JPS5843786B2 - Kanji terminology input device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a kanji terminology input device used, for example, to convert an address written in kanji input in reading kanji into kanji.

Recently, there has been an active development of devices that use computers to input addresses in kanji.

However, as a conventional method for manually inputting kanji addresses, there is a method of predetermining an address code corresponding to each address and inputting this code numerically, but with this method, a code table prepared separately is used. This has the disadvantage that the operability is extremely low because input operations must be performed while referring to the .

Another method is to enter the pronunciation of the address in order from the front to select the corresponding address one by one.

In other words, in this method, for example, suppose you input "Kawasaki, Hamura-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo", and first enter the prefecture-level "Tokiyo" or a partial pronunciation of "To".
``Tokyo'' is displayed on the display device.

Here, the operator confirms or selects by number etc. if there are multiple candidates.

Next, we will move to the city/gun, city-ku, and ward levels.
Or enter some pronunciations such as ゛nishi°′.

With this operation, "Nishitama District Pa" is displayed, and the operator similarly confirms or makes a selection.

From this point on, all 6 towns and villages following "' Nishitama District Pa", bold letters, and levels will be displayed: "Itsukaichi Town,""OkutamaTown,""HaneTown,""HinodeTown,""HinoharaVillage," and "Hanaho Town." be done.

The operator selects this by number, or inputs the prefix ``ha'' or ``hamu'' of ``Hamuramachi'' to select one candidate.

Furthermore, since there are 10 candidates for "Hamura Town" including "Kawasaki", all of these are displayed.

You can do this in the same way and select by number, or
Enter the beginning of ``ka'' or ``kawapa'' to select one candidate.

In this way, the operator inputs the pronunciation sequentially from the upper level and selects the address display while checking the display on the display device.

However, this method requires a lot of effort and time to operate, as it is necessary to enter the address readings in order from the beginning and then check the display on the display device, making it extremely difficult to operate. There was a low drawback.

The present invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kanji terminology input device that can greatly simplify the input operation, greatly reduce the burden on the operator, and improve work efficiency. shall be.

By the way, first, the present invention will be explained in detail.

Here, we will discuss how to input a kanji address in accordance with the above.

The address display currently used throughout the country is displayed in five stages as shown in Figure 1.

That is, the second level b is "to, prefecture, prefecture", the second level b is "gun, city-ku, ward", the third level C is "town, village, bold", and the fourth level d is "T-eye, letter", 5th level e
are divided into "branch numbers" and have a so-called hierarchical structure.

Therefore, in this invention, we focused on this and stored in advance the kanji terms corresponding to the reading input of address notation at each level and the information pointer for extracting the higher-ranked kanji terms for each of these kanji terms. A reading input of a predetermined level is given, and the above-mentioned memory contents are selected by this input.

In other words, a kanji term that matches the predetermined reading level is selected, a higher level kanji term is retrieved using the information pointer of this kanji term, and further higher and lower kanji terms are retrieved from the information pointer of this kanji term. , and by adding these in sequence, the desired kanji address is obtained.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention based on this idea will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the same embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit for inputting kanji terms as reading input, and a kana type writer is used, for example.

In this case, the input to the input unit 1 is to provide reading input at a predetermined level.

For example, when inputting ``Nihonbashi Edobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo'', the user inputs the reading as ``Nihonbashi Edobashi''.

A control device 2 is connected to the input section 1, and a storage device 4 is connected to the control device 2 via a verification circuit 3.

Here, the control device 2 transfers the reading information input through the input unit 1 to the matching circuit 3, and receives the selected Kanji term candidates.

Further, the collation circuit 3 includes an address conversion circuit 31, an address conversion table 32, and a reading comparison circuit 33, as shown in FIG.
, storage device readout circuit 34, upper level addition circuit 35
It compares the stored contents of the storage device 4 with the input pronunciation, and selects and outputs the kanji term with the matching pronunciation.

On the other hand, the storage device 4 uses, for example, a magnetic disk device for storing kanji terms as a table, and the terminology table is shown in FIG.

In this case, the terminology table arranges the reading inputs in alphabetical order, and each reading input stores in advance the kanji terms to be converted and an information pointer for extracting higher-level kanji terms for each of these kanji terms. .

For example, in FIG. 4, "Tokyo" contains "'O" as the pointer information for "Tokyo" as a Kanji term.

This pointer information "O" indicates that there is no kanji term belonging to a higher rank.

Furthermore, "'Chiyuou<" contains "Chuo-ku" as a Kanji term and Pm as pointer information.

This pointer information Pm indicates that the kanji term belonging to the higher rank is 'Toukiyo'.

Furthermore, "Nihonbashi Edobashi" contains "Pa Nihonbashi Edobashi" as a kanji term and Pn as pointer information.

This pointer information Pn indicates that the higher-ranking Kanji term is "'chiyuou<".

Next, returning to FIG. 2, a display device 5 is connected to the control device 2.

The display device 5 is, for example, a CRT kanji display, and has the function of displaying candidates for kanji terms and selecting a desired display.

Next, the operation of the apparatus constructed as above will be described.

If one wants to input "Nihonbashi Edobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo", for example, "Nihonbashi Edobashi" is read and inputted to the input section 1.

This input is given to the verification circuit 3 via the control device 2.

Then, an address is generated via the address conversion circuit 31 from the contents of the address conversion circuit 32, which are set in advance based on the contents of the storage device 4.

In this case, “Nihonbashi Edobashi” is the address conversion circuit 3.
When set to 1, two addresses, Pfrom and Pto, are generated.

In other words, this shows that the kanji term with the reading ``Nihonbashi Edobashi'' is between Pfrom and pto.

In this state, the storage reading circuit 34 is driven by the reading comparing circuit 33, and the kanji term table in the storage device 4 is sequentially read out from Pfrom, and comparison with the reading input is performed.

As a result, the kanji term "Nihonbashi Edobashi" that matches "Nihonbashi Edobashi" is selected.

This selected Kanji term is provided to the upper level addition circuit 35.

Then, the information pointer Pn of this kanji term pulls out “Chuo-ku” as a higher-level kanji term, and furthermore, this “
"Tokyo" is retrieved by the information pointer Pm of "Chuo-ku", and these are sequentially added.

As a result, "Nihonbashi Edobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo" is output as a matching result and displayed on the display device 5.

Here, the reading input is compared sequentially up to Pto, so in the example of "Nihonbashi Edobashi" mentioned above, there was only one match, but depending on the input, there may be multiple kanji. Terms may match.

In such a case, the following higher-level terms are added to each Kanji term in the manner described above, the results of these comparisons are displayed on the display device 5, and only the desired display is selected by operator operation.

Therefore, with this configuration, a desired kanji address can be obtained by simply inputting a predetermined reading input, which simplifies the input operation to the extent that even an amateur can do it compared to conventional systems, and greatly reduces the burden on the operator. It can be reduced.

Furthermore, since the operability is improved, the efficiency of this type of work can be significantly increased.

Next, another embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the comparison circuit, in which a changeover switch 36 is connected to the output terminal of the reading comparison circuit 33, so that the output of the comparison circuit 33 is directly output to the display device.

Other details are the same as in FIG. 3.

In this way, by switching the switch 36 to the illustrated state, only the kanji terms in categories that match the reading input can be output individually, for example, Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi-Edobashi, respectively.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope without changing the gist.

For example, in the above description, the method for obtaining kanji addresses has been consistently described, but it can also be applied to, for example, searching classified data files.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a kanji terminology input device that can greatly simplify manual operation, greatly reduce the burden on the operator, and improve work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining the address notation used throughout the country, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of this invention,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a collation circuit used in the same embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a storage device used in the same embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a collation circuit used in another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit. 1...Input unit, 2...Control device, 3.
... Verification circuit, 31 ... Address conversion circuit, 32 ... Address conversion table, 33 ...
...Reading comparison circuit, 34...Storage device reading circuit, 35...Upper level addition circuit, 36
......Selector switch, 4...Storage device,
5...Display device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A storage section that stores kanji terms classified into a plurality of levels and information pointers for extracting higher-level kanji terms for each of these kanji terms, and an input section that receives reading input at a predetermined level. and a first means for selecting a kanji term from the storage device that matches the reading input in the input section, and extracting a higher level kanji term from the storage device using the information pointer of the kanji term selected by this means. A kanji terminology input device characterized by comprising: a second means for adding these terms to the kanji terms selected by the means; and a display device for displaying the kanji terms obtained by these means. 2. The kanji terminology input device according to claim 1, wherein the second means includes switching means for directly outputting the kanji terminology selected by the first means to a display device.