JPS63177250A - Kana/kanji converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI (Chinese character) conversion at a high speed by copying a word dictionary of an external memory like a hard disk, etc., to a main memory like a RAM, etc. CONSTITUTION:When a document is produced by a word processor, a keyboard menu 71 displayed on the screen of a CRT 7 is clicked by a mouse 3a for selection of 'dictionary memory' of a keyboard menu 72. In this case, a CPU 1 checks the memory capacity of a RAM disk 10 and copies a word dictionary for KANA/KANJI conversion stored in a hard disk 6 to the disk 10 when the memory capacity of the disk 10 has its margin. As a result, the KANA/KANJI conversion processing is possible with an access given to the disk 10. Thus the access time is omitted to the disk 6 and therefore the KANA/KANJI conversion processing time is extremely reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device that speeds up kana-kanji conversion processing.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional kana-kanji conversion device has a word dictionary for kana-kanji conversion in an external storage device, such as a hard disk, or has a word dictionary in a dedicated memory, and when a command to convert input kana to kanji is issued. There is one that converts kana to kanji by accessing the word dictionary.

With this kana-kanji conversion device, a document consisting of a combination of kana and kanji can be created by repeating such a kana-kanji conversion operation.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, according to conventional kana-kanji conversion devices that have a kanji dictionary on the hard disk, 70% of the time for the kana-kanji conversion process is spent accessing the hard disk, so even if you try to speed up the conversion process, There are limitations, and if the word dictionary is provided in a dedicated memory, there is a disadvantage that the cost increases accordingly.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and in order to speed up the kana-kanji conversion process without increasing the cost, the word dictionary on the hard disk is stored in the main memory area that is reserved for running multiple applications. The present invention provides a kana-kanji conversion device that copies .

Hereinafter, the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention will be explained in detail.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a CPU that executes arithmetic processing based on various instructions, 2 is a memory that stores data and programs, and 3 has various keys and a mouse 3a. a keyboard; 4 is a keyboard driver that outputs various signals when the operator operates the keyboard 3; 5 is a hard disk driver; -16 stores document data, programs, kana-kanji conversion dictionaries, etc.;
A hard disk drive driven by a hard disk driver 5; 7 a CRT that opens multiple windows and displays various types; 8 a CRT driver that drives the display of the CRT 7; 9 R that secures, releases, and drives a RAM disk.
AM disk driver, 10 provides shared memory space when running multiple applications and RA
This is a RAM disk that is partitioned by the M disk driver.

In the above configuration, the operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 as follows. The operator is CR
At T7, a word processor window and a spreadsheet window are opened, and a document is created using the word processor while performing spreadsheet calculations. At this time, Fig. 2 (a
), (b), when the keyboard menu 71 displayed on the screen of the CRT 7 is clicked with the mouse 3a and "Dictionary → Memory" is selected from the keyboard menu 72, the CPUI checks the execution amount of the application. , when it is determined that the RAM disk 10 has sufficient memory capacity to store the word dictionary, the
a), (as shown in BL, the word dictionary 6A for kana-kanji conversion on the hard disk 6 is stored as a word dictionary 10A in the RAM disk 10. In this case, a memory area is secured on the RAM disk 10, and then the hard disk 6
Change the dictionary name of the word dictionary 6A above. After this, the RAM disk 10 is mounted with the original word dictionary name, and finally, the word dictionary 6A on the hard disk 6 is transferred to the RAM disk 1.
0 as the word dictionary 10A. Therefore, since the kana-kanji conversion process proceeds with the original word dictionary name, the word dictionary 10A on the RAM disk 10 is accessed. This eliminates the need for accessing the hard disk 6, so the time required for kana-kanji conversion processing can be reduced to 30% of the conventional time.

During this operation, if it becomes necessary to run multiple applications, select "Dictionary - Hard Disk" from the keyboard menu 72 and perform the opposite operation to the above to free up the corresponding area on the RAM disk 10. do.

On the other hand, when selecting "Dictionary→Memory" from the keyboard menu 72, if it is determined that there is no room for arranging the word dictionary in the memory 10 due to the large amount of applications being executed, it is stored in the message display area 73 of the CRT 7.
to that effect. In addition, on the CRT7 screen, 7
4 represents an input monitor area, and 75 represents a function key display area.

As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention can be implemented without changing the current system, and since the word dictionary name is the same on the hard disk or the RAM disk, the word dictionary can be operated regardless of whether it is located on the hard disk or the RAM disk. It has the advantage of not causing any problems.

Although this embodiment uses a hard disk as the external storage device and a RAM disk as the main memory, it is clear that the present invention can be practiced using other means such as a floppy disk.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the Kana-Kanji conversion device of the present invention, the word dictionary in the external storage device is copied to the main memory area that is reserved for running multiple applications, so there is no increase in cost. It is possible to speed up the processing of converting Nikana to Kanji.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (
a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams showing screens on a CRT. Figure 3 (
FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing a hard disk and a RAM disk. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention. Explanation of symbols 1 −・−・−−−−1−−・−・CPU 2−
...
−−・Keyboard driver 5−・・・−−−−−・−
・Hard disk driver 6...～---------・-
・・・-・Hard disk 6A・・・−・−・−Word dictionary area 7−・−・・−−−−−−CRT 8 ・・−・−・−・−・・CRT driver 9 ・・
・・・・・・RAM disk driver 10
・−・・−・−−１−−−−・RAM disk 10
A ・--・------One word dictionary area 71.
72・・−・−・−・・・・−・Keyboard menu 7
3. Message Display Area Patent Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Taira 1) Tadao Figure 2 (a) (b) Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a kana-kanji conversion device that converts kana to kanji using a word dictionary stored in an external storage device, when a high-speed processing mode for kana-kanji conversion is requested, the word dictionary is transferred from the external storage device to the main memory. A kana-kanji conversion device characterized by being provided with a control means for copying.