JPH09297758A - Language data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize an electronic dictionary operation by directly taking a state to perform the electronic dictionary operation while defining the characters of the Japanese syllabary (KANA) or one part of these characters expressed by KANA data inputted for KANA/Chinese character (KANJI) converting processing as a retrieval word. SOLUTION: The first character of reading characters, namely, KANA characters on an entire concerned clause is defined as the retrieval word, and retrieval word data expressing that word are stored in an electronic dictionary retrieval word data storage part 35 inside 3 RAM 17. Then, an electronic dictionary retrieval part 20 is activated and while defining the retrieval word data, which express The first retrieval word, stored in the electronic dictionary retrieval word data storage part 35 inside the RAM 17, as a key, the electronic dictionary retrieval part 20 has retrieval performed concerning a dictionary part 40 for electronic dictionary. Then, The result of retrieval due to the electronic dictionary retrieval cart 20 concerning the dictionary part 40 for electronic dictionary can be provided while having reading characters, a part of speech, KANJI and meaning concerning the retrieval word.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a function of performing a kana / kanji conversion process for converting a kana character into a kanji character, and a function of performing an electronic dictionary operation for providing various information related to a kanji character. The present invention relates to a language data processing device that operates to form text data representing a text containing a mixture of kanji characters and kana characters, based on data representing kana characters input from an input unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A "Japanese word processor" capable of obtaining text data representing a text mixed with kanji and kana characters by inputting character data representing kana characters and instructions or control data from a data input section.
A language data processing device called "etc." is often provided with a function of performing a kana / kanji conversion process and, in addition to that, a function of performing an electronic dictionary operation. In the kana / kanji conversion process, when the kana data representing a kana character is input from a predetermined data input part and the conversion process instruction data instructing that kana / kanji conversion is to be input, the kana input When data or part of it is converted to Kanji data that represents Kanji, and then confirmation instruction data that indicates that Kana / Kanji conversion should be confirmed is input, the Kanji obtained by Kana / Kanji conversion will be input accordingly. This is a data process for fixing data. In addition, when the electronic dictionary operation inputs kana data representing a kana character from a predetermined data input unit and dictionary operation instruction data for instructing to play the role of a dictionary, the input kana is input. This is an operation of providing dictionary data that represents a kanji character in which data is represented by a kana character or a part thereof as a search word, and a kanji character using the search word as a reading character and a commentary about the kanji character.

When the kana / kanji conversion process is effectively performed, kana characters represented by kana data input from the data input unit, kanji represented by kana data obtained by kana / kanji conversion, and fixed kanji data. The Chinese characters and the like that appear are sequentially displayed on the display unit provided in the device.
In addition, when the electronic dictionary operation is effectively performed, the device is provided with the kana characters represented by the kana data input from the data input part, the search word, the kanji represented by the provided dictionary data, and the commentary about them. Are sequentially displayed on the display unit.

A language data processing device having a function of performing kana / kanji conversion processing and a function of performing electronic dictionary operation has a large number of kanji data representing a large number of kanji or a kanji string used in kana / kanji conversion processing and a large number of kanji data. A kana / kanji conversion dictionary unit that stores kanji or kanji character strings that are collected for each kanji or kanji string and the read character data that represents the read characters of the kanji string, and that is taken out at any time, and an electronic dictionary Kanji data representing a large number of kanji or kanji strings used for performing actions and commentary data representing kanji or kanji strings representing each kanji data are stored as a large number of dictionary data, which are retrieved at any time. An electronic dictionary dictionary unit is provided.

When the language data processing device forms sentence data representing a sentence containing mixed kanji and kana characters in response to input of character data representing kana characters, for example, a kana /
Kana data that should be used for Kanji conversion processing is entered,
When the kana character represented by the kana data is displayed on the display unit, and then the conversion process instruction data is input from the data input unit, the kana data to be provided for the kana / kanji conversion process is displayed accordingly. Kanji data representing a Kanji whose kana character is a reading character is taken out from the kana / kanji conversion dictionary unit, and the Kanji represented by the Kanji data is displayed on the display unit. At that time, if there is a homophone meaning word for the reading character, the kanji data representing a plurality of homophone synonyms, kanji, is extracted from the kana / kanji conversion dictionary part, and a plurality of kanji representing each of them is displayed. Displayed in the department.

Next, when confirmation of the kanji displayed on the display portion or selection of one of the plurality of kanji characters having the same phonetic meaning is performed and confirmation instruction data is input, the display portion of the display portion displays. The kanji data representing the kanji confirmed or selected on the basis of the display is determined as what should be obtained by the kana / kanji conversion processing, and the input kana data is converted into the confirmed kanji data. By appropriately repeating the conversion of the kana data to be subjected to such kana / kanji conversion processing into kanji data, sentence data representing a sentence containing a mixture of kanji and kana characters is formed.

[0007]

As described above, when text data representing a sentence containing kanji and kana characters is formed in response to the input of character data representing kana characters, the kana / kanji conversion processing is performed. If there are multiple kanji characters that have the same kana meaning meaning the kana characters that the kana data that should be represented represent, the selection of one of them is required. It is performed based on the meaning of each kanji that is a word. However, it is possible that the person who should make that selection may not be able to clearly understand which of the kanji that have multiple homonymous meanings has the proper meaning. Has
It is difficult to properly select one of the kanji characters that are homophones.

Therefore, in such a case, it is conceivable to use the electronic dictionary operation to confirm the meaning of each of the kanji that are a plurality of homophone meaning words. However, in the conventionally proposed language data processing device, it is not possible to directly perform the electronic dictionary operation during the kana / kanji conversion processing.
After terminating or interrupting the Kanji conversion process, restart the electronic dictionary operation and input the Kana data that should be provided for the Kana / Kanji conversion process as Kana data that represents the search word for the electronic dictionary operation. Is required. Therefore, it is difficult to properly and effectively use the electronic dictionary operation under the kana / kanji conversion process.

Further, the electronic dictionary operation is used to confirm the meaning of each of the kanji which are the homonymous meaning words, and as a result, the kanji having the proper meaning to be selected is specified. , The kanji data representing the specified kanji cannot be directly applied to the kana / kanji conversion process. For example, some storage means is used to temporarily store the kanji data representing the specified kanji. , The electronic dictionary operation is terminated, the kana / kanji conversion process is started again,
After that, it is necessary to retrieve and use the kanji data representing the specified kanji from the storage means. In order for the language data processing device to perform such processing or operation, an extremely complicated operation and a relatively long operation time are required.

In view of the above point, the present invention has a function of performing kana / kanji conversion processing and a function of performing electronic dictionary operation, and even when kana / kanji conversion processing is performed,
(EN) Provided is a language data processing device capable of appropriately and effectively utilizing an electronic dictionary operation with an operation that can be performed extremely easily, easily and quickly, and as a result can efficiently perform kana / kanji conversion processing.

[0011]

A language data processing apparatus according to the present invention, when kana data representing a kana character is input and conversion processing instruction data is input, the input kana data or a part thereof is input. When Kana data that represents Kanji is converted and the confirmation instruction data is input after that, the function to perform Kana / Kanji conversion processing that determines the Kanji data obtained by the conversion, and Kana data that represents Kana characters are input. When the dictionary operation instruction data is input, the kana character or the part of the kana data that is input is used as the search word, and the dictionary data that represents the kanji that uses the search word as the reading character and a commentary about it is provided. Kana data is input so that the Kana / Kanji conversion process is performed with the function of performing electronic dictionary operation. When the dictionary operation instruction data is input after the conversion processing instruction data is input and before the confirmation instruction data is input, the kana character represented by the input kana data or a part thereof is also used as the search word. It is assumed that the electronic dictionary operation is effectively performed by and.

An example of the language data processing device according to the present invention is provided with a display unit for displaying the kanji represented by the dictionary data provided by the electronic dictionary operation and a commentary about the kanji, and is displayed on the display unit. When the selection data for selecting one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data is input, the kanji data representing the selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data is obtained by conversion by the kana / kanji conversion process. The Kanji data that was created is replaced.

Further, in an example of the language data processing device according to the present invention, kana / kanji conversion processing is performed on kanji data representing a selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data provided by the electronic dictionary operation. After the Kanji data obtained by the conversion by is converted, the Kana / Kanji conversion process is automatically returned to a state in which it can be effectively performed.

In the language data processing apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above, even if the kana / kanji conversion process is performed, the kana / kana data to be supplied to the kana / kanji conversion process is input. After the conversion processing instruction data is input and before the confirmation instruction data is input, the kana / kanji conversion processing is performed by performing an operation to input the dictionary operation instruction data. The Kana character or the part of the Kana character represented by the Kana data input to be used for the electronic dictionary operation is directly taken as a search word. Therefore, the Kana / Kanji conversion process is performed. Therefore, the appropriate and effective use of the electronic dictionary operation can be achieved according to the operation that can be performed extremely easily, easily and quickly.

Moreover, the kanji data representing the selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data provided by effectively utilizing the electronic dictionary operation replaces the kanji data obtained by the conversion by the kana / kanji conversion processing. As a result, the kana / kanji conversion process is directly incorporated, and thereafter, the kana / kanji conversion process is automatically returned to a state in which the kana / kanji conversion process can be effectively performed. Therefore, the kana / kanji conversion process can be carried out very efficiently.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 schematically shows a main part of an example of a language data processing device according to the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a central processing unit 11 is provided, and a data bus 12 is connected to the central processing unit 11. Then, the input interface unit 14 connected to the data input unit 13, the input character recognition unit 15, the display unit 1
6, random access memory (RAM) 17, read only memory (ROM) 18, kana / kanji conversion unit 19, electronic dictionary search unit 20, and user dictionary registration unit 21
Of the central processing unit 11 through the data bus 12.
Are connected to each other and are appropriately interconnected. Each of these units from the data input unit 13 to the user dictionary registration unit 21 performs its own operation assigned to each unit under the operation control of the central processing unit 11.

The data input section 13 includes an input tablet 25.
And an input pen 26. The input tablet 25 is, for example, a flat plate-shaped body as shown in FIG. 2, and the input pen 26 is a rod-shaped body having a pointed portion 26a as shown in FIG. It is said that Then, the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26
Is moved on the input tablet 25, the tip 26a of the input pen 26 receives the input tablet 25.
By inputting the movement locus on the upper part, and contacting the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 with a specific data input area provided on the input tablet 25, the position of the specific data input area Is input.

The input interface section 14 is a path of movement of the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 on the input tablet 25, which is input through the input tablet 25 of the data input section 13, and a specification provided on the input tablet 25. Of the data input area, the handwriting data corresponding to the position of the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 brought into contact with each other is formed, and the handwriting data is written to a specific area in the RAM 17 through the data bus 12. And eggplant Thereby, when the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is moved on the input tablet 25, the input tablet 25 of the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is moved.
Data is input according to the moving path on the upper side, and the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 is moved to the input tablet 25.
When the contact is made with the specific data input area provided above, the data corresponding to the specific data input area is input.

Further, the input interface section 14 selects the data supplied to the input tablet 25 in the data input section 13 coming through the data bus 12 and supplies it to the input tablet 25.

The input character recognition unit 15 recognizes and recognizes the kana character when the handwriting data formed in the input interface unit 14 and written in a specific area in the RAM 17 represents the inputted kana character. It is assumed that kana data that represents kana characters as print characters is formed and that kana data is supplied to the display unit 16 through the data bus 12.

The display unit 16 controls the display panel 27 and the display on the display panel 27.
8 and a video RAM 29 for storing video data for display on the display panel 27. Then, the display control unit 28 receives the data for displaying the kana data or the like from the input character recognition unit 15 supplied through the data bus 12, stores the received data in the video RAM 29 as video data, and Display panel 2 shows the contents of the characters
7 will be displayed.

The display panel 27 of the display unit 16 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a flat panel and is formed as an integrated unit with the input tablet 25 of the data input unit 13.

The RAM 17 has an input interface section 1
4, a handwriting data storage unit 31, which is a storage area for storing handwriting data, and character input mode data indicating that the device is in a character input mode state, an edit mode state, or a kana / kanji conversion processing mode state, A mode data storage unit 32, which is a storage area for storing edit mode data or kana / kanji conversion processing mode data.
And a conversion target character data storage unit 33 which is a storage area for storing the kana data which is the target of the kana / kanji conversion processing.
And a conversion result data storage unit 3 which is a storage area for storing conversion result data representing the result of the kana / kanji conversion processing.
4, an electronic dictionary search word data storage unit 35, which is a storage area for storing search word data representing a search word for an electronic dictionary operation, and search result data representing a search result obtained by performing the electronic dictionary operation. , An electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 that is a storage area for storing kanji data, kanji data representing kanji registered by the user for kana / kanji conversion processing, reading character data representing reading characters for the kanji, and A user dictionary data storage unit 37, which is a storage area for storing part-of-speech data representing a part-of-speech for a kanji, is provided.

The conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 has a data structure as shown in FIG. 3, for example.
The example shown in FIG. 3 is when the kana / kanji conversion process is performed on a compound clause sentence. As shown in FIG. It includes attention bunsetsu number data representing the bunsetsu number and bunsetsu information data of the number equal to the number of all bunsetsu. As shown in B of FIG. 3, each bunsetsu information data is a display showing the reading data of the bunsetsu that represents the reading characters of the bunsetsu, and the order of the bunsetsu that includes the kanji that is a conversion candidate displayed as corresponding to the bunsetsu. It includes candidate rank data, total candidate number data representing the total number of conversion candidates, and candidate information data of a number equal to the total number of conversion candidates. Further, the candidate information data is, as shown in FIG. 3C, reading data of an independent word representing a reading character of an independent word portion, reading data of an accompanying word representing a reading character of an accessory word portion of the candidate. , Prefix reading data that represents the reading characters of the prefix part, suffix reading data that represents the reading characters of the suffix part, kanji character string data that represents the kanji character string, part of speech data that represents the part of speech, and electronic It includes a flag indicating whether or not it was added based on the search result by the dictionary operation.

The ROM 18 stores reading character data representing reading characters for a large number of kanji clauses used in kana / kanji conversion processing, and kanji clause data representing kanji clauses collected for each reading character data. Kana / kanji conversion dictionary unit 3 formed by a separate storage area
8. When representing the kana character into which the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 is input, the kana data representing a large number of kana characters used in the recognition of the input kana character performed by the input character recognition unit 15 is The input character recognition dictionary unit 39 formed by the stored storage area, and the kanji data representing a large number of kanji or kanji strings and the kanji or kanji strings represented by each kanji data used for performing the electronic dictionary operation. An electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 is provided which is formed of a storage area that stores commentary data representing a sentence as a large number of dictionary data.

The kana / kanji conversion unit 19 performs kana / kanji conversion processing on kana / kanji conversion processing for kana / kanji data stored in the conversion target character data storage section 33 of the RAM 17, for example, kana data. This is done for each clause in the kana character sentence that is represented. In such kana / kanji conversion processing, the kanji clause data and reading character data stored in the kana / kanji conversion dictionary unit 38 in the ROM 18 are referenced, and further stored in the user dictionary data storage unit 37 in the RAM 17. , With reference to the kanji clause data registered by the user and the reading character data representing the reading characters for the kanji clauses that it represents,
The kanji clause data stored in the kana / kanji conversion dictionary section 38 and the kanji clause data stored in the user dictionary data storage section 37 are conversion candidates for kana / kanji conversion processing target kana data. . Then, the kana / kanji conversion unit 19 determines that the kanji clause data obtained by the conversion by the kana / kanji conversion process is included in the conversion result data as the conversion result data storage unit 3 in the RAM 17.
4 to be stored.

The electronic dictionary search unit 20 uses the search word data stored in the electronic dictionary search word data storage unit 35 of the RAM 17 and representing the search word for the electronic dictionary operation as a key, and the electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 in the ROM 18 is used. It operates to search the dictionary data stored in and store the Kanji data obtained as the search result in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the RAM 17 as the search result data.

The user dictionary registration unit 21 determines the kanji clause data registered by the user, the reading character data representing the reading characters of the clause including the kanji represented by the kanji clause data, and the part of speech of the clause including the kanji represented by the kanji clause data. The part-of-speech data represented is operated to be stored in the user dictionary data storage unit 37 in the RAM 17.

Under such circumstances, when the kana / kanji conversion process is performed, the central processing unit 11 first stores the character input mode data in the mode data storage unit 32 in the RAM 17. The character input mode state is taken. In the character input mode state, the input tablet 25 forming the data input unit 13
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of, for example, six character input boxes 41, a "pre-cut" data input area 42, a "line feed" data input area 43, and a "space" data input area 44 are provided.
And are set.

The tip 26a of the input pen 26 is
When moved so as to draw a locus representing a kana character in each character input frame 41, handwriting data corresponding to the movement locus of the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is formed in the input interface unit 14 to form a data bus. 12
The handwriting data is sent to the handwriting data storage unit 31 in the RAM 17, and character data in the form of handwriting data is input. Subsequently, in the input character recognition unit 15, the kana character represented by the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 and stored in the handwriting data storage unit 31 in the RAM 17 is stored in the ROM 1
Kana data stored in the input character recognition dictionary unit 39 in 8 is referred to, and kana data representing the recognized kana character as a print character is formed.

The kana data formed in the input character recognition unit 15 is sent to the data bus 12 and supplied to the display control unit 28 in the display unit 16 under the control of the central processing unit 11. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the display panel 27 of the display unit 16 displays a kana character sentence represented by the sequentially input character data, for example, “Hosho no Kazu”. A black square on the display panel 27 represents the cursor position.

When the pointed head 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "pre-cut" data input area 42, the deletion instruction data for instructing the deletion of the kana data corresponding to the front position of the cursor position is input. I also input pen 26
When the pointed head 26a of the line is brought into contact with the "line feed" data input area 43, line feed instruction data for instructing line feed at the cursor position for the kana character sentence displayed on the display panel 27 is input, Further, when the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "space" data input area 44, a space instruction for instructing the kana character sentence displayed on the display panel 27 to have a space at the cursor position. Data is input.

Under this condition, the kana character sentence "Hosho no Kazu" displayed on the display panel 27 as shown in FIG.
Is traced by the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26, the mode data in the RAM 17 is processed by the central processing unit 11 which is operated by the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 and sent to the data bus 12 at that time. The edit mode state in which the edit mode data is stored in the storage unit 32 is taken. In the edit mode, as shown in FIG. 4, the kana character sentence “Hosho no Kazu” is highlighted on the display panel 27, and the input tablet 25 has six character input frames 41. And a "convert" data input area 45, a "delete" data input area 46 and a "cancel" data input area 47 are set.

When the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "delete" data input area 46, an erase command for erasing the kana character sentence "Hosho no Kazu" highlighted on the display panel 27 is erased. When the instruction data is input and the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "cancel" data input area 47, the kana character sentence "Hosho no Kazu" on the display panel 27 is reversed. Cancellation instruction data for instructing cancellation of the display is input.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the input pen 2
When the pointed head 26a of No. 6 is brought into contact with the "conversion" data input area 45, conversion processing instruction data for instructing the kana / kanji conversion processing is input. The kana / kanji conversion processing mode state, in which the kana / kanji conversion processing mode data is stored in the mode data storage 32 in the RAM 17, by the central processing unit 11 which operates according to the handwriting data sent to Be taken. Kana /
In the Kanji conversion processing mode state, as shown in FIG. 5, six character input boxes 4 are displayed on the input tablet 25.
1, "next candidate" data input area 48, "previous candidate" data input area 49, "cancel" data input area 50, "all candidate" data input area 51, "electronic dictionary" data input area 52 and "determined" The data input area 53 is set.

Under the kana / kanji conversion processing mode state, the kana data representing the kana character sentence "Hosho no Kazu" highlighted on the display panel 27 by the central processing unit 11 is kana / kana. The kana data to be converted is stored in the conversion target character data storage unit 33 in the RAM 17, and the kana / kanji conversion unit 19 is activated.

The activated kana / kanji conversion unit 19 uses the RA
Regarding the kana / kanji conversion processing target kana data stored in the conversion target character data storage unit 33 in M17, the kana / kanji conversion processing for each clause in the kana character sentence represented by the kana / kanji conversion processing, that is, the kana of multiple clauses / Kanji conversion processing, kanji clause data and reading character data stored in the kana / kanji conversion dictionary section 38 in the ROM 18, and further kanji clause data and reading character data stored in the user dictionary data storage section 37 in the RAM 17. And kana clause data stored in the kana / kanji conversion dictionary section 38 and the kanji clause data stored in the user dictionary data storage section 37 for kana / kanji conversion processing target kana data. The conversion result data that represents the result of kana / kanji conversion that starts with conversion candidates is stored in RAM
The conversion result data storage unit 34 in FIG.

At this time, the central processing unit 11 represents the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 as shown in FIG.
A sentence including kanji and kana characters obtained by the kanji conversion, for example, “number of guarantees” is displayed on the display panel 27 of the display unit 16, and the kanji displayed on the display panel 27 and Regarding the sentence "guarantee number" that contains kana characters, the first phrase "guarantee" in that sentence is highlighted as the noticed phrase, and another phrase "number"
Is displayed with an underline.

Further, the central processing unit 11 inputs the input pen to the phrase displayed on the display panel 27 in which the underline is added in the sentence containing the kana and kana characters obtained by the kana / kanji conversion. When the pointed portion 26a of 26 is brought into contact, the underlined phrase is placed in a highlighted state so as to be a new noticeable phrase, and the phrase that was previously the noticeable phrase is set. Is set in a state in which the reverse display is canceled and an underline is additionally displayed. Further, the central processing unit 11
Changes the attention clause number data included in the conversion result data stored in the transformation result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 to the one representing the new attention clause number.

Under this condition, when the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "next candidate" data input area 48, the next candidate designation data for designating the next conversion candidate for the target phrase. Is input, and at that time, the data bus 12 is formed by the input interface unit 14.
If the conversion candidate number for the target phrase included in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 is possible by the central processing unit 11 that operates according to the handwriting data sent to the The kanji bunsetsu which is increased by 1 and forms the conversion candidate corresponding to the conversion candidate number increased by 1,
The information is displayed on the display panel 27. On the other hand, when the conversion candidate number for the target phrase included in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 cannot be increased by 1,
That is, when the next conversion candidate does not exist, for example, only a warning sound is emitted and the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 is not changed.

When the pointed head 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "previous candidate" data input area 49, the previous candidate designation data for designating the previous conversion candidate for the target phrase is input. The conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 is included in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 by the central processing unit 11 which is formed by the input interface unit 14 and operates according to the handwriting data sent to the data bus 12. If the conversion candidate number for the target phrase is possible, it is reduced by 1 and the Kanji phrase forming the conversion candidate corresponding to the conversion candidate number reduced by 1 is displayed on the display panel 27. To be done. On the other hand, when it is impossible to decrement the conversion candidate number for the target phrase included in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 by 1, that is, when there is no previous conversion candidate. Is, for example, only a warning sound is emitted,
The conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 is not changed.

When the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "cancel" data input area 50, a kana /
The cancellation instruction data for instructing the interruption of the Kanji conversion processing is input, and at that time, the central processing unit 11 that operates according to the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 and sent to the data bus 12 causes the RAM 17 to be stored. The conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 is discarded, and the data representing the mixed kanji / kana characters in the process of kana / kanji conversion processing displayed on the display panel 27 is the conversion target in the RAM 17. The conversion target character data stored in the character data storage unit 33 is replaced, and the Kana / Kanji conversion processing mode data stored in the mode data storage unit 32 in the RAM 17 is discarded, and the Kana / Kanji conversion processing mode state is deleted. Is released.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "all candidates" data input area 51, a candidate list designation for designating a list of all conversion candidates for the target phrase As shown in FIG. 6, in the display panel 27, the central processing unit 11 which operates according to the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 and sent to the data bus 12 at the time when data is input is displayed. , A state is displayed in which all conversion candidates for the target phrase in a sentence containing mixed kanji / kana characters in the process of kana / kanji conversion processing are displayed.

Then, under the kana / kanji conversion processing mode state, as shown in FIG.
When 6a is brought into contact with the "electronic dictionary" data input area 52, dictionary operation instruction data for instructing the start of the electronic dictionary operation is input, and at that time, it is formed by the input interface unit 14 and sent to the data bus 12. The electronic dictionary operation is performed under the control of the central processing unit 11 that operates according to the handwriting data. In such a case,
The central processing unit 11 performs the control operation as described below with reference to the operation flowchart shown in FIG. 7, so that the electronic dictionary operation is effectively advanced.

In the control operation represented by the operation flow chart shown in FIG. 7, after the start, in step 60, the variable n used for setting the conversion candidate number is set to 0. Then, in step 61, R
Electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in AM17
Is initialized by discarding the data stored in it.

Next, in step 62, the target phrase,
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the reading character for the whole "guarantee", that is, the kana character sentence "Hoshono" is used as the first search word, and the search word data representing it is stored in the RAM.
It is stored in the electronic dictionary search word data storage unit 35 in 17. Then, in step 63, the electronic dictionary search unit 2
0, and the electronic dictionary search unit 20 uses the search word data representing the first search word “Hoshono” stored in the electronic dictionary search word data storage unit 35 in the RAM 17 as a key for the electronic dictionary in the ROM 18. The search for the dictionary unit 40 is performed. The search result of the electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 by the electronic dictionary search unit 20 is obtained with the reading character, the part of speech, the Chinese character, and the meaning of the search word.

Then, in step 64, it is determined whether or not the search in step 63 was successful and the search result was obtained. As a result, if the search is unsuccessful and the electronic dictionary search result data is not obtained, the process proceeds to step 65, while if the search is successful and the electronic dictionary search result data is obtained, step 66 is performed. Proceed to. In step 66, it is determined whether or not the variable n is 1 or more. If the variable n is 0, in step 67, step 6
The electronic dictionary search result data obtained in step 4 is additionally stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the RAM 17, and the process proceeds to step 65. When the variable n is 1 or more as a result of the judgment in step 66, step 68
In, it is determined whether or not the electronic dictionary search result data has the same part of speech as the part of speech of the search word and is appropriate. As a result, when the electronic dictionary search result data is proper, in step 67,
R is the electronic dictionary search result data obtained in step 64.
It is additionally stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the AM 17 and proceeds to step 65. On the other hand, if the electronic dictionary search result data is not appropriate, step 68
Directly proceeds to step 65.

In step 65, the variable n is incremented by 1, and in the following step 69, it is determined whether or not there is an nth conversion candidate. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, when there is the nth conversion candidate, in step 70, the nth conversion candidate, for example, an independent word in “guaranteed” as shown in FIG. That is, the phonetic character for “guarantee”, that is, the kana character “hosho” is set as a new search word, and the search word data representing the new search word is stored in the electronic dictionary search word data storage unit 35 in the RAM 17. . Then, in step 71, it is determined whether or not the electronic dictionary search unit 20 has already searched the electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 in the ROM 18 using the new search word as a key. As a result, if the electronic dictionary search unit 20 has already searched for the electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 in the ROM 18 using the new search word as a key, the process returns to step 65, and the electronic dictionary search unit is also executed. The dictionary unit 40 for the electronic dictionary in the ROM 18 using the new search word by 20 as a key
If you haven't searched for
Return to step 63.

On the other hand, as a result of the judgment in step 69, the nth
If there is no th conversion candidate, it is determined in step 72 whether or not there is electronic dictionary search result data stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the RAM 17. As a result, when there is no electronic dictionary search result data stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the RAM 17, in step 73, for example, display data representing a sentence "not found" is formed, and The display data is supplied to the display control unit 28 in the display unit 16 to display the display panel 2 in the display unit 16.
The message "Not found" is displayed in 7, and the program ends.

On the other hand, if there is electronic dictionary search result data stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in the RAM 17 as a result of the judgment in step 72, in step 74 the electronic dictionary search result in the RAM 17 is found. The electronic dictionary search result data stored in the data storage unit 36 is supplied to the display control unit 28 in the display unit 16, and the electronic dictionary search result represented by the electronic dictionary search result data is displayed on the display panel 27 in the display unit 16. Do as you would. Such a display is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8 for a case where the search word is “hosho”, one or a plurality of kanji characters having the search word as a reading character and a commentary about those kanji characters. It is assumed that the content of the dictionary data that is represented is specified, and each kanji, for example,
"Guarantee", "Compensation", etc. are highlighted.

Subsequently, in step 75, it is determined whether any of the kanji displayed on the display panel 27 has been selected. To select the Chinese character displayed on the display panel 27, the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is displayed on the display panel 27.
It is performed by abutting on the Kanji which is in the reverse display state in. As a result of the judgment in step 75,
If none of the kanji displayed on the display panel 27 is selected, at step 76, the display panel 2 is displayed.
It is determined whether scrolling of the display in 7 is instructed. The scrolling instruction for the display on the display panel 27 is made by the tip 26a of the input pen 26
As shown in FIG. 8, it is performed by bringing the scroll arrow As displayed on a part of the display panel 27 into contact. If the result of determination in step 76 is that scrolling is instructed, in step 77,
After scrolling the display on the display panel 27, the process returns to step 75. When such scrolling is performed, for example, the display of the electronic dictionary search result shown in FIG. 8 represents the electronic dictionary search result following the electronic dictionary search result shown in FIG. 8 as shown in FIG. The display can be switched to a display in which the contents of dictionary data representing one or a plurality of Chinese characters whose reading characters are words and commentary texts about these Chinese characters are clearly shown. Even in the display of the electronic dictionary search result shown in FIG. 9, each Chinese character, for example, “guarantee”, “sentinel”, etc., is highlighted.

If the result of determination in step 76 is that scrolling has not been instructed, it is determined in step 78 whether the tip 26a of the input pen 26 has been brought into contact with the "cancel" data input area 50. To judge. As a result, if the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is not brought into contact with the "cancel" data input area 50, the process returns to step 75, and the tip 26a of the input pen 26 inputs the "cancel" data. If the area 50 is touched, the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 is discarded in step 79, and then the electronic dictionary search in the display panel 27 of the display unit 16 is performed in step 80. Finish displaying the results,
Quit the program.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step 75, for example, in FIG. 9, the "sentinel" highlighted on the display panel 27 is brought into contact with the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26, whereby the "sentinel" is sent. If any of the kanji displayed on the display panel 27 is selected as shown in the state where "" is selected, the selected kanji is converted to kana / kanji in the ROM 18 in step 81. It is determined whether or not the Kanji clause data stored in the dictionary unit 38 is included in the conversion candidates represented. As a result, if the selected kanji character is included in the conversion candidates, in step 82, the number of the display conversion candidate for the target phrase is set as the conversion candidate number, and step 8
Proceed to 3.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step 81 is that the selected kanji is not among the conversion candidates, the conversion result stored in the conversion result data storage section 34 of the RAM 17 in step 84. The total candidate number data in the phrase information data relating to the target phrase included in the data is changed to a value representing the total number of conversion candidates increased by 1, and further, in step 85, the RAM 1
No. 7, independent word reading data, adjunct word reading data, and prefix as candidate information data in the phrase information data about the target phrase included in the conversion result data storage unit 34 of No. 7 Information data including reading data, suffix reading data, kanji character string data, part-of-speech data, flags, etc. is added, and the selected kanji is made the final conversion candidate.

Subsequently, at step 86, the flag in the candidate information data added to the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in the RAM 17 at step 85 is set to "1". Further, in step 87, the display candidate ranking data in the clause information data to which the candidate information data has been added is changed to the one representing the final number, and the process proceeds to step 83.

In step 83, the display conversion candidate is changed based on the setting of the display conversion candidate in step 82 or step 87, and then step 8
In step 80, the display of the electronic dictionary search result on the display panel 27 of the display unit 16 is terminated, and the program is terminated.

In this way, the electronic dictionary operation is effectively performed under the kana / kanji conversion processing mode state, so that in the sentence including the kanji and kana characters displayed on the display panel 27 of the display unit 16. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the target phrase is converted into a kanji phrase including a selected kanji, for example, “sentinel”, by referring to the dictionary data stored in the electronic dictionary dictionary unit 40 in the ROM 18. In addition, such kana / kanji conversion can be efficiently performed with extremely easy operation.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, the tip 26a of the input pen 26 is brought into contact with the "confirmation" data input area 53 to input confirmation instruction data for instructing confirmation of kana / kanji conversion. Then, under the control of the central processing unit 11 which is formed by the input interface unit 14 and operates according to the handwriting data sent to the data bus 12, the kanji and kana characters displayed on the display panel 27 are mixed. The result of kana / kanji conversion for the target phrase in the sentence is confirmed. Then, by the control operation by the central processing unit 11, for example, a kana character sentence represented by kana data which is input character data displayed on the display panel 27 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to obtain a state in which "kazu" is converted into a sentence containing kanji and kana characters displayed on the display panel 27, for example, "the number of sentry", and kana / kanji conversion processing is performed. Be completed.

In this way, the pointed portion 26a of the input pen 26 is
The central processing unit 11, which operates in response to the handwriting data formed by the input interface unit 14 and sent to the data bus 12 when the "fixed" data input area 53 is touched, is shown in FIG. The control operation is performed as described below with reference to the operation flowchart.

In the control operation represented by the operation flow chart shown in FIG. 12, the variable m used for setting the clause number in step 90 after the start.
Is set to 1. Subsequently, in step 91, it is determined whether or not there is an m-th clause in the sentence containing the kanji and kana characters displayed on the display panel 27 of the display unit 16.

If the result of determination in step 91 is that there is an m-th phrase, in step 92 the RAM 17
It is determined whether the flag included in the candidate information data regarding the target phrase included in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 is “1”. As a result, if the flag is "1", step 93
In the user dictionary registration unit 21, in the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 of the RAM 17,
Regarding the Kanji that provides the information data added as candidate information data in the phrase information data regarding the attention phrase included in it, the Kanji data that represents that Kana data, the Kana data that represents the reading characters, and the part-of-speech data that represents the part of speech R to register as dictionary data
The operation of storing in the user dictionary data storage unit 37 in the AM 17 is performed, and then the process proceeds to step 94. If the result of determination in step 92 is that the flag is not "1", step 92 proceeds directly to step 94.

In step 94, the learning process for the kana / kanji conversion process is performed. Then, in step 95, the variable m is incremented by 1, and the process returns to step 91.

If the result of determination in step 91 is that there is no m-th clause, in step 96 RA
The electronic dictionary search result data stored in the electronic dictionary search result data storage unit 36 in M17 is discarded, and further, the conversion result data stored in the conversion result data storage unit 34 in RAM 17 is discarded in step 97, and the subsequent step 98, the display panel 27 of the display unit 16
Regarding the display concerning the sentence containing the kanji and kana characters obtained by the kana / kanji conversion, the reverse display state is canceled and the underline is erased, and for example, the kana / kanji conversion as shown in FIG. The processing result is displayed, and the program ends.

[0064]

As is apparent from the above description, in the language data processing device according to the present invention, even if the kana / kanji conversion processing is performed, the kana / kana to be provided for the kana / kanji conversion processing is performed. After the data is input and the conversion processing instruction data is input, but before the confirmation instruction data is input, an operation for inputting the dictionary operation instruction data is performed, so that the kana / The kana / kanji conversion process is also performed because the kana / kanji conversion process is performed because the kana character or the part thereof represented by the kana data input to be subjected to the kanji conversion process is directly operated as an electronic dictionary operation. In the above, the electronic dictionary operation can be properly and effectively used by the operation that can be performed extremely easily, easily and quickly.

Moreover, the kanji data representing the selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data provided by effectively utilizing the electronic dictionary operation replaces the kanji data obtained by the conversion by the kana / kanji conversion process. As it is directly incorporated into the kana / kanji conversion process, and after that, the kana / kanji conversion process is automatically returned to a state in which the kana / kanji conversion process can be effectively performed, so that the kana / kanji conversion process can be performed very efficiently. It will be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram conceptually showing a main part of an example of a language data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining an input tablet, an input pen, and a display panel in the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining data stored in a RAM in the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via an input tablet and a display mode on a display panel in the example shown in FIG.

5 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via the input tablet and a display mode on the display panel in the example shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via an input tablet and a display mode on a display panel in the example shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

7 is a flowchart provided for explaining an electronic dictionary operation under the kana / kanji conversion processing mode state in the example shown in FIG.

8 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via the input tablet and a display mode on the display panel in the example shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

9 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via the input tablet and a display mode on the display panel in the example shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

10 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via the input tablet and a display mode on the display panel in the example shown in FIG.

11 is a conceptual diagram provided for explaining a data input mode via an input tablet and a display mode on a display panel in the example shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart provided for explaining a kana / kanji conversion process in the example shown in FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 central processing unit 12 data bus 1
3 data input section 14 input interface section 15 input character recognition section 16 display section 17 RAM 18 ROM 19 kana / kanji conversion section 20 electronic dictionary search section 21 user dictionary registration section 25 input tablet 26 input pen 27 display panel 28 display control section 29 Video RAM 41 Character input frame
42 "Pre-cut" data input area 43 "Line feed" data input area 44 "Space" data input area 45 "Conversion" data input area 46 "Delete" data input area 47, 50 "Cancel" data input area 48 "Next candidate" Data input area 49 "Previous candidate" Data input area 51 "All candidates"
Data input area 52 "Electronic dictionary" data input area 53 "Definite" data input area

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. When kana data representing a kana character is inputted and conversion processing instruction data is inputted, the kana data or a part of the kana data is converted into kanji data representing a kanji, and then the confirmation instruction data. Is entered, the function to perform kana / kanji conversion processing to determine the kanji data obtained by the conversion, and kana data representing kana characters and dictionary operation instruction data are input, the kana data And a function of performing an electronic dictionary operation that provides a dictionary data representing a kanji character having the kana character or a part of the kana character as a search word, the kanji character having the search word as a reading character, and a commentary about the kanji character, The Kana data is entered and the conversion instruction data is entered so that the Kana / Kanji conversion process is performed. After that, when the dictionary operation instruction data is input before the confirmation instruction data is input, the kana character represented by the input kana data or a part of the kana character is regarded as a search word. A language data processing device characterized in that the electronic dictionary operation is effectively performed. 2. A display unit for displaying a Chinese character represented by dictionary data provided by an electronic dictionary operation and a commentary about the Chinese character, and any one of the Chinese characters represented by the dictionary data displayed on the display unit. When the selection data for selecting whether or not is entered, the kanji data that represents the selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data is
2. The language data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the kanji data obtained by the conversion by the kanji conversion process is replaced. 3. The kanji data representing the selected one of the kanji represented by the dictionary data provided by the electronic dictionary operation is replaced with the kanji data obtained by the conversion by the kana / kanji conversion process, and then the The language data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the kana / kanji conversion processing is automatically returned to a state in which the conversion processing can be performed. 4. A kana / kanji conversion dictionary unit used when performing kana / kanji conversion processing, and a reading character used as a search word for an electronic dictionary operation and a dictionary provided by the electronic dictionary operation. When the reading character / kanji data representing the combination with the selected kanji represented by the data is not stored in the kana / kanji conversion dictionary section, the reading character / kanji data is automatically converted into the kana. 4. The language data processing device according to claim 2, wherein the language data processing device is stored in a Kanji conversion dictionary unit. 5. The display unit selects a kana character represented by the inputted kana data, a kanji represented by the kanji data obtained by the kana / kanji conversion process, or a kanji represented by the dictionary data. 3. The language data processing device according to claim 2, wherein the language data processing device is displayed.