JPS60214070A - Input device of computer and japanese-character typewriter constituted of arranged input keys separated to vowel and consonant of japanese character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the input speed leaps by bounds and to simplify the operation and to reduce the capacity and the weight of a keyboard considerably by inputting all Japanese characters of voiceless sounds, voiced sounds, and p-sounds with only 21 keys. CONSTITUTION:With respect to the arrangement of keys, characters are separated to vowels and consonants and are arranged in individual groups; and Romajis (characters written in a method of writing Japanese in Roman characters) and Kana (Japanese syllabary) characters ''aA'', ''iI'', ''uU'', ''eE'', and ''oO'' are displayed on individual keys in the right column in the alphabetic order to arrange keys of vowels as a vowel group 1. Keys of consonants of voiceless sounds are arranged in the second and the third columns with displays of series of the Kana syllabary and Romajis, and ''k series K'', ''s series S'', ''t series T'', ''n series N'', ''h series W'' are displayed on these keys in order. In this case, consonants are pronounced generally as ''H'' in Romajis with respect to an h series, and ''fu'' is in an h series, but it is pronounced as ''FU'' in the Romaji; and therefore, ''fu F'' is displayed on the key, and this key is arranged adjacently to the key of ''h series H'' to provide facilities for the use.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This 8A is an input device for computers and Japanese electronic typewriters, mainly in Japanese. Conventional Japanese typewriters operate a manual knob to select a target from among a large number of kanji and kana. He finds a kanji, presses the knob, picks up the necessary type, stamps it on carbon paper, and types it into the name of the paper. Since this Japanese typewriter uses Kanji, it has a significantly large number of characters, is heavy and bulky, and also takes a long time to type, making it inefficient.

Next, when inputting Japanese into a computer, conventional keyboard keys require 46 keys to use only the kana Kiyone.With this input device, voiced and half-voiced sounds are entered by pressing the Kiyone key. It is necessary to input by pressing the key of the voiced sound and semi-voiced sound symbol. The Japanese Tsumekaki had 20 more characters than the Romaji key, and the keyboard was larger and took more time to type.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of conventional computers and Japanese electronic typewriters, and to provide an excellent input device for computers and Japanese electronic typewriters that is smaller, lighter, and more efficient. .

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to reduce the number of input keys.Based on this, an analysis of Japanese revealed that the five vowels "a, i, tsu, ko, o" and " It was found that the 9 consonants of the clean sound of "power, su, ri, na, no, ma, ya, u, wa" are composed of many consonants, and this is followed by "ga, the,
It is composed of a combination of 14 consonants and 5 vowels, including 4 voiced consonants in ``Da, Ba line'' and 1 semi-voiced consonant in ``Ba line'', and as a result, Japanese is all freely spoken. It can be written down.

However, although Japanese kana characters have letters for the five vowels, it is unfortunate that there are no letters for only the consonants.

-For example, there is a kana character ``Yu'', but this character is a combination of the consonant rTJ and the vowel rAJ, and there is no consonant character equivalent to ``T'' in Japanese.0 On the contrary, The letters tl-ma in the alphabet are convenient because there are letters that make consonants in one letter.

This invention is mainly for inputting Japanese, and the input keys display the vowels in kana [A, I, Tsu, 工, O] and the Roman letters rA, x, TJ, E, OJ. Also listed.

That is, the kana ``A1'' and the Roman alphabet rAJ are displayed together on the ``A'' key.

Next, regarding consonants, there are independent characters in Roman letters, but not in kana, so we displayed them in Roman letters and the ``line names'' of kana. In other words, to input "su", in Roman letters you just need to press the consonant "S" and then the vowel rUJ; in kana, there is no single character for rSl, so to display it, press the consonant key for "su line" and then Just press the vowel "tsu" in the kana.

When described like this, it seems like a complicated operation, but
When inputting "S", one key displays both romaji and kana, so first enter the consonant group "S".
If you press a key with a picture of ``to row'' and then press a key with a vowel group ``U and tsu'' written on it, an ``su'' will be displayed on the cathode ray tube or LCD screen. In this way, the input device of the present invention can input both kana and Roman characters.

An embodiment in which the present invention is implemented as an input device for a computer or a Japanese electronic type 2 font will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the keyboard A of the input device of the present invention. The keys are arranged in such a way that vowels and consonants are separated and arranged in each group. , O'' in Roman letters and kana in the order of vowel group 1 by displaying ``A'', ``E'', ``TSU'', ``EJrO0'' on the 1111II key.
It is placed as follows.

Next, the second to third columns from the right display the consonant 2 of Kiyone in Japanese names and Roman letters, such as "Rikkyo K" and "Sugyo S -
1r Ri row T""Su row N""Ha row HJr Ma row MJr Wa row Y
”, “Go RJr, Wa, W” and so on. In addition, the consonant in "Ha line" is generally pronounced as the Roman alphabet te "H", but ")" is in the "He line" but is pronounced in the Roman alphabet as rFUJ, so it is displayed as "F・F". It is placed adjacent to the "Go to H" key for ease of use.

Next, in the fourth column from the right, there are rows of consonants of voiced sound 3 and half-voiced sound 4, "ga row G", "za row 2", "da row D", "ba row B",
The keys for each consonant in "7 C row P" are arranged. In addition, the consonant of "The row" in Nokujiru is generally displayed as rZJ, but since "J" K is pronounced as 14rJIJ, the key displayed next to the key for "Za row 2" is "J J". was installed.

In addition, the Roman alphabet "c" is not used in Japanese.

It was decided that the five characters 5 of LXQ and VSXJ would be placed on the next line and used for inputting foreign languages such as English.

The Japanese language is composed of consonants and vowels, and a vowel always follows a consonant, so vowels are used much more frequently than consonants, so the keyboard has vowel group 1.
It is desirable to place the consonant groups 2.3.4 separately, and to place the vowel key 1 in a convenient position.

It is to be noted that it is more effective to use the keyboard AK by changing the color tone of the input keys for each group.

In Figure 2, as mentioned above, vowel group 1 is used particularly frequently in Japan, so the row of vowel group 1 is placed on the left. If you immediately press vowel key 1 with your left hand, you can input with both hands, and anyone can input at a higher speed than inputting on an English typewriter, and there is no need for a professional typist. ,・If you input Japanese text, it will be displayed as kanji mixed with kana, but hiragana and katakana can be displayed using the character display switch 7.
You can freely change the display according to your preference, and you can also switch to Roman alphabet display.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the arrangement of the keys for each vowel and consonant valley group on the keyboard can be varied depending on whether they are arranged in the same way vertically or freely in the horizontal direction.

As mentioned above, when inputting Japanese on a computer or Japanese electronic typewriter, conventionally the input was in kana characters, which had the disadvantage of requiring 45 keys, making the keyboard large and slowing the input speed. .

In this book, the Japanese language is divided into vowels and consonants, and keys are placed on the keyboard for each group.
It is possible to completely input voiced and semi-voiced consonants with only 21 keys, and it also contains 5 Roman letters that are not used in Japanese, so it is possible to input both Japanese and English by hand. .

In this way, the input device of the present invention does not use Japanese characters to input Japanese, but separates them into vowels and consonants and arranges them in each group, and displays vowels in kana and romaji. Consonants can be entered manually using keys that display line names in Roman characters and kana.When a sentence is input using this input device, the memory element that memorizes the kanji automatically selects the appropriate one based on the context. It was converted into kanji and displayed on a liquid crystal screen or brown/g from the high-level words used in chicken skin, which were then corrected with che and lishi, making it possible to print them out using a printer.

The input device of this invention uses only 21 keys to input clear sounds, voiced sounds, etc.
It makes it possible to input all half-voiced Japanese, dramatically increases input speed, makes operation easier, and has the effect of significantly reducing the volume and w value of the keyboard.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a plan view of the vowel and consonant groups of this invention arranged on a keyboard, and Figure 2 shows the arrangement of vowels shifted to the left.
It is a flat view with consonants placed in the center right. A...Keyboard 1...Key for the vowel group 2...Key for the consonant clear sound group 3...Key 4 for the consonant voice group.・・・
Keys for semi-voiced consonants 5...Keys for Roman letters not used in Japanese 6...Business numeric keypad 7...Character display changeover switch Patent applicant Kyo Sato Prosthetic procedure amendment (self-proposed) 1972 June 18, 2016 To the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office 2 Name of the invention Composed of Japanese words separated into vowels and consonants.
Computers installed and human-powered device for Japanese type nataiburi writer 3 Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Patent applicant Ibaragi Kenkitasou Magnut Nemachihaneno Address 716-19 Haneno, Tone-cho, Kitasoma-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture Telephone number 029768 -4093 Scope of Claim Japanese is separated into vowels and consonants, and each group is arranged on the keyboard, and each 2λ key is the same key so that the Japanese and English pronunciations match, and the vowels are Kana and Romaji, consonants are arranged in alphabetical order with the line names of Kana and Romaji, respectively, and input Z position 4 of computer beaters and electronic typewriters, which are characterized by high speed scanning, and drawings. Brief Explanation Figure 1 is a plan view of the vowel and consonant groups of this invention arranged on a keyboard. Figure 2 is a plane view of the keyboard with the vowels arranged to the left and consonants placed on the right. The third factor is the vowel and consonant groups. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing consonants arranged horizontally. A... Keyboard 1...Key for the vowel group 2...Key for the clear sound group of consonants 3...Key for the voiced consonant group 4...Key for the semi-darkened sound of consonants 5...Used for Japanese Romaji key 6...Business numeric keypad 7...Character display changeover switch Patent applicant: SA 匝 i GI 3 A 多 3 目

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is characterized by separating Japanese into consonants and vowels, arranging each group on the keyboard, and reading Japanese sentences and information using the input keys displayed in Roman letters and Japanese. computer and Japanese electronic typewriter input devices