JPH0628055B2 - Kana-Kanji conversion device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device that is capable of quick text creation and is excellent in ease of use.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Recently, so-called Japanese word processors, which input Kana characters and obtain Kanji conversion output, have become widespread. Such a kana-kanji conversion device in a Japanese word processor conventionally requires the input person to divide the input character string into predetermined words such as bunsetsu and words, which is called a division input method. It is a thing. Therefore, when inputting without dividing the above unit, it may be unconverted or erroneously converted. In particular, at the time of high-speed input, the input person often makes an input error that he or she does not divide the place where the input kana character string should be divided. For this reason, in the above-mentioned separation input method, every time the input person makes such a mistake, the same kana character string has to be input again, which may be a great burden on the input person. It was

On the other hand, recently, a kana-kanji conversion method called a so-called solid input method has been considered. In this solid input method, an input kana character string composed of a plurality of the above units is directly input without being divided and the kana-kanji conversion device automatically recognizes each conversion unit and separates it into a kana. I am trying to convert kanji. However, in such a solid input method, the number of combinations that can be converted increases as the input kana character string becomes a long sentence, so the probability that the obtained conversion result will be converted as expected is higher than that in the interstitial writing method. There is a problem of being low. For this reason, it is expected to be a major obstacle to rapid document creation.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to perform quick document creation by a dividing book input method and to divide a predetermined unit by any chance. To provide an easy-to-use kana-kanji conversion device that can automatically perform the above-mentioned unit-based disassembly and kana-kanji conversion without erroneous conversion or unconverted data when inputting without entering. It is in.

According to the present invention, a first kana-kanji conversion unit for converting an input kana character string into a kana-kanji character in a predetermined first conversion unit, and the input kana character string is subdivided more than the first conversion unit. Second kana-kanji conversion means for converting kana to kanji in a second conversion unit, and the conversion result obtained by the second conversion means is added to the conversion result obtained by the first kana-kanji conversion means. And an output means for outputting.

That is, the first kana-kanji conversion means investigates the conversion possibility in a first conversion unit, for example, a unit of a word, a phrase, or a plurality of phrases, and performs kana-kanji conversion in that unit. On the other hand, in the second kana-kanji conversion means, the first kana character string
Assuming that a plurality of conversion units (second conversion units) are included in the conversion units of Kana, Kana-Kanji conversion is performed in the second conversion units.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, the first kana-kanji conversion means performs kana-kanji conversion in a predetermined unit, and the second kana-kanji conversion means performs kana-kanji conversion in a further subdivided unit. Since the conversion possibility based on two different criteria is investigated, even if the first kana-kanji conversion means fails, the second kana-kanji conversion means can obtain the conversion result. . That is, when the inputting person inputs the data in the separating / scribbing method using the first kana-kanji conversion means, he / she may make a mistake that he / she inputs an input kana character string including a plurality of units.
Even if the processing by the first kana-kanji conversion means fails, the second kana-kanji conversion means can obtain a kana-kanji conversion output result in a further subdivided unit, which prevents unconverted due to the input error. can do. As a result,
The input person is relieved of the conventional inconvenience of having to input the same kana character again each time he / she makes the above input error, which can greatly contribute to speeding up the document creation. Moreover, in this case, the first kana-kanji conversion means and the second kana-kanji conversion means perform conversion processing based on different standards, so that the number of homophones for one input kana character string is conventionally It will increase compared to. Therefore, the degree of freedom in selection is increased.

(Examples of the Invention) Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be described based on illustrated examples.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 in the figure is a first kana-kanji conversion unit. The first kana-kanji conversion unit 1 inputs, for example, an input kana-character string provided to the input buffer 2 from a keyboard or a voice recognition device (not shown), and converts the kana-kanji into one phrase. The phrase here is generally composed of an independent word and a string of affixes and adjuncts connected to it. Therefore, the first kana-kanji conversion unit converts, for example, an input kana character string "Kyono" such as "today's, bad's, Kyo's". This process is hereinafter referred to as "first conversion process".

On the other hand, reference numeral 3 in the figure is a second kana-kanji conversion unit, and this second kana-kanji conversion unit 3 regards the kana character string from the input buffer 2 as consisting of a plurality of clauses, and It decomposes columns and converts them into Kana-Kanji characters. Therefore, the second kana-kanji conversion unit 3 performs conversion such as "tomorrow weather, tomorrow's turning point" on the input character string "Ashitano Tenki". This process is hereinafter referred to as "second conversion process".

These kana-kanji conversion units 1 and 3 can perform parallel processing on the input kana character string input from the input buffer 2, so that they can be controlled in parallel by, for example, a multiprocessor not shown. Can be considered. Further, the kana-kanji conversion results from these kana-kanji conversion units 1 and 3 are selected by the output control unit 4, and are output from the first kana-kanji conversion unit 1 when the first conversion process is successful. If the first conversion process fails, the conversion result output from the second kana-kanji conversion unit 3 is output. Here, "success" and "failure" are used to mean whether or not at least one kana-kanji conversion result has been obtained by the conversion process. Therefore, it does not matter in this case whether the obtained result is the expected result.

Then, in such a kana-kanji conversion device according to the present embodiment, for example, a case where the input character string "Hitobitoga" is input will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as appropriate. At this time, the input character string “Hitobita” is given from the input buffer 2 to the first and second kana-kanji conversion units 1 and 3, respectively. The first kana-kanji conversion unit 1 converts the input character string to "people" (10). On the other hand, in the second kana-kanji conversion unit 3, the input kana character string is converted into, for example, "day and beauty" (11). That is,
In this case, both the first conversion and the second conversion succeed (12). Therefore, in such a case, it is assumed that the conversion result “people are” obtained by the first conversion process is more natural, and this is preferentially output at the time when the first conversion process is completed ( 13).

By the way, when the first conversion processing time is t1 and the second conversion processing time is t2, t1 is t as shown in FIG.
Much shorter than 2. Therefore, if the second conversion process is stopped when the first conversion process is successful, the conversion process is shortened by the time of t2-t1. However, at this point, the conversion result obtained by the first conversion procedure is not always the expected result. Therefore, while the input person is selecting a homonym (14), the second conversion process is further continued, and the second conversion is performed at the time when the selection is completed, that is, when the conversion result is confirmed (15). The process is stopped (16).

Next, a case where an input character string “Kono Hitoga” is input will be described. In this case, the first conversion process fails and the first conversion process continues until t2 because it cannot be clearly regarded as one clause. As a result,
The conversion result "This person is" is output (17). Hereinafter, the process leading to the homonym different word selection (17) and the confirmation (18) is the same as that described above.

Thus, according to this embodiment, the first kana-kanji conversion unit 1
Then, convert the input Kana character string into one phrase and convert Kana to Kanji,
The second kana-kanji conversion unit 3 further subdivides the input kana character string into kana-kanji conversion, and preferentially outputs the conversion result of the first conversion process when the first conversion process is successful. I have to. For this reason, the input person usually makes a quick document creation by performing the input in the word-spacing method using the first kana-kanji conversion unit 1, and in the unlikely event that the input person makes a plurality of mistakes due to an input error. Even if the input character string including the unit is solidly input and the first conversion process fails, the conversion result by the second conversion process can be obtained, so that it is not unconverted as in the conventional case. Therefore, the input person is relieved of the trouble of inputting the same kana character again due to the above input error. In this case, since the second conversion process is stopped when the first conversion result is confirmed, there is no obstacle to speeding up document creation.

It should be noted that the time required to call, confirm, and confirm the next candidate in the selection of homophones and different words often takes a considerable time due to physical limitations. Therefore, it is conceivable that the second conversion process will be completed before the conversion result is determined. Therefore,
In such a case, if the second conversion result is added to the first conversion result, the degree of freedom in selecting homonyms and heteronyms increases. Further, the second conversion process may be added to the first conversion result without being stopped midway.

Further, although the first conversion processing and the second conversion processing are performed in parallel in the present embodiment, when these two processings are performed by one processor, the second conversion is performed after the first conversion processing. You may make it perform a conversion process. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the first kana-kanji conversion unit 1 first converts the input kana character string from the input buffer 2 into kana-kanji characters, and the second kana-kanji conversion processing part 3 The conversion process may be started only when the first conversion process fails.

The present invention is of course applicable even when one unit is a word. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to a device that asynchronously performs kana input and kana-kanji conversion. In short, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the scope of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the device, and FIG. 3 is a first conversion in the device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the processing time and the second conversion processing time, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a kana-kanji conversion device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... 1st kana-kanji conversion part, 2 ... input buffer, 3 ... 2nd kana-kanji conversion part, 4 ... Output control part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first kana-kanji conversion means for converting an input kana character string into a kana-kanji character in a predetermined first conversion unit, and the input kana character string is subdivided more than the first conversion unit. Second kana-kanji conversion means for converting kana to kanji in the second conversion unit, and the conversion result obtained by the second conversion means is added to the conversion result obtained by the first kana-kanji conversion means. An apparatus for converting kana to kanji, comprising: 2. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first conversion unit is composed of a word, a clause, or a plurality of clauses.