JPH0721326A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a character processor which can use an original draft abbreviated character and also can attain a simple input operation by performing the output of a desired correct character to the input of the original draft abbreviated character and then performing the output of plural correct characters to a single draft abbreviated character. CONSTITUTION:A character processor is provided with a character recognizing part 2 which recognizes an input pattern based on a stored correct character pattern or draft abbreviated character pattern and outputs a character code, and a code deciding part 4 which outputs a correct character code against the recognized draft abbreviated character code based on a rewritable table where the correspondence is secured between the correct character codes corresponding to the correct character pattern and the draft abbreviated character codes corresponding to the draft abbreviated character pattern respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing device for recognizing and outputting an input character pattern, and more particularly to a character processing device capable of outputting a normal character in response to an input of an abbreviation of a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Input in a character processing device has been conventionally performed by a keyboard or the like, but an operator must be accustomed to operating the keyboard, and a considerable skill is required. Therefore, a method of recognizing a handwritten character pattern and performing input easily has been considered.

However, also in the method of writing the handwritten character pattern, the character pattern to be written in the draft stage, like the abbreviations shown in FIG. .

There is also a method in which the user registers the pattern information used for recognition as personal data, but the correspondence between the pattern registered by the user and the regular character pattern is fixed. It couldn't be set to your own.

Further, such a user can be registered as personal data only in the habit of the pattern written by the user, and only one character can be registered in the output pattern of one character.
It was only a character input pattern.

[0006]

In view of the above points, the present invention is a method for recognizing and outputting an input character pattern, and particularly to provide a character processing device capable of outputting a normal character corresponding to an abbreviation of a document.

In view of the above points, the present invention is a character processing device for recognizing and outputting an input character pattern,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing device that can use a unique manuscript abbreviation in order to output a desired positive character.

In view of the above points, the present invention is a character processing apparatus for recognizing and outputting an input character pattern,
An object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device capable of outputting a plurality of normal characters for one inputted document abbreviation.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a character processing device which is an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a character reading unit, which optically reads an inserted document and outputs a character pattern signal Sl for each character in the document. A character recognition unit 2 searches the character pattern data storage unit 3 that stores a plurality of normal characters and character pattern data of abbreviated characters corresponding to the normal characters in advance, and searches for the character pattern Sl sent from the character reading unit 1. Character code S that most matches
2 is output. The character code S2 output from the character recognition unit 2 has, for example, a 16-bit structure as shown in FIG. 2, and whether the character of the matching pattern is an abbreviation or a normal character in the highest bit shown by a. Is added, and the character code is shown by 15 bits shown by b. In this embodiment, this abbreviation bit is "1".
In the case of, the abbreviation is shown, and in the case of “0”, the regular character is shown. Reference numeral 4 is a code discriminating unit which discriminates whether the character code S2 from the character recognizing unit 2 is an abbreviation code. If it is an abbreviation, the storage device 5 in which the abbreviation-normal character correspondence table is stored is searched, and the normal character code S3 is obtained and sent to the character output unit 6 for outputting a character. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage device 5 has a one-to-one correspondence between the character codes of the abbreviations and the character codes of the orthographic characters, and the character code S2 can be obtained by subtracting the character code S2.

Next, the operation of the character processing device configured as described above will be described. First, when a character pattern on a document is read by the character reading unit 1, the character reading unit 1 outputs the character pattern signal Sl. When the character pattern signal Sl output from the character reading unit 1 is input to the character recognition unit 2, the character recognition unit 2 searches the character pattern data storage unit 3 for a character pattern that most matches the character pattern signal Sl, The character code S2 corresponding to the retrieved character pattern is output. If the character pattern retrieved by the character recognition unit 2 is a character pattern that is a regular character, the highest bit of the character code S2 that is output is "0", and if it is an abbreviation, the highest character is output. The bit output is "1". Next, the character code output from the character recognizing section 2 is judged by the code judging section 4 whether the character code is an orthographic character code or an abbreviation code by detecting the highest bit. If it is determined that the character code S2 output from the character recognition unit 2 is an orthographic character code, the character code S2 is directly sent to the character output unit 6. When it is determined that the character code S2 output from the character recognition unit 2 is an abbreviation character code, the code determination unit 4 searches the storage device 5 in which the abbreviation-regular character correspondence table is stored, and the abbreviation character code An orthographic code S3 corresponding to is obtained and sent to the character output unit 6 for outputting a character.

Abbreviations in the storage device 5 in the above embodiment
The orthographic correspondence table was prepared in advance in the device, but by allowing the manuscript creator to freely rewrite this correspondence table, it is possible to create abbreviations unique to the manuscript creator. . Also, by assigning multiple orthographic characters to one manuscript abbreviation, it is possible to output a formal word by writing the abbreviation on the manuscript, and it is also possible to input long words with simple abbreviations. become.

[0013]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the normal character code corresponding to the document abbreviation code is discriminated and output based on the correspondence table, the normal character can be output in response to the input of the document abbreviation. A character processing device can be provided.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since the orthographic code is determined based on the rewritable correspondence table,
It is possible to provide a character processing device that enables the use of original manuscript abbreviations.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, by assigning a plurality of normal characters to one original document abbreviation, it becomes possible to input a long normal character consisting of a plurality of characters by a simple abbreviation. A character processing device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a character processing device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing character code information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an abbreviation-regular character correspondence table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Character reading unit 2 Character recognition unit 1 3 Character pattern data storage unit 4 Code discrimination unit 5 Storage unit 6 Character output unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a character pattern, a storage unit for storing a regular character pattern and a document abbreviation pattern, a character pattern input by the input unit and a pattern stored in the storage unit are compared, The recognizing means outputs the code information corresponding to the character pattern, and the recognizing means based on a rewritable correspondence table that associates the regular character code corresponding to the regular character pattern with the document abbreviation code corresponding to the document abbreviation pattern. And a means for outputting a normal character code corresponding to the outputted document abbreviation code information.