JPS607514A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the number of operations for input of KANJI (Chinese character) and to increase the input speed by detecting a replacement character contained in KANA (Japanese syllabary) words and giving accesses to a KANJI dictionary after a prescribed conversion. CONSTITUTION:The voice of an operator is supplied to a voice recognizer 12 through a microphone 11, and the result of recognition is coded and sent to a processor 13. At the same time, said result of recognition is also converted into characters and displayed at a display device 14. For conversion of KANJI, the processor 13 gives an access to a KANJI dictionary 16 and a character train is selected and displayed at the device 14 with an indication of the operator. Then the character train is stored in a document memory 17. In this case, the replacement characters contained in KANA words includes contracted sounds (''YAYUYO''), double consonants (''TSU''), homonyms (''JI''), etc. In such a case, these characters are converted and accesses are given to the dictionary 16. For instance, ''CHIJIMU'' in KANA (shrinking) cannot extract ''CHIJI MU'' in KANJI despite an access given to the dictionary. In this case, it is checked whether said contracted sounds are contained in ''CHIJIMU''. Then ''JI'' is converted into another (JI) and an access is given again to the dictionary to read out ''CHIJIMU'' in KANJI.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly to a word processor that converts input kana into kanji.

In this type of word processor, if you want to convert the kana you are inputting into kanji, first press the ``1 kanji key'' on the keyboard to inform the processing device, and then use the kana key or voice to convert the ``1 kanji key'' on the keyboard. The user inputs kana characters one by one, and finally presses the "conversion key" to convert the entered kana words into kanji. On the processing device side, the kanji dictionary is accessed based on the input kana word, and the second candidate kanji is displayed in a nice play for the operator to confirm whether it is the kanji intended. If the input operation is what the operator intended, the next input operation is continued, but if it is not, the operator presses the "conversion key" again to notify the processing device. On the processing equipment side,
As a result, the entire kanji dictionary is accessed again and the second candidate kanji is displayed for confirmation by the operator. These operations allow the operator to input the desired kanji.

Now, in Japanese kana, there are characters called yo-on, ``cha'', ``-chu'', ``ya'' in ``cho'', ``yu'',
There is ``yo'' and ``tokkyo'' which is called a consonant. If you want to convert kana that contains these sounds and consonants into kanji, for example, if you want to convert "cha" to "cha",
Previously, operators would first press the ``Kanji key'' and then press the ``Kana'' key.
Enter ``chi'', then enter kana ``ya'', and then press the ``lower case key'' to convert this ``ya'' into a yō sound.
I had to press the ``Yo-on key'' and then the ``conversion key'' for it to work.

Japanese kana also has homonyms, such as ``ji'' and ``ji'', ``zu'' and ``zu'', and ``u'' and ``o'', such as in the case of ``Tokyo (Tokyo)''. If you want to convert kana containing these homonyms into kanji, for example "chijimu"
If you want to convert ``shrink'' to ``shrink'', conventional operators would first ``shrink''.
You should press the ``Kanji key'' and then input the kana ``chi'', then the kana ``ji'', but sometimes you accidentally input ``ji''. Especially when inputting by voice, the voice “
``J■'' is converted to the kana ``ji'', so even if the kanji dictionary is accessed using the kana word ``chijimu'' input in this way, ``shuru'' cannot be retrieved. Therefore, the operator presses the ``variant key'' for ``ji'' and selects ``ji''.
I couldn't get the intended kanji unless I converted it to ``ji'' and created the entire kana word ``chijimu'' and then converted it to kanji.

In short, conventional word processors have complicated operating procedures when converting kana containing syllables, consonants, and homophones (hereinafter referred to as ``replacement characters'') into kanji, resulting in slow input speeds. There was a drawback.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to reduce the operational steps required to convert kana containing syllables, consonants, or homophones into kanji, and to increase the input speed of a word processor.

According to the present invention, there is provided a word processor that accesses a kanji dictionary by converting replacement characters included in an input kana word into a consonant, a consonant, or a homophone.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an audio word processor is taken as an example.

In Figure 1, the voice uttered by the operator is transmitted through microphone 1.
1 is input to the speech recognition device @12. As a result, the recognition result of the recognition device 12 is encoded into the processing device 1.
Sent to 3. The processing device 13 converts the plurality of recognition results into corresponding characters and displays them on the display device 14 starting from the first candidate character. The type of displayed character for each character (kana, alphabetic character, etc.) is specified by the operator using a group of input auxiliary keys on the keyboard 15 before voice input, but normally the mode is kana mode. If the operator wishes to convert manually entered kana into kanji, the operator presses the "conversion key" on the keyboard 15, and the processing device 13 accesses the kanji dictionary 16 and converts the entered and displayed kana into kanji. Candidate kanji are selected and displayed in order on the display device 14 according to instructions from an operator. The finally input character string is stored in the document storage device 17, and when printing it on paper, the operator uses the keyboard 1.
By pressing the print key above 5, the data is output to the printer 18 and printed.

Next, the operation of kana-kanji conversion will be explained. Since these are all performed by a program within the processing device 13, they will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, when inputting "cha", the operator first presses the "kanji key" on the keyboard 15 and instructs the processing device 13 to convert it into kana-kanji. After that, the operator utters each letter, such as ``chi'' and ``ya''. The speech recognition device 12 is
The processing unit 15 decodes this voice input and converts it into a character code.
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The kana words thus input are stored in the memory within the processing device 13. When the operator presses the ``1 conversion key'', the processing device 13 first accesses the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 16 using ``chiya'' and the character code as keys. Then, since "blood arrow" is found, the processing device 13 stores the kanji code in its internal memory and provides it to the display device 14 to display the kanji. Since this kanji is incorrect, the operator presses the "conversion key" again. The processing device 13 is “Chiya”
When it recognizes that there is no other kanji to be accessed in the kanji dictionary 16, it then checks the character code of "chiya" and accesses the character dictionary 16 corresponding to "ya, yu, yo, tsu". . In this way, "cha" is read out from the kanji dictionary and displayed on the display device 14, and after receiving confirmation from the operator, it is filed in the document storage device 17.

Next, we will explain the case where you input "Shrink by 1".

The speech recognition device 12 inputs "chijimu" to the processing device 13 as a kana word. The processing device 13 accesses the dictionary 16 using "chijimu" as a key. However, since the kanji corresponding to "chijimu" is not registered, the processing device 13 uses the replacement characters (ya, yu, yo, o,
Check to see if there are any items that apply to (u, ji, ji, zu, zu). Then, it discovers that ``ji'' exists, performs the conversion from ``ji'' to ``ji'', accesses the kanji dictionary 16 again with ``chijimu'', reads out the kanji ``shrink'', and displays it. After receiving confirmation from the operator, this kanji is also filed in the document storage device 17.

Next, the case of inputting "Tokyo" will be explained.

The recognition device 12 sends the character code of the kana word "tokyo" to the processing device 13 in response to the operator's voice input and pressing of the "conversion key". The processing device 12 thereby accesses the kanji dictionary 16 to search for a candidate kanji, but learns that there is no kanji that matches i.

Next, processing unit #13 checks whether there is a replacement character in "TOOKYO". Look from the left and learn that "o" can be replaced with "u". Therefore, the user replaces "o" with "u" and accesses the dictionary 16 with "Tokiyou". However, even with this, the corresponding kanji cannot be found. So, when we look up the next replacement character, we find that ``yo'' will be replaced with the lowercase letter ``-yo''. So, this time, I will access the kanji dictionary ■:16 with ``Tokyo'' and display the kanji ``1 Tokyo''. After this kanji character "Tokyo" is confirmed by the operator, it is filed in the document storage device 17.

Note that if the desired kanji cannot be obtained from the kanji dictionary 16 even after this process, the processing device 13 displays a “?” on the display @14.
etc. to notify the operator.

By automatically converting replacement characters such as syllables, consonants, and homophones in this way, the operator does not need to carry out this conversion operation.

As explained above, the present invention detects replacement characters included in a kana word, performs a predetermined conversion on them, and accesses a kanji dictionary, thereby reducing the operator's operations for inputting kanji. It has the effect of increasing speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the device configuration of an audio word processor, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation of the processing device in flownayat.ゝ・＋−１／′

Claims (1)

[Claims] A word processor that accesses a kanji dictionary by converting replacement characters included in an input kana word into a consonant, a consonant, or a homophone.