JPH07334498A - Kanji/kanji converter for inputting document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert a KANJI (Chinese character) character string into another homophonic KANJI character string only by specifying the range of a defined KANJI character string and depressing a reconversion key. CONSTITUTION:When the range of a KANJI character string is specified by the reconversion key, a KANJI/KANA (Japanese syllabary) conversion means 8 acquires a KANJI code string for the KANJI character string whose range is specified from a document memory 3, retrieves a corresponding KANA code string from a defined word memory 7 based upon the KANJI code string and sets up the retrieved code string in the memory 3 as an undefined KANA code string. When KANA/KANJI conversion is specified by a conversion key, a KANA/KANJI conversion means 4 retrieves a KANJI code string to be a conversion candidate from a word dictionary 5 based upon the undefined KANA code string set up in the memory 3 and sets up the retrieved result in the memory 3. When definition is specified by a define key, a defining processing means 6 defines the KANJI code string set up in the memory 3 and registers the defined KANJI code string in the memory 7 correspondingly to the KANA code string to be the reading of the KANJI code string.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kanji / kanji conversion device at the time of inputting a document, and particularly to a kanji character string which has been fixed once, by a simple key operation without re-inputting the kanji character string (that is, having the same reading). The present invention relates to a kanji / kanji conversion device at the time of inputting a document which is converted into another kanji character string.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional Japanese input device such as a word processor, when a previously determined Kanji character string is converted into another Kanji character string having the same sound for the purpose of correcting it during the input of a document, the Kanji character The input operation of reading the column had to be repeated. For example, if you want to convert a Kanji character string that has been confirmed as "induction" into another Kanji character string that has the same sound as "Function," you must enter "Kino" again when entering Kana and "KINOU" again when entering Roman characters. There wasn't. Since the input operation of reading is troublesome, it is desirable to avoid duplicate operations as much as possible even when converting a once fixed Kanji character string to another Kanji character string having the same sound.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above-mentioned conventional Japanese input device, in order to convert a once fixed Kanji character string into another Kanji character string having the same sound while inputting a document, the reading is performed. Since it had to be re-input, the input operation was duplicated and troublesome, and there was a problem that the document input efficiency was poor.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to register the correspondence between a kana code string for reading and a fixed kanji code string in a fixed word memory, and specify the range of the fixed kanji character string for re-conversion. Another object of the present invention is to provide a kanji / kanji conversion device for inputting a document, which can convert a kanji character string into another kanji character string having the same sound by simply pressing a key.

As a conventional technique, an existing word memory for storing a part of words output as a conversion result is provided,
A kana-kanji conversion method (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-8259) is known in which a word can be input by a simple operation without re-reading an already-existing word. Unlike the fixed word memory of the present invention, does not store a readable kana code string together, and thus cannot perform kanji / kanji conversion as in the present invention.

[0006]

A kanji / kanji conversion device for inputting a document according to the present invention includes a document memory for storing a character code string forming a document, a readable kana code string, and a kanji code string for conversion candidates. Using a word dictionary that stores the related Kanji code string, a fixed word memory that stores the fixed Kanji code string in association with the phonetic kana code string, and an unfixed kana code string set in the document memory. Kana to search for a conversion candidate Kanji code string from the word dictionary and set it in the document memory / Kanji conversion means and to determine the Kanji code string set in the document memory and read the decided Kanji code string Determining processing means for registering in the definite word memory in association with a code string, and a kanji code string of a range-specified kanji character string are acquired from the document memory, and this kanji code string is used. And a kanji / kana conversion means for setting as undetermined kana code string in the document memory by searching the corresponding kana code sequence from said determined word memory.

[0007]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a kanji / kanji conversion device for inputting a document according to an embodiment of the present invention. The kanji / kanji conversion device at the time of document input according to the present embodiment includes an input device 1, an input processing means 2, a document memory 3, a kana / kanji conversion means 4, a word dictionary 5, and a confirmation processing means 6.
The fixed word memory 7, the kanji / kana conversion means 8, the display control means 9, and the display device 10.

The input device 1 is a so-called keyboard and is provided with various command keys such as kana keys for Japanese syllabary, numeric keys, symbol keys, conversion keys, decision keys, reconversion keys, cursor movement keys, and the like. There is. The re-conversion key is a process that converts an already-fixed Kanji character string into another Kanji character string with the same sound (hereinafter referred to as re-conversion process, which converts a Kanji character string into another Kanji character string with the same sound. This is a command key for instructing (to reconvert). In addition, in the case of inputting kana by the Roman character input method, the kana key will be described for convenience.

The input processing means 2 serves to determine the key code sent from the input device 1, store the kana code in the document memory 3 and distribute the subsequent processing according to the command key.

The document memory 3 is a storage area for storing character code strings forming a document.

When the conversion key is keyed in from the input device 1, the kana / kanji conversion means 4 searches the word dictionary 5 using the undetermined kana code string in the document memory 3 to convert the kanji code of the conversion candidate. It serves to acquire the column and set it in the document memory 3.

The word dictionary 5 is a storage area for storing a kana code string for reading and a kanji code string for one or more conversion candidates in association with each other.

When the confirmation key is keyed in from the input device 1, the confirmation processing means 6 confirms the conversion candidate kanji code string in the document memory 3, and the kana code string and / or kanji character in the confirmed word memory 7. Update the code string.

Referring to FIG. 2, a phonetic kana code string and a confirmed kanji code string are stored in the fixed word memory 7 in comparison with each other (the code string is surrounded by ""). Shown). Here, it is assumed that only kanji character strings having two or more kanji characters are sequentially registered in the fixed word memory 7, and when the fixed word memory 7 becomes full, it is returned to the beginning and used cyclically. To do. The contents of the fixed word memory 7 are valid only during the input of one document, and are cleared when the input of one document is finished and the input of another document is started.

When the re-conversion key is keyed in from the input device 1, the Kanji / Kana conversion means 8 obtains a range-specified Kanji code string from the document memory 3 and uses this Kanji code string to set the fixed word memory. Retrieval of 7 serves to obtain a kana code string.

The display control means 9 has a so-called character generator built therein, and displays a character string constituting a document on the display device 10 based on the character code string in the document memory 3, and the cursor display control. And so on.

Referring to FIG. 3, the re-conversion processing in the kanji / kanji conversion device at the time of inputting a document according to the present embodiment includes a re-conversion key pressing step S101, a leading pointer acquisition step S102, and a re-conversion key re-pressing detecting step. S103
An end pointer acquisition step S104, a kanji code string acquisition step S105, a kana code string acquisition step S106, a kana code string setting step S107, a conversion key press detection step S108, a kana-kanji conversion step S109, and a conversion candidate setting. Step S110, conversion key press detection step S111, confirmation key press detection step S112, Kanji code string rewriting step S1
It consists of 13.

Next, the operation of the kanji / kanji conversion device at the time of inputting a document according to the present embodiment having the above structure will be described.

Here, the re-conversion process from the time when the re-conversion key is pressed during the input of the document will be described. At this time, the document memory 3 already stores the confirmed character string, It is assumed that a plurality of sets of kana code strings and kanji code strings are registered in the fixed word memory 7.

When the operator positions the cursor at the beginning of the Kanji character string to be re-converted displayed on the display device 10 and presses the re-conversion key of the input device 1 (step S101),
The input processing means 2 transfers control to the kanji / kana conversion means 8.

First, the kanji / kana conversion means 8 acquires the cursor position at that time from the display control means 9 as a leading pointer (page, line and digit) (step S10).
2).

When the reconversion key of the input device 1 is pressed again after the cursor movement key is operated (step S103).
Yes), the kanji / kana conversion means 8 is the display control means 9
The cursor position at that time is acquired as the end pointer (page, line and column) (step S104).

Next, the kanji / kana conversion means 8 acquires a kanji code string in the range pointed to by the start pointer and the end pointer from the document memory 3 (step S105), and uses the kanji code string to save the fixed word memory 7 in the fixed word memory 7. The corresponding kana code string is obtained by searching (step S10).
6).

Subsequently, the kanji / kana conversion means 8 sets the acquired kana code string in the document memory 3 as an undetermined kana code string (step S107). Document memory 3
The undetermined kana code string set to is the display control means 9
Is displayed as an undetermined kana character string on the display device 10.

Next, when the conversion key is keyed in from the input device 1, the input processing means 2 detects that the conversion key has been pressed (YES in step S108) and causes the kana / kanji conversion means 4 to operate. Pass control

The kana / kanji conversion means 4 searches the word dictionary 5 for a conversion candidate kanji code string using the undetermined kana code string in the document memory 3 (step S109), and extracts the conversion candidate kanji code string. It is set in the document memory 3 (step S110). The conversion candidate Kanji code string set in the document memory 3 is displayed as a conversion candidate Kanji character string on the display device 10 by the display control means 9.

After that, if the conversion key of the input device 1 is pressed (YES in step S111), the kana / kanji conversion means 4 repeats the kana-kanji conversion step S109 and the conversion candidate setting step S110.

The desired conversion candidate kanji character string is displayed on the display device 1.
When the operator presses the confirmation key of the input device 1 when displayed at 0 (YES in step S112), the confirmation processing unit 6 confirms the conversion candidate Kanji code string on the document memory 3 and also confirms it. The selected kanji code string is overwritten on the previous kanji code string so as to correspond to the phonetic kana code string of the fixed word memory 7 (step S113).

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying the transition of the screen of the display device 10. Now, consider a case where the kanji character string "induction" is re-converted to another kanji character string "function" of the same sound from the state where "this induction is very convenient" is fixed. First,
Move the cursor to the first character of the Kanji character string you want to convert, "Return," and press the reconversion key. Then, move the cursor to "Nano," the last character of the Kanji character string you want to convert, and press the reconversion key. Press again. After obtaining the kana / kanji conversion character string “Kinou” by kanji / kana conversion, the normal kana / kanji conversion process is performed, and the kanji character string “yesterday” which is one of the conversion candidates is displayed on the screen of the display device 10. Display in position. Since it is not the desired Kanji character string, conversion candidates are displayed one after another by repeatedly pressing the conversion key, and when the desired Kanji character string “function” is displayed, the confirmation key is pressed to confirm.

In the above embodiment, the range is specified by positioning the cursor on the first character and the last character of the Kanji character string and pressing the re-conversion key. However, a range specifying key is provided separately to specify the range. It is also possible to convert the specified Kanji character string into another Kanji character string with the same sound by pressing the re-conversion key once after specifying the range with the key.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the document memory, the word dictionary, the fixed word memory, the kana / kanji conversion means,
By providing the confirmation processing means and the kanji / kana conversion means and registering the correspondence between the kana code string for reading and the confirmed kanji code string in the confirmed word memory, the range of confirmed kanji character strings can be specified. By simply instructing re-conversion, the Kanji character string can be re-converted into another Kanji character string with the same sound, and the effect of improving the document input efficiency by eliminating the troublesome operation of repeatedly inputting Kanji characters is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a kanji / kanji conversion device when a document is input according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a fixed word memory in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of a kanji / kanji conversion device when a document is input according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen transition of the display device in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 input device 2 input processing means 3 document memory 4 kana / kanji conversion means 5 word dictionary 6 confirmation processing means 7 confirmed word memory 8 kanji / kana conversion means 9 display control means 10 display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document memory for storing character code strings constituting a document, a word dictionary for storing a kana code string for reading and a kanji code string for conversion, and a fixed kanji code string for reading. A fixed word memory that is stored in association with a Japanese kana code string, and a Kanji code string that is a conversion candidate is searched from the word dictionary using the undetermined kana code string set in the document memory and set in the document memory. Sukana / Kanji conversion means, and confirmation processing means for confirming the kanji code string set in the document memory and for registering the confirmed kanji code string in the confirmed word memory in association with the kana code string The Kanji code string of the specified Kanji character string is acquired from the document memory, and the corresponding Kana code string is searched from the fixed word memory using this Kanji code string. Serial Kanji / Chinese character conversion apparatus when the document input, characterized in that it comprises a kanji / kana conversion means for setting a kana code string unconfirmed document memory. 2. The kanji code string in the document memory is positioned by placing the cursor on the first character of the kanji character string displayed on the display device and pressing the re-conversion key, and then positioning the cursor on the last character and re-conversion key. The kanji / kanji conversion device for inputting a document according to claim 1, wherein the range is specified when is pressed again. 3. The kanji / kanji conversion at the time of document input according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fixed word memory stores kanji code strings corresponding to kanji code strings for kanji character strings having two or more kanji characters apparatus.