JPS6231466A - Correcting system for kana-to-kanji conversion - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the correction of an input mistake by performing KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion for continuous paragraphs after input of a reading KANA character string to display a KANJI- KANA sentence, shifting a cursor to the position of an error if detected and pushing a reading conversion key to correct the error. CONSTITUTION:When a reading KANA character string is supplied from an input part 10, this character string is processed by a control part 14 for KANA/ KANJI conversion of continuous paragraphs. Then the result of the KANA// KANJI conversion is stored in a storage device 18 and then displayed on a CRT display part 32. At the same time, an em cursor is displayed under the head character. If the result of conversion has an error, the cursor key is pushed to shift the cursor to the position of the error. Then a reading conversion key is pushed to start a correction control part 16. Thus the correction is controlled for the character strings stored in a storage part 18. Then the KANA/KANJI conversion is carried out again through the part 14.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention particularly relates to continuous clause kana-to-kanji conversion that converts an input pronunciation kana character string of a continuous clause into a sentence containing kanji, kana, and kanji of a continuous clause. Concerning a correction method for kana-kanji conversion that corrects mixed sentences.

[Prior art and its problems] A kana-kanji conversion method that converts an input pronunciation character string into a sentence containing kanji and kana using a dictionary file has been well known for some time. In this kind of traditional kana-kanji conversion method,
The converted sentence containing kanji and kana is once displayed on the CRT display, and when the user presses the confirmation key, it is officially input.

However, in this case, since Japanese has many homonyms, the input pronunciation character strings are not always converted correctly, and are often converted incorrectly.

In such a case, the user points to the erroneously converted portion with a cursor or the like, re-enters the pronunciation character string corresponding to the erroneously converted portion, and requests reconversion. When a reconversion request is made, the kanji corresponding to the input pronunciation kana character string are displayed on the CRT display, and when the user designates one of them, the designated kanji is formally input.

For example, when writing the phrase "Kireina" manually, 1
If the user accidentally entered "Kiraina" by pressing the wrong letter, it was necessary to re-enter the reading of the entire phrase, ie, "Kiraina", for the single incorrect input.

In other words, in this conventional correction method for kana-kanji conversion,
When requesting reconversion, the user is required to input all the pronunciation kana character strings of the phrase again, which has the drawback of placing a heavy burden on the user.

In particular, in continuous clause kana-kanji conversion, since reading kana character strings can be entered sentence by sentence, document creation thinking is not interrupted until the sentence is reached, but on the other hand, the number of kana characters input increases, and key presses are There are also more human errors such as mistakes or forgetting to press keys, further increasing the burden on the user.

[Objective of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a correction method for kana-kanji conversion that makes it possible to easily correct human errors in inputting pronunciations of kana characters. shall be.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention performs continuous clause kana-kanji conversion after inputting a pronunciation kana character string, and displays the resulting sentence containing kanji and kana. If the cursor is moved to that position and the reading conversion key is pressed, the phrase displayed in kanji will be redisplayed in reading kana characters, and the incorrect part of the reading kana character string will be corrected. The feature is that after the conversion, the kana-kanji conversion is performed again.

In addition, if the above reading conversion key is pressed continuously,
The following clause is also displayed in kana, and if the reading kana character string is longer than the kanji display part, the reading kana characters are displayed only in the area where the kanji of that clause were displayed, and the hidden reading is displayed. Kana characters can now be displayed by cursor operation, and the last kana character of a clause can now be displayed in reverse video to make it easier to identify whether all the kana character strings have been displayed. It is characterized by what it did.

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. 10 in Figure 1 is an input device such as a keyboard,
In the key pond for manually inputting kana and alphanumeric characters, there is a key for requesting kana-kanji conversion (hereinafter referred to as the "Kanji conversion" key) that converts manually input reading kana character strings into sentences containing kanji and kana, and sentences containing kanji and kana. Various function keys and cursor keys are provided for performing various editing operations, such as a key for requesting re-conversion (hereinafter referred to as "pronunciation conversion J key") to convert the pronunciation into a kana character string. 12 is key data A selection supply unit, 14 is a continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit, and 16 is a correction control unit.The key data selection supply unit 12 converts the key data corresponding to the input key supplied from the human power device 10 into the continuous clause. The data is selectively supplied to either the kana-kanji conversion control unit 14 or the correction control unit 16. 18 is a storage unit, and the key data selection supply unit 12
The supply destination of the key data is selected according to the contents of a mode flag MF provided therein.

That is, the contents of the mode flag MP are in the initial state "0".
and is between "0" and "2", and if it is "0" or "1", the above-mentioned continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 1
If it is "2", it is supplied to the correction control section 16. 20 is a dictionary access control unit, and 22 is a dictionary file. The connected clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 14 makes full use of the dictionary access control unit 20 that controls access to the dictionary file 22 to convert the input pronunciation kana character string into kana-kanji, and together with the conversion result, the input pronunciation kana character The column is stored in the storage unit 18. Further, the correction control unit 16 controls the correction operation of the input pronunciation kana character string stored in the storage unit 18, and supplies the correction result to the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 14 to convert it into kanji. . 24 is a CRT control unit, 26 is a screen buffer, 28 is an alphanumeric kana character generator, 30 is a kanji character generator, and the above-mentioned continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 1
4 and the correction control unit 16 display the input pronunciation kana character string stored in the storage unit 18 and the kanji-kana mixed sentence resulting from the kana-kanji conversion on the CRT display indicated by 32 in the figure. let

FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are diagrams showing the insides of the continuous phrase kana-kanji conversion control section 14 and the storage section 18, respectively. In FIG. 2, 142 is an input reading kana character string editing storage control section, 144 is a continuous clause kana-kanji conversion (main body) section, 146
148 is a conversion result output control unit, and 148 is a phrase candidate selection and cursor control (phrase unit) unit. That is, if the content of the mode flag MP is "0", the key data is supplied from the key data selection supply section 12 to the input pronunciation kana character string editing and storage control section 142.

The input pronunciation kana character string editing storage control unit 142 stores the input character string in the input pronunciation kana character string storage buffer 182 provided in the storage unit 18 for data keys such as kana, alphanumeric characters, etc. Store, e.g. cursor keys, "
In response to an editing request made by pressing an editing request key such as the "insert" key or the "delete" key, the editing process is performed. Here, for example, when a kana-kanji conversion request is made by pressing the "Kanji conversion" key, the content of the mode flag MF is changed to "
At the same time, the content of the current bunsetsu flag NcLF provided in the upper class memory section 18 is set to "0". Then, in order to convert the stored input pronunciation kana character string into kana-kanji, the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion unit 144 is activated.

The continuous clause kana-kanji conversion unit 144 makes full use of the dictionary access control unit 20 that controls access to the dictionary file 22 to convert the input pronunciation kana character string into kana-kanji characters. Then, the resulting conversion result is stored in a conversion result storage buffer 18 provided in the storage unit 18.
At the same time, the pronunciation kana character string for each bunsetsu unit and the Kanji-kana mixed sentence are stored in the pronunciation kana character string for each bunsetsu unit and conversion result storage buffer 186 provided in the storage unit 18 .

When the conversion is completed, the conversion result output control section 146 is activated. The conversion result output control section 14.delta. outputs the kanji-kana-mixed sentence of the conversion result stored in the conversion result storage buffer 184 of the storage section 18 to the CRT control section 24.delta. Using the screen buffer 26, the alphanumeric kana character generator 28° and the kanji character generator 30,
” is displayed on the CRT display 32. Then, display the cursor (full-width) under the first character of the first clause.

When the display is completed, the phrase candidate selection and cursor control section 148 is activated, and key input is awaited. Then, the input key is a key for requesting the next candidate/previous candidate, for example 1.
If it is the "Next Candidate/Previous Candidate" key, a next/previous candidate request is sent to the continuous phrase kana-kanji conversion section 144, and the consecutive phrase kana-kanji conversion section 144 is activated. If the "r Kanji conversion" key is pressed, the phrase kana-kanji conversion is deemed OK, and the content of the mode flag MP is set to "0" to perform the next kana-kanji conversion, and the process ends.

If there is a cursor key, perform the following processing.

That is, if it is "-", the contents of the current clause consideration flag &F are incremented by 1 and the cursor (full-width) is moved to the beginning of the next clause. However, in this case, the content of the current phrase consideration flag NαF is controlled so that it does not exceed the number of phrases. Also, if it is "-J," the contents of the current clause Nα flag No. F are -1, and the cursor (
Full-width) is advanced to the beginning of the previous clause. However, in this case, the content of the current clause Nα flag NQ_F is controlled to be equal to or greater than "0". Then, when the "r reading conversion" key for reconversion request is pressed, the mode flag MP
The content of is set to "2" and the correction control section 16 is activated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the correction control section 16. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, 162 is a reading kana character display control section, 164 is a reading kana character correction control section, and 166 is a character string control section.

That is, the reading kana character display control unit 162 selects the corresponding phrase from among the phrases stored in the reading kana character string and conversion result storage buffer 186 for each phrase according to the contents of the current phrase Nα flag NαF. The reading kana of
It is displayed on the CRT display 32 in the area where the kanji-kana-mixed sentence of the phrase is displayed. However, in this case, the final kana character is displayed in reverse video. In addition, if the pronunciation cannot be displayed completely, only the part that can be displayed from the beginning of the pronunciation is displayed.

Then, the pronunciation kana character correction control section 164 is activated, and correction to the pronunciation kana characters is controlled.

That is, insertion, deletion, replacement, cursor control, etc. are performed.

Here, when the "kanji conversion" key for requesting kana-kanji conversion is pressed, the character string control section 166 is activated. The character string control unit 166 synthesizes pronunciation kana from the first clause, including the clause whose pronunciation has been corrected, and stores it in the input pronunciation kana character string storage buffer 182. Then, the content of the mode flag MF is set to "1", and the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion unit 144 of the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 14 is activated.

Furthermore, if the "Reset" key for canceling input is pressed,
The correction of the reading kana is canceled, the kanji-kana mixed sentence is displayed again, the content of the mode flag MF is set to "1", and the clause candidate selection and cursor control unit 148 of the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 14 is activated. .

The operation will be explained below with reference to FIG. Figure 4 (a
) shows the flow of operation, (b) shows the key to be pressed, (C) shows the key to be pressed.
1 and 2 respectively show the display on the CRT display 32. That is, the operator enters the words "wa", "ri", "shi", "ha", "ki", "u" from the input section 10 in step STI with the intention of inputting "I saw a beautiful person." Suppose you have manually converted the words ``i'', ``su'', ``hi'', ``to'', ``wo'', ``mi'', ``yu'', ``.'' and ``kanji conversion''.

Then, in step ST2, the above-mentioned continuous clause kana-kanji conversion process is performed by the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit 14, and the input pronunciation kana character string and its conversion result are converted into
), they are stored in each buffer 182, 184, 186. Then, in step ST3, the conversion result is displayed on the CRT display section 32, and a full-width cursor is displayed below the first character of the first clause. That is, as shown by the symbol ■ in FIG. 4(C), r i c-i f
Ak c) I saw a person. " is displayed.

Here, in step ST4, the operator determines whether the displayed conversion result is acceptable. If it is correct, press the "Kanji conversion" key and input the next reading character string.

However, in this example, the second clause is incorrect, so the cursor key is pressed to move the cursor to the incorrect clause. That is, by pressing "→" once in step ST5, the content of the current clause flag NαF is set to "1", so as shown by the symbol ■ in FIG. 4(c), " I saw a sailor.'' Tokatsuru is moved below the first letter of the next clause. After the power-tsuru has been moved to the incorrect phrase in this way, the operator presses the "reading conversion" key in step ST6. Then, the content of the mode flag MF becomes “2”.
”, and the modification control section 16 is activated. That is, the reading kana character display control section 162 is activated, and the display shown in FIG.
c) As shown by the symbol ■, rI4-! ±Rai Tomoe△△I saw someone. " is displayed. Here, the character inside the mouth represents an inversion character, that is, the final character of a phrase, and △ represents a space. Then, a half-width cursor is displayed below the first character of the reading characters, and the reading kana character correction control section 164 is activated.

Next, the operator makes corrections in step ST7.

That is, press "-" and move the half-width cursor to
), as shown by the symbol ■, “I G maki no i cause △Δ
I saw a person. ” and type “shi”. Then, as shown by the symbol ■ in Figure 4 (C), the display will read,
'iElΔΔI saw a person. ”. and,"
The character string control section 166 is activated by pressing the "Kanji Conversion" key.

The character string control unit 166 synthesizes a reading kana from the first clause, and stores it in the reading kana character string storage buffer 182. Then, in step ST8, the above-mentioned continuous clause kana-kanji conversion is performed. Then, in step ST9, a sentence containing kanji and kana as a result of the conversion is displayed. That is, as shown by the symbol ■ in FIG. 4(c), the message ``I saw a beautiful person.'' is displayed.

FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are diagrams showing the key operations and the display on the CRT display 32 when the "pronunciation conversion" key is continuously pressed in step ST6.

That is, in step ST6, when "→" is pressed as described above, rI* is displayed on the CRT display 32.
tAlet,) I saw a person. " is displayed. Here, when the "pronunciation conversion" key is pressed, r-1 "Aid Kirai Tomoe ΔΔ saw a person." is displayed.

Then, if you press the "Morimi conversion" key, rIL
k±Ly factor △△ human figure △ saw. ” will be displayed.

Moreover, FIGS. 6(a) and (b) show the above step ST6.
3 is a diagram showing key operations and the display on the CRT display 32 when the pronunciation of the kana characters is longer than the kanji display portion. In other words, for example, ``Yo, I'm the protector of punishment, Cao Cao.
"In the sentence containing kanji and kana, the above step ST
In the case where the "pronunciation conversion" key is pressed in step 6, "Shi"yousho'Ml+5Ali~" is displayed, and the remaining "Rough"n is not displayed. For example,
To correct this last character "n", operate the cursor keys. In other words, if you press "→", the half-width cursor will be moved as in "Shi" Yousho Cao +16 ~", and if you press "→" 5 times in the same way, "Shi" Yousho Cao G" will be moved. The half-width cursor will be moved to the right edge of the reading kana display. Here, if you press r-J again, "" Yousho Cao L! The pronunciation of the kana character is shifted to the left by one character, as in ":~". Similarly, “
By pressing "→" three times, it is possible to display something like "Showku■ΣCaoCi~", and it is possible to correct this final reading of the kana characters.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a correction method for kana-kanji conversion that makes it possible to easily correct input errors in reading kana characters.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (
a) and (b) are diagrams showing the continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit and storage unit, respectively, Figure 3 is a diagram showing the correction unit, and Figure 4 (
(a) to (c) explain the operation of an embodiment of the present invention; (a) shows the flow of the operation, (b) shows the keys to be pressed, and (c) shows the display on the CRT display. Figures 5(a) and (b) are diagrams showing the correspondence between key operations and the display on the CRT display when reconversion requests are made one after another, and Figures 6(a) and (b) are diagrams showing the correspondence between the key operations and the display on the CRT display when reconversion requests are made successively. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the correspondence between key operations and the display on the CRT display when the pronunciation of the kana characters is longer than the kanji display portion when a conversion request is made; 10... Human resources department, 12... Key data selection supply section,
14... Continuous clause kana-kanji conversion control unit, 16... Correction control unit, 18... Storage unit, 32... CRT display, 142... Input pronunciation kana character string editing storage control unit, 144 ... Renbun Clause Kana-Kanji Conversion Department, 1461.・
Conversion result output control unit, 148... Clause candidate selection and cursor control unit, 162... Reading kana character display control unit, 1
64... Reading kana character correction control unit, 166... Character string control unit, 182... Input reading kana character string storage buffer, 184... Conversion result storage buffer, 186...
Reading kana character string and conversion result storage buffer for each clause,
MF...Mode flag, NcLF...Current clause Nα flag.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) The pronunciation character string input by the input means,
The kana-kanji conversion means is used to convert into a sentence containing kanji and kana, and the input pronunciation kana character string and the conversion result, as well as the pronunciation kana character string and the conversion result for each bunsetsu unit, are stored in a storage means, and the reading kana character string and the conversion result are stored in the storage means. In a kana-kanji conversion method configured to display the conversion result on the display means, when a re-conversion request is made by specifying the part of the sentence containing kanji and kana displayed on the display means, the above-mentioned memory Control for displaying a corresponding reading kana character string from among reading kana character strings for each clause stored in the means corresponding to each clause containing kanji and kana in the area of the portion of the sentence containing kanji and kana to be corrected on the display means. a reading kana character display control means for controlling the correction operation of the reading kana string to be corrected by the input means, and a reading kana character correction control means for controlling the correcting operation of the reading kana character string to be corrected by the input means; In place of the input pronunciation character string and conversion result stored in the storage means, and the pronunciation kana character string and conversion result for each clause, the corrected pronunciation kana character string and 1. A method for correcting kana-kanji conversion, comprising a correction means having a correction conversion result, and a character string control means for controlling storage of the corrected reading kana character string and conversion result in units of clauses. (2) When a re-conversion request is made subsequent to the re-conversion request, the reading-kana character display control means similarly displays the kanji-kana-mixed phrase that follows the portion of the kanji-kana-mixed sentence to be corrected. 2. The correction method for kana-kanji conversion according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to cause the display means to display the kana character string as a reading kana character string. (3) The above-mentioned reading kana character display control means, when displaying the corresponding reading kana character string in the area of the part of the sentence containing kanji and kana to be corrected, if the reading kana character string is longer than the above part; In this case, only the part that can be displayed from the beginning of the pronunciation character string is first displayed, and then, in accordance with the operation from the input means, the undisplayed characters of the pronunciation character string are sequentially displayed in the above part. A correction method for kana-kanji conversion according to claim 1. (4) The reading kana character display control means clearly determines the last character of the reading kana character string when displaying the corresponding reading kana character string in the area of the portion of the sentence containing kanji and kana to be corrected. 2. A correction method for kana-kanji conversion according to claim 1, characterized in that the method performs control to display such a display as possible.