JPS59116835A - Japanese input device with input abbreviating function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of input operation by providing a means which stores an input KANA (Japanese character) storing and its converted result and retrieves them through simple operation. CONSTITUTION:When document data is inputted by using a KANA-KANJI (Chinese character) conversion part 1 and a dictionary 2 for KANJI conversion, the KANA string of the document data and its conversion result are stored in a storage part 3. A display part 6 displays the converted result, and an operator when inputting a homonym recognizes that the word is already inputted. An input part 5 has a means which discriminates whether the inputted KANA string is a part of indexes of words and phrases or all indexes, and the operator decides on whether the KANJI conversion part 1 or a retrieval part 4 is accessed by the inputted KANA string. The retrieval part 4 uses input retrieval information as a key to search the storage part 3. Consequently, words and phrases which are used once are inputted easily, so the efficiency of input operation is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Description of the field to which the invention pertains The present invention relates to a Kahiko-kanji conversion type Japanese input device equipped with an abbreviated input function.

(2) Description of conventional technology In Japanese input devices that use the conventional kana-kanji conversion method,
If you want to re-enter a word that you have already entered, you can (1) re-enter the reading of the entire word, (2) copy the part that has already been entered during the editing process, or (3) add a specific heading to the word. It was necessary to take steps such as registering it in a dictionary and converting it according to the registered heading.

When inputting long words such as compound words, method (1) requires a large number of touches;
When method 3) is used, there is a drawback that the input operation becomes complicated.

(3) Purpose of the Invention The present invention focuses on the property that, in the case of general sentences, terms used once, especially noun phrases, are often used again. The feature is that when a certain word is used multiple times in a document, the desired word can be searched and inputted with a simple operation, and the purpose is to streamline the input operation. There is a particular thing.

(4) Description of structure and operation of the invention FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a kana-kanji conversion unit, 2 is a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, and 3 is an input kana character string and conversion. The storage unit 4 stores the results word by word, using a part of the kana character string corresponding to the conversion result as a key.
a search section for searching conversion results; 5 an input section having means for indicating that the input kana character string is part of the kana character string corresponding to the conversion result; 6 displaying the input character string and the conversion result; This is a display section that displays Note that the display section 6 is not essential.

The operation of this device will be explained by inputting the following example sentences.

Example sentence: ``One of the major challenges in Japanese information processing systems is to improve efficiency.Therefore, various Wz
Wl's Japanese information processing technology makes inputting more efficient.
It is used for Wj Wl. ” When the input up to “…improves efficiency.” is completed using the Kana-Kanji conversion unit 1 and the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary '4i2, the Kana character strings and conversion results of those sentences are stored in the storage unit 3. has been done. The conversion result is displayed on the display unit 6, and when the operator inputs Wl, the operator can be aware that the word has already been input.

The input section has a means to distinguish whether the input kana character string is a part of the heading or all the headings of the phrase, and the operator can convert the input kana character string to kana-kanji. It is determined whether section 1 or search section 4 should be accessed.

Here, as a means of separating, it is necessary to provide a key different from the key that triggers the normal conversion, or to use a space between the first and last characters of the reading of the word as search information. There is a method of using existing symbols on the keyboard as shift symbols, such as "@", "end", and "/" at the beginning of the reading.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the storage section 3. As shown in FIG.

In the figure, 8 indicates a header table, 9 indicates an address e-stack, and 10 indicates a data storage section. Top heading table 8
The address stack 9 is an index table that is used to quickly search for target words, and the first heading table 8 contains headings from ``a'', ``i'', ``tsu'' to ``n''. have,
The address stack 9 is a data storage part I where words or character strings having the corresponding head heading are stored.
The address of O is stored.

The data storage unit 10 divides compound words into word units based on the information obtained from the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 2 at the time of inputting kana-kanji conversion, and uses the unit of storage for conjugated words up to the end of the conjugated word. 1 and store the input string and conversion result.

The search unit 4 searches the storage unit using the input search information as a key. When searching by using the first and last characters of a word with a space in between, the first character is searched in the first heading table 8 to obtain the address of the storage unit whose first heading matches.

Next, a storage unit is searched for which is a storage unit that follows the storage unit whose first heading matches the one character at the end and whose last character matches the storage unit. When the input data is accumulated as shown in FIG.
l, followed by "input" (address A11),
Search for storage units that end in "su". in this case,
The search starts from the most recently used word or phrase, and the range of storage units to be checked for the last heading is up to the point where the character type changes, or the number of storage units to be checked is up to several.

Assuming that the range of storage units to be inspected for the last heading is up to the point where the character type changes, in the above example, the addresses All and Al0N AR of the first storage unit are the ones that correspond to the last storage unit. , and the last heading matches "Processing" which moves to "Japanese" at address A1, and the search unit 4 outputs "Japanese Information Processing" for the input "2, -ri". .

Also, if "r==tsu" is entered, "Japanese information"
can be output, and arbitrary parts can be extracted from compound words.

In addition, when adding a symbol such as @ on the keyboard as a shift symbol to the beginning of the reading to instruct the storage section 3 to search, the storage section 3 can be configured as shown in Fig. 2. Using the readings of an arbitrary number of characters from the beginning as search information, it is possible to output the storage unit up to the line where the character type changes.

For example, if you enter "@2", "Japanese information processing"
, "in", "ni", and "input", and when "@niho" is input, "Japanese information processing" can be output. In this case, the storage unit 3
can speed up the search.

(5) Description of Effects As explained above, the present invention has a means of storing input kana character strings and conversion results and searching them with a simple operation, thereby making it easy to input words that have been used once. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency of input operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of its storage section. In the figure, 1. Ephemeral Kanji conversion unit, 2. Ephemeral Kanji conversion dictionary,
3 is a storage section, 4 is a search section, 5 is an input section, 6 is a display section, 7
8 represents a control unit, 8 represents a header table, 9 represents an address stack, and 10 represents a data storage unit. Patent applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation Patent attorney Mori 1) Hirochi 1 [1 year old 2! f1

Claims (1)

[Claims] a kana-kanji conversion unit, a conversion dictionary, and a storage unit that stores input kana character strings and conversion results in units of words based on word delimiter information obtained from search results of the conversion dictionary;
It has a search section that searches the storage section using a part of the kana string corresponding to the conversion result as a key, and a means to indicate that the input [, kana string is part of the kana string corresponding to the conversion result. A Japanese input device with an abbreviated input function, comprising an input section, the kana-kanji conversion section, a conversion dictionary, a storage section, a search section, and a control section that controls the input section.