JPS63146157A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a key operation by successively displaying candidate KANJI (Chinese character) with the depression of a conversion key and selecting a desired KANJI with numeric keys. CONSTITUTION:A means which outputs a first candidate character corresponding to reading information by the first operation of a keyboard 4 and a means which outputs a candidate character group corresponding to reading information by the second operation of the keyboard 4 following the first operation and returns the first candidate character to reading information are provided. KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI conversion is performed by the first operation of the keyboard 4 indicating the KANA/KANJI conversion of reading information to output the first candidate character corresponding to reading information on a display part 2, and the candidate character group corresponding to reading information is outputted by the second operation of the keyboard 4 following the first operation. Thus, the number of key operations for KANJI conversion is reduced to improve the efficiency of key operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device that inputs readings and inputs document information by, for example, kana-kanji conversion.

[Prior art] The operating method for kana-kanji conversion in conventional Japanese word processors is that when you input a "yomi," the reading is displayed on the monitor line or in the text, and when you press the conversion key, a kanji candidate menu appears on the screen. displayed in the location. Then, how to select the desired kanji from among them, and after inputting the "reading", press the conversion key to display one of the converted kanji candidates at the cursor position in the text, and then press the conversion key. There was a method of selecting a kanji by replacing it with other homophone candidate kanji.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] The conventional former method requires a key operation to select each time a conversion key is pressed, and the latter method requires an extremely large number of key operations to select the kanji to be converted. In both cases, there were many key operations, which caused operational problems.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that reduces the number of key operations for Kanji time conversion and improves the efficiency of key operations.

Furthermore, when a group of homophone candidate characters is output using the kanji conversion key, the kanji display in the text is returned to the original reading information from the first candidate character, thereby reducing the probability of erroneous conversion and improving input efficiency. The purpose is to provide an improved document processing device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the document processing device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a key input means for inputting reading information, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the reading information into kana-kanji, a conversion instruction means for instructing kana-kanji conversion, and a display means for displaying the reading information and document information. A document processing device comprising: means for outputting a first candidate character corresponding to the reading information by a first operation of the conversion instruction means; and a second candidate character of the conversion instruction means following the first operation. and means for outputting a candidate character group corresponding to the reading information through an operation.

In order to achieve the other objects mentioned above, the document processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a key input means for inputting reading information, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the reading information into kana-kanji, a conversion instruction means for instructing kana-kanji conversion, and a display means for displaying the reading information and document information. A document processing device comprising: means for outputting a first candidate character corresponding to the reading information by a first operation of the conversion instruction means; and a second candidate character of the conversion instruction means following the first operation. and means for outputting a group of candidate characters corresponding to the reading information and returning the first candidate character to the reading information.

[Operation] In the above configuration, the first operation of the conversion instruction means for instructing the conversion of the reading information to kana-kanji performs the kana-kanji conversion and outputs the first candidate character corresponding to the reading information to the display means. Following this first operation, a second operation of the conversion instruction means operates to output a candidate character group corresponding to the reading information.

According to another configuration, the kana-kanji conversion is performed by the first operation of the conversion instruction means that instructs kana-kanji conversion of the reading information, and the first candidate character corresponding to the reading information is output to the display means. Following this first operation, a second operation of the conversion instruction means outputs a group of candidate characters corresponding to the reading information, and operates to return the displayed first candidate character to the reading information.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Description of Document Processing Apparatus (FIG. 1)] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment.

Reference numeral 1 indicates a control unit that controls the entire device. A display section 2 displays "reading" information, document information, etc. inputted from the keyboard 4. 3 is a printer that prints out document information;
4 is a keyboard for inputting reading information and various function instructions; 5
indicates a conversion key on the keyboard 4 that instructs conversion of reading information into kana-kanji. Reference numeral 6 indicates a dictionary, which stores kanji information, conversion information, etc. corresponding to reading information.

To explain the configuration of the control unit 1, the CPU 10 is a CPU such as a microprocessor, and operates according to the control program shown in the flowcharts in FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B) stored in the ROM 11 to control the entire device. . 12 is a RAM used as a work area for CPU10,
It includes a pointer MP for selecting homophones, a character buffer for storing candidate characters, a homophone buffer 17 for storing homophones read out from the dictionary 6 in response to reading input, a document memory 18 for storing document information, etc. ing.

13 is a display memory that stores display data to the display unit 2;
Reference numeral 14 indicates a print buffer for storing output data to the printer 3, and reference numeral 15 indicates a key input buffer for storing character information input from the keyboard 4 as code information.

[Operation Description (Figures 1 to 3)] Figures 2 (A) and (B) are flowcharts of the control program for the device of this embodiment stored in the ROMII, and this program is started when the device is powered on. Ru.

First, in step S1, the pointer MP, character buffer 16, homophone buffer 17, document memory 18, etc. in the RAM 32 are cleared, the print buffer 14 and key input buffer 15 are cleared, and the display memory 13 is initialized. In step s2, the contents of the document memory 18 and key input buffer 15 are stored in the display memory 13 and displayed, and in step S3 it is checked whether there is any key input from the keyboard 4. If there is no key input, the process returns to step S2, but
When there is a key input from the keyboard 4, the process advances to step S3 and subsequent steps.

When a character key is input in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, where the character code corresponding to the input character is stored in the key input buffer 15, and the process returns to step S2 again to display the input character. On the other hand, in step S3, the line feed key (not shown)
When input, the process advances to step S5 and a line feed is executed. Further, when the print key (not shown) is pressed, step S6
For example, the data in the document memory 18 is converted into print data, stored in the print buffer 14, and the contents are output to the printer 3 to execute printing. Thereafter, the process returns to step S2 and the above-described operations are repeated.

When the conversion key 5 is pressed in step S3, step S7
Then, the dictionary 6 is searched based on the "reading" information in the key input buffer 14, and kana-kanji conversion is executed. and the first
The candidate characters are stored in the character buffer 16, their homophones are stored in the homophone buffer 17, and the character buffer 1 is stored in step S8.
6 and the document in the dictionary memory 18 are combined and displayed on the display unit 2.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the relationship between key input operations and display, and the flowchart of FIG. 2 will be explained below with reference to FIG.

A state 30 indicates a state in which "of the present invention" has been input and confirmed, 40 a cursor indicating the next input position, 41
42 is a mark indicating input of a full-width character, and 43 indicates the cursor position by line and column.

A state 31 indicates a state in which "setsu" is input as the "pronunciation °°", and a diagonal line display 44 indicates that the "pronunciation""setsu" has not been converted or determined. In state 32, conversion key 5 is 1
The first candidate kanji ``ori'' in the character buffer 16 and the document memory 18 are displayed in combination with the first candidate kanji ``ori'' in the character buffer 16. This corresponds to step S8 in FIG.

In step S9, it is checked whether there is any key input from the keyboard 4, and if there is any key input, the process advances to step S9 and thereafter. When a character key is input in step S9, step S1
0, the first candidate character in the character buffer 16 is determined and stored in the document memory 18. In step Sll, the key input buffer 15 and pointer MP are cleared to 0'' and the process returns to step S2.

On the other hand, when the conversion key 5 is pressed in step S9, the process advances to step S12, and the key input buffer 15 is read.
(in the example in Figure 3, ``Setsu''), pointer MP
is displayed based on the value of and the candidate characters in the homophone buffer 17. This is shown in state 33 of FIG. Here, as shown at 46, "Ori" in state 32 is returned to the "yomi" display "Setsu", and a plurality of homophones 47 are displayed.

In step 313, the process waits for the next key input, and when the conversion key 5 is pressed again, the process proceeds to step 514, where the kanji candidate pointer MP is updated by +1.

In step S15, it is determined whether the value of pointer MP is valid or not.
That is, based on the number of homophones for "yomi", it is determined whether the number of screens is greater than or equal to the number of display screens, and if it is less than the number of display screens, the process returns to step 512.
Returning to , the homophone group corresponding to the value of pointer MP is displayed.

This is shown in state 34 of FIG. For example, in state 34, M
A plurality of homophones 48 corresponding to P=1 are shown. In step S15, if the value of the pointer MP becomes equal to or greater than the number of pointers corresponding to the number of homophones of that °゛yomi, step S1
6, the pointer MP is set to "0" and the display returns to the initial homophone display (for example, the state shown in state 33 in FIG. 3).

If the desired kanji is found in state 34 in Figure 3, the homophone 4
When the numerical value "3" corresponding to the desired kanji "theory" 49 of 8 is input, the process advances to step S17, where the kanji corresponding to the numerical value input is selected and stored in the document memory 18, and is displayed as the status 35 on the display section. do. In this way, the kanji character ``set'' 49 on the third page of the homophone 48 is designated, and the ``theory of the present invention'' is confirmed and displayed. When a kanji character is selected using the numerical keys in this manner, the key input buffer 15 is cleared in step 318, and the pointer MP is cleared to "0", and the process returns to step S2.

State 36 in FIG. 3 shows the state in which the "yomi""mei" has been input, and state 37 shows the state in which the "yomi""mei" is converted into kana-kanji using the conversion key 5 and the first candidate character "name" 51 is displayed. Indicate the case. State 38 shows a state in which the conversion key 5 is pressed from state 37 and the process advances to step S12. Here, as in state 33, the candidate kanji ``name'' 51 is returned to its original reading ``mei'', and the homophone 53 is displayed.

State 39 indicates a case where the 'yomi' of the next character is input without selecting a homophone kanji in state 38. In this case, when "wo wo" is input from step S13, the process advances to step S10, and the state Confirm the “reading” and “mei” with the “mei” displayed in step 38 and save it to the document memory 18.
Store in. Reference numeral 54 indicates that the inputted "reading" and "wo wo" are in an undetermined and unselected state.

As described above, according to this embodiment, candidate kanji characters are displayed in sequence by pressing the conversion key, and a desired kanji character can be selected using the numerical keys, so that the candidate kanji character can be easily selected.

Further, according to this embodiment, when displaying candidate kanji, “
By returning to the "yomi" display, there is an effect of reducing the probability that kanji will be mistakenly converted to other kanji and a document with a completely different meaning will be formed.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, key operations in kana-kanji conversion input are simplified and the efficiency of key operations is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an effect that erroneous conversions due to incorrect selection of candidate characters during kana-kanji conversion are reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing device of this embodiment, Fig. 2 (A) and (B) are flow charts of the control program of this embodiment, and Fig. 3 shows details of key operations and corresponding displays. It is a figure which shows an example. In the figure, 1...control unit, 2...control unit, 3...printer, 4...keyboard, 5...conversion key, 6...
・Dictionary, lO...cpu, z...ROM, 12...
・RAM, 13...Display memory, 14...Print buffer, 15...Key input buffer, 16...Character buffer, 17...Homophone buffer, 18...Document memory, 4o...・Cursor, 47.48.53...
・It is a homophone. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd. agent Patent attorney Yasushi Inuzuka
, ,,;i ji-q-,,:yj Figure 1 Figure 2 (B)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A key input means for inputting reading information, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the reading information into kana-kanji, a conversion instruction means for instructing kana-kanji conversion, and a display means for displaying the reading information and document information. A document processing device comprising: means for outputting a first candidate character corresponding to the reading information by a first operation of the conversion instruction means; and a second candidate character of the conversion instruction means following the first operation. A document processing apparatus comprising: means for outputting a candidate character group corresponding to the reading information in response to the operation. (2) a key input means for inputting reading information; a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the reading information into kana-kanji; a conversion instruction means for instructing kana-kanji conversion; and a display means for displaying the reading information and document information. A document processing device comprising: means for outputting a first candidate character corresponding to the reading information by a first operation of the conversion instruction means; and a second candidate character of the conversion instruction means following the first operation. and means for outputting a candidate character group corresponding to the reading information and returning the first candidate character to the reading information.