JPH103475A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the output of improper candidates and to decrease the processing operations of a user by using various abbreviation conversion dictionaries in response to the types of documents. SOLUTION: The abbreviation conversion dictionaries 7 are used in response to the types of documents which are stored in an abbreviation conversion storage means 6. An abbreviation conversion candidate reading means 8 compares a newly inputted KANA (Japanese syllabary) character string with the key words stored in the dictionaries 7 and then reads out a KANJI (Chinese character)-KANA character string corresponding to the coincident key word as a conversion candidate. A dictionary decision means 9 decides a dictionary 7 corresponding to the relevant document type, and a use information storage means 10 stores whether the dictionary 7 corresponding to the document type should be used. A use information instruction means 11 instructs the use or non-use of the dictionary 7 to the means 10. Then a type information storage means 12 secures the correspondence between the document type and the dictionary 7. A document processing key code includes a normal document production mode and an address book production mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a character processing device such as a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a kana-kanji conversion device, when a kana-kanji mixed sentence once converted by a kana-kanji conversion is input by inputting the first character of the kana character or a few characters from the first and giving a conversion instruction, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-100941 discloses a technique called abbreviated conversion that has a headword that matches the character in front and displays a previously converted character string as a candidate.

[0003] For example, first, when "Tokkyo" is input with a kana and a normal conversion instruction is given, normal kana-kanji conversion is performed for the headword "tokkyo", and "patent" is displayed as a candidate. You. Here, when a determination operation is performed on this candidate, information “to: patent” is stored in the shortened conversion dictionary. This indicates that “patent” is registered in association with one character of the kana “to” as a headword.

[0004] In this state, when "to" is input next and a conversion instruction is given, the system determines that the input is a conversion instruction for the input of one character of kana, performs a shortening conversion process, and reads "and" from the shortening conversion dictionary. Is retrieved, and "patent" is output.

[0005] By such a shortening conversion process, it is possible to effectively reduce the number of keystrokes used for input in a sentence in which the same word appears many times.

[0006]

However, since this abbreviated conversion uses a common abbreviated conversion storage dictionary irrespective of the type of the document, the abbreviated conversion is performed at the time of storage and at the time of abbreviated conversion. If the types and fields of the documents are different, or if several people use one word processor, a number of inappropriate shortened conversion results are displayed, which is very inconvenient.

In a configuration in which only a fixed number of candidates are stored for each reading, that is, in a configuration in which only up to 10 candidates are stored in the shortened conversion dictionary for reading “ka”, a number of unnecessary candidates are stored depending on the document. In some cases, a candidate necessary to perform the operation is deleted.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided input means for inputting a kana character, and kana-kanji conversion for converting a kana character string input from the input means into a kana-kanji mixed character string. Means, a headword extraction means for extracting a predetermined number of characters as a headword from the beginning of the kana character string converted by the kana-kanji conversion means, and a kana-kanji character corresponding to the headword extracted by the headword extraction means. A shortened conversion dictionary storing means for storing a character string as a pair, and a kana character string input from the input means being compared with a headword stored in the shortened conversion dictionary, and a kana corresponding to the matched headword. A character conversion device that reads a character string mixed with kanji as a conversion candidate. It allows to solve the above problems.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned problem is solved by setting that a specific compact conversion dictionary is not used among the plurality of compact conversion dictionaries.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned object is attained by providing a means for a user to set a short conversion dictionary to be used for each document type among the plurality of short conversion dictionaries.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit including a keyboard, a pen input device, and the like. 2 is CRT,
The output unit includes an LCD or the like. A control unit (CPU) 3 executes a program and performs various controls.

Reference numeral 4 denotes kana-kanji conversion means for converting an input character string into a kanji-kana mixed sentence. Reference numeral 5 denotes a headword extracting means for extracting a predetermined number of characters from the beginning of a kana character string corresponding to the kanji-kana mixed sentence converted by the kana-kanji conversion means 4 as a headword.

Numeral 6 denotes a shortened conversion storage means for storing the headword extracted by the headword extraction means 5 and the corresponding character string mixed with kanji kana in association with each other. Reference numeral 7 denotes a contracted conversion dictionary stored by the contracted conversion storage unit 6.

Numeral 8 compares a newly input kana character string with a headword stored in the abbreviation conversion dictionary 7 and reads a shortened conversion candidate readout as a conversion candidate that reads a character string mixed with kanji kana corresponding to the matched headword. Means.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a dictionary judging means for judging the shortened conversion dictionary corresponding to the document type. Reference numeral 10 denotes use information storage means for storing whether or not to use the short conversion dictionary corresponding to the document type. Reference numeral 11 denotes use information instructing means for instructing the use information storage means 10 to “do” or “not do”. Reference numeral 12 denotes a type information storage unit that associates a document type with a shortened conversion dictionary. Reference numeral 13 denotes type information setting means for setting the type information storage means.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the shortened conversion dictionary storage processing. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the shortened conversion candidate reading process, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the use information storage unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a short conversion dictionary, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a type information setting screen. Hereinafter, the flow of the present invention will be described with reference to these drawings. As an embodiment,
This document processing apparatus has a normal document creation mode and an address book creation mode.

FIG. 2 shows a process for registering candidates. First,
In step S201, 1 is substituted for a counter i. This i is a serial number assigned to the shortened conversion dictionary.
In step S202, the short conversion dictionary (i) is compared with the type of the currently input document. As a result of this comparison, if the abbreviation conversion dictionary (i) and the document type match (step S
203), and it is further determined in step S204 whether or not the shortened conversion dictionary (i) can be used.

If usable, in step S205, the conversion result and the first character of the reading are extracted, and in step S206, the first character of the reading and the conversion result are stored in the shortened conversion dictionary (i). In step S207, i is incremented, and in step S208, it is confirmed whether or not processing has been performed on all of the shortened conversion dictionaries, and the processing is terminated (N is the maximum number of dictionaries).

FIG. 3 shows a process for reading out candidates. First,
In step S301, it is checked whether the number of input characters (that is, the number of characters of a character string to be converted) is one. In this embodiment, the heading of the abbreviated conversion dictionary is one character, and when the number of characters input from the input unit is one, when a conversion instruction is issued, the abbreviated conversion processing starts.

In step S302, 1 is substituted for a counter i. In step S303, the shortened conversion dictionary
Compare (i) with the type of the currently input document. As a result of this comparison, if the contracted conversion dictionary (i) and the document type match (step S304), it is determined in step S305 whether the contracted conversion dictionary (i) can be used.

If available, abbreviated conversion dictionary
The headword of (i) is compared with the input character string to be converted, and the corresponding data is searched (step S30).
6). The data searched in step S307 is read. In this processing, i is incremented in step S308, and in step S309, all of the contracted conversion target dictionaries (i)
Do for When the processing has been performed for all the dictionaries, the processing ends. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the shortened conversion dictionary. FIG.
5A is an example of a common contracted conversion dictionary, and FIG. 5B is an example of a contracted conversion dictionary for creating an address book.

Next, a specific example will be described. First, it is assumed that an address book is created. When "Naraken" is input and a conversion instruction is given, "Nara" is displayed by the kana-kanji conversion means 4. Next, when the previous sentence (that is, “Nara prefecture”) is determined by inputting a character or the like, the conversion result “Nara prefecture” is stored in the short conversion dictionary 7 by the short conversion storage unit 6.

At this time, the dictionary determination means 9 determines that the current document type is "address book creation" (step S201).
To S205). Based on the result of this determination, the data [Na: Nara] is stored in the shortened conversion dictionary 7 for creating an address book (for example, the shortened conversion dictionary (2)) (step S2).
06 to S207).

Subsequently, a normal document is created. When "Nantou" is input and conversion is performed, "Southeast" is displayed by the kana-kanji conversion means 4. Next, when the phrase is determined, the conversion result “southeast” and one character of the headword “na” are stored in the shortened conversion storage unit 6. At this time, the dictionary determination means 9 determines that the current document type is "normal document creation" (steps S201 to S205), and stores the data [NA: SE] in the common shortened conversion dictionary 7 (1) (step S201). S206 to S207).

The address book is created again. If "Nara" is to be input again, the short conversion candidate reading means 8
To perform the short conversion. Enter "na" to instruct abbreviation conversion. The dictionary determination means 9 determines that the current document type is "address book creation" (steps S302 to S306).
Based on the judgment, the short conversion dictionary 7 (2) for creating the address book is searched (step S308). The data "Nara Prefecture" is read out and displayed as "Nara Prefecture" (Step S30).
9).

In other words, instead of using a common short conversion dictionary, a short conversion dictionary corresponding to a mode (here, for creating an address book) is used, so that "Southeast" is not displayed in this example. "Nara Prefecture" can be displayed. Further, in this embodiment, the number of characters of the headword is one character. However, it is not particularly limited to one character, and there is no problem even if two or more characters are used.

Next, an embodiment will be described in which "Southeast" is desired to be displayed during the preparation of the address book. The use information setting means 11 determines whether or not to use the short conversion dictionary of each sentence type.
Set by. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the setting screen.

As in the above-described example, abbreviated conversion is usually performed using a common abbreviated conversion dictionary, and when a special mode, for example, each mode such as address book creation and spreadsheet is entered, the corresponding mode is handled. Use a shortened conversion dictionary. However, when the user does not want to use the shortened conversion dictionary in each mode, the setting is performed by the use information setting unit 11.

In this setting, whether to use each dictionary can be set. In the example of FIG. 4, the shortened conversion dictionary for creating the address book is set from "not used" to "x". This information is stored in the usage information storage unit.

The data stored in the usage information storage unit is shown in FIG.
Are read out in step S204 of the flowchart of FIG. If the corresponding short conversion dictionary is set not to be used, step S206
Does not store data.

It is assumed that the same processing as described above is performed. First, in the creation of the address book, "Naraken" is input / converted to determine "Nara". Here, in the above-described example, the conversion result was stored in the dictionary for creating an address book. In this case, “na: Nara prefecture” is normally shortened in order not to use the shortened conversion dictionary for creating the address book. Store in conversion dictionary. After that, in normal writing, "Nantou"
Enter / convert to confirm "Southeast". This "na: southeast" is stored as it is in the normal contracted conversion dictionary.

Subsequently, when the address book is created again,
Is entered, and the abbreviated conversion is instructed, the current document type is "address book creation", but since the abbreviated conversion for the address book creation is set to "do not use", the normal abbreviated conversion is performed. Perform the conversion using a dictionary. Therefore, here is "
"Southeast" is the first candidate for the shortened conversion, and "Na: Nara" is the second candidate for the shortened conversion.

Next, an example of setting a short conversion dictionary to be used for each document type will be described. FIG. 6 shows a screen example showing this setting example. As shown in FIG. 6, a contraction conversion dictionary used for contraction conversion can be set for each document type. In this setting, a plurality of compact conversion dictionaries can be assigned to each document type.

In the above example, the dictionary used for each mode such as address book creation is changed.
Even in the same mode, the short conversion dictionary used for each item may be changed. For example, even when creating an address book, different abbreviation conversion dictionaries may be used when inputting an address item and when inputting a name item.

[0035]

According to the present invention, since the abbreviated conversion uses another abbreviated conversion dictionary according to the type of the document, it is possible to suppress the output of an inappropriate candidate by the abbreviated conversion. At the time of shortened conversion, it is possible to reduce the number of processing operations required until the user displays a desired conversion result.

Further, even when the number of storages for reading is limited, the frequency with which the shortened converted data is deleted is reduced, and efficient document creation becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a shortened conversion dictionary storage process according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a shortened conversion candidate reading process according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of use information storage means in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a shortened conversion dictionary according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a type information setting screen according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input means 2 Output part 3 Control part 4 Kana-kanji conversion means 5 Headword extraction means 6 Short conversion storage means 7 Short conversion dictionary 8 Short conversion candidate reading means 9 Dictionary judgment means 10 Usage information storage means 11 Usage information setting means 12 Classification Information storage means 13 Type information setting means

Claims (3)

[Claims] An input unit for inputting a kana character, a kana-kanji conversion unit for converting a kana character string input from the input unit into a kana-kanji mixed character string, and a kana character converted by the kana-kanji conversion unit. A headword extraction means for extracting a predetermined number of characters from the head of the column as a headword, and a shortened conversion dictionary storage means for storing the headword extracted by the headword extraction means and a corresponding kana-kanji mixed character string as a pair A short conversion candidate reading unit that compares a kana character string input from the input unit with a headword stored in the short conversion dictionary and reads a kana kanji mixed character string corresponding to the matched headword as a conversion candidate A shorthand conversion dictionary storage means associated with a document type, and a shorthand conversion dictionary corresponding to the document type is used. A character processing device for performing a shortening conversion. 2. The character processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting not to use a specific contracted conversion dictionary among the plurality of contracted conversion dictionaries. 3. The character processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for setting a short conversion dictionary to be used for each document type among the plurality of short conversion dictionaries by a user.