JPS58225429A - Spelling error processing system of engilish sentence processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce an English sentence of high quality which is free from a spelling error with a comparatively low cost, by comparing successively the spellings in a supplied English sentence with the spellings of words registered in a dictionary to decide the spelling of the input words. CONSTITUTION:The words are successively taken out at a spelling error correction control part 9 for an English sentence which is fed from a keyboard 2 or a file device and stored temporarily in a buffer 3. These words are compared successively with the spellings stored in a basic dictionary 6, a temporary dictionary 7 and a conversion dictionary 8 respectively. Then the word having an error of spelling is replaced with the word of correct spelling within the buffer 3. A basic word spelling comparator part 10 is actuated by a control part 9 to transmits an OK signal to the part 9 when detecting the coincidence of comparison and to actuate a comparator part 11, when detecting the discordance. Furthermore, an erroneous word spelling comparator part 12 is actuated if the discordance is detected. When the discordance is detected at the part 12, a fault message is sent to a display 1 from a correction processing part 14. Then the error is informed to an operator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an English text processing device, that is, an English word processor. The present invention relates to an automatic correction device for spelling errors in input English text.

Conventional English sentence processing devices are mainly configured with nine sentence editing processing functions, and regarding the processing of word misspellings,
Some of them have a function to check the correctness of spellings, but none have a function to correct spelling errors, and the processing of English spelling errors has been overlooked. This is due to the large physical and cost burden of having a word spelling dictionary and checking the spelling of words in the input text. If so, the number of words would be enormous.

Moreover, in English, which is a field where there are many special words, there are many words that cannot be checked, which increases the burden on the operator and significantly reduces the efficiency of two-sentence processing itself. .

However, in English text processing, if the output text contains spelling errors, its use will be limited. If the solution was to be solved by strengthening the target checking, it might go against the original purpose of introducing the text processing device, resulting in the problem.

Purpose of the Invention In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention maintains the basic dictionary at a certain level, and furthermore provides a dictionary created by learning as a reinforcement of this. By doing so, at a relatively low cost.

This makes it possible to create high-quality sentences without spelling errors.

To achieve this, the present invention provides a five-embedded English text processing device including input means and a display.

A memory that holds a correct word spelling dictionary consisting of a basic word dictionary and a temporary word dictionary; a memory that holds a conversion dictionary that compares and displays previously detected spelling errors and corrected correct spellings; The above basic dictionary spells words in English sentences.

It is registered in both the temporary dictionary and conversion dictionary.

fart It provides a means of sequentially comparing the looseness of words.

When a match is detected between the spelling of the input word and any of the word spellings in the basic dictionary and the temporary dictionary in the comparison, the spelling of the input word is determined to be valid; is not found in the basic dictionary or the temporary dictionary, and the same spelling is found in the conversion dictionary. If the spelling is read out and replaced with the input word, and if the same spelling cannot be found in the conversion dictionary, it will be displayed on the above display, requesting the operator to check, and if the operator deems it to be valid. , the spelling of the input word is registered in a temporary dictionary, and when the operator recognizes it as a spelling error, the operator inputs the correct spelling using the input means, replaces the input word with the correct spelling, and converts the input word to the conversion dictionary. The error 11 and the correct spelling are registered in , and as the English sentence processing progresses.

It is characterized by the maintenance of temporary dictionaries and conversion dictionaries.

Examples of the invention Two aspects of the present invention will be described in detail below based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of an English text processing device.

In Figure 1, 1 is a display, 2 is a keyboard,
3 is a buffer, 4 is an English sentence processing unit, 5 is a spelling error correction processing unit, 6 to 8 are spelling checking dictionaries placed in memory, 6 is a spelling dictionary for basic words, and 7 is a temporary spelling error correction unit. A spelling dictionary of words, 8 indicates a conversion dictionary of misspelled words.

Further, 9 represents a spelling error correction control unit, 10 represents a basic word spelling comparison unit, 11 represents a temporary word spelling comparison unit, 12 represents an incorrect word spelling comparison unit, 13 represents a replacement processing unit, and 14 represents a correction processing unit. .

The display 1 is used for monitoring the input and processing of English text data, and the keyboard 2 is used for text input, spelling correction, and other control instructions according to the present invention. Buffer y3Fit Used for temporary storage of data input from the keyboard 2 or a file device (not shown). The English text processing unit 4 performs various known text editing or document creation processes on the input English text. These 1 to 4 device parts are
This corresponds to a conventional English sentence processing device.

The spelling error correction processing device 5 has two newly added mechanisms according to the present invention. This device 5 performs a preprocessing function of checking and correcting misspellings of each word in two sentences before the input data is processed by the English sentence processing section 4.

The basic word spelling dictionary (hereinafter referred to as basic dictionary) 6 is a dictionary that collects spellings of basic words that are particularly frequently used.

One of the features of the present invention is that this basic dictionary is constructed on a relatively small scale.

A temporary word spelling dictionary (hereinafter referred to as a temporary dictionary) 7 is a dictionary that is dynamically created when the English text processing device is used, in order to compensate for the lack of word capacity in the basic dictionary 6. Therefore, at the beginning of use, it is basically in a blank state. The words stored in the temporary dictionary are basically words that have a spelling that is not found in the dictionary, and that has been determined by the operator to be the correct spelling.

Conversion dictionary for misspelled words (hereinafter referred to as conversion dictionary) 84
1 Similar to the temporary dictionary 7, this dictionary is created during use, and for words that have spellings that are not found in the basic dictionary 6 and temporary dictionary 7, and are determined to be misspelled by the operator, It is stored in pairs with the correct spelling. This dictionary maintains this as a conversion table because document creators or operators often repeat the same spelling errors for the same word.
It is intended to be self-correctable.

The conversion dictionary 8 distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters, and the original inputted one is adopted.

The spelling error correction control unit 9 sequentially extracts words from the input sentence data in the buffer 3 and inputs them into the basic dictionary 6.
Temporary dictionary7. The words are compared one after another until a match is made with the conversion dictionary 8, and if one spelling error is detected as a result of the comparison, control is performed to replace the word in the buffer with the correct spelling.

Basic word performance υ comparison part 10. Temporary word spelling comparison section 11.
The incorrect word spelling comparison unit 12 inputs the input word lines, respectively.
Basic dictionary 6. Temporary dictionary7. The spelling is compared with the spelling stored in the conversion dictionary 8.

The basic word score comparison unit 10 is activated by the control unit 9,
When a match is detected9. Send OK signal to control unit 9, t
When a mismatch is detected, the temporary word spelling comparison unit 1
Start 1. The comparison section 11 is.

When a match is detected, an OK signal is sent to the control section 9.

In addition, when a mismatch is detected, the incorrect spelling comparison unit 12
Start. When the control unit 9 receives an OK double signal from either of the comparison units 10.11, the control unit 9 determines that the spelling of the word in the sofa is correct and does not perform the rewriting operation.

When the error word record comparison unit 12 is activated, it compares the input word spelling with the error spellings listed in the conversion dictionary 8,
When a match is detected, K means that the input word has the same misspelling as before, so the replacement processing unit 1
3, the corresponding correct spelling in the conversion dictionary 8 is read out and sent to the control section 9. From this spelling K, the control unit 9
Rewrite the word in the buffer.

On the other hand, when the comparator 12 detects a mismatch [ti.

Since this means that the input word is spelled for the first time, the correction processing section 14 sends an abnormal message to the display 1 to notify the operator. When the operator looks at the spelling and determines that the spelling is correct even though it is not in the dictionaries 6 and 7, he responds with the keyboard 2 and sends an OK signal to the correction processing section 14. Thereby, the correction processing unit 14 additionally registers the spelling in the temporary dictionary and sends an OK signal to the control unit 9. but.

If the operator discovers that the spelling is incorrect, he inputs the correct spelling from the keyboard and sends it to the correction processing unit 14.
to notify. The correction processing unit 14 additionally registers the input correct spelling in combination with the incorrect spelling in the conversion dictionary 8, and supplies it to the control unit 9 as a replacement spelling υ. The control unit 9 replaces the word in the υ buffer with this replacement spelling.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the main operations of the above-mentioned misspelling correction processing device.

Note that both the basic dictionary and the temporary dictionary can be stored in a file storage device such as a magnetic disk. The contents of the basic dictionary are deleted as necessary.

It can be changed and added with the contents of a temporary dictionary, and it can also be switched depending on the purpose or by the author of the text. Dictionaries should be made as small and efficient as possible.

Desirable from the viewpoint of processing speed.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, a low-cost and efficient means for correcting spelling errors is provided in an English text processing device, thereby significantly reducing the burden on the operator or text creator. 9 The quality of the documents produced can be further improved.

The usability of the English text processing device is greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of nine embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of its operating procedure. In the figure, 1 is a display, 2 is a keyboard, 3 is a buffer, 4 is an English text processing unit, 5 is an error spelling correction processing unit,
6 is a basic dictionary, 7 is a temporary dictionary. 8 is a conversion dictionary, 9 is a fill spelling correction control unit, 10 is a basic word spelling comparison unit, 11 is a temporary word spelling comparison unit, 1
2 represents an incorrect word spelling comparison section, 13 represents a replacement processing section, and 14 represents a correction processing section. Patent Applicant: Fujitsu Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Hiroshi Fumi Hase (1 other person) End of 1゜round v5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] An English text processing device comprising: an input means, a display, and a memory that holds a correct word spelling dictionary consisting of a basic word dictionary and a temporary word dictionary. A memory that stores a conversion dictionary that compares and displays previously detected spelling errors and corrected correct spellings, and a memory that stores the spellings of words in input English sentences in the basic dictionary, temporary dictionary, and conversion dictionary, respectively. A means for sequentially comparing the spelling υ of the registered word with the spelling of the input word in the comparison. The spelling of the input word is determined to be valid when a match is detected with either the spelling of the word in the basic dictionary or the temporary dictionary; Not in the conversion dictionary, but in the conversion dictionary.
When a spelling is found, the word is determined to be a misspelling, the corresponding correct spelling in the conversion dictionary is read out and replaced with the input word, and the same spelling is not found in the conversion dictionary either. If the input word is spelled incorrectly, the spelling of the input word is displayed on the display and requested to be checked by the operator. If the operator deems it valid, the spelling of the input word is registered in the temporary dictionary, and if the operator recognizes the spelling as incorrect, the spelling of the input word is Correctly input the correct spelling using the input means, replace the input word with the correct spelling, and register the incorrect spelling and correct spelling in the conversion dictionary, and as the English text processing progresses, the temporary dictionary and the conversion dictionary are updated. Spelling error processing h< characterized by continuous maintenance.