JP3518976B2 - Document processing apparatus and medium storing document processing apparatus control program - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device and a medium storing a document processing device control program, and more specifically, it is applied to a word processor having a Japanese processing function, a personal computer, etc. The present invention relates to a document processing device that is often converted into a kana and a medium that stores a document processing device control program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing device having a Japanese language processing function, not only is it possible to convert from hiragana to kanji,
A technique for converting kanji into hiragana is known. For example,
According to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-223553, a document creation machine that eliminates word re-entry work by converting characters in a designated range when converting from hiragana to kanji or from kanji to hiragana Proposed.

Further, according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-127231, a character string given as a sentence containing a mixture of kanji and kana is classified into colloquial words and sentence words, and an inflection ending test is performed for each classified word. A kanji-kana conversion device has been proposed which improves the efficiency of kanji-kana conversion by matching attached words and converting kanji to kana.

[0004]

However, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 4-223553 and 58-127231, when converting a kanji-kana mixed sentence in a specified range into a kana, the character string to be converted is the same. Fixed candidates were converted even if there were written allophones. For example, if you instruct the text "Biology class" or "Wildlife" to specify a range of "Biology" and convert from Kanji to Kana,
Since Kanji and Kana conversion is performed only for the character string in the specified range,
There was a problem that it was mistakenly converted to "Namamono".

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances. For example, when the kana-kana conversion range of a kanji-kana mixed sentence to be converted into a kana string is specified, a kanji-kana mixed statement outside the specified range is also considered. By performing the kana-kana conversion, the document processing device and the medium storing the document processing device control program for increasing the probability of converting a kana-kana mixed sentence in the specified kana conversion range into a correct kana string are provided.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an input section for inputting a kanji / kana mixed sentence to a document storage section, and a read instruction from the input section to read the sentence from the document storage section. And a display unit for displaying the kanji / kana mixed sentence, a range specifying part for designating a range of kana / kana mixed sentence displayed for kana conversion, and a conversion instruction part for outputting a kana / kana mixed sentence kana conversion instruction, A Kanji-Kana mixed sentence extraction unit that expands a specified area from the range specified by the range specifying unit and extracts a Kanji-Kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit, and a Kanji-Kana conversion that converts the extracted Kanji-Kana mixed sentence into a Kana string Part, a kana storage part for storing the converted kana sequence, and a kana sequence for extracting a kana sequence corresponding to the range designated by the range designating part from the kana storage part and outputting it to the display part. Document processing apparatus is provided which is characterized in that a Ri out portion.

In the present invention, the input unit is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a pen / tablet, an OCR device, a communication device for communicating with an external terminal, and the like. The display is CR
It is composed of a T display, an LCD display, a plasma display, etc. The document storage unit and the kana storage unit are
It is composed of a storage medium such as a RAM or a floppy disk. The range designation unit and the conversion instruction unit are composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a pen / tablet, and the like. The kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit, the kanji / kana conversion unit, and the kana string extraction unit are configured by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and an I / O port. The Kanji / Kana conversion section
It has a kanji-kana conversion dictionary including a ROM, an example dictionary composed of a floppy disk, and a compound word dictionary. Also,
Kana conversion is performed by giving priority to the example and the compound word by the example dictionary and the compound word dictionary.

According to the present invention, when the kana-kana mixed range of a kanji-kana mixed sentence to be converted into a kana string is designated, the kanji kana-converted sentence is also considered in consideration of the kanji-kana mixed sentence outside the specified range. It is possible to increase the probability of converting a mixed sentence of kanji and kana into a correct kana sequence. For example, for a sentence containing kanji and kana called "Biology Class",
When the operator inputs the kana conversion range and conversion instruction of "biology", the sentence "out of class" which is out of the range is also judged to be the kana conversion range, "biology lesson" is taken out and "class" is selected. Kana string "seibutsujigyugyo" as an example, keyword
As a result, "biology" is replaced with the kana sequence "seibutsu" and displayed.

The kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines from the document storage unit that the region from the last character position of the range designated by the range designation unit to the punctuation mark, the symbol and the specific character in the sentence end direction is determined as the kana conversion range. The kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit that may be configured to extract a kanji / kana mixed sentence includes a kana conversion range from the beginning character position of the range designated by the range designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol and a specific character in the sentence beginning direction. It may be configured to extract a sentence containing kanji and kana from the document storage unit. According to the above configuration, since the kana conversion range can be set with punctuation marks, symbols, and specific characters as appropriate delimiter positions, it is possible to reduce the occurrence rate of erroneous conversion.

The kanji-kana-mixed sentence extraction unit determines from the last character of the range designated by the range designation unit to a predetermined number of characters toward the end of the sentence as a kana conversion range, and the kanji-kana mixed sentence is written from the document storage unit. May be taken out. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines a kana-kana mixed sentence from the beginning character position of the range designated by the range designation unit up to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence head direction and extracts the kanji kana-mixed sentence from the document storage unit. It may be configured as follows. According to the above configuration, since the proper number of characters can be added to set the kana conversion range, it is possible to reduce the erroneous conversion occurrence rate without decreasing the conversion processing speed.

The Kanji-Kana conversion unit does not convert the Kanji-Kana mixed sentence extracted by the Kanji-Kana mixed sentence extraction unit into a Kana string if the range designated by the range designation unit does not match the segment break position. You may comprise. According to the above configuration, when the operator mistakenly specifies a kana conversion range that does not match the phrase delimiter position of a kanji kana mixed sentence, it is not converted into a kana string, so the kana conversion range is specified incorrectly. The operator can be warned.

The Kanji / Kana conversion unit is configured to convert a Kanji / Kana mixed sentence of one bunsetsu containing the specified range into a Kana string when the range specified by the range specifying unit does not match the phrase delimiter position. You may. According to the above configuration, even when the operator mistakenly specifies a kana conversion range that does not match the phrase delimiter position of the kanji kana mixed sentence,
One phrase can be converted into a correct kana sequence.

The kana string extraction unit may be configured to extract a kana string from the kana storage unit by determining that a compound word including a range designated by the range designation unit is one clause. According to the above configuration, since the compound word can be converted into the kana sequence by one conversion operation, the conversion operation of the operator can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an input unit for inputting a sentence containing Kanji and Kana into the document storage unit, and the sentence containing Kanji and Kana read out from the document storage unit according to a read instruction from the input unit. The display section that displays, a character specification section that specifies the character position for kana-kana conversion of the displayed kanji-kana mixed statement, a conversion instruction section that outputs kana-kana conversion instructions for kanji-kana mixed statement, and the character specification section. A kana-kana mixed sentence extraction unit that extracts a kanji-kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit by setting a predetermined kana-kana conversion range based on the extracted character position and a kanji kana that converts the extracted kanji-kana mixed sentence into a kana string A conversion unit, a Kana storage unit that stores the converted Kana string, and a Kana string of a clause corresponding to the character position designated by the character designation unit from the Kana storage unit and the display unit. Document processing apparatus is provided which is characterized in that a kana string extraction unit for outputting.

In the above structure, the character designating section is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a pen / tablet and the like. According to the above configuration, by simply specifying the character position of the kanji / kana mixed sentence to be converted into the kana string, the kana / kana conversion can be performed by setting a predetermined kana conversion range based on the specified character position. For example, when the operator specifies the character position of "raw" and inputs the conversion instruction for a sentence containing kanji and kana called "class of biology", "class of biology" is taken out, and "class" is used as an example. As a keyword, it is converted into the kana sequence "seibutsujijugyo", and as a result, "biological-no" is replaced with the kana sequence "seibutsuno" and displayed.

The Kanji / Kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol and a specific character toward the end of the sentence as a Kana conversion range and the Kanji / Kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit. May be taken out. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extracting unit determines a kana-kana mixed character string from the document storage unit by determining from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol and a specific character in the sentence head direction as a kana conversion range. It may be configured as follows. According to the above configuration, the kana conversion range can be set with the punctuation mark, the symbol, and the specific character as appropriate delimiter positions on the basis of the designated character position, so that the occurrence rate of erroneous conversion can be reduced.

The kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines that the kana / kana mixed sentence from the character position designated by the character designating unit to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence end direction is a kana conversion range and extracts the kanji / kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit. You may comprise. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit is configured to extract a kanji-kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit by determining from the character position designated by the character designation unit up to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence head direction as a kana conversion range. Good. According to the above configuration, the kana conversion range can be set by adding an appropriate number of characters based on the specified character position,
The incidence of erroneous conversion can be reduced without slowing down the conversion processing speed.

The kanji / kana conversion unit does not convert the kanji / kana mixed sentence extracted by the kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction part into a kana string if the character position designated by the character designating part does not match the segment break position. It may be configured as follows. According to the above configuration, when the operator erroneously specifies a character position that does not match the phrase delimiter position of a kanji / kana mixed sentence, it is not converted into a kana string. Can be warned.

If the character position designated by the character designating unit does not match the phrase delimiter position, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit converts the Kanji / Kana mixed sentence of the phrase including the designated character position into a Kana string. You may comprise. According to the above configuration, even when the operator erroneously specifies a character position that does not match the phrase delimiter position of a kanji / kana mixed sentence,
One phrase including a character position can be converted into a correct kana string.

The kana string extraction unit may be configured to extract a kana string from the kana storage unit by determining that a compound word including a character position designated by the character designation unit is one phrase. According to the above configuration, since the compound word can be converted into the kana sequence by one conversion operation, the conversion operation of the operator can be reduced.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a document processing apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit composed of a CPU of a microcomputer, which controls each unit by a program and performs the Kanji / Kana conversion process of the present invention. Reference numeral 4 denotes a program memory including a ROM, which stores each program for the control unit 1 to control each unit. Reference numeral 4c is a kanji / kana conversion program, which functions as a kanji / kana conversion unit for converting a mixed kanji / kana sentence into a kana string. Reference numeral 4e is a kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction program, which functions as a kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction part for extracting a kanji / kana mixed sentence from which the kanji / kana conversion processing is executed from the document storage unit 5. Reference numeral 4g is a kana string extraction program, which functions as a kana string extraction part that extracts a kana string corresponding to a kanji kana mixed sentence designated from the kana storage part 7.

Reference numeral 2 is an input unit composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a pen / tablet, an OCR device, a communication device and the like. The input unit 2 uses, for example, the input program 4a to
A kanji / kana mixed sentence is input from a printed matter or a terminal and stored in the document storage unit 5, or a kanji / kana mixed sentence is extracted from the document storage unit 5 and displayed on the display unit. In addition, the input unit 2
The character designating program 4d functions as a range designating part for designating the kana conversion range, that is, a first character designating part for designating the first character of the kana conversion range and a last character designating part for designating the last character of the kana conversion range. Further, it functions as a character designating unit that designates a character position in the kana conversion range, and also functions as a conversion designating unit that instructs the conversion instruction program 4f to convert the designated kanji / kana mixed sentence into a kana string.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a display unit composed of a CRT display, LCD, plasma display or the like, and the display program 4b displays display data such as a sentence mixed with Kanji and Kana and converted Kana characters on the screen. Reference numeral 5 denotes a document storage unit configured by a RAM, which stores a sentence containing kanji and kana (see FIG. 2). Reference numeral 6 is a kanji / kana conversion dictionary configured by a ROM, which is referred to in the kanji / kana conversion process. The kanji-kana conversion dictionary 6 is provided with an example dictionary and a compound word dictionary. By performing kana conversion with priority on the example and compound words, the probability of outputting a correct conversion candidate is increased. The kanji-kana conversion dictionary 6 can also be used for a re-conversion function for converting a confirmed kanji-kana mixed sentence into a homonym. The technology using such a kanji-kana conversion dictionary is
For example, JP-A-5-181854 and JP-A-8-18
It is described in Japanese Patent No. 5400 and already known technology.
is there.

Reference numeral 7 is a kana storage unit composed of a RAM, which stores the kana string converted by the kanji kana conversion processing. Reference numeral 8 denotes a conversion input buffer composed of a RAM, which temporarily stores the kanji / kana mixed sentence extracted by the kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit (see FIG. 3). 9 is RAM
Is an input buffer configured to temporarily store each data input by the input unit 2. Reference numeral 10 is a display buffer composed of a RAM and stores each data to be displayed on the display unit 3.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a storage medium composed of a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, an IC card, etc. The storage medium 11 is a program medium that is separable from the main body and is an execution format that is read and executed by the main body. A program 11c, a source program 11a that can construct the executable program 11c, and an intermediate program 11b are stored. The execution format program 11a is read from the storage medium 11 using the program reading unit (not shown) of the present apparatus and stored in the program memory 4.
Reference numeral 12 is a bus line, and the control unit 1 controls each unit by a program via the bus line 12.

The executable program 11a includes an input program 4a for inputting data from the input unit 2 and a display unit 3.
Display program 4b for displaying a document in kanji and kanji kana conversion program 4c for converting a sentence containing kanji and kana into a kana string
, A character designating program 4d for designating characters to be converted into a kana string, a conversion instruction program 4e for designating conversion into a kana string, a kanji / kana mixed sentence extracting program 4f for extracting a specified character string, and a kanji / kana conversion. The kana character string converted by the processing is composed of a kana extracting program 4g for extracting from the kana storage unit 7.

In FIG. 1, according to the present invention, a medium for storing a program for controlling a document processing device by a computer, the control program being written in a computer, in an input unit 2, a sentence containing a mixture of kanji and kana. Storage unit 5
, And the display unit 3 displays the mixed Kanji / Kana sentence read from the document storage unit 5 according to the read instruction of the input unit 2, and the range designation unit 4d displays the displayed mixed Kanji / Kana sentence. A range to be converted into kana is designated, and a conversion instruction part 4f is caused to output a kana / kana mixed sentence kana conversion command, and a kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction part 4e is made to specify a predetermined region from the range designated by the range specifying part 4d. Enlarge and let the sentence containing Kanji and Kana be taken out from the document storage unit 5,
The Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c converts the extracted Kanji / Kana mixed sentence into a Kana string, stores the converted Kana string in the Kana storage unit 7, and specifies the Kana string extraction unit 4g by the range specifying unit 4d. There is provided a medium storing a document processing device control program for extracting a kana string corresponding to the selected range from the kana storage unit 7 and outputting the kana string to the display unit 3.

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a conversion range designation and conversion candidate screen display example 1 according to the present embodiment. Figure 5
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a kanji kana conversion process 1 according to the present embodiment. Using the example screen display in Fig. 4 and the flowchart in Fig. 5, it is rumored that a test will be conducted in the example sentence "Tomorrow's Biology class. The kanji kana conversion processing 1 when “from” to “biological” is specified will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of document data stored in the document storage section of this embodiment. For example, from the document storage unit 5, "It is a rumor that a test will be conducted in tomorrow's biology class. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. The cursor is moved to the beginning “raw” of the character to be converted into the kana string by the input unit 2 ((1) of FIG. 4), the range designation key is pressed, and the beginning character is designated (S101, FIG. 4).
(2)). The input unit 2 is used to move the cursor to the end "no" of the character to be converted into a kana string and press the range designation key to specify the end character (S102, (3) in FIG. 4).
Therefore, it means that the range of "biological things" to be converted into the kana sequence is specified. Next, the input unit 2 is instructed to execute the kanji / kana conversion (S103).

The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated first character (S104). Retrieve up to the specified last character from the document storage unit 5,
It is stored in the conversion input buffer 8. The extraction of the character from the document storage unit 5 is repeated until the extracted character reaches the punctuation mark or the character pointer reaches the end position of the kanji-kana mixed sentence stored in the document storage unit 5, and the extracted sentence is extracted. Is input to the conversion input buffer (S10
5 to S110, (1) in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character data stored in the conversion input buffer and the kana storage unit of this embodiment.

When the extraction and the input to the conversion input buffer are completed, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c refers to the Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 6 to obtain a conversion candidate "seibutsu / jugyo de," of two phrases. It is converted and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S111, (2) in FIG. 3). The conversion range is set at an appropriate clause delimiter position, and for example, the related word is referred to in the example dictionary and the kana conversion is executed, so that the erroneous conversion rate becomes low. The character string "Biological" specified by the operator
The kana sequence “seibutsu” of the phrase corresponding to is extracted from the kana storage unit 7 by the kana sequence extraction unit 4g (S21).
2). The extracted kana string is updated and stored in the display buffer 10 and displayed on the display unit 3 (S113, (4) in FIG. 4).

By the above processing, when the operator converts the specified "biological-no" into the kana, not only "biological-no" but also the following "biological lesson" up to the punctuation mark is stored in the document storage unit 5. "Biology's" is not converted to an incorrect Kana string such as "Ikimonono" or "Namamonono" because it is taken out and copied to the conversion input buffer and converted into Kana. It is converted into "Seibutotsu" and displayed.

According to the first embodiment, it is possible to increase the probability of converting a kanji / kana mixed sentence in the specified kana conversion range into a correct kana string. In addition, in the first embodiment, the kana conversion range is set to a phrase up to a punctuation mark close to the specified character so that the kana conversion range can be set at an appropriate phrase delimiter position. However, the kana conversion range is not limited to this. Absent. Similar results can be achieved with specific characters and symbols.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second display example of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to this embodiment. Figure 7
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a kanji / kana conversion process 2 according to this embodiment. Using the screen display example in FIG. 6 and the flowchart in FIG. 7, the example sentence “It is necessary to copy the contents learned in the biology class yesterday into a notebook. A description will be given of the kanji kana conversion processing when "from" to "biology" is specified.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "it is necessary to copy the contents learned in the biology class yesterday into a notebook. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kanji and kana mixed sentence “BIONO” to be converted into a kana string is designated (S201 to S202, FIG. 6).
(1) to (3)). The input unit 2 gives an instruction to execute kanji-kana conversion (S203). The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated first character (S204). From the document storage unit 5, a sentence containing kanji and kana up to a position obtained by adding a predetermined number of characters (15 characters in this embodiment) to the designated last character is written from the document storage unit 5. It is taken out and input to the conversion input buffer 8 (S205 to S209).

When the extraction of characters and the input into the conversion input buffer are completed, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c refers to the Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 6 to convert the conversion candidate "seibitsu / jugyyoude / gakushuu". It is converted into “/ not so //” and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S210). Hereinafter, in the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, “biological” is converted into “seibutsu”, updated and stored in the display buffer 10, and displayed on the display unit 3 (S211 to S212, (4) in FIG. 6) .

According to the second embodiment, the kana-kana mixed sentence outside the specified range is increased by an appropriate number of characters to increase the output probability of correct kana conversion. However, the number of characters is limited to a predetermined number, and the document storage unit 5 is limited. Since it is taken out more, the conversion speed of the kana conversion is hardly affected.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display example 3 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment. Figure 9
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 3 according to the present embodiment. Using the screen display example in Fig. 8 and the flowchart in Fig. 9, the example sentence "In the report from the professor, the survey on wildlife this time was successful." A description will be given of the kanji kana conversion processing when "from" to "biology" is specified.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "By the communication from the professor, it seems that the research on wildlife this time was successful. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kanji-kana mixed sentence "biological ni" to be converted into a kana string is designated (S301 to S30).
2, (1) to (3) in FIG. The input unit 2 gives an instruction to execute kanji-kana conversion (S303). The character extraction start position (character pointer) is set to the designated first character (1304). Whether the position of the character pointer is a punctuation mark, or whether the character pointer is the head of the document storage unit 5 is identified. If it does not correspond, the character pointer is returned by one character (moved toward the beginning of the document storage unit 5). When the same process is repeated until it corresponds to the identification process, the character pointer moves to the "now" position (S304 to S30).
7).

Next, the kanji-kana mixed sentence "This time in the wildlife" from the character pointer position to the designated last character is taken out from the document storage unit 5 and copied to the conversion input buffer 8 (S308). Next, the kanji / kana conversion unit 4c refers to the kanji / kana conversion dictionary 6 to convert the conversion candidate "konkaino /
It is converted into "Yasei / Seibutsuni" and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S309). Hereinafter, in the same procedure as the above process,
The kana sequence "seibutsuni" corresponding to the specified kanji kana mixed sentence "biology ni" is retrieved from the kana storage part 7 and displayed on the display part 3 (S310 to S311; (4) in FIG. 8).

According to the third embodiment, the kana-kana mixed sentence is taken out from the document storage section by using the punctuation point in the sentence head direction from the designated head character as the segment break position, so that the kana conversion with less possibility of erroneous conversion can be performed. In the third embodiment, the punctuation mark is set as the punctuation position, but the punctuation mark is not limited to this. For example, a similar result can be realized even with specific characters or symbols.

[Embodiment 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen display example 4 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the kanji kana conversion processing 4 according to this embodiment. Using the screen display example of FIG. 10 and the flowchart of FIG. 11, the example sentence “He created a distribution map of wildlife discovered in this survey of the African continent. The kanji-kana conversion processing 4 when “from” to “biological” is specified will be described.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "He created a habitat distribution map of wildlife discovered in this African continent survey. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kanji-kana mixed sentence "biological no" to be converted into a kana string is designated (S404 to S4).
02, (1) to (3) in FIG. The input unit 2 gives an instruction to execute kanji / kana conversion (S403). The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated first character (S404). The character pointer is returned by a predetermined number of characters (10 characters in this embodiment) (moved toward the beginning of the document storage unit 5). However, when the predetermined number of characters is larger than the number of characters up to the beginning of the sentence, the character pointer is located at the beginning of the sentence (S405 to S408).

Then, the sentence "wildlife found in the survey" from the character pointer position to the designated last character is retrieved from the document storage unit 5 and input to the conversion input buffer 8 (S409). Next, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c refers to the Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 6 to refer to the conversion candidate "Chosade /
It is converted into “Haken / Yasei / Seibutsu” and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S410). Thereafter, in the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kana sequence “seibutsuno” corresponding to the kanji kana mixed sentence “biological no” specified from the kana storage part 7 is taken out, updated and stored in the display buffer, and displayed on the display part 3. It is displayed (S411 to S412, (4) in FIG. 10).

According to the fourth embodiment, the kana-kana kana mixed sentence outside the specified range is increased by an appropriate number of characters to increase the output probability of correct kana conversion. Since the number of characters is limited and fetched from the document storage unit 5, the conversion speed of the kana conversion is hardly affected.

[Embodiment 5] FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen display example 5 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to this embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the kanji kana conversion processing 5 according to this embodiment. Using the screen display example of Fig. 12 and the flowchart of Fig. 13, it is rumored that the example sentence "Tests will be conducted in tomorrow's Biology class." The kanji kana conversion processing when "" is specified from "" will be described.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "It is a rumor that a test will be conducted in tomorrow's biology class. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. The input unit 2 is used to move the cursor to the beginning "raw" of the character to be converted into a kana string ((1) in FIG. 12). The input unit 2 gives an instruction to execute kanji-kana conversion (S501).

It is determined that the position of the cursor is the first character of the character string to be converted into the kana string. The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated character (S70).
2). A character is extracted from the document storage unit 5 from the position pointed by the character pointer and input to the conversion input buffer 8. Advance the character pointer by one character. The same process is repeated until the extracted character reaches the punctuation mark or the character pointer reaches the end position of the kanji / kana mixed sentence stored in the document storage unit 5 (S503 to S507).

When the characters are taken out and input to the conversion input buffer is completed, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c refers to the Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 6 and converts them into conversion candidates "seibutsuno / jugyo de,". And is stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S508). From the kana storage unit 7, a kana sequence for one phrase including the kana sequence "sei" corresponding to the designated character "raw" is extracted by the kana sequence extraction unit 4g (S5).
09). The taken-out kana string "seibutsu" is updated and stored in the display buffer 10 and displayed on the display unit 3 (S5).
10, (2) of FIG. By the above processing, when a sentence containing kanji and kana mixed characters is retrieved from the document storage unit 5, the punctuation mark at the appropriate end position is automatically determined and the kanji and kana mixed sentence in the kana conversion range is converted into a kana string. Reduces the probability of erroneous conversions such as "Ikimono" and "Namamono".

According to the fifth embodiment, if only one character that is the reference of the kana conversion range is designated, an appropriate conversion range is automatically set and correct kana conversion can be performed, so that the conversion operation of the operator can be reduced. it can. In the fifth embodiment, punctuation marks are used as sentence delimiter positions in the kana conversion range, but the present invention is not limited to this, and similar results can be achieved with specific characters and symbols.

[Sixth Embodiment] FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the kanji / kana conversion processing 6 according to the present embodiment. Using the flow chart of FIG. 14, an example sentence "I need to copy the contents learned in the biology class yesterday into a notebook. The kanji kana conversion processing when "" is specified from "" will be described.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "it became necessary to copy the contents learned in the biology class yesterday into a notebook. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. In the same procedure as the above processing, the cursor is moved to the first character of the kanji / kana mixed sentence to be converted into the kana / kana string by the input unit 2,
An instruction is given to execute conversion of kanji and kana (S601). The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated character (S602).

A kanji and kana mixed sentence "a content learned in a biology lesson is a note" in which a specified number of characters (17 characters in this embodiment) is added to the designated character is extracted from the document storage unit 5 and converted. Input to the input buffer (S1503
~ S607). When the extraction of the characters is completed, the kanji / kana conversion section 4c refers to the kanji / kana conversion dictionary 6 to refer to the conversion candidate "seibutsuji / jugyyoude / gakushuta /
It is converted to "/ not-to-to" and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S608).

In a procedure similar to the above-mentioned processing, the kana character extracting section 4g causes the kana storage section 7 to generate a kana string "seibutsuno" for one phrase including the kana string "sei" corresponding to the designated character "raw". , And store it in the display buffer 10.
It is displayed (S609 to S610).

According to the sixth embodiment, if only one character that is the reference of the kana conversion range is designated, an appropriate conversion range is automatically set and correct kana conversion can be performed, so the conversion operation of the operator can be reduced. Since the kana-kana mixed sentence out of the specified range can be extracted from the document storage unit 5 with a limited number of characters, the conversion speed of the kana conversion is hardly affected.

[Embodiment 7] FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the kanji / kana conversion processing 7 according to the present embodiment. Using the flow chart in Fig. 15, the example sentence "I heard from the professor that this research on wildlife was successful. The kanji kana conversion processing 6 when the "raw" of the creature is designated from "" will be described.

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "By the communication from the professor, it seems that the research on wildlife this time was successful. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. By the same procedure as the above process, the cursor is moved to the first character of the kanji / kana mixed sentence to be converted into the kana / kana string, and execution of the kanji / kana conversion is instructed (S701). The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set to the designated character (S702).

By the character pointer moving process, the character pointer is moved to the start position of the kanji / kana mixed sentence extracted from the document storage unit 5. That is, the character pointer is "now"
To the position (S703 to S705). Next, the mixed kanji and kana sentence from the character pointer position to the designated character position is taken out from the document storage unit 5 and stored in the conversion input buffer 8 (S706). The character extraction start pointer (character pointer) is set again to the designated character (S707).

By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the character string "the survey on the wildlife of this time" in the sentence end direction from the designated character is input to the conversion input buffer (S708 to S71).
2). Next, the kanji / kana conversion unit 4 c refers to the kanji / kana conversion dictionary 6 to convert the conversion candidates into “kanji no / yasei / seibutsu / kan / chosaha”, and the kana storage part 7 It is stored (S713).

By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kana sequence extracting section 4g uses the kana sequence extracting section 4g to generate a kana sequence "seibutsuni" for one phrase including the kana (column) "sei" corresponding to the designated character "raw". It is taken out from the storage unit 7, updated and stored in the display buffer 10, and displayed on the display unit 3 (S714 to S715).

According to the seventh embodiment, it is possible to perform Kanji / Kana conversion for a sentence containing Kanji / Kana mixed in the sentence head direction from the specified character, and the probability of correct conversion is increased. In addition, in the seventh embodiment, the character position in the kana conversion range is set as a punctuation mark, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a similar result can be realized even with specific characters and symbols.

[Embodiment 8] FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the kanji / kana conversion processing 8 according to the present embodiment. Using the flowchart of FIG. 16, an example sentence "He created a distribution map of wildlife discovered in this African continent survey. A description will be given of the kanji kana conversion processing when the "raw" of the creature is specified from "."

For example, from the document storage unit 5, "He created a habitat distribution map of wildlife discovered in this African continent survey. Is read out and displayed on the screen of the display unit 3. By the same procedure as the above process, the cursor is moved to the first character of the kanji / kana mixed sentence to be converted into the kana / kana string, and execution of the kanji / kana conversion is instructed (S801). The character extraction start position (character pointer) is set to the designated character (S802).

The character pointer is returned by a predetermined number of characters (10 characters in this embodiment) (moved toward the head of the document storage unit 5). However, if the predetermined number of characters is greater than the number of characters up to the beginning of the sentence, the character pointer is at the beginning of the sentence (S
803-S806). Next, a sentence “a habitat distribution map of wildlife found in the survey” having a predetermined number of characters (20 characters in this embodiment) is fetched from the document storage unit 5 from the character pointer position, and is input to the conversion input buffer 8 ( S807).

Next, the Kanji / Kana conversion unit 4c refers to the Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 6 to convert the conversion candidate into "Chosa / Hakkentai / Yasei / Seibutsu / Seisoku / Bunp / Chizu". And is stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S
808). In the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, the kana string extracting unit 4g extracts from the kana storage unit 7 the kana string “seibutsuno” for one phrase including the kana string “sei” corresponding to the designated character “raw”. It is taken out, updated and stored in the display buffer 10, and displayed on the display unit 3 (S809 to S810).

According to the eighth embodiment, if only one character that is the reference of the kana conversion range is designated, an appropriate conversion range is automatically set and correct kana conversion can be performed, so that the conversion operation of the operator can be reduced. Since the kana-kana mixed sentence out of the specified range can be extracted from the document storage unit 5 with a limited number of characters, the conversion speed of the kana conversion is hardly affected.

[Embodiment 9] FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a screen display example 6 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to this embodiment. Using the display screen example in Fig. 17 and the flowchart in Fig. 9, the example sentence "In the report from the professor, the research on wildlife this time seems to have been successful. A description will be given of the kanji-kana conversion processing when the "thing" is mistakenly designated as the first character when "to creature" is specified.

In the same procedure as the above processing, "This time in wildlife" is input to the conversion input buffer 8 and the kanji kana conversion unit 4c refers to the kanji kana conversion dictionary 6 to refer to the conversion candidate "konkaino". / Yasei / Seibutsuni ”and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S301 to S309). When extracting a kana string corresponding to the specified character string (S31
0), it is determined whether the character position before the kana string "butsu" corresponding to the designated first character is the phrase delimiter position.
Since it is not a segment break position, it is not converted into a kana string and is displayed as it is with a mixture of kanji and kana ((4) in FIG. 17).

According to the ninth embodiment, when the designated character position does not match the phrase delimiter position, it is not converted into the kana string, so that the operator can confirm that the character position is designated by mistake. Therefore, the operator does not continue to work while being erroneously converted.

[Embodiment 10] FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen display example 7 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to this embodiment.
Using the screen display example of FIG. 18 and the flowchart of FIG. 9,
Example sentence: According to a message from the professor, this research on wildlife was successful. A description will be given of the kanji-kana conversion processing when the "thing" is mistakenly designated as the first character when "to creature" is specified.

By the same procedure as the above-mentioned processing, "this time in the wildlife" is stored in the conversion input buffer, and the kanji / kana conversion unit 4c refers to the kanji / kana conversion dictionary 6 to refer to the conversion candidate "konkaino / It is converted into “Yasei / Seibutsu ni” and stored in the kana storage unit 7 (S301 to S309). The kana sequence “seibutsuni” of the phrase including the designated kanji and kana mixed sentence “mono ni” is taken out from the kana storage part 7 by the kana sequence extracting part 4g (S1310). "Seibitsuni" corresponding to the kanji and kana mixed sentence "biological ni" is updated and stored in the display buffer 10 and displayed on the display unit 3 (S311; (4) in FIG. 18).

According to the tenth embodiment, even if the operator erroneously specifies the character position, it is automatically converted into the correct kana sequence, and therefore, the operation of specifying the character position is unnecessary. , Can do the conversion work smoothly.

[Embodiment 11] FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of compound word conversion candidates according to this embodiment. Using the example conversion candidates in FIG. 19 and the flowchart in FIG. 13, it is rumored that a test will be conducted in the example sentence “Tomorrow's Biology class. The kanji kana conversion processing when "" is specified from "" will be described.

In the processing of S501 to S508 in FIG. 13, "In the class of biology," is taken out from the document storage unit 5, and the kanji / kana conversion unit 4c extracts the conversion candidate "seibutsugakkano / jugyo". , ”And stored in the kana storage unit 7.

When one phrase from the kana "sei" corresponding to the character "raw" designated by the operator is taken out from the kana storage part 7 from the kana storage part 7 from the kana storage part 7 from the kana storage part 7, the document storage part 5 Judgment is made as to whether or not the sentence "Biology" mixed with kanji and kana extracted from is a compound word. As a result, since it is a compound word, it is judged as one phrase in the "biology department", and the kana string "seibuttsugakka" is taken out from the kana storage unit 7, updated and stored in the display buffer 10, and displayed in the display unit 3.
Is displayed in. By the above processing, since the compound word is judged as one phrase, for example, it is not necessary to operate the "biology" and the "department" in two steps. Can be converted.

According to the eleventh embodiment, since a compound word is judged to be one phrase, a problem that only a part of the compound word is converted into a kana string, no matter what the number of phrases is, is solved. can do.

In the above embodiments, an example in which the kana character string is converted and displayed is described, but it can also be used for the reconversion function for converting into a homonym. For example, in the case of re-converting a living thing, it is the same until it is converted into a kana string, and then the kana string (seibutsu) is converted into a homonym by a kana-kanji conversion device. Converted homonyms, for example,
It is also possible to display "still life".

Further, it is also possible to improve the conversion accuracy by performing the kana conversion including the character strings before and after the specified character string. Furthermore, by combining the above-described respective embodiments and using the kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit together with a specific delimiter position such as a punctuation mark and a predetermined number of characters, more efficient work can be performed. For example, if a specific delimiter position exists within a predetermined number of characters, the specific delimiter position may be prioritized.

Further, in the embodiment in which the character designated position is one, the conversion range is described by one phrase, but it can be set to two or more phrases. Further, the designated character may be a device next to the kana-kana mixed sentence to be converted into a kana string. For example, if the kana character string conversion is performed by using the word "Gaku" of "Biology class" as an instruction character, "Seibutsu class" may be displayed.

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According to the present invention, the probability that a sentence mixed with kanji and kana outside the designated range is automatically set as the conversion target range and the kanji and kana conversion is executed, the probability of being converted into an incorrect kana string is increased. The number of conversion operations can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a document processing apparatus that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of document data stored in a document storage unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character data respectively stored in a conversion input buffer and a kana storage unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display example 1 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 1 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example 2 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a kanji / kana conversion process 2 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display example 3 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 3 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen display example 4 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 4 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen display example 5 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 5 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a kanji / kana conversion process 6 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of Kanji / Kana conversion processing 7 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a kanji / kana conversion process 8 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a screen display example 6 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen display example 7 of conversion range designation and conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of compound word conversion candidates according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control section 2 input section 3 display section 4 program memory 4a input program 4b display program 4c kanji kana conversion program (kanji kana conversion section) 4d character designation program (character designation section, range designation section) 4e kanji kana mixed sentence retrieval program ( Kanji / Kana mixed sentence extraction unit) 4f Conversion instruction program (Conversion instruction unit) 4g Kana string extraction program (Kana string extraction unit) 5 Document storage unit 6 Kanji / Kana conversion dictionary 7 Kana storage unit 8 Conversion input buffer 9 Input buffer 10 Display buffer 11 Storage Medium 11a Source Program 11b Intermediate Program 11c Executable Program 12 Bus Line

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(57) [Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a mixed Kanji / Kana sentence into a document storage unit, and a display unit for displaying the mixed Kanji / Kana sentence read from the document storage unit according to a read instruction from the input unit. A range specification part that specifies the range of kana-kana mixed sentence kana conversion, a conversion instruction part that outputs a kana kana mixed sentence kana conversion instruction, and a predetermined area expanded from the range specified by the range specification part. A kanji and kana mixed sentence extraction part for extracting a kanji and kana mixed sentence from the document storage part; a kanji and kana conversion part for converting the extracted kanji and kana mixed sentence into a kana string; and a kana storage part for storing the converted kana string. And a kana string extracting section that extracts a kana string corresponding to the range designated by the range designating section from the kana storage section and outputs the kana sequence to the display section. apparatus. 2. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines the kana conversion range from a character position at the end of the range designated by the range designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol, and a specific character toward the end of the sentence, and determines the kana conversion range. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a sentence containing kanji and kana is retrieved from the copy. 3. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines the kana conversion range from the beginning character position of the range designated by the range designation unit to the punctuation mark, the symbol and the specific character in the sentence head direction, and stores the document. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a sentence containing kanji and kana is retrieved from the copy. 4. The kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines from the last character of the range designated by the range designation unit to a predetermined number of characters toward the end of the sentence as a kana conversion range, and determines the kanji / kana from the document storage unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein mixed sentences are extracted. 5. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit determines from the character position at the beginning of the range designated by the range designation unit to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence head direction as the kana conversion range, and determines the kanji from the document storage unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a sentence including kana is taken out. 6. The kanji / kana conversion unit converts the kanji / kana mixed sentence extracted by the kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction part into a kana string when the range designated by the range designation part does not match the segment break position. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus does not. 7. The kanji / kana conversion unit converts a kanji / kana mixed sentence of one phrase containing the specified range into a kana string when the range specified by the range specification part does not match the bunsetsu delimiter position. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 8. The kana sequence extraction unit determines that a compound word including a range designated by the range designation unit is one clause and retrieves a kana sequence from the kana storage unit. Document processing device described. 9. An input unit for inputting a mixed Kanji / Kana sentence into a document storage unit, and a display unit for displaying the mixed Kanji / Kana sentence read from the document storage unit according to a read instruction from the input unit. A character designating section that specifies the character position for kana-kana mixed sentence kana conversion, a conversion instruction part that outputs a kana kana mixed kana sentence conversion instruction, and a predetermined character position based on the character position specified by the character designating part. A kana-kana mixed sentence extraction unit that sets a kana-kana mixed sentence by setting a kana-kana mixed sentence from the document storage unit, and a kanji kana conversion unit that converts the extracted kanji-kana mixed sentence into a kana string.
A kana storage unit that stores the converted Kana sequence, and a Kana sequence extraction unit that extracts the Kana sequence of the clause corresponding to the character position designated by the character designating unit from the Kana storage unit and outputs it to the display unit. A document processing device characterized by being provided. 10. The kanji-kana mixed sentence extraction unit is
10. The kana-kana mixed sentence is extracted from the document storage unit by determining from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol and a specific character in the sentence end direction as a kana conversion range. Document processing device. 11. The unit for extracting a sentence containing kanji and kana comprises:
10. The kana-kana mixed character string is extracted from the document storage unit by determining from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a punctuation mark, a symbol and a specific character in the sentence head direction as a kana conversion range. Document processor. 12. The unit for extracting a sentence containing a mixture of kanji and kana comprises:
10. The document processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the kana-kana mixed sentence is extracted from the document storage unit by determining that the kana-kana conversion range is from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence end direction. . 13. The unit for extracting a sentence containing kanji and kana,
10. The document processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the kana-kana mixed sentence is extracted from the document storage unit by determining that a kana conversion range is from the character position designated by the character designation unit to a predetermined number of characters in the sentence head direction. . 14. The kanji / kana conversion unit converts the kanji / kana mixed sentence extracted by the kanji / kana mixed sentence extraction part into a kana string when the character position designated by the character designating part does not coincide with a phrase delimiter position. The document processing device according to claim 9, wherein the document processing device is not converted. 15. The kanji / kana conversion unit converts a kanji / kana mixed sentence of a phrase including a specified character position into a kana string when the character position specified by the character specifying part does not match the punctuation position. The document processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein 16. The kana sequence extracting unit determines that a compound word including a character position designated by the character designating unit is one clause and extracts a kana sequence from the kana storage unit. 9. The document processing device according to item 9. To 17. computer, a function of Ru is input to Kanji kana text in the document storage unit by the input unit, the display unit
Earlier entry force unit read instruction by Ru to display the Kanji kana statement read out from the document memory features
When a function Ru is specifying a range to kana conversion of the table indicated kanji kana text by the range designation unit, the conversion instruction unit
Function that Ru to output a pseudonym conversion indication of more kanji kana sentence
When a function of the kanji kana text by a predetermined area larger than the range specified Ru was taken out from the document memory unit by the front above range specified portion by kanji kana sentence extraction unit, Ride preparative wherein the kanji kana conversion portion a function of Ru is converted into kana column kanji kana statement that is, with the function of Ru to store the converted been kana string into kana storage unit, the kana string extraction unit
Is outputted in Table radical 113 kana string corresponding to the range specified I by the prior above range designation unit is removed from the pseudonym storage unit
A computer-readable storage medium storing a control program of a document processing device for realizing the functions .