JPS61239357A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform KANJI (Chinese character) conversion on a Japanese sentence on the basis of a prefix or suffix so as to lighten the inputting burden of a user by providing a means which inputs prefixes or suffixes and another means which analyzes an inputted sentence on the basis of an inputted prefix or suffix. CONSTITUTION:When key operations, such as (SAI)+(SHIYONO)+(conversion), etc. are made from a key group 12, it is first judged S1 that the interruption of key input is made by input operationse and then whether or not the key input is made through a conversion key 11b is discriminated S2. When the conversion key 11b is not used, whether or not a special key 11c indicating the punctuation of a clause, such as punctuation marks, line changing code, etc., is discriminated S3 and in addition, the storage area 2a of prefixed and suffixes is retrieved and whether or not a prefix or suffix key is used is discriminated S4. When it is discriminated that all the above-mentioned keys are not used, the inputted data are successively stored in a conversion buffer 6, but, when it is discriminated that the conversion key 11b or special key 11c is used S2 and S3, the inputted data are stored S6 in a buffer after KANA (Japanese syllabary)-to-KANJI conversion. When it is discriminated that the input is made through the prefix or suffix key S4, the inputted data are stored in the buffer after KANA-to-KANJI conversion S6 and the prefix is then stored in the buffer.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to electronic devices, and more specifically, to word processors, internal computers, etc. that can convert Japanese text into Kanji and input it using Kana-Kanji or Romaji-Kanji conversion. This relates to electronic equipment.

[Prior Art] Various methods for inputting Japanese characters into such electronic devices have been devised in the past, and currently input methods based on kana-kanji conversion or romaji-kanji conversion have become mainstream. The conversion units for kana-kanji conversion and romaji-kanji conversion have been expanded from a single kanji to nine clauses of idioms and even sentences. However, as the conversion unit becomes longer, the burden of grammatical analysis and semantic analysis increases, and in order to achieve efficient conversion, it is often necessary to increase the memory capacity, which increases the cost. It is becoming difficult to realize this.

[Purpose] Therefore, the present invention was made in order to eliminate such conventional drawbacks, and to provide an electronic device that can reduce the burden during kanji conversion and increase the kanji conversion efficiency by simple means. The purpose is to provide.

[Structure of the Invention] In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides means for inputting a prefix or suffix, and means for analyzing an input sentence based on the input prefix or suffix. We adopted a structure that converts Japanese sentences into Kanji based on prefixes or suffixes.

[Examples] The present invention will be described in detail below according to examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an electronic device according to the present invention. In the figure, what is designated by the reference numeral 1 is a keyboard, and as shown in detail in FIG. A plurality of standard key groups 11 are arranged, and these keys include, for example, character keys 11a for inputting katakana and alphabets, conversion keys 11b for converting kanji, punctuation marks, line breaks, phrase breaks, etc. Special keys 11c etc. are arranged.

Also, according to the present invention, dedicated keys 2 for inputting prefixes and suffixes are arranged adjacent to these key groups 11.

Information entered through this keyboard l is entered into a CPU (central control unit) 4, where the entered characters are analyzed.A memory 2 is connected to the CPU 4, as shown in Fig. 3. A control program according to a flowchart, a program for overall control, a dictionary used for analyzing input sentences, and the like are stored. Furthermore, it includes an area 2a in which prefix and suffix codes are stored. In addition, CPU4 has a CRT (
A display device) 3 is connected, and a single input character or a character converted into kanji is displayed. 5.6 is a buffer and a conversion buffer in which key manual data and kanji conversion method data are stored. In an electronic device configured in this way, for example, the operation when inputting a certain Japanese sentence and converting it to kanji is shown in Figure 3. This will be explained with reference to a flowchart. Here, it is assumed that kana input is performed using kana keys, but it can also be applied to kanji conversion by inputting Roman characters.

For example, if you wanted to input the phrase ``reuse'', conventionally you would input ``saishono'' + ``conversion'', then analyze this sentence and convert it into kanji. In contrast, in the present invention, key operations such as "re" + "shono" + "conversion" are performed from the key group 12.

Through such an input operation, it is determined that there has been a manual key interruption as shown in step S1 in FIG. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the special key 11c indicates a break between phrases such as a punctuation mark or line feed code, and in step S4, the prefix, suffix, and storage area 2a are searched for the prefix, suffix, etc.
It is determined whether each key is a suffix key. If it is neither of these keys, it is sequentially stored in the conversion buffer 5, but if it is determined in step S2 and stave S3 that it is a conversion key or a special key, step S6
It is converted from kana to kanji and stored in a buffer. If it is determined in step S4 that it is a prefix or suffix key, then in step S7 the input prefix or suffix is converted into kana-kanji and stored in the buffer, and then in step S8 the input prefix or suffix is stored in the buffer. Store.

In this type of control, the conventional example is "Saishono".
When converted into kanji, it becomes "minimum".

There were many candidates such as "most used", "for wife and children", etc., but in this invention, for "minimum", "Saishono" +
Enter "Convert" and "Reuse" for "Reuse".
+ "Shouno" + "Conversion", and for "For wife and child", input "Saishi" + "Yo" + "ノ" + "Conversion", and the CPU 4 inputs these inputs. Since the input sentence is analyzed based on the input prefix or suffix and Kanji conversion is performed based on that, the Kanji conversion speed and conversion efficiency are significantly improved.

In the above-described embodiment, a plurality of dedicated prefix and suffix keys are provided, but the present invention is not limited to this. Only one dedicated prefix and suffix shift key is provided, and a specific prefix and suffix key can be assigned to a normal key in advance. Assign a word and use one of the prefixes mentioned above,
A prefix or suffix can also be generated by pressing a specific key while holding down the suffix shift key.

Also, although there are a large number of prefixes and suffixes, it is not necessary to include all of them; for example, the frequently used ones [go, re, each,
New, complete, transformation, target, sense 9th part 1st section.

A prefix or a suffix such as "for" may be provided, and even in this case, the conversion efficiency of kanji conversion can be dramatically improved.

[Effect] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a means for inputting a prefix or a suffix, and an input sentence is analyzed based on the input prefix or suffix, and a Japanese sentence is converted into kanji. Since the characters are converted, the input burden on the user is reduced, and the conversion efficiency at the time of kanji conversion is significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a layout diagram showing the detailed configuration of the keyboard,
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of control. 1...Keyboard 2...Memory 3...CR
T 4...CPU12...Prefix or suffix key Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an electronic device that can convert and input Japanese sentences into Kanji using kana-kanji or romaji-kanji conversion, a means for inputting a prefix or suffix, and an analysis of the input sentence based on the input prefix or suffix. 1. An electronic device comprising: a means for converting a Japanese sentence into Kanji based on an input prefix or suffix.