JPS59174934A - Japanese inputting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the eyestrain of an operator by providing a preferential display section and registering and displaying used characters in the preferential display section. CONSTITUTION:When a character-string corresponding to the reading of a ''Kanji'' (Chinese character) is inputted through a keyboard device 11, the character-string is temporarily stored in a ''Kana'' (Japanese syllabary) register 12. A control section 13 searches a main dictionary storage 17 in accordance with the content of the register 12 and transfers all characters pertinent to the content to a dictionary buffer 18, and then, displays a quantity equal to the one line in the buffer 18 on a display device 15 through an output editing section 14. When an operator assigns a necessary character, the character is displayed in the blank part of a preferential display line of a prescribed character number installd to the top of a ordinary display line of the display device 15. When the preferential display line is full of the prescribed number of characters, the first assigned and registered character is erased and a new character is displayed at the erased part. Therefore, inputting of the same character with the same reading can be made extremely efficiently and, at the same time, the eyestrain of operators can be reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a Japanese input device used in Japanese word processors, etc., and in particular, it facilitates the discrimination of homophones (hereinafter referred to as "homophones") and reduces eye strain on the operator's eyes. The present invention relates to a Japanese language input device that can reduce the problem of Japanese language input.

In the conventional kana-kanji conversion process, the kanji or compound words corresponding to the input kana character string are displayed.

If there are homophones, they are usually displayed in fixed numbers,
When the operator selects what he or she intends to do, this becomes the input information to the device. The display order of the selected kanji or compound words is changed by frequency information processing.

Figure 1 - 0 shows a specific example.
This example assumes that you want to input the kanji ``''. In FIG. 1, in the guidance area of the display screen 1 for one person, a fixed number of candidates (in this case, "Niku") are sequentially displayed in response to the input "Kou". Since the first four candidates displayed in Figure 1 do not include the character ``Kou'', when the next candidate key is pressed, the display is as shown in Figure 10.

If you input ■ here, the character ``Kou'' is transferred to the illiterate area IB and confirmed. At this time, the dictionary contents are rewritten,
From now on, the character ``Ku'' will be displayed at the beginning, as shown in FIG. 10.

However, as described below, the Japanese input device described above has a problem in that when there are a large number of homophones, the operator's eyes become significantly fatigued. For example, the above-mentioned “Kou J
According to the Shinmeikai Japanese Dictionary (2nd edition, published by Sanseido, 1971), there are 68 kanji corresponding to ``, and many of them are relatively frequently used. Therefore, the operator must select the human characters one after another for the same reading. In conventional Japanese input devices such as those mentioned above, each time a character is selected, the arrangement of the characters changes as a result of frequency information processing, so the operator has to pay close attention to all the characters each time the display changes. This can lead to faster eye fatigue.

Purpose Honda6mei was created in view of the above article ↑9, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems with conventional Japanese input devices, make it easier to distinguish between homophones, and An object of the present invention is to provide a Japanese input device that can reduce eye fatigue of an operator.

composition Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained based on examples.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the construction of a Japanese input device using a kana character input method, which is an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2, 1
1 is an input keyboard device, and an example of the character arrangement is shown in 3.
Shown in the figure. Further, 12 is a kana register for temporarily storing input character strings, 13 is a control circuit, 14 is an output editor, 15 is a display device, 16 is a printer, 17 is a main dictionary storage device, 1δ is a dictionary buffer, 19 The output rank information device 20 is a character pattern generator, and 21 is an output sentence memory.

The keyboard device 1IL11 is a kana keyboard, and is used to input character strings corresponding to the readings of kanji. Further, the keyboard device 11 has special function keys as described below.

■The space key is intended to function as a certain type of key, so when inputting an actual space, press the space key twice in succession.

■Special keys marked with Q ([phase], ■, ■) are keys for inputting the notation of each input character.

By pressing the space key (hereinafter referred to as "■") in combination with the special key, input character string delimiter output information is generated. The character string input by pressing (1) and then pressing the special key is processed in the mode corresponding to the special key.

The main dictionary storage device [17 stores kanji corresponding to their readings together with their output order information.

On the keyboard device 11, when the user presses the halberd key and subsequently inputs a character string corresponding to the reading of a kanji, this character string is temporarily stored in the kana register 12. Next, when 0 is pressed, this signal is sent to the control circuit 13. The control circuit 13 then searches the main dictionary memory using the contents of the kana register 2, and temporarily transfers all the corresponding characters to the dictionary box 7a18. Next is the control circuit 13 & the above? The editor 14 outputs one line of display of the contents of the dictionary buffer 18.
Transfer to. The output editor 14 transfers the transferred contents together with the input character string to the display device 15, and the display device 15 displays these in its guidance area.

The operator looks at the displayed content and determines whether the desired kanji is present or not, and if it is not among them, presses the next candidate key. This signal is sent to control circuit 13. Control circuit 13
&Mako's signal causes the next display line of the contents of the dictionary buffer 18 to be transferred to the output editor 14. Output 4! l
The collector 14 replaces the previous display content and transfers the new I/X display content to the display device 15 for display.

When the operator finds a desired kanji in the changed display content, he presses a key (for example, a number) that specifies the position where the kanji is displayed, and the signal is sent to the control circuit 13.
The data is input to , and then moved to output editing. On the control circuit 13 side, the output order controller 19 is activated and the dictionary buffer 18 is activated.
Change the arrangement of kanji within. When this rearrangement is finished, the contents of the said death cross 7 ae 8, yo:, dictionary storage device 1
7 overrides the location where that group of kanji is stored.

Hereinafter, the above operation will be specifically explained for the case where - character Kanji input is performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the dictionary structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 2 indicates a reading index, 3 indicates a set heading phonetic number, and ヰ indicates a corresponding kanji list. The reading index 2 consists of a first character column 2A and a pointer wlt2B to each destination @ reading in the reading heading table 3.
is heading 3A.

Registration item for priority (relative position W of notation) 3B, which will be described later.
It consists of columns 3C for the latest registered position and pointers 3D to each corresponding first kanji in the corresponding kanji table 4.

FIG. 5 shows the details of the memory contents of the part corresponding to the above-mentioned corresponding kanji table for the reading ``kaku'' of the character gyu.

As can be seen from the figure, in this embodiment, the number of characters to be displayed at one time on the display device 115' is Φ characters, and in the corresponding kanji table, each character (two numbers with 5 jti
has been done.

In this example, when displaying five kanji characters corresponding to the reading "kaku" in one line, at the beginning of the normal display line,
A priority display line is provided to store the kanji characters specified by the operator, and the kanji characters specified by the operator are displayed one after another in the priority display line, and when the content of the priority display line reaches the five characters, The first kanji that was registered disappears, and the new kanji is displayed here.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained based on the display situation of the display device 15 shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, (l/) and (&) indicate the initial state - in other words, the display state of the corresponding kanji when the reading "ka〈" is first written manually. In addition, (1
) indicates the brightest display content, and (II) and subsequent 4 indicates display content that will be sequentially displayed when the operator operates the next candidate key. In addition, from (b) onwards, the first display content (1) (the umbrella stamp (attached) on the right shoulder is always
This is the content of the priority display line.

The outline of the operation shown in Figure 6 is as follows.0(1)
In (a), nothing is registered in the priority display line (initial state, in this case, the display of the contents of the priority display line is omitted), the reading ``J'' is input, and the 8th line This shows the situation in which the kanji ``kaku'' was designated as an o-kureta.

As a result of the above specification, "kaku" is stored at the beginning of the priority display line.

■('b) shows the display situation when the same pronunciation ``kaku'' is inputted continuously, and the ``kaku'' specified above is displayed in the first priority display line. If the kanji desired by the operator is not ``kaku'', the display changes sequentially. Here, it is assumed that "case" is specified twice in a row. In this case, the parts marked with * are not actually displayed.

(3) (o) shows the display situation when the reading "Kaku" is input for the fifth time. Two "kase" are stored in the priority display line, indicating that this has been specified twice in a row. Here, it is assumed that the operator has specified "nucleus".

(4) Continuing to do the same manually, the display situation when the reading ``kaku'' was manually performed for the sixth time is shown in (d).

Five characters are already stored in the priority display line. here,
It is assumed that the operator specifies "scratching".

As a result of this designation, the first kanji "kaku" in the priority display line is deleted, and the newly designated kanji "1-kaku" is stored there.

(51(θ) shows the situation in which the content of the priority display line changed as described above is displayed when the operator manually inputs the pronunciation “Kaku” for the seventh time. Assuming that is specified, the following input changes the priority display line to (
It is displayed as shown in f).

FIG. 7 shows details of the priority display line contrast part corresponding to the reading "Kaku". In the figure, (1) is shown in figure 6 (&
) corresponds to the initial state of all display positions! The priority items (1 to 5 in this case) are "0", indicating that there is nothing, and the latest registered position display also indicates "O" (unregistered). Moreover, up corresponds to the situation shown in FIG. 6(d), and shows that the designated kanji characters are stored in all display positions. The contents of the stored kanji are indicated by serial numbers for each kanji as shown in Figure 5. Furthermore, it is shown that the latest registered position is "δ" and that the next designated kanji character will be displayed at display position 1.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of this embodiment.

According to this embodiment, since the BM designated by the operator remains as is, there is an advantage that usage trends are easy to understand.

FIG. 9 shows a display situation according to the @2 embodiment of the present invention. The contents of shapes m(a) to (f) in FIG. 9 correspond to shapes M(a) to (r) shown in FIG.

The difference between the operation of this embodiment and the operation of the first embodiment is that in the first embodiment, when the contents of the priority display line reach the five characters, -@first In contrast, in this embodiment, when the contents of the priority display line reach the five characters, the first kanji character registered is deleted and the new kanji character is displayed here. In addition to erasing kanji, the remaining characters are shifted to the left one by one, and new characters are displayed in the empty space on the right side. Figure 9 (
This is clearly shown in Q~(f). Note that the 1 circle in the display line is used to indicate the kanji character specified by the operator in the display line.

According to example d, the management of the registered contents of the priority display line is somewhat complicated, but the history specified by the operator is
This has the advantage that it is easier to understand than the embodiment.

FIG. 10 shows a display situation according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and the states a(a) to (0) shown in FIG. 10 are the states M(a) to (0) shown in FIG. (0).

The difference between the operation of this embodiment and the operation of the first embodiment is that in the first embodiment, the kanji specified by the operator is registered in the priority display line and displayed twice even if there are duplicates. In contrast, in this embodiment, when a duplicate kanji is specified, the registration 9 display of the kanji in the priority display line is not performed. Figure 10(b)-(c)
, (e) to (f), this is shown in bright 1m.

According to this embodiment, the management of registered contents of priority display rows is somewhat complicated, but the first. This embodiment has the advantage that a larger number of kanji can be registered and displayed in the priority display line than in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 shows a display situation according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and the state fm (a) to (f) shown in FIG.
corresponds to the shape m<> to (1-) shown in FIG.

The difference between the operation of this embodiment and the operation of the third embodiment described above is that in the third embodiment 1, duplicately specified kanji are registered in the priority display line and displayed. In contrast, in this example, when duplicate kanji is specified, the kanji with the duplicated power that is registered first is deleted, and the remaining characters are moved one by one to the left. The key point is that the duplicate kanji is now displayed on the empty right edge. This is clearly shown in Figures 11(Q)-(f).

According to this embodiment, although the management of the registered contents of the priority display row is somewhat complicated, it has the advantage that the history specified by the operator is easier to understand than the third embodiment.

In each of the above embodiments (-), the number of kanji characters included in each display line including the priority display line was set to five, but it goes without saying that this may be determined arbitrarily.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, a priority display section is provided and a certain number of used characters are registered and displayed in the priority display section, so that the same characters can be input with the same reading. This method is extremely efficient in many cases, and reduces eye fatigue for operators.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 - (0 is a diagram showing conventional kanji input processing, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Figure 3 is a diagram showing the character arrangement of the #IA board device, Figure 4 (2) shows a part of the dictionary structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 5 and 7 are diagrams showing details thereof, and FIGS. 61 and 91Δ. A diagram showing the display situation according to the embodiment of the invention, FIG. 8 is a process 71: Z-chart. 2. 2. Reading index, 3. Reading heading table, 4. Corresponding kanji clothing, 1.
1: *i device, 12; Kana register, 13Xd1 saliva circuit, 14: Output compiler, 15: Display device, 16: Printer, 17: Main 8'Ii storage block, 18: Dictionary buffer 'γ\
19: Output order controller, 20: Character pattern generator, 2
1: AT force sentence memory. 5th Kindergarten Figure 6 CA) (a) f) 4th stage state (1st time If) (b) Next, read the same reading as in (a) in the ninnorda state (2nd time 11) (c) 31+, +1 l- I (a) The same reading as in (a) Figure 6 (B) (d) The sixth time, the same reading as in (a) (e)
) 7th time, the same reading as (a) was manually performed (f) 8
State tube with the same reading as (a) entered for the second time 7
Figure (1) State in Figure 6 (a) (11) State in Figure 6 (d) Figure 9 To C) - (a) vJ stage state (b) Next, the same reading as in (a) is manually read. state (2
1 + 1 st) (C) 3rd and 4th eyes, the same reading as (&) is manually read. 9 Figure (B) (d) 6th and 4th eyes, the same reading as (a) is manually written (
f) a+q+[: I's 4 manually read the same reading as (a)
Okuma Figure 10 (A) (a) Initial initial state (14th mark) (b) Next state where the same reading as in (a) is input (24th mark) (c) 34th mark, (a) and State cylinder ゛ lO diagram with the same reading input (B) (d) State where the same reading as in (a) is input manually (e
) 8 4th, the same reading as (a) manually (r) 9
The 11th state where the same reading as the fourth (&) is read manually
Figure (A) (a)? Nozuki porridge state (1 time 11) (b) Next, enter the same reading as (a,) (
C) State where the same reading as (a) of 3 times 1 go is input @
11 Figure (1+)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) A means for inputting at least the reading of a single kanji, a means for temporarily storing the character string input by the input means, and a dictionary for storing homophone groups along with output order information. ,
means for inputting and displaying a fixed number of character groups in the dictionary according to the output order information; means for receiving a designation of the character intended by the operator from among the character groups displayed on the display means; and means for receiving the designation. The Japanese language input device has a means for replacing the output order information according to the received output order information, and a means for writing the replaced output order information in the dictionary, wherein the characters specified by the operator are limited to a certain number. A Japanese language input device characterized in that it is configured to be registered in a first display group. (1) When the number of characters registered in the first display group reaches the predetermined number, the first display group is erased from the first registered character.
Japanese input device described in section. (3) The characters to be registered in the first display group are registered in order from the left within the display group, and when the number of registered characters reaches the certain number, the characters are registered first at the left end in the display group. 1, and shift the remaining characters to the left one by one.
2. The Japanese language input device according to claim 1, wherein the Japanese language input device is configured such that a new character is registered at the empty right end. (4) The Japanese input device according to claim 3, wherein the Japanese input device is configured so that characters that are the same as characters already registered in the display group are not registered redundantly. (c) If a new character is specified that is the same as a character already registered in the display group, the character already registered in the display group is deleted, and the character to the right of it is replaced by one character. 4. The Japanese language input device according to claim 3, wherein the Japanese language input device is configured to shift the characters to the left in increments and register new characters at the vacant right end.