JPH0736188B2 - Character processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a character processing device for inputting a kanji / kana mixed sentence by kana / kanji conversion.

[Prior Art] Currently, a character processing device such as a Japanese word processor generally inputs kanji-kana mixed sentences using kana-kanji conversion.

That is, the work of the operator is as follows. First, input kana characters. Next, Kana-Kanji conversion is specified to convert the Kana-Kana mixed sentence. As a result, interpretable conversion candidates are output. From among these, the operator must select and confirm the candidate he or she desires.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as conversion candidates by such Kana-Kanji conversion (since they are candidates for the same reading, they will be referred to as homophone candidates hereinafter), there are candidates that have similar meanings and are extremely confusing. They were mixed, which was one of the factors that attracted the operator's erroneous selection. For example, for the reading "Kaito", there are possible homophone candidates such as "Answer", "Answer", "Kaito", etc. However, there are few people who mistakenly select "Answer" by mistake as "Kaito", but "Answer" It is very likely that you will mistakenly select "Answer" by mistake. The reason for this is that the meanings of "answer" and "answer" are very similar, and there are few people who accurately grasp the difference in their usage.

[Means (and Action) for Solving Problems] The character processing device of the present invention has an input means for inputting a reading of a word, a reading of a word, a notation, and a homophone that is easily confused with the notation. Dictionary means that stores the identification information of whether or not to correspond, and example storage means that stores an example of the notation for a notation that is easily confused by the identification information in the dictionary means , Referring to the dictionary means,
Based on the identification information, a conversion unit that converts the pronunciation of the word input by the input unit into a notation candidate and a list of the notation candidates converted by the conversion unit are candidates for which there are homophones that are easily confused. Candidate list display means for displaying in a different display form from other candidates, a selection means for selecting one candidate from the candidates displayed by the candidate list display means based on a selection instruction, and the selection means. , A candidate of the converted notation by including an example display unit for displaying the example of the notation stored in the example storage unit when the candidate of the notation having the same phoneme that is easily confused is selected In the list, the candidates with homophones that are easily confused are displayed in a different display form from the other candidates, and when a candidate for the notation that has homophones that are more easily confused than the listed candidates is selected, They are obtained so as to display the example.

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

FIG. 1 is an example of the overall configuration of the present invention.

In the illustrated configuration, the CPU is a microprocessor, performs arithmetic operations for character processing, logical decisions, etc., and is connected to these buses via an address bus AB, a control bus CB, and a data bus DB. Control elements.

The address bus AB transfers an address signal indicating a component to be controlled by the microprocessor CPU. The control bus CB transfers and applies the control signals of the respective components to be controlled by the microprocessor CPU. The data bus DB transfers data between the constituent devices.

Next, the ROM is a read-only fixed memory in which the procedure of control by the microprocessor CPU described later with reference to FIGS. 8 to 13 is stored.

The RAM is a writable random access memory having a structure of 1 word and 16 bits, and is used for temporary storage of various data from each component. TBUF is a text buffer, and stores a document handled by the character processing device in an internal format. DIC is a dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion. YOD is an example dictionary for displaying examples. KB
Is a keyboard for instructing various functions for the character processing device such as alphabetic keys, hiragana keys, katakana keys and other character symbol input keys, and conversion keys, next candidate keys, candidate display keys, enter keys, etc. Equipped with various function keys.

DISK is an external memory for storing document data,
The document created in the text buffer TBUF is saved, and the saved document is called when necessary by the instruction of the keyboard.

CR is a cursor register. The CPU can read and write the contents of the cursor register. The CRT controller CRTC, which will be described later, displays the cursor at the position on the display device CRT corresponding to the address stored here.

DBUF is a display buffer memory that stores a pattern of data to be displayed. When displaying the contents of the document data, the pattern is expanded on the DBUF based on the data on the text buffer TBUF.

The CRTC plays a role of displaying the contents stored in the cursor register CR and the buffer DBUF on the display CRT.

The CRT is a display device using a cathode ray tube or the like, and the display pattern of the dot configuration and the display of the cursor on the display device CRT are controlled by the CRT controller.

Further, CG is a character generator, which stores patterns of characters and symbols to be displayed on the display device CRT.

In the character processing device of the present invention composed of each of the above components, it operates in response to various inputs from the keyboard KB, and when the input from the keyboard KB is supplied,
First, an interrupt signal is sent to the microprocessor CPU, the microprocessor CPU reads various control signals stored in the ROM, and various controls are performed in accordance with those control signals.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a conversion operation by the device of the present invention, and is an explanatory diagram in the case where a homonym that is easily mistaken is converted as the first candidate. In the figure, (a) shows the display of the screen at the time when the input of the reading column is completed. After that, when the conversion key is pressed, the screen of (b) is displayed, and the input reading string is converted into Kanji and displayed. Since “answer” is a homonym that is easy to make a mistake, it is converted with an underline so that it stands out, but other homophones are displayed in a normal display form. Next, when the cursor is moved to the position of "answer" and the candidate display key is pressed, the screen of (c) is displayed. A list of conversion candidates for Kana-Kanji conversion is displayed. Further, since the current candidate is the “answer” of the homophone that is easy to make a mistake, the example of “answer” is automatically displayed.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the first candidate for kana-kanji conversion is not a homophone that is easily mistaken. (A) shows the state immediately after the reading column is input and the conversion key is pressed. Unlike the case of FIG. 2, this is a screen when "Kaito" is converted as the first candidate. Since "phantom thief" is not an easy-to-identify homophone, it is displayed in a normal display form. When the next candidate key is pressed, the screen of (b) is displayed and the conversion candidates are displayed. The cursor on the candidate list screen moves to the position of the "candidate" of the next candidate, which means that "chairman" is designated as the current candidate. Among the conversion candidates, "answer" and "answer" are homophones that are easily mistaken, and are therefore displayed with an underline. The other candidates "head of the meeting" and "phantom thief" are displayed in a normal display form because they are not particularly confusing. Since the current candidate "kaito" is not a homonym that is easy to make a mistake, no example is displayed. When the next candidate key is pressed again, the screen of (c) is displayed. "Answer" is designated as the current candidate. Since the "answer" is a homonym that is easy to make a mistake, the example is automatically displayed.

When the enter key is pressed in this state, the "answer" is confirmed, the candidate list display is erased, and the "answer" is actually embedded in the document.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the text buffer TBUF.

The text is composed of a plurality of fixed length character data. Each character data consists of 2 bytes per character.
Stored as SX 0208 code.

MSB is a flag indicating whether the character is a fixed normal character or a homophone capable of displaying the next candidate.
A value of 0 means a normal character, and a value of 1 means a homophone code. In the case of a homophone code, a homophone number is stored instead of the JIS X 0208 code of the character code. By referring to the homophone word buffer shown in FIG. 5 based on the homophone word number, it is possible to know what kind of candidate the homophone word is, or the nature of the homophone word.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the homophone buffer.

“Yomi” stores the reading string of the homophone. For example,
The same phoneme “answer” is stored as “kaito”.

The “total number of candidates” stores the total number of conversion candidates stored in the homophone word buffer. For example, the conversion candidates for the homonym “answer” are “answer”, “answer”, “phantom thief”, and “presiding”
If so, the value 4 is stored.

The “candidate number” stores a value indicating the number of candidates from the beginning of the currently designated candidate (that is, the currently displayed candidate) of the homonym. In the state immediately after conversion, the value 1 is stored and the first candidate is displayed. Each time the next candidate key is pressed, 1 is added to this value and the next candidate is displayed.

The “notation” stores the notation of each conversion candidate.

The “probable homophone word flag” stores a flag indicating whether or not the conversion candidate is a probable homophone word.
If a homophone that is easy to make a mistake is stored, 1 is stored; otherwise, 0 is stored.

The value of "example number" is stored only in the case of a homophone that is easy to make a mistake, and which part of the example dictionary YOD shown in FIG. 6 in which the data to be displayed when the example of the conversion candidate is stored is stored. It

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of the dictionary DIC. "reading"
It is composed of "notation", "part of speech", "synonymous flag that is easy to make a mistake", and "example number".

"Reading" means reading a word, "writing" means writing a word,
The "part of speech" stores the part of speech of the word.

The "problem homophone flag" stores whether or not the word is a word that is easily misselected. For example, "Answer"
A value of 1 (prone to mistake) is stored for "answer",
A value of 0 (not easy to make a mistake) is stored for “kaito” and “presiding”.

A value is stored in the "example number" only when the "probable homophone flag" is 1. It is stored in which part of the example dictionary YOD shown in FIG. 6 the data to be displayed when displaying the example of the word is stored. For example, "Answer"
A value of 500 is stored for, and a value of 501 is stored for “answer”.

FIG. 7 shows the structure of the example dictionary YOD.

Display data to be displayed in the example display corresponding to each example number is stored. For example, the example display data of the word “answer” is stored at the example number 500, and the example number is
In 501, the example display data of “answer” is stored.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described according to the flow.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a part for receiving a key input and performing a process.

Step 8-1 is a process for fetching data from the keyboard. The type of the key fetched in step 8-2 is determined, and the process branches to the processing routine for each key.

If it is a conversion key, the process branches to step 8-3, and in step 8-3, conversion process of kana-kanji conversion is performed as described in detail in FIG. Further, in step 8-4, the conversion display processing described in detail in FIG. 10 is performed and the first candidate of the conversion result is displayed. After this, the process branches to step 8-1.

If it is the next candidate key, the process branches to step 8-5, and the next candidate process described in detail in FIG. 11 is performed in step 8-5. After that, the process branches to step 8-1.

If it is the candidate display key, the process branches to step 8-6,
In step 8-6, the candidate display processing described in detail in FIG. 12 is performed. After that, the process branches to step 8-1.

If it is the enter key, the process branches to step 8-7. In step 8-7, the homonym determination process is performed.
That is, the current candidate for the homophone (the candidate indicated by the candidate number in the homophone buffer) is embedded in the document as the confirmed character code instead of the homophone code, and the homophone buffer is opened. Also, the candidate list display is deleted. After that, the process branches to step 8-1.

For other keys, branch to step 8-8 to insert,
Other processing that is performed in a normal character processing device such as deletion is performed. After that, the process branches to step 8-1.

FIG. 9 is a detailed flowchart of the "conversion process" in step 8-3.

In step 9-1, a dictionary search, a morphological analysis, a syntactic analysis, etc. are performed to analyze the input reading string to create a phrase candidate. In step 9-2, the likelihood of each phrase candidate is calculated, which phrase is most likely to be converted is determined, and the phrase is determined as the first candidate. In step 9-3, a homophone word buffer is created based on the determined first candidate. At this time, the notation read from the dictionary, the same-sound word flag that is easily mistaken, the example number, etc. are transferred. Step 9
The same-sound word code corresponding to the same-sound word buffer created in -4 is created and output as the same sound word on the document TBUF.

FIG. 10 is a detailed flowchart of the "conversion display process" in step 8-4. At step 10-1, it is judged whether or not the homophone word to be displayed at present is an easily erroneous homophone word by referring to the "probable homophone flag" in the homophone word buffer. If the homonym is easily erroneous, the process proceeds to step 10-2, and the homonym is displayed with an underline. If it is not the same phoneme that is easy to make a mistake, the process proceeds to step 10-3 and the normal display form is displayed. In step 10-4, it is judged whether or not all the homophones have been displayed. If there are still homophones to be displayed, the process branches to step 10-1. When all the display is completed, it returns.

FIG. 11 is a detailed flowchart of the "next candidate process" in step 8-5.

In step 11-1, the position of the homophone word buffer where the next candidate should be displayed is acquired from the cursor position. Step 11
At -2, the value of the candidate number in the homophone word buffer is incremented so that the next candidate is designated as the current candidate. In step 11-3, the candidates in the homophone word buffer are displayed on the candidate list screen as detailed in FIG. In step 11-4, it is determined whether or not the "probable homophone word flag" of the current candidate which is newly designated is 1. Only when it is 1, the process proceeds to step 11-5 and the example of the candidate is displayed.
The example display data is based on the "example number" of the current candidate,
It is acquired by referring to the example dictionary YOD. if,
If the “probable homophone flag” is 0, the example is not displayed and the process returns.

FIG. 12 is a detailed flowchart of “Display candidate list” in step 11-3.

In step 12-1, an index i indicating a candidate is initialized to 0. In step 12-2, it is judged whether or not all the homonym candidates have been displayed. That is, it is determined whether i exceeds the total number of candidates, and when the display is completed, the process returns. If there are still homophone candidates to be displayed, go to step 12-3. Step 12-
In 3, it is determined whether or not the i-th homophone word candidate to be displayed (the 0-th candidate means reading) is a homophone word that is easily mistaken. That is, it is determined whether or not the i-th candidate “probable mistaken homophone word flag” in the homophone word buffer is 1. If it is a homophone that is easy to make a mistake, step 12
-4, the i-th candidate underline is displayed on the candidate list screen. If the homonym is not easy to make a mistake, the process proceeds to step 12-5, and the i-th homonym candidate is displayed on the candidate list screen in the normal display form. After that, the process branches to step 12-2.

FIG. 13 is a detailed flowchart of the “candidate display process” in step 8-6.

In step 13-1, the position of the homophone word buffer where the next candidate should be displayed is acquired from the cursor position. Step 13
At -2, the candidates in the homophone word buffer are displayed on the candidate list screen as detailed in FIG. In step 13-3, it is judged whether or not the "probable homophone flag" of the current candidate is 1. Only when it is 1, the process proceeds to step 13-4 to display an example of this candidate. The example display data is acquired by referring to the example dictionary YOD based on the “example number” of the current candidate. If the “problem homonym flag” is 0, the example is not displayed and the process returns.

[Other Embodiments] In the above description, the meaning of homophones, example sentences, etc. were displayed as the information displayed in the example display. You can also display a random one. For example, it is conceivable to display the field in which the word is used, restrictions on using the word (note that it is a discriminatory term, a broadcast prohibited term, etc.).

Also, although it has been explained that the underline display is a special display form, it is intended to be displayed in other display forms, for example, reverse display, blink display, shaded display, etc., for the purpose of making it noticeable to the operator. It can also be configured to.

Further, although the homophone selection for the kana-kanji conversion has been described, the present invention can be applied to any candidate selection device as long as there is an element in which the operator is troubled with the selection.

As described above, according to the character processing device of the present invention,
When selecting one candidate from the displayed candidates, it is possible to easily determine whether or not there is another candidate that is easily confused with the candidate. Also, if there are other candidates that are easily confused with each other, each of them is displayed in a display form different from that of the other candidates. This has the effect of efficiently selecting candidates.

Furthermore, if you select a candidate that has other candidates that are easily confused, the example of that candidate will be displayed, so you can check the suitability of that candidate by example, and no example will be displayed for unrelated candidates that are not selected. The effect that there is no display annoyance due to the display of various information is achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an operation when a homonym that is apt to be mistaken during kana-kanji conversion is the first candidate in the present invention. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an operation when there is an easily erroneous homonym below the second candidate, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a text buffer in the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a configuration of a homophone in the present invention. FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in the present invention, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the structure of an example dictionary in the present invention, and FIGS. 8 to 13 are books. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of an invention character processing apparatus. DISK ... External memory CPU ... Microprocessor ROM ... Read-only memory RAM ... Random access memory TBUF ... Text buffer DIC ... Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary YOD ... Example dictionary

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. Input means for inputting a reading of a word, dictionary means for storing the reading of a word, and corresponding notation and identification information as to whether or not there is a homophone which is easily confused with the notation, For a notation in which there is a homophone that is easily confused by the identification information in the dictionary means, an example storage means for storing an example of the notation, and a word input by the input means with reference to the dictionary means Based on the identification information, a display unit different from other candidates in which a candidate having a homonym is confused based on the identification information. The candidate list display means for displaying, and the selecting means for selecting one candidate from the candidates displayed by the candidate list displaying means based on the selection instruction, and the selecting means Some notation candidates When selected, the character processing apparatus characterized by comprising a & Examples display means for displaying the example of the representation stored in the example storage means.