JPH08153099A - Kana (japanese syllabary)/kanji (chinese character) converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To speed up the input of Japanese language by a KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chines character) converter to operate on an operating system accompanied with the work of a large overhead such as the replotting of a picture, etc. CONSTITUTION: The KANA/KANJI converter is provided with a highspeed input editor control part ECN, and KANA/KANJI conversion to consult a Japanese language dictionary JDC is executed for an input character string stored in a reading character string buffer KBF, and also, these post-conversion character strings are accumulated in a text buffer TBF so as to enable editing work such as cut-and-paste or write-out to a hard disk 84, etc. Accordingly, at the time of inputting the Japanese language, the overhead such as the replotting of the picture by the operating system after transferring the character string to an application program APP one after another is never caused. The edited character string is written out clearly by a character string sending part TOU at the time of the end of editing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device, and more particularly to a kana-kanji conversion device which operates on a predetermined operating system and delivers a converted character string to an operating program including the operating system. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A kana-kanji conversion device is not used by itself, but is usually used to deliver a character string containing a desired kanji character to an application program. Therefore, a computer that implements Kana-Kanji conversion on a computer generally uses a front-end processor (F
EP) or input method (IM). In such a kana-kanji conversion device, a character string input from an input means such as a keyboard (hereinafter referred to as an unconverted character string) is converted into a character string containing kana-kanji characters (hereinafter referred to as a converted character string), and finally this Is written in the application program. Once the converted character string has been written to the application program, it cannot be converted again, so this is called finalization processing.

It is desirable from the user's point of view that such a kana-kanji conversion program can be commonly used by various application programs. Therefore, conventionally
An attempt has been made to share a kana-kanji conversion process by defining a mechanism for inputting a character string from a keyboard and an interface for passing a converted character string to an application program by a computer operating system.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an outline of processing when a character string after kana-kanji conversion is passed to an application program APP running on an operating system OS having a graphical user interface. As shown, when the keyboard KB is operated,
First, the operating system OS acquires a key by the keyboard driver software (), and sends the key as a message to the kana-kanji conversion program IME (). The kana-kanji conversion program IME performs kana-kanji conversion using the received key (character or control code). This time,
The character string to be converted and the character string being converted are stored in the conversion buffer.

When the kana-kanji conversion program performs kana-kanji conversion and a confirmation operation is performed to form a confirmed character string, this program is sent to the operating system OS as a message (). When the operating system OS receives the fixed character string, the operating system OS searches for an application program APP that passes the fixed character string, and passes the fixed character string in the form of a message to the application program APP (). Upon receiving the confirmed character string, the application program APP creates display information and draws the range of the range (window) managed by itself (). The application program APP is responsible for displaying the range managed by itself, but the actual drawing itself is performed by passing commands to the operating system OS. After the display is completed, the application program APP instructs the kana-kanji conversion program IME via the operating system OS to position the new cursor (,).

[0006]

As described above, the kana-kanji conversion program IME and the application program AP
If P exchanges data through the operating system for the purpose of common processing, the overhead in the operating system increases as the functionality of the operating system increases, and the Kana-Kanji conversion device converts the application program into an application program. It has been pointed out that the overhead of the process of passing the character string becomes large. Since the input of Japanese character strings is the most basic process for a computer user, the overhead of this process increases and the input work is delayed, or the confirmed character string is passed to the application program. If it takes a long time to become effective, the usability will be greatly reduced.

The problem is that the screen is displayed by graphics, especially when the operating system treats all information as bitmap data and redraws the screen when any display data is received. It takes a considerable amount of time to draw, so it is hard to overlook.

The kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention has been made for the purpose of solving these problems and improving the usability of the kana-kanji conversion device for delivering a character string after conversion to a running program including an operating system. Adopted the configuration.

[0009]

A kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1 operates on a predetermined operating system and transfers the converted character string to an operating program including the operating system. A kanji conversion device, an input means for inputting a character string containing at least unconverted characters in kanji, a conversion means for converting the input character string while storing it in a conversion buffer, and a character after the conversion. A confirmation buffer for storing columns, an editing means for performing an editing process on the character string stored in the confirmation buffer, and a display corresponding to the results of the processing by the input means, conversion means, and editing means. The gist of the present invention is to have a display means and an output means for collectively outputting the character string stored in the confirmation buffer to the operating program.

This kana-kanji conversion device converts a character string including at least unconverted characters in the kanji input by the input means by the conversion means while storing it in the conversion buffer, and determines the converted character string. Store in buffer. The character string stored in the confirmation buffer can be edited by the editing means. These states are displayed by the display means. The character string stored in the confirmation buffer is output to the operating program by the output means. Thus, the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention is
The converted character string is delivered to an operating program including a predetermined operation system. That is, according to the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention, each time a character string input from the input means is converted, the character string is not transferred to an application program or the like, but is stored in a successive determination buffer and a program in operation is stored. Output together. Editing processing is also possible for the character string stored in the confirmation buffer, and during these processing, the character string is not exchanged with the running program.

In a kana-kanji conversion device according to a second aspect of the present invention, the conversion means includes, in addition to the converted character string, a pre-confirmed character string storage means for storing the character string before conversion. Therefore, this kana-kanji conversion device can perform processing using the character string before conversion. For example, it is possible to return the character string after confirmation to the character string before conversion.

A kana-kanji conversion device according to a third aspect of the present invention is summarized as comprising an input / output means for exchanging a character string with an external storage means (for example, a hard disk). Therefore, the character string being edited by the kana-kanji conversion device can be stored in the external storage means or read from the external storage means without the intervention of a program in operation.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 4, the input / output means according to claim 3 records the character string before conversion stored in the conversion buffer together with the converted character string in the external storage means. The point is that it is a means. Therefore, even if it is once stored in the external storage means, if it is read again, it is possible to perform processing such as re-conversion using the character string before conversion.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the kana-kanji conversion device further records the character string before conversion when the converted character string stored in the confirmation buffer is further recorded in an external storage means. The gist is to have a selection means that can select whether or not. Therefore, when the character string of the confirmation buffer is recorded in the external storage means, the character string before conversion is also recorded so that it can be used thereafter, or the recording capacity in the external storage means is reduced. Can be selected.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the kana-kanji conversion device, the editing means according to the first aspect copies or moves the selected character string to a separately provided temporary storage area and the temporary storage. The gist is to have a character string operation processing means for performing character string operation processing such as pasting from the area to the confirmation buffer. Therefore, the already-existing character string can be easily copied or moved and does not need to be input again.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the second aspect, a character string that can be reconverted by the character string before conversion is converted into a character string that cannot be reconverted. Has a re-converted character string display means for displaying in a distinguishable manner. Therefore, with this kana-kanji conversion device, it is possible to easily distinguish and visually recognize a re-convertible character string and a character string that is not.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the kana-kanji conversion device further comprises re-conversion means for converting the character string once converted by the conversion means using the character string before conversion. To do. Therefore, with this kana-kanji conversion device, it is possible to re-convert a character string that has been converted once.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the second aspect, the pre-confirmation character string storage means includes means for storing the pre-conversion character string and the phrase delimiter position of the converted character string. Is the gist. Therefore, when re-converting, the stored position of the segment break can be used.

[0019]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in order to further clarify the structure and operation of the present invention described above. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device that is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a computer that realizes the kana-kanji conversion device. First, for convenience of description, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, this computer 10
Is a processing unit 20 connected to the local bus 22 and the local bus 22 is a PCI bus 32 which is one of the external buses.
To the PCI bridge 30 connected to the CPU, the controller unit 40 that is accessed by the CPU 21 of the arithmetic processing unit 20 via the PCI bus 32, and the ISA bus 42 that is a low-speed external bus for devices that control various I / O devices and the like. The connected I / O unit 60 and the peripheral device keyboard 7
2, a speaker 74, a CRT 76 and the like.

The arithmetic processing unit 20 includes a CPU 21 (a Penti manufactured by Intel Corporation in this embodiment) as a central arithmetic processing unit.
um ^TM ), a cache memory 23, its cache controller 24, and a main memory 25. The PCI bridge 30 is a high-speed PCI bus 3
2 is a controller having a function of controlling 2. CPU
The memory space handled by 21 is expanded to a logical address wider than the actual physical address by various registers prepared inside the CPU 21.

The controller section 40 is a monitor (CRT).
A graphics controller (hereinafter referred to as CRTC) 44 that controls the display of an image on the display device 76, a SCSI controller 46 that controls data transfer with a connected SCSI device, P
The PCI-ISA bridge 48 controls the interface between the CI bus 32 and the lower ISA bus.
CRTC44 is 640 × 480 compared to CRT76
It is possible to display dots and 16 colors. A character generator that stores a font for display, a graphic controller that receives a predetermined command and draws a predetermined graphic, and a video memory that stores a drawn image are mounted on the CRTC 44. Since the configuration is well known, it is omitted in FIG.

The ISA bus 42 connected via the PCI-ISA bridge 48 is an input / output control bus to which various I / O devices are connected, and includes a DMA controller (hereinafter simply referred to as DMA) 50 and real time. Clock (R
TC) 52, composite I / O port 54, sound I / O5
6, a keyboard interface (hereinafter referred to as KEY) 64 that controls the interface with the keyboard 72 and the mouse 73, an interrupt controller (hereinafter referred to as PIC) 66 that performs interrupt control with priority, and generates various time counts and beeps. It is composed of a timer 68 and the like. An ISA slot 62 in which an expansion board can be mounted is connected to the ISA bus 42.

The composite I / O port 54 is provided with ports for inputting and outputting signals for controlling the floppy disk device 82 and the hard disk 84 in addition to parallel output and serial output. A printer 88 is connected to the parallel input / output via a parallel port 86, and a modem 92 is connected to the serial input / output via a serial port 90. In addition to the speaker 74 described above, a microphone 96 can be connected to the sound I / O 56.

Hard disk 8 of this computer 10
A DOS and various device drivers incorporated in the DOS are stored in the computer 4.
Loads DOS at startup and installs the necessary device driver according to the contents of the file referenced by DOS. As the device driver, there is a printer driver that enables printing to the printer 88 via the composite I / O port 54. In this DOS, the module that enables Japanese input is provided as the Japanese input method IM instead of the device driver.

In the hard disk 84, "WINDOW
An operating system having a GUI called "S" is stored ("WINDOWS" is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation), and the computer 10 reads the DOS and then the operating system. The application program is read and executed in the main memory so as to operate on this operating system.

The kana-kanji conversion device of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This kana-kanji conversion device is realized by the hardware and software integrated in the computer 10 described above.
It is represented as a block diagram including a part realized by software. The function of kana-kanji conversion realized as an input method has existed in the past, and in FIG. 1, an input unit IP that receives an input from a keyboard 72 or a mouse 73 via an operating system.
B, a conversion unit CNV that performs Kana-Kanji conversion by referring to the Japanese dictionary JDC based on the key code received via the input unit IPB, a display unit DPL that displays the conversion result on the CRT 76, and a confirmation process for the conversion result. Is shown as the character string sending unit TOU which outputs this to the application program APP. Japanese dictionary JD
Although C is stored in the hard disk 84, in order to realize faster Kana-Kanji conversion, a RAM disk or E
It is not rare that it is stored in the memory such as MS. Also,
The kana-kanji conversion device itself can be used in a form in which it is used by replacing it with another conventional kana-kanji conversion device.

As described above, each block shown in FIG. 1 includes a part realized by hardware and a part realized by software. For example, the display unit DPL is, as hardware, the CRT shown in FIG.
Although C44 exists, in reality, the software that controls the display including the display of the next candidate and the display of the guidance line in the kana-kanji conversion does not work until the software is displayed. Therefore, the display unit DPL and the like in FIG. 1 include both.

In addition to the conventional function as an input method, in the kana-kanji conversion device of this embodiment, the input part IP
High-speed input editor control unit EC for receiving input from B
N, various buffers in which various data relating to the character string input by the high-speed input editor control unit ECN are temporarily stored and referred to, a clipboard CLB in which the high-speed input editor control unit ECN temporarily stores the character string, high-speed input editor A reconversion processing unit RCN that operates in response to an instruction from the control unit ECN, a file input / output unit FOU that inputs and outputs files to and from the hard disk 84, and the like are provided. As the buffer, a text buffer TBF as a confirmation buffer for storing the text after the conversion of kana-kanji characters, a reading character string buffer KBF for storing the reading of the character string input via the input unit IPB, and a reading character string buffer. There is a phrase break buffer BBF that stores the position of the phrase break obtained by performing grammatical analysis on the reading of the character string stored in the KBF, and an attribute buffer ABF that stores information such as display color and conversion status. The reading character string buffer KBF, the phrase delimiter buffer BBF, etc. correspond to the conversion buffer. Further, the clipboard CLB is the high-speed input editor control unit EC in this embodiment.
Although a dedicated one handled by N is prepared, a general-purpose clipboard prepared by WINDOWS may be used.

An example of the buffer is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the phrase delimiter buffer BBF indicates a segment delimiter position (the number of digits from the beginning) on the text buffer TBF, and the reading character string buffer KB.
In some cases, it indicates the phrase segmentation position on F (number of bytes from the beginning). The numbers displayed in the text buffer TBF and the reading character string buffer KBF (0, 1 ...)
Is added for the sake of convenience to indicate the digit position (the number of bytes), and is not included in the actual buffer. The numbers stored in the attribute buffer ABF take the following values corresponding to the types of character strings forming each clause. 1: Input character string 2: Non-target character string (character string where cursor is not placed) 3: Target character string (character string where cursor is placed) 4: With re-conversion information 5: Without re-conversion information Display section The DPL refers to the value of the attribute buffer ABF to underline or reverse display each character string in a predetermined color when the CRT 76 is capable of color display and when the CRT 76 is monochrome display. Each is displayed in a predetermined manner.

The file input / output unit FOU stores a text in the hard disk 84, a file with reconversion information, etc.
It controls the process of writing and reading the file TFF. Of course, these functions are realized by using the standard file input / output functions provided by the operating system.

The function of the high speed input editor control unit ECN will be briefly described. High speed input editor control unit ECN
Processes the input of the keyboard 72 or the mouse 73 received via the input unit IPB. When a key input from the keyboard 72 is accepted, the type of the key is determined, and if it is a character key, it is sent to the conversion unit CNV to execute the kana-kanji conversion processing. If it is a key for instructing conversion, the current cursor position is checked, and if the cursor is in the character string being converted, an instruction for conversion is sent to the conversion unit CNV. On the other hand, when the cursor is in the reconvertible character string,
The reading character string of the phrase with the cursor (saved in the reading character string buffer KBF) is sent to the conversion unit CNV, and Kana-Kanji conversion is executed. If the cursor is in a place other than the above two cases, for example, if the cursor is in a character string that cannot be reconverted, nothing is done.

Next, the processing when the high speed editor is started in the kana-kanji conversion device of the embodiment will be described. This kana-kanji conversion device displays the kana characters input from the keyboard 72 at the input position of the application program APP during normal use, and converts the kana characters when the conversion key (for example, the space key) is operated. The converted character string is sent to the CNV, the converted character string is displayed in an unconfirmed state, and when it is confirmed, this is sent to the application program APP. The character string is normally set when the line feed key is pressed or when the next character string is input. At this time, the application program APP issues a PRINT command to WINDOWS, and WINDOWS redraws the screen. When the character string is confirmed, the process is passed to WINDOWS to redraw the screen. When the application program APP is running under WINDOWS, another application program APP is displayed on the screen.
It is also possible that each application program APP cannot rewrite the screen without permission.

For such normal Japanese input processing,
In the kana-kanji conversion device of this embodiment, when a predetermined combination of specific keys, for example, the "CTRL" key and the "↑" key are pressed at the same time, a high-speed editor attached to the kana-kanji conversion device is activated. FIG. 4 shows a display example of the screen immediately after the high speed editor is started. Further, FIG. 5 shows an outline of processing that is started immediately after the high speed editor is started and the drawing of the screen is completed. As shown in Figure 4, the high speed editor
An independent floating window FW is opened in addition to the window AW managed by the operating application program APP. This floating window F
On the upper part of W, a menu bar MBR selectable with the mouse 73 is arranged. The file management process and the editing process as the high speed editor can be instructed by selecting a command from the menu bar MBR or can be instructed by a keyboard shortcut. Since the input from the keyboard 72 is the center when inputting characters, the keyboard shortcut will be mainly described below.

When the program shown in FIG. 5 is started,
First, a key input from the keyboard 72 is accepted via the input unit IPB, and it is determined whether or not this key input is an instruction to end the process (for example, "CTRL" key + "X" key) (step S100). ). If it is not an instruction to end the process, it is determined whether or not Kana-Kanji conversion is currently being performed (step S110). If Kana-Kanji conversion is in progress, as described above, the Kana-Kanji referring to the Japanese dictionary JDC is referred to. Conversion processing is executed (step 120). The character string input from the keyboard 72 and the kana-kanji converted character string are displayed in the floating window FW.

When the key input is accepted and it is determined that the kana-kanji conversion is not in progress (step S110), the content of the key input is determined (step S130), for example, "SIFT" key + "DEL" key. In the case of a key combination pre-assigned as an editing shortcut, the editing process for the already input and selected character string is executed (step S140).
As the editing process for the character string, the character string selection (“S
HIFT ”+ arrow key), cut the character string that temporarily stores the selected character string in the clipboard CLB (“ SH
IFT "+" DEL "), copy selected character string to clipboard Copy character string (" CTRL "+" I ")
NS ”), deletion of the selected character string (“ DEL ”), paste of the character string cut and copied and stored in the clipboard CLB (“ SHIFT ”+“ INS ”), and the like.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the key input is related to file input / output (step S130),
Character string of text buffer TBF and hard disk 84
A file input / output process for performing various exchanges with the existing file TFF is executed (step S150).
As the file input / output processing, for example, the file TFF already saved on the hard disk 84 is opened (“CTRL” + “O”), and the character string saved by the high-speed editor is saved (“CTRL” + “S”). )), A process of writing a character string managed by the high-speed editor to the application program APP (“CTRL” + “RETU”).
RN "). The file that can be processed by the file input / output process is a file consisting of only text or an original file including information for reconversion. The information for re-conversion is various information necessary for performing the conversion process again on the character string that has been converted into Kana-Kanji,
For example, the contents of the reading character string buffer KBF, the phrase delimiter buffer BBF, the attribute buffer ABF, and the like. At the time of the character string saving process, a dialog box that asks "Do you want to save the information for re-conversion together?" Opens, and if you select "YES", the information in these buffers will be stored in the text buffer. TB
It is stored in the hard disk 84 together with the character string in F.

The above kana-kanji conversion process (step S12)
0), the editing process (step S140) and the file input / output process (step S150) are finished, the high speed editor itself is not finished and the floating window FW is also displayed as it is. Then, when the next kana character string is input from the keyboard 72, the kana-kanji conversion target is the newly input character string. That is, the conversion buffer itself, which stores the character string to be converted into Kana-Kanji, is once emptied. Even in that case, the contents of the confirmation buffer are retained as they are without being written to the application program APP. Note that the kana-kanji conversion device of this embodiment implements up to 200 high-speed editors.
A character string of about 0 lines is converted into an application program AP
Although the input / edit / output can be performed without writing in P, the size of the character string that can be handled depends on the size of the memory that the computer 10 can prepare in the kana-kanji conversion device.

When writing of a character string is instructed in the editing process, the character string input and converted in the high speed editor until then is written in the application program APP. Even in this case, the floating window FW is never closed. On the other hand, step S10
When it is determined that "end" is instructed by the determination of 0, the character string stored in the high speed editor until then is written to the application program APP, the floating window FW is closed, and the high speed editor is terminated. , The process is returned to the application program APP that has been operating.

When the high-speed editor outputs a character string, the application program APP receives the character string after kana-kanji conversion via the character string sending unit TOU, and requests the WINDOWS to redraw the screen once. . As a result, the entire screen is rewritten, and the character string output from the high speed editor to the application program APP is correctly displayed in the window AW of the application program APP.

According to the kana-kanji conversion device of the present embodiment described above, in addition to the normal process of delivering the character string after kana-kanji conversion to the application program APP running on WINDOWS, a predetermined key combination is operated. Then, a floating window FW as a high-speed editor is displayed. Inside the floating window FW, kana characters are input, kana-kanji conversion (including re-conversion), editing processing centered on character string operations, saving of character strings, etc. Processing such as reading is possible, and extremely fast Japanese input is possible. This is because the converted character strings are not passed to the application program APP via WINDOWS one by one, but are collectively passed to the application program APP. As described above, by the time the character string from the kana-kanji conversion device is handed to the application program APP and drawing is completed, the kana-kanji conversion device sends the confirmed character string as a message to WINDOWS, and WINDOWS.
Handed this to the application program APP,
A series of procedures are required in which the application program APP processes the drawing, and as a result, the necessary information is taught to the kana-kanji conversion device via WINDOWS. These processes are necessary when handing even a single fixed character. Therefore, considering the case of outputting a character string in small pieces to the application program APP and the case of outputting them collectively, the latter is faster as a whole. It is understood that it is possible to process character strings.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the fixed character string passed to the application program APP can be lengthened to reduce the number of exchanges between the kana-kanji conversion program IME and the application program APP. It does not mean that we are taking measures to increase the number of character strings. Therefore, the length of the character string that is the target of Kana-Kanji conversion is limited, and the time required for conversion itself does not become too long.

The kana-kanji conversion device finally controls the input from the keyboard 72 and the mouse 73 and the display on the CRT 76 in a state where the kana-kanji conversion is performed and the high-speed editor is activated, and various screens are displayed. Is the frontmost window for all windows. Moreover, in this state, no character modifications such as enlarged characters and italic characters are used. Therefore,
It is possible to rewrite the screen within the minimum range, and it is possible to reduce the overhead of rewriting the screen accompanying the Kana-Kanji conversion. Redrawing the screen related to the application program APP by the operating system is limited to writing a character string from the high-speed editor.

As described above, the kana-kanji conversion device of this embodiment has the uniqueness of the kana-kanji conversion device, that is, the keyboard 72 before another application program APP.
The input from the mouse or mouse 73 is processed, and the characteristic that the timing to pass the converted character string to the application program APP can be determined by itself is used, and the character string sent to the application program APP through the operating system WINDOWS is chopped. Instead, the problem of occurrence of overhead when sending a character string to the application program APP via WINDOWS is avoided as much as possible. As a result, the CPU
Even when using the computer 10 that lacks the ability of the 21 and CRTC 44 and cannot obtain a sufficient response when inputting Japanese, high-speed Japanese input is possible. Since the input of Japanese is frequently used by the user of the computer 10, the speedup of this part is performed by the computer 1.
The overall usability of 0 is good.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and for example, a configuration applied to a kana-kanji conversion device operating on an operating system other than WINDOWS, a re-conversion function and a file input / output function are not provided, and the minimum The present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the present invention, such as a configuration having only an editing function, a kana-kanji conversion device that is activated in place of a commonly used kana-kanji conversion module, and the like. Of course.

[0046]

As described above, in the kana-kanji conversion device of claim 1, the kana-kanji conversion device itself stores a character string after conversion, and a confirmation buffer for editing the stored character string. Since the character strings stored in the confirmation buffer are collectively output to the running program, it is possible to reduce the intervention of the operating system when delivering the character string to the running program. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a decrease in processing speed due to the intervention of the operating system.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to the second aspect, the storage means includes a pre-confirmation character string storage means for storing the pre-conversion character string in addition to the converted character string. Can be returned to the character string before conversion, and the efficiency of kana-kanji conversion can be improved.

Since the kana-kanji conversion device according to the third aspect comprises the input / output means for exchanging the character string between the storage means and the external storage means (for example, a hard disk), the character string being edited. Can be stored in or read from the external storage means without the intervention of a program in operation. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of input processing of a character string that is repeatedly used.

Since the kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 4 records the character string before conversion stored in the conversion buffer together with the converted character string in the external storage means, it is temporarily stored in the external storage means. Even in the case, if this is read again, it is possible to perform processing such as re-conversion using the character string before conversion, and it becomes easy to correct when erroneous conversion occurs. Therefore, as a whole, the efficiency of Kana-Kanji conversion can be improved.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to the fifth aspect, when the converted character string stored in the confirmation buffer is recorded in the external storage means, it is determined whether or not the unconverted character string is also recorded. Since it is possible to select, when recording the character string of the confirmation buffer in the external storage means, it is possible to use it by recording the character string before conversion together, or the recording capacity in the external storage means. It becomes possible to select whether to reduce. Therefore, it is possible to achieve both efficient conversion of kana and kanji and efficient operation of external storage means.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the selected character string is copied or moved to a separately provided temporary storage area, and is pasted from the temporary storage area to the confirmation buffer. Since it is possible to perform character string operation processing such as, the already-existing character string can be easily copied or moved, and it is not necessary to input it again. Therefore, the efficiency of the input work can be improved.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to the seventh aspect, among the converted character strings, the character string that can be reconverted by the character string before conversion is displayed so as to be distinguishable from the character string that cannot be reconverted. Therefore, in this kana-kanji conversion device, it is possible to easily distinguish and visually recognize the reconvertible character string and the non-reconvertable character string.

Since the kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 8 uses the character string before conversion to reconvert the character string once converted by the converting means, it is possible to reconvert the character string once converted. It has the effect of being possible.

In the kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 9, the pre-fixed character string storage means stores the phrase delimiter position of the converted character string together with the character string before conversion. It is possible to use the positions of the phrase breaks that have been made, and it is possible to easily perform re-conversion and re-creation of phrase candidates.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a kana-kanji conversion device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a computer 10 that realizes a kana-kanji conversion device as an example.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a buffer managed by a kana-kanji conversion device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a floating window FW for a high-speed editor handled by the kana-kanji conversion device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing routine of a high speed editor.

FIG. 6: Operating system OS, Kana-Kanji conversion program IME, application program APP
It is a block diagram explaining the exchange of data between two.

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 10 ... Computer 20 ... Arithmetic processing part 21 ... CPU 22 ... Local bus 23 ... Cache memory 24 ... Cache controller 25 ... Main memory 30 ... PCI bridge 32 ... PCI bus 40 ... Controller part 42 ... ISA bus 44 ... CRTC 46 ... SCSI controller 48 ... ISA bridge 54 ... Composite I / O port 56 ... Sound I / O 60 ... I / O section 62 ... ISA slot 64 ... KEY 66 ... PIC 68 ... Timer 72 ... Keyboard 73 ... Mouse 74 ... Speaker 76 ... CRT 82 ... Floppy disk device 84 ... Hard disk 86 ... Parallel port 88 ... Printer 90 ... Serial port 92 ... Modem 96 ... Microphone ABF ... Attribute buffer APP ... Application program AW ... Window BF ... clause delimiter buffer CNV ... conversion unit DPL ... display unit ECN ... high speed input editor control unit FOU ... file input / output unit FW ... floating window IM ... Japanese input method IPB ... input unit JDC ... national language dictionary KBF ... character string buffer MBR ... Menu bar PIC ... RCN ... Re-conversion processing unit TBF ... Text buffer TFF ... File TOU ... Character string sending unit

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A kana-kanji conversion device that operates on a predetermined operating system and delivers a converted character string to an operating program including the operating system, the character string including at least unconverted characters in kanji. Input means for inputting, a conversion means for converting the input character string while storing it in a conversion buffer, a confirmation buffer for storing the converted character string, and a character stored in the confirmation buffer Editing means for performing edit processing on the column, display means for displaying corresponding to the result of processing by the input means, conversion means, and editing means, and the character string stored in the committing buffer during the operation. Kana-to-Kanji conversion device equipped with an output means for collectively outputting to the program. 2. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the conversion means includes a pre-confirmation character string storage means for storing a character string before conversion, in addition to the converted character string. Converter. 3. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, further comprising an input / output unit for exchanging a character string between the confirmation buffer and an external storage unit. 4. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 3, wherein the input / output unit stores the pre-conversion character string stored in the conversion buffer together with the converted character string in the external storage unit. Kana-to-Kanji conversion device, which is a means to record in. 5. When the converted character string stored in the confirmation buffer is recorded in the external storage means, it has a selection means capable of selecting whether or not to record the unconverted character string. The kana-kanji conversion device according to item 4. 6. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit copies or moves the selected character string to a temporary storage area separately provided and the temporary character area. A kana-kanji conversion device having character string operation processing means for performing character string operation processing such as pasting from a storage area to the confirmation buffer. 7. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 2, wherein, of the converted character strings, a character string that can be reconverted by the character string before conversion is a character string that cannot be reconverted. Is a kana-kanji conversion device having re-converted character string display means for distinguishably displaying. 8. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 2, further comprising re-conversion means for converting again the character string once converted by the conversion means using the character string before conversion. apparatus. 9. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the pre-confirmation character string storage means is a means for storing the phrase separation position of the converted character string together with the character string before conversion. Converter.