JPH064520A - Japanese word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a Japanese word processor which can facilitate the input of character strings including the contracted sounds or the double consonants. CONSTITUTION:The presence or absence of the contracted sound and double consonant candidates is judged in the input character strings (S1-S3). When the presence of these candidates is judged (Y in S3), a fact whether the candidates can be turned into the contracted sounds or the double consonants or not based on a contracted sound/double consonant deciding table, etc., (S4, S5). If so (Y in S5), the relevant output candidate in shown by a display means. Thus, an operator judges whether the shown candidates is equal to the desired one or not. If so, the result is outputted to the display means (S6, S7).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Japanese language processing apparatus used in a Japanese word processor or the like, and more particularly to a Japanese language processing apparatus which can easily process Japanese language including Japanese syllabary and consonants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a Japanese processing apparatus using a keyboard such as a word processor, two input methods, "kana input" and "romaji input" are generally used as means for inputting a Japanese character string.

In the former case, in order to input a squeaking sound, the shift key is often pressed while the corresponding squeaking sound key is pressed. In the latter case, for the consonant, the consonant that follows is layered or a special key (such as "x" or "\" determined by each model) is input, and then the consonant ("tsu")
The method of inputting is general. Also, regarding the sound of
Conversion rules are set for each model, such as "sha → sya, tua → tsa", and input according to it, or after pressing a special key like a consonant, inputting the corresponding chord sound. Methods are often used.

[0004]

In recent years, katakana written words have been widely used in various fields (eg, graphics, cashless, manual, etc.). In addition, foreign place names or people's names are often expressed in katakana. (Eg Brussels, Philadelphia, John Wayne, etc.).

As the number of words written in katakana increases, the frequency of spurting sounds is increasing. And when inputting these words with a word processor etc., in the above-mentioned "kana input" mode, inputting a syllabary is not so difficult, but when using the "romaji input" mode, An increase in the number of words containing a syllabary is one of the causes of the decrease in input efficiency. In other words, the Romaji conversion rules are subtly different between the models, and there is confusion when inputting a jumble that is not used often. In particular, when there is a character string including a plurality of spelling sounds, the input efficiency is significantly reduced.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Japanese language processing apparatus capable of easily inputting a character string including a rushing sound.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a Japanese language processing apparatus for inputting Japanese in units of phonetic characters and converting it into a character string representing the meaning is based on the unit of Japanese characters in phonetic characters. Input means to input with, a means to determine whether the input characters can be syllabic or phonological, and when it is determined that the input characters can be syllabic or consonant, And a means for displaying so that the phonemeized character string can be selected.

[0008]

When the characters input in units of phonetic characters include characters that can be jumbled or consonantized, the jumbled or consonantized character string is displayed on the display means in a selectable manner. The operator can select a desired character string from the displayed character strings.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a Japanese language processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input means 1 having an input key such as a keyboard and a CRT.
Display means 2 for displaying the conversion result character string by
And a conversion processing unit 3 for converting the input character string.
And a first storage means 4 for storing tables and the like that are referred to during the syllabary conversion, and a second storage for storing dictionaries and tables that are referred to during normal conversion processing (such as kanji conversion). And means 5.

The conversion processing section 3 includes a conversion processing control section 31 for controlling conversion processing such as input / output management, a screaming sound conversion processing section 32 for converting a squeaking sound for an input character string, and a kanji conversion. It includes a normal conversion processing unit 33 that performs normal conversion processing.

Next, the operation of the Japanese language processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. At that time, "fashion" and "human interface" are used as the input character strings.

First, the above-mentioned character string is key-inputted by the input means 1. The input person is "Fashion", "Human interface", "Fuatsushiyon",
You can enter "Hiyumancenter" (step S1).

Upon receiving the input, the conversion control unit 31 shifts the processing to the spelling sound processing unit 32. In the reverberation sound processing unit 32,
First, as shown in FIG. 3A, the input character string is marked to indicate that it can be turned into a sound (S2). Figure 4 (A)
In the figure, "●" indicates that the sound can be made into a jingle sound, and "○" indicates that it can be made into a consonant sound. For example, for "Fuatsushiyon", "A" and "yo" are marked with "●" and "tsu" is marked with "○".

There is no problem with the consonant sound, but with respect to the whispering sound, it is only necessary to set the whisperable character for each device.
Generally, as shown in FIG. 4, {A, I, U, E,
You can set a certain level.
Then, if it is marked, then the squeaking sound conversion process is performed, and if not, the control is transferred to a normal conversion process such as Kanji conversion (S3).

For a character string containing a character that can be turned on / off, a first sounding possibility determination table is stored.
It is determined whether or not the sound can be turned on by referring to the storage means 4 (S4).

The details of the reverberation conversion processing will be described below. First, as for the sound of jumping, as shown in FIG. 3B, one character immediately before the marked candidate is extracted. Then, it is shown in FIG. 4 whether it is possible to combine the immediately preceding character and the Japanese sound candidate.
Check with a whispering possibility determination table as shown in.

In FIG. 4, the presence / absence of "○" in the table indicates, for example, that the preceding character is "de", and if the candidate for the Japanese sound is "Yu", it can be made into Japanese sound ("Dyu"). If the candidate is “A”, it means that it is impossible (“D”).

Also, when the immediately preceding character is not in the table ("A, TA, MU, N", etc.), it is naturally impossible to make a jumble. As an example of input, "A" in "Fuatsushiyon",
"Yo" can be converted, and "Yu" and "E" of "Hiyuman Infuse" are possible,
It is understood that "i" cannot be converted into a jumble because the last character is "n".

As for the consonant sound, the character immediately following the consonant sound ("tsu"), as shown in FIG. 3C in the input example,
The possibility of phonological conversion is determined by checking "shi". That is, most of the characters that come immediately after the consonant are “ka line”, “sa line”, “ta line”, and “pa line”.
It is difficult to make a consonant when the characters on other lines come immediately after. Immediately before the consonant, "n", "o", "tsu (consonant)"
The same applies to the case. Therefore, regarding the consonant sounds, it is possible to deal with these by tabulating these things.

As described above, it is possible to judge the possibility when there is a candidate for syllabicization in the character string. Here, in the case where the audible prompting is possible, the control shifts to the selection of the output candidate, and in the other case, the control shifts to the normal conversion processing (S5).

Next, the output candidate selection processing (S6) when it can be converted into a spelling sound will be described. Although the device refers to the conversion possibility determination table to determine whether or not to make a sound prompting, the conversion result is not always correct. For example, “Chiyogami (Chiyogami)” can be converted into “Cho” according to the table of FIG. On the contrary, since the judgment table is based on general words, when the user intentionally wants to make a jumble (for example, "fu",
"Ah" etc.), the conversion possibility judgment stage (S
It is not possible to reject it if the candidate for chorusing is rejected in 5).

Furthermore, when there are a plurality of reverberation candidates in the input character string, there is a problem of combination (in the input example, “Fatatsuyon”, “Fatushiyon”). , "Fashion", "Fashion", etc.). For this reason, the apparatus must select an output candidate that has the highest possibility of being correct.

In the embodiment, the obtained conversion result is used to search a dictionary used in a normal Kanji conversion process or the like to check the validity of the result. That is, "Fuatsushiyon"
Since "Fashion" is registered in the dictionary, "Fashion" may be more correct than other conversion results ("Fashion", "Fashion", etc.) Higher, it is selected as the first candidate.

In addition to this, since "tion", "john", etc. are relatively common in English words expressed in katakana notation, there is a high possibility that they will be jumbled.
By using such a heuristic (empirical rule), a method of giving priority to the conversion result can be considered. After performing the output candidate selection process in this way, the device sequentially outputs from the first output candidate “fashion” (S7), and the user determines whether the conversion result is correct (S8). Processing such as outputting other candidates is performed. The description of the normal conversion process (S9) and its output (S10) is omitted.

In the embodiment described above, the case where all the screaming sounds are input in the same way as the normal characters has been described as an example, but it is also possible to partially perform the screaming sound conversion processing by the same method (" Topshia "→" Top share "etc.). Further, in the embodiment, the preprocessing method such as first checking the possibility of phonification for all input character strings is shown, but only when the user feels necessary, automatic conversion processing is performed by the device. It is also conceivable to use a method such as

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the input character string includes a jumble or a consonant, the jumble or consonant character string is displayed on the display means as an option. If the operator desires the displayed conversion example, he can select it. As a result, it is possible to provide a Japanese language processing device in which a character string including a whistle or a consonant can be easily input.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a Japanese language processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the Japanese language processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining specific contents of the operation of the Japanese language processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of an audible prompting possibility determination table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 2 Display means 3 Conversion processing part 4 1st storage means 5 containing a syllabicization possibility determination table 5 2nd storage means containing various dictionaries and various tables 31 Conversion processing control part 32 Singing sound conversion processing part 33 Normal conversion processing Department

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A Japanese processor for inputting Japanese in phonetic character units and converting it into a character string representing a meaning based on the input phone, input means for inputting the Japanese, and the input means. Judgment means for judging whether or not a character can be jumbled or consonantized, and the input character, when it is judged that the jumbled or consonantized is possible, the jumbled or consonantized character A Japanese language processing device including means for displaying columns so that they can be selected.