JPS61180360A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the document editing efficiency by using a dictionary memory for output of the type of the dictionary to which an access is possible with simple operation, therefore, enabling an operator to select and give easily an access to a desired dictionary. CONSTITUTION:A KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion dictionary memory 16 contains plural types of dictionaries stored in a ROM. Then the contents of a desired dictionary are transferred when necessary out of a dictionary file 18 stored in an external memory. In other words, the 'readings' of the words to be converted into KANJI are supplied from an input device 10. Then the input character strings are supplied to a KANA/ KANJI conversion pat 14 via an input control part 12 with operation of a conversion key. Then the part 14 calculates the dictionary addresses corresponding to the 'readings' of the input character strings and issues the accesses to those addresses for extraction of candidate characters. In such a case, an operator can select easily a desired dictionary and feed an access to it by means of the memory 16. Thus, the document editing efficiency can be improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field The present invention relates to a document editing device having a plurality of switchable and accessible dictionaries, and more particularly to a document editing device such as a Japanese word processor, a translation device, a kanji learning machine, etc. Regarding equipment.

Taking a conventional Japanese word processor as an example, a conventional Japanese word processor converts "kana" into "kanji" by referring to a dictionary such as a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, and converts the input character string into a mixture of kanji and kana. It is known to edit the text into a string. Recently, in order to expand the kana-kanji conversion function, dictionaries with variable number of words and dictionaries with additional types have been proposed. For example, with regard to the number of recorded words, there are some that allow users to select one of three types: 30,000 words, 50,000 words, and 80,000 words. Regarding the types of dictionaries, in addition to the basic independent words, there are also dictionaries that allow you to add specialized words such as chemical terms and business terms.

In view of storage capacity, these dictionaries are stored in external storage means such as FLO, B, etc., and are transferred to the main memory of the main body of the apparatus for use as needed. Also, I
As the cost of C memory has decreased, it has been attempted to store these dictionaries in ROM, thereby dramatically improving processing speed without accessing an external storage device.

However, in the case of the above-mentioned devices that use multiple types of dictionaries interchangeably, it is difficult for the operator to always know which type of dictionary is installed, so even if the conversion operation is performed, , there was a problem in that conversion was not possible because a dictionary containing conversion terms corresponding to input terms was not implemented. In particular, in the case of a dictionary stored in a ROM, the number of words recorded in the dictionary, the types of terms, etc. cannot be recognized from its appearance, so the above problem becomes significant.

In order to solve this problem, if all dictionaries are implemented and configured to be accessible, there is a problem that the processing time increases.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned problem also applies to translation devices and kanji learning machines.

Purpose An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing device that can output and display the types of accessible dictionaries with a simple operation.

Structure In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes an input means for inputting a first character string, a dictionary means, and a first character string inputted by the input means, with reference to the dictionary means. and a control means for forming a second character string corresponding to the character string, the dictionary means includes dictionary information that specifies the dictionary means, and the dictionary information includes a control means for forming a second character string corresponding to the first character string. The document editing device includes display means for displaying dictionary information that can be accessed by a specific character string, and the control means accesses the dictionary means to display the corresponding dictionary information when the specific character string is input. It is characterized in that it is displayed on the means.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on examples.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a document editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is a Japanese word processor equipped with a kana-kanji conversion function, and its basic configuration and operation will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the word "yomi" to be converted into "kanji" is inputted in hiragana, for example, from the input device 10 such as a keyboard (step 100).

Next, when a conversion execution command (for example, operation of a conversion key) is input from the input device 10 (step 102), the kana character string input via the input control unit 12 is input to the kana-kanji conversion unit 14.

The dictionary memory 16 for kana-kanji conversion includes a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in a ROM.

Note that the contents of a desired dictionary from among the dictionary files 18 stored in the external storage device are transferred to the dictionary memo IJ 16 as needed. This external dictionary is transferred to the input device 10 via the external storage control section 20.
It can be operated from. An example of a dictionary format for kana-kanji conversion is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, it is configured to include information on reading and nine parts of speech.

Now, the kana-kanji conversion unit 14 converts the input kana character string to "
Step 10: Calculate the dictionary address corresponding to "Read"
4) Access the address, extract the candidate kanji, extract the part of speech information, check the context grammatically, and perform a connection test (Step 1o6.+08).

Those kanji that are approved as "acceptable" by this connection test are output as candidate kanji, and their marking data is output to the display control section 24 via the conversion display control section 22, and displayed as candidates on a display device 26 such as a CRT (step 110). ). The display is made as illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5. If the displayed candidate is correct, the conversion is confirmed by operating the conversion confirmation key on the input device 10, and the character string is output into the document (steps 114 and 116). If the display candidate is incorrect, step 112, step 114 to step 118, 12 is performed by operating the conversion key.
The process returns to step 106 via 0, and similar processing is performed for the next candidate kanji. If there are no kanji characters with the same pronunciation to be converted, then in step 122 no candidates are displayed and the process is terminated.

Reference numeral 28 in FIG. 1 is a Romaji-kana converter, and when the reading is input in Romaji using the alphabet keys of the input device 10, it is converted into Kana.

Here, points related to the characteristic configuration of the present invention will be explained. In each dictionary stored in the dictionary memory 16, as shown in FIG. 6, dictionary information is written in advance in the part corresponding to the "heading" according to the format of the dictionary, and "
A read code is written in the part corresponding to "read". The readout code is selected to be a code that does not overlap with the readout code of words such as kanji characters stored in the dictionary. In the example of FIG. 6, since this dictionary is a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion, "katakana" is applied as the reading code for the dictionary information. Therefore, when "size" is input using the katakana keys from the input device 10 and the conversion key is operated, the operation is performed according to the procedure of the flowchart in FIG. 2, and as shown in FIG. 7, dictionary information corresponding to the input "size" is 50,000 words" will be output and displayed. Similarly, "independent word" is output and displayed for the key human power "Shurui", and "independent word, 50,000 words" is output and displayed for the input "jisho".

In this way, the operator can easily recognize the types of terms and the number of words contained in the currently accessible dictionary by key operations similar to those used in normal kana-kanji conversion. Furthermore, in the case of a system in which a plurality of types of dictionaries are configured to be switchable and accessible, it is advantageous to set the read codes of dictionary information to be the same. In this way, the dictionary information of each dictionary can be displayed one after another by inputting the read code by performing the same operation as described above, and then sequentially switching and accessing each dictionary. therefore,
A desired dictionary can be easily selected.

As mentioned above, according to this embodiment, the type of dictionary currently being accessed is output and displayed by key operations similar to those for normal kana-kanji conversion, making it easy to select the desired dictionary. This has the effect of improving the efficiency of document editing work.

In the above embodiment, "katakana" is used as the reading code for the dictionary information, but the reading code is not limited to this, and the reading code is based on the reading code normally used in the applied document editing device and does not overlap with them. All you have to do is set the code. Further, the same effect can be obtained even if a reading code other than the normally used reading code is set and a "dictionary information read key" is specially provided in the input device in correspondence with this reading code. Furthermore, the above-mentioned embodiments were configured to include a plurality of types of dictionaries and access them in a switchable manner. However, instead of this configuration, for example, several dictionary ROMs may be alternatively connected to the present device in a removable manner.

Effects As explained above, according to the present invention, the types of accessible dictionaries can be output and displayed with a simple operation, and thereby the operator can easily select and access the desired dictionary. This further improves the efficiency of document editing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of a document editing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary format, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of candidate display, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of dictionary information in the dictionary, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of dictionary information output display. 10... Input device 12... Input control section 14... Kana-Kanji conversion section 16... Dictionary memory 18... Dictionary file 26... Display device Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Figure 6 Figure 7yJ

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting a first character string; a dictionary means; and a first character string inputted by the input means, with reference to the dictionary means; and a control means for forming a second character string corresponding to the first character string, wherein the dictionary means includes dictionary information that specifies the dictionary means, and the dictionary information includes a control means for forming a second character string corresponding to the first character string. accessible by a particular string of characters, the device includes display means for displaying said dictionary information, and said control means accesses said dictionary means to respond when said particular string of characters is input. A document editing device, characterized in that the dictionary information is displayed on the display means. 2. The document editing device according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary information includes at least one of the type of the dictionary means and the number of recorded words.