JPS62156730A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the operating load for an input job of documents by repeating the reproduction of the same voice until the converting process is through after a character string is supplied according to the reproduced sounds and every time the reproduction is through with reproduction of voices for each prescribed section. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 10 performs the overall control of a document processor as well as various types of document processing including the KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese characters) conversion. A voice producer 20 receives the reproduction start signal to carry out reproduction and receives the reproduction stop signal to interrupts the reproduction and to rewind a CMT down to the reproduction start position of a relevant sentence. Then the reproducer 20 receives the reproduction restart signal to feed fast the CMT up to the voice reproduction start position for the next input sentence. The reproduction stop signal is delivered with combination of specific keys and the reproduction start signal is delivered with operation of a conversion key in a state where the character string to be converted is not supplied yet to an input buffer 15. While the reproduction restart signal is delivered by the conversion ending timing after the character string is stored in the buffer 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Background of the Invention] The present invention provides a document processing device with improved operability when inputting documents based on audio information recorded on a recording medium such as a cassette-type magnetic tape. Regarding.

[Prior art and its problems] When inputting audio information recorded on a cassette-type magnetic tape or the like into text information sequentially using a word processor or other document creation device, conventionally an operator inputs the audio information only to an appropriate length. Once the voice information has been reproduced and the document input for the reproduced voice valve has been completed, the voice information is reproduced again for an appropriate length and the next document input is performed repeatedly.

In this case, conventionally, the operator has to alternately and frequently perform operations for playing and stopping audio and inputting documents, and therefore, this type of document inputting task requires a lot of effort and time. There was a problem with poor workability.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention is intended to greatly reduce the operational burden on the operator and to smoothly and quickly perform document input work when sequentially inputting voice information recorded on a cassette-type magnetic tape or the like by replacing it with text information. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that can perform accurate processing.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides an apparatus for inputting a document based on audio information reproduced by an audio reproduction means, at least after inputting a character string according to the sound reproduced by the audio reproduction means, for example, a kana-kanji character string. Each time the end of playback of a predetermined category unit of audio is detected, the reproduction of the same audio in a predetermined category unit is repeated until conversion processing such as conversion is completed or until the conversion process is started. As a result, document input work can be performed smoothly, quickly, and accurately while significantly reducing the operational burden on the operator.

[Embodiment] (1) Configuration FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a CPU that controls the entire device and performs various document processing including kana-kanji conversion processing, which will be described later.
When converting kana to kanji, the process shown in FIG. 2 is executed. Reference numeral 11 denotes an input unit equipped with kana character keys for inputting documents, as well as various function keys, etc. Here, the function keys operated when inputting sentences containing kanji are used to input characters that are not subject to kana-kanji conversion. There are a ``no conversion'' key that specifies a character, a ``conversion'' key that specifies kana-kanji conversion, and a designation key that selects one of the displayed candidate characters.
Numeric keys are used here.

12 is a dictionary referred to by CPtJlo during kana-kanji conversion. 13 is a display unit that displays input and edited documents; during kana-kanji conversion, the character string after kana-kanji conversion, the input character string being converted, and the input character (kana character) string before conversion are displayed. and candidate characters are displayed at specific line positions. 14 is a printing unit that prints out the document.

Reference numerals 15 to 18 are storage units connected to the memory bus of the CPU 10, and each access control is performed by the CPU 10. Reference numeral 15 is an input buffer for storing input character strings, 16 is a document memory for storing document information, and 17
is a ROM in which a character generator and various control programs including kana-kanji conversion by dictionary search as shown in FIG. 2 are stored. In addition, 18 is a working RAM of the CPU 10, and regarding the kana-kanji conversion process,
As the register, an unconverted character count register INC for storing the number of unconverted characters input to the input buffer 15 is provided. This register INC is incremented each time a character is input from the input unit 11 to the input buffer 15, and decremented each time a conversion process is executed. Furthermore, after a new character string to be converted is input into the input buffer 15, the working RAM 18 is turned to "O" by operating the "convert" key, and the CPU 10 outputs a reproduction restart signal (PRP).
) is output, the flag register F returns to “1”.
is provided.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an audio player that plays back, for example, a cassette magnetic tape (hereinafter referred to as CMT) on which audio information of a document to be input is recorded. , executes a playback operation, and receives a playback stop signal (S
TO), the playback is interrupted and the CMT is rewound to the playback start position of that sentence. Furthermore, upon receiving the reproduction restart signal (PRP) output from the CPU 10, the audio reproduction device 20 fast-forwards the CMT to the audio reproduction start position of the next sentence to be input, and starts reproduction for inputting a new sentence. do.

Here, the playback stop signal (ST
O) is output by a key operation using a specific key combination for stopping playback (hereinafter referred to as key operation of the playback stop key), and a playback start signal (PST) is output from the input buffer 77.
No character string to be converted is entered in 15 (
The state after all the kana character strings stored in the input buffer 115 have been converted! m) is output when the "conversion" key is operated, and the reproduction restart signal (PPP) is output after the character string to be converted is stored in the input buffer 15.
Output at the end of conversion when the "Convert" key is pressed.

21 to 26, and Gl, G2, AI, A2.

(H and 02 are components of the peripheral control circuit of the audio playback device 20.Here, 21 is a sentence detection circuit that detects a predetermined break (sentence) of the playback audio, and only when playing after fast forwarding. The detection signal output from this sentence detection circuit 21 is
The signal is supplied to the audio reproducing device 20 as a rewind signal via the OR gate o1 together with a playback stop signal (STO) outputted from o. 22, when the audio reproducing device 20 is running on CM'T, the CMT is controlled based on the clock pulse (C1ock) outputted every predetermined running unit of the CMT and the up/down signal (LD+/down) according to the running direction of the CMT. This is a counter that performs a forward/reverse counter according to the amount of travel. 23 is the count value of this counter 22 as CMT.
This is a prayer sentence register which is input through a gate G2 which is controlled to open at the start of execution of rewinding and is always held as position data indicating the recording position of a new sentence. 24
The position data of this new sentence register 23 is transferred to the gate G which is controlled to be opened by the above-mentioned reproduction “resume signal (PRP)”.
1, and always holds position data indicating the recording position of the sentence currently being input (the sentence start position one sentence before the sentence start position indicated by the new sentence register 23). It is a sentence register.

25 is the contents of the old sentence register 24 and the counter 22
This is a coincidence detection circuit that outputs a coincidence signal when the position data of the counter 22 matches the position data of the old sentence register 24. The coincidence signal outputted from the minus number construction circuit 25 is supplied to the audio reproduction [20] as a reproduction signal via the OR gate 02 and the AND gate A2, together with the reproduction start signal (PST) outputted from the CPU10. 26 is set by the playback stop signal (STO) output from cpulo, and reset by the playback start signal @ (PST). When set, it controls the opening of the AND gate A1 for controlling the stop signal output, and when reset, the playback signal is output. AND gate A2 for i1J Wj
This is a flip-flop that controls the opening of the circuit.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the kana-kanji conversion process in the above embodiment.

('2J) When a sentence containing kanji is manually entered into kana characters by operating the character keys on the operation input unit 11, the input kana characters are sequentially stored in the human power buffer 715 under the control of the cpuio, and are stored in a display memory (not shown). Display section 1 with dots expanded on top
3, and the number of characters input to the input buffer 15 at that time is stored as the number of unconverted characters in the unconverted character number register INC in the working RAM 18.

When converting kana to kanji, the user manually inputs a kana character string to be converted using the character keys on the input section 11, and then operates the "conversion" key on the doujinshi blade section 11. As a result, C.P.
The kana-kanji conversion process shown in FIG. 2 is started under the control of U10, and its specific operation will be explained below.

First, by operating the "conversion" key provided on the input unit 11, in step S1 of FIG.
The contents of the unconverted character count register ING in AM18 are examined. Here, the contents of the unconverted character count register INC are not rOJ, and the input buffer 15 contains the conversion target character (
If it indicates that the unconverted characters) are stored (remaining), in step S2, the flag register F
O'' is set in step $3, and in step $3, the character to be converted is read from the input buffer 15, and the dictionary 12 is searched based on that character.

When the corresponding kanji is retrieved in the dictionary 12 search process, the presence or absence of a homophone is determined in step S4, and if a homophone exists, the homophone is displayed in step $5.

Here, in step S6, when one of the displayed homophones is selected by operating the number keys and the "select/execute" key of the input unit 11, the selected kanji is selected in step S7. is registered in the wording memory 16, and the contents of the wording memory 16 are displayed on the display section 13. Furthermore, in this case, in step S8, the contents of the unconverted character count register TNC are decremented according to the number of converted characters in the input buffer 15, and the process returns to step S1 to examine the contents.

Furthermore, even if there is no homophone in step S4, the same processes from step S7 onwards are executed.

In step S1 above, the number of unconverted characters register IN
If the content of C is not "0" (that is, if unconverted characters remain in the input buffer 15), the process from step S2 onwards is repeatedly executed, but it is determined that the content of the register INC is rOJ. If so, the contents of flag register F are checked in step S9.

Here, when the content of flag register F is "0",
After step S2, a reproduction restart signal (PRP) is output, and in step Sat, the flag register F is set to “1”.
”.

Further, when the "conversion/next candidate" key is operated, if the content of the flag register F is "1", a reproduction start signal (PST) is output in step S12.

Here, when a reproduction start signal (PST) is output from the CPU 10, the counter 22, new sentence register 23. The contents of the old sentence register 24 are cleared, and the contents of the flip-flop 26 are cleared.
is reset, and the playback start signal (PST) is output to OR gate 02. and is input to the audio playback device 20 via the AND gate A2.

As a result, the audio player 20 starts audio reproduction (audio repeat reproduction).

During this reproduction, the counter 22 is counted up as the CMT travels.

During this reproduction, when the end of the reproduced sentence is detected by the sentence detection circuit 21, the detection signal is sent to the audio reproduction device 20 as a rewind signal via the OR gate Os.
It is also input to gate G2 to control the opening of the gate.

As a result, the audio player 20 starts rewinding the CMT.

Also, prior to this rewinding operation, the position data of the counter 22 is transferred to the new sentence register 23 via the gate G2.
is input and latched.

When the audio playback 1120 executes CMT rewind, the CM
The counter 22 counts down as the T runs.

When the position data of the counter 22 matches the position data of the old sentence register support 24, the match detection circuit 25 outputs a match detection signal. This detection signal is input as a reproduction signal to the audio reproduction device 20 via the OR gate 02 and the AND gate A2, and is also input to the AND gate A1.

At this time, if the playback stop key is operated and the flip-flop 26 is set by the playback stop signal (STO) at that time, the audio playback 120 will not perform repeat playback due to the stop signal output from the AND gate A1. Although the reproduction operation is stopped, if the reproduction stop signal (STO) is not output, reproduction of the audio of the same sentence is started again after rewinding is completed.

In this way, the audio reproduction operation of the same sentence is repeatedly performed.

Furthermore, when a playback start signal (PPP) is output from the CPU 10, this signal is input to the audio playback device 20 as a fast-forward signal, and the fast-forward operation of the CMT is executed. The position data of is latched into the old sentence register 24. At this time, the counter 22 is counted up as the CMT runs. Then, when the position data of the counter 22 matches the position data of the old sentence register 24, the match detection circuit 25 outputs a match detection signal. This minus number output signal is output from OR gate 02 and AND gate A.
2, the signal is supplied to the audio reproducing device 20 as a reproduction signal.

As a result, the CMT is fast-forwarded to the recording position of the next sentence to be input, and reproduction is started from the same position.

Such playback/stop control including repeat playback of audio and input processing of text according to the audio information are repeatedly executed. Therefore, when inputting a single sentence while playing back recorded audio information, the operational hassle of having to repeatedly play/stop the audio is eliminated, and document input operations can be performed efficiently and quickly. can be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the CMT is fast-forwarded at the timing when the conversion of the input character string stored in the input buffer 15 is completed, and the reproduction of the audio of the next sentence is started. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The CMT may be fast-forwarded when the number of unconverted characters existing in the sentence reaches a specific number of remaining characters, and the reproduction of the audio of the next sentence may be started upon completion of the conversion.

Furthermore, although the above embodiment has been explained using a word processor as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be implemented in, for example, a translation device or other document processing device.

Further, in the above embodiment, a cassette-type magnetic tape is used as the audio recording medium, but the present invention is not limited to this, and means such as audio reproduction using audio synthesis based on digital information may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, in a document processing device that inputs a document based on audio information reproduced by an audio reproduction means,
At least, the end of the reproduction of audio in a predetermined classification unit is detected from the input of a character string according to the reproduction/sound of the audio reproduction means until the conversion processing such as kana-kanji conversion is completed, or until the conversion processing is started. By repeating the reproduction of the same sound for each category each time the document is input, document input work can be performed smoothly, quickly, and accurately with a significant reduction in the operational burden on the operator.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the above embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... CPU, 11... Input section, 12... Dictionary, 13... Display section, 14... Printing section, 15... Input buffer 7.16... Document memory, 17.・ROM
, 18... RAM for work, 20... Audio playback board,
21... Sentence detection circuit, 22... Counter,
23...New sentence register, 24...Old sentence register, 25...-number configuration circuit, 26...Flip 70 tube, G1°G2, Ax, A2,
Ot, 02...Kate, INC...Number of unconverted characters register, F...Flag register, PST...
- Reproduction start signal, STO...reproduction stop signal. PRP...Reproduction restart signal.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a device that inputs a document based on audio information reproduced by an audio reproduction means, there is a storage means for storing input character strings to be converted, and a predetermined conversion into the characters stored in this storage means. and a reproduction end detection means for detecting the end of the reproduction sound of a predetermined classification unit by the audio reproduction means, and the conversion is performed at least after a character string according to the reproduction sound of the audio reproduction means is input. The document processing apparatus is characterized in that the audio reproduction means repeats reproduction of the same sound in the predetermined classification unit every time the reproduction end detection means detects the end of reproduction until the conversion by the means is completed. (2) In a device that inputs a document based on the audio information reproduced by the audio reproduction means, there is a storage means for storing the input character string to be converted, and a predetermined process for the characters stored in the storage means. and reproduction end detection means for detecting the end of the reproduction sound of a predetermined division unit by the audio reproduction means, and the conversion means The document processing apparatus is characterized in that the audio reproduction means repeats reproduction of the same audio in the predetermined classification unit every time the reproduction end detection means detects the end of reproduction until the conversion starts.