JPH08329065A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To decrease the number of keys and provide easy-to-understand operation by displaying a person's name/place name conversion key and a phonetic reading/native Japanese reading conversion key while displaying candidates of KANA(Japanese syllabary)-KANJI(Chinese character) conversion in response to a KANA-KANJI conversion indication, and to lighten the burden of phonetic reading/native Japanese reading conversion by distinctively displaying a character string to be converted and making the range of the character string to be converted variable. CONSTITUTION: When characters are inputted on a touch panel 12 and the KANA-KANJI conversion indication is made, the person's name/place name conversion key and phonetic reading/native Japanese reading conversion key are displayed on a display device 11 while a KANA-KANJI conversion part 15 performs conversion by using a KANA-KANJI conversion dictionary 17. With the displayed keys indicated, person's name/place name conversion and phonetic reading/native Japanese reading conversion are performed by the person's name/place name conversion part 16 and phonetic reading/native Japanese reading conversion part 18.

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 input method and device thereof, and more particularly to an information processing device having a kana-kanji conversion input function such as an electronic notebook, a mobile terminal, a word processor, and a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a kana-kanji conversion input device, the conventional technique for converting a person's name or place name is "conversion key" until the desired person's name or place's name is displayed as a candidate.
The operation of was repeated.

For example, when "Sato" is desired to be input, the proper noun "Sato" generally has a low priority, so that it is necessary to repeatedly operate the "conversion key". There are also those with a "proper noun priority conversion mode" that forcibly raises the priority of proper nouns, but in this case conversely, "sugar", which is a general noun for reading "sato", is used. It was necessary to operate the "conversion key" many times to input. Furthermore, to change to this "proper noun priority conversion mode", editing was temporarily interrupted and the mode was changed.

Alternatively, in addition to the "conversion key", "person name /
There were also those that provided a "place name conversion key" and operated the "person name / place name conversion key" instead of operating the "conversion key".

By operating the "person name / place name conversion key", only words registered as proper nouns can be used as conversion candidates, or words can be read out from a person name / place name dictionary provided separately from the ordinary kana-kanji conversion dictionary. It was realized by converting.

[0006] In addition, "conversion key" is also used for phonetic conversion.
Apart from this, a "sound lesson conversion key" was provided, and it was realized by operating this "sound lesson conversion key" rather than operating the "conversion key".

For example, since the abbreviations such as "Japanese Patent Application" are not registered in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary in advance, "toku" is entered for each kanji and "phonetic conversion key",
I typed "Cancer" and operated "Sound Inversion Key" and "Hei" to operate "Sound Inversion Key". For example, if you end up with multiple kanji, and you type "Tokugan Hei" at the same time and press the "Tonku conversion key", only the "Toku" part will be converted to the phonetic note, If you select it, all input strings will be cleared.

For this reason, at the time of phonetic conversion, only the characters to be converted into phonetics are input and the "phonetic conversion key" is operated. Therefore, the conversion target character and the remaining characters were not mixed.

[0009]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

[Problems to be Solved by Claim 1] In the conventional technology,
When converting a person's name or place name, it is necessary to repeat the operation of the "conversion key" until the desired person's name or desired place name is displayed as a candidate for kana-kanji conversion, which is very inconvenient. .

In addition, if the "person name / place name conversion key" is provided separately from the "conversion key", the cost is increased by adding the key, and the key for the conversion operation is
It was difficult for beginners to understand because there were several.

According to the present invention, when the "conversion key" is operated, the "personal name / place name conversion key" is displayed together with the kana converted into kana and the kanji converted into kana is confirmed. At the same time, it is possible to inform the user that the person name conversion or the place name conversion can be performed, and the user name conversion or the place name conversion can be performed at the user's arbitrary timing as necessary.

Further, since it is not necessary to add a key, the cost does not increase, and since there is only one "conversion key" for conversion operation, it is possible to provide an operation environment that is easy for beginners to understand.

[Problem to be Solved by Claim 2] In the conventional technique, a "tone conversion key" is provided separately from the "conversion key", and the cost is increased by adding the key. Since there are multiple keys for operation, it was difficult for a beginner to understand.

In the present invention, when the "conversion key" is operated, by displaying the "phonetic conversion key" together with the kana converted into kana, the kanji converted into kana can be confirmed at the same time. The purpose of the present invention is to inform the user of the fact that the phonetic conversion can be performed, and to perform the phonetic conversion at the user's arbitrary timing as necessary.

Further, since it is not necessary to add a key, the cost does not increase, and since there is only one "conversion key" for the conversion operation, it is possible to provide an operation environment that is easy for beginners to understand.

[Problem to be Solved by Claim 3] In the phonetic conversion of the prior art, all the input characters are the target characters of the phonetic conversion and are not always the same as the conversion target character desired by the user. There wasn't.

In the present invention, when the "phonetic conversion key" is operated, the conversion target character and the remaining characters can be identified, so that it can be confirmed whether or not the conversion target character is desired by the user. You can

[Problem to be Solved by Claim 4] In the phonetic conversion of the prior art, all the input characters are the target characters of the phonetic conversion and are not always the same as the conversion target character desired by the user. There wasn't.

In the present invention, when the character to be converted is confirmed and it is not the character to be converted desired by the user, by changing the combination of the character to be converted and the remaining characters, the user is changed. The purpose is to be able to specify the desired conversion target characters.

[Problem to be Solved by Claim 5] In the phonetic conversion of the prior art, all the input characters are the target characters of the phonetic conversion and are not always the same as the conversion target character desired by the user. There wasn't.

According to the present invention, after the conversion target character can be converted into the Chinese character by the phonetic conversion, if there is a remaining character, the remaining character is set as the next conversion target character, and further, with respect to the conversion target character, The purpose is to save the user the trouble of re-inputting the remaining characters by performing the usual kana-kanji conversion, phoneme conversion, and person / place name conversion.

[0022]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

[Means of Claim 1] An input character string is a headword using a force means which is a touch panel integrated with an input display, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which word headings and notations are paired and stored, and the kana-kanji conversion dictionary. As a kana-kanji conversion means for displaying conversion candidates, and using the kana-kanji conversion dictionary, a person name / place name conversion means for outputting only the words in the notation related to the person name / place name with the input character string as a headword. In the provided character processing device, while displaying the conversion candidates obtained by the kana-kanji conversion means, at the same time, a key symbol display means for displaying a key symbol instructing the conversion by the person name / place name conversion means, When the key symbol displayed by the key symbol display means is designated, the person name / place name conversion means performs the person name / place name conversion to display candidates That.

[Means of Claim 2] An input character string is formed by using an input means which is a touch panel integrated with an input display, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which word headings and notations are paired and stored, and the kana-kanji conversion dictionary. Using Kana as a headword, a kana-kanji conversion unit that displays conversion candidates, a phoneme conversion dictionary that stores kanji readings and notations in pairs, and the phoneme conversion dictionary, the input character string is read and conversion candidates are displayed. A key symbol for displaying a conversion candidate obtained by the kana-kanji conversion means and at the same time displaying a key symbol for designating the conversion by the phonological conversion means, in a character processing device having a phonological conversion means for displaying. When the display means and the key symbol displayed by the key symbol display means are instructed, the phonetic sound conversion is performed by the sounding sound conversion means. To display.

[Means for Claim 3] In the above-mentioned phonetic-train converting means, the character string of the part of the input character string which is the target of the phonetic-phonetic conversion is identified and distinguished from the others.

[Means of Claim 4] In the above-mentioned phonetic-instruction converting means, the range of the character portion to be subjected to phonetic-instruction conversion is changed by further instructing the key symbol.

[Means for Claim 5] When there are remaining characters after being converted to Kanji by the phonetic conversion, that character string is set as a conversion target of the phonetic conversion.

[0027]

[Action]

[Operation of claim 1] When a kana character to be converted is input from the input means and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is given, the kana-kanji search dictionary is searched using the input character string as a headword, and kana-kanji conversion is converted. At the same time as displaying the candidates, the "person name / place name conversion key" is displayed. Then, when the “person name / place name conversion key” is designated, the person name / place name conversion is performed on the current character string to be converted, and candidates are displayed.

[Operation of Claim 2] When a kana character to be converted is input from the input means and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is given,
The Kana-Kanji search dictionary is searched, and conversion candidates for Kana-Kanji conversion are displayed, and at the same time, the "phonetic conversion key" is displayed. When the "phonetic conversion key" is specified, the phonetic conversion is performed on the current character string to be converted, and candidates are displayed.

[Operation of Claim 3] When the phonetic lesson conversion according to claim 2 is performed, the character string to be converted is subjected to, for example, a halftone process, and the character string to be converted, Other character strings are distinguished.

[Operation of Claim 4] When the phonetic conversion is performed according to claim 2, the conversion target character string is changed by instructing the "phonetic conversion key" again. Specifically, the range of the conversion target character string is extended or reduced.

[Operation of Claim 5] In the case where the phonetic lesson conversion in Claim 2 is performed, after conversion of the conversion target character into Kanji, if an unconverted character string remains, the remaining character is changed to the next character. The character to be converted.

[0032]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a kana-kanji conversion input device according to the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a display device, 12 is a touch panel, 13 is an input interface, 14 is a control device, and 15 is kana-kanji. A conversion unit, 16 is a person name / place name conversion unit, 17 is a Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary, 18 is a phoneme conversion unit, 19 is a phoneme conversion dictionary, 20 is an input character string memory, 21 is a conversion target character string memory, and 22 is an unconverted character. It is a column memory.

The display device 11 is a device for displaying an operation screen for kana-kanji conversion. In the present invention, the touch panel 12 is a transparent touch panel (tablet) that is integrated with a display device by being superimposed on a display device, and input can be performed with a pen or the like. Reference numeral 13 is an input interface (input I / F). A character code is output based on a signal input from the touch panel 12, a character string is stored in the input character memory 20, and various control signals such as a conversion instruction are output to the control device 14. Reference numeral 14 is a control device. The input I / F 13, the touch panel 12, the display device 11, and the character memories 20 to 22 are controlled and conversion is instructed. Reference numeral 15 is a kana-kanji conversion unit, which uses the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 17 to perform conversion. Reference numeral 16 denotes a person name / place name conversion unit, which converts a person name / place name into a noun, which is a person name / place name in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 17. Reference numeral 18 is a sound learning conversion unit, and
It uses the phonological lesson conversion dictionary to convert phonetic readings into kanji. 20-22 are various character string memories.

Reference numeral 20 is an input character string memory for storing an input character string, 21 is a conversion target character string memory for storing a character string to be converted in the input character string, and 22 is an unconverted character string which has not been converted yet. It is an unconverted character string memory that stores character strings. An example of the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 17 and the phoneme conversion dictionary 19 is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.

Next, an embodiment of claim 1 will be described. As an example, the case of inputting the kana character “Aida” and converting the kana into kanji will be described.

When the kana character “Aida” is input from the touch panel 12, it is stored in the input character string memory 20 by the control unit 14 via the input I / F 13 (FIG. 3) and displayed on the display unit 11. .

Next, when the conversion key on the touch panel is operated (in the present embodiment, the conversion key is on the touch panel, but it is not limited to this), the control device 14 causes the kana-kanji conversion unit. 15 is started, the data in the input character string memory 20 (FIG. 3) is transferred to the conversion target character string memory 21 (FIG. 4 (a)), and since there are no remaining characters, the unconverted character string memory 22 Is empty (FIG. 4 (b)).

Next, the kana-kanji conversion unit 15 converts the character string in the conversion target character string memory 21 into kana-kanji characters from the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 17, and the result is as shown in FIG. 2 (a).
It is displayed on the display device 11 together with the “person name / place name conversion key”.

Next, the screen of FIG. 2A will be described. First, the conversion target character string "Aida" is highlighted so that it can be identified, and then the kana converted to kana is displayed. "Person name / place name conversion key" is displayed at.

In the state of FIG. 2 (a), if the candidate desired by the user is a person's name or place name, "person's name
If you touch the place name conversion key, the control device 16
The place name conversion unit 16 is activated, the character string in the conversion target character string memory 21 is converted into a person name / place name, and the result is shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the display device 11 as in (b).

By the above processing, the "personal name / place name conversion key" can be displayed together with the kanji converted into kana and kanji, and when the person name or place name is desired to be converted, the "person name / place name conversion key" is operated. By doing so, personal name conversion and place name conversion can be realized.

Next, embodiments of claims 2 and 3 will be described. Similar to claim 1, the case of inputting the kana character “Aida” and converting the kana to kanji will be described. When the kana character "Aida" is input from the touch panel 12, the input I
It is stored in the input character string memory 20 by the control device 14 via / F13 (FIG. 3) and displayed on the display device 11.

Next, when the conversion key on the touch panel is operated, the control device 14 activates the kana-kanji conversion unit 15,
The data (FIG. 3) in the input character string memory 20 is transferred to the conversion target character string memory 21 (FIG. 4 (a)). Further, since there are no remaining characters, the unconverted character string memory 28 becomes empty. (Fig. 4 (b)).

Next, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 17 converts the character string in the conversion target character string memory 21 into kana-kanji characters, and the result is displayed together with the "phonetic conversion key" as shown in FIG. 2 (a). It is displayed on the device 11.

Next, the screen of FIG. 2A will be described. First, the conversion target character string "Aida" is highlighted so that it can be identified, and then the kana converted to kana is displayed. The "Sound lesson conversion key" is displayed at. In the state of FIG. 2 (a), if the user's wish is to convert into phonology, the controller 14 activates the tune-in conversion unit 18 by touching the "tune-in conversion key" on the screen, and the input character string memory is displayed. Two
The first character in the data of 0 (FIG. 3) is transferred to the conversion target character string memory 27 as a phoneme conversion target character (FIG. 5 (a)), and the remaining characters are stored in the remaining character memory 28. (FIG. 5 (b)). As a result, the conversion target character and
The remaining characters can be split. Next, the phonological lesson conversion unit 18 phonologically converts the character string in the conversion target character string memory 21 from the phonological lesson conversion dictionary 19, and the result is shown in FIG.
As described above, the characters are displayed on the display device 11, and at the same time, the characters in the conversion target character string memory 21 are highlighted, and subsequently, the characters in the unconverted character string memory 22 are displayed.

By the above processing, the "phonetic conversion key" can be displayed together with the kanji converted into kana, and when the phonetic conversion is desired, the phonetic conversion can be performed by operating the "phonetic conversion key". Can be realized. Also,
The conversion target character string and the unconverted character string can be identified.

Next, an embodiment of claim 4 will be described. If the state of FIG. 2 (c) according to the embodiments of claim 2 and claim 3 is not the conversion target character desired by the user, the controller 14 is touched again by touching the "phonetic conversion key". The phoneme conversion unit 18 is activated, and two characters are converted as the phoneme conversion target character string from the beginning of the data (FIG. 3) in the input character string memory 20 because it is the second operation of the phoneme conversion key. The character string is transferred to the target character string memory 21 (FIG. 6A), and the remaining characters are transferred to the unconverted character string memory 22 (FIG. 6B). Thereby, the delimiter between the conversion target character string and the unconverted character string can be changed.

Next, the phonological conversion unit 18 uses the phonological conversion dictionary 1
The character string in the conversion target character string memory 21 is converted from 9 and the result is displayed on the display device 11 as shown in FIG. 2D, and at the same time, the characters in the conversion target character string memory 21 are highlighted. Then, subsequently, the characters in the unconverted character string memory 22 are displayed.

Next, an embodiment of claim 5 will be described. In the state of FIG. 2 (d) according to the embodiment of claim 4,
If the user desires the kanji to be "love" and he touches this "love", the control device 14 activates the phonological lesson conversion section 18 to confirm the touched kanji "love" as the converted kanji, and It is displayed on the screen like 2 (e). Next, FIG.
It is determined whether or not there are remaining characters in the unconverted character string memory 22 in (b), and if there are remaining characters, the characters are transferred to the conversion target character string memory 21 (FIG. 7A).

As a result, it is ready to convert the remaining characters into the conversion target, and the phoneme conversion unit 18 converts the character strings in the conversion target character string memory 21 into the phoneme by using the phoneme conversion dictionary 19. The result is as shown in FIG.
The characters are displayed on the display device 11, and at the same time, the characters in the conversion target character string memory 21 are highlighted.

By the above processing, after the first character string to be converted can be converted to Kanji, the remaining characters can be made the next character to be converted. In the state of FIG. 2 (e), the kanji desired by the user is "Ta". If this "Ta" is touched, "Aida" desired by the user is displayed, as shown in FIG. 2 (f). Can be converted to kanji.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as a person name / place name conversion method, the part of speech "person's name""placename" is displayed from the kana-kanji conversion dictionary by using the part of speech information. A personal name / place name conversion dictionary may be provided separately from the kanji conversion dictionary.

[0053]

【The invention's effect】

[Effect of claim 1] When converting Kana-Kanji, it is possible to confirm to the user the Kana-Kanji converted Kanji and at the same time inform the user that person name conversion or place name conversion can be performed. Also,
The personal name conversion and the place name conversion can be performed at any timing of the user. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to add a key, the cost does not increase, and since there is only one key operation for conversion, it is possible to provide an operation environment that is easy for beginners to understand.

[Effect of claim 2] When converting Kana to Kanji,
At the same time as confirming the converted kana to kanji, it is possible to inform the user that the phonetic lesson can be converted. Also,
The phonological conversion can be performed at any timing of the user. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to add a key, the cost does not increase, and since there is only one key operation for conversion, it is possible to provide an operation environment that is easy for beginners to understand.

[Effect of Claim 3] It is possible to confirm whether the character to be converted is the character desired by the user. In addition, useless conversion operations due to conversion errors and re-inputting work are reduced.

[Effect of Claim 4] The conversion target character desired by the user can be designated. In addition, useless conversion operations due to conversion errors and re-inputting work are reduced.

[Effect of claim 5] It is possible to save the user the trouble of re-inputting the remaining characters. Further, since the trouble of re-inputting is eliminated, the conversion operation can be performed smoothly and comfortably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a kana-kanji conversion input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display state of kana-kanji conversion, person name / place name conversion, and phonological conversion in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of an input character string memory in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing states of a conversion target character string memory and an unconverted character string memory in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing states of a conversion target character string memory and an unconverted character string memory according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing states of a conversion target character string memory and an unconverted character string memory according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing states of a conversion target character string memory and an unconverted character string memory in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a kana-kanji conversion dictionary.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a phonological lesson conversion dictionary.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 display device 12 touch panel 13 input interface 14 control device 15 kana-kanji conversion part 16 person name / place name conversion part 17 kana-kanji conversion word 18 phonetic conversion part 19 phonetic conversion dictionary 20 input character string memory 21 conversion target string memory 22 unconverted characters Column memory

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input means which is an input / display integrated touch panel, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which word headings and notations are paired and stored, and an input character string as a headword using the kana-kanji conversion dictionary. A kana-kanji conversion unit that displays conversion candidates, and a person-name / place-name conversion unit that uses the kana-kanji conversion dictionary to output only the words in the notation related to the person name / place name that uses the input character string as a headword as candidates. In the character processing device, while displaying the conversion candidates obtained by the kana-kanji conversion means, at the same time, a key symbol display means for displaying a key symbol instructing the conversion by the person name / place name conversion means, and the key symbol When the key symbol displayed by the display means is designated, the person name / place name conversion means performs the person name / place name conversion to display candidates. Character processing device characterized by. 2. An input means which is an input / display integrated touch panel, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary in which word headings and notations are paired and stored, and an input character string as a headword using the kana-kanji conversion dictionary. Using the kana-kanji conversion means for displaying conversion candidates, the phonetic lesson conversion dictionary that stores kanji readings and notations in pairs, and the phonetic lesson conversion dictionary, the input character string is read as
In a character processing device provided with a phonetic conversion unit for displaying conversion candidates, a conversion candidate obtained by the Kana-Kanji conversion unit is displayed, and at the same time, a key symbol for instructing conversion by the phonetic conversion unit is displayed. And a key symbol display means for performing the key symbol displayed by the key symbol display means, which performs the phonetic lesson conversion by the phonetic lesson conversion means and displays the candidates. 3. The character processing according to claim 2, wherein in the phonetic conversion means, an identification display is provided for distinguishing a character string of a part of the input character string which is a target of the phonetic conversion from other characters. apparatus. 4. The character processing device according to claim 2, wherein, in the phonetic sound conversion means, the range of the character part to be subjected to phonetic sound conversion is changed by further instructing the key symbol. 5. The character processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when there are remaining characters after being converted into Kanji by the phonetic conversion, the character string is set as a conversion target of the phonetic conversion.