JPS6045830A - Kana input method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure an easy operation for input of KANA (Japanese syllabary) even with a beginner by arraying voiceless keys in accordance with the Japanese syllabary and then pushing once a voiceless KANA character key singly or voiced and semi-voiced character keys together with a shift key. CONSTITUTION:Voiceless KANA keys are arrayed on a keyboard in accordance with the Japanese syllabary. The corresponding voiced KANA characters are added to the voiceless KANA key top of rows of ''KA'', ''SA'', ''TA'' and ''HA'' respectively. In addition, the semi-voiced KANA of the ''HA'' row is given to the voiceless KANA tops of the ''MA'' row. Thus a corresponding voiceless KANA code can be fed like an ordinary device by pushing the voiceless KANA keys. Then a corresponding voiced KANA code is fed by pushing a voiceless KANA key having the voiced KANA together with a shift key. In the same way, a key of the ''MA'' row is pushed together with the shift key to feed a corresponding semi-voiced KANA code of the ''HA'' row.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application field INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION This invention is utilized in the field of the layering apparatus of a single character input method.

The present invention relates to a kana input method using a finger touch on a keyboard having a shift key. Note that "Kana" here includes both Katakana and Hiragana.

@) Prior art Conventional JIS keyboards (keyboards) are commonly used in systems that aim to use not only English characters but also kana characters. It is I/1 according to the syllabary. Therefore, for inexperienced amateurs, it is difficult to use <1/1o.
There are items arranged in iweo order next to it, but if you want to enter a voiced or semi-voiced sound, you need to key the voiced sound manually, and then key the voiced mark "''" again. However, you end up having to press the key twice.

On the other hand, with the 0ASYS word processor, two keys are pressed at the same time to input voiced kana characters, which attracts a lot of attention. However, the kana are not arranged according to the 50-on diagram, making it difficult for amateurs to use. In addition, about half of the voiced kana characters must be selected and input by pressing two keys at the same time, and furthermore, the input operation methods for voiced and semi-voiced kana characters are not unified, and for those who are not familiar with them, it is rather difficult to input them. It has been pointed out that it is difficult to use.

(c) Purpose The purpose of the present invention is to input voiced kana characters with one key touch as in the past, but only voiced and semi-voiced kana characters can be entered with two key touches at the same time. This invention provides a kana input method having a key arrangement according to the 50-on diagram so that key selection can be easily performed.

(B) Structure The purpose of the above is to arrange the voiced kana keys according to the 50-on diagram, and when you press the kana character key with voiced sounds and the shift key at the same time, when you press the key corresponding to voiced sounds, for example, "sa". , "za" is entered, and if you press the kana character key without pressing the shift key, the voiced sound kana, for example, if you press the key corresponding to "sa", "sa" will be entered as is, and "ma", "
If you press the shift key and the key corresponding to ``mi'', ``mu'', ``me'', and ``mo'' at the same time, the semi-voiced sounds ``ba'', ``pi'', ``pu'', ``pe-1'', and ``bo'' will be produced respectively. is entered, and without pressing the shift key, "ma", "mi", "mu".

When the keys corresponding to "me" and "mo" are pressed, each character code is read out so that "ma", "mi", "mu", and "meyama "mo" are inputted, respectively. This is achieved by ensuring that

(e) Example A preferred embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the arrangement of kana keys according to the 50-on diagram.

FIG. 2 shows an example data input device that shows the flow of data regarding which keys are selectively touched on a keyboard. According to the illustrated example in FIG. 1, 5 of A, B, C, D, and E
The rows and 10 columns make up the 50-on diagram, which also includes voiced sounds, voiced sounds, semi-voiced sounds, the lowercase letter "A" row, and the lowercase letter [21]. In the keyboard layout, 5 HIFT key, C
' T The L key, Kana key, and Hiragana key are designed to input whether the key is pressed or not to the I10 port of the microcomputer through a signal line.

This statement is as illustrated by FIG.

In addition, when any key other than those mentioned above is pressed, it is assigned in advance to that key.For example, it is encoded into a 7-bit code, and the data is input into the microcomputer. .

The kana key and hiragana key are structured so that when pressed, they are locked, and when pressed again, the lock is released. When the kana key is locked, it generates a 7-bit code of kana and kana symbols, and when the kana key is unlocked, it generates a 7-bit code of alphanumeric characters and alphanumeric symbols.
Enter into computer.

Next, an example of conversion from these 7-bit codes to JIS 8-bit codes is performed as follows.

(2) The correspondence between the 7-bit code and the JISC6220 8-unit code when the Japanese key is locked and the 5HIFT key is not pressed is shown in FIG. 4 (Table 1). The data in this table is the ROM of the microcomputer.
Stored in memory, target JI from 7-bit code
The address where the S code is stored is given by the following formula,
The contents of that address (JIS code) are read out.

Target address = starting address of table + 7-bit code■ Also,
The 7-bit code when the key is locked and the 5HIFT key is pressed. : The correspondence with the 8-unit code of JIS C6220 is shown in FIG. 5 (Table 2). 5
In the same way as when the HIFT key is pressed and becomes negative, store this table in ROM in the microcomputer, use the following formula to find the address where the desired JIS code is stored from the 7-bit code, and write the contents of that address. (JIS code) is read out.

Destination address 2 start address + 7 bit code In this case, 7
When the bit code represents a voiced or semi-voiced sound character, a 2-byte code consisting of the contents of the destination address and a voiced or semi-voiced sound symbol is given and combined to generate the corresponding character.

The procedure for inputting voiced, voiced or semi-voiced kana characters according to this conversion example is illustrated in FIG.

Other conversion examples For converting non-kanji parts of the JIS C6226 2-byte code to voiced, voiced or semi-voiced sound character codes, follow the flowchart in Figure 4, and in that case, follow the flowchart in Figure 7. The JIS 2 byte code is read out using the memory map shown in C Table 3) and FIG. 8 (Table 4). The address where the target J and IS 2 byte codes are stored from the 7-bit code is given by the following equation.

Destination address - start address of table + 7 bit code x 2 Table 3 in Figure 7 shows the 7 bit code and JIS when the key is locked and the 5HIFT key is not pressed.
'2-byte code correspondence table, Table 4 in Figure 8 is,
This is a correspondence table between the 7-bit code and the JIS 2-byte code when the Japanese key is locked and the 5I (IFT) key is pressed.

In this conversion example, the JIS 2-byte code itself includes voiced and semi-voiced kana codes, so JIS 8
There is no need to synthesize it with a voiced sound or a semi-voiced sound symbol code as in the case of the bit code.

Needless to say, the memory for the data in each table is not limited to ROM, but may also be RAM or an external storage device such as a floppy disk.

(F) Effects The present invention allows inputting kana characters with voiced or semi-voiced sounds with a single keystroke, speeds up the input speed of gana character data mixed with voiced sounds or semi-voiced sounds, and inputs kana character keys with voiced or semi-voiced sounds. Even beginners can easily find the location, and input operations for voiced and semi-voiced kana sentences and characters are unified.
This has the effect that even beginners can easily operate it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the key arrangement according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the device used in the present invention.
This is a flowchart showing an example of conversion to an IS 8-bit code, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of conversion to a JIS 2-byte code. This is a correspondence table of ♂ bit code, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are correspondence tables of 7-bit code and JIS 2-byte code. Diagram 5 D Diagram 6 2 Diagram 7 5 Diagram 8 4 Procedural Sleeve Ordinance C Method) l Display of LJi cases! 1', item 1J 1973-1539
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Claims (1)

[Claims] In the kana input method by finger touch on a keyboard with a shift key, the dakuon kana keys are arranged according to the 50-on diagram, and the dakuon kana keys for each line of ``ka'', ``sa'', ``ta-1'' and ``ha'' are input. On the quilt knob, write the corresponding voiced sound kana, and on the key top of the ``ma J'' line, write down the half-voiced sound kana of the ``Ba'' line, and while holding down the shift key, write down the voiced sound kana. If you press the dakuon kana key, the corresponding dakuon kana code will be entered. Similarly, if you hold down the Shift key and press the key for the ``ma'' line, the corresponding hanakuon kana code for the ``ba'' line will be input. , the kana input method is characterized in that when the dakuon kana key is pressed without pressing the shift key, the corresponding dakuon kana code is input.