JPH0668746B2 - Japanese word processor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a Japanese word processor capable of converting spelling of a foreign word into katakana and displaying it.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when trying to write an input term in katakana, in a word processor that is characterized by changing the keyboard key for katakana, it is arranged as an alphabet for the keyboard key arrangement. And the layout for hiragana and katakana had to be remembered separately, which was a heavy burden on the user.

On the other hand, in a word processor that features a method of inputting romaji from the keyboard and converting it to hiragana, katakana, or kanji, there is only one keyboard layout that the user has to remember. In this case, the burden on the user is reduced.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in a conventional Roman character input method word processor, when trying to write a katakana word originating from a foreign word, the Japaneseized pronunciation of the word is input in Romanized spelling. However, when the spelling of the original word is similar to the spelling of the original word, there is a drawback in that the user's input is apt to be incorrect and inefficient.

The object of the present invention is not to force the user to remember the two key arrangements, and without imposing the Roman alphabet conversion of the foreign word on the user. When the spelling of the original foreign word is input, it is converted to katakana. The purpose is to provide a Japanese word processor that outputs and displays.

(Means for Solving Problems) A word processor of the present invention decomposes a spelling of an input foreign word into pronunciation units, and estimates the pronunciation of the entire input word from a combination of pronunciation units obtained by the decomposition. Input pronunciation analysis unit, original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit that converts pronunciations of input foreign words to pronunciations in Japanese, and output the Japanese readings of input foreign words obtained in Katakana notation A Japanese word processor having a Japanese pronunciation display unit, the input pronunciation analysis unit includes a pronunciation analysis dictionary for decomposing spellings of foreign words into pronunciation units, and the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit includes foreign words. Equipped with a pronunciation-corresponding dictionary for converting pronunciations of Japanese pronunciations into Japanese pronunciations, the Japanese pronunciation display unit outputs the pronunciations of the obtained input foreign words in Japanese as katakana notation. It is characterized in that it comprises a representation dictionary.

(Operation) In the present invention, by adopting a method in which the spelling of a foreign word can be input alphabetically, it is necessary to remember many input key arrangements and convert the spelling of a foreign word into Roman spelling in the head. Unnecessary unnecessary work for users is eliminated and work efficiency is increased.

(Example) Next, the Example of this invention is described with reference to drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The present invention is basically applicable to any notation conversion from any foreign language as long as it is spelled in phonetic characters, but here, the conversion from English spelling to Japanese Katakana spelling is taken as an example. To explain.

When the input pronunciation analysis block 1 obtains the spelling input 11 of the original word, it decomposes the input word into units for pronunciation estimation.
Then, these decomposed units are combined to estimate the pronunciation of the entire input word. The estimation result is transmitted to the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 2 via the communication line 12. This input pronunciation analysis unit 1
For the analysis method of, a known method for text-to-speech conversion can be used. For example, Susan R. Hertz et al. Proceedings of the Proceedings of the
The IEEE) paper, "The Data Developping System Force Speech Synthesis From Text" (The Delta Rule Development System)
The method of converting the spelling of a word into a pronunciation as described in "For Speech Synthesis from Text)" can be directly adopted.

Upon receiving the pronunciation of the analysis result of the input pronunciation analysis unit 1, the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 2 associates the pronunciation of the input word in the original language with the pronunciation in Japanese. The result is transmitted to the Japanese pronunciation display unit 3 via the communication line 23.

The Japanese pronunciation display unit 3 converts the pronunciation in Japanese of the input word obtained by the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 2 into katakana notation and outputs it.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the input pronunciation analysis unit 1 in more detail. The input pronunciation analysis unit is composed of a pronunciation analysis means 4 and a pronunciation analysis dictionary 5, and the pronunciation analysis dictionary 5 holds contents in the format shown in Table 1. Figure 5 is second
It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a figure. For example, when the English word "compiler" is input to the input pronunciation analysis unit 1 via 01, the pronunciation analysis means 4 searches the pronunciation analysis dictionary 5 and decomposes it into three pronunciation units called com / pil / er, By combining them, it is inferred that the pronunciation of the whole word is [k∂mpail∂:].

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the original Japanese pronunciation exchange unit 2 in more detail. The original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 2 is composed of a pronunciation conversion unit 6 and a pronunciation correspondence dictionary 7, and the contents in the format shown in Table 2 are held in the pronunciation correspondence dictionary.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of FIG. For example, when [k∂mpail∂:] which is the output result of the input pronunciation analysis unit 1 is received, the pronunciation conversion means 6 searches the pronunciation-corresponding dictionary 7 to make the original pronunciation correspond to the Japanese pronunciation, and the entire pronunciation of the word in Japanese. Is inferred to be [kompaira:].

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the Japanese pronunciation display unit 3 in more detail. The Japanese pronunciation display unit 3 is composed of a Japanese display means 8 and a pronunciation notation dictionary 9, and the contents of the format shown in Table 3 are held in the pronunciation notation dictionary. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of FIG.

For example, when receiving the output result [kompaira:] of the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 2, the Japanese display means 8 searches the pronunciation notation dictionary 9 and divides it into units of Japanese notation corresponding to Japanese pronunciation, ko / m / pa / i / ra: / get 5 parts. By making these correspond to katakana, the katakana notation compiler for all input words is output.

As described above, the spelling of a foreign word expressed in phonetic characters can be converted into katakana.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, when a word originating from a foreign word is to be written in katakana, it is possible to insert the alphabet spelling of the original foreign word from the keyboard and convert it to katakana for display. , The efficiency of Japanese document creation by word processor can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 2 to 4 are block diagrams showing components of each part shown in FIG. 5 to 7 are flowcharts showing the operation of each part shown in FIG. 1 …… Input pronunciation analysis unit 2 …… Original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit 3 …… Japanese pronunciation pronunciation display unit 4 …… Speech analysis means 5 …… Speech analysis dictionary 6 …… Speech response means 7 …… Speech correspondence dictionary 8 …… Japanese display means 9 …… Pronunciation dictionary

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input pronunciation analysis unit that decomposes a spelling of an input foreign word into pronunciation units and estimates the pronunciation of the entire input word from a combination of pronunciation units obtained by the decomposition. Japanese with the original Japanese post-pronunciation exchange unit that converts pronunciations to correspond to pronunciations in Japanese, and the Japanese pronunciation display unit that outputs and displays the Japanese reading of the input foreign words thus obtained in Katakana notation In the word processor, the input pronunciation analysis unit includes a pronunciation analysis dictionary for decomposing spellings of foreign words into pronunciation units, and the original Japanese pronunciation conversion unit converts pronunciations of foreign words into pronunciations in Japanese. The Japanese pronunciation display section is provided with a pronunciation correspondence dictionary for outputting and displaying the obtained Japanese reading of the input foreign word as Katakana notation. Hardware processor.