JPH08227419A - Method and device for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the method and device for document processing which can improve the operability of symbol input through easy operation. CONSTITUTION: When a symbol is inputted by an existent symbol input means and retrieval from a panel symbol information table is performed on the basis of its symbol code and font name; when a symbol is still registered, the 'frequency of use' is set to '1' and the symbol code and font name are newly registered in the panel symbol information table. When the inputted symbol is already registered, the 'frequency of use' is increased by '1'. On the basis of this panel symbol information table, symbols are sorted, font by font, in the decreasing order of the frequency of use and given 'serial numbers', and the symbol of a font which is currently specified is displayed as a symbol panel on a display device according to the order of the serial number. When the symbol which is already inputted is inputted again, the symbol specified by the symbol panel is selected and inputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method and its apparatus in an information processing system such as a kana-kanji conversion system or a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional character processing apparatus has a special input method for inputting kanji, hiragana, katakana, or characters other than alphabets, that is, symbols. As such an input method, for example, a code input method, an input method from a symbol group, etc. are known.

The code input method is, for example, when "☆ (symbol code: 2179)" is desired to be input, the operator inputs the symbol code "2179" and then pushes the symbol conversion key to input "☆". That is.

The input method from the symbol group is
Register the symbols in advance by dividing them into multiple groups, and the operator
Select the desired group from the registered groups,
A desired symbol is selected and input from a symbol list displaying symbols belonging to the group. For example, as a symbol group, a group such as "marutsuki letters", "roman numerals", or "yajirushi" is registered,
“←” is a group called “yajirushi” (“←”,
"→", "↑", "↓", etc.). When the operator wants to input “←”, first, “yajirushi” is selected from the group list (“maruji letters”, “roman numerals”, “yajirushi”, etc. are displayed). And, the list of symbols of "Yajirushi"("→","↑",
Search for and select "←" from "↓" and "←" are displayed. By operating in this way, "←" is input.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional character processing apparatus, in the former input method, that is, the code input method, the operator needs to know the code of the symbol to be input, and When inputting, even if the symbol has been input before, it is necessary to input the code every time and convert it, which makes the operation very inconvenient.

Further, in the latter input method, that is, the input method from the symbol group, the operator needs to know the group to which the symbol to be input belongs, and when inputting the symbol, first, Specify a group, then search for the desired symbol within that symbol group,
Further, the operation is very troublesome because it requires a three-step operation of designating the symbol.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document processing method and its apparatus capable of improving the operability of symbol input by a simple operation.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a character processing method of the present invention registers a symbol code of an inputted symbol, its font type and the number of times of use as panel information, and the registered symbol. Is displayed as a symbol panel, and a designated symbol is input from the displayed symbol panel.

Preferably, the symbol designated by the symbol panel is deleted from the panel information,
A group to which the designated symbol belongs is acquired from the symbol panel, and the symbols belonging to the acquired group are displayed as the signal panel.

Further, the character processing device of the present invention includes a symbol input means for inputting a symbol, a panel information registration means for registering the symbol code of the input symbol, the type of the font and the number of times of use as panel information. It is characterized by comprising display means for displaying the registered symbol as a symbol panel and panel symbol input means for inputting a designated symbol from the displayed symbol panel.

[0011] Preferably, the apparatus further comprises deletion means for deleting the symbol input by the panel symbol input means from the panel information of the panel information registration means, and the group to which the symbol input by the panel symbol input means belongs. It is characterized in that it has a group acquisition means for acquiring, and displays the symbols belonging to the acquired group as the symbol panel.

[0012]

According to the structure of the present invention, when a symbol is input,
The symbol code, the font type and the number of times of use are registered as panel information, the registered symbol is displayed as a symbol panel, and the designated symbol is input from the displayed symbol panel.

Preferably, the symbol is deleted from the panel information by instructing deletion of the specified symbol from the symbol panel.

Further, preferably, the symbol group is displayed by giving an instruction to display the group to which the designated symbol belongs from the symbol panel.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a character processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the character processing apparatus of the present embodiment comprises a central processing unit 1 for controlling the entire apparatus, a storage unit 2 for storing the processing result of the central processing unit 1 and various data, characters and the like. A keyboard 3 for entering numerical values,
A main part is constituted by a display device 4 for displaying characters and the like input from the keyboard 3 and for displaying processing results by the central processing unit 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a symbol panel displayed on the display device 4. This symbol panel displays symbols input by the existing symbol input method in the currently used font. Has been done. Here, the symbols on the symbol panel are displayed for each font, but this is because the symbol code set by the character processing device may differ depending on the font even if the symbols are the same. Yes, if there is no such case, it is not necessary to display each font. The symbols are displayed in descending order of frequency of use.

Further, as shown in the figure, it is possible to display symbols that cannot be displayed in the list by setting modes of "previous screen" and "next screen". Specifying "Previous screen" displays the symbol list before the currently displayed symbol, and specifying "Next screen" displays the symbol list after the currently displayed symbol. Also, the font name currently used (“canon font”) and the symbol code (“222a”) currently designated in the symbol panel are displayed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a panel symbol information table used to display the symbol panel of FIG. This panel symbol information table is stored in the storage device 2 of FIG. 1, and when a desired symbol is input by the existing symbol input method, the panel symbol information is registered in the panel symbol information table.

As shown in FIG. 3, the panel symbol information table is composed of "symbol code", "font name", "number of times of use" and "serial number". Here, the symbol code means the inputted symbol code, and the font name means the font name designated at the time of input. The number of times of use means the number of times the symbol is used, and is added when the symbol is input by the existing symbol input method or when input from the symbol panel.
Furthermore, the serial number means the order in which the number of times of use is high, for each font. The symbol code is shift JI.
There are S, ward point code, etc., but it goes without saying that the information is also included. Further, although the font name is taken as an example of the font information, the font information is not limited to this, and any information that identifies the font may be used. In this way, the symbol panel is displayed based on the panel symbol information.

The symbol panel of FIG. 2 has a display of "group", and a group mode exists. When this mode is designated, group display is performed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the group display displayed on the display device 4. In the figure, the symbols (symbol code "222a" designated in FIG. 2 in the font currently in use are shown. The symbol of the group including ") is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a group information table used for performing this group display,
This group information table is stored in the storage device 2. The group information table includes, for each font, a "group name" existing in each font and a "symbol code range" corresponding to each group.

Next, the control processing performed by the central processing unit 1 of the character processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

The control processing performed by the character processing apparatus of this embodiment is roughly divided into a processing of registering panel symbol information (processing shown in FIGS. 6 and 7) and an operation processing of a symbol panel (FIGS. 8 to 12). And the processing shown).

First, the process of registering the panel symbol information will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the processing for registering the panel symbol information.

In the figure, it is judged whether or not a symbol is input by the existing symbol input method (step S1),
When a symbol is input, a panel symbol registration subroutine (step S2) described later is executed. On the other hand, when a symbol is not input, the main registration process ends without doing anything.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the panel symbol registration subroutine of step S2.

First, the font information (font name) used when the symbol is input and the panel symbol information of the symbol code are obtained from, for example, the RAM (not shown) of the central processing unit 1 (step S11).

Next, the panel symbol information table (FIG. 3) of the storage device 2 is searched (step S1).
2) It is determined whether or not the panel symbol information having the same font name and symbol code acquired in step S11 has already been registered (step S13). At this time, if not registered, the panel is registered (step S1).
4). In this panel registration, specifically, the "number of times of use" is set to "1", and the font name and symbol code acquired in step S11 are newly registered.

On the other hand, if it is registered in step S13, the "number of times of use" is added (step S1).
5).

Next, the operation processing of the symbol panel will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a procedure of operation processing executed by the central processing unit 1 when a symbol is inputted from the symbol panel of FIG.

First, for example, via the keyboard 3,
When the activation of the symbol panel is instructed from the central processing unit 1,
The symbol panel shown in FIG. 2 is displayed (step S2).
1).

Next, it is judged from this symbol panel display whether or not a panel symbol input is instructed (step S2).
2). Here, in the panel symbol input, the operator designates and inputs a symbol to be inserted into a sentence from the displayed symbol panel. How to specify this panel symbol input,
For example, a method of double-clicking the position of the displayed symbol with a mouse or designating the symbol displayed with a pointing device can be considered.

If it is determined in step S22 that a symbol input is instructed, a panel symbol input subroutine described later is executed (step S23), and then step S3.
Go to 0. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S22 that the panel symbol input is not instructed, it is determined whether or not the panel symbol deletion is instructed (step S24).

When it is determined in step S24 that the panel symbol should be deleted, the panel symbol deletion subroutine described later is executed (step S25), and the process proceeds to step S30. In this way, the panel symbol can be deleted by designating "delete" in the symbol panel shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S24 that deletion of the panel symbol is not designated, it is determined whether or not group display is instructed (step S2).
6).

If it is determined in step S26 that the group display is instructed, the group display subroutine described later is executed (step S27), and then step S
Proceed to 30. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S27 that the group display is not instructed, it is determined whether the operator has changed the selection symbol (step S28).

If it is determined in step S28 that the selection symbol has been changed, the process of changing the selection symbol is executed (step S29), and then the process proceeds to step S30, while the determination is made in step S28. If the symbol is not changed, the subroutine of step S29 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S30.

In step S30, it is determined whether or not the end of the symbol panel display is instructed. If the end instruction is given, the present symbol panel processing is ended, while if the end instruction is not given. To return to step S22, the above processing is repeated.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the symbol panel display subroutine of step S23.

First, the currently designated font name is obtained from the RAM of the central processing unit 1 (step S4).
1) The symbol code in this font name is searched from the panel symbol information table (step S42), and the symbol code to be displayed is acquired (step S43).

Next, the acquired symbol codes are sorted in descending order of number of times of use (step S44), the sorted order is stored in "serial number", and the sorted symbols are displayed in that order on the symbol panel. (Step S45). Further, the acquired font name is displayed (step S46),
Selection symbol The symbol code is set (step S47).

The panel symbol display is specifically shown in FIG.
Will be described with reference to.

If the current font name is "canon font" in step S41, then in step S47
As shown in FIG. 2, the font name is displayed as "canon font", and the font name is "canon font" in steps S42 and S43.
The symbol code "font" is acquired from the panel information and sorted in step S44. The symbols sorted in this way are displayed in step S45 as shown in Fig. 2. Then, in step S47, for example, , Symbol C in FIG.
1 (right upward slant arrow) is selected, and the symbol code “222a” of the symbol C1 is displayed in the “symbol code”.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the panel symbol input subroutine of step S23.

First, the "serial number" of the designated symbol is obtained (step S51), and the font name currently displayed is obtained from the symbol panel (step S52).

Next, a symbol corresponding to the "serial number" of the symbols acquired in steps S51 and S52 and the font name is searched from the panel symbol information table (step S53), and the symbol code is obtained (step S54).

Then, after adding "1" to the "number of times of use" item of the panel symbol information of the obtained symbol code (step S55), the symbol code is displayed on the display device 4 of FIG.
(Step S56).

The panel symbol input will be specifically described with reference to FIG.
And it demonstrates with reference to FIG.

When the symbol C1 is designated from the symbol panel, the "serial number" of the symbol C1 is acquired in step S51. Since this symbol C1 has the largest "number of times of use", the "serial number" is "1".

Next, in step S52, the font "canon"
Get "font". This serial number "1" and font "canon
The specified symbol code is obtained from the panel symbol information table using "font". Specifically, the panel symbol information table of FIG.
In step S54, the symbol code "222a" whose font is "canon font" and which has the largest "number of times of use" is acquired.
In step S55, the number of times the symbol code “222a” is used is added, and “40” becomes “41”.
At 56, the symbol C1 is displayed on the display device 4.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the panel symbol deletion subroutine of step S25, which will be described with reference to FIG.

If the symbol C1 is designated on the symbol panel, first, the "serial number" of the symbol C1 is obtained (step S61), and the current font name is obtained from the symbol panel (step S62).

Next, the symbols corresponding to the "serial number" and the font name "canon font" of the symbols respectively obtained in steps S61 and S62 are searched from the panel symbol information table (step S63), and the symbol code is obtained. Obtain (step S64). Then, the panel symbol information of the obtained symbol code is deleted from the panel symbol information table (step S65). At this time, the number of times of use is newly sorted, the "serial number" is stored again, and the symbol panel is displayed from the new panel symbol information table (step S66).

The panel symbol deletion is specifically described in FIG.
And it demonstrates with reference to FIG.

If the symbol C1 is specified from the symbol panel, the "serial number" of the symbol C1 is acquired in step S61. Since the symbol C1 has the largest "number of times of use", the serial number "1" is acquired.

Next, in step S62, the font "cano
n font ”is acquired, and the serial number“ 1 ”and the font“ cano ”are acquired.
n font "is used to search the panel symbol information table in step S63 to obtain the symbol code specified in step S64. At this time, the symbol code" 222 "is obtained.
a ”is acquired, and in step S65, the panel symbol information of the symbol code“ 222a ”is deleted from the panel symbol information table. Furthermore, in step S66, the symbol C1 is deleted.
Symbol panel not displayed is displayed.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the group display subroutine of step S27.

First, the "serial number" of the designated symbol is obtained from the symbol panel (step S71), and the font name of this symbol is obtained from the symbol panel (step S72).

Next, the symbol code corresponding to the "serial number" of the designated symbol and the font name is searched from the panel symbol information (step S73) to obtain the symbol code (step S74). The group information shown in FIG. 5 is searched from this symbol code and the font name obtained in step S73 (step S75), and the code range of the group including the symbol code is obtained (step S76). The symbol is displayed on the symbol panel (step S77).

This group display is specifically shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

If the symbol C1 is designated from the symbol panel, the "serial number" of the symbol C1 is acquired in step S71. Since the symbol C1 has the largest "number of times of use", the serial number "1" is acquired. In step S72, the font "ca
“Non font” is acquired, the symbol code is searched from the panel symbol information using the serial number “1” and the font “canon font” in step S73, and the specified symbol code is acquired in step S74. At this time, the symbol code “222a” is acquired, and in step S75, it is searched which group the symbol code “222a” is included in the font “canon font.” In step S76, the code range of the group is searched. "22
2a to 2238 "is obtained, and this results in step S
At 77, the symbol panel is displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the character processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the font information, the symbol code, the number of times of use, etc. of the symbols once inputted are stored and the symbols are displayed as a list in the symbol panel. With this configuration, when the symbol that has been input once is input again, the symbol can be input from the symbol panel, and thus the operability can be improved.

Since the character processing apparatus of this embodiment is provided with a deletion function so that the operator can delete unnecessary symbols, it is unnecessary for the operator to automatically register the symbols. When a proper symbol is registered, the symbol can be deleted, and the operability can be further improved.

The character processing apparatus of this embodiment makes use of the group attribute of symbols to display other symbols of the group to which the registered symbol belongs in the symbol panel.
It can be made easier to use.

Further, in this embodiment, since the symbols are displayed as a list for each font, the symbol code provided by the character input device and the symbol code provided by the font displaying the symbol are different. Therefore, even if the symbol is not displayed even if the symbol is input, that is, even if "I (2d25)" is input by the code input in the character processing device, the font displaying the symbol is the code (2d2).
If nothing is set in 5), it becomes "" and it is possible to prevent nothing from being displayed.

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a symbol is entered, the symbol code, font type and number of times of use are registered as panel information, the registered symbol is displayed as a symbol panel, and the specified symbol is entered from the displayed symbol panel. Therefore, the operability of symbol input can be improved by a simple operation.

Preferably, by instructing to delete the designated symbol from the symbol panel, the symbol is deleted from the panel information, so that the inconvenience that occurs when the inputted symbol is automatically registered is solved. can do.

Further, preferably, the symbol group is displayed by giving an instruction to display the group to which the designated symbol belongs from the symbol panel, so that the symbol group having the same attribute as the selected symbol can be selected from the desired symbol groups. The symbol can be selected and the operability can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a character processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a symbol panel displayed on the display device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a panel symbol information table used to display the symbol panel of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a group display displayed on the symbol panel of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a group information table used to perform the group display of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing for registering panel symbol information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a panel symbol registration subroutine of step S2 of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an operation process performed by the symbol panel of FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a symbol panel display subroutine of step S23 of FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a panel symbol input subroutine of step S23 of FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a panel symbol deletion subroutine of step S25 of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a group display subroutine of step S27 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 central processing unit (panel symbol input means, deletion means, group acquisition means) 2 storage means (panel information registration means) 3 keyboard (symbol input means, panel symbol input means,
Delete means, group acquisition means) 4 Display means (display means)

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] March 11, 1996

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Brief description of the drawing

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a character processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a symbol panel displayed on the display device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a panel symbol information table used to display the symbol panel of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a group display displayed on the symbol panel of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a group information table used to perform the group display of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing for registering panel symbol information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a panel symbol registration subroutine of step S2 of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an operation process performed by the symbol panel of FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a symbol panel display subroutine of step S23 of FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a panel symbol input subroutine of step S23 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a group display subroutine of step S27 of FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 central processing unit (panel symbol input means, deletion means, group acquisition means) 2 storage means (panel information registration means) 3 keyboard (symbol input means, panel symbol input means,
Delete means, group acquisition means) 4 Display means (display means)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Registering the symbol code of the inputted symbol, the type of the font and the number of times of use as panel information,
A character processing method, wherein the registered symbol is displayed as a symbol panel, and a designated symbol is input from the displayed symbol panel. 2. The character processing method according to claim 1, wherein a symbol designated by the symbol panel is deleted from the panel information. 3. The character processing method according to claim 1, wherein a group to which the designated symbol belongs is acquired from the symbol panel, and the symbols belonging to the acquired group are displayed as the signal panel. . 4. A symbol input means for inputting a symbol, a panel information registration means for registering the symbol code of the inputted symbol, the type of the font and the number of times of use as panel information, and the registered symbol for the symbol panel. And a panel symbol input unit for inputting a designated symbol from the displayed symbol panel. 5. The character processing device according to claim 4, further comprising a deletion unit that deletes the symbol input by the panel symbol input unit from the panel information of the panel information registration unit. 6. A group acquisition means for acquiring a group to which a symbol input by the panel symbol input means belongs, and displaying the symbols belonging to the acquired group as the symbol panel. The character processing device according to 4 or 5.