JPS58123126A - Dictionary retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert a character string containing characters which are hardly discriminated from the pronunciation into a KANJI (Chinese character) character string effectively by generating an auxiliary character string wherein the characters which are hardly discriminated are substituted by other characters with the same pronunciation when said character string is supplied. CONSTITUTION:An input KANA (Japanese syllabary) character string is stored temporarily in a temporary storage device 1 and supplied to a dictionary look-up control part 3 through a code conversion part 2. The code conversion part 2 is equipped with a conversion table part 4 wherein characters which are hardly discriminated from pronunciation are stored corresponding to characters with the same pronunciation and when the input KANA character string stored in the storage device 1 contains characters which can not be discriminated from pronunciation, those characters are substituted by other characters and code conversion is performed. Then, an auxiliary KANA character string generated by the code conversion is also supplied to the dictionary look-up control part 3 similarly with the input KANA character string.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dictionary search device in a kana-kanji conversion device, and in particular, to a dictionary search device for a kana-kanji conversion device, and in particular to a dictionary search device that enables appropriate conversion processing for busy input character strings containing kana characters that cannot be distinguished by pronunciation. The present invention relates to a dictionary search device.

Technical Background of the Invention Recently, text creation devices such as Japanese word processors have become popular.This type of device generally inputs kana characters into the created text and converts them into a character sequence containing kanji for each word. It converts and creates Japanese sentences. This kana/kanji conversion is performed by searching for character strings that can be registered in a word dictionary in advance and include nine kanji characters that correspond to each kana character string. ), character strings containing kanji are now given in response to kana character strings. Therefore, if a kana character string is inputted incorrectly, the kanji conversion will not be performed and either 9 shi or an incorrect kanji conversion character string will be output.

Problems with background technology Among the Japanese words that are ζro are ``zu'' and ``zu.''

Many of them contain characters that are phonetically indistinguishable, such as ``ji'' and ``ji''. In this case, if you do not enter the name string correctly, incorrect kanji conversion will occur.For example, if you want to create the sentence ``to build'', you need to enter ``kizuku'' as the kana string. ,At this time"
If you input ``Kizuku'', you will get the kanji conversion output ``Kizuku''. Therefore, in such a case, it is necessary to correct the text by re-entering the kana character string. t+ In recent years, text editing using voice input has become more popular. Jin's device analyzes the phonemes input by voice, converts them into phonetic strings, and after mourning, converts them into kanji and converts them into written text. However, the above-mentioned handling of characters that cannot be distinguished in terms of pronunciation is a problem. becomes.

The purpose of Message 1 was to take this situation into consideration, and its purpose is to handle cases where a character string containing kana characters that cannot be distinguished phonetically is entered. To provide a highly practical dictionary search device that can easily find an appropriate kanji conversion output even if there is a kanji conversion output.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, when given a character string containing characters that cannot be distinguished from each other based on pronunciation, generates an auxiliary character string in which the character is replaced with another character that has the same pronunciation as the character, By searching a word dictionary using both this auxiliary character string and the input character string, a character string containing Chinese characters, which is a correct conversion output, can be easily obtained.

Effects of the Invention Therefore, according to the present invention, even if a word is difficult to pronounce, it is possible to easily perform appropriate Kanji conversion processing by simply inputting the word as a character string representing the pronunciation. Therefore,
It is now possible to always accurately convert kanji to kanji and create Japanese sentences, even when the operator inputs incorrect kana characters, or when inputting kana characters by voice input.
The benefits and effects are enormous. Further, the device configuration and its controllability are not so complicated.

Embodiment of the Invention Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The figure is a schematic configuration diagram showing the main parts of the embodiment device. The kana character string used for text creation is inputted after being converted into a character code through an input device (not shown), and subjected to preprocessing such as being separated by tζ. This human power system may be constructed from a keyboard device such as kana, middle & -do, or a voice input recognition device. However, the input kana character string input in such a trap is temporarily stored in the memory device 1 and then given to the dictionary lookup control section 3 via the code conversion section 2. . Code converter 2
I/i has a conversion table storage unit 4 in which characters that cannot be distinguished by pronunciation are stored in correspondence with characters that have the same pronunciation but are different from each other. When a character that cannot be distinguished by the above pronunciation is included, code conversion is performed by converting that character to another character.

The nine supplementary board name character strings generated by this code conversion are also provided to the dictionary lookup control section 3 in the same manner as the input kana character strings.

That is, conversion table storage unit 4#'i, "ji" and "ji",
Character codes such as "zu" and "zu" that cannot be clearly distinguished due to their pronunciation are stored in correspondence with each other. With this, for example, when an input kana character string "Kizu" is given, an auxiliary board name character string "Kizuku" is generated. An example of nine is ``Oji''.

Cape ``Oriji'' is an example, and similar processing is applied to this as well.

On the other hand, in the dictionary storage unit 5#'i, which is a word dictionary, words consisting of character strings including kanji and kana character strings indicating their pronunciation are stored and registered in correspondence with each other in multiple layers. Since these pieces of word information have been registered in advance, they are registered by assigning addresses in order, for example, from the term "A" to the term "N". ? For the dictionary storage unit 5 such as :, the dictionary lookup control unit 1 first sequentially compares the given input kana character string with the kana character string in the dictionary,
70 match detection is performed. Then, the character strings containing kanji in the nine-word dictionary that have been detected as a match are selectively read out.

At this time, if the input kana character string does not include any characters that cannot be distinguished by pronunciation, the selected character string containing kanji will be output as the 11 kanji conversion output data. Further, when the input character string does not include any characters that cannot be distinguished by pronunciation and the corresponding word cannot be found in the word dictionary, the input kana character string is outputted as the 11th one. On the other hand, if the input kana character string contains characters that cannot be distinguished due to pronunciation, the dictionary lookup control unit 3 first searches the Ichime dictionary for the input kana character string, and then performs character code conversion. Perform a search in academic dictionaries for the nine auxiliary board name character strings created. Then, a strange monk output consisting of characters containing kanji found by both searches is obtained as a conversion candidate. And how to select the correct one among these conversion candidate outputs, for example, this?
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This is done by, for example, referring to information about changes.

Thus, when ``kisuku'' is inputted by the nine devices configured in this way, and a large input kana character string is input, ``kizuku'' is returned.
Auxiliary board name character strings are generated, and by comparing these character strings with a word dictionary, conversion outputs such as ``chiku<'' and ``notice'' are obtained, and the appropriate one is selected and output. Become. is incorrectly entered as ``Hanaji'', and the converted output ``Nosebleed'' is obtained by using the auxiliary board name string ``Hanaji'' for the input kana character string 9.

Similarly, for the input kana character string ``majika'', the kanji conversion output ``near'' is obtained by the auxiliary board name character string ``tjika''.

In this way, even if a character string containing phonetically indistinguishable characters is encountered, this device can effectively convert it into correct Kanji characters. 97, Oii-zo' 小- There will be no hassles such as having to manually create sentences and proofreading them. (It is also possible to sufficiently cope with text creation using voice input), and its effects are extremely large.

Even if the system is configured as a scanning device, it is extremely convenient in practice because it is only necessary to recognize the characters with the same pronunciation and generate a corrected kana character string by referring to the conversion table. Therefore, dictionary searches can be performed extremely easily and effectively.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, character strings with the same pronunciation and different characters may be registered in a word dictionary in a manner that corresponds to each other, and these may be simultaneously searched based on the input character string. In addition, after once performing dictionary verification on the input character string, if the corresponding word does not exist or the converted output is inappropriate, the control module performs character code conversion and performs dictionary verification again. - A chest of drawers may be established. It is to be noted that the present invention can be practiced in various ways without departing from the scope thereof.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a schematic configuration diagram showing the main parts of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Temporary memory device pupil, 2...Code converter, 1...
・Dictionary lookup control unit, 4... Conversion table storage unit, I・
...Dictionary storage section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A word dictionary that stores a plurality of words including kanji in correspondence with character strings representing their pronunciations, a storage device that temporarily stores input round board name character strings, and the input kana character strings that cannot be distinguished by pronunciation. Means for generating an auxiliary board name character string in which, when a kana character is included, the kana character is replaced with another kana character with the same pronunciation, and the word dictionary is searched and inputted respectively for the input kana character string and the auxiliary board name character string. 9. A dictionary search device comprising: a dictionary matching unit for obtaining a word including a kanji character indicated in a kana character string.