JPH1055360A - Device and method for address book processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently generate an address book by changing conversion candidates found by a KANA (Japanese syllabary)-KANJI (Chinese character) converting means so that the output priority of a candidate corresponding to the kind of information set by an operation mode setting means becomes high. SOLUTION: A data conversion control part 20a of the address book processor 20 decides whether or not information is already inputted to an item related to an input object item when the input object item is selected and makes a KANA-KANJI conversion part 26 or zip code conversion control part 32 perform conversion based upon the information which is already inputted when it is decided that the information is already inputted. A KANA-KANJI converting operation mode setting part 20b sets an operation mode wherein the kind of information regarding an address book whose item should be inputted is specified according to the attributes (stored in a data buffer 22) of the input object item and the KANA-KANJI conversion part 26 performs KANJI conversion corresponding to the operation mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an address book processing device and an address book processing method for creating an address book comprising information on a plurality of items.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a document creating apparatus having an address book function for creating an address book is widely known. The address book function generally stores personal address information such as names, phonetic names, addresses, postal codes, and telephone numbers.
Address data is handled like a card, and information (characters) for each item is input from a keyboard, etc., and a list is displayed.
Address printing is performed on postcards and labels.

Conventionally, input of information on items such as a name, an address, and a free column is performed by inputting a reading (hiragana) and converting the reading into kana-kanji characters.
Then, the conversion result by the Kana-Kanji conversion has appeared at a uniform priority based on, for example, learning information from among a plurality of conversion candidates obtained by the Kana-Kanji conversion that are not related to the item as the input target. Therefore, for example, common words are always given priority and displayed as homonyms.

[0004] By the way, in the case where the address data for each case is sorted in the order of the name, the item of the phonetic name can be referred to when the name is read in the order of reading the name. Simply arranging the codes in JIS code order does not make the reading easier.) In recent years, input for this phonetic item,
There is a function to automatically input using the reading of kanji input to the item of name. This function is to output the reading input for inputting the kanji to the item of the name by the kana-kanji conversion as the furigana of the name to the furigana item.

[0005] In addition, there is a function of inputting an address item using a postal code dictionary in which a postal code is associated with an address and registered. In this function, first, a zip code is input, and when an instruction by operating an address book conversion instruction key is input, a candidate for a corresponding address is obtained by searching a zip code dictionary, and this candidate is displayed. An address arbitrarily selected from among them is entered in the address item.

[0006] Conversely, there is also a function of obtaining the corresponding postal code by first inputting the address of the postal code item. This feature first displays a list of states,
If you select one from the list, then a list of place names at the ward and municipal levels is displayed. If you select any of them, a list of town names is displayed. Is to be determined.

[0007] In addition, there is a function of roughly classifying one piece of address data including information corresponding to a plurality of items with respect to address book information, and classifying it into home information and company information. As a management method, first, one item of address is provided as an address book, and for this item, either an individual address or a company address may be input. In some address data, both home information and company information can be input. In the second management method,
When entering home information and company information, enter home information on the first screen and company information on the second screen.
Alternatively, home information is input in the left area of one screen, and company information is input in the right area.

[0008]

However, the conventional address book processing apparatus has the following problems. First, when inputting kanji for an item by kana-kanji conversion, for example, reading the name "Sato" and inputting it with "Sato", if common words take precedence, "sugar" becomes the first priority. Therefore, it is necessary to search for and select a necessary conversion result from another conversion candidate (same homonym), and the operation becomes complicated.

Second, in the function of inputting to the phonetic item based on the reading of the name input to the name item,
For example, in the case of a first and last name that is converted by inputting the original reading “Sato” such as “Sato”, the furigana can be automatically output. However, in the case of a first and last name that does not exist in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary, for example, using a function such as single kanji conversion or the like, a reading other than the original first and last name reading is input to input the first and last name (kanji). Therefore, it is difficult to automatically add a phonetic spelling for the first and last names as a conversion result from the input reading, and in practice, a method of separately inputting a phonetic spelling has been adopted.

Third, in the function of inputting a corresponding address by inputting a zip code, a search of a zip code dictionary is performed only when an instruction is made by operating an address book conversion instruction key, and an address corresponding to the zip code is input. Was seeking candidates. Therefore, in order to use this function, it is necessary to understand the operation method and to sequentially instruct the execution of the function at a necessary timing, and the operation is troublesome.

Fourth, a function for obtaining a postal code from an address (place name) cannot use the information of the input address as it is even if an attempt is made to obtain a postal code for the input address.
As described above, there has been no choice but to perform an operation of sequentially selecting place names at lower levels from the highest level of the address, that is, the prefecture name. Therefore, in order to obtain the postal code from the address, a very complicated operation is required even if the address has already been input.

Fifth, in a function that can input both home information and company information as an address book, the input order of home information and company information is, for example, home information on the first screen, company information on the second screen, Alternatively, the left side of the screen is predetermined such as home information, and the right side is company information. When both types of information are input, the operability of inputting in the determined order is appropriate. However, in some cases, only company information or only home information may be input. Further, information to be input may be changed to either home information or company information for each piece of address data. In such a case, many item movements occur until the input position is changed (such as movement of the cursor position) to the target input target item. For example, when only company information is input, when the input screen is divided into two screens, after inputting information on the second screen for the first address data, without inputting information on the first screen of the second case To display two screens. Also, 1
If the screen area is divided, change the input position from the left area to the right area of the first case, input information, switch the screen to the second case, and skip the left area in the same way It is necessary to change the input position to the right area. Therefore, the operation may be very complicated depending on the information to be input.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has an address book processing apparatus and an address book processing capable of easily and efficiently creating an address book including information on a plurality of items. The aim is to provide a method.

[0014]

According to the present invention, there is provided an address book processing apparatus for inputting information about an address book for an input item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items. Operating mode setting means for setting an operation mode for specifying the type of information relating to an address book to be input to the item; and performing a kana-kanji conversion on the kana reading input to the input target item to thereby obtain a plurality of conversion candidates. Kana-Kanji conversion means for determining the kana-kanji conversion means and a priority change for changing the plurality of conversion candidates obtained by the Kana-Kanji conversion means so that the output priority of the candidate corresponding to the type of information set by the operation mode setting means is increased. Means.

[0015] By utilizing the fact that it is known in advance that each input item in the address book input is an item such as a name, an address, a company name, a free column, etc. Are controlled such that the place name / property noun conversion is prioritized for the item, the proper noun preferential conversion is performed for the company name, and the general word preferential conversion is performed for the free column.

Further, according to the present invention, in an address book processing device for inputting information regarding an address book for an input object item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, when an item is selected as an input object item, A data conversion control unit for determining whether or not information has already been input for another item previously associated with this item; and a data conversion control unit for determining whether information has already been input by the data conversion control unit. Conversion means for converting input information in accordance with a predetermined method, wherein a result of the conversion by the conversion means is used as input information for the input target item.

Also, the first phonetic reading to be input is
Is previously associated with a second item to which the result of the kana-kanji conversion for the phonetic reading input to the first item is to be input, and the data conversion control means determines that the second item is When selected as the input target item, the input state of the first item is determined, and the conversion unit determines that the furigana is present when it is determined that the phonetic reading is already input to the first item. It is characterized by converting kana to kanji readings.

Thus, for example, when the phonetic item for the first and last name is input first, when the first and last name item is selected as the input target item, it is used as a reading for inputting to the first and last name item, and is subjected to kana-kanji conversion. Since the conversion is performed in the same way as the kana-kanji conversion for the reading input to the first and last name items, the first and last name conversion can be naturally performed. Even if there is a surname that does not exist in the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary,
Since at least the hiragana candidates exist as they are, the desired kanji can be displayed by using kana to re-segment the phrase (designate a word delimiter) or convert to single kanji.

Also, a first item to which a postal code is to be input and a second item to which an address corresponding to the postal code input to the first item is to be input are associated in advance, The data conversion control means determines an input state of the first item when the second item is selected as an input target item, and the conversion means determines that a zip code is already present in the first item. If it is determined that the address has been entered, present a list of address candidates corresponding to the input zip code,
An address selected from the candidate list is used as a conversion result.

As a result, when the input of the postal code is completed and the input item is moved to the address field, control for automatically converting the postal code is performed. Further, in the input target item to which the address as the conversion result is input by the conversion unit, an input position control unit for changing a position immediately after the address to a next input position is provided.

Thus, the operation for inputting the remaining portion (for example, the name or address of an apartment or the like) following the address obtained by the conversion can be performed without changing the input position and the like. Is good.

Also, a first item to which a postal code is to be input and a second item to which an address corresponding to the postal code input to the first item is to be input are associated in advance, The data conversion control means determines an input state of the second item when the first item is selected as an input target item, and the conversion means determines that an address has already been input in the second item. If it is determined that the postal code has been entered, the postal code is searched for the corresponding postal code based on the input address, and the corresponding postal code is obtained. A list is presented, and the postal code corresponding to the address selected from the list is used as the conversion result.

Accordingly, the corresponding postal code is automatically searched based on the inputted address without necessarily designating the place name from the highest order (prefecture name) to the lower order of the address. Operability is improved by operation.

Further, according to the present invention, in an address book processing device for inputting information about an address book for an input item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, information corresponding to a plurality of items constituting the address book is stored. Priority information switching designating means for designating which piece of address data including personal information and company information are classified and managed, and which piece of information is given priority as an input target, and creates address data The address book processing means for presenting a screen for inputting information to an item corresponding to the specified information and inputting information in accordance with the designation by the priority information switching means. I do.

Thus, by deciding which one of the home information input and the company information input is input first in the address data for one case, even if the process shifts to the information input for the next case, the priority can be set. Can be inherited.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an address book processing device according to the present embodiment. The address book processing device according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, a computer which reads a program recorded on a storage medium and whose operation is controlled by the program.

As shown in FIG. 1, a CPU 10 and a memory 1
2, external storage device 14, keyboard 16, display device 1
8 and a printing device 19. CPU
Reference numeral 10 controls the entire apparatus, and controls an address book processing function for creating an address book by an operation according to a program stored in the memory 12.

The memory 12 stores a program (program area) for controlling the CPU 10, and a dictionary (dictionary area) such as a kana-kanji conversion dictionary and a postal code dictionary which are referred to for creating an address book. Information about the address book is stored in a buffer (data buffer 22, reading input buffer 2).
4, stored as a conversion buffer 28). The program stored in the program area is, for example, read from a recording medium and stored.

The external storage device 14 reads / writes a file of address book data from / to a floppy disk or a hard disk, reads a file of a program for controlling the operation of the device, and the like.

The keyboard 16 is an input device for inputting characters and performing various instructions when creating an address book. The keyboard 12 is assigned keys such as a "character" key, a "numerical value" key, a "cursor" key, and other keys for instructing execution of various functions.

The display device 18 displays a screen for creating an address book in the address book processing function. Detailed display contents will be described later. The printing device 19 prints an address book or the like created by the address book processing function.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration (software) of the address book processing device realized by the configuration shown in FIG. The same parts as those in FIG.

Each unit is a function realized by executing a program stored in the memory by the CPU 10 and a data structure stored in the memory 12 or the external storage device 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the address book processing device includes an address book processing device 20, a key input control unit 2
1, a data buffer 22, a reading input buffer 24, a kana-kanji conversion unit 26, a conversion buffer 28, a dictionary unit 30, and a postal code conversion control unit 32.

The address book processing device 20 controls the entire address book processing device, displays an input format for creating an address book on a screen, and inputs a plurality of items (such as names) constituting the address book. Input control for data input from the keyboard 16 is performed for each item. It also has a function of editing information related to the address book, controlling the display of information, and the like. The address book processing device 20 includes a data conversion control section 20a, a kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting section 20b, an address book cursor control section 20c, and a priority information switching designation section 20d.
Is provided.

When an item is selected as an input target item, the data conversion control unit 20a determines whether or not information has already been input for another item associated with this item in advance. When it is determined that the information has been input, the kana-kanji conversion unit 26 or the postal code conversion control unit 32 (postal code conversion unit 32a, address conversion unit 32b) performs conversion based on the input information. .

The kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting section 20b
An operation mode for specifying the type of information regarding the address book to be input to the item is set according to the attribute of the input target item (stored in the data buffer 22), and the kana-kanji conversion unit 26 sets the kana-kanji according to the operation mode. Execute the conversion. The operation modes include a first name conversion priority mode, a place name / proper noun priority mode, and the like.

The address book cursor control unit 20c (input position control means) determines the position immediately after the address in the input target item in which the address as the conversion result is input by the postal code conversion unit 32a of the postal code conversion control unit 32. Control to change to the next input position is performed.

The priority information switching designating section 20d manages one piece of address data including information corresponding to a plurality of items constituting the address book by classifying the address data into personal information and company information. Is determined in accordance with an instruction from the keyboard 16, and a screen for inputting information to an item corresponding to the specified information is presented to input information.

The key input control section 21 controls key input information input from the keyboard 16, and outputs an instruction for controlling the operation of the apparatus to the address book processing apparatus 20, and outputs an instruction for creating an address book. Character data is read input buffer 2
4 is stored.

The data buffer 22 includes the address book processing device 2
0 and attribute data for each item in an input format for creating an address book.

The reading input buffer 24 stores a key input character string input via the key input control unit 21. The kana-kanji conversion unit 26 obtains an operation mode instruction from the address book processing device 20 (the kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting unit 20b) and a key input character string (a kana-kanji conversion target character string) from the reading input buffer 24, and obtains a dictionary. Search the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary 30a of the section 30 and search for the desired Kanji (Kana mixed character string)
Convert to The kana-kanji conversion unit 26 is a priority change unit 26a
Accordingly, the plurality of conversion candidates obtained by the kana-kanji conversion are changed so that the output priority of the candidate corresponding to the type of information set by the operation mode becomes higher.

The conversion buffer 28 includes a kana-kanji conversion unit 26
The conversion result character string obtained by the Kana-Kanji conversion is temporarily stored. The conversion result stored in the conversion buffer 28 is stored in the data buffer 22 via the address book processing device 20.

The kana-kanji conversion dictionary 3 referred to in the kana-kanji conversion in the kana-kanji conversion unit 26
0a and a postal code dictionary 30b referred to in postal code conversion or address conversion in the postal code conversion control unit 32
including. In the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 30a, input readings and conversion results of kanji (kana mixed character strings) are registered in association with each other. For example, general dictionaries, first and last name dictionaries, place name dictionaries, proper noun dictionaries, Various dictionaries such as a kanji dictionary and a radical dictionary are included. In the postal code dictionary 30b, postal codes and corresponding addresses (place names) are registered in association with each other.

The postal code conversion control unit 32 acquires a character string representing a postal code or an address from the address book processing device 20, converts the character string with reference to the postal code dictionary 30b, and converts the conversion result to the address book processing device 20. Output. Postal code conversion control unit 3
2 is provided with a postal code conversion unit 32a and an address conversion unit 32b.

When the postal code item is already entered in the postal code item when the address item corresponding to the postal code item is selected as the input target item, the postal code conversion unit 32a outputs the postal code. A candidate list of addresses corresponding to the numbers is read from the postal code dictionary 30b and presented (displayed), and the address selected from the candidate list is set as a conversion result.

When the postal code item corresponding to the address item is selected as an input target item, if an address has already been input in the address item, the address conversion unit 32b determines the input address. Is searched from the postal code dictionary 30b for an address associated with the postal code to find the corresponding postal code,
If the input address cannot be searched, a list of addresses is presented, and the postal code corresponding to the address selected from this list is set as the conversion result.

Next, the operation of creating (inputting) an address book in this embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart. First, when the address book processing function is activated and an address book is input, existing data is read from the external storage device 14 and stored in the data buffer 22. here,
Each input item in the address book and its attributes (name, zip code, address, company name, distinction between free columns, etc.) are determined. The address book processing device 20 displays an input format for creating an address book on the screen of the display device 18 and enters an input state (steps A1 and A2).

Here, the process of inputting the name and the phonetic item will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example of an input format for creating an address book.

With respect to the furigana item at the first input position in the input format, furigana (for example, "Kadokatarou") input from the keyboard 16 are sequentially input to the reading input buffer 24, and the input contents are stored in the address book. The notification is sent to the processing device 20 and finally stored in the data buffer 22 (steps A3, A4, A7, A8, A9). The phonetics stored in the data buffer 22 are displayed on the display device 18.
Is displayed in the phonetic item displayed by (see FIG. 4).

When the input for the phonetic item is completed and the next input item is changed to the next input field by operating the "cursor" key of the keyboard 16, the data conversion control unit 20a of the address book processing device 20 Then, it is determined whether or not the input target item is a name column (item) associated with the furigana item (step A5). When another item is selected as an input target, a process corresponding to each item is executed (step A6).

When the item to be input is the name field, the data conversion control unit 20a determines whether or not the phonetic item has been input (step A10). If the phonetic characters have not been input, the address book processing device 20 (the kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting unit 20b) instructs the kana-kanji conversion unit 26 to execute the kana-kanji conversion in the first and last name conversion priority mode. The kana-kanji conversion unit 26 reads the character string (kanji) to be input for the name item,
Then, the input is performed from the keyboard 16 via the reading input buffer 24, and the kana-kanji conversion is executed in the first and last name conversion priority mode (step A12, details of which will be described later).

On the other hand, if the phonetic characters have been input, the data conversion control unit 20a reads the character string stored in the data buffer 22 in the phonetic item as if it were read from the keyboard 16 into the name field. Kana-Kanji conversion part 2 as a Kana-Kanji conversion target character string in the same way as
Pass to 6. The kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting unit 20b
Instructs the kana-kanji conversion unit 26 to execute kana-kanji conversion in the first and last name conversion priority mode (step A1).
1).

The kana-kanji conversion unit 26 performs kana-kanji conversion in the first and last name conversion priority mode (step A13).
That is, the kana-kanji conversion unit 26 is configured to
Performs the kana-kanji conversion based on the reading (furigana) given by, and stores the conversion candidates in the conversion buffer. Further, the priority changing unit 26a stores the candidate in the conversion buffer 28 based on the first and last name conversion priority mode, so that the candidate related to the first and last name (type of information) among the plurality of conversion candidates obtained by the kana-kanji conversion is prioritized. The order of the conversion candidates to be performed is changed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure of kana-kanji conversion in the kana-kanji conversion unit 26.
FIG. 6 shows the state of the operation of changing the order of the conversion candidates. Note that the part of speech in FIGS. 5 and 6 does not indicate a general verb, a noun, or the like, but indicates a type of information set by an operation mode.

The kana-kanji conversion unit 26 performs kana-kanji conversion on the reading of the input with reference to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 30a, detects a plurality of conversion candidates, and stores them in the conversion buffer 28 (steps B1 to B3). As shown in FIG. 6, the conversion candidates from the first place to the fifth place are obtained for the furigana "kado".

If the mode is the first and last name conversion priority mode (step B4), the priority changing unit 26a uses the IN counter indicating the priority after the kana-kanji conversion and the OUT counter indicating the priority after the order is changed, and the part of speech is changed. The priority of the candidate “first and last name” is set to be higher.

In steps B6 to B10, conversion candidates of "first and last names" are extracted and arranged in order from the first place while maintaining the priority order among conversion candidates of the same type. In steps B11 to B16, The conversion candidates are arranged so as to follow the conversion candidate of "first and last name" while maintaining the priority among the conversion candidates other than "first and last name".

The address book processing device 20 includes a kana-kanji conversion unit 2
Based on the conversion result obtained in Step 6, the first-placed conversion candidates after the rearrangement are displayed as shown in FIG. 7A (Step A14).

In this way, after inputting the furigana item, simply changing the input target item to the item of the name, the operation corresponding to the item based on the reading input in the furigana item is performed. Kana-Kanji conversion is performed according to the mode, and necessary information is entered in the item of name.

In the case where the main item and the sub-item are provided as shown in FIG. 7, the furigana item corresponds to the main and sub-items as shown in FIG. 7B, for example. By inserting symbols (slashes, spaces, other specific characters, etc.) indicating the division position of the furigana, Kana-Kanji conversion is automatically performed for each of the primary and secondary name items by the processing described above. You can also type in

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, the process of inputting the postal code and address (the postal code is input first) will be described. The postal code (for example, “198”) input from the keyboard 16 for the postal code item in the input format is notified to the address book processing device 20 and is finally stored in the data buffer 22 (step C 1). C2). Data buffer 22
Is displayed in the item of the postal code displayed by the display device 18, as shown in FIG.

When the input for the postal code item is completed and the next input item is changed to another input column by operating the "cursor" key of the keyboard 16, the data conversion control unit 20a of the address book processing device 20 Determines whether the input target item is an address field (item) associated with the postal code item (step C3). When another item is selected as an input target, a process corresponding to each item is executed (step C4).

If the input target item is an address field, the data conversion control unit 20a determines whether or not the postal code item has been input (step C5). If the postal code has not been input, or if another item has been selected as an input target, processing corresponding to each item is executed (step C).
4).

On the other hand, if the postal code has been input, the data conversion control unit 20a passes the character string stored in the data buffer 22 to the postal code item to the postal code conversion control unit 32, and Instructs execution of number conversion.

The postal code conversion section 32a of the postal code conversion control section 32 searches the postal code dictionary 30b based on the postal code given from the address book processing device 20, and finds a corresponding address (step C6). The postal code conversion unit 32a reads the addresses corresponding to all postal codes including the input postal code (partial match) from the postal code dictionary 30b and outputs the address to the address book processing device 20.

The address book processing device 20 includes a postal code conversion unit 3
The postal code conversion result by 2a is stored in the data buffer 22, and displayed on the display device 18 as a candidate list (step C7).

FIG. 10 shows a form of displaying a list of candidates obtained by postal code conversion. Here, the address book processing device 20 inputs an instruction to select an address to be input in the address item from the keyboard 16 (step C).
8).

For example, when the second candidate in the candidate list shown in FIG. 10 is selected, the address book processing device 20 holds the number of characters of the address of the corresponding candidate (step C).
9) The selected address is input to the address item in the input format and displayed (step C10).

Next, based on the number of characters of the address of the corresponding candidate held, the address book cursor control unit 20c reads the address shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the cursor position indicating the input position of the next character in the address item is changed to the position next to the end of the displayed address (step C11).

That is, the addresses stored in the postal code dictionary 30b are in the area range to which the postal codes are assigned, and it is necessary to additionally input as address book information. Therefore, by moving the cursor to the next character position to be input according to the number of characters of the address automatically input by the address book cursor control unit 20c, the address input is continued without performing any special operation. be able to.

The address book processing unit 20 instructs the priority changing unit 26a to perform the kana-kanji conversion in the place name / proper noun priority mode by the kana-kanji conversion operation mode setting unit 20b. The priority changing unit 26a performs kana-kanji conversion on the reading input to the address item from the keyboard 16 according to the place name / proper noun priority mode, and relates to the address in the same manner as described above (FIG. 5). The order of the conversion result is changed so that the conversion candidate is prioritized, and the result is set as the conversion result.

If the postal code corresponding to the address selected in the address list display shown in FIG. 10 does not match the postal code entered in the postal code item, FIG.
As shown in (b), the postal code item is changed to the postal code corresponding to the selected address.

In this way, after inputting the postal code item, simply changing the input target item to the address item can be used as a candidate for the address based on the postal code input in the postal code item. Is displayed, and only by selecting an arbitrary address from the list, necessary information is input in the address item (and also in the postal code item).

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the process of inputting the address and the postal code (the address is input earlier) will be described. The address (for example, “Ome City”) input from the keyboard 16 for the address item in the input format is stored in the address book processing device 20.
And is finally stored in the data buffer 22 (steps D1 and D2). The address stored in the data buffer 22 is, as shown in FIG.
Displayed in the item of the address displayed by.

When the input for the address item is completed and the next input field is changed to the next input item by operating the “cursor” key of the keyboard 16, the data conversion control unit 20a of the address book processing device 20 Then, it is determined whether or not the input target item is a postal code field (item) associated with the address item (step D3). When another item is selected as an input target, a process corresponding to each item is executed (step D5).

If the input target item is the postal code field, the data conversion control unit 20a determines whether or not the address item has been input (step D4). If the address has not been input, or if another item has been selected as an input target, a process corresponding to each item is executed (step D).
5).

On the other hand, if the address has been input, the data conversion control unit 20a passes the character string stored in the data buffer 22 in the address item to the postal code conversion control unit 32, and performs the address conversion. Instruct execution.

Address conversion section 32 of postal code conversion control section 32
b searches the postal code dictionary 30b based on the address given from the address book processing device 20, and searches whether or not the input address includes a prefecture name (step D6). That is, the address conversion unit 32b performs a match search for the prefecture name for up to four characters from the beginning of the input address.

If the input address includes the name of the prefecture, the address conversion unit 32b determines whether the next level portion, that is, the ward, city, or group is included in the mail, A match search is performed on the number dictionary 30b to select a candidate (step D13). Here, if the postal code has reached the address level at which the postal code can be specified, the process is completed. If the postal code cannot be determined, the search is performed based on the next level part (character string) in the same manner. Therefore,
For example, if the address is input as "Futamatao, Ome-shi, Tokyo", the postal code "198-01" can be automatically obtained.

If the input address includes the name of a prefecture, but the address has been input only part way, the address conversion unit 32b determines whether or not the address candidate corresponding to the level of the address to be searched is present. A list is displayed, and an address is specified by inputting an instruction to select a specific place name from the list (steps D11 and D12). For example, "Tokyo"
If the address is input, a list of place names at the next level as shown in FIG. 13B is displayed, and a specific place name is selected.

If it is determined in step D7 that the prefecture name is not included in the input address,
As shown in FIG. 13A, the address conversion unit 32b displays a list of prefecture names, and determines by inputting an instruction to select a specific prefecture from the list (steps D8 and D9). .

In the following, according to the contents of the input address, the next level portion of the address is sequentially shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the address is determined by displaying a list and selecting a specific place name (step D10).
D12). If an address has been input from an intermediate level, candidates are automatically selected (step D1).
0, D13, D14).

The address book processing device 20 includes an address conversion unit 32b
Is stored in the data buffer 22 and displayed on the display device 18. FIG. 12B shows the final display result.

Even if only a part of the address is entered for the address item (FIG. 12A), if a specific zip code can be entered for the zip code item, an address level at which the zip code can be identified is obtained. As shown in FIG. 12 (b), the determined postal code is entered in the postal code item, and the address up to the confirmed portion is also entered in the address item as shown in FIG. I do.

In this way, after inputting the address item, simply changing the input target item to the postal code item allows the user to change the input item according to the address level based on the input address in the address item. A list of place names is presented, and only by selecting an arbitrary place name from the list, necessary information is input to the postal code item (and further to the address item).
If the address has been input to a level where the zip code can be specified, the zip code is automatically specified without displaying the place name list, and is input in the zip code field.

Next, the input control in the case where the address book is classified and managed as personal information and company information will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When both information is managed by one address book, depending on the case, only the home information is input, only the company information is input, or both are input.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15, a format for inputting home information (FIG. 15A) and a format for inputting company information (FIG. 15B) can be switched on two screens. To The current information to be input is managed by storing priority information indicating the information in the data buffer 22.

For example, it is assumed that an input format for creating an address book in a default state is for inputting home information.
Here, when the data input from the keyboard 16 is not the data from the priority switching key (for example, the “next candidate” key), a process corresponding to each item is executed as an input to each column as described above ( Steps E1 to E
3).

On the other hand, if the data is input by operating the priority switching key, the priority information switching designating section 20d of the address book processing device 20 determines which information is currently the information input target. The determination is made with reference to the priority information in the data buffer 22 (steps E1, E2, E4).
Since the home information is currently input, the priority information switching designation unit 20d sets the priority information to the company information (step E5), and converts the priority information into the company information input format as shown in FIG. The display is switched (step E6).

Similarly, when priority switching is instructed while the format for entering company information is displayed, the display is switched to the format for entering home information (step E).
7, E8).

In the present embodiment, when the input of information for one item on one screen is completed and the process shifts to the input of the next item, the priority information switching designating section 20d uses Display the information input format of. Therefore, if priority switching is not instructed, either one of company information and home information can be continuously input for each case. Of course, when both pieces of information are input to one piece of address data, it can be realized by arbitrarily switching the screen as described above.

In this way, by deciding which one of the home information input and the company information input is input first in the address data for one case, even if the process shifts to the information input for the next case, the priority is given. Degree can be inherited. Therefore, the operation of designating the input target item can be greatly simplified, and the operability is improved.

Note that the method described in the above-described embodiment is a program that can be executed by a computer, such as a recording medium such as a magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), a semiconductor memory, etc. It can be provided stored in a medium. A computer that realizes the address book processing device according to the present embodiment reads the program recorded on the recording medium, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the program.

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As described above, according to the present invention, an address book including information of a plurality of items can be easily and efficiently created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an address book processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration (software) of an address book processing device realized by the configuration shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a process of inputting a name and a phonetic item in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of an input format for creating an address book according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure of kana-kanji conversion in a kana-kanji conversion unit 26 in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view for explaining an operation of changing the order of conversion candidates in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a display form of a conversion result obtained by a kana-kanji conversion unit 26 in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining processing of inputting postal code and address items (postal code is input first) in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing an example of an input mode for items of a postal code and an address in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view showing a display form of a list of candidates obtained by postal code conversion in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining processing of inputting an address and a zip code (an address is input earlier) in the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a view showing an example of an input form for items of a postal code and an address in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an exemplary view showing a display form of a place name list for specifying an address associated with a postal code according to the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining input control in the case where an address book is classified and managed in personal information and company information according to the embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of the respective input formats of personal information and company information in the embodiment.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... CPU 12 ... Memory 14 ... External storage device 16 ... Keyboard 18 ... Display device 19 ... Printing device 20 ... Address book processing device 20a ... Data conversion control unit 20b ... Priority information switching designator 21 Key input controller 22 Data buffer 24 Reading input buffer 26 Kana-kanji conversion unit 26a Priority change unit 28 Conversion buffer 30 Dictionary unit 30a Kana-kanji conversion dictionary 30b Postal code dictionary 32: Postal code conversion control unit 32a: Postal code conversion unit 32b: Address conversion unit

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An address book processing device for inputting information about an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein an address to be input to the item according to an attribute of the input target item Operation mode setting means for setting an operation mode for specifying the type of information relating to the record; kana-kanji conversion means for obtaining a plurality of conversion candidates by performing kana-kanji conversion on the kana reading input to the input target item; Priority changing means for changing the plurality of conversion candidates obtained by the kana-kanji conversion means so that the output priority of a candidate corresponding to the type of information set by the operation mode setting means becomes higher. Address book processing device. 2. An address book processing device for inputting information on an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein when an item is selected as an input target item, Data conversion control means for determining whether or not information has already been input for another item associated in advance; and input when the data conversion control means determines that information has already been input. A conversion unit for converting the input information in accordance with a predetermined method, wherein a conversion result obtained by the conversion unit is used as input information for the input target item. 3. A first item to which a phonetic reading is to be inputted and a second item to which a result of a kana-kanji conversion for the phonetic reading input to the first item is to be inputted. The data conversion control means determines an input state of the first item when the second item is selected as an input target item, and the conversion means reads a phonetic reading of the first item already. 3. The address book processing device according to claim 2, wherein when it is determined that the input has been input, the phonetic reading is converted into Kana-Kanji characters. 4. A first item to which a zip code is to be input and a second item to which an address corresponding to the zip code input to the first item is to be input are previously associated, The data conversion control means determines the input state of the first item when the second item is selected as an input target item, and the conversion means determines that the postal code is already in the first item. The method according to claim 2, wherein when it is determined that the postal code has been input, a candidate list of addresses corresponding to the input postal code is presented, and the address selected from the candidate list is used as a conversion result. Address book processing device. 5. An input position control unit for changing a position immediately after the address to a next input position in the input target item to which an address as a conversion result is input by the conversion unit. The address book processing device according to claim 4. 6. A first item to which a zip code is to be input, and a second item to which an address corresponding to the zip code input to the first item is to be input, are associated in advance, The data conversion control means determines an input state of the second item when the first item is selected as an input target item, and the conversion means has already input an address in the second item. If it is determined that the postal code has been entered, the postal code is searched for the corresponding postal code based on the input address, and the corresponding postal code is obtained. 3. The address book processing device according to claim 2, wherein a list is presented, and a postal code corresponding to an address selected from the list is used as a conversion result. 7. An address book processing device for inputting information related to an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein one item including information corresponding to a plurality of items constituting the address book is provided. Priority information switching specification means for specifying which information is to be preferentially input as the address data is classified and managed as personal information and company information. Address book processing means for presenting a screen for inputting information to an item corresponding to the designated information and inputting information in accordance with the designation by the priority information switching means. Processing equipment. 8. An address book processing method for inputting information about an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein an address to be input to the item according to an attribute of the input target item A plurality of conversion candidates are determined by performing an kana-kanji conversion on the kana reading input to the input target item by setting an operation mode for specifying the type of information relating to the record, and obtaining the plurality of conversion candidates determined by the kana-kanji conversion means. Wherein the conversion candidates are changed so that the output priority of the candidate corresponding to the set information type becomes higher. 9. An address book processing method for inputting information about an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein when an item is selected as an input target item, Determines whether information has already been input for another item associated in advance, and if it is determined that information has already been input, converts the input information according to a predetermined method An address book processing method, wherein the conversion result is used as input information for the input target item. 10. An address book processing method for inputting information related to an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein one item including information corresponding to a plurality of items constituting the address book is provided. Address data is classified and managed as personal information and company information. Specify which information should be given priority for input and respond to the specified information when creating address data An address book processing method characterized by presenting a screen for inputting information to an item to be input and inputting information. 11. A program for inputting information relating to an address book for an input target item arbitrarily selected from a plurality of items, wherein when a certain item is selected as an input target item, this item is selected. It is determined whether or not information has already been input for another item that has been previously associated with, and when it is determined that the information has already been input, the input information is determined according to a predetermined method. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for converting a computer to control the computer so as to convert the conversion result into input information for the input target item.