JPS61273660A - Input system for jointly used kanji and kana characters - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the time for the reinput and to reduce the load of an operator by offering the contents set to a register means as well as the Japanese reading of KANJI (Chinese character) set to a buffering means when the selection of KANJI is requested with the keyboard input. CONSTITUTION:The input data and the control data are supplied from a keyboard 1. The data equivalent of one character is stored in a keyboard register 2 and a character buffer 3 holed the input character data until a KANJI conversion key is pushed through the keyboard 1. A KANJI deciding circuit 4 detects the push of the KANJI conversion key and sends this detection result to a dictionary retrieving circuit 5 together with the output of the buffer 3. The circuit 5 detects the data having the same Japanese reading out of a dictionary memory 6 or a dictionary file 7 and stores it to a dictionary memory reading register 8. A buffer 10 stores temporarily the data of the buffer 3. When the request is given for the selection of KANJI with the keyboard input, not only the contents set to the register 8 but the Japanese reading set to the buffer 10 are offered to an operator. Thus the load of the operator is reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a /l-sonal computer capable of processing kanji,
The present invention relates to a combined input method for kanji, kana, and kanji characters that is suitable for use in data input devices such as word processors.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, with the spread of motherboard computers capable of processing kanji, operating systems themselves have come to have a kana-character conversion function.

Is that Kana Kanji Kenkan the key? - It has a logic that selects the kanji corresponding to the input reading from a dictionary file prepared in advance by inputting the reading of a word or compound word and pressing a certain kanji conversion key.

By the way, in the past, once the kanji selected in this way were stored in a document or in a specific field for storing data, if there was an error in the selection of the selected kanji, the reading had to be input again. Ta. Furthermore, when handling people's names in administrative processing, there is usually a kanji field and a furigana field, and when arranging people's names in order, it is normal to use furigana as a key. Even in times like this, the kanji field,
You must read and input both furigana fields using the keyboard. Therefore, since it is not possible to reuse the reading that was inputted immediately before using the keys manually, there is a drawback that data input is time-consuming and burdensome to the operator.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it temporarily stores the reading input from the keyboard and provides the reading of the data (Japanese) that was input just before using a certain key or subroutine. To provide a combined input method for kanji and kana characters, which eliminates the trouble of re-inputting and reduces the burden on the operator.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is capable of processing kanji.
A buffer for temporarily storing the contents of the character buffer and a dictionary memory read register for storing the search results by the dictionary search circuit are added to the conventional components of mothersonal computers or word processors, and kanji selection keys can be pressed using the keyboard. When the button is pressed, the system reads the data input just before according to the contents of these buffers and registers.

This saves you the trouble of re-entering the information,
The burden on the operator is reduced.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a keyboard (KB), and input data and control data are inputted through this keymate 1. 2
is a keyboard register in which data for one character inputted by the keyboard 1 is stored. 3 is the character pa,
It is Fa. The character buffer 3 stores character data input from the keyboard 1 until the Kanji conversion key is pressed. 4 is a kanji character determination circuit. The kanji determination circuit 4 is a circuit that detects whether or not a kanji conversion key assigned to the keyboard 1 has been pressed, and the output of this circuit 4 is supplied to the dictionary search circuit 5 together with the output of the character buffer 3.

The dictionary search circuit 5 searches the dictionary memory 6 or the dictionary file 2 for data having the same reading as the data stored in the character buffer 3. 8 is a dictionary memory read register.

The dictionary memory read register 8 stores the data searched by the dictionary search circuit 5.

9 is a display control unit (CRT). Although the display control unit 9 will not be described in detail, it includes a kanji t+turn generator, a display monitor, and the like.

10 is a buffer for temporarily storing the data of character buffer 3; Reference numeral 11 indicates a key human power request unit, and reference numeral 12 indicates a reading input request unit. For example, the routine requests data converted into kanji from the keyboard 1, and the routine requests the reading of data input from the keyboard 1 by a salaried routine call. show.

In the figure, arrows indicate the flow of control, thick arrows indicate the flow of data, and dotted lines indicate the CPU.

Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail. First, when character data or control key codes are input from the keyboard 1, the contents are stored in the keyboard register 2. Therefore, the kanji determination circuit 4 determines whether the currently pressed key is a kanji conversion key or character data (reading).
Here, if it is confirmed that it is character data, jl-
-&- Store the contents of register 2 in character buffer 3.

If it is a kanji conversion key, the data in the character buffer S is stored in the temporary data storage folder 10, and then the process moves to the dictionary search process.

The dictionary search process is performed by a dictionary search circuit 5, which searches the dictionary memory 6 or dictionary file 7 for data having the same reading as the data for the characters P and F 3.

The dictionary memory 6 is provided to speed up the search process.
It can be considered as part of dictionary file 7. The retrieved data is set in the dictionary reading register 8,
It is then passed to the display control section 9. Thereafter, when the kanji selection key is pressed while the key is partially pressed, the contents of the dictionary memory read register 8 are passed to the key manual request section 11, and control is also transferred to the key manual request section 11. If necessary, the key human resource requesting unit 11 will
A routine that requests the reading, that is, the reading input requesting unit 12
, the reading of the temporary data storage buffer 10 can be obtained.

Further, by using a specific control key, which is key 1, it is possible to move a portion of the data input just before from the data storage buffer 10 to the character buffer 3.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described only when applied to a personal computer, they can be similarly applied to a word processor.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the readings input from some keys are temporarily stored, and the data inputted immediately before by a certain key or subroutine is re-inputted by providing the readings. This reduces the burden on the operator and improves operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Keyboard (KB), ffi...Keyboard register, 3...Character buffer, 4...Kanji determination circuit, 5...Dictionary search circuit, 6...Dictionary memory, 1.
...Dictionary file, 8...Dictionary memory read register, 9...Display control unit, 10...Temporary storage path, 7A,
11... Key human power request section, 12... Reading input request section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data creation device equipped with a kana-kanji conversion mechanism that selects the kanji corresponding to the input reading from a pre-prepared dictionary file by inputting the reading and instructing the selection of kanji, the data creation device a keyboard for inputting data or control data; a character buffer for storing character data input by the keyboard;
A circuit means for determining whether the data input from the keyboard is character data or control data, a buffering means for temporarily storing the contents stored in the character buffer, and a dictionary file for the character data input from the keyboard. It is equipped with a circuit means for searching for a kanji character corresponding to input character data, and a register means for storing the search result by this circuit means, and when a kanji selection is requested by subsequent keyboard input, the register means is set. A combined input method for kanji and kana characters, characterized in that it provides the content of the kanji and kana characters as well as the pronunciation set in the buffering means.