JPH0721800B2 - Character conversion processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a character conversion processing device for converting a first character (sound) into a second character (kanji) in, for example, writing Chinese sentences.

<Prior Art> Generally, in a Chinese word processor, the first character, which is the basis of character conversion, is input by sound and the corresponding Kanji is obtained by referring to a dictionary to create a Chinese sentence.

The candidate display in this type of device employs either a method of displaying one candidate at a time or a method of displaying all candidates at once.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in kanji conversion in Chinese, one kanji conversion is often used, and therefore there are a large number of corresponding kanji candidates. Therefore, according to the former method, It takes time to get the kanji. In addition, the latter method also has a problem that a selection instruction for selecting a candidate is required and the operation becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and for the first number candidates (for example, 3 candidates), one candidate is displayed in response to the conversion instruction, and a predetermined number of candidates are displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a character conversion processing device capable of efficiently selecting a candidate by displaying the remaining candidates collectively in response to a further conversion instruction after the completion.

<Means for Solving the Problems> A character conversion processing device of the present invention is a character conversion processing device for converting a first character into a second character, wherein a plurality of second characters corresponding to the first character are stored in advance. The second characters up to a predetermined order of high use frequency are sequentially displayed one by one according to the order for each conversion instruction, and the remaining second characters are collectively displayed in a plurality of groups based on the next conversion instruction. The display control means and the second character designated by the confirmation instruction that adopts the sequentially displayed second character or the selection display that selects a desired second character from the collectively displayed second characters is stored in the sentence memory. And a storage control means for controlling the storage.

<Operation> In the character conversion processing device of the present invention, conversion candidates up to a predetermined display order are displayed one by one for each conversion instruction, and the remaining candidates are displayed next. Display in batch based on the conversion instruction of.

<Example> A detailed description will be given below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the first three candidates are displayed one by one in response to a conversion instruction, and the fourth and subsequent candidates are collectively displayed. It is configured.

11 is a keyboard for inputting operation instructions such as sounds or conversion instructions, 12 is a sound code register for temporarily storing the sound code of the sound input from the keyboard 11, 13 is a kanji character for storing the kanji corresponding to each sound in kanji code A code memory, 14 is a kanji code table for storing in which address of the kanji code memory 13 the kanji code of the kanji corresponding to each sound is stored, and 15 is an address control circuit.

Reference numeral 16 is a candidate register for storing candidate Kanji codes to be displayed one by one, 17 is a candidate register for storing candidate Kanji codes to be collectively displayed, and 18 is a character generator for generating a character pattern corresponding to the Kanji code.

And all these constituent elements are controlled by a CPU (central processing unit) not shown.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a candidate display state of this embodiment. A is a state immediately after inputting a sound, B1 is a first candidate display state when a conversion instruction is given thereafter, B2 is a second candidate display state by the next conversion instruction, B3 is a third candidate display state by the third conversion instruction. The candidate display state, C shows a state in which all the candidates after the fourth candidate according to the fourth conversion instruction are collectively displayed.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

A chord such as a sound input from the keyboard 11 is held in the temporary sound code register (S1, 2), and is displayed and output on the display unit via the character generator as shown in FIG. 2A (S3). After that, operate the conversion key on the keyboard 11 (S4)
When a conversion instruction is given by, the Kanji code table 4
It is checked whether the same code as the sound code held in the above sound code register 12 is stored (S5, 6). If the same sound code is stored, the sound code is stored. The address information of the Kanji code memory 13 stored at the address set as a pair with the address being supplied is supplied to the address control device 15 (S
7). The address control device 15 outputs the kanji code stored in the kanji code memory 13 from the supplied address information as a candidate corresponding to the phonetic code (S8) and holds it in the candidate registers 16 and 17. Let The candidates are stored in this candidate register in the register 1 of the candidate register 16 for the first candidate (S9) and for the second candidate in the candidate register.
Register 2 in 16 (S10,11), 3rd candidate is candidate register
16 registers 3 (S12, 13), and the fourth and subsequent candidates are held in the respective candidate registers 17 (S14, 13).
15).

By the above processing, when each candidate is held in each candidate register, the display of the phonetic character that has been displayed so far is canceled (S16), and the candidate code held in register 1 of the candidate register 16 is replaced by the character. It is displayed via the generator 18 (S17, FIG. 2 display state B1). At this time, when the conversion instruction S18 is given again, the candidate code held in the register 2 of the candidate register 16 is displayed instead of the first candidate via the character generator (S19, 20, FIG. 2 display). State B2). The same display processing is also performed in the third conversion instruction (S21) (S22, 23, display state B3 in FIG. 2). Further, when the fourth conversion instruction S24 is given, all the candidate codes held in the registers 4 to N of the candidate register 17 are supplied to the display unit via the character generator 18, and the already created kanji and candidate kanji are displayed. Is canceled and displayed (S25, 26, display state C in FIG. 2).

In addition, while the above each candidate is displayed, the conversion instruction is given again,
If the next candidate does not exist (S19,22,25) or the fourth
When there is a conversion instruction (S27) while all candidates after the candidate are displayed (S26), the first candidate is again extracted from the register 1 of the candidate register 16 and displayed.

Then, when all the candidates after the fourth candidate are displayed collectively (S26) and the desired Kanji exists, the selection number corresponding to the Kanji is input (S28), and the selected Kanji is retained. The Kanji code is supplied from the corresponding register of the candidate register 17 to a sentence memory (not shown) and stored at a predetermined address (S29), and at the same time, the Kanji corresponding to the Kanji code stored in this sentence memory is changed to a batch candidate display. Is displayed (S30).

Further, when the first to third candidates are displayed (S17,20,2
When the confirmation instruction is given (S31, 32, 33), a Kanji code is stored in a predetermined address of the text memory from the corresponding register (S29) and is displayed for confirmation (S30).

By repeating the series of processes described above (S34), Chinese sentences are sequentially created.

In the present embodiment, the number of candidates displayed one by one is three.
Although it is a candidate, it is not limited to this.

Although not shown specifically, by selecting each candidate,
Needless to say, it has a so-called learning function of counting the frequency of use of the candidates and referring to the counted value when displaying the next candidate, and displaying the candidates in descending order of frequency of use.

<Effects of the Invention> The character conversion processing device of the present invention is in the display form when the first character is converted into the second character, and the predetermined number of candidates displayed first is 1 according to the rank for each conversion instruction. The remaining second characters are displayed one by one, and a plurality of remaining second characters are collectively displayed based on the next conversion instruction. In particular, the display order of the candidates is in the order of high use frequency, so that the high frequency candidates are sequentially displayed, and the low frequency candidates are collectively displayed.

Therefore, when the desired second character is sequentially displayed, there is an effect that it is easy to instruct the adoption of the candidate.

If the desired second character is obtained in a batch display form, the operation is complicated because it is necessary to input a number or the like for selecting the candidate, but the number is not clear. Compared with the operation of sequentially displaying a plurality of candidates by the conversion instruction, there is an effect that the operability is significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the same display state, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the same operation. 11: keyboard, 12: sound code register, 13: kanji code memory, 14: kanji code table, 16, 17: candidate register, 18: character generator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character conversion processing device for converting a first character into a second character, wherein a second character of a plurality of second characters corresponding to the first character up to a predetermined frequently used rank is used. Display control means for sequentially displaying one by one in accordance with the order for each conversion instruction and collectively displaying a plurality of remaining second characters in a batch based on the next conversion instruction; and the sequentially displayed second character. Characters comprising storage control means for storing, in a text memory, a second character designated by a confirmation instruction to be adopted or a selection instruction for selecting a desired second character from the collectively displayed second characters. Conversion processing device.