JPH08297660A - Input device for chinese character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the input device for Chinese character (KANJI) with which required KANJI can be inputted easily even for terminal equipment, etc., provided with a little keys. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a KANJI storage part 23 storing KANJI, display part 13 for displaying a picture for pronunciation input corresponding to the pronunciation of KANJI and a picture for KANJI candidate input corresponding to the pronunciation, key input part 14 for respectively selecting one of pronunciations and KANJI candidates on the pictures for pronunciation input and KANJI candidate input on the display part 13, reading means 25 for reading the KANJI candidate corresponding to the pronunciation selected by the key operation of the key input part 14 from a KANJI storage part 23, selected picture display control part 26 for controlling the pictures for pronunciation input and KANJI candidate input on the display part 13 corresponding to the selection due to the key operation of the key input part 14 and the KANJI candidate read by the reading means 25, and registering means 27 for registering the KANJI candidate selected by the key operation of the key input part 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Chinese kanji input device for easily inputting Chinese kanji from a terminal having few keys such as a multi-function telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various methods have been proposed for inputting Chinese Kanji characters by a device such as a word processor or a personal computer. For example, you can directly input the reading of Chinese kanji in English characters to display the corresponding kanji candidates, select the desired kanji from the kanji candidates, or group Chinese kanji according to certain rules. For example, a method of selecting a desired kanji from kanji candidates included in a group. In such a device, it is common to use a keyboard or the like having a large number of keys for inputting characters and symbols.

[0003]

However, the keyboard of the conventional word processor or personal computer is suitable for inputting a large number of Chinese Kanji characters, but the terminal device or the like which does not have many keys is You cannot adopt the same input method. For example, in a simple terminal device such as a multifunctional telephone in which a microprocessor and a large-sized liquid crystal display are added to a telephone, dial keys, function keys, cursor keys, execution, correction, end keys, etc. required for the function are required. Since it has only a limited number of keys and does not have keys for inputting English characters and other symbols, it is not possible to adopt the conventional Chinese-Kanji input method using a keyboard. Also, with terminal devices such as multi-function phones, it is only necessary to be able to input when registration is required, and it is not necessary to always input a large amount of Chinese kanji, so it is not necessary to have the same keyboard as a word processor or personal computer There is a drawback that the size becomes large and the cost becomes high.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an input device for Chinese kanji characters, which enables easy input of necessary Chinese kanji characters even with a terminal device having a small number of keys.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a Chinese kanji input device of the present invention comprises a kanji storage unit storing Chinese kanji and a phonetic sound corresponding to the phonetic sounds of the Chinese kanji. An input screen and a display unit for displaying a Kanji candidate input screen corresponding to the phoneme, and a phonetic input screen and a Kanji candidate input screen of the display unit, respectively A key input section for selecting, a reading means for reading out a Chinese character candidate corresponding to a phonetic sound selected by a key operation of the key input section from the Kanji storage section, and a selection by the key operation of the key input section and the reading. A selection screen display control unit for controlling the phonetic input screen and the Kanji candidate input screen of the display unit according to the Kanji candidates read by the means, and a registration unit for registering the Kanji candidate selected by the key operation of the key input unit. And Those were.

The phonetic input screen controlled by the selection screen display control unit displays the first character of the phonetic character and corresponds to the selection of the first character of the phonetic character by the key operation of the key input unit. The phonetic candidate to be displayed is displayed, and the Chinese character candidate input screen displays that the corresponding phonetic Chinese character candidate is displayed by selecting the phonetic candidate by the key operation of the key input unit. It is preferable because it can easily select one phonetic sound.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the first character of the phonetic symbol is selected and the phonetic candidate corresponding to the first character is displayed by the key operation of the key input section on the phonetic input screen displayed on the display section. , Next, select one of the phonetic candidates, display the kanji candidate corresponding to the phonetic, select the corresponding kanji from the kanji candidates, and register the selected kanji. You can easily input Chinese kanji.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 is a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of a multi-function telephone using the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the multifunction telephone 1 of this embodiment is shown.
0 is a device having a telephone function and a simple terminal function,
The main body 11 accommodates various control units including a microprocessor, a storage unit, etc., and the telephone unit 1 is provided on the side surface of the main body 11.
2 is provided, a display unit 13 and a key input unit 14 for performing various key operations are provided on the front side of the main body 11, and a power switch, a power adapter jack, a line cord difference (not shown) are provided on other side surfaces of the main body 11. A slot, a ring tone volume switch, a line type switch, a display density volume, etc. are provided. The key input unit 14 is a dial key 14a for inputting numbers from "0" to "9" and symbols "*" and "#", which are arranged on the slightly right side of the front of the main body 11, and below these dial keys 14a. The execution, correction and end keys 14b arranged on the side, cursor keys 14c for moving the cursor of the display unit 13 arranged under these keys 14b up, down, left and right, and the cursor keys 14c arranged under the display unit 13. It is composed of five function keys 14d.

The multi-function telephone 10 has a function (input device) for easily inputting Chinese characters, a storage unit 22 for storing information about Chinese characters, and a screen for selecting Chinese characters. Or a display unit 13 for displaying the selected Kanji, a key input unit 14 for selecting Chinese Kanji by a key operation, and a display unit 13 for displaying a key operation input by the key input unit 14. The control unit 21 controls the display screen, reads out the data stored in the storage unit 22, or performs a registration process. Storage unit 22
Consists of a Chinese character storage unit 23 that stores Chinese Kanji characters and a phonetic information storage unit 24 that stores phonetic information regarding Chinese character selection. The control unit 21 is composed of a microprocessor, has a function of controlling each unit and data processing according to a control program stored in a predetermined storage unit (not shown), and has a reading unit 25 and a selection screen display control. Part 26
And registration means 27.

The display unit 13 displays, for example, full-width Kanji characters 20.
It is a large liquid crystal display that can display 14 lines of characters,
Under the control of the selection screen display control unit 26, a phonetic input screen corresponding to the phonetic characters of Chinese kanji and a kanji candidate input screen corresponding to the phonetic sounds of the phonetic input screen are displayed. To do.
The key input unit 14 is a key input portion for selecting one of phonetic and kanji candidates on the phonetic input screen and the kanji candidate input screen.
14d.

The reading means 25 of the control unit 21 is a unit for reading from the Kanji storage unit 23 the Kanji candidate corresponding to the phonetic sound selected by the key operation of the key input unit 14, and the selection screen display control unit 26 thereof. , A part for controlling the phonetic input screen and the kanji candidate input screen of the display part 13 by the key operation of the key input part 14 and the kanji candidate read by the reading means 25, and the registration means 27 is a key. This is a part for registering a kanji candidate selected by a key operation of the input unit 25.

Next, the operation of the Chinese-Kanji input device configured as described above will be described with reference to a flow chart and a display screen. FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 to 7 are views showing examples of display screens of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, when inputting Chinese characters by phonetic sound, an initial screen for selecting the first character of the phonetic character is displayed as shown in FIG. 4 (ST1). That is, the display screen displays the current date and time and the titles of "Electronic Phone Book" Character Input "and" Full-width Kanji Phonetic Input "on the upper side of the display screen, with the first phonetic character at the center of the display. The letters "a" to "z" indicating the characters of "" are displayed, and the area for displaying the kanji selected later (in the frame on the 12th line) and the area for displaying the kanji candidates (the 13th line) are displayed on the lower side. There is, and [Registration], [District], [Division], [Jomo] corresponding to each function in the corresponding position of the function key at the bottom.
And [Cancel] are displayed. The cursor can move any one of "a" to "z", and the cursor is located at "a" on the display screen of FIG.

Next, by operating the cursor key 14c, one of the first characters of the phonetic character is selected (ST
2). For example, when the English character "a" is selected as the first character of the phonetic character and the execute key 14b is pressed, the selection screen display control unit 26 displays all the Chinese characters corresponding to the selected English character "a". The phonetic candidate is read from the phonetic information storage unit 24, and the phonetic candidate is displayed (ST3). here,
As shown in FIG. 5, phonetic characters “a”, “ai”, “an”, “ang”, and “ao” whose first alphabetic character is “a” are displayed. The cursor can move any of the phonetic sounds, and the cursor is located at "ai" on the display screen of FIG.

Next, one of the phonetic candidates is selected by operating the cursor key 14c (ST4). For example, if the phonetic sound "ai" is selected and the execute key 14b is pressed,
The reading means 25 reads the Chinese character candidates of Chinese corresponding to the selected phonetic sound "ai" from the Chinese character storage unit 23 (ST
5), the kanji candidate is displayed on the 13th line of the display screen (ST6). Here, as shown in FIG.
The Chinese kanji candidates corresponding to "i" are displayed together with the number as "1.
Dust 2. Dust ... 8. It is displayed like "Dwarf". When there are 10 or more Kanji candidates, the 11th and subsequent Kanji candidates are displayed by pressing the up and down cursor keys 14c.

Next, on the screen in which the kanji candidates are displayed, either press the number of the desired kanji candidate with the dial key 14a or operate the cursor key 14c to move the cursor to the desired kanji candidate. Run key 1
Select one of the Kanji candidates by pressing 4b (ST
7). For example, if the Chinese character candidate “dust” is selected, that character is displayed in the frame on the 12th line, as shown in FIG.
To cancel the selection, press the function key (F5) corresponding to [Cancel] displayed on the screen. Follow the same procedure to select the required kanji. When all the characters are selected and the function key (F1) 14d corresponding to [Registration] displayed on the screen is pressed, the registration means 27 registers the selected kanji (S).
T8).

By the above operation, Chinese kanji can be input by phonetic. However, the multi-function telephone 10 of this embodiment is also provided with a function of inputting kanji by inputting a ward name and ward number and inputting half-width full-width English characters. There is. The input method will be briefly described below.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a display screen by inputting a ward number. First, when you press the function key (F2) 14d corresponding to [District] on the initial screen, "Enter the division" is displayed on the 13th line as shown in the figure.
A bracket [] is displayed on the right side of the 12th line. When the division number is entered in the brackets [] and the enter key 14b is pressed, a list of Chinese characters corresponding to the division is displayed. Here, the ward number is a group of Chinese characters in a certain rule, and the ward number is 1 to 87. Then, operate the cursor key 14c to select the required Kanji, and press the Enter key 14c to display the selected character in brackets on the 12th line. When is input Function key (F1) 14
You can register by pressing d.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen by inputting a division. First, when you press the function key (F3) 14d corresponding to [Division] on the initial screen, "Enter the division" is displayed on the 13th line as shown in the figure.
A bracket [] is displayed on the right side of the 12th line. When the division number of 4 digits is entered here and the enter key 14b is pressed, the corresponding character is displayed in the brackets on the 12th line. If there is no corresponding character, nothing is displayed. The ward number is 1 here
It corresponds to one Chinese character. When all the characters are input in the same way, the function key (F1) 14
You can register by pressing d.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a display screen by inputting characters. First, when the function key (F4) 14d corresponding to [Jomo] is pressed on the initial screen, half-width and full-width characters are displayed as shown in FIG. Cursor key 14
When a desired character is selected by operating a and the execution key 14b is pressed, the selected character is displayed in the brackets on the 12th line. Similarly, when all the characters are input, the function key (F1) 14d can be pressed to register.

According to the Chinese-Kanji input device having the above-described configuration, the first character of the phonetic sound is selected by the key operation of the key input unit 14 on the phonetic input screen displayed on the display unit 13. The phonetic candidate corresponding to the character is displayed, then one of the phonetic candidates is selected to display the kanji candidate corresponding to the phonetic, and the corresponding kanji is selected and registered from the kanji candidate. Therefore, it is easy to select one of many phonetic candidates by selecting the first character of phonetic, and the corresponding kanji can be entered by key operation from the kanji selection screen centering on the phonetic. , Anyone can input Chinese kanji easily. Moreover, since Chinese characters can be input mainly by operating the cursor key 14c, the execution key 14b, and the function key 14d, it is suitable for inputting Chinese characters in the multi-function telephone 10 having few keys. Further, in the multi-function telephone 10 of the present embodiment, another area code input,
It is possible to use each input by providing both zonal input and character input.

In the above embodiment, the multi-function telephone 10 has been described as an example, but it can be used for inputting Chinese characters in a device having a small number of keys.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first character of the phonetic sound is selected by the key operation of the key input unit on the phonetic input screen displayed on the display unit and corresponds to the first character. The phonetic candidates are displayed, and then the kanji candidates corresponding to the phonetic selected from one of the phonetic candidates are displayed, and the corresponding kanji is selected from the kanji candidates and registered. The effect is that anyone can easily input the required Chinese kanji on the terminal device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a multifunction telephone using the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a phonetic input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a phonetic input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a phonetic input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a phonetic input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a section number input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a section input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a character input screen of the input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 multi-function telephone 11 main body 12 telephone section 13 display section 14 key input section 21 control section 22 storage section 23 kanji storage section 24 phonetic information storage section 25 reading means 26 selection screen display control section 27 registration means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Mari Inabu 2-4-1, Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Shinjuku NS Building 8F, Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Hideo Sugimoto 2-4 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo -1 Shinjuku NS Building 8F Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A kanji storage unit storing Chinese kanji, a display unit for displaying a phonetic input screen corresponding to the phonetic characters of Chinese kanji and a kanji candidate input screen corresponding to the phonetic sounds. , A key input part for selecting one of the phonetic and kanji candidates on the phonetic input screen and the kanji candidate input screen of the display part, and a phonetic character selected by the key operation of the key input part. A reading means for reading out the corresponding kanji candidate from the kanji storage part, and a phonetic input screen and a kanji candidate input screen of the display part by the kanji candidates read by the selection and the reading means by the key operation of the key input part. A Chinese kanji input device, comprising: a selection screen display control part to be controlled; and a registration means for registering a kanji candidate selected by a key operation of the key input part. 2. The phonetic input screen controlled by the selection screen display control unit displays the first character of the phonetic character, and selects the first character of the phonetic character by key operation of the key input unit. The Chinese character for Chinese character according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding phonetic candidate is displayed, and the Chinese character candidate input screen displays the corresponding phonetic Chinese character candidate by selecting the phonetic candidate by the key operation of the key input unit. Input device.