JPS6345675A - Keyboard for chinese sentence - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive to decrease the touching frequency to the normal phonetic symbol keys by having input of the 1st character of final having high using frequency by means of a shift key. CONSTITUTION:An I shift key 2 is pushed simultaneousy with another pin-in key forming the relevant syllable when the 1st character of final shows I for input of said first character I. In other words, the key 2 is pushed simultaneously with keying of the 2nd and subsequent characters (excl. said character I) of final of said syllable. A U shift key 3 is pushed simultaneously with another pin-in key forming the relevant syllable when the 1st character of final shows U. In other words, the key 3 is pushed simultaneously with keying the 2nd and subsequent characters (excl. said character U) of final of said syllable.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of use at the top of engineering] The present invention is directed to a Chinese language keyboard (hereinafter referred to as 中文-? -board 7-u), in particular, a key input with the Chinese Maoyin or character. - Regarding the Chinese keyboard for inputting Japanese sentences.

[Conventional technology]

A μ Chinese keyboard is essential for information processing systems that process Chinese text. Generally speaking, the input method for such a Chinese keyboard is to use the seven forms of Chinese characters, the yomiman,
Alternatively, methods are being used to code by combining them.

There are two phonetic characters for the pronunciation of wan in Chinese: 7'cif (pinyin), which was established by the rural government, and Tomoe sound, which was used before the establishment of the 7'cif (pinyin). Pinyin is the mainstream in China today, and Note f is used mainly by the elderly and in some areas.

In this method of inputting according to the phonetic character description and converting it into Chinese characters, it is necessary to input several phonetic characters and sounds when inputting one Chinese character. For example, if you write ``China'' in Pinyin as above, it will be ``zhongguoj.'' In order to input two Chinese characters, you need to tap the Roman key 8 times.In other words, a phonetic alphabet input method is necessary. The disadvantage is that the number of key touches increases significantly.

As a method to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the patent application No. 59-1
30472 has been proposed. In this method, for frequently used phonograms, combinations of 2 to 4 characters are combined into one -
, and input them simultaneously by pressing one key. For example, in the example above, "Zh" and rongJk are each assigned to one key, and when pressed, "
Enter "Zh" and "ongl" at the same time.However, with this method, in addition to the Roman alphabet keys, the combination keys listed above increase, so even if you try to shift up or down, the operation becomes complicated. There are drawbacks.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The problem to be solved by the present invention, in other words, the purpose of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks by utilizing the characteristics of Chinese phonetic characters, and to provide a Yukobun keyboard.

[Means for solving problems]

The Chinese keyboard of the present invention is a Chinese keyboard for inputting Chinese sentences by keying in Chinese phonetic characters.
Shift to specify the first letter of frequently used finals -? −
i, and when keying in the final character, the user presses the shift key at the same time when keying in the second and subsequent characters of the final character, thereby inputting the first character.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the uninvented Chinese keyboard will be described with reference to Eko.

FIG. 1 is a partial plan view showing a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the Chinese keyboard 1 is a regular bottle ink key.
At the same time, the 1 shift key 2 and the U shift key 3 are set to M. In general, a Chinese syllable includes a vocal initial corresponding to a consonant and a final final corresponding to a vowel, and a - syllable is constructed as a "vocal final + final final".

And - a syllable corresponds to one Chinese character. When writing the above syllables in Pinyin, the initial is expressed by 1 to 2 Binyin characters, and the final is expressed by 1 to 4 Pinyin characters. Therefore syllables, i.e. Chinese characters are 2~
Represented by six bin-in characters.

(2) Shift key 2 is pressed at the same time as the other bottle key which forms the sound fm k +n when the first letter of the final is 《》, to input the first letter I of the final. That is, from the second letter of the final of that syllable to 14 (first letter I of the final of the syllable)
When keying in (except for the 几 part), press the e-shift key 2 at the same time.

When the first letter of the final word is U, press the U shift key 3 at the same time as the other bin keys that make up the entire syllable.
The first letter of the final word Ut - make human power.

In other words, when you key in the part after the last character of the syllable (the first letter U'jg of the final part: the part removed), press U at the same time.
Press shift key 3.

As shown above, when entering the month of China (Zhong guo), press (Z key, ONG key, G key, O key)
−? -J order (Press the C key, but at the same time as pressing the 0 key, press the U7 key 3.

However, it is assumed that the zh child key and the ONG key are arranged as 1 aiming keys for bin-in characters.

When inputting M9 [change @ (I3ian dong) J f, press the keys in the order of ``B key % AN key, D 100-1 ONG key'', and simultaneously press the e-shift key 2 when pressing the AN key. As a reminder, it is the same as above (assuming that AN- and 0NG-?- are provided).

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of key-in processing of the Chinese keyboard. In the figure, steps 11> and 1
Step 2 is an operation of keying in the initial of the voice and then keying in the final of the rhyme.

Step 13 is f! whether or not the I shift key was pressed at the same time when keying in the final word in step 12. :to decide. If the E-shift key is pressed all the way, the process goes to step 14, and if it is not pressed, the process goes to step 15.

In step 14, since the Ezoft key was not pressed in step 12, all keys after the second character of the final character have been pressed in, so I is added as the first character to form the final character.

In step 15, it is determined whether or not the U shift key was pressed at the same time when keying in the final word in step 12. When the U shift key is pressed, the process proceeds to tts step 16, and when it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step 17.

In step 16, since the U77 key was not pressed in step 12, the second and subsequent characters of the final are keyed in, so U'f: is added as the first character to form the final.

In step 17, the character string t, which was keyed in in step 12, is used as the final word.

Step 18 is to key-in as described above and display the nine-bin-in character string. In step 19, it is determined whether or not to end the key-in. If the key-in is to be continued, the process returns to step 11 and the above operation is repeated. When the key-in is finished, the process moves to step 20, and the process of converting the key-in to Chinese characters is executed, or all processes are finished.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a list of Chinese syllables. In the same figure, the first letter of the rhyming final is 《《《》 (saito f), and the above ■
Not key 2't? to respond. Furthermore, the above-mentioned soft key 3 is made to correspond to the phrase in which the -th letter of the final word is U (closing character). The syllables with the initial Y among the syllables and the syllables with the initial W among the interdigital sounds are exceptions because they are written according to different spelling rules from other syllables with the initials. Zarani °u't
The syllables containing h (Shuguchi sound) are also excluded from the column, but the syllables of Tsukuguchi Jin whose initials are J, Q% Therefore, the above shift key 3 Isome Kyo can be applied.

Therefore, as an exception to the above, there are 10 syllables whose initial is Y (
9 types of syllables with the initial W, and 6 types of syllables with i among the mouth sounds (indicated by solid line frames A and B). What are these syllables? Since the above-mentioned work/soft key 2 cannot be keyed in due to the function of the U/shift key 3, there is no need to use a separate input means 2. 9 For example, the initial voice Y -? You can set up a special key 6 for syllables such as W and v, or use a normal pinyin key to key in the 1 shift key 2 or t, just like the opening sounds that do not involve the U shift key 3. good.

When the above-mentioned I shift key 2 and U shift key 3 are employed, there are cases in which the second and subsequent characters of the final word have the same character arrangement. 9 and e are ia-ng 1, u
If i%uf is removed from ang, both become ang. By providing one of these QANG keys
If you press the shift key 2 at the same time, you can press iang%.U, if you press the shift key 3 at the same time, you can key in uang'fe. Also, by simply pressing only the ANG key, you can press the ANG key. In this way, it is possible to use a common compound key for keying in a plurality of pinyin keys at the same time, thereby reducing the number of normal pinyin keys.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the Chinese keyboard according to the present invention. In the same figure, the Chinese keyboard 5 has an ENT key 6 which indicates that the first character of the final word is 工.
and the U shift key 7, which also indicates U.
A final key group 8 includes a plurality of final keys, and a final key group 9 also includes a final key.

Each key of the final key group 8 accommodates a plurality of finals and is a nine compound key. Each composite key can accommodate up to 3m finals. The upper row, middle moving, and lower row correspond to the engraved positions of the stored finals on the key tops. As a general rule, finals whose first letter is U are assigned to the upper row, finals whose first letter is I are assigned to the middle motion, and finals whose first letter is other than °U or 1 are assigned to the lower row.

(2) The shift key 6 selects the middle movement of the above compound key, and the U shift key 7 similarly selects the upper row. When entering the lower row 1 key, do not touch the I foot key 6 and the U shift key 7.

The key-in process procedure of the Chinese keyboard 5 described above is substantially the same as that of the Chinese keyboard 1. That is, in FIG. 2, step 14 is "selecting the middle of the compound key as the final".
, Step 16 is changed to ``select all upper rows of compound keys as finals'', step 17 is changed to ``select lower rows of t-r compound keys as finals'', Chinese keyboard 5
This is a flowchart.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of key-in processing using the aforementioned Chinese keyboard. In the figure, the Chinese keyboard is used to key in according to the pinyin display corresponding to Chinese.

The column shows key-in using Chinese keyboard 1, and by pressing the shift key, rIJ is added to the beginning of rANJ and the final word [1anJ is keyed in. Also, if the exact key is not pressed, the final word "al" is keyed in.

(Column a shows key-in using the Chinese keyboard 5.

■By pressing the shift key, select the middle movement [1anji and press the final word ``1anJi''. Or, if you do not press the 7jI shift key, select the lower row ``an,, lft and select the final word''.
key in "al".

For the U shift key, add rUJ or 7? in the same way as above. + selects the top row.

In the above embodiment, both the I shift key and the U/shift key are fully installed, and a friend explains the Chinese keyboard.
(2) A Chinese keyboard provided with only one of the soft 1- or U-shift keys is also included in the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above in detail, according to the Chinese keyboard of the present invention, the first letter of frequently used finals is inputted using the 77 key, so the number of touches to the normal phonetic letter key corresponds to that number. Total can be reduced. Therefore, it has the effect of speeding up Chinese input using phonetic characters.

Furthermore, by removing the first letter from the final, it is possible to promote the commonality of the second and subsequent letters of the final, which reduces the number of u-keys used to input multiple phonetic characters at the same time with one key. can. This also has the effect of simplifying the key arrangement and providing a Chinese keyboard.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the Chinese keyboard according to the present invention.
21A is a flowchart showing the key-in process procedure, 3rd is an explanatory diagram showing a list of Chinese syllables, 4th
The figure is a plan view showing the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of key-in processing. l...Chinese keyboard, 2...Seal/E shift key, No. / Ward Z 3 '¥4121 9, Opi key 1st category - To 3... Final key Kunzi de...? Noya group

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A Chinese keyboard that inputs Chinese sentences by keying in Chinese phonetic characters is equipped with a shift key that specifies the first letter of a frequently used final. A Chinese keyboard characterized in that the first character is input by pressing the shift key at the same time when keying in two or more characters. (2) A Chinese keyboard that inputs Chinese sentences by keying in pinyin is equipped with an I shift key to specify the first letter I of the final, and when keying in the final, the second and subsequent letters of the final are provided. The Chinese keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the first character I is input by simultaneously pressing the I shift key. (3) A Chinese keyboard that inputs Chinese sentences by keying in pinyin is equipped with a U shift key to specify the first letter U of the final, and when keying in the final, the second and subsequent letters of the final are provided. The Chinese keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the first character U is input by simultaneously pressing the U shift key. (4) A Chinese keyboard for inputting Chinese sentences by keying in Pinyin, which is equipped with an I shift key for specifying the first letter I of the final word and a U shift key for specifying the first letter U of the final word, and keying in any of the final letters. In this case, the first character I or U is input by pressing the I shift key or the U shift key simultaneously when keying in the second and subsequent characters of the final. Chinese keyboard as described in the second or third term. (5) A Chinese keyboard having a plurality of initial keys for keying in the amount of initials and a plurality of final keys for keying in the finals, and inputting Chinese sentences by alternately pressing the initial keys and the finals key. , the final key includes a compound key containing a plurality of finals in one key, and an I shift key for specifying the first letter I of the final, or the first letter U of the final.
A Chinese keyboard, comprising: a U-shift key or both the I-shift key and the U-shift key for specifying a key, and a plurality of finals stored in the composite key are switched and keyed in using the I-shift key or the U-shift key.