JPS62134756A - Same sound word learning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To curtail a necessary storage capacity of the same sound word sequence storage area, and to prevent a state that a selected word overflows from the same sound word sequence storage part, by updating the same sound word sequence information in the same sound sequence storage area, as for a word which is selected from the same sound word sequence storage area. CONSTITUTION:The same sound word selecting part 5 displays the first candidate on a display part 6, and thereafter, in case different characters of the same sound exist, they are displayed successively on the display part 6 by inputting the next candidate indicating code from the same sound word designating device 8. The same sound word sequence registering part 7 registers the same sound word sequence of a selected word in the same sound word sequence storage part 4 only in case the word which is selected by the same sound word selecting part 5 is not the first candidate. The same sound word designating device 8 outputs the next candidate designating code and a definite code for signifying a selecting completion in the different characters of the same sound, to the same sound word selecting part 5. The same sound word sequence updating part 9 updates the same sound word sequence in the same sound word sequence storage part of the same sound word, as the latest registered word, only in case the word which is selected by the same sound word selecting part 5 is that which is obtained from the same sound word sequence storage part 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention is a method for converting input kana character strings into kana-kanji and converting them into corresponding Japanese-kanji-kana-mixed notation, and then inputting a specific word from among a plurality of homophones and allographs. This is a homophone learning device for efficiently selecting homophones.

Background of the Invention In recent years, kana-kanji conversion devices have been particularly popular as devices that can easily create Japanese documents using kana and human power, and are equipped with a homophone learning mechanism to quickly select the correct word from homophones. Some have been developed.

For example, a device called a homophone usage order learning device stores information on the usage history of that word in order every time a specific word is selected from words in a word dictionary that have multiple homophones, and inputs it into a kana string. On the other hand, by outputting the most recently selected homophone as the first search word, the previously selected homophone as the second search word, and so on, you can quickly obtain recently used words. (For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 153033/1983).

However, with such conventional homophone learning devices,
Since the homophone order storage area is updated every time a word is selected as a homophone, the homophone order information overflows from the homophone order storage unit relatively quickly. To deal with this problem, a homophone learning device that does not learn the first candidate can be considered.

This homophone learning device will be explained below. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this homophone learning device.

1 In the ephemeral input section, input phonetic character strings such as Japanese hiragana and katakana and character conversion instruction code z1. The hiragana display instruction code z2 is input as a code. Reference numeral 2 is a word dictionary which stores Japanese word pronunciations and corresponding word notations in association with each other and arranged in the order of the 6 o sounds.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a character conversion unit which searches the input kana character string from the kana input unit 1 in terms of a homophone order storage unit 4 and a word dictionary 2, which will be described later, to obtain the corresponding word notation. At this time, the search in the homophone order storage section 4 is performed in the opposite order to the order in which the words are stored in the homophone order storage section 4. In addition, when searching the word dictionary 2, if there are multiple words with pronunciations that match the input kana string, the words are searched in the order in which they are stored in the word dictionary 2, and the homophone selection unit 5 (described later) searches for these words along with the input kana string. Output to. The homophone order storage unit 4 stores homophones selected from the homophone selection unit 5, which will be described later, in the order in which they are selected, with their pronunciations and spellings associated with each other, in a first-in, first-out manner. The homophone selection unit 5 displays the first candidate of the output word notations from the character conversion unit 3 on a display unit 6 (described later), and if homophones and allographs exist, they are displayed from the homophone designation device 8 (described later). By inputting the next candidate instruction code z3, they are displayed on the display section 6 in order, allowing the operator to select the desired notation. The display unit 6 displays the word notation selected by the homophone selection unit 5 on the screen. 7 is a homophone order registration unit which registers the homophone order of the selected word in the homophone order storage unit 4 when the word selected by the homophone selection unit 5 is not the first candidate. The homophone designation device 8 outputs to the homophone selection device 5 a primary candidate designation code z3 and a confirmation code z4 indicating completion of selection among homophones.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In this device, the homophone order storage unit 4 is prevented from overflowing by not learning the first candidate. However, once a word has become a first candidate, it is not subject to homophone order registration no matter how many times it is used thereafter, and as the number of newly learned words increases, the first candidate word will suddenly become a memory area. The problem was that it overflowed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has a simple configuration that allows the use of homophone words for which the homophone order has already been registered without increasing the homophone order storage area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a homophone learning device that updates the homophone order accordingly and makes it possible to efficiently output homophones over a long period of time.

Means to Solve the Problems The present invention provides a word dictionary that stores at least the pronunciations and spellings of Japanese words, a kana input section for inputting Japanese cursive strings, and a kana input section for inputting Japanese cursive strings, and an arbitrary one from among a plurality of homophones and allographs. a homophone selection unit that selects one of the words, a homophone order storage unit that has a first-in-first-out function that stores the homophone selection order, and a word other than the first candidate among the words selected by the homophone selection unit. a homophone order registration unit that registers the homophone order in the homophone order storage unit;
a homophone order updating unit that updates homophone order information in the homophone order storage unit of the word selected from the homophone order storage unit among the words selected from the homophone order storage unit, and a subsequence of the input kana sequence from the kana input unit; The homophone learning device comprises a homophone order storage unit, a character conversion unit that searches the word dictionary for readings in order, orders the input kana string for each homophone, and converts it into a kanji-kana mixed sentence. It is.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention stores the words used from the homophone order storage unit in the homophone order storage unit even if the homophones are not selected. By updating the usage order, it is possible to prevent words that are actually frequently used from being omitted from the homophone order storage unit.

Furthermore, if the desired notation is obtained without using the homophone convenience order information, the number of homophones that can be stored in the homophone order storage section can be substantially increased by not registering them in the homophone order storage section. It is something that can be done.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a homophone learning device in an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a phonetic character string such as Japanese hiragana and katakana, a character conversion instruction code z1, and a hiragana display instruction code z2 are inputted in the ephemeral input section. Reference numeral 2 is an academic language dictionary which stores Japanese word pronunciations and corresponding word notations in association with each other and arranged in the order of the 60 syllabaries. Reference numeral 3 is a character conversion section which sequentially searches the input kana character string from the kana input section 1 in a homophone order storage section 4 and a word dictionary 2, which will be described later, to obtain the corresponding word notation. On this occasion,
The homophone order storage unit 4 is searched in the opposite order to the order in which words are stored in the homophone order storage unit 4. In addition, when searching the word dictionary 2, if there are multiple words with pronunciations that match the input kana string, these are searched in the order they are stored in the word dictionary 2, and together with the input kana string, homophone selection, which will be described later, is performed. Part 6
Output to. The homophone order storage unit 4 stores the homophones selected from the homophone selection unit 5 in the order in which they are selected, with their pronunciations and spellings associated with each other, in a first-in, first-out manner. It still stores the latest word position information indicating which word is the latest stored word. The homophone selection unit 5 displays the root-candidates of the output word expressions from the character conversion unit 3 on a display unit 6, which will be described later.
If there are homophones, they are input in order by inputting the next candidate instruction code z3 from the homophone specifying device 8, which will be described later.
It is displayed on the display unit 6 to enable the operator to select the desired notation. The display unit 6 displays the word notation selected by the homophone selection unit 6 on the screen. Reference numeral 7 denotes a homophone order registration unit, and a parent homophone designation device 8 registers the homophone order of the selected word in the homophone order storage unit 4 only when the word selected by the homophone selection unit 5 is not the first candidate. 09 outputs the next candidate designation code z3 and the confirmation code 24, which means the completion of selection among homophones and allographs, to the homophone selection unit 6. 09 is a homophone order update unit that outputs the word selected by the homophone selection unit 6. is obtained from the homophone 11 order storage unit 4, the homophone order of the homophone in the homophone order storage unit 4 is updated as the latest registered word.

The operation of the homophone learning device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below using the flowchart shown in FIG.

[Character conversion] 0) The kana string entered by the operator from the kana input section 1 contains a conversion instruction code z1. Alternatively, it is sent to the character conversion unit 3 in the format appended to the end of the hiragana display instruction code z2i.

(2) Character conversion unit 3 If the input kana string from the kana input unit 1 ends in a hiragana display instruction code z2, it is output to the homophone selection unit 6 as the hiragana all-word notation of k.

(3) The character conversion unit 3 sequentially searches the homophone order storage unit 4 and the word dictionary 2 for the input kana string k, and sends words with the corresponding pronunciation to the homophone selection unit 6 along with the input kana string in the order of search. . At this time, if there are multiple homophones, all of them are output to the homophone selection section 6. Then, the homophone selection unit 6 selects the highest candidate words in the order in which they are received from the character conversion unit 3, and first outputs the first candidate to the display unit 6.

(4) After displaying the notation of the word delivered from the homophone selection section 6 on the screen, the display section 6 enters an input waiting state.

[Homophone selection]

(6) If the input from the homophone designation device 8 is the confirmed code z4, it is assumed that the first candidate is selected and the 11 legs are (9
). If the next candidate instruction code is z3, (6)
Full control is given to the processing.

(6) When the next candidate instruction code z3 is input from the homophone designation device 8, the homophone selection unit 6 outputs it from the character conversion unit 3 to the next homophone and allograph display unit 6, and displays these on the screen. indicate.

g) When the operator obtains the desired word notation on the screen, he specifies the desired word notation using the homophone designation device 8. Then, the homophone selection section 6 outputs the designated word notation to the homophone order updating section 9 and the homophone order registration section 7 together with the input kana string.

(8) The homophone order registration unit 7 selects the selected word in the homophone order storage unit 4 only when the selected homophone word is not selected from the homophone order storage unit 4. Store them in the order in which they are listed. At this time, the latest word position information indicating which word is the latest stored word is updated to indicate the selected word. After storing the word, it will enter the input waiting state again.

p) The homophone order updating unit 9 checks whether the selected first candidate word is the word obtained from the homophone order storage unit 4 or not, and if not, enters a kana input waiting state. Otherwise, control is transferred to (1o).

(10) The homophone order update unit 9 updates the latest word position information by setting the registration order of the selected word in the homophone order storage unit 47 as the latest registered word, and then enters a kana input waiting state.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the first candidate word is first output and displayed in the homophone selection section 5, and this can be specified by only inputting a confirmation code without using the homophone selection operation. Operation is significantly simplified. Furthermore, by explicitly specifying hiragana in the kana input unit 1 and not making it a target of homophone learning, the storage capacity required in the homophone order storage unit 4 is further reduced.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above explanation, this homophone learning device updates the homophone order information in the homophone order storage area for words selected from the homophone order storage area, While retaining the advantage that the required storage capacity of the homophone order storage area can be reduced by leaving it unlearned,
It is possible to eliminate the situation where selected words spontaneously overflow from the homophone order storage unit.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a homophone learning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the homophone learning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a conventional homophone learning device. FIG. 1...Kana input section, 2...Word dictionary,
3... Character conversion unit, 4... Homophone order storage unit, 6... Homophone selection unit, 6...
Display section, 7... Homophone order registration section, 8...
- Homophone designation device, 9... Homophone order storage unit. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a word dictionary that stores at least the pronunciations and spellings of Japanese words; a kana input section that inputs Japanese pronunciations; and a homophone selection section that selects any one from a plurality of homophones. a homophone order storage unit having a first-in-first-out function that stores a homophone selection order; and a homophone order storage unit that registers words other than the first candidate among the words selected by the homophone selection unit in the homophone order storage unit. an order registration unit; a homophone order update unit that updates homophone order information in the homophone order storage unit for words selected from the homophone order storage unit among the homophone selected words; has a character conversion unit that searches the homophone order storage unit and the word dictionary for pronunciations that match the substrings of the input kana sequence, orders the input kana sequence for each homophone, and converts the input kana sequence into a kanji-kana mixed sentence. A homophone learning device characterized by: