JPH0776966B2 - Kana-Kanji conversion device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device, and in particular, a kana suitable for facilitating word selection of a plurality of conversion candidates displayed on a display device and creating a unified sentence. The present invention relates to a kanji conversion device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a kana-kanji conversion device used for a Japanese word processor or the like, a word dictionary storing words and a grammatical process are required to convert a kana-written input sentence into a kanji-kana mixed sentence. Each word in this word dictionary is (i)
It consists of word reading information, (ii) word part-of-speech, grammatical information such as inflection, (iii) kanji information when writing with kanji and kana, and (iv) word frequency information for each user. The part-of-speech of a word includes nouns, sahen nouns, five-stage conjugation verbs, upper one-stage / lower one-stage conjugation verbs, kahen / sa verbs, adjectives, adjective verbs, adverbs, adjuncts, exclamations, auxiliary verbs, and particles.
The prefix and suffix are distinguished. In addition, Japanese rules do not have a clear established rules for sending letters, and some people use them in different ways. For example, when writing the word “Karidasu” in Kanji, one person writes “borrow” and another person writes “borrow”. Therefore, when constructing a word dictionary, allow multiple syllabaries for kanji information, and enter "borrow" and "borrow" in the kanji information notation for reading "Karisu". Keep it. By filling in like this, the recipient can select the forwarding message he / she wants to use.

When performing kana-kanji conversion using a word dictionary with such a configuration, the number of candidates is set to be all the homophones registered in the word dictionary for the words that are entered in kana using a keyboard, etc. There is a problem in that the number of users increases and the burden on the user when selecting words displayed on the screen of the display device is large. This is because the number of words displayed on the display device is usually fixed, so if the number of word candidates increases for one kana character input, it takes time to check the words displayed on the screen. It causes a burden on the user and causes fatigue. Further, even in the case of a device having a learning function, it is unclear which notation was selected last time with respect to its meaning, and thus the notation uniformity may be impaired. This means that, for example, if the notation “borrow” is selected last time, but the notation “borrow” is selected next time, the notation uniformity will be impaired in the entire sentence.

The object of the present invention is to improve such a conventional problem, in a kana-kanji conversion device that displays a homonym as a candidate from a word dictionary, it is possible to easily select the homonym, reduce the burden on the operator, the sentence An object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device that can achieve uniformity of notation.

Structure The above-mentioned object of the present invention is at least synonymous information (synonymous marker) indicating whether or not the reading of a word, the notation corresponding to the reading, and the notation of a homophone have a synonymous relationship with the synonymous expression. A word dictionary that stores representative notation information (display marker) that indicates which notation, a dictionary search unit that searches the word dictionary, and a homophone based on the search result by the dictionary search unit. A kana characterized by having means for displaying as a conversion candidate and homophone display determination means for determining whether to display the conversion candidate based on the synonym information and representative notation information corresponding to the conversion candidate. Achieved by a kanji converter. More specifically, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention, the synonym information indicating whether or not the synonyms are synonymous with each other, and which of the synonymous notations to represent are represented. Based on the representative notation information shown, whether or not to display homonyms is determined, so homonyms and homonyms in homophones are distinguished, and the order of notation in homonyms is further defined. It becomes possible to specify, and it is possible to reduce the burden required for the user to select a homophone.

Embodiment Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the principle of the present invention will be described.

In the Kana-Kanji conversion device that searches for words from the word dictionary for kana character input and displays them, all the homonyms (synonyms and synonyms) are displayed as candidates in the word search. took time. But,
In the present invention, a synonymous marker is provided to distinguish a homonymous synonym from a homonymous synonym, and a display marker is provided to provide a different notation with a homonymous synonym. And the display marker is "1"
It is intended to reduce the burden on the user by making it possible to easily select words by displaying only the first one and to rewrite the first one to be displayed.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device showing an embodiment of the present invention. This is a kana character string entered,
This is for explaining the processing until a dictionary is searched from a word dictionary to display a plurality of candidate words and the user selects a necessary one from the displayed plurality of candidates.
Further, since the other configurations are the same as the conventional ones, the description thereof will be omitted, and the detailed kana-kanji conversion control not described in the present embodiment can be realized by the conventional existing technique.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an input device for inputting a kana character string,
2 is a dictionary search unit that searches the word dictionary 8 for words corresponding to them based on the input kana character string; 3 is a plurality of homophones searched by the dictionary search unit 2 based on synonymous markers and display markers. A display unit for displaying 4, a dictionary buffer for temporarily storing words transferred from the word dictionary 8, and a display device for displaying words including a plurality of homophones on the screen under the control of the display unit 3 (for example, CRT display). ), 6 is a synonymous marker rewriting section provided by the present invention, 7 is a display marker rewriting section provided by the present invention, and 8 is a word dictionary in which information such as words is stored.

Hereinafter, a simple operation of the kana-kanji conversion device shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

When a kana character string (word) is input by the input device 1,
It is sent to the dictionary search unit 2. The dictionary search unit 2 searches the word dictionary 8 for a word corresponding to the sent input kana character string (word), temporarily stores the word in the dictionary buffer 4, determines a plurality of candidates, and determines from the dictionary buffer 4 the display unit 3 And display it on the screen of the display device 5. The user will select one from the plurality of candidates displayed on the screen. Also,
The synonymous marker rewriting unit 6 and the display marker rewriting unit 7 rewrite the synonymous markers in the word dictionary 8 or the display markers. This can reduce the number of differently displayed homonyms to one.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the word dictionary 8 according to the present invention. Here, the grammatical information such as the part of speech of the word, the usage, and the frequency information of the word for each user are the same as in the conventional art, and therefore omitted, and the reading and notation of the word, the display marker provided by the present invention, and the synonymous marker Is only shown.

As shown in FIG. 2, this word dictionary has a dictionary having synonymous markers and display markers in addition to reading and notation. The synonymous markers are valid only for the same reading, and those having the same value have the same meaning. However, "0" is an exception, which means that synonyms are not included in the same reading. In the example of FIG. 2, “borrow” and “borrow” are synonymous sets, and “hunt” and “hunt” are also synonymous sets. It is assumed here that synonymous markers take the numbers 0, 1, 2, .... The display marker is a flag indicating whether or not the word is displayed on the word selection screen. "0" indicates that the word is not displayed and "1" indicates that the word is displayed. The synonymous marker is "0".
In case of, the display marker is always "1". If the synonymous marker is not "0", set to take either "0" or "1".

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first word selection display example according to the present invention. This shows an example of conversion candidates first displayed on the word selection screen of the display device 5 in response to the kana input “Karisu”.

In the kana-kanji conversion device configured as shown in FIG.
When "Karisu" is input from the input device 1, when the dictionary search unit 2 conventionally searches the word dictionary 8 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, “rent out”, “rent out”, “drive out”, “hunt out”, and “hunt out” are displayed on the selection screen of the display device 5, but in the present embodiment, the same synonyms are used. Regarding the different notation, only the display marker “1” is displayed and the display marker “0” is not displayed. "Exit", "Exit", and "Hunt" will be displayed on the selection screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a word selection display example after the different notation key according to the present invention is pressed. The different notation key used here is a key to select the feed marker etc. when it is desired to change the feed marker, because it is difficult to display it only when the display marker is "1". Notation (word)
Can also be displayed.

For example, the user wanted to convert the kari-su to kana kanji as "borrow", but at the beginning of the word dictionary 8, the display marker has the notation "borrow""1", the notation "borrow". Since "put out" is "0", "rent out" is not displayed on the selection screen of the display device 5. Therefore, the different notation key is pressed to display all the homonyms, and “borrow” is selected. FIG. 4 shows the state displayed on the selection screen in this way. When "borrow" is selected in the state shown in FIG. 4, the display marker rewriting unit 7
By this, the display marker is rewritten, and the notation “borrow” becomes “1” and the notation “borrow” becomes “0”. Therefore, from this point onward, "rent out" is displayed first. This example is shown in FIG. It is shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows the state of the word dictionary 8 when the synonym “borrow” of the notation “borrow” is selected. Further, FIG. 6 shows a word selection display after the synonym “borrow” of the notation “borrow” is selected.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state of the dictionary buffer 4 in which data is read from the word dictionary 8 by the dictionary search unit 2. In this case, the display markers for the notations "rent out", "drive out", and "hunt out" are "1", and "rent out",
The display marker for "Hunt" is "0".

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state of the dictionary buffer 4 rewritten by the display marker rewriting unit 7 of the present invention. This shows a state in which the different notation key is pressed to select “borrow” and the display marker rewriting unit 7 rewrites the display marker in the dictionary buffer 4 in FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flow of word selection processing according to the present invention. The word selection process will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

First, when a word (word) reading (here, "Karisu") is input from the input device 1 and the conversion key on the input device 1 is pressed, a flag a (here, the flag a is a normal display) is displayed. (“0”), display with different notation (“1”) or rewriting of synonymous marker (“2”) is set to “0”, and the dictionary search unit 2 is controlled. Move (Step 90)
1). In the dictionary search unit 2, after reading the notation of a word whose reading is “Karisu”, synonymous marker, and display marker from the word dictionary 8 into the dictionary buffer 4 (see FIG. 7), control is transferred to the display unit 3. (Step 902). The display unit 3 looks at the dictionary buffer 4 and the flag a and displays the word selection screen. In the present embodiment, homophones are displayed in a matrix as shown in FIG. 3 and selected by pressing the corresponding key on the ten-key pad. Further, the key corresponding to the different notation key can be positioned at any position on the ten-key pad. When the flag a = 0, only the notation of the display marker “1” is displayed (see FIG. 3), and when the flag a ≧ 1, all the notations are displayed (see FIG. 4). At this time, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, synonymous markers other than “0” are displayed in a small manner on the right shoulder of the notation. Moreover, you may make it display the message according to the value of the flag a. If the number of different notations is too large to fit on one screen, take the method of dividing into multiple screens.

When the key corresponding to the different notation key is pressed while the word selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, the value of the flag a is rewritten to “1”, and control is passed to the display unit 3, As shown in FIG. 4, all homophones are displayed on the selection screen of the display device 5. When the notation desired is selected by operating the ten-key pad and the process proceeds to the next process (after the selected notation is displayed at a predetermined position in the document), the control moves to the display marker rewriting section 7 (step 903). . Here, it is assumed that “borrow” is selected after the different notation key is pressed. The display marker rewriting unit 7 does nothing when the synonymous marker of the selected word is "0", and when the synonymous marker is not "0", first sets the display marker of the selected notation to "1", and then Then, all display markers other than the selected word whose synonymous marker has the same value as the selected word are rewritten to "0" (see FIG. 5). To rewrite this word dictionary, first, the values in the dictionary buffer 4 are rewritten as shown in FIG. 8, and thereafter, as shown in FIG.
May be rewritten. With the above processing, the rewriting of the dictionary is completed, and the word selection processing is completed.

Next, rewriting of synonymous markers in the word dictionary 8 will be described.

Whether two words with the same reading are synonymous or not synonymous,
It was decided when the dictionary was created, but you may want to change this. For example, the notations "sufficient" and "sufficient" can be said to be synonyms for the reading "sufficiently", but some users may want to use them in different meanings, and they are not synonyms. In some cases, "put out" and "hunt out" are used interchangeably. They are,
This is possible by rewriting the synonymous marker in the dictionary.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for rewriting a synonymous marker according to the present invention. The synonymous marker rewriting will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, a kana character string (word) is input from the input device 1,
When the key corresponding to the different notation key is pressed, the flag a is set to "2" and the control moves to the dictionary search unit 2 (step 1001). The dictionary search unit 2 performs the same process as the above-described word selection process, transfers control to the display unit 3, and is displayed on the selection screen of the display device 5 (step 1002). The selection screen displayed on the display device 5 is the fourth flag because the flag a ≧ 1.
As shown in the figure, the word whose display marker is "0" is also displayed. Here, by operating the ten-key pad to select a word and pressing the execute key, the process proceeds to the synonymous marker rewriting section 6 (step 1003).
The synonymous marker rewriting unit 6 performs the following processing according to the value of the synonymous marker of the selected word.

(A) When the synonymous marker is "0" First, words other than the selected word are displayed. Here, if the selection is made again, the first word and the second word are regarded as having a synonymous relationship. (I) If the synonym marker of the second word is "0", a new synonym set is created,
The synonymous marker value, which was not in the reading until then, is attached to the two words. (Ii) If the synonymous marker of the second word is not "0", the synonymous marker of the first word is made the same as the synonymous marker of the second word.

Regarding the new synonym set created in (i) and (ii) above, the display marker is also rewritten at the same time so that only one of the synonyms is displayed on the first screen when selecting a word. You may For example, a method of making the word selected first or inquiring can be considered.

(B) When the synonymous marker is not "0" When there is only one word that has the same value as the synonymous marker of the selected word, the word that has the same value as the synonymous marker of the selected word Set the synonymous markers for both words to "0",
Rewrite the display marker to "1". After that, synonymous markers other than "0" are sequentially replaced from "1" so that there is no space. In the case of a plurality of words, the synonymous marker is rewritten to "0" and the display marker is rewritten to "1" only for the selected word.

As described above, in the present embodiment, since only one homonymous and differently written word is provided as a candidate, the number of candidates for the selected word is reduced and it is sufficient to select from a smaller number of candidates. The burden is reduced. Note that the notation once selected is not a candidate for selecting a word having a different notation among homonyms and synonyms, so that the notation can be kept uniform. Further, in this embodiment, the synonyms displayed on the selection screen of the display device 5 when the flag a = 0 is determined when the word dictionary is created, as shown in FIG. By setting “1” to, all synonyms can be displayed and can be narrowed down as they are used. An example of the structure of this word dictionary is shown in FIG.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, in the kana-kanji conversion device that displays homophones as candidates from the word dictionary,
Even if it is a homonym, one homonym synonymous and different notation is selected as a candidate. Therefore, it is easy to select a homonym, the operator's burden is reduced, and the notation of sentences is unified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a word dictionary according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a first word selection display example according to the present invention. FIGS. 4 and 5 are views showing a selection display example in which all the homophones are displayed by pressing different notation keys according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a word dictionary after the synonym “borrow” according to the present invention is selected. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of word selection display after the synonym “borrow” according to the present invention is selected, and FIG. 7 is a state of a dictionary buffer in which the word dictionary of FIG. 2 is read. FIG. 8, FIG. 8 shows a state in which the dictionary buffer of FIG. 7 is rewritten, FIG. 9 shows a flow of word selection processing according to the present invention, and FIG. 10 shows synonymous marker rewriting processing. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a word dictionary according to another embodiment. 1: input device, 2: dictionary search unit, 3: display unit, 4: dictionary buffer, 5: display device, 6: synonymous marker rewriting unit, 7: display marker rewriting unit, 8: word dictionary.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Synonym information (synonymous marker) indicating whether or not at least a reading of a word, a notation corresponding to the reading, and a notation of a homonym have a synonymous relation, and which notation in the synonymous relation is representative. A word dictionary storing representative notation information (display marker) indicating whether or not to display, a dictionary search unit that searches the word dictionary, and a homophone is displayed as a conversion candidate based on a search result by the dictionary search unit. A kana-kanji conversion device, comprising: means for performing conversion, and homophone display determination means for determining whether to display the conversion candidate based on the synonym information and the representative notation information corresponding to the conversion candidate. 2. A pseudonym according to claim 1, further comprising means for changing the synonym information with respect to a homonym determined by the homonym display determining means, in addition to the respective means. Kanji conversion device. 3. In addition to the above-mentioned respective means, a means for changing the representative notation information is provided for the same-sound word determined by the same-sound word display determining means. Kana-to-Kanji conversion device described in paragraph 2. 4. The pseudonym according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the synonym information is added and displayed when the conversion candidate is displayed by the display means. Kanji conversion device.