JPS6349232B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a character conversion device.

(b) Prior Art Current Japanese word processors have functions such as converting kana and romaji into kanji, converting romaji into katakana and hiragana, and converting each character into half-width, half-width,
It has a function to display in full-width, double-width, quadruple-width, etc.

In conventional conversion on this type of device, the display size of the converted character is constant regardless of the display size of the character to be converted, that is, even if the display size of the character to be converted is half-width or double-width, the converted character All display sizes were full-width, or when the display sizes of each character in the character string to be converted were different, the converted character was displayed at the smallest size.

However, in such conventional conversion, the size of the characters after conversion is constant, and therefore operations become complicated when it is desired to display a certain character in a different display size.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a character conversion device in which the display size of the converted character is determined by the display size of the character to be converted. It is.

(d) Structure of the Invention The structural features of the present invention include an input section for instructing various conversions, a reading-to-kanji conversion dictionary that stores kanji corresponding to the reading, and a kana character that stores kanji corresponding to the romaji. A dictionary memory equipped with a dictionary for romaji-kana conversion, etc., a code buffer storing codes of input characters to be converted, a size buffer storing display sizes of characters corresponding to each code in the code buffer, from the input section mentioned above. Based on the conversion instructions, each input character represented by the code in the code buffer is converted to a character of another character type and output as a code corresponding to that character, and the character after such conversion is composed of a plurality of input characters. If so, a conversion unit that outputs the display size of the first code of the plurality of input characters from the size buffer as the display size of the converted character, and a font that creates a display pattern based on both of the above outputs from the conversion unit. The reason is that it has a creation section.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an input section consisting of, for example, a keyboard, and the input section has conversion keys such as a kanji conversion key, a katakana conversion key, a hiragana conversion key, etc. .

Reference numeral 2 denotes a dictionary memory, which includes a reading-to-kanji conversion dictionary 3 that stores kanji corresponding to the reading, a Roman-to-kana conversion dictionary 4 that stores katakana and hiragana corresponding to Roman characters, etc. Contains various dictionaries.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a first code buffer, which stores the code of the character corresponding to the word to be converted, that is, the code of the input character. 6 is a first size buffer, and the display size of the input character corresponding to the code of the first code buffer 5 is stored in this buffer.

That is, assume that the input character (character string) "Saizu" to be converted is now being displayed on the CRT screen 20 as shown in FIG. 2A. In addition, the letter "S" in the figure,
“a” and “u” are full-width characters, and characters “i” and “z” are
is a half-width character.

At this time, the first code buffer 5 and first size buffer 6 store the code corresponding to each input character and its display size as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a conversion unit, in which the character code string in the first code buffer 5 is converted to another character type based on the conversion key input from the input unit 1, and the converted character type is converted to another character type. The display size is determined based on the contents of the first size buffer 6.

Specifically, assuming that data as shown in FIG. 2B and C are stored in the first code buffer 5 and first size buffer 6, respectively, and a katakana conversion key is input from the input unit 1, first reads out the katakana "size" corresponding to the Roman character "Saizu" in the first code buffer 5 by searching the Roman character-kana conversion dictionary 4 in the dictionary memory 2, and reads out the katakana "Size" corresponding to the Roman character "Saizu" in the first code buffer 5, and also reads out the katakana "Size" corresponding to the Roman character "Saizu" in the first code buffer 5 by searching the Roman character-kana conversion dictionary 4 in the dictionary memory 2.
The display size of "Z" is determined based on the contents of the first size buffer 6. This display size determination is
The display size of the first letter “S” of the Roman letter “Sa”, which corresponds to the katakana “sa”, is full-width, and the display size of the Roman letter “i”, which corresponds to the katakana “i”, is half-width, which corresponds to the katakana “zu”. Since the display size of the first character "z" of the Roman alphabet "zu" is half-width, the display sizes of the katakana characters "sa", "i", and "zu" are full-width, half-width, and half-width.

8 is a second code buffer, and the code corresponding to the character converted by the converter 7 is stored in this buffer.

9 is a second size buffer, and the display size of the characters converted by the converter 7 is stored in this buffer.

Therefore, from the converter 7, "sa", "i", "z"
Since the code corresponding to the katakana and the display size of each katakana are output, the second code buffer 8 and second size buffer 9 contain the third
The above code and display size are stored as shown in Figures A and B.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a font memory, in which a full-width display pattern of each character is stored in correspondence with the above-mentioned code.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a font creation section, which reads a display pattern corresponding to the code in the second code buffer 8 from the font memory 10, and
The display pattern is enlarged or reduced based on the display size in the size buffer 9, or is displayed at the same size on the display section 12 having, for example, a CRT screen.

Therefore, since data as shown in FIG. 3 is currently stored in the second code buffer 8 and the second size buffer 9, the font creation section 11 generates katakana "sa" on the CRT screen 20 as shown in FIG.
is displayed in full-width size, and katakana characters “i” and “zu” are displayed in half-width size.

As described above, in this embodiment, when converting Roman characters into Katakana, the display size of the converted Katakana corresponds to the display size of the Roman characters to be converted.

Furthermore, in the reading-to-kanji conversion, the display size of the converted kanji is similarly determined in accordance with the display size of the character representing the reading.

Specifically, when converting and outputting the kanji ``Japanese'' corresponding to the reading ``Nihongo'', the first code buffer 5 contains the hiragana ``ni'', ``ho'', ``n'', and `` that represent the reading. It is assumed that the first size buffer 6 stores the display size of each hiragana (FIG. 5A, B).

At this time, when the kanji conversion key is input from the input unit 1, the conversion unit 7 first searches for the kanji "Japanese" corresponding to the above-mentioned reading "Nihongo" from the reading-to-kanji conversion dictionary 3 in the dictionary memory 2, and The codes corresponding to these kanji characters are stored in the second code buffer 8 (FIG. 6A), and then the display size of each kanji character is determined based on the contents of the first size buffer 6 and stored in the second size buffer 9. Specifically, the display size of the hiragana "ni" corresponding to the above kanji "日" is double-width, and the display size of the first character "ho" of the hiragana "hon" corresponding to the kanji "hon" is double-width. Since the display size of the hiragana "go", which corresponds to the kanji "mistake", is full-width, the display sizes of the kanji "日", "hon", and "go" are double-width, double-width, and full-width (Figure 6B). .

Therefore, on the CRT screen 20 of the display unit 12, double-width "day", "book" and full-width "word" are respectively displayed as shown in FIG. 6C.

In this embodiment, only full-width patterns are stored in the font memory 10 and enlarged/reduced in the font creation section 11. However, the font memory 10 stores display patterns of all display sizes such as full-width, half-width, and double-width. may be stored, and the font creation unit 11 may be configured to read out the pattern based on the first code and the contents of the size buffer.

(F) Effects of the Invention In the device of the present invention, the display size of a converted character can be specified by the display size of the converted character, so it is very effective when it is desired to make the character size different for each character.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a block diagram and FIGS. 2 to 6 being schematic diagrams. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input unit, 2... Dictionary memory, 5... First code buffer, 6... Second size buffer, 7... Conversion unit, 11... Font creation unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Dictionary memory equipped with an input section for instructing various conversions, a reading-to-kanji conversion dictionary that stores kanji corresponding to the reading, a romanji-kana conversion dictionary that stores kana corresponding to the romaji, etc. A code buffer that stores the code of the input character to be converted; a size buffer that stores the display size of the character corresponding to each code in the code buffer; In addition to converting each input character into a character of another type and outputting it as a code corresponding to that character, if the character after such conversion is composed of multiple input characters, the first code of the multiple input characters is A character conversion device comprising: a conversion unit that outputs a display size of a character after conversion from the size buffer; and a font creation unit that creates a display pattern based on both of the outputs from the conversion unit. .