JPS6132171A - Document forming device having adjunct key group - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the input efficiency by providing newly a adjunct key group corresponding to an adjunct of voiced sound and an adjunct of voiceless sound having high frequency of usage to an input section. CONSTITUTION:As the adjunct key group 1b, keys corresponding to voiced sound adjuncts such as [Ga], [De] and keys corresponding to voiceless sound adjuncts such as [O], [No], [Ha] are provided and the key group are selected from the order of high frequency of usage. Twice keying required conventionally is decreased to one keying by using the adjunct key group 1b.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document creation device having an adjunct key, and more particularly to a key for inputting information in an input device of the document creation device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Recently, the kana-kanji conversion method has become mainstream as an input method for Japanese word processors and computer document creation devices. Kana-Kanji conversion is a simple term, but its input methods include ■Word by word, ■Bunsetsu by phrase, ■Kanji specification, and ■Solid writing.

■If using the word-by-word method, enter each word separately,
If you want to convert each word into kanji, press the kanji conversion key, and if you want to keep it as kana, press the no conversion key.

This method requires complicated key operations.

■In the case of the clause unit method, it is sufficient to press the kanji conversion key for each clause break, and by pressing the kanji conversion key, the document creation device starts analyzing the grammatical structure in the clause and converts it into a sentence containing kanji and kana.

■In the case of the kanji specification method, the user specifies the kanji part by pressing keys before and after the kanji part. This method also requires complicated key operations.

C) In the case of the solid writing method, multiple clauses can be written in solid writing without using a kanji conversion key, but it is difficult to analyze the grammar and there is a risk of incorrect analysis.

For this reason, the ■Bunsetsu unit method is currently the mainstream.

By the way, in each of the above input methods, the key for inputting character information in the input section is the tako sound (however, in most input sections, one key is used for the tako sound, Roman letters, and symbols, (Used differently depending on mode conversion)
Only a few symbols are provided.

Therefore, for example, when inputting the voiced sound ``ga'' and the semi-voiced sound ``pa'', press the tacone key which indicates ``ka'' and r 3 respectively.
The voiced sound key indicates ``ha'', the egg key indicates ``ha'' and the ``0''
It is necessary to press the key twice, such as the semi-voiced sound key that indicates . In particular, the semi-voiced sounds "ga", "de", "ba", etc. are particles that frequently appear in a single sentence, so pressing the key twice each time poses a problem in terms of input efficiency.

Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3, the conventional keyboard layout supports adjuncts such as frequently used particles such as ``wa'', ``r'', ``no'', ``ni'', ``ya'', and ``de''. It is not placed in a particularly easy-to-understand location with this in mind. Further, the frequently used adjunct word such as a particle becomes the final character of a clause, and in the case of the above-mentioned input method for each clause, there is a high possibility that the Kanji conversion key will be pressed immediately after. Nevertheless, conventionally, the frequently used tama-consonant keys such as particles do not have the function of the conversion key.

As described above, conventional input devices have various problems in terms of input efficiency.

Purpose An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device having an adjunct key, which can solve the problems of the prior art as described above and improve information input efficiency.

Structure In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the document creation device with adjunct key group according to the present invention includes an input section for inputting kana character information etc., and converts the kana character string inputted from the input section into words. In a document creation device that uses a dictionary to convert a sentence into a mixed Kanji-kana sentence, the input section is provided with a group of adjunct word keys that correspond to adjunct words with voiced sounds and adjunct words with frequently used clear sounds. There are characteristics.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained using one example.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation device having an adjunct key according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, l represents an input unit such as a keyboard.

la is a character information key group in keyboard l, lb is an adjunct word key group, 2 is an input character string storage section, 3 is a phrase analysis circuit, 4
is an adjunct word key group correspondence information table.

5 is a word dictionary, 6 is a dictionary search unit, 7 is a candidate word storage unit,
8 is an evaluation section, 9 is an optimal candidate word storage section, and 10 is a display section.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a key arrangement of an input unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, in addition to the conventional character information key group 1a, the person's power section also has an auxiliary word key group 1b indicated by a double square (b) in the lower part of the character information key group 1a. and set it up.

What should be considered in providing the adjunct word key group 1b is how to improve the operability when inputting information. Therefore, in this embodiment, the attached word key group 1
b are placed all at the bottom of the character information key group 1a, but
It is also possible to provide them all at once in other locations. Further, instead of providing them all at once, for example, the voiced sound adjunct word key group and the clear sound adjunct word key group, which will be explained next, may be arranged separately to further improve key operability.

Note that keys whose information content is not shown are function keys.

The contents of the adjunct word key group 1b are as follows.6 ■Dakuon adjunct word key group...Keys corresponding to adjunct words of voiced sounds, such as "ga" and "de" (rikion adjunct word key group... By providing a group of keys for adjunct words of kiyone, such as ``wo'', ``no'', ``wa'', etc., what used to require two keystrokes can now be done with one keystroke. In addition, by arranging the frequently used Kiyon adjunct key in a special location, key selection becomes easier and operability can be improved.

Note that the contents of the adjunct word key group 1b must be selected in order of frequency of use, but if the number is too large, the selectivity within the adjunct word key group lb will be reduced, and if there are too few, the contents of the adjunct word key group 1b will be selected in descending order of frequency of use. Although the selectivity within group lb is improved, it is necessary to select from the conventional character information key group 1a, which has poor selectivity.
Overall, no significant improvement in selectivity can be expected. In this example, "ga", "ba", "de", "ha", "wo", "ya", "hachi", "to", "mo", and "ka" are used as adjunct word keys. .

The adjunct word key group 1b' also has conversion instruction information similar to a kanji conversion key that instructs kana-kanji conversion processing (analysis processing), as well as reading information of the adjunct word corresponding to the key. Therefore, even if the kanji conversion key is not pressed after inputting character information, analysis (conversion processing) is started simply by pressing the adjunct word key group 1b, and the number of keystrokes can be reduced. For example, when creating the sentence ``He uses a machine to convert kana to kanji.'', the conventional technology based on the phrase unit method would produce ``he/kikaide/kana wo/kanji ni/henkan.'' ] However, / indicates a kanji conversion key.

↑
↑ ↑ ↑ All you have to do is input in exactly the same way as solid input.

However, ↑ indicates an adjunct word key in the adjunct word key group ib.

In other words, by pressing the adjunct word keys "wa J,""de,""wo," and "ni" in the adjunct word key group lb shown above, the conversion instruction information is input at the same time as the kana information. It is.

Furthermore, by pressing the adjunct word key in the adjunct word key group lb, the adjunct word key group correspondence information table 4 is simultaneously accessed,
Grammar analysis becomes easier by obtaining information such as the corresponding part of speech.

Finally, the overall operation of the document creation device having an adjunct key shown in FIG. 1 will be explained.

The input character string input from the input unit 1 is stored in the input character string storage unit 2. If there is an input from the adjunct word key group 1b after inputting from the character information key group 1a, even if the Kanji conversion key is not pressed.

The clause analysis circuit 3 immediately executes clause analysis on the character string input so far. In this bunsetsu analysis, the part-of-speech information of the adjunct word corresponding to the adjunct word key obtained from the adjunct word key group correspondence information table 4 can be used, so the probability of occurrence of incorrect analysis in the bunsetsu analysis circuit 3 is reduced. .

If a character that does not exist in the adjunct word key group lb is a break in a phrase, the phrase analysis is started by pressing the Kanji conversion key next to the key corresponding to the character, as usual.

Once the clause is analyzed, the dictionary search unit 6 searches the word dictionary 5 based on the information and extracts candidate words. The extracted candidate words are stored in the candidate word storage unit 7, and are evaluated by the evaluation circuit 8, including reading length, appearance frequency, and the like.

The words are evaluated using connection weights and the like as parameters, and the one with the highest evaluation value is stored in the optimal candidate word storage section 9 and displayed on the display section 10.

Although the present invention is particularly convenient for beginners, the second
As shown in the figure, the arrangement of the character information keys 1a according to this embodiment is the same as before, so that an expert who has learned blind touch, which is typing without looking at the key surface, can make full use of the acquired skills and You can further improve your typing speed by simply memorizing the layout of the adjunct keys.

Further, although this embodiment is an example of a document creation device using a phrase unit input method, the present invention can of course be applied to a word unit input method, a kanji specification input method, a solid writing input method, etc. However, in these cases, the adjunct word key group correspondence information table and the conversion instruction information provided to the adjunct word keys are not required.

Effects As explained above, according to the document creation device with adjunct key of the present invention, information input efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation device with an adjunct key according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an input section in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional input section. 1: Input unit, 1a: Character information key group, 1b: Adjunct word key group, 3: Clause analysis circuit, 4: Adjunct word key group correspondence information table. Figure 1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Equipped with an input section for inputting kana character information, etc.
In a document creation device that converts a kana character string input from the input unit into a sentence containing kanji and kana characters using a word dictionary,
1. A document creation device having an adjunct word key group, characterized in that the input section is provided with an adjunct word key group consisting of adjunct words corresponding to adjunct words of voiced sounds and adjunct words of frequently used clear sounds. (2) Equipped with an input section for inputting kana character information, etc.
In a document creation device that converts a kana character string input from the input unit into a sentence containing kanji and kana characters using a word dictionary,
A group of adjunct words consisting of adjunct words corresponding to adjunct words of voiced sounds and adjunct words of frequently used clear sounds is added to the input section, and the adjunct word keys of the adjunct word key group are provided with conversion instruction information. , a document creation device having an adjunct word key group, comprising an adjunct word key group correspondence information storage unit storing part-of-speech information of an adjunct word corresponding to an adjunct word key of the adjunct word key group.