JPS5921049B2 - Kanji input method and kanji input device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Recently, instead of paper and pencil, Japanese sentences including kanji are created on the CRT using a CRT (cathode ray tube) and a key port, and when the writing is completed, the sentences are printed on a printer. Japanese word processors that print out data and input data into recomputers are attracting attention.

The present invention relates to a kanji input method that is effective when applied to such Japanese word processors and the like. Conventionally, when inputting kanji on this type of device, a direct input method was used, in which the user manually specified keys that were spatially arranged in one-to-one correspondence with each kanji, such as on a Japanese typewriter or tablet. There is also an interactive input method in which the pronunciation of a kanji is input from a hiragana keyboard, a plurality of kanji corresponding to this pronunciation are displayed on a CRT, and a desired kanji is input from the list using a light pen or keyboard.

With the direct specification method, the task of selecting a specific kanji from among the large number of kanji on the tablet is complicated, and it is tiring to have to look between the manuscript, the tablet, and the display device, and it requires skill. It is not possible to input many kanji in a short period of time. In contrast, interactive input methods
Although it is easy to select a specific kanji, it is necessary to distinguish between kanji and hiragana, and to input one kanji, two or more operations must be performed. Therefore, there is a drawback that the operability is completely different from that of conventional devices. The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks of conventional devices and to realize a kanji input method and a kanji input device that can input a large number of kanji in a short time without requiring any skill.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a device for realizing the kanji input method according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a tablet with many characters arranged, 2
is an operation panel that can be moved in the X and Y directions, and includes a pointer 20 for specifying a specific character group on the tablet 1 (the character group shown on the left side of FIG. 1), and a , and an arm 21 coupled to a position signal generating means in the Y direction. Also, on the operation panel 2, there are keys X1 to X6, Yl to Y6 for specifying specific characters, and keys S1 to S6 for specifying corrections and changes of spaces and characters.
is provided. 3 is a display device, here &CRT (
The text being input is displayed at the top of the screen, and a plurality of characters of the character group specified by the pointer 20 are displayed at the center of the screen.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the X, Y position signal generating means 4 coupled to the arm 21 of the operation panel 2. As shown in FIG.

Here, it is constructed of an X potentiometer 41 and a Y potentiometer 42 having brushes connected to an arm 21, and each potentiometer 41, 42
The voltage signals Vx, vy obtained from
, i.e. pointer 20 on tablet 1.
indicates the character group specified by . In the kanji input method of the present invention, the typist's hand is placed on the operation panel 2 as shown in FIG. 3, and the operation panel 2 is moved in the Move and stop.

Although FIG. 3 shows an example of the right hand, the left hand is shown in a completely symmetrical diagram. As a result, the display device 3
A plurality of characters (30 characters in this case) of the specific character group indicated by the pointer 20 are displayed in the center of the screen. The typist selects a desired specific character from among the displayed plural characters and specifies it using keys Xl, -X6, Yl -Y6. For example, in FIG. 1, if it is desired to input the characters x wide 2, the user presses the X2 and Y4 keys to specify this. The characters selected and designated in this manner are inputted to, for example, a blinking cursor position 30 on the display device 3. In this way, it is possible to create a Bunryu by sequentially inputting desired characters. Such a kanji input method has the following features.

(1) With a little practice, a typist can find approximately where a specific character is located without looking at the pointer 20 or tablet 1. You can specify a specific character from among the characters displayed.

Therefore, it is possible to input sentences while looking only at the original and the display device, and it is possible to input a large number of characters in a short time even without skill. (Ii) Since character selection is performed using a plurality of characters displayed on the display device, the characters are easy to read and cause less fatigue.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the apparatus of the present invention.

The position signal generating means 4 outputs signals Vx and vy indicating the position of the operation panel 2, and these signals are sent to the A/D converter A.
It is converted into a digital signal at D and applied to the microcomputer μP.

A digital signal corresponding to a specific character designated by a key is applied from the operation panel 2 to the microcomputer μP. The microcomputer μP is an A/D converter A
The position signal and specific character signal from D are input, and the specific character code corresponding to both signals is read out from the kanji coordinate memory M1. Here, the kanji coordinate memory M1 is a memory that stores kanji codes corresponding to position signals and specific character signals. The kanji code signals read from the kanji coordinate memory M1 are sent to the kanji font memory M2, and the font (font) of the kanji corresponding to each code is read out from M2 and displayed on the display device 3. Here, the kanji font memory M2 is a memory that stores fonts of kanji.
The characters written manually in this way are displayed one after another on the display device 3?
A desired sentence can be created on the display device 3.

The created text is output to an output device such as a printer. In the above description, one specific group is formed of 30 characters, but one group may be formed of even fewer characters in order to facilitate the selection of specific characters.

In this case, inputting a specific character by key operation becomes easy, and there is no need to input by two types of key operations, X and Y, but by key operations that correspond one-to-one to the displayed multiple characters. You can also do this. Furthermore, although potentiometers 41 and 42 that output analog signals are used as the position signal generating means 4 of the operating panel 2, means for outputting digital signals may be used. As explained above, the present invention divides a large number of characters to be input into a plurality of groups so that several characters form one group, and when inputting kanji, first move the operation panel in the X and Y directions. A specific group is selected by moving the character, characters included in this specific group are displayed on the display device, a specific kanji is selected from among the displayed multiple characters, and this is placed on the operation panel. This allows users to input a large number of kanji characters in a short period of time without requiring any skill.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a device for realizing the kanji input method according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of position signal generating means coupled to the operation panel in the device shown in FIG. Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the arrangement of hands on the operation panel;
The figure is a block diagram showing an example of the apparatus of the present invention. 1...Tablet, 2...Operation board, X
1~X6Yl~Y6...Key, 3...
Display device, 4...Position signal generation means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tablet configured by arranging a plurality of characters (M characters) into one group, and a pointer for specifying a specific group on the tablet, and a pointer for specifying a specific group on the tablet. It has a plurality of keys (N keys, where M≧N) for specifying the kanji to be input in The output operation board and the X from this operation board
, multiple groups (M groups) according to position information on the Y axis
A method for inputting kanji in a kanji input device equipped with a display device for displaying kanji, which first selects a group containing kanji to be input by moving the operation panel with respect to the X-axis and the Y-axis, M included in the group
kanji are displayed on the display device, and then the displayed M
A kanji input method for inputting a specific kanji by selecting a specific kanji to be input from among the kanji and specifying a key on the operation panel indicating a position assigned to the kanji. 2. A tablet composed of a plurality of characters (M characters) in one group and a large number of these groups arranged;
It has a pointer for specifying a specific group on this tablet, as well as multiple keys (N pieces, however, M≧N) for specifying the kanji to be input within this group, for the X and Y axes. a movable operating panel, a position signal generating means coupled to the operating panel and outputting a signal related to the position on the X and Y axes, a signal from the position signal generating means and a signal from the plurality of keys; , a memory means connected to the microcomputer, and a display device connected to the microcomputer, the microcomputer receiving a position signal from the memory means in response to a position signal from the position signal generating means. an operation of reading out a plurality of (M) kanji included in the group corresponding to the position signal and displaying them on the display device; and a key indicating the position assigned to each of the displayed M kanji. A kanji input device characterized in that the kanji input device selects and inputs a specific kanji from M kanji displayed on a display device in response to a signal.