JPH08101831A - Information processing system performing kana-kanji conversion - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To eliminate or minimize the movement of the eyes by displaying a fixed number of conversion candidates on a display device and moving the conversion candidates up and down or right and left. CONSTITUTION: Stored candidate character string data are converted into bit map data only by being put in a candidate display frame, and expanded on a bit map memory. When a determination key is pressed, the character string data currently in a candidate selection frame in a candidate display frame are passed to a KANA(Japanese syllabary)-KANJI(Chinese character) conversion device. When a right or left cursor key is pressed, it is considered that the candidate group which is taken out is in endless structure, and the display range is changed according to the right and left keys; and redrawing in the candidate display frame is performed to make the candidate characters appear to be scrolled (moved) in the specified right or left direction. The movement of the candidate characters on the display screen are as shown in the figure. When an up or down cursor key is pressed, the kind of the conversion mode is changed and a candidate character string matching the conversion mode is displayed in the candidate display frame.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system having a kana-kanji conversion function. Specifically, the present invention relates to a Japanese word processor, a personal computer system having a Japanese language processing function, a workstation having a Japanese language processing function, and other computer systems having various Japanese language processing functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the method adopted as a candidate display at the time of converting kana-kanji is, for example, when a kana "ai" is converted into kanji, a 1.
2. Love 3. Phase 4. Indigo 5. Meeting 6. Meeting 7. Story 8. Sorrow 9.
Most of them are displayed as dust and the like to allow the operator to select the desired kanji, and most of them are displayed on the display device as a matrix of candidate kanji as shown in FIG. When displaying the next candidate, in the former case, 10 completely different candidates are displayed according to the input instruction from the input device.
In the latter case, 9 pieces will be displayed again.

However, in these conventional techniques, the operator's eye movement during input is from the left end to the right end (or from the right end to the left end) in the former case.
In the latter case, the target candidate is found while moving from the upper left to the lower right (or from the lower right to the upper left).
Of course, depending on the operator, the eyes may be randomly moved to search, but in any case, it is often necessary to move the eyes considerably in order to reach the desired candidate. Especially, in the former case, the movement of the eyes is larger than in the latter case.

The present invention provides an information processing system for performing Kana-Kanji conversion in which the movement of the operator's eyes is reduced by moving the candidates.

In recent years, the kana-kanji conversion is mainly performed by the continuous clause conversion, and candidates for kana-kanji conversion are displayed not with single kanji but with words / idioms, particles and auxiliary verbs. However, if you want to display a candidate for a mode different from the current one (for example, katakana conversion), such as when you want to display a single kanji, change to the target conversion mode and then convert again. Was required.

According to the present invention, the conversion mode is changed without changing the current conversion work, and at the same time, the candidates corresponding to the conversion mode are displayed so that the mode change can be performed without interrupting the current conversion work. The purpose is to reduce operations.

Further, in the current Kana-Kanji conversion, the rate of erroneously converted characters appearing as candidates has decreased due to the improvement of the conversion rate, but it has not disappeared. If the erroneously converted candidates are displayed mixed with other normal candidates, the number of candidates increases, which may hinder the search for the target candidate.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to delete an erroneously converted candidate on the spot so that the same erroneous conversion will not be performed thereafter.

[0008]

The present invention relates to a division processing system comprising a display device for displaying characters, an input device for inputting characters, a storage device for storing character data, an arithmetic unit, etc. When converting the input kana into characters mixed with kanji, display a plurality of conversion candidates for a certain number of times on the display device and move the conversion candidates up, down, left or right according to the instruction from the input device, always for conversion The candidates are displayed at a fixed position.

Further, it is desirable that the conversion mode is changed in accordance with an instruction from the input device, and the candidates displayed at the same time are displayed again as candidates corresponding to the changed conversion mode.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when searching for a target candidate from the displayed candidate group, the displayed candidate is smoothly moved to the left or right instead of moving the line of sight. Can be reduced to zero or to a minimum.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 shows an example of a device for implementing the present invention. The input device 1 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. The storage device 2 is a RAM (Random
Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), Hard Disk
It is a storage device such as Drive, Floppy Disk Drive, magneto-optical disk, etc., and stores dictionary data for Kana-Kanji conversion and bitmap data of fonts to be developed on the display device. The arithmetic unit 3 expands the data input from the input unit 1 to the display unit, searches the conversion dictionary, searches candidates, edits / updates the dictionary, expands the bitmap font to the bitmap memory, and stores the bitmap memory. Bitmap editing and development of. The bitmap memory 4 stores the contents to be displayed, and the expanded contents are output to the display device 5.

Next, each operation will be described based on the control flow of FIG. However, since the present invention is not the invention of kana-kanji conversion itself, operations such as undetermined input control from the input device, designation of conversion delimiter position, and editing of undetermined characters will not be described. Since it is only a candidate display device, the operation is explained from the state in which the character string to be converted is delivered from the kana-kanji conversion device to the delivery of the target candidate character string data to the kana-kanji conversion device.

(1) In step 11 in the control flow, for the unconverted characters passed from the kana-kanji conversion device, a candidate character string suitable for the current conversion mode is extracted from the target dictionary in the storage device and stored. . A specific example of the candidate character string is as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

(2) At step 12 in the control flow, the stored candidate character string data is converted into a bit map as much as it fits in the candidate display frame and is expanded in the bit map memory. FIG.
Shows an example of a state in which the candidate character string data is displayed in the candidate display frame. At the lower right of the candidate display frame, the type of conversion mode at that time is displayed.

(3) In step 14 in the control flow, if the enter key is pressed here, the character string data currently in the candidate selection frame in the candidate display frame is passed to the kana-kanji conversion device.

(4) In step 16 of the control flow, when the left and right cursor keys are pressed, the candidate group extracted in (1) is regarded as an endless structure as shown in FIG. By changing the display range according to the key and redrawing the inside of the candidate display frame in step 12, the candidate characters are made to appear to scroll (move) in the directions specified to the left and right respectively. The movement of the candidate characters on the display screen is as shown in FIG.

(5) In step 18 in the control flow, if the up / down cursor key is pressed, the type of conversion mode is changed, the conversion mode is changed by returning to step (1), and the conversion mode is changed in step 12. A candidate character string that matches is displayed in the candidate display frame. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the conversion mode includes seven modes including a single-kanji conversion mode, a word conversion mode, a katakana conversion mode, a hiragana conversion mode, a symbol conversion mode, a fixed phrase conversion mode, and other modes. The conversion mode has an endless structure. Further, the number and type of “other modes” in FIG. 7 will vary depending on the system.

(6) In step 20 of the control flow, if the delete key is pressed, the designated candidate is deleted in step 21 from the stored candidate group as shown in FIG. 3, and the display range is displayed in step 22. After the adjustment, is displayed again in step 12, and the process returns to the key input waiting in step 13. At the same time, the candidate data designated for deletion is deleted from the dictionary corresponding to the current mode.

[0019]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing system for performing kana-kanji conversion in which the movement of the operator's eyes is reduced by moving the candidates. The conversion mode is changed by inputting from the input device (for example, the up and down cursor keys), and at the same time, the candidates corresponding to the conversion mode are automatically displayed, so that the desired conversion candidate can be selected without repeating the conversion procedure You can
It is possible to eliminate the troublesomeness of the operator's operation. In addition, when an erroneously converted candidate appears, the erroneously converted candidate can be deleted on the spot, so that the candidate can be deleted from the dictionary without interrupting the conversion work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display example in a conventional technique of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of candidate characters in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of a candidate group in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of candidate data in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of movement of candidate characters in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conversion mode structure in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a control flow in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Device 2 Storage Device 3 Computing Device 4 Bitmap Memory 5 Display Device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying characters, an input device for inputting characters, a storage device for storing character data,
When a kana input from an input device is converted into a mixture of kanji characters in a division processing system that includes an arithmetic device, a plurality of conversion candidates are displayed on the display device for a certain number of times, and conversion is performed according to instructions from the input device. An information processing system for performing kana-kanji conversion, characterized in that candidates for conversion are moved up, down, left or right, and candidates for conversion are displayed at fixed positions 2. The kana-kanji conversion according to claim 1, wherein the conversion mode is changed according to an instruction from the input device, and the candidates displayed at the same time are displayed again as candidates corresponding to the changed conversion mode. Information processing system to perform. 3. The kana-kanji conversion information processing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the displayed candidates can be deleted and edited, and the specified candidates can be deleted from the dictionary of the target mode. system.