JPH07141362A - Natural language processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device which eliminates a need to repeat the same operation and properly copes with the processing by inverting and displaying a proofreading position in a document to easily specify this position and collectively displaying the detection results of the same indication as a proofreading processing guidance to easily recognize all of positions of the same proofreading with respect to sentence proofreading processing. CONSTITUTION:A proofreading position detecting part 102 detects a position to be proofread in the sentence, and this detected position is inverted and displayed on the object sentence on a display part 107, and detail information of the indication reason and the advice for correction is collectively graphically displayed with respect to detection results of the same indication.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a natural language processing apparatus, and more particularly to a natural language processing apparatus for editing / proofreading a sentence using a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, document processing technology has improved, and when creating a sentence using a computer, as a document editing / proofreading function, it detects typographical errors / missing letters in the sentence, inconsistencies in terms and end-of-sentence expressions, etc. Providing guidelines for changes, the calibration support technology has come to be used.

A plurality of check items for proofreading a sentence are checked at the same time, and as a result of the check, position information such as a start position and an end position thereof and information such as a reason for pointing out and advice for correction are obtained. As a first method of displaying this result, there is a method of listing position information such as the detected line number and detailed information such as the reason for pointing out and advice for correction in a display area different from the target sentence. Was used.

As the second method, the position information is directly displayed on the target sentence by highlighting the detected position on the target sentence, and the position is clicked with the mouse.
A method of displaying detailed information of the location in another window was also adopted.

[0005]

However, in the first method described above, the user must look at the enumeration display to find the location of the corresponding sentence, such as when the sentence is a long sentence. It took a lot of effort to identify. Also, with the second method, only the detailed information of the part that is currently focused on can be seen. Therefore, even when the detected phrase is used many times in the target sentence, the user is
Until the detailed information was viewed one by one, it was not understood that it was used many times, and similarly, the pointed out point had to be repeatedly viewed, causing the annoyance.

[0006]

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and has the following structure as one means for solving the above-mentioned problems. That is, in the proofreading position detecting means for detecting the proofreading part of the sentence, the constituent part displaying means for displaying the proofreading part detected by the constituent part detecting means on the target sentence, and the constituent part by the constituent part detecting means. A guidance output means for outputting the calibration guidance is provided, and the guidance output means collectively displays the detailed information of the reason for the indication and the advice for correction about the detection result indicating the same indication in a graphical form.

[0007] For example, the guidance output means lists position information in a portion for displaying detailed information, notifies that another similar result exists, and selects when the line number of the position information is selected. It is controlled so as to correspond to the position on the target sentence by blinking the location. Further, for example, the calibration point display means displays the pointed portion of the calibration by the calibration point detection means in reverse display so as to be distinguishable from other text display display points, and the guidance output means displays the calibration point display. The detailed information about the first found part after the means reverses the display and other similar indicated parts are displayed in the order of appearance in the sentence. Further, for example, the guidance output means controls such that the position information corresponding to the detailed information already presented is not presented redundantly.

[0008]

With the above configuration, in the grammar correction process,
By displaying the detection results that make the same indication as the calibration processing guidance together, it is possible to easily recognize all the locations where the similar calibration is performed, and it is possible to take appropriate measures. In addition, by highlighting the proofreading location in the document, the location can be easily specified. Further, it is possible to provide an apparatus that does not need to repeat the same operation.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of an apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is a text input section for inputting text information to be proofread / edited, 102
Is a proofreading part detecting part for detecting a part in the text input to the text input part 101 that requires proofreading, and 103 is a check for setting detection conditions (check items) for detecting the proofreading part in the proofreading part detecting part 102. Item setting unit, 104 is a proofreading dictionary that holds proofreading guidance and words for proofreading during proofreading, and 105 is a detection result that stores the proofreading points and proofreading guidance detected by the proofreading point detection unit 102. A storage unit, a display processing unit 106 that controls display control on the display unit 107, a display unit 107 that displays an input sentence from the document input unit 101 and a storage result and the like to the detection result storage unit 105, and a display unit 107. It is a display operation input unit for inputting various operations by referring to the display result and the like on the display.

The text display proofreading process in the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure of performing a detection process of a portion to be proofread in a sentence and displaying an approximate result, and FIG. 3 is a process when the user obtains detailed information about the detection result after the process of FIG. Here are the steps:

First, in step S1 shown in FIG. 2, the proofreading sentence is input from the document input unit 101. For this text input, whether a text created in advance is stored in an FD or the like and read, or read from a disk memory or RAM (not shown) incorporated in the device, Further, it may be input from a keyboard or the like.

Subsequently, in step S2, the input proofreading sentence is sent to the display processing unit 106 as it is and is displayed on the display unit 107 as it is. If the already displayed sentence is input, the above steps can be omitted. Next, in step S3, the component location detection unit 102
The sentence input to the sentence input unit 101 is searched while sequentially referring to the setting check items of the check item setting unit 103, and the process of detecting the portion to be proofread for the entire input sentence is performed. Then, when the detection location as a candidate to be proofread can be detected, one piece of information of the sequentially detected sentences is accumulated in the detection result accumulating unit 105. The check item in the check item setting unit 103 may be set immediately before performing the detection process, or may be set already. In step S4, step S3 is performed.
As a result of the detection processing in step S2, it is checked whether or not the detection point is found. If there is no detection point, it means that there was no point to be calibrated, and the calibration is completed. On the other hand, when the detection location is stored in the detection result storage unit 105, the processing proceeds to step S5 and the subsequent steps. Then, for the first detection result, the processing from step S5 is performed.

In step S5, detailed information including the check item that is the reason for detection, the reason for pointing out, and the correction advice or the like with reference to the proofreading dictionary 104 is associated with the position information in the text of the detected location. register. In a succeeding step S6, a mouse-sensitive button is attached to a corresponding position of the target sentence based on the position information of the detection result. Specifically, it refers to the work of setting a detection area capable of detecting the corresponding portion of the target sentence on the display unit 107 when the corresponding portion is designated by the mouse 108a or the like. Therefore, this button does not necessarily have to be visually displayed on the display unit 107, and, for example, a reverse display portion described later is a button sticking portion. In step S7, the display processing unit 106 reversely displays the corresponding portion on the target sentence based on the position information of the detection result. Then, the process returns to step S4, and the latter-stage processing is performed for the next detected position portion stored in the detection result storage unit 105.

At the end of this process, the user line,
As a detection result, it can be seen that the detection points on the target sentence are highlighted. FIG. 4 shows a display example of the display unit 107 when there are a plurality of similar detection points after the processing of FIG. 2 is completed. After the processing shown in FIG.
7 performs a calibration instruction work for the location presented as shown in FIG. This calibration instruction process will be described below with reference to FIG. The process of FIG. 3 is performed by step S shown in FIG.
6, the operation starts when the button pasted on the target sentence is clicked by the mouse 108a of the display operation input unit 108.

When the button pasted on the target sentence is clicked, for example, by the mouse 108a of the display operation input unit 108, the proofreading information about the character string of the inverted portion is requested, and the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. The detailed information such as the reason for pointing out the check item corresponding to the position of the clicked calibration candidate and the correction advice stored in the detection result storage unit 105 is read out and displayed in another window of the display unit 107.

In the next step S12, the window displaying the detailed information and the calibration point are connected by a line. In a succeeding step S13, it is determined whether or not there is another detection result having the same information as the content displayed in another window.
If there is no other determination, the process proceeds to step S14. If there is another same detection result, the process returns to step S12, and shifts to a process of connecting another corresponding detection position and the window displaying the detailed information with a line.

Display unit 1 at the step of step S14
A display example of 07 is shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an example of a display when the button of one pointed out point is clicked to request detailed information thereof, and there is another pointed out point similar to that. In this example, the window displaying the detailed information is drawn not only in the clicked place but also in other places.

In step S14, the user waits for an instruction input from the user who has confirmed the display. When an instruction is input, the process proceeds to step S15, and it is checked whether the instruction input is a calibration instruction (instruction to change the selected display document or the like). If it is not a calibration instruction, the calibration process is terminated. On the other hand, in the case of inputting a calibration instruction, the process proceeds to step S16, and the corresponding portion is calibrated according to the instruction to calibrate the pointed out point according to the guidance or the calibration information which is separately instructed and input. Then, the calibration process ends. In this case, when there are a plurality of places having the same advice (for example, “symmetry” in FIG. 5)
There are multiple calibration points. In this case, whether to calibrate all of a plurality of ones or one of them should be changed by the user's selection.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the text proofreading process, by clicking the mouse, the detailed information is displayed, and the detection results indicating the same point are collectively displayed as the proofreading process guidance. , It is possible to easily recognize all the parts to be calibrated in the same manner, and to take appropriate measures. In addition, by highlighting the proofreading location in the document, the location can be easily specified. Further, it is possible to provide an apparatus that does not need to repeat the same operation.

(Other Embodiments) In the first embodiment described above, the detailed information window and the position information of the detection result having the same detailed information are linked by connecting the pointed point on the target sentence with a line. Although I am trying to display it together with the contents, in the part that displays detailed information, listing the position information such as the number of the detected line and displaying that there is a similar result, and selecting that line number, The same effect can be obtained even by calibrating so as to correspond to the position on the target sentence by blinking that portion.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the button of the pointed out point on the target sentence is clicked to display the detailed information and other similar pointed out points. A method of displaying the detailed information about the first found point and other similar pointed out points when the pointed out point is highlighted and presenting it to the user in order according to the appearance order in the sentence. There is. In this method, the detailed information that has already been presented is not duplicated, so that the number of times of switching the display can be reduced as compared with displaying all the detailed information in order.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the proofreading process, the proofreading portion is highlighted in the document so that the portion can be easily specified. Also, by collectively displaying detection results that make similar indications as calibration processing guidance, it is possible to easily recognize all locations where similar calibration is performed, and it is not necessary to repeat the same operation.
It is possible to provide a device capable of performing appropriate measures.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of performing a detection process of a portion to be proofread in a sentence of the present embodiment and displaying an approximate result.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the user obtains detailed information about a detection result after the processing of FIG. 2 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example at the end of the processing of FIG. 2 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example after clicking only one button at an inverted portion in the processing of FIG. 3 in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Text Input Unit 102 Proofing Point Detection Unit 103 Check Item Setting Unit 104 Proofreading Dictionary 105 Detection Result Storage Unit 106 Display Processing Unit 107 Display Unit 108 Display Operation Input Unit

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location 8125-5L G06F 15/38 T (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Noguchi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo No. Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Minoru Fujita 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A proofreading position detecting means for detecting a proofreading part of a sentence, a constituent part displaying means for displaying a proofreading part detected by the constituent part detecting means on a target sentence, and a constituent part detecting means. It is provided with a guidance output means for outputting the calibration guidance in the constituent parts, and the guidance output means collectively displays the detailed information of the reason for pointing out and the advice for correction about the detection result which makes the same pointing out graphically. And a natural language processor. 2. The guidance output means lists position information in a portion for displaying detailed information and notifies that there is another similar result, and when a line number of the position information is selected, the selected position is selected. The blinking display is used to correspond to the position on the target sentence.
The described natural language processing device. 3. The calibration location display means displays the location pointed out by the calibration location detection means for calibration so as to be distinguishable from other text display display location, and the guidance output means displays the calibration location. 2. The natural language processing according to claim 1, wherein detailed information about the first found portion after the display means performs the reverse display and other similar indicated portions are displayed in the order of appearance in the sentence. apparatus. 4. The natural language processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the guidance output means controls such that the positional information corresponding to the detailed information already presented is not presented redundantly.