JPS62209667A - Sentence producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain such a method where the easy-to-write KANJI (Chinese characters) are written as they are and their corresponding Japanese rendering are written in KANA (Japanese syllabary) for the hard-to-write KANJI by adding the headers including KANJI to a KANA/KANJI converting dictionary. CONSTITUTION:An input character string including both KANA and KANJI is converted into character codes at first by a character recognizing part 2 and then into the desired KANJI by a KANA/KANJI converting part 3. At the time of KANJI 'NIHONGO (Japanese word)', for example, is desired to be inputted, the characters 'NIHON (KANJI) GO (KANA)' is written. In such a case, the part 2 converts these input characters into character codes every character for 'NI', 'HON' (KANJI) and 'NO' (KANA) respectively. Then the KANA/KANJI conversion is carried out and therefore a KANA/KANJI converting dictionary 4 is retrieved with said code string defined as headers. Thus a character string 'NIHONGO' (KANJI) is delivered.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention solves the conventional usage limitation that the kana-kanji conversion function cannot be used for words containing kanji and kana in a handwritten input type Japanese word processor with a kana-kanji conversion function. Name to remove ``, which includes kanji in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary.
By adding "headings", it is possible to write in kanji that are easy to write as ``kanji'', and to write in ``kana'' for kanji that are difficult to write.

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a handwritten input type text creation device, and in particular, it is not necessary to input characters that are originally thought of as "kanji images" as readings, and it is possible to create kana character strings mixed with kanji. The present invention relates to the configuration of a text creation device that can input ``as is'' and convert it into kanji.

[Prior Art] Text creation devices are used to create target texts more efficiently and beautifully, and are now widely used.

Among these, handwritten input type Japanese word processors allow you to write sentences exactly as you imagine them in your head, allowing you to ``create sentences.''
This has the advantage that this intellectual work is not interrupted by other work (work like converting kanji into ``yomi'' in your head and then performing key operations, like in a word processor that converts kanji to kana/kanji). is attracting attention as a next-generation man-machine interface.

In such conventional handwritten Japanese word processors with a kanji conversion function, when inputting characters, there are two ways to input characters: one is to write the kanji and input it directly, and the other is to write the reading of the kanji in katakana or hiragana and input it. One of the methods used was to input kanji by performing conversion.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, with conventional handwritten Japanese word processors equipped with a kanji conversion function, there is a problem that the desired kanji cannot be obtained unless all kanji are written correctly. When recalling the correct kanji, there was a problem in that the user's thinking was interrupted in order to remember the correct kanji.

In other words, in the case of the above-mentioned method of writing and directly inputting kanji, there is a problem that if there is a kanji that you vaguely remember, you cannot input it, and in the case of the latter method of inputting the "reading" of the kanji in kana, For example, in the case of a character such as ``kanji,'' which has many homophones and opposite words, there is a problem in that it requires a lot of work to select the desired character from among the kanji that are output as candidates.

In view of these conventional problems, the present invention has been developed in such a way that even if the character string is a mixture of kanji and kana, for example, the kanji that the operator can write correctly are written in kanji, and the kanji that the operator cannot remember are written in kana as the reading. The purpose is to provide a text creation device that can correctly convert kanji into kanji.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the above object, as described in the claims, includes a means for inputting handwritten characters, a means for recognizing input characters, a headword, and a means for recognizing input characters. It has a dictionary that stores the corresponding single or plural kanji, and searches the dictionary for the kanji corresponding to the recognized character string as a headword, and displays this as a candidate for conversion and operates it. The apparatus is controlled so as to determine any one of the candidates suggested by a person as a converted character, and is characterized by being provided with means for converting a character string containing a mixture of kanji and kana into kanji. This is achieved by a writing device that

[Function] Figure 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, in which 1 is a character input section, 2 is a character recognition section, 3 is an ephemeral-kanji conversion section, and 4 is a kana-kanji conversion dictionary with ``headings'' containing kanji and kana. represents.

In FIG. 1, a character string input as a mixed word of kanji and kana is first converted into a character code by the character recognition unit 2,
Further, the kana-kanji converter 3 converts the kanji into the desired kanji.

For example, if you want to input the kanji ``Japanese,''
If you enter "Japan", the character recognition unit 2 will write 1 for each.
0, which is converted into a character code character by character, such as 日”, “本”, and “GO”
Next, when kana-kanji conversion is executed, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 4 is searched using these code strings as three heading words, and the character string ``Japanese'' is output.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 5 is a tablet (T B ), 6 is a character recognition circuit, 7 is a recognition dictionary, 8 is a candidate selection circuit, and 9 is a text recognition circuit. buffer, 10
11 is a display circuit, 11 is a display tube (CRT), 20 is a signal from a tablet, 21 is a character string selection circuit, 22 is an ephemeral kanji conversion circuit, and 23 is a kanji/kana/kanji conversion dictionary with headings.

In FIG. 2, input is made by tablet 5, and
The input characters recognized by the character recognition unit consisting of 8 parts are stored in the text buffer 9 as a kanji code, and this is displayed on the CRT 11 by the display circuit 10.

When the operator indicates a character string displayed on the CRTll with a cursor, the character string selection circuit 21 is activated by the signal 20 from the tablet 5 to select a specific character string in the text buffer, and performs kana-kanji conversion. Part 22
send to

The kana-kanji conversion unit 22 searches the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 23 containing kanji and kana mixed with headwords, converts it into the desired kanji, and then sends it to the display circuit 10.

The display circuit 10 displays this on the CRTII.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary in this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, 5
~11 and 20 are the same as those in FIG. 2, 31 is a character string selection circuit, 32 is a Kanji-Kana conversion circuit, 33 is a Kanji-Kana conversion dictionary, 34 is a Hagana-Kanji conversion circuit, and 35 is a Hakana-Kanji conversion dictionary. There is.

In this embodiment, the character string selection circuit 31 is activated by the signal 20 from the tablet, and a specific character string in the text buffer is sent to the Kanji-Kana conversion section 32. In 32, only the kanji part of the input string of kanji and kana mixed words is converted into kanji and kana, and after being converted into a gana character string, it is sent to the kana-kanji conversion circuit 34. The conversion dictionary 35 is searched to obtain the desired kanji.

For example, if you want to input the kanji ``Japanese'',
If you enter "Nihongo" and perform Kana-Kanji conversion, the input character "Nihon" is first converted to the reading "Nihon", then the kana-Kanji conversion process is performed with the reading "Nihongo", and the character "Nippon" is converted to the reading "Nihon". The character string ``word'' is output.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the text creation device of the present invention,
Since character strings that are a mixture of kanji and kana can be easily converted into correct kanji strings, kanji that are easy to write with few strokes can remain kanji, and complex kanji or kanji that are not accurately memorized can be easily converted into correct kanji strings. Since you can input written character strings, you no longer have to bother with converting sentences that come to mind into their readings, and you can input them smoothly and quickly.

Also, by inputting the reading that includes kanji,
The number of candidate homonyms is drastically reduced, reducing the task of selecting candidates, and also has the advantage of greatly reducing the chance of accidentally converting the wrong kanji.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a kanji conversion dictionary, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention. 1...Character input section, 2...Character recognition section, 3...Kana-Kanji conversion section 4.23...
・Kana-kanji conversion dictionary with kanji/kana mixed headings, 5...
...Tablet, 6...Character recognition circuit, 7
... Recognition dictionary, 8 ... Candidate selection circuit,
9...Text buffer, 10...Display circuit, 11...Display tube, 20...Signal from tablet, 21.31...・Character string selection circuit, 22.34...Kana-kanji conversion circuit, 3
2... Kanji-kana conversion circuit, 33... Kanji-kana conversion dictionary, 35... Kana-kanji conversion dictionary,
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) A means for inputting handwritten characters, a means for recognizing the input characters, and a dictionary storing headwords and one or more kanji corresponding to the headwords; Search the dictionary for the corresponding kanji using the character string as a headword, display this as a candidate for conversion, and decide one of the kanji from the candidates specified by the operator as the conversion character. What is claimed is: 1. A text creation device that is smoothly controlled and is characterized in that it is equipped with means for converting a character string containing a mixture of kanji and kana into kanji. (2) The means for converting a character string containing a mixture of kanji and kana into kanji consists of a dictionary storing kanji corresponding to each entry word containing kanji and kana, and a means for searching the dictionary. The text creation device described in (1). (3) The method for converting a character string containing a mixture of kanji and kana into kanji is to convert the kanji in the input string containing kanji and kana to kana, thereby converting the input string into a kana character string, and then A text creation device according to claim (1), which is configured to convert a kana character string into kanji.