WO2007114181A1

WO2007114181A1 - Data input device, method, and program

Info

Publication number: WO2007114181A1
Application number: PCT/JP2007/056691
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kensuke Masugata; Kaoru Takeda
Original assignee: Justsystems Corporation
Priority date: 2006-03-31
Filing date: 2007-03-28
Publication date: 2007-10-11
Also published as: JP5065247B2; JPWO2007114181A1

Abstract

A technique of improving the convenience of a data input is provided. An input receiving section (12) receives an input of conversion source data from the user through a user interface (40). A candidate extracting section (16) extracts candidates for a conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data with reference to a dictionary database (30). An order determining section (18) determines the order in which the candidates for the conversion destination data are displayed under a predetermined condition. A candidate display section (20) displays the candidates for the conversion destination data in the display order determined by the order determining section (18) and receives selection of the conversion destination data from the user. An output section (24) outputs the conversion destination data selected by the user through the user interface (40) to an application (50). An operation changing section (14) acquires information on the output destination of the conversion destination data and changes the operations of the candidate extracting section (16), the order determining section (18), the candidate display section (20), a proofreading support section (22) and so forth according to the acquired information.

Description

Specification

Data input device, method, and program

Technical field

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a data input technique, and more particularly to a data input device, method, and program for converting data that has received user power into other data and inputting the data.

Background art

[0002] When inputting a Japanese character string, a program is widely used in which a reading input by a user is converted into Kanji and input (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-139402

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

[0003] There is a need for more convenient data input technology, such as improving the accuracy of conversion candidates.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for improving the convenience of data input.

Means for solving the problem

[0005] One embodiment of the present invention relates to a data input device. This data input device refers to an input receiving unit that receives input of conversion source data from a user, and a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other. A candidate extraction unit for extracting corresponding conversion destination data candidates, and when the plurality of conversion destination data candidates are extracted by the candidate extraction unit, the display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates according to a predetermined condition An order determination unit for determining the conversion destination data, a candidate display unit for displaying the conversion destination data candidates in accordance with the display order determined by the order determination unit, and a selection of the conversion destination data from the user, and a selection by the user An output unit that outputs the converted destination data, and information on the output destination of the conversion destination data, and the candidate extraction unit, the order determination based on the acquired information Or wherein the and an operation switching unit to switch the operation of the candidate display unit. [0006] The operation switching unit may switch a condition used by the order determination unit to determine a display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates based on information regarding an output destination of the conversion destination data. .

[0007] The data input device may further include a history recording unit that stores a history of conversion destination data selected by a user in a history database for each data type of the output destination. Information power regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data The order determination unit that determines the data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data and notifies it to the order determination unit is notified from the operation switching unit The history of the conversion destination data of the data type may be acquired, and the display order of the candidates for the plurality of conversion destination data may be determined based on the acquired history. The order determination unit may refer to the history acquired from the history database and increase the display order of the candidates selected immediately before or the frequency selected frequently.

[0008] The dictionary database may further hold a data type of the conversion destination data. The operation switching unit is an information power regarding an output destination of the conversion destination data. A data type of an output destination of the conversion destination data. The order determination unit that determines whether or not to notify the order determination unit may increase the display order of the conversion destination data candidates of the data type notified from the operation switching unit.

[0009] When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up by a markup language, the operation switching unit acquires and acquires the element name or attribute name of the output destination data of the conversion destination data The data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data may be determined with reference to the element name or attribute name. When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up by a markup language, the operation switching unit acquires the schema of the markup language and the location of the data of the output destination, and acquires the acquired schema and location. The data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data may be determined with reference to the table.

[0010] The dictionary database may include data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data. The candidate extraction unit may determine whether or not the data extracted as the conversion destination data candidate can be inserted into the output destination with reference to the markup language schema. The candidate display unit converts the conversion When displaying data marked up in a markup language as a candidate for the destination data, the drawing result of the data may be acquired from the output destination application of the conversion destination data, and the acquired drawing result may be displayed. .

[0011] The operation switching unit may set a condition for narrowing down candidates for conversion destination data extracted by the candidate extraction unit based on information about an output destination of the conversion destination data. The candidate extraction unit May narrow down the candidates for the conversion destination data based on the conditions set by the operation switching unit. The dictionary database may be provided for each data type of the output destination. The operation switching unit determines a data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data from information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data. The candidate extraction unit may extract the candidate of the conversion destination data with reference to the dictionary database of the data type determined by the operation switching unit.

[0012] The operation switching unit may cause the candidate display unit to further display information related to the data type of the output destination based on information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data.

[0013] The data input device may further include a calibration support unit that supports calibration of the conversion destination data, and the operation switching unit is configured to use the calibration support unit based on information about an output destination of the conversion destination data. The operation may be switched.

[0014] Another aspect of the present invention relates to a data input method. This data input method refers to a step of accepting input of conversion source data by a user and a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and the conversion destination data in association with each other, and converts the conversion destination corresponding to the conversion source data. When a plurality of conversion destination data candidates are extracted by the data candidate extraction step and the candidate extraction step, the display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates is determined according to a predetermined condition. A step of displaying the candidates for the conversion destination data in accordance with the display order determined by the step of determining the display order, a step of accepting selection of the user power conversion destination data, and a conversion selected by the user Outputting information about the output destination of the conversion destination data, and acquiring the information Based on the above, the operation of the step of extracting the candidates, the step of determining the display order, or the step of displaying the candidates is switched. [0015] It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, and a system are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

The invention's effect

[0016] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique for improving the convenience of data input.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting data to an application using the data input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting data to an application by the data input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data input device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an XML document to be input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of XML data that is a conversion candidate.

Explanation of symbols

[0018] 10 data input device, 12 input accepting unit, 14 motion switching unit, 16 candidate extracting unit, 18 order determining unit, 20 candidate display unit, 22 calibration support unit, 24 output unit, 26 history recording unit, 30 dictionary Database, 32 history database, 40 user interface, 50 applications.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

In the embodiment, there is proposed a technology for selecting and switching an appropriate operation according to an output destination in a data input device that converts conversion source data input by a user into conversion destination data and outputs the converted data. For example, when converting a kana to kanji and entering it, the display order of conversion candidates is switched, the dictionary used for conversion is switched, and the data type to be input is changed according to the input position and sentence structure. Display related information and switch data calibration support methods. As a result, the convenience of data entry can be greatly improved.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams for explaining a method of inputting data to an application by the data input device according to the embodiment. Figures 1 and 2 show the patient's treatment history. An input form 80 is provided for entering data into the database to be stored. When the user inputs data to each item of the input form 80, the data input device converts the reading input by the user into kanji and outputs it to the database application.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a conversion candidate is displayed by inputting “Masu”, which is the reading, in order for the user to input the Chinese character “Masui” which is the patient's last name. Kanji characters corresponding to “Masu” include “Anesthesia”, “Drunken”, “Masui”, “Sakurai”, etc., but here we are trying to enter the patient's surname, so it may be used as a surname It is more convenient to display high-kanji candidates with priority. Therefore, when presenting conversion candidates to the user, the data input device sorts the “Masui” and “Sakurai”, which are most likely to be used as surnames, to display the conversion candidates.

[0022] FIG. 2 shows a state in which the conversion candidate is displayed by inputting the reading “mas,” in order for the user to input the Chinese character “anesthesia” which is a contraindicated item of the patient. . Since we are going to input medical actions here, the data input device displays the conversion candidates by sorting them so that “anaesthesia” and “drunk” are most likely to be used as medical actions. RU

[0023] Conventionally, there has been a technique for learning a user's input history or an input character string in the vicinity of the input position. However, since the content input immediately before is reproduced, the input work is performed in multiple contexts. In some cases, you may not get useful results. For example, in the case of the above example, when “Anesthetic” is entered as a contraindication item for a patient and “Masui” is entered as the patient's last name, “Anesthetic” is the input character string immediately before as a conversion candidate. "Is displayed at the top. However, as proposed in this embodiment, the type of data to be input is estimated by estimating the type of data to be input depending on the document structure and context, and switching the display order of conversion candidates accordingly. Can be estimated more accurately.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of the data input device 10 according to the embodiment. The data input device 10 supports data input to the application 50 by the user. In other words, when the user inputs data to the application 50, the conversion source data candidates entered through the user interface 40 by the user are among the conversion destination data candidates. The data selected by the user is also output to the application 50.

[0025] The data input device 10 includes an input reception unit 12, an operation switching unit 14, a candidate extraction unit 16, an order determination unit 18, a candidate display unit 20, a calibration support unit 22, an output unit 24, a history recording unit 26, and a dictionary. Includes database 30 and history database 32. In terms of hardware components, these components are the power that can be realized by the CPU, memory, and programs loaded in the memory of any computer. Here, functional blocks that are realized by their cooperation are depicted. . Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or their combination.

The dictionary database 30 holds conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other.

For example, the dictionary database 30 used for inputting kanji into the application 50 holds kanji readings as conversion source data and kanji as conversion destination data. The dictionary database 30 may hold a postal code as conversion source data, an address as conversion destination data, an English word as conversion source data, and a Japanese translation of English words as conversion destination data. . Moreover, as described later, data marked up with a markup language such as XML may be held as conversion destination data.

The input receiving unit 12 receives input of user force conversion source data via the user interface 40. The candidate extraction unit 16 refers to the dictionary database 30 and extracts conversion destination data candidates corresponding to the conversion source data received by the input reception unit 12. When a plurality of conversion destination data candidates are extracted by the candidate extraction unit 16, the order determination unit 18 determines the display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates according to a predetermined condition. The candidate display unit 20 displays the candidates for the conversion destination data according to the display order determined by the order determination unit 18, and the user power also accepts the selection of the conversion destination data. The output unit 24 outputs the conversion destination data selected by the user via the user interface 40 to the application 50. Normally, the dictionary database 30 holds data that is easier to input than the conversion destination data as the conversion source data, so the user inputs the conversion destination data to the application 50 by a simpler method. Can do.

The calibration support unit 22 supports calibration of conversion source data received by the input receiving unit 12. For example, when it is estimated that the user has input wrong conversion source data, the error is pointed out, and the correct U and conversion destination data candidates are extracted from the dictionary database 30.

[0029] The history recording unit 26 records the history of data selected by the user from the candidates for the conversion destination data displayed by the candidate display unit 20 and output by the output unit 24 in the history database 32. Learn the data to enter. This input history is used when the order determination unit 18 determines the display order of candidates.

[0030] The operation switching unit 14 acquires the output destination of the conversion destination data, that is, information on the input target in the application 50, and based on the acquired information, the candidate extraction unit 16, the order determination unit 18, and the candidate display unit 20 Switch the operation of the calibration support unit 22 and so on. For example, the operation switching unit 14 acquires information on the data type of the input position from the application 50, and switches the operation of each component so that appropriate input support can be performed according to the data type. The operation switching unit 14 includes rules and algorithms for determining the data type of the input position based on the information acquired from the application 50.

[0031] The operation switching unit 14 may acquire the input position or the surrounding document structure or context from the application 50 and determine the data type of the input position. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the name of the input item displayed on the application force input form 80, that is, a character string such as “first name” and “last name” is acquired, and the data type of the input position is “ It may be determined that the name is a surname. Also, in the example shown in Fig. 2, “Treatment history DB”, “Contraindications”, and “Item” are obtained and the data type of the input position is determined to be “Noun related to medical practice”. Good.

[0032] When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up by a markup language such as XML, the operation switching unit 14 acquires the element name or attribute name of the input position or the surrounding data. The data type may be determined by referring to the acquired element name or attribute name. Alternatively, the markup language schema and input position may be acquired, and the data type may be determined by referring to the acquired schema and position. For example, it is assumed that the data force input by the input form 80 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is stored in the database as the XML data shown in FIG. At this time, the operation switching unit 14 may acquire “family” that is the element name of the input position and determine that the data type is “last name”. [0033] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation switching unit 14 determines the display order of a plurality of conversion destination data candidates based on the information about the output destination of the conversion destination data. Change the conditions used to do this. The operation switching unit 14 switches the conditions and algorithms in the order determination unit 18 so that the display order of data estimated to match the data type of the input position is increased.

For example, the history recording unit 26 may record the input history in the history database 32 for each data type. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position and notifies it to the order determining unit 18, and the order determining unit 18 receives the input history of the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14 from the history database 32. get. The order determination unit 18 refers to the history acquired from the history database 32, and may increase the display order of the candidates selected immediately before or increase the display order of the selected candidates with high frequency. Good. As a result, when entering “last name”, “Masui” and “Sakurai” that are frequently entered as “last name” are displayed at the top, and when entering “medical practice”, “ “Anesthesia” and “Drunkenness” that are frequently input as “medical practice” are displayed at the top.

As another example, the dictionary database 30 may further hold the data type of the conversion destination data. For example, as candidates for kanji corresponding to “Masui”, “anesthetic” may be “treatment” and “Masui” may be “last name” in association with each other. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position and notifies it to the order determination unit 18, and the order determination unit 18 selects the conversion destination data candidate of the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14. Increase the display order. As a result, when entering “last name”, “Masui” and “Sakurai” that should be entered as “last name” are displayed at the top, and when entering “medical practice”, “medical practice” is displayed. “Anesthesia” and “Drunkenness” to be entered are displayed at the top.

[0036] With such a technique, even when input work is performed in a plurality of contexts, appropriate conversion candidates are preferentially displayed according to the context, so that the efficiency of the user's input work is improved. be able to.

The operation switching unit 14 may set conditions for narrowing down conversion destination data candidates extracted by the candidate extraction unit 16 based on information about the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position and matches the data type. The conditions and algorithms of the candidate extraction unit 16 may be switched so that only the conversion destination data is extracted as candidates, or the conversion destination data that matches the data type is extracted as a candidate preferentially. The candidate extraction unit 16 narrows down candidates for the conversion destination data based on the conditions and algorithm set by the operation switching unit 14. For example, a dictionary data base 30 may be provided for each data type, and conversion destination data candidates may be extracted from the dictionary database 30 corresponding to the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14. As a result, only conversion destination data candidates that match the data type are displayed, so that the efficiency of data input by the user can be improved. Moreover, it is possible to suppress erroneous data input that does not match the data type of the input position.

[0038] The candidate extraction unit 16 may switch the dictionary database 30 to be referred to based on the history of the conversion destination data selected by the user with reference to the history database 32. For example, you often select data that omits particles! If there is a feature such as the fact that a phrase unique to spoken language is often selected, the candidate extraction unit 16 extracts candidates from the dictionary database 30 that stores the colloquial conversion destination data. The operation switching unit 14 may switch the dictionary database 30 with reference to information such as words included in the input document, structure information of the document, and the like. The candidate extraction unit 16 may infer candidates for the conversion destination data when the user inputs a part of the conversion source data. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 selects the document structure, context, and data of the input position. Depending on the type and so on, the data indicating the certainty of the conversion destination data is switched, and appropriate candidates can be estimated according to the document structure and context.

The operation switching unit 14 may further cause the candidate display unit 20 to display information related to the data type of the output destination based on the information related to the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, when the data type of the input position is an address, the candidate display unit 20 further displays a map when displaying the address candidate as the conversion destination data candidate corresponding to the mail number accepted by the user. The corresponding position may be displayed. In addition, a postal code may be entered by selecting a location from the map. As a result, appropriate input support can be provided according to the data type of the input position, and the convenience of data input can be improved.

[0040] The operation switching unit 14 is based on the information on the output destination of the conversion destination data, and the calibration support unit The 22 operations may be switched. For example, if the conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data input by the user is not registered in the dictionary database 30, it is estimated that the user has input the incorrect data, and the proofreading support unit 22 uses the dictionary database 30. Search for the correct destination data and display it. At this time, the conversion destination data can be estimated more accurately by switching the estimation algorithm according to the data type of the input position.

[0041] The operation switching unit 14 may switch the operation of the history recording unit 26 based on information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, conversion destination data selected by the user may be recorded for each data type. Information such as the input position and document structure may be recorded in accordance with the history database 32. The history data may be weighted according to the document structure or context of the input position. In this way, the conversion destination data can be estimated more accurately by changing the learning algorithm and the storage location of the learning result according to the document structure, context, and data type of the input position.

[0042] As in the example shown in FIG. 4, in the case where the output destination of the conversion destination data, that is, the data power of the input position in the application 50 is the data marked up by the markup language, the data input device 10 The marked-up data may be output to the application 50. In this case, the dictionary database 30 includes data marked up in the markup language as candidates for conversion destination data.

In the above-described example, the patient's last name is stored in the element “family”. Here, the case where XML data as shown in FIG. 5 is stored as text with ruby will be described as an example. In this case, the dictionary database 30 holds, for example, the XML data shown in FIG. 5 as conversion destination data corresponding to “Saisui”. Store in the dictionary database 30 that this XML data is "last name" data!

[0044] In the example shown in FIG. 1, the candidate extraction unit 16 uses the kanji characters such as “Masui”, “Sakurai”, and “anaesthesia” from the dictionary database 30 as conversion destination data corresponding to “Masui”. In addition, the XML data shown in Fig. 5 is also extracted as a candidate. When the candidate display unit 20 displays the XML data shown in FIG. 5 as a candidate, the XML data may be displayed as text data. Part 20 is application 50 The drawing result of XML data may be acquired and the acquired drawing result may be displayed. Further, the candidate display unit 20 may delegate the drawing of XML data to the application 50, and the application 50 may directly draw the XML data in the area for displaying candidates. In the example of Fig. 1, the text with ruby shown in Fig. 5 is displayed with the kana character "Masui" and the reading kana "Masui" added as ruby. As a result, the XML data can be displayed as conversion candidates in a visually easy-to-understand display mode.

[0045] When the operation switching unit 14 can refer to the schema by obtaining a markup language schema from the application 50 or the like, the candidate extraction unit 16 is extracted as a candidate of the conversion destination data. It may be determined whether the markup data matches the schema, that is, whether the markup data can be inserted at the input position. This prevents inappropriate XML data input and keeps the document valid.

When the output unit 24 outputs XML data to the application 50, the XML data may be output as text data or may be output as DOM object data. Also, binary data obtained by serializing DOM object data may be output. The output unit 24 may output XML data using an API such as SAX (Simple API for XML).

[0047] In a general XML data editing application, when inserting XML data, a command for inserting an element is selected from commands such as a menu, and an element value and an attribute value are input. However, as described above, if the data input device 10 has a function of outputting XML data, the user can insert XML data into a document by a simple method in the same manner as inputting text data. Can do. In this way, the data input device 10 simply converts Japanese readings into Kanji characters and inputs them. For example, the conversion source data called phantom is MathML data “ku mi> x </ mi>”. It can be applied to various input work, such as converting to input.

[0048] The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each treatment process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. It is understood.

Industrial applicability The present invention can be used for a data input device that converts and inputs data.

Claims

The scope of the claims

An input receiving unit that receives input of conversion source data from the user;

A candidate extraction unit that extracts a candidate of conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data with reference to a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other, and a plurality of conversions by the candidate extraction unit An order determining unit that determines a display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates according to a predetermined condition when the destination data candidates are extracted;

A candidate display unit that displays candidates for the conversion destination data according to the display order determined by the order determination unit, and accepts selection of user power conversion destination data;

An output unit for outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user;

An operation switching unit that acquires information about an output destination of the conversion destination data, and switches operations of the candidate extraction unit, the order determination unit, or the candidate display unit based on the acquired information;

A data input device comprising:

The operation switching unit switches a condition used by the order determination unit to determine a display order of candidates of the plurality of conversion destination data based on information on an output destination of the conversion destination data. The data input device according to Item 1.

A history recording unit for storing the history of the conversion destination data selected by the user in a history database for each data type of the output destination;

The operation switching unit determines the data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data and notifies the order determination unit of the data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data;

The order determination unit acquires the history of the conversion destination data of the data type notified from the operation switching unit, and determines the display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates based on the acquired history. The data input device according to claim 2, wherein the data input device is determined.

The order determining unit refers to the history acquired from the history database, and increases the display order of the candidate selected immediately before or the candidate selected frequently. The data input device according to claim 3.

[5] The dictionary database further holds a data type of the conversion destination data,

5. The data input device according to claim 3, wherein the order determination unit increases the display order of candidates for the conversion destination data of the data type notified from the operation switching unit.

[6] When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up in a markup language, the operation switching unit acquires and acquires the element name or attribute name of the output destination data of the conversion destination data 5. The data input device according to claim 3, wherein the data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data is determined with reference to the element name or the attribute name.

[7] When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up by a markup language, the operation switching unit acquires the schema of the markup language and the position of the output destination data and acquires 5. The data input device according to claim 3, wherein a data type of an output destination of the conversion destination data is determined with reference to a schema and a position.

8. The data input device according to claim 6, wherein the dictionary database includes data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data.

[9] The candidate extraction unit refers to the markup language schema to determine whether or not the data extracted as the candidate of the conversion destination data can be inserted into the output destination. The data input device according to claim 8, wherein:

[10] When the candidate display unit displays data marked up in a markup language as a candidate for the conversion destination data, the candidate display unit obtains a drawing result of the data from an application to which the conversion destination data is output 10. The data input device according to claim 8, wherein the acquired drawing result is displayed.

[11] The operation switching unit, based on information on the output destination of the conversion destination data, A condition for narrowing down candidates for the conversion destination data extracted by the candidate extraction unit is set, and the candidate extraction unit narrows down candidates for the conversion destination data based on the conditions set by the operation switching unit. The data input device according to claim 1.

[12] The dictionary database is provided for each data type of the output destination,

The operation switching unit determines information type regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data, determines a data type of the output destination of the conversion destination data,

12. The data input according to claim 11, wherein the candidate extraction unit extracts a candidate for the conversion destination data with reference to a dictionary database of the data type determined by the operation switching unit. apparatus.

[13] The operation switching unit further causes the candidate display unit to display information related to the data type of the output destination based on information about the output destination of the conversion destination data. The data input device described in 1.

[14] A calibration support unit for supporting calibration of the conversion destination data is further provided,

2. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the operation switching unit switches the operation of the calibration support unit based on information on an output destination of the conversion destination data.

[15] User power The step of receiving input of conversion source data;

By referring to a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and the conversion destination data in association with each other, a plurality of conversion destination data candidates corresponding to the conversion source data are extracted, and a plurality of the candidates are extracted. When conversion destination data candidates are extracted, a display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates is determined according to a predetermined condition;

Displaying candidates for the conversion destination data in accordance with the display order determined by the step of determining the display order; and

A step of accepting selection of user power conversion destination data;

Outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user, and

Acquiring information on the output destination of the conversion destination data, and switching the operation of the step of extracting the candidates, the step of determining the display order, or the step of displaying the candidates based on the acquired information. Characteristic data input method. User ability to accept input of conversion source data,

With reference to a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and the conversion destination data in association with each other, a function of extracting conversion destination data candidates corresponding to the conversion source data and a function of extracting the candidates are used. A function of determining a display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates according to a predetermined condition when conversion destination data candidates are extracted;

A function of displaying the candidates for the conversion destination data according to the display order determined by the function of determining the display order;

User power A function to accept selection of conversion destination data,

A function for outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user;

A function of acquiring information on an output destination of the conversion destination data, a function of extracting the candidates, a function of determining the display order, or a function of switching the function of displaying the candidates based on the acquired information;

A data input program characterized by causing a computer to realize the above.