JPS6161148B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a character conversion device that inputs a first character such as a kana and converts it into a kanji corresponding to the first character.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in a conversion device that converts a word input as a first character such as a kana into a second character such as a kanji corresponding to the kana, how to select a desired one from homophone kanji. is the problem.

In this way, one of the conversion devices that outputs a desired one of the homophone kanji is to first display all the homonym kanji corresponding to the word input in kana on the display, and then the operator can By selecting and instructing the desired kanji from the homophone kanji group displayed above,
There are known devices that output desired kanji.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, if such a conversion device is used, all of the multiple homophone kanji are displayed on the display, and the operator must search for the desired one among them, which requires time for the operator to search, and also , operator fatigue is also significant.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention focuses on the fact that there are extremely few homophone compound words in compound words (compound words consisting of two or more kanji), and by converting the first character into a kanji using such compound words as a foothold, The aim is to eliminate defects.

In other words, only 10% of idioms are homophone idioms, and the remaining 90% have only one idiom, so if kanji are output using idioms as a foothold, 90% of the time, only the desired kanji will be output. It is something that can be done.

For example, the only idiom that corresponds to ``ah'' is ``meiko'', so by specifying the kanji before composing this idiom, only the kanji ``nai'' can be output, and the idiom that corresponds to ``aiai'' is Since there is only the kanji "go", only the kanji "go" can be output by specifying the subsequent kanji that make up this compound word.

Therefore, the present invention provides an input means for inputting kana data, a storage means for storing idiom data consisting of a plurality of kanji and its reading data, and an idiom data consisting of a plurality of kanji whose pronunciation is the kana data inputted from the input means. a manually operable selection means for selecting a desired kanji from the compound word data read by the retrieval means;
Display means for displaying the kanji selected by the selection means.

[Effect]

With this configuration, you can enter the kanji pronunciation of a compound word consisting of multiple kanji containing the desired kanji, search for a compound word containing the desired kanji, and select the desired kanji in this compound word. This makes it easier to select desired kanji.

Now, to explain the present invention according to the drawings, numeral 11 in FIG. 1 is a housing of the character conversion device according to the present invention, and the front part of this housing 11 is used for inputting information. Operation panel 1 for performing
2 is provided. A large number of keys are provided on the operation panel 12 as shown in FIG. 2, and the functions of these keys will be described in detail below.

A group of keys 13 are character keys for inputting characters such as symbols, numbers, alphanumeric characters, kana, etc., and are similar to the conventionally known JISC6233 information processing keyboard.

The idiom key is indicated by 14, and the character key 13
This key instructs to output the first character inputted as a compound word consisting of two kanji characters. 15 is the kanji key, character key 1
This key is used to instruct that the first character inputted from 3 should be output as a single kanji character. Reference numeral 16 indicates an interval key, which is used to determine the interval between output characters.

Reference numeral 18 indicates an instruction key that determines whether the character information input using the character key 13 is output as Roman characters or kana.For example, when the instruction key 18 is pressed down, output of Roman characters is instructed. , instructs to output kana when not pressed.

However, the idiom key 14 and kanji key 15 are instruction key 1.
These keys 1 have priority over 8, so these keys 1
When keys 4 and 15 are pressed down and turned ON, each key 1 is pressed regardless of the state of the instruction key 18.
4 and 15 are instructed to be output. The key 19 indicates the characteristics of the kanji to be output, and the key 19-1 characterizes a kanji that can be divided into left and right parts, and the right side can be divided into upper and lower parts, such as "kai". For example, the key 19-2 is used to characterize a kanji that can be divided into left and right parts, such as ``川''.
Key 3 characterizes kanji that can be divided into upper and lower halves, such as ``sasa'', and key 19-4 characterizes kanji that can be divided into the lower right part and other parts, such as ``pressure''. For example, the key 19-5 is for characterizing kanji that can be divided into the lower left part and other parts, such as "shiki", and the key 19-6 is for characterizing the upper right part, for example, "ken". It characterizes kanji that can be divided into parts and other parts, and the key 19-7 is, for example,
It characterizes kanji that are difficult to divide, such as ``yen.''

For example, if you press the kanji key 15 and press the character key B for "kawa", four types of kanji will be output: "kawa", "kawa", "leather", and "skin", so 1 from the output will be output. It is necessary to select one kanji, but if the feature key 19 is provided as described above, and the key 19-2 is pressed, only "river" will be output, and if the key 19-3 is pressed, "kawa" will be output. If the key 19-4 is pressed, only the word "leather" is output, and if the key 19-7 is pressed, only the word "river" is output. The keys 19 are constructed so that only one can be turned on.

Reference numeral 20 indicates an instruction key, 20-1 is a key that indicates the previous kanji of the two kanji forming the compound word, and 20-2 is a key that indicates the second one of the two kanji forming the compound word. This is used when outputting one kanji. That is, if you want to output the kanji ``out'', press the idiom key 14 and press the instruction key 20-1 to indicate that it is the kanji before the idiom consisting of two kanji, and then output the character after that. By inputting an idiom that includes ``out'' before it (for example, ourai) using the key 13, only the kanji ``out'' before the idiom ``out'' can be output.

Reference numeral 21 indicates a part-of-speech key that indicates the part of speech of the kanji to be output, 21-1 is a key that indicates an adjective, 21-2 is a key that indicates a verb, and 21-3 is a key that indicates a verb.
is a key that indicates a noun, 21-4 is a key that indicates a conjunction, and 21-5 is a key that indicates a numeral. For example, if you press the Kanji key 15 and input "ku" from the character key 13, "Kai", "Ku",
“Phrase”, “ku”, “ku”, and “” are output, but after pressing the kanji key 15, the key 21-5 instructs the number word.
After pressing , if "ku" is input from the character key 13, only "nine" is output.

22 is a lamp that lights up when a key that is not defined in each shift mode is pressed or when an input is made that violates the input rules.
When the lamp 22 is lit in this way, unless the input information is cleared using the clear key 23,
No further input will be accepted.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 24 indicates a display device for displaying output characters, and is made of, for example, a CRT. Information on the display device 24 can be accessed by pressing a key 26 to issue a print command. Accordingly, recording can be performed on the recording paper 25 using a thermal head (not shown) or the like.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the character conversion device shown in Fig. 1, and numeral 31 stores various control programs as described below.
This is a ROM, and the contents of this ROM are decoded and executed by the processing unit 32. Reference numeral 33 denotes a RAM for temporarily storing information, which temporarily stores information sent from the processing section 32 or information sent from the storage device 34, and sends the stored information to the processing section 33. It is something. Local memories A to D and registers a to g are provided in the RAM 33.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a storage device such as a magnetic disk, and files such as a Kanji-Kanji conversion dictionary and a Kanji compound dictionary are stored in this storage device in the form shown in FIG. 4, for example. It is something.

That is, FIG. 4A shows a Kanji-kanji conversion dictionary (hereinafter referred to as the "Kanji dictionary"), and FIG. 4B shows a Kanah-kanji conversion dictionary (hereinafter referred to as the "idiom dictionary").
The kanji dictionary is stored between addresses m and n of the storage device, and the idiom dictionary is stored after address n of the storage device. To further explain this kanji dictionary, m, m+1, m+2, . Out character 41) is like a normal Japanese dictionary,
They are arranged in the following order: I, U, E, O. Of course, such header characters are stored in kana code. The heading area 36 further stores the number 37 of homophone kanji that belong to the heading character.

The area indicated by 38 is a kanji area, and the heading character 4
The kanji corresponding to 1 is encoded and stored (as a kanji code).

The area indicated by 39 is a graphic area, in which a graphic number indicating the characteristics of the kanji character belonging to the address immediately before the address to which the graphic area 39 belongs is stored. This figure number corresponds to the characteristic key 19, and the figure number "1" is attached to the kanji having the characteristic indicated by the key 19-1.
A number corresponding to the subscript added to the characteristic key 19 is given to the kanji having the characteristics shown in , such as the figure number "2."

The area indicated by 40 is a part-of-speech area, and stores the part-of-speech number indicating the part of speech of the Chinese character that belongs to the address immediately before the address to which the part-of-speech area 40 belongs.

This part-of-speech number corresponds to the part-of-speech key 21, and the part-of-speech number "1" is assigned to an adjective, the part-of-speech number "2" is assigned to a verb, and so on.
A number corresponding to the subscript added to 1 is given.

To further explain the phrase dictionary shown in FIG. 4B, n, n+1, n+2, . The characters to be converted (header characters) are arranged in the order of "Ai-U-E-O" like in a normal Japanese dictionary. Such header character 4
Of course, 3 is stored as a kana code. The heading area 42 further stores the number 44 of homophone kanji that belong to the heading character.

45 and 46 are compound words areas, and the first kanji of the compound words corresponding to index character 43 is in area 4.
5, the second kanji is stored in area 46. Of course, each kanji is converted into a kanji code and stored, and in this embodiment, the number of kanji that make up a compound word is limited to two, so areas 45 and 46 are
All idioms are stored in .

Note that, unlike kanji dictionaries, such idiom dictionaries do not have figure areas or part-of-speech areas.

Now, returning to the explanation of FIG. 3, 48 is a thermal printer, 49 is a display controller unit, and displays input kana, codes, converted kanji, etc. on a display 24 such as a CRT. This is a circuit for performing this, as shown in detail in Figure 5.
It is composed of a CRT refresh memory 49-1 and a CRT output control section 50.

The refresh memory 49-1 is a memory for the entire surface of the CRT 24. This refresh memory 49
The pattern is output by writing the pattern from the character pattern generator 51 into -1.

The CRT output control unit 50 is activated by a command from the processing unit 32, and refresh memory 49-
Performs control to display the contents of 1 on the CRT24. The control is configured using a known method, for example, a VIDEO signal generation IC, Hitachi HD46505 or Intel 8275.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a character pattern generator, which generates a pattern signal corresponding to the code signal to the display controller by applying a character code signal input from the character key 13 or a kanji code signal derived from the storage device 34. The information is sent to the section 49.

The processing section 32 and other devices are connected by bus lines 52-1 to 52-4, and these bus lines include an address bus, a control bus, and a data bus.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, the operation of the character conversion device shown in FIG. 3 will be explained.

Note that the flowchart shown in FIG.
It also indicates control for outputting the designated kanji by designating the kanji before or after the kanji constituting the compound word.

That is, when the idiom key 14 is pressed in step 60 to instruct input of kana characters to be converted into an idiom, the flip-flop J of the processing section 32 is set.

Next, in step 61, one of the instruction keys 20 is pressed to instruct whether to output the kanji before or after the compound word. At this time, when the instruction key 20-1 is pressed, the flip-flop F of the processing section 32 is set, and when the instruction key 20-2 is pressed, the flip-flop R is set.

Next, in step 62, enter the first character (for example, a kana character) to be converted into an idiom using the character key 13.
The input kana are stored in the local memory A of the RAM 33 in the order in which they were input in the form of kana codes. When the input of the first character to be converted into an idiom is completed in this way (such completion can be detected by releasing the depression of the idiom key 14), step 6
3, it is checked whether the flip-flop J is set or not. If it is set, the process proceeds to the next step 64, where a comparison is made with the header area 36 of the phrase dictionary, and the header area 42 that matches the local memory A is found. The information of the area belonging to is transferred to the local memory E starting from address 1. Note that the processing performed when the flip-flop J is not set is not directly related to the present invention and will therefore be omitted. For example, if "ah" is stored in local memory A, the information at addresses n to n+2 of the phrase dictionary is stored as is in addresses 1 to 3 of the local memory.

In addition, upon such transfer, the number 44 stored in the header area 42 is stored in register a of the RAM 33.

Next, in step 65, register b of the RAM is
Set "1" to "1" and proceed to the next step 66, check whether or not the flip-flop F is set, and if it is set, proceed to the next step 67.
Proceed to.

In this step 67, the kanji code in the local memory E indicated by 2n is output. This n
Since is the number stored in register b, the kanji code at address 2 is initially output. The kanji code output in this way is sent to the character pattern generator 51.
As described above, the character pattern generated by the character pattern generator 51 is sent to the display controller section 49 and displayed on the display 24.

After outputting the kanji code in this way, proceed to the next step 68, subtract 1 from the number stored in register a, store the result in register a again, and in step 69, the contents of register a will be set to 0. Determine whether or not. If the result of the determination is 0, the character conversion operation ends; if it is not 0, the process advances to step 70, adds 1 to the contents of register b, stores the result in register b again, and returns to step 6.
Return to 7. The loop of steps 67, 68, 69, and 70 is repeated until the contents of register a become 0, at which point the character output operation ends.

In the step 66, if the flip-flop F is not set, the next step 71 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether flip-flop R is set or not.

When the flip-flop R is set, the process advances to the next step 72, and the Kanji code in the local memory E indicated by 2n+1 is output.

Since this n is the number stored in register b, the kanji code of address 3 is initially output. Incidentally, if flip-flop R is not set in step 71, the lamp 22 is turned on as an error.

After outputting the kanji code in this way, the process proceeds to steps 73 and 74;
consists of steps exactly the same as steps 68 and 69, and step 75 also consists of the same steps as step 70.

All the control instructions shown in FIG. 6 are stored in advance in the ROM 31, and these instructions are sequentially read out by the processing section 32 to execute the instructions.

With the character conversion device configured as described above, after pressing the idiom key 14, the instruction key 20-
If you press 1 and input "Ai Iku" using the character key 13, the kanji pattern for "ai" will be output on the display 24, and after pressing the idiom key 14, press the instruction key 20-2 and input using the character key 13. If you enter “Aiin”, a “mark” will appear on the display 24.
The kanji pattern for “drink” is output.

In addition, when multiple kanji characters are output on the display 24 in this way, one of the kanji characters should be further specified and selected, but such selection can be done by using a conventionally known method using a light pen or , a method using a cursor may be used as appropriate.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since the kanji characters constituting a compound word can be selected and output, the character selection speed can be increased. In other words, in terms of idioms, the ratio of multiple homophone idioms for a given entry character is 10.
%, and it is known that for the remaining 90%, there is only one compound word for a certain entry character.

Therefore, with a character conversion device such as the one according to the present invention, in most cases only one desired kanji is output, there is almost no need to further select one desired kanji from a plurality of output kanji, and the final This allows the time required to select one character to be extremely shortened.

Furthermore, the operator does not have to memorize any special conventions, such as using commonly used phrases as they are, and can learn how to operate the device in a short time.

Furthermore, since a large number of kanji are output on the CRT, the chances of selecting a desired one from among the kanji using a light pen or the like can be minimized, which helps reduce operator fatigue.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a character conversion device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view showing an operation panel of the character conversion device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the character conversion device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a memory. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a display controller, and FIG. 6 is a control system diagram of the character conversion device shown in FIG. 3. Here 13 is a character key, 14 is an idiom key, 20
is an instruction key, 31 is a ROM, 32 is a processing unit, 33
is a RAM, and 34 is a storage device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input means for inputting kana data, a storage means for storing compound word data consisting of a plurality of kanji and their reading data, and a reading of the kana data input from the input means. a manually operable selection means for selecting a desired kanji from the idiom data read by the retrieval means; a kanji selected by the selection means; A character conversion device comprising: display means for displaying.