JPS63200266A - Input device for chinese word - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the input time of Chinese words by using an alphabet keyboard and supplying the words in both a double-pin input mode and all-pin input mode. CONSTITUTION:An all-pin input mode or a double-pin input mode is set. Then a syllable of a Chinese sound pin-in selecting a double-pin input mode is divided into consonants and vowels and odd and even number alphabet corresponding keys are defined as consonants and vowels respectively. These consonants and vowels are converted into KANJI (Chinese characters) and displayed. In an all-pin input mode, the pin-in is decomposed into each alphabet letter and the alphabet letters equivalent to a single KANJI are supplied for each character. With input of sound interval codes, the alphabet letters are converted into each corresponding KANJI and displayed. Furthermore, the spellings of plural pin-in syllabics are supplied by a single keying action in the all-pin input mode with use of a shift key.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention can be used, for example, in various Chinese text creation devices,
The present invention relates to a language input device for inputting Chinese sentences.

<Prior Art> There are roughly two keyboard methods for inputting middle 1st words using pinyin. One method is to input pinyin by breaking it down into individual alphabets, and the other is to input a binary structure of consonant C vowel) G vowel (final final).

What is the advantage of inputting pinyin by breaking it down into individual alphabets (all-input method)? Since it is the same as the English keyboard except for , it is easy to use for those who are familiar with the English keyboard, as there is almost no need to memorize new key layouts. The advantage of the phonetic finale method (double ■ input method) is that 1 Pinyin and 2 characters are uniformly used, reducing the number of keystrokes.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, in the former case (all simultaneous input), Pinyin such as a has one character, but Pinyin such as shuang has 6 characters, which has the drawback of reducing input efficiency and input speed. Ta.

In addition, in the latter case (double input), in order to increase the input speed, you have to memorize all the keyboard layouts, and there are 26 alphabet keys. However, since the total number of consonants and vowels is more than twice that, it had the disadvantage that it could not be used with the usual English letter key board metal.

The present invention has been made in view of the conventional drawbacks, and allows input in both the dual input mode and the full dual input mode using an English keyboard, and also uses 26 alphabet keys even in the dual input mode. To provide a Chinese input device capable of inputting all consonants and vowels, and also capable of performing compound spelling input (simple all-combined input) so as to be easy to use for those skilled in English keyboard.

Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention provides a double input mode in which one Chinese syllable is entered as a combination of a consonant and a vowel, and a double input mode in which one Chinese syllable is entered as a combination of a consonant and a vowel, and one θ] The alphabet keyboard has a predetermined keyboard arrangement for each mode, and in the double input mode, the odd-numbered alphabet keys are used as consonants, and the even-numbered keys are set as consonants. Enter the th alphabet corresponding key as a vowel,
In the all simultaneous input mode, except for V, the key rhyme arrangement is the same as that of the English keyboard, and when the shift key is used, the English keyboard is used for compound spelling input (simple all simultaneous input). The feature is that input can be performed in both mode and full simultaneous input mode (including simple full simultaneous input).

Function> When inputting Chinese using the Chinese input device of the present invention, first, the mode is set as full simultaneous input or double input. At this time, if you select the dual input mode, you can divide one syllable into a consonant and a vowel, input the odd-numbered alphabetic keys as consonants, input the even-numbered alphabetic keys as vowels, and input the corresponding kanji. Convert and display. In addition, when the full combination input mode is selected, the combination sounds are broken down into individual alphabets and the alphabet for one kanji is inputted one by one, and when an interval code is inputted, it is converted into the corresponding kanji and displayed. Furthermore, if the shift key is used in the full-press input mode, the slurping of a plurality of diphonetic characters can be input with one keystroke.

Therefore, you can use the common keyboard to perform double input and full combination input, and even in full combination input mode, you can spell multiple double phonetic characters in one.
Since input can be performed by typing, the time required for input can be shortened.

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, the Chinese input device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a specific keyboard layout of a Chinese input device according to the present invention.

The Wooden Chinese phonetic notation symbol system is based on the 1958 ``Method'' phonetic notation symbol system, and has been further expanded with the addition of a zero initial. The present invention relates to a keyboard design exclusively for Pinyin, and although it is an independent design in itself, it has been carefully designed to use the English keyboard layout (QWERT) as much as possible, and has been designed for ease of understanding. An explanation will be added below regarding the relationship with the English keyboard. In addition, in the following explanation, consonants and English alphabets are written in uppercase letters for convenience, and vowels are written in lowercase letters.
Made it easier to see the difference in how each symbol is treated.

The Chinese input device according to the present invention has the following configuration in the input input mode.

(1) One pinyin is made up of two keys: a consonant and a vowel. The first (odd numbered) keystroke is a consonant, and the second (even numbered) keystroke is a vowel.

(2) In order to understand all Pinyin as a structure made up of consonant 1 and vowel l, we create the concept of zero consonant. The zero consonant represents an empty set of consonants, and is associated with a specific key (in this embodiment, it is associated with the O key because the shapes are similar).

For example, pinyin such as a is generally considered to consist of only vowels, but in the present invention, pinyin is regarded as a structure of zero consonant + vowel a, and like other pinyins, one pinyin is composed of two key strokes. This makes it possible to analyze odd-numbered alphabet keys as consonants and mata, and even-numbered alphabet keys as vowels.

(3) Consonants (even numbered keystrokes) English consonant alphabet keys BPkiF, DTNL, GHH
, JQX, ZC5R, WY are the consonants BPMF, DTNL, GKH, J QX, ZC3 when the odd numbered keys are pressed.
Represents R, WY. Although W and Y are not treated as consonants in Chinese phonology, W
and Y are used, and these appear as initials. For example, the notation written as Weng and interpreted in the structure of "consonant W ten vowel engJ" is phonologically explained as a structure of only the vowel ueng, so the pinyin input design in the form of "zero consonant + uengJ" However, in general, people seem to be more conscious of the apparent structure of writing rather than the phonological structure, and technically speaking, the consonant key is alphabet 26.
There are fewer keys than the 26 alphabet keys, so there is more room for key assignments, whereas vowel keys have far more than the 26 alphabet keys, so there is less room for key assignments. It is designed to be input as a ten vowel engJ.Similarly, for example, the structure "binin Y ten vowel O", which is written as Yo and is input, is phonologically explained as a structure of "zero consonant + vowel ioJ". , here, the 75 meaning is the same as the above structure, ``consonant Y ten vowel 0
”.

The three compound consonants CH, SH, and ZH are assigned to the six vowel keys A, E, I, O, U, and V, which are not used as consonant keys. At this time, the ZH with the highest [4] is substituted with the V key, which is not used in Pinyin except when writing minority place names, etc., so that the burden on the fingers is not biased. The consonant CH is substituted with the I key, and the consonant SH is substituted with the U key.

It is treated as a fixed zero consonant whose shape is similar to oh.

There are no consonants corresponding to the English vowel keys A and E. Therefore, if both keys (A and E) are pressed in an odd numbered position, it is determined as an input error.

As mentioned above, there are a total of 24 consonants.

(4) Vowel (even numbered keystroke) ('4.1) English vowel letter vowel key AEIOUi-1:,
When the even numbered key is pressed, it corresponds to the vowel aeiou. Further, V corresponds to U.

The number of compound vowels that actually appear as (4, 2) sound spellings is 27, which must be assigned using 20 keys excluding the AEI OUV key. Therefore, we combined compound vowels by taking into account the overlap of syllables and the frequency, resulting in e r/ue, o/ia a/ zero consonants.

iu/ua, in/ui, ong/iong, ia
Combinations of ng/uang and jan/uai are possible. This means that among the consonants, g, n, r, and z can appear in two ways: when they appear at the beginning of a syllable spelling, and when they appear at the end. For this reason, when inputting compound double phonetic spellings, the zero consonant key and g*n,
When a diphthong that can form a syllable in combination with r*2 is assigned to one key, the zero consonant/diphthong key is pressed after g, n, r, and z, and it wonderfully determines which one to select. Can not. Therefore, the compound vowels to be combined with the zero consonant key are g, n
It must be a diphthong that does not combine with , r, or z. er/
The combination Ue can be solved by pre-inputting the number of syllables consisting only of vowels without consonants and a zero consonant when inputting er. In key manual processing, these combined vowels are determined by the software, depending on the preceding diphonetic letter or consonant, in light of the diphonetic syllables.

Compound vowels were allocated to form groups of diphthongs on the keyboard as much as possible, with single or combined compound vowel power frequency information below, taking into consideration the strain on the fingers during typing. The O key is a single vowel, but it is a diphthong ia.
It is assigned to the O key in combination with the zero consonant and the zero consonant. This is because 0 is taken after a zero consonant, and ia is taken after any other consonant. In double ■ input, it is not possible to distinguish between syllables 1o and 1ia only when the consonant is 1, but for single kanji, the kanji (θ) corresponding to io is 1.2 in the GB standard (equivalent to the Japanese JIS standard). 1 out of all grade kanji
Since the kanji exists in the syllable of ``jauo'' and the appearance frequency of ``10'' is extremely low, if you can search with ノUO, there will be no problem.1. Furthermore, syllable 0 in the word
However, 10(e) is an inflectional particle and does not appear in the middle of a word, and does not appear at the end of a word.
Even if you can't search with , it's fine if you can search with ノUO.

(When this kanji appears as a word with two or more characters, ge,
ka, )uo. ) (4, 3) Special syllables of juxtaposition include 'e, hm, hng, m, n, ng
However, the corresponding characters for e and hm do not exist in the GB standard. Furthermore, it can be subtracted as hngtI'iheng. Also, there is only one kanji for hng, and the appearance rate is 0.
．． It is 0011%. m corresponds to the zero consonant J + rMJ, and there is only one kanji for m. n, ng
has n as another sound of ng, and there is no problem in treating n and ngk equally. Therefore, “zero consonant” + rNJ is n/ng.
corresponds to

As a result of the above, the keyboard arrangement of the double mode shown in FIG. 2 is obtained.

Next, the Chinese input device according to the present invention has the following configuration between all simultaneous input modes.

(1) Develop 1 Pinyin by breaking it down into individual alphabets.

(2) In the full combination input, when the shift key is used, the spelling of multiple double phonetic characters can be entered with one keystroke.

(3) The placement of the monophthong U is assigned to the V key, which is not used in Chinese parallel sounds. It is possible that it is used in conjunction with the U key, but n
u, nii, no U,! Since there are spellings such as i and it is impossible to distinguish between U and i using the U key, a separate key is provided.

As a result of the above, the keyboard arrangement of the merge/simplified all-combine mode shown in FIG. 3 is obtained.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system as an embodiment of the present invention, in which a keyboard 2, a bin-in code table 3, a screen display device 4, and a printing device 5 are connected to a control device 1, respectively.

FIG. 5 shows an algorithm for specifying a bin-in code by combining input t-keys, which should be implemented in the control device 1 in the embodiment of FIG. 4. Control device l is 5t
When you make an art, the memory of the consonant code is cleared as the first step. The second step is to input data from the keyboard. The third step is to determine if it is the end key and select YES.
If the answer is NO, go to the fourth step. The fourth step is to press the key at the 26th key position of the alphabet.
5), and if the answer is No, perform other processing, and if the answer is YES, proceed to the fifth step. The fifth step is to determine whether the dual input mode is the dual input mode or the total input mode.

In the case of dual input mode, proceed to the 6th step.The 6th step judges whether it is a normal odd-numbered key (does the consonant code have been memorized?), and if YES, proceeds to the 7th step; NO
If so, go to the 9th step.

The 7th step is to determine whether the key corresponds to AJ or E on the English keyboard, and if YES, an error message will be displayed, and NO will be displayed.
In this case, in the eighth step, the internal code of the pressed key is stored as a consonant code.

In the ninth step, the internal code of the pressed key is used as a vowel code, and is combined with a consonant code. The 1st O step is a consonant chord + a vowel chord, and the entire surface of the bin-in keyboard is drawn. 11th
The step judges whether there is a bin-in code corresponding to the back of the page, and if the answer is No, an error is displayed, and if the answer is YES, the next 12th one is displayed.
As a step, the corresponding Pinyin code is stored as a document code. The final 13th step clears the memory of consonant codes.

Next, in the fifth step, if there is a full joint input, i14
Go to the step and determine if the shift key is being operated. If the shift key is operated, the process goes to step 15 and stores the document code in the input buffer. If the shift key is not operated in the fourteenth step, a document code corresponding to multiple sounds is stored in the input buffer.

With this in mind, we have made it possible to use a common keyboard to perform both manual input and all-input input, and even in all-input mode, it is possible to spell multiple phonetic alphabets in one.
Since input can be performed by typing, the time required for input can be shortened.

Effects> As explained above, the present invention provides two input modes in which one syllable of Chinese syllables is input as a combination of consonants and vowels, and a double input mode in which one syllable of syllables is input as a combination of consonants and vowels. A full-press input mode is provided in which input is broken down into alphabets, and a predetermined keyboard layout for each mode is set for the English keyboard.In the double input mode, odd-numbered alphabet keys are used as consonants, and even-numbered keys are set as consonants. Input the alphabet corresponding keys as vowels, and in the all simultaneous input mode, except for V, the keyboard layout is the same as the English keyboard, and if you use the shift key, you can input compound spelling (simple full press input). It is characterized by inputting in both the double input mode and the full combination mode (including simple all combination input) using the keyboard, and the dual input and gold combination input can be performed using the common keyboard. Furthermore, even in the full-press input mode, spellings of a plurality of diaphragms can be input with a single keystroke, so it is possible to provide a Chinese input device that reduces the time required for input.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the keyboard in the Chinese input device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the keyboard arrangement in the dual input mode,
Figure 3 is a diagram showing the keyboard arrangement in full combination/simplified combination mode, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the device, and Figure 5
The figure is a flowchart showing 81 operations in the control device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In Chinese keyboard input, there is a dual input mode in which a syllable of one Chinese sound is input as a combination of consonants and vowels;
A full input mode is provided in which one sound is broken down into individual alphabets for input, and the alphabet keyboard has a predetermined keyboard arrangement for each mode, while the double input mode supports odd-numbered alphabets. The keys are consonants, and the even-numbered keys corresponding to the alphabet are input as vowels. In the full combination input mode, except for V, the keyboard arrangement is the same as the English keyboard. When using the shift key, compound spelling input (simple full
A Chinese input device characterized by inputting in both a double input mode and a full double input mode (including a simple full input) using an English character keyboard.