JPS5931089B2 - Device for selecting kanji inside and outside the keyboard of a typewriter - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is based on the "Inside/Outside Keyboard Kanji Selection Device for Typewriters," which was previously invented and filed by the applicant.
This invention relates to improvements in Japanese Patent Application No. 54-048032).

Conventionally known kanji input devices that convert kana (romaji) to kanji require the double effort of displaying a set of homophones on a display device after pressing a key, and then visually selecting and identifying the required kanji. Therefore, the input speed is restricted.

Rather than displaying and selecting a set of homonyms of kanji all at once, it is easier and more efficient to select a set of internal sounds of an idiom one after another, so in the recent "Japanese Word Processor" In this case, an electronic "dictionary" is used to select what is displayed using this method, but it takes several seconds to select a set. Japanese has an extremely high number of homonyms, and it is known that approximately one-third of the number of words (different words) in Japanese dictionaries are homonyms. In this case, even if one character of kana is excluded and counted, the remaining homophones (common nouns, individual nouns, different spellings of conjugated words, etc.)
However, the number of words in the entire text is approximately one-third. Therefore, homophones always appear and suppress the input speed. The method of inputting kanji using a European typewriter-style keyboard and selecting them using a display device has been known since a relatively early period, and was published in 1975.
809 discloses mechanical devices that display kanji with the same beginning, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 41-18187 discloses mechanical devices that display kanji or compound words with the same sound. The above inefficiency is occurring. Moreover, there is a trade-off that if you increase the number of registered words and make the selection based on idioms closer to perfection, the number of homophones will also increase, and identifying homophones by affixes, semantic categories, frequency of use, etc. will only be partially effective. It can be safely said that the restriction on input speed due to homophones is the fate of kanji input methods based on reading. The full character arrangement in Japanese typewriters and the multi-stage shift arrangement in Kanji teletypes have been in practical use for a long time, but the former is slow because the necessary kanji is searched visually from a large number of kanji, and the latter is slow due to the keyboard. Because it will be large,
You have to swing your arm around to select a character key, which again limits your speed. However, in Kanji Teletype,
It is known that by arranging characters that appear frequently in a specific application close to the user's hand, the movement of the arm can be reduced and the speed can be slightly improved. A method using the touch method using a European typewriter-style keyboard and eliminating the need for the display selection process of homophones and allographs was announced relatively recently, and was pioneered by the Japanese Patent Publication Publication No. 40-9312 (described later). Others are Special Publication No. 50-33369, Special Publication No. 5033368,
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 50-35453.

The latter two have been put into practical use as the so-called two-stroke method. The problem with all of these is that you have to memorize the codes for all the kanji you use, but the advantage is that you can achieve high speed through this training. My memory of the kanji codes that I use all the time is clear and I can input them quickly. The stored codes are organized in the brain in order of frequency of use and by semantic category, so the optimal code system for each person is generated in the brain. In contrast to the full character arrangement and multi-stage shift arrangement such as Kanji Teletype, where the keystrokes are restricted by the character arrangement on a large keyboard, with memorized codes, each person's optimal code system is stored in their brain. It is generated and the touch keystroke skill is acquired. Of the approximately 2,000 kanji commonly used in Japanese, 10% to 20% of the most frequently used kanji are often single characters with clear meanings, and are also used as components of two-character compound words. Since it forms many idioms, it is also the main element of homonyms.

Many other less frequently used kanji are used in idioms or synonymous relationships with these more frequently used kanji. Therefore, if you specify these frequently used kanji,
For many other kanji, it is possible to specify a specific kanji among homophones by simply specifying the reading. This is the same method as checking kanji with the same sound over the phone. For example, “righteousness”
is the righteousness of duty, and ``Wisteria'' is the wisteria of wisteria flowers. According to this method, there is no need to memorize the codes of many kanji as in the two-stroke method, and once you memorize the arrangement of frequently used kanji, other kanji can be read according to idioms and synonyms. A single syllable can be specified. The on-yomi reading of kanji is limited to the second syllables i, u, ki, ku, chi, tsu, n, so it is not valid in designation and can be omitted. A device that uses idioms to identify homonyms has already been disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 9312-1971, but this
To identify the kanji, the first character of a two-character compound word is pressed on a kana keyboard, and the first character or the second character specification key is then pressed to identify the first character.With current electronic memory, If you hierarchically memorize a large number of less frequently used kanji as subcategories of idioms and synonyms with a few kanji that are frequently used, not only kanji but also idioms can be stored in the first syllable. You can select efficiently by using the abbreviated keystrokes. In order to effectively implement this method, it is necessary to place frequently used kanji directly on the keyboard of a Latin typewriter and select them using the shift key.
First of all, it is necessary to break away from the preconception that the keyboards of European typewriters are limited to alphabets, kana, and other phonetic characters. Next, in addition to grouping kanji and arranging them in parallel like in the multi-stage shift arrangement of kanji teletypes, we also select kanji and idioms by organizing them into a hierarchical memory based on idioms and synonymous relationships as described above. We need a profit. Alphabet has only 26 characters, but it requires a large number of consecutive character types to be printed by keystrokes, which is a big difference from the number of kanji characters commonly used in Japanese. In addition, as in the case of kanji, each of these consecutive characters has a specific meaning and is an element of context development.

The crucial difference is that since everything is written in 26-letter alphabets, there can only be sequential repetition of no more than 25 permutations, and the keystrokes are always systematic.
Furthermore, among the 26 letters of the alphabet, the letters that print vowels are A. e. i. O. u. It is limited to a few types of letters such as y, and syllables are composed of consonants, vowels, consonants, vowels, or vowels and consonants, so there are about 20 types of consonant letters and several types of vowel letters. often appear alternately in a sentence.

Therefore, there can only be several permutations of the consonant-to-vowel character sequence. Continuations of letters with consonants, for example, the letters that follow c are Ch-, c1-, Cr-, Ez'-
So, H. l. r. In practice, it is only necessary to selectively press one of several permutations, such as limited to z, so this fact makes it easy to quickly press keys using the touch method (blind typing) of a Roman typewriter. Therefore, by limiting the number of permutations to be selected and judged at the same time to a few, the quick and easy keying method used in European languages can also be implemented in Japanese characters, without relying on memorization of special codes.

On typewriters using the tatsuchi method (Roman typewriter-style keystrokes), the shift key with a locking device, which is used to switch between uppercase and lowercase letters in European languages and between kana and kanji in Japanese, controls the rhythm of character keystrokes. It is well known that this causes disturbance and reduces printing efficiency.

In Japanese Patent Application No. 54048032, switching between kanji and kana is carried out by utilizing the fact that kana characters are two or more consecutive characters, except for certain particles, etc., and using this sequence of keystroke signals, An electronic computer was made to discriminate between keystroke signals of kanji characters in the keyboard, which were formed by one character key and one kanji shift key.

As a result, it was possible to minimize the number of key strokes required for the lock keys, but the distinction between these character types and kanji outside the keyboard depends on the key strokes for the lock keys. The frequency with which kanji are pressed outside the keyboard is relatively low, but it is not negligible. The present invention is an improvement in this respect, and aims to provide a device for selecting kanji on the keyboard and kanji outside the keyboard, which eliminates the need to operate the lock key when pressing keys, and allows for faster, simpler and easier printing operations. shall be. This invention will be explained in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

Press the key now, press the kanji in the first keyboard, press the shift key after pressing the letter key.

2 To press the kanji outside the keyboard, press the shift key after pressing the letter key, add one more letter key, and press the space bar first grade at the same time.

Type characters other than 3 kanji (hiragana, etc.) on more than one character key.

limited to.

In other words, if you do not perform any keystrokes such as writing in short lines or switching character types, the machine will receive a series of keystroke signals. The sequence of signals formed by this keystroke method is shown in Table 1.
It will be as shown in. Here, ○ indicates that a character key is pressed individually.△ is a Kanji shift key.

In other words, the character key (○) immediately before the Kanji Shift key (△) is always a kanji signal, and a series of signals including characters other than Kanji, such as kana, is the Kanji shift key (△). (△) and Kanji shift key - individual keystroke (△) There are always two or more character keys pressed, so by counting them, the character key pressed (○), that is, the pressed character key The machine can distinguish between kanji and other types of characters.

By loosening the restrictions on keystrokes for kanji within the keystrokes mentioned above, kanji within the frame
○ △ (Character key - Kanji shift key - individual keystrokes) Outside the frame kanji ○ - △ (Kanji shift key pressed while holding down the character key) The above signal sequence can be achieved in exactly the same way.

Even if the restrictions on the above-mentioned keystrokes for off-keyboard kanji are relaxed, and off-keyboard kanji 0Δ◎~ (the above ◎ is one or more),
In the above signal sequence, press the Kanji shift key individually (△)
The character key individually pressed (○) immediately before is always a kanji signal, and consecutive signals including characters other than kanji such as kana are kanji shift key individually pressed (△) and Kanji shift key individually pressed (△). It is exactly the same that there are always two or more character keys (○) between ).

FIG. 1 shows an example of a keyboard used in the device according to the invention.

Of the approximately 2,000 kanji commonly used in Japanese, 10
Kanji with character types of % to 20% are frequently used,
Moreover, most two-character compound words contain these kanji whose meanings are well known, and these kanji are the main elements of homonyms. This number of kanji can be accommodated on the keyboard of a European typewriter with four or eight shifts, so it is convenient to use the character keys.
The permutation of shift keys, that is, the judgment of shift key selection, is now made up of 4 to 8 keys, which is similar to the judgment made when typing Roman words, such as the permutation of consonant letters to several types of vowel letters in Roman words. This satisfies the requirements for tatsuchi strokes on Roman typewriters. Furthermore, since the kanji characters are directly specified and pressed, the problem of distinguishing between homophones and different characters on a kana keyboard is solved. The difference from printing on a Roman typewriter is that in order to specify one character with two keystrokes, the kanji characters must be arranged in a system that allows each character key and shift key to be easily selected. Arrangement by radicals such as lateral and lateral, and arrangement by reading of kanji are done in Japanese type etc.
Even if these arrangements were applied to the keyboard of a set of European typewriters, it would be difficult to evenly allocate four to eight characters to each key. As a general rule, for four-character kanji, frequently used kanji with similar meanings are grouped together and stored in the same key.
In the example, the correspondence with the character arrangement of the kana keyboard is shown starting from the left end of the first row: "nu-1"... Kanji related to numbers "fu +
...Fu (fu) [A+...New (new) "U+...Ue" Match by the initial letter of the kana pronunciation of the first kanji, etc. ing.

The character keys are similar to those shown as an example in Japanese Patent Application No. 54-048032, but the difference is in the keys used as particles of one character, such as "no" and "ni". Since it is shared with the kanji key, this means that the condition for keystrokes for character types other than kanji (such as hiragana) is "keystrokes of more than one character key", and there is no condition for continuous keystrokes of more than one character key. This was made possible by

In the present invention, the keystroke method for selecting a kanji character outside the frame is to selectively press one of the kanji shift keys while holding down a character key.

For example, in Figure 1, after pressing the character key ``nu'' and lifting your finger from the key, press ``1'' of the kanji shift keys 1 to 4 located in the center of the second row from the bottom of the keyboard. In this case, the kanji in the frame [same] is selected. Also, with your left hand, press the character key "
If you press the ``nu'' key and then press the kanji shift key 1 with your right thumb (while holding down the ``nu'' key), the outside kanji ``etc.'' will be selected.As described above, the present invention In this case, selecting a kanji character outside the frame requires alternate operation with both hands, which is possible because the kanji shift key is located near the center of the keyboard.

Furthermore, it is well known that keystrokes can be performed quickly with both hands alternately. FIG. 2 shows a selection of kanji inside and outside the frame to generate a signal indicating that it is a kanji within the frame or outside the frame by the above-mentioned keystroke method, and to output this signal to the in-keyboard kanji encoder 44 (FIG. 4). An example of the configuration of the circuit 46 (FIG. 4) is shown.

In FIG. 2, even if a character key is pressed to input a character type other than kanji, such as a flat name, and a signal is input from the OR gate 461 to the AND gates 467 and 468, the signal from the OR gate 462 is not input. Since there is no, and gate 4
Both 67 and 468 are not opened, so no signal is output.

If you press a character key, raise your finger from this key, and then press the Kanji shift key, a signal from the OR gate 462 through the lead wire 469 will be input to the flip-flop 465 and 466 reset terminals, and the signal will be input to the flip-flop 466. The kanji signal within the frame is output. In addition, in this case, since the character key is not pressed down,
There is no signal from OR gate 461, so AND gates 467 and 468 are closed. If you press a character key and press the kanji shift key while holding this key, AND gate 4 will be activated by the signals from OR gates 461 and 462.
67,468 are opened and flip-flops 465,46
6, a signal is input to the set terminal, and the flip jack is input via the OR gate 462 and the lead wire 469.
Signals are also input to the set terminals of c pins 465 and 466.

If set-priority RS flip-flops are used as flip-flops 465 and 466 as shown in the figure, 465 and 466
66 are both reversed to the set side, and the flip-flop 465
An out-of-frame kanji signal is output from.

To press an off-keyboard kanji, in relation to the above-mentioned in-keyboard kanji within or outside the frame, additionally press the first syllable of the off-keyboard kanji's reading.

≧For example, to press the key for ``Yon'', first select the kanji ``etc'' on the keyboard using the idiom ``Yonto'' by pressing the kanji shift key with the other hand while holding down the letter key. To explain FIG. 1, the user presses the "nu" key, and then presses the kanji shift key 1 while holding the key. Next, use your left hand to press the key for ``ki'', which corresponds to the first syllable of the reading of ``yun'', and while holding this key, press the space bar 1 at the bottom of the keyboard, that is, the [Kanji outside the keyboard baichi] 419 ( (Fig. 1) with the other hand, that is, the right hand.

In this case, as will be described later, the CPU and ROM control program 41 (FIG. 4) distinguish between kanji characters inside the keyboard and kanji characters outside the keyboard, so the kanji characters ``etc.'' inside the keyboard are not printed.

In the present invention, the keystrokes of idioms composed of on-keyboard kanji and off-keyboard kanji are as shown in the second line of Table 1.○ΔO△
◎ In the example shown in Table 2, the "equal sign" is used as, etc. (O-Δ)
Press the key (0-Δ◎). Also, the keystrokes for the idiom ``even'' are ``equal'' (01△◎), etc. (◎), which becomes O-Δ◎◎. Table 2
In this case, ``hitoshi'' belongs to the first stage of the memory of off-keyboard kanji, and "etc." also belongs to the second stage, and since both are off-keyboard kanji, this signal is continuous. FIG. 3 shows the generation system of the signal indicating that it is a kanji outside the keyboard.

It is assumed that each character key and the off-keyboard kanji bar 419 belonging to the character key group 42 are each provided with a chatter prevention circuit as an additional circuit. When the off-keyboard kanji bar 419 (FIGS. 1 and 4) is pressed while a keystroke signal is input to the common bus bar 421 of the character key group 42, the bus bar 421
Signals are received from both the and off-keyboard kanji bar 419, and the AND gate 4192 opens and sends a signal indicating that it is an off-keyboard kanji to the CPUROM control program 41 (FIG. 4). In FIG. 4, CPU. ROM control program 41
In response to keystroke signals from the kanji shift key 45 and keystroke signals from the character key group 42 via the keystroke counter 48, the sequence and type of the pressed signals are temporarily stored, and keyboard symbols are generated according to a scheduled program. 43 and the in-keyboard kanji encoder 44 are instructed to branch.

A. is written next to the arrow connecting each block. Letters such as B indicate character type selection systems, A, on-keyboard kanji selection system B, off-keyboard kanji selection system C, off-keyboard kanji output kanji memory stage number designation system D, non-kanji ( (kana, alphanumeric characters, etc.).

To change the character type in the keyboard encoder 43, when printing alphanumeric characters, katakana characters, and kana symbols, the shift key for each character type is locked and the shift mode circuit is selected, but switching is performed most frequently. The selection between kanji and hiragana is determined by the CPU. The output of the keyboard encoder 43 is branched according to the judgment of the ROM and control program 41.

CPU. The ROM control program 41 starts from the beginning of the sentence.
Or, if the character key is pressed once in the sequence of the previous kanji shift key press signal, it is determined as a kanji.

In other words, in the case of "Kanji inside the keyboard/Kanji inside the keyboard" in Table 1, "Kanji inside the keyboard/Kanji outside the keyboard" and "Kanji outside the keyboard/Kanji inside the keyboard"
This applies to the following cases. However, if a character key is pressed twice or more, the keyboard encoder 43 determines that the character key other than the one immediately before the kanji shift key is a hiragana.
Output D is selected and output to the printing machine 416 (that is, in the case of "Kanji inside the keyboard, kana, etc., Kanji inside the keyboard" and in the case of "Kanji outside the keyboard, kana, etc., Kanji inside the keyboard") is applicable.

) CPU, . When the ROM control program receives the key press signal of the kanji shift key 45, the ROM control program immediately changes the kanji output to A.
Alternatively, without instructing to branch to B, wait until the next signal to press a letter key is to press one letter key, or press one letter key at the same time as the space bar first, and then press one letter key individually. If there is, it is determined that it is a kanji in the keyboard, and the keyboard encoder 4
3. Output branch AB to the in-keyboard kanji encoder 44. Instruct A to output the code of the kanji in the keyboard to the printing machine 416.

In addition, if the space bar is pressed at the same time as each character key, the number of signals is counted and the keyboard encoder 43
Instruct the output branch B to the in-keyboard kanji encoder 44, and send the in-keyboard kanji code (memory label) to the phrase storage device 413.
Outputs the syllable code and syllable number code to specify the required off-keyboard kanji. The number of consecutive character keystrokes and spacebar keystrokes at the same time, that is, the number of stages in the idiom memory, is usually 4.
A stage is sufficient. In addition, if the first syllable of the off-keyboard kanji is a voiced sound, a handakuon sound, or a sound sound, the kana symbol (dakuten sound, handakuten sound,
This includes the keystrokes for the ``Ya'', ``YU'', and ``Yo'' sounds, so there will be more than two keystrokes per idiom memory stage, but for example,
The ``ge'' of ``limit'' is pressed as ``ke'', and the ``jiyo'' of ``exclusion'' is pressed as ``shi.'' In other words, if the first syllable of a kanji outside the keyboard is a voiced sound, a semi-voiced sound, or a sulky sound, it is read as a clear sound. The keystroke method may be simplified by specifying that the keystrokes are to be made by pressing the keys.

However, in this case, if the designation was made for the kanji character "nu"("fu" key, Figure 1) on the keyboard, then the same designation "ke" would be used for "limit" and "miss". Since ``miss'' overlaps, we created an idiom memory so that it can be specified as belonging to other kanji characters in the keyboard, such as ``point'' (key for ``e'', Figure 1), using the idiom ``defective''. prepare.

The syllable editing circuit 49 in FIG. 4 is shown in detail in FIG. 47) are converted into a single code indicating a syllable such as a voiced sound or a syllable, and as a single signal that can be distinguished from each other, similar to the case of a syllable such as a syllable that is formed with a single keystroke. It is to output. In Figure 5, 51
Kana codes and kana symbols created by the keyboard encoder 43 are placed on the lead wire terminals indicated by kana characters at 1,512,513 and the lead wire terminals indicated at 515 with voiced, half-voiced, and tsuon sounds of ya, yu, and yo. The code is decoded by a decoder 47, and the pressed kana or kana symbols are each input as one signal.

In addition, terminals 5180, 518, and 5181 with syllables written in kana characters are connected to the syllable encoder 411 and the syllable number counter 410 to receive each syllable signal as one signal.
Output to. The code code of the first syllable of the off-keyboard kanji created by the syllable encoder 411 is used to designate a memory address by searching for the first syllable of the kanji in the idiom storage device. Further, the number of syllables counted by the syllable number counter 410 specifies, via the syllable number encoder 412, the number of memory stages to which the relevant kanji belongs in the idiom storage device 413. The signal group 511 from A to A whose syllables are determined by pressing one key is output from the terminal 5180 to the syllable encoder 411 and the syllable number counter 410 (FIG. 5), and also to the bus 510. Regarding the kana signal group 512 that determines a syllable by pressing two keys,
Signals generated from the terminals by each keystroke are held in a D-type flip-flop 516. Next, kana signal key group 51
5, when the corresponding key is pressed, the pressed Kana signal is input from the terminal to the matrix circuit 518, and at the same time, signals are input from the same terminal through the busbars 5172 and 517, so the D-type flip-flop is input first. 5
The signals held in 16 are also input to the matrix circuit 518, and both become two-person signals and output the position information of the designated voiced, semi-voiced, and persistent sounds. In the case of inputting Kiyone, the next kana key (511, 512, 513)
(any one of them) replaces the function of the kana symbol key. That is, the signals of Kana 511, 512, and 513 reach the AND gate 519 through the bus bar 510, and open the AND gate 519 together with the D-type flip-flop 5161 that holds the signal from the desired keystroke. Since it enters bus line 5101, D from the target Kiyone terminal
Together with the signal passing through the type flip-flop 516, the signal becomes a two-input signal and outputs a clear position signal from the target circuit in the matrix circuit group 518.

In the case of the kana key group 513 (ki, shi, h) whose syllables are determined by pressing three keys, the same applies to the case of the character key group which is determined by two keys, but a D-type flip-flop 5162 is added after the terminal. In addition, since it has a two-stage configuration with the D-type flip-flop 516 or 5161, and the AND gate 519 opens at the time of pressing the second subsequent key, the signal entering the bus line 5101 at this time causes the lead wire 5102 to
, 5103 to supply power to the matrix circuit 5181, and at the same time, from the terminal 513 to the D-type flip-flop 5.
Together with the single power that passes through two stages 162 and 516, it is input as three inputs to a matrix circuit 5181, thereby outputting a position signal for the sound. Among the kana symbol keys 515, the keys for voiced sound C) and semi-voiced sound (0) are pressed as the second key of the syllable, so they are delayed by one stage by the D-type flip-flop 5163, and the signals and leads coming through the D-type flip-flop 516 are delayed by one stage. It is inputted to the matrix circuit 5181'VC in synchronization with the signal coming through the line 5102, and forms elements for inputting position signals of voiced sounds, semi-darkened sounds, dakuon of persistent sounds, and semi-darkened sounds of persistent sounds. Among the kana symbol keys 515, ya, yu,
Since ``Y'' is pressed as the second or third key of the syllable, in the former case it is delayed by one stage by the D-type flip-flop 5164, and in the latter case it is input to the matrix circuit 5181 immediately after the lead wire 5104. Using the various signals synchronized by the above means and input to the matrix circuit 5181, the illustrated intersections of the matrix circuit 5181 are connected to three inputs for each syllable using known technical means such as a diode and a resistor or a ROM. The matrix circuit 5181 outputs position signals for tones, clear sounds, voiced sounds, semi-darkened sounds, sulky sounds, sulky sounds, and semi-voiced sounds. Next, we will explain how to select kanji that are used particularly infrequently, such as ``contradiction'' and ``knees oboro''.

Since both of these idioms are composed of kanji that are used infrequently, they cannot be stored in the idiom memory using the method described above. Therefore, ``contradiction'' and ``dumbness'' can be stored in the first and second rows of the memory for kanji outside the keyboard as subdivisions of the kanji inside the keyboard ``mae'' and ``eye,'' respectively. In the case of selecting a variant used for a person's name, etc., for example, ``mine'', which is relatively frequently used as a subcategory of the kanji ``yama'' inside the keyboard, is placed in the first row of memory for kanji outside the keyboard; ” in the second paragraph,
The least frequent "ridge" is placed in the third row. To select any one of these kanji, use the output kanji column number designation key 418 (bottom left in FIG. 4). For the above operation, the keyboard encoder 43 includes a buffer memory 1 with a capacity sufficient to store up to about four signals of character key strokes and character key strokes and space bar 1 keystrokes at the same time, and a shift register. Constructed by etc.

The contents stored in the buffer memory 1 are output in addition to the above-mentioned keystrokes following the beginning of a sentence or the kanji shift key, and the input of more than four signals as described above. By pressing the key in Figure 1),
Outputs all the contents of the parifer memory.

CPU. When the ROM control program 41 instructs the output of kanji outside the keyboard, the kanji shift key - individual key press signal (
The number of character key press signals counted from the kanji shift key 45 to the CPU, ROM control program 41, and the number of signals for space bar presses at the same time (from the AND gate 4192 in FIG. 3 to the CPU.ROM control program 4)
1 signal) causes the CPU. The ROM control program 41 includes a syllable editing circuit 49 and a syllable number counter 410.
, specifies the number of memory stages in the idiom storage device 413 via the syllable number encoder 412.

If you want to select only the kanji in a specific memory stage among the kanji output from the idiom storage device 413 (for example, if you select one of the kanji characters for personal names "mine", "mine", and "mine" mentioned above), ), as mentioned above, press the output kanji column number specification key f
1 to Xl4, press the appropriate key from 418, and press CP
U. The ROM control program 41 selects the corresponding number of kanji characters from among these kanji characters output in the buffer memory 414. The buffer memory 414 is a FIFO (Flr
This is a register (st-1nFirst-0ut) and is composed of a shift register and the like.

The CPU 4l issues a reset signal to the buffer memory 414 in order to designate the number of stages of the shift register in which the Chinese characters to be output are located, and after outputting them, to erase the memory of the Chinese characters that do not need to be output from the shift register. The signal output from buffer memory 414 is output to printing machine 416 via off-keyboard Kanji encoder 415. Through the above means, the present invention introduces a keying method of pressing the next key while holding down a key by alternating both hands to the keying method of the selection device for kanji inside the keyboard and kanji outside the keyboard in a typewriter. , this allows for kanji inside the keyboard, kanji outside the keyboard,
Since it was possible to completely omit keystrokes for distinguishing characters from one type of character other than kanji (usually hiragana), printing efficiency was significantly improved.

In addition, since it was possible to distinguish between kanji within the frame and kanji outside the frame, a sufficient number of kanji characters within the keyboard could be secured.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the keyboard used in the present invention, FIG. 2 is an example of a circuit for selecting inside and outside the frame kanji, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a signal generation system indicating that it is a kanji outside the keyboard, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the character selection device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Frequently used kanji were directly selected by arranging them in 4th or 8th shifts on a kana keyboard or romaji keyboard, and a large number of less frequently used kanji were classified and memorized as subdivisions based on idioms and synonymous relationships. On the typewriter selected from the device, type the kanji in the keyboard using the letter keys,
Press the shift key in the order of each key, and when typing a kanji outside the keyboard, use the letter key to specify the first syllable of that kanji, etc., and at the same time press the space bar, etc. A character of one type of character type is specified by pressing one or more character keys, and means is provided for temporarily storing the sequence and type of signals generated by the above keying method, and one character key in the stored signal string is pressed. If there is one, it is determined that it is a kanji on the keyboard, and if there are two or more, it is determined that characters other than those immediately before the shift key is pressed are characters other than kanji, and the output of the temporary code storage means is branched and the characters are stored on the keyboard. It is equipped with a means for distinguishing and outputting the internal kanji code and the code of one type of character other than kanji, and by using the above-mentioned additional keying method such as the first syllable of the kanji outside the keyboard, it is stored in the idiom memory as a subdivision of the kanji code inside the keyboard. As a means for specifying a stored off-keyboard kanji, there is provided a means for specifying the address of the idiom memory by the first syllable, etc. of the additionally pressed key, and the number of classification stages of the idiom memory by the number of the first syllable, etc.; This allows you to type kanji on the keyboard, kanji outside the keyboard, and one type of character other than kanji without having to press the key to specify the character type. A selection device for selecting kanji inside and outside the keyboard, characterized in that kanji can be selected by a touch method.