JPH0962670A - Automatic ruby adding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To omit the handling time of KANA (Japanese syllabary) input and KANA/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion and to reduce the errors of input by adding ruby to a recognized result of read of an original to which a recognition mark is attached beforehand by an OCR. SOLUTION: When the original for which the recognition mark is attached to a specified KANJI is read as an image by using a scanner 1, an input control part 3 delivers the image to a character recognition part 4, the recognition mark and the character of the original are recognized and an automatic ruby adding mode is attained. In the meantime, the character recognition part 4 sends input data to a ruby control part 6 and the range of the KANJI to add the ruby is specified on a display 16 through an output control part 14. The ruby control part 6 supplies the KANJI to which the ruby is to be attached to a KANJI/KANA conversion part 7, a KANJI/KANA dictionary is retrieved and a corresponding read is taken out and delivered to the ruby control part 6. The ruby control part 6 displays the read in a ruby column, on the KANJI displayed on the display 16 through the output control part 14. A user selects the appropriate one out of the displayed rubies and adds the desired ruby to an object KANJI.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically adding ruby / footnotes to a recognition result of a read document in a document creation apparatus having a character recognition function by OCR and printing the added ruby / footnotes. It relates to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to add a ruby to a kanji in a document processing device such as a word processor, a user manually inputs a reading kana corresponding to any kanji displayed on the screen and converts it into ruby. Must be OCR
It was not possible to automatically add ruby to the recognition result obtained by reading the document in. In addition, generally, the function of automatically adding ruby to the kanji displayed on the display screen is disclosed in the following publication.

The technique disclosed in JP-A-63-64165 is
After inputting kana using the keyboard, kana-to-kanji conversion is performed, at the same time, reading and character position information for kanji is stored in the automatic ruby memory, and when the cursor is placed on the kanji in the automatic ruby display mode, the stored ruby is automatically In addition to. The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-282879 has a ruby file that stores a kanji code of a word and a kana code indicating the correct reading of the word in association with each other.
When you move the cursor to the input Kanji and specify it, the ruby stored in the ruby file is searched and added.

In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-88551, after converting kana by inputting kana using a keyboard,
When you move the cursor to a kanji and press the conversion key, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary is used to display and add the ruby that has been converted back from kanji to kana. The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-253262 saves the reading kana data before the kana-kanji conversion, and displays the saved reading kana when adding kana-kanji and adds ruby. JP-A-5-1010
The technology of Japanese Patent Publication No. 56 has a kana-kana conversion unit for converting kanji into kana, and a conversion result storage buffer for storing the result of kana-kanji conversion. When the kanji to which ruby is added is in the homophone state, kanji kana conversion is performed. The "read" is taken out from the copy section, and when it is in the confirmed state, the "read" is taken out from the conversion result storage buffer and added as a ruby.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
165, JP-A-4-88551, and JP-A-5-10105.
In the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6, the kana-kanji conversion must be performed by using the keyboard because the contents of the ruby are "yomi" that is input when converting kana-kanji or kana that is inversely converted using a dictionary. Ruby cannot be added to kanji that have not been converted. Further, in order to specify the kanji to which ruby is added, it is necessary to move the cursor one by one and specify the kanji, which is time-consuming and troublesome. Also, mistakes are easy to make.

In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-282879 mentioned above, it is necessary to specify the kanji to which ruby is added by 1
It is necessary to move the cursor to each position and specify, which takes time and is easy to make mistakes. Further, in the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-253262,
As the content of the ruby, the "reading" that is input when converting kana-kanji is used, so it is necessary to use the keyboard to convert kana-kanji, and ruby cannot be added to kanji that has not been converted. Also, the correct "read"
If you don't enter, ruby will be wrong.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by adding the ruby to the recognition result obtained by reading the manuscript in which the kanji to which the ruby is added is previously marked with the recognition mark by the OCR, the labor of the kana input and the kana-kanji conversion is omitted, and the input error is made. Is intended to reduce. Further, it is possible to delete only the ruby added at the time of printing, change only the color of the added ruby, or add the meaning of the kanji with ruby as a footnote.

[0008]

The automatic ruby addition apparatus of the present invention has the following means in order to solve the above problems. (Means of claim 1) In the present invention, a reading means for reading a manuscript in which a recognition mark is attached to a kanji to which ruby is added as an image image, a storage means for storing the read image image in a memory, and a read image image Character recognition means for recognizing the recognition mark and the characters of the manuscript and distinguishing the character with the recognition mark from other characters, a kanji-kana conversion means for generating kanji reading, and a character of the read recognition result. It is characterized by further comprising means for automatically adding ruby to the kanji with the recognition mark added to information.

By the above means, a particular recognition mark such as underlining or marking with a red pen is attached to the kanji in the manuscript to which ruby is added, and the manuscript is
Use a scanner built into the device or an external scanner connected to the device to scan as an image. When the recognition mark is recognized in the process of character recognition of the read document, the automatic ruby addition mode is set, and the range of the characters designated for ruby addition is displayed on the screen. If the range is different from the target range, use the cursor keys to correct the range, and then issue the Kanji-to-Kana conversion function to display the ruby when the correction is instructed. When the ruby is different from the target one, the candidate is displayed to select the correct reading, and when it is correct, the ruby confirmation key operation is performed to confirm the ruby.

(Means of Claim 2) In the present invention, Claim 1
In addition to the above means, a search means for searching the same kanji as the kanji with the recognition mark included in the manuscript regardless of the presence or absence of the recognition mark is provided. By the above means, when the ruby is determined, the search mode is automatically entered and it is automatically searched whether the same kanji exists in the manuscript. If the same kanji exists in the manuscript as a result of the search, ruby is added to all the kanji with the recognition mark.

(Means of Claim 3) In the present invention, Claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the means of claim 2, a means for separately storing the read original data and the added ruby data, and a means for deleting only the automatically added ruby and printing when executing the print function are provided. It is characterized by. By the above-mentioned means, when the operation of executing the print function is performed on the document to which the ruby added automatically, an item as to whether or not to print the ruby added automatically is displayed. For example, "Do not print"
When is selected, only the automatically added ruby is deleted and printed.

(Means of Claim 4) In the present invention, Claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the means of claim 2, a means for separately storing the read original data and the added ruby data, and a color of the added ruby by designating the color of the ruby data and superposing the original data at the time of executing the print function. And a means for printing while changing the color of the original portion. When the printing function is executed in the document to which the ruby is automatically added by the above means, an item for designating the color of the ruby that is automatically added is displayed. If printing is set to a different color from the rest of the document, only the automatically added ruby will be printed with a different color.

(Means of Claim 5) According to the present invention, Claim 1
In addition to the above method, a dictionary search method that automatically searches the dictionary for the meaning of kanji words or idioms to which ruby is added, and a footnote number is added near the kanji that is automatically added to ruby, and is extracted by the dictionary search means. The meaning of the above words or idioms,
And a means for displaying as a footnote together with the footnote number. When the footnote addition is specified in the document with automatic ruby addition by the above means, the meaning of the word or idiom to which ruby is added is automatically retrieved from the dictionary, and after the word with ruby is attached. Automatically adds a footnote number, and the footnote number and its meaning are added at the bottom of the page.

(Means of Claim 6) In the present invention, Claim 5
In addition to the means of, a footnote display area is usually provided in the editing screen,
A means for simultaneously displaying the footnote data and the footnote data with the footnote number added, and a means for displaying the footnote when the cursor is placed on the Chinese character for automatic ruby addition, and for not displaying the footnote data otherwise. It is characterized by having and. When the document to which the automatic footnote is added is displayed by the above means, when the cursor is placed on the Chinese character to be automatically added to the ruby, the footnote display area is displayed in the normal editing screen and the footnote of this Chinese character is displayed. If you move the cursor to a character other than the target kanji for automatic ruby addition, the footnote display area disappears and the original normal edit screen display reappears.

(Means of Claim 7) In the present invention, Claim 5
In addition to the above means, a means for deleting and printing only the footnotes automatically added and the footnote numbers in the text when the printing function is executed is provided. By the above-mentioned means, when the operation of executing the print function is performed on the document to which the automatic footnote is added, an item as to whether or not to print the automatically added footnote is displayed. For example, if "Do not print" is selected, only the footnote that is automatically added is deleted and printed.

(Means of Claim 8) In the present invention, Claim 5
In addition to the above method, when executing the print function, a method to determine whether there is a footnote printing area at the bottom of the paper, and if there is a sufficient area, print the footnote in the page, and if there is not enough area, automatically Specifically, only the footnote is provided with a means for changing pages and printing. When a print function is executed in a document to which automatic footnotes have been added by the above means, it is determined whether there is an area where the footnote can be printed at the bottom of the paper. If there is enough area, the footnote is printed in the page. However, if there is not enough area, first, only the text is printed and the paper is ejected, then the page is changed and only the footnote is printed.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An automatic ruby addition apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system functional configuration diagram showing a document creating apparatus embodying this apparatus. This figure 1
1, reference numeral 1 is a scanner for reading an original as an image image, 2 is a start instruction of each function, designation of a ruby range,
A keyboard 3 for inputting ruby range delimiters and ruby confirmation instructions, etc. 3 is an input control unit 4 which judges an input image or key signal and urges the character recognition unit 4 or the ruby control unit 6 to perform processing. A character recognition unit for recognizing the recognition mark and the characters of the original from the image image input by the unit 3,
Reference numeral 5 is an input data storage buffer that stores the read recognition result obtained by the character recognition unit 4 and the character information sent from the ruby control unit 6, and 6 is the corresponding "read" from the Kanji-Kana conversion unit 7.
When the ruby is confirmed, it is passed to the output control unit 14 / character search unit 10 / ruby data storage buffer 9 and when the footnote function is used, the data is passed to the dictionary search unit. is there.

Reference numeral 7 is a kanji-kana dictionary 8 using the kanji as a key.
And a kanji-kana conversion unit for converting to "yomi" corresponding to the above kanji, 8 is a kanji-kana dictionary in which "yomi" corresponding to kanji is stored, and 9 is ruby information determined by the ruby control unit 6 ( A ruby data storage buffer for storing kanji readings, coordinates, etc., 10 is a character search unit that searches the control unit 6 to find out whether the Kanji that the ruby has determined exists in the text, and 11 is the ruby control unit 6 that the ruby has determined. The dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary 12 using the meaning of Kanji as a key, 12 is a dictionary that stores the meaning of Kanji words or phrases, 13 is a footnote data storage buffer that stores the meaning of the searched Kanji, and 14 is a printer An output control unit that controls 15 to perform printing and controls to display characters and the like on the display 16, 15 is a printer that performs printing, and 16 is characters added on the screen or added by this function. Ruby is a display that displays a.

Next, the automatic ruby addition operation of this apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user uses the scanner 1 to read a document in which a recognition mark (for example, a red line) is attached to a specific kanji as an image image, the input control unit 3 passes the read image image to the character recognition unit 4, and the character recognition unit 4 4 recognizes the recognition mark and the characters of the manuscript (step (hereinafter referred to as "S")
1). When the recognition mark is recognized (S2), the automatic ruby addition mode is set (S3), and the input data is stored in the input data storage buffer 5 (S4). Here, in the automatic ruby addition mode, in this example, as shown in FIG.
20.5 mm above the 10.5 P character
And 6P ruby are referred to as 2 letters (this can be set by the user).

When the input data and the ruby data are separately held and displayed on the screen, the respective data are to be overlaid. The character recognition unit 4 sends the input data to the ruby control unit 6, and the ruby control unit 6 determines whether or not hiragana exists within the range marked with the recognition mark (S
5) If it exists, select only the kanji in the range (S
6), the ruby control unit 6 specifies the range of the kanji for ruby on the display 16 via the output control unit 14 (S7).
Here, the operator judges whether or not the range is desired (S8), and if different, the range is redesignated by inputting from the cursor keys of the keyboard 2 (S9).

The range of kanji for which ruby is desired is fixed (S1
0), when the key operation for instructing the confirmation is performed, the ruby-added Kanji character is recognized, and then the ruby control unit 6 gives the ruby-added Kanji character to the Kanji-Kana conversion unit 7, whereby the Kanji-Kana conversion unit 7 is given. The kanji kana dictionary 8 is searched using the kanji as a key, the reading for the above kanji is taken out and passed to the ruby controller 6 (S11). If the reading cannot be taken out here, the output control unit 14
The display 16 is informed of this via the (S1
3).

When the operator designates a delimiter position by inputting an area designation from the cursor keys of the keyboard 2 (S14), the process returns to S11 and Kanji / Kana conversion is performed again in the delimited range. The ruby controller 6 displays the reading of the added ruby kanji in the ruby column on the kanji displayed on the display 16 via the output controller 14 (S15), and the operator can confirm that the ruby displayed on the display 16 is correct. It is determined whether or not (S16). When the operator determines that the ruby is not appropriate, the ruby control unit 6 determines that the ruby is not fixed by operating the key for the candidate selection instruction on the keyboard 2, and the Kanji-Kana conversion unit 7 is used to perform the above-mentioned operation. The reading of the next candidate corresponding to the ruby added kanji is taken out (S17), S1
Return to 5. For example, in FIG. 6, ruby is written as "Sakujitsu" for the kanji "Yesterday", but the reading "Kinoyu" is displayed by the key operation of the candidate selection instruction.

If the ruby is appropriate in S18, the ruby control unit 6 determines that the ruby has been fixed by performing a key operation for fixing the ruby. When the re-separation is performed in S14, there is a possibility that there is an unsorted part for the word or the idiom to which one mark is added. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the ruby non-added part exists. (S19), if it exists, the process returns to S11, and if it does not exist, the ruby in the selected range is confirmed and displayed on the display 16 (S20).

Next, the coordinate information of "yomi" and ruby for the kanji is stored in the ruby data storage buffer 9 and the coordinate of the kanji is stored in the input data storage buffer 5 (S21).
For example, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the reading “Kinou” is stored in association with the kanji “Yesterday” together with the respective coordinates. By the above operation, the user can select an appropriate ruby displayed on the display 16 and press the enter key to shake the desired ruby on the Chinese character.

Next, a search mode is automatically entered to determine whether or not the same kanji as the above-mentioned kanji with ruby is present in the read document, and the ruby control unit 6 converts the input data into the character search unit. It sends to 10 and searches (S22), it judges whether the said Chinese character exists (S23), when it does not exist, it goes to S24 of FIG. 3, and when it exists, it returns to S20 and the ruby is added to all the corresponding Chinese characters in the sentence. At the same time, the corresponding kanji and ruby coordinate information are stored in the input data storage buffer 5 and the ruby data storage buffer 9, respectively.

With this arrangement, ruby can be automatically added to the target kanji character which is not designated only by putting a recognition mark on one place of the manuscript. Although not mentioned in this example, the operator can select whether or not to apply ruby to all the corresponding kanji.

Next, the footnote adding operation of this apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The display 16 informs the operator (for example, "Do you want to display a footnote?") (S24). If you want to display the meaning of a kanji word or idiom with ruby added as a footnote, add a footnote in S25. When the designated key operation is performed (footnote addition is selected), the dictionary search mode is entered, and the dictionary search unit 11 searches the dictionary 12 using the given kanji as a key (S26). Next, it is judged whether the search is possible (S2
7) If the search is not possible, the operator is informed so that the selection range is divided again (S28).

When the operator specifies the position of the term delimiter by inputting from the cursor keys of the keyboard 2 (S
29), the process returns to S26, the dictionary is searched again, the meaning of the kanji is extracted, and the meaning of the kanji is displayed on the display 16 (S30). It is judged whether or not there are a plurality of meanings (S31), and if there is a meaning, the operator may select the optimum meaning from the keyboard 2 and indicate it (S32). When the footnote is confirmed, this data is stored in the footnote data storage buffer 13 (S33). For example, in FIG. 7, the footnote number 1 and the footnote “one day before today.” Are stored in association with “yesterday”.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, a footnote number is added to the right of the ruby (if there are many corresponding Chinese characters, the first one) (S34). Next, a footnote display area window is opened at the bottom of the display (S35), and the meaning of the extracted Chinese character is displayed together with the footnote number (S36). Then S
Returning to step 2, the above operation is repeated until there are no kanji with recognition marks, and when all recognition marks are completed, the operation ends.

After the operation is completed, as shown in FIG. 7, "yesterday"
For that, the coordinates (2, 1), footnote number 1, footnote data "1 day before today." Are stored, and the footnote is the cursor at the beginning of the kanji with ruby in this function. Shall be displayed at the bottom of the screen only when is matched. For example, in Fig. 8, when you move the cursor to the kanji "Dear" in the greeting, a window opens at the bottom of the screen,
"" Is displayed with footnote number 1. The same applies to "plain" in the right figure. Therefore, the footnote is not displayed when the cursor is placed on a character other than the ruby-kanji, and the text display area is secured and editing is easy.

Next, the operation of printing this text will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment, the input (rubbed kanji) data, the ruby data, and the footnote data are separately managed, so that the following can be performed.
First, the presence / absence of ruby at the time of printing is selected (S41). If you want to change only the color of ruby in the mode with ruby and print (S4
2) When the operator gives an instruction (S43), only the ruby data is converted into the color designated by the operator (S43).
44), the ruby data and the input data are overlaid (S45).

Next, the operator is informed of whether to add a footnote for printing (S46), and the operator selects it (A47). If no footnote is added, only the ruby data hiragana is selected as the ruby data storage buffer (S4).
8). When adding a footnote, it is first determined whether or not the footnote data can be stored and printed in the remaining area of the document data (input data + ruby data) in the layout on paper (S49). When all the footnote data can be stored as shown in FIG. 9, the data is poured into the bottom of the same page as the document data (S50), and when the footnote data cannot be stored, as shown in FIG. The data is collectively poured (S51), sent to the output control unit 14 (S52), and printed (S53).

In the ruby-free mode, a footnote is added to inform whether or not to print (S54). When adding footnotes, first, only the hiragana in the ruby data is deleted (S56), and the data other than the hiragana is written from the ruby storage buffer. After reading, move to the top coordinate of the hiragana data (S57), and then S4
Go to 9. For example, in FIG. 11, if “Hakaii (1)” is displayed for “Dear Sirs”, delete “Hakaii” and place “(1)” at the beginning of the Hiragana data, “ha”. To move.

When no footnote is added, it can be realized by sending only the input data from the input data storage buffer to the output control unit 14 (S58) and printing (S53). Therefore, the ruby touched on the read document is printed as it is, and only the ruby automatically added according to the present invention is deleted. For example, if the content of FIG. 8 is selected without ruby / with footnotes and printing is executed, as shown in FIG. 12, “Haikai” and “Heisei” are deleted, and “(1) Letter text ...
・. (2) Usually. The footnote is laid out at the bottom,
The ruby "Kouai" originally touched on the manuscript is printed as it is.

According to this example, the user puts a recognition mark at one place in the kanji that he / she wants to pretend to be ruby in the manuscript, and only reads it, and thereafter the target kanji not specified in the text is automatically identified. If you pretend to be ruby and use the footnote function, the meaning of kanji will also be displayed. Therefore, it is possible to remarkably facilitate the operation of ruby rubbing and to reduce input mistakes. In addition, even if you don't understand the kanji "yomi", you can look up the meaning of it and it can be used as a dictionary instead of learning. Also regarding printing, it is easy to erase automatically added ruby, emphasize only color by changing the color of ruby, and insert or delete footnotes.

Further proceeding, after automatically adding ruby by utilizing the fact that the input data and the ruby data are separately stored, even if the kanji coordinates are changed by editing the input data, the ruby data can be linked with the coordinates. Allows to edit with ruby.

[0037]

As the effect of claim 1, in the prior art,
Use the keyboard to input kana to add ruby
I had to convert kana to kanji, but in the present invention,
Since ruby can be automatically added to the recognition result of reading an original using OCR, ruby can be added to kanji whose reading is completely unknown. Therefore, it is not necessary to search the dictionary for a reading method or enter it by radical or punctuation. If the manuscript contains kanji that you do not know how to read, you can use it instead of a dictionary and reduce typing errors. You can also Further, in the prior art, it was necessary to specify the locations to which ruby are added one by one on the screen with the cursor keys or the like, but in the present invention, since they can be collectively specified in the original document in advance, You can quickly specify multiple points, work is easy, and stress toward the screen is reduced.

As an effect of claim 2, in the prior art, the place to add the ruby had to be designated every time with the cursor key or the like, but in the present invention, if one place is designated in the manuscript, the designation can be made. Ruby can be automatically added to the same Kanji that you have not done, which makes the work extremely easy and reduces typing errors.

As an effect of the third aspect, when ruby is added to confirm a word or phrase which the reading is unknown on the screen, ruby may not be necessary in the printed document. In such a case, only the ruby added automatically can be deleted and printed, which is convenient without changing the appearance of the original document.

As an effect of the fourth aspect, if only the ruby added automatically is printed while changing the color, the reading can be made conspicuous. It can reduce misreading and is also useful when learning difficult Kanji. As an effect of claim 5,
Since the words and phrases that ruby needs are often difficult words and phrases,
Searching the phrase in a dictionary and displaying the meaning as a footnote is useful for learning.

As an effect of claim 6, it is possible to save the trouble of moving the cursor and scrolling the screen to confirm the footnote contents. In addition, you can input and edit while checking the meaning of words and phrases that have ruby added, which is useful for learning. Further, since the footnote is displayed only when the cursor is moved to the word to which the footnote is added, the footnote is not displayed when it is not necessary, and the edit screen of the document is not narrowed because of the footnote display area.

As an effect of the seventh aspect, when a footnote is added to confirm a phrase whose meaning of reading or meaning is unknown on the screen, the footnote may not be necessary for the document to be printed. In such a case, it is convenient if only the footnotes that have been automatically added can be deleted and the layout can be adjusted and printed without changing the appearance of the original document.

As an effect of claim 8, depending on the content of the manuscript, the page may be changed in the middle of the footnote and the next page may start from the footnote, resulting in a strange layout. In such a case, it is possible to prevent the layout from being broken by automatically sending the footnote to the next page, and it is possible to create a good-looking document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system functional configuration diagram showing a document creation device that implements an automatic ruby addition device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an automatic ruby addition operation of the present apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a footnote adding operation of this apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart at the time of printing a document created by this apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which ruby is displayed on the apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying the next candidate of ruby on the present device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of input / ruby / footnote data storage by this device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when footnotes are added by the present device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a print layout of footnote data by this apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of input / ruby / footnote data storage by this device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the processing of ruby when there is a footnote without ruby by this device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a printing example when there is no ruby footnote by the present device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 scanner 2 keyboard 3 input control unit 4 character recognition unit 5 input data storage buffer 6 ruby control unit 7 kanji kana conversion unit 8 kanji kana dictionary 9 ruby data storage buffer 10 character search unit 11 dictionary search unit 12 kanji dictionary 13 footnote data storage buffer 14 output control unit 15 printer 16 display

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading a manuscript having a recognition mark on a kanji to which ruby is added as an image image, a storage means for storing the read image image in a memory, and a recognition means for reading the recognition image and the manuscript from the read image image. A character recognition means for recognizing a character and distinguishing a character with the recognition mark from other characters, a kanji-kana conversion means for generating a kana reading of kanji, and the above-mentioned recognition for the character information of the read recognition result. An automatic ruby addition device comprising means for automatically adding ruby to marked Kanji. 2. The retrieval device according to claim 1, further comprising a retrieval unit that retrieves the same Kanji character with a recognition mark included in the manuscript regardless of the presence or absence of the recognition mark. Automatic ruby addition device. 3. A means for separately storing the read original data and added ruby data, and a means for storing a print function,
The automatic ruby addition device according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit that deletes and prints only the automatically added ruby. 4. A means for separately storing the read manuscript data and the added ruby data, wherein when the print function is executed, the color of the ruby data is designated and overlapped with the manuscript data so that the added ruby color can be obtained. The automatic ruby addition apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a unit that changes the color of the original to print. 5. A dictionary search means for automatically searching a dictionary for the meaning of a kanji word or a idiom to which ruby is added, and a footnote number added near the kanji to be automatically added to ruby, and the dictionary is retrieved by the dictionary search means. The automatic ruby addition device according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit that displays the meaning of the word or the phrase as a footnote together with a footnote number. 6. A footnote display area is provided in the normal editing screen,
A means for simultaneously displaying the footnote data and the footnote data with the footnote number added, and a means for displaying the footnote when the cursor is placed on the Chinese character for automatic ruby addition, and for not displaying the footnote data otherwise. The automatic ruby addition device according to claim 5, further comprising: 7. The automatic ruby addition according to claim 5, further comprising means for deleting and printing only the footnote automatically added and the footnote number in the text when the printing function is executed. apparatus. 8. A means for determining whether or not there is an area for printing a footnote at the bottom of the paper at the time of executing the print function, and if there is a sufficient area, the footnote is printed within the page, and if there is not enough area. The automatic ruby adding apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a unit that automatically changes only the footnote and changes the page.