.

The language input device according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the characters are unified by providing a unit for displaying in simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese. is there.

[0015]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1A is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a language input device of the present invention. In FIG. 1 (A),
Reference numeral 1 denotes an input means including a keyboard having an alphabet key, a conversion key, a decision key and the like, and inputs a character string to be converted, a control instruction, etc. to the control unit 2. The control unit 2 includes a character string conversion unit 3 and dictionary means 4, and
Data processing described later is performed according to the control program written in M or the like.

Reference numeral 5 is a Chinese syllable dividing means for dividing the input character string into syllables based on Chinese syllables. In the Chinese syllable dividing means 5, even if a character string forming an incorrect Chinese syllable is input, one syllable does not include two or more character strings corresponding to a vowel, and also includes two or more character strings corresponding to a vowel. It is carved so that it does not come out. That is, even if a character string that is not in the Chinese syllable is input, the syllable is divided into either the vowel, the vowel, or the vowel + vowel. For example,
The character string “happousai” described in the later example is divided into “ha”, “p”, “pou”, and “sai”. Reference numeral 6 is an input language determination means for determining whether the words included in the input character string are in the Chinese Pinyin notation or the Japanese Roman alphabet notation by the Chinese syllable dividing means 5 and the dictionary means 4. A Chinese conversion unit that converts a word determined to be in Chinese Pinyin notation by the input language determination unit 6 into Chinese Kanji, and 8 is determined by the input language determination unit 6 to be in Romanized Japanese. A Japanese conversion means for converting a word into a Japanese kanji, 9 is a display for displaying the character string converted by the Chinese conversion means 7 and the Japanese conversion means 8 in a simplified font or a traditional font. It is a means.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of this embodiment, and FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrams showing key operations and display results displayed on the display means 9. The operation of the control unit 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS. As an example, "I need Happo vegetables"
When I want to enter the sentence (I want Happo-sai), I know all the Roman letters of "I", "Kana", "Hachi", "Treasure", and "Nana", but I don't know the Pinyin notation. Shall be entered. In FIG. 3, (a) to (f) represent display results at each stage of key operation. First, the character string "ware" is input by the input means 1 (the display result is (a) in FIG. 4). At this time, the control unit 2 reads the input (step 21) and decomposes it into sections (step 2).
2). The division refers to a continuous character string from the delimiter to the delimiter when the input is separated by punctuation marks or parentheses. Since “ware” is not separated by a delimiter, the classification is “ware”. Then, the section is extracted (step 24), and "war
The "e" is divided into Chinese syllables "wa" and "re" (step 25).

Next, in step 26, a word is formed from the divided syllables "wa" and "re". In this example, from "wa" and "re", first "wa" and then "r"
The “e” is then formed into the word “ware”. In step 26, all words that connect adjacent syllables are extracted. For example, syllables "A""B""C""D"
If there is, the words formed are “A” “B” “C”
"D""AB""BC""CD""ABC""BCD"
It is "ABCD".

In step 26, the word "wa" is first formed from the divided syllables, the Chinese dictionary is searched with "wa" as a key, and an evaluation value is given to the searched word (step 28). . Next, the Japanese dictionary is searched using "wa" as a key, and an evaluation value is assigned to the searched word (step 29). The evaluation value shall be attached to the number of syllables before conversion and the language. Here, 0 if the searched word is not in the dictionary, 1 if the word is in the dictionary, 4 if it is 1 syllable, 4 if it is 3 syllables, 8 if it is 4 syllables, 0.5 if it is in the Chinese dictionary, If it is in the Japanese dictionary, a value of 0 is given, and the sum of these values is the evaluation value of the word. For example, Chinese for “wa” includes “frog” and “roof”, but for these words,
The evaluation value is 1 because the number of syllables is 1, the evaluation value is 0.5 because it is found in the Chinese dictionary, and the evaluation value is 1 in total.
I will give 5. Japanese for "wa" includes "wa" and "ring", but for these words, the evaluation value is 1 because the number of syllables is 1, and the evaluation value is 0 because it is found in the Japanese dictionary. , The evaluation value 1 is given in total.

Next, returning to step 26, "re" is extracted as a word. Similar to the case of "wa", the Chinese dictionary is searched (step 28), and the evaluation value of 1.5 is given to the Chinese word "young" for "re". Step 29
In the search of the Japanese dictionary in, since there is no Japanese kanji for "re", the evaluation value is set to 0. Next, returning to step 24, the syllables "wae" and "re" are connected to form a syllable "ware". Step two
The Chinese dictionary is searched in 8 and there is no Chinese corresponding to “ware”, so the evaluation value is 0. Step 29
When you search the Japanese dictionary with, "Japanese" and "wari" exist in Japanese kanji corresponding to "ware". Therefore, the length of the syllable of these words is 2, so the evaluation value is 4, Japan. Since they are words, the evaluation value of 0 and a total of 4 are given to these words.

Next, returning to step 26, words are to be formed from syllables, but since the search has been completed for all words (step 27), the word combination with the highest evaluation value is taken out (step 30). In the case of this example, words having the highest evaluation value are Japanese words such as "I" and "Kari", and the evaluation value is 4. The next highest evaluation value is "Frog" + "Young", "Kara" + "Young", which is a combination of Chinese characters for "wa" and "re", and the evaluation value is 1.5. And 1.5 are added to 3.0. The next highest evaluation value is a combination such as "wa" + "young""ring" + "young" where the kanji for "wa" is Japanese and the kanji for "re" is Chinese. It is 2.5. Next, returning to step 23, since the input is completed,
The combination of words having the highest evaluation value is converted into Kanji by the Chinese conversion unit 7 and the Japanese conversion unit 8, and the conversion result is displayed on the display unit 9 (step 31).

In the display, the fonts are unified. For the characters that are different between simplified and traditional characters, see
By preparing such a correspondence table and unifying the fonts on the display means 9, the fonts can be unified. Alternatively, the dictionary unit 4 can also realize the unification of the character styles by giving the headings of the dictionary both the traditional character and the simplified character. It should be noted that whether to use traditional characters or simplified characters is specified by the input means 1 at the time of initial setting.

By the above procedure, the Japanese word "war"
Kanji for "e" is displayed (display result is shown in Figure (b))
It is assumed that "I" is displayed). Here, the first candidate is "wari"
Even if it is other than the target kanji, the target kanji "I" can be obtained by re-converting. It should be noted that in this embodiment, since the Chinese document is edited, the kana characters obtained by using the Japanese roman characters as keys do not display the futuristic kana. For example, "crack" is displayed instead of "crack."

Next, when "iru" is input (the display is shown in FIG.
(C)), syllables “i” and “r
It is divided into "u" and the analysis is advanced in the same manner as in the case of "ware". In this case, there is no Chinese syllable for "i", and the highest evaluation value is "iru" in Japanese "necessary" or "house".
“Necessary” is displayed as in (d). Next, "happo
When inputting "usai" (display is FIG. 4 (e)), the Chinese syllable dividing means 5 causes the syllable to be "ha", "p", "po".
u ”and“ sai ”. Above "wo""iru"
If you assign an evaluation value in the same way as in the case of, "happousa
The Japanese evaluation value of "i" is 8 which is the highest compared to the combination of other syllables, and the Japanese kanji "Happosai" for "happousai" is displayed (the display result is shown in FIG. 4).
(F)).

When the pinyin notation of "I" and "Necessary" is known and only the pinyin notation of "Happo" is not known, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), "wyaoohappou"
If "sai" is input, batch conversion can be performed according to the algorithm described above. In this character string, the highest evaluation value is given to the combination of the words “wo” in Chinese, “yao” in Chinese, and “happousai” in Japanese, and when conversion is performed, as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The character string "I'm Happo" is displayed on the display means 9.

FIG. 6 shows that when a single Chinese character is input,
This is an example of using Japanese Kunyomi.
In general, there are many candidates for Chinese single kanji, so you have to press the conversion key many times to get the desired kanji, but if you use Japanese kunyomi, you can get the desired kanji with few keystrokes. You can

Although only the number of syllables and the type of language are used for the evaluation value in this example, it is possible to give a more detailed evaluation value by using connection information, frequency information, learning information, and the like. Needless to say.

Example 2. FIG. 1B is an overall configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the language input device of the present invention. Figure 1
In (B), 1 is an alphabet key, a kana key,
The input unit is a keyboard having a conversion key, a determination key, and the like, and inputs a character string to be converted, a control instruction, and the like to the control unit 12. The control unit 12 includes a character string conversion unit 13 and a dictionary unit 4, and performs data processing described below according to a control program written in a ROM or the like.

Reference numeral 15 is a Japanese bunsetsu dividing means for dividing the input character string into Japanese bunsetsu, and 16 is a Japanese bunsetsu dividing means 15.
And by the dictionary means 4, the words included in the input character string are
Input language determining means for determining whether it is Japanese kana notation or romaji notation or Chinese pinyin notation, and 8 is a character string which is determined by the input language determining means 16 to be Japanese kana notation or romaji notation. Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese into Japanese kanji, 7 is input language determination means 1
A Chinese conversion means for converting a character string determined by the Chinese pinyin notation into a Chinese kanji character by 6; 9 a character string converted by the Japanese conversion means 8 and the Chinese conversion means 7 in Japan; It is a display means for displaying the traditional characters used.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing key operations and display results displayed on the display means 19. As an example, assume that when the user wants to enter the sentence "I want to eat Happo greens", the Japanese pronunciation of "Happo greens" is unknown. Now, the character string input from the input means 1 is a Roman character, and the input character string is “w”.
atashihababaocaiwotabeta
i "is converted. The display means 9 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the character string "I want to eat a baobac c" is displayed, but the process is performed by the user typing "watershabaabaocaiwotabet.
This is performed for the character string "ai". First, the input is read (step 41) and decomposed into sections (step 4).
2). Since the input character string is not delimited by a division symbol, "watashihabababaocaiwotab"
"etai" is a category. Next, the division is taken out (step 44), and the Japanese dictionary is searched from the beginning of the division (step 46). The Japanese independent words searched for are "wa" for "wa", "cotton", "wa" for "water",
There is "I" etc. for "washi". "ring"
The nouns for "wa" and "water" such as "wa" are not used (step 48), and since the subsequent character string is not an adjunct word, it becomes a phrase as it is (step 51). "W
Since the conversion result "I" for "atashi" is not used (step 48), the inflection ending process (step 4)
9) is not performed, but the accessory word processing is performed (step 5).
0). In the adjunct word, the particle "ha" is found for "ha", so "Iwa" becomes a phrase (step 5).
1). Since it is used for the verb "wa" and the like for "water" (step 48), the inflection ending process is performed (step 49), "wa" is obtained, and the adjunct word process is further performed (step 50). , "Passing" is obtained (step 55). When the processing of Japanese is completed, a Chinese dictionary is searched in step 52. In the case of this example, there are "frog" and "tile" in Chinese whose pinyin notation is "wa" (step 53).
There is no Pinyin notation for longer strings. "W
Since the character string following "a" is not a Japanese adjunct word, "w"
The Chinese characters "frog" and "tile" for "a" are accumulated as one phrase (step 55). When the processing of Japanese and Chinese is completed, in step 56, the optimum bunsetsu segmentation method is selected. For this processing, for example, a method such as longest matching of n clauses is used.

When the processing of each of Japanese and Chinese is completed, the process returns to step 45 again, and since all the classification processing is not completed (step 45), the character string next to the character string used as a phrase in the processing before is classified. Start processing from. Here, the continuation of the analysis will be described from the character string following the Japanese phrase “washishiha”. In step 46,
A Japanese dictionary search for "baobaocaiwotabetai" is performed, and nouns such as "ba" and verbs such as "Zhang" for "ba" and nouns such as "Baba" for "baba" are obtained as the search results. To be For the noun to "ba", the next consecutive character string cannot be an adjunct word, and for the verb to "ba", the next consecutive character string cannot be an inflectional ending, thus becoming a noun to "baba". On the other hand, since the following character string cannot be an adjunct word, "ba" or "bab" is applied to this Japanese processing.
The conversion result for "a" becomes a clause (step 51).
Next, at step 52, "babaocaihot
A Chinese dictionary search for "abetai" is performed. Here, a search result of "Basho" and "Hachi" is obtained for "ba", and a search result of "Happosai" is obtained for "babaokai". When the Japanese adjunct word processing is performed in step 54, the character string following "ba" cannot be an adjunct word, so it becomes a phrase as it is.
Since the character string following "babaocai" can be an adjunct word "wo", the character string "babaocaiwo" becomes a clause (step 55). The optimal segmentation at this point is "watashiha" and "baba".
ocaiwo ”(step 56).

Then, the process returns to step 45, and the analysis is started from the character string used as the clause in the previous process. Here, "bababaoca," which was the longest phrase in the previous process,
The analysis of "tabetai" following "iwo" will be described.
In step 46, a Japanese dictionary is searched for "tabetai". For this character string, "eat" is searched for in the character string "tabe", and in the inflection ending process in step 49, "want to eat" for the character string "tabetai" is the longest in the Japanese search. It becomes a clause. In step 52, “tabet
In the Chinese dictionary search for “ai”, the search result for “ta” is obtained (“other”, “taku”, etc.), but the search result for a character string longer than that is not obtained. "T
Since the character string following "a" cannot be an adjunct word in Japanese, in step 56, the optimal segmentation method is selected, and the process returns to step 45. At this point, the classification ends (step 45) and the input ends (step 4).
3), "wata" that combines the longest segment breaks
Japanese phrase "shiha", "babaocaiw"
A set of a Chinese phrase "o" and a Japanese phrase "tabetai" is the optimum segmentation of the phrase. The character strings divided into these clauses are converted by the Japanese conversion means 8 and the Chinese conversion means 7, and the character string "I want to eat Happo greens" is displayed on the display means 9. (Display result is shown in FIG. 7B).

The method described above can be applied not only between Japanese and Chinese, but also to languages of other countries that use Chinese characters such as Korean.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the input method of another language is provided as the auxiliary input, the person who knows the language to be the auxiliary input can understand the pronunciation of the language of the main input. Even if there is not, it is possible to proceed with the input efficiently.

Further, when inputting a single Chinese character of Chinese with many homophones, if the Japanese Kunyomi is used, the target Chinese character can be obtained with a small number of keystrokes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a language input system according to the present invention. (B) is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the language input system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a relationship between a key operation and a display result displayed on the display unit 9.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a relationship between key operations and a display result displayed on the display unit 9.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a relationship between key operations and a display result displayed on the display unit 9.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a relationship between a key operation and a display result displayed on the display unit 9.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing correspondence between simplified characters and traditional characters.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of a Chinese word processor that performs input using conventional Japanese reading.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of a conventional Chinese word processor that performs input using Japanese reading.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 4 Dictionary means 5 Chinese syllable dividing means 6 Input language judging means in Example 1 7 Chinese converting means 8 Japanese converting means 9 Display means 15 Japanese syllable dividing means 16 Input language judging means in Example 2

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With an input device dedicated to Chinese input, when a Japanese prepares a Chinese document, even if he or she knows the Kanji to input, if he does not know the Pinyin notation of the target Kanji, he / she will need to input a troublesome code. It is necessary to use. Similarly, when a Chinese person creates a Japanese document, a device dedicated to Japanese input has no choice but to use code input when he / she does not know the Kana or Romaji notation of the intended Kanji.

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A language input device according to a second aspect of the present invention has the following elements. (A) with the input means (b) reading a Japanese phrase dividing means (c) Kanji for dividing a character string input by the input means in Japanese phrase information input readings in pinyin and Japanese in Chinese Stored dictionary means (d) Input language determination means for determining whether the character string is in Chinese Pinyin notation or Japanese Yomi notation by the Japanese phrase segmenting means and dictionary means ) Chinese conversion means for converting Chinese pinyin to kanji (f) Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese reading to kanji (g) Display means for displaying the kanji converted by the kanji conversion means.

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In step 26, the word "wa" is first formed from the divided syllables, the Chinese dictionary is searched with "wa" as a key, and an evaluation value is given to the searched word (step 28). . Next, the Japanese dictionary is searched using "wa" as a key, and an evaluation value is assigned to the searched word (step 29). The evaluation value shall be attached to the number of syllables before conversion and the language. Here, 0 is found when the searched word is not in the dictionary, 1 is 1 syllable, 4 is 3 syllables, 6 is 4 syllables, 10 is word in the dictionary,
0.5 for Chinese dictionary, 0 for Japanese dictionary
And the sum of these values is the evaluation value of the word. For example, Chinese for “wa” includes “frog” and “tile”, but these words have an evaluation value of 1 because the number of syllables is 1, and are evaluated by being found in the Chinese dictionary. A value of 0.5 and a total evaluation value of 1.5 will be given. Japanese for "wa" includes "wa" and "ring", but for these words, the evaluation value is 1 because the number of syllables is 1, and the evaluation value is 0 because it is found in the Japanese dictionary. , The evaluation value 1 is given in total.

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Next, when "iru" is input (the display is shown in FIG.
(C)), syllables “i” and “r
It is divided into "u" and the analysis is advanced in the same manner as in the case of "ware". In this case, there is no Chinese syllable for "i", and the highest evaluation value is "iru" in Japanese "necessary" or "house".
“Necessary” is displayed as in (d). Next, "happo
When inputting "usai" (display is FIG. 4 (e)), the Chinese syllable dividing means 5 causes the syllable to be "ha", "p", "po".
u ”and“ sai ”. Above "wo""iru"
If you assign an evaluation value in the same way as in the case of, "happousa
The Japanese evaluation value of "i" is 10 which is the highest compared to other syllable combinations, and the Japanese kanji "Happosai" for "happousai" is displayed (the display result is shown in FIG. 4).
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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A language input device having the following elements: (a) input means for inputting pinyin in Chinese and Roman letters in Japanese; (b) dividing the character string input by the input means into Chinese syllables. Chinese syllable dividing means (c) Dictionary means for storing kanji together with reading information (d) Chinese character syllable dividing means and dictionary means, wherein the character string is in Chinese Pinyin notation or Japanese Roman alphabet notation (E) Chinese conversion means for converting Chinese Pinyin to Kanji (f) Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese Yomi to Kanji (g) Conversion to Kanji Display means for displaying the Kanji converted by. 2. A language input device having the following elements: (a) input means for inputting reading in Japanese and pinyin in Chinese; (b) dividing the character string input by the input means into Chinese clauses. Japanese bunsetsu dividing means (c) Dictionary means for storing kanji together with reading information (d) By the Japanese bunsetsu dividing means and dictionary means, the character string can be displayed in Chinese Pinyin or Japanese. Input language determination means for determining whether there is (e) Chinese conversion means for converting Chinese Pinyin to kanji (f) Japanese conversion means for converting Japanese reading to kanji (g) By means of conversion to kanji A display means for displaying the converted kanji. 3. The language input device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit for displaying the Chinese characters has a unit for unifying in simplified or traditional characters.