JP5067680B2 - Chinese electronic device input method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an input method for Chinese electronic devices.

Currently, in Chinese electronic devices, when inputting Chinese based on phonemes, there are roughly two methods.

The first is to display the phonetic display of Chinese using the alphabet, and the alphabet used for this phonetic.

Second, using Chinese original phonograms, this is divided into broad consonants (vowels) and broad vowels (final vowels). This is called a sound injection method.

In this sound-injecting method, each unit was initially expressed with a unique code, but at present, it is a generalized method to express it in a romanized manner using alphabets or groups of alphabets that basically correspond to this code.

をもつ方式ではない。

It is not a method with

These two input methods have quite different personalities in terms of human interface.

尖音）、ｇ、ｋ、ｈ（舌根音）、ｊ、ｑ、ｘ（舌面音）、ｚｈ、ｃｈ、ｓｈ、ｒ（巻舌音）、ｚ、ｃ、ｓ（舌歯音）というように、一定の音韻的特性を持つ声母を一まとめにして、その音韻発生の部位の変化（唇から舌の先、舌面、舌根、巻き舌、舌と歯の接点）に対応して順序づけて配列したものであり、韻母の

ａｉ、ｅｉ、ａｏ、ｏｕの順で二重母音が続き、ついで同様に、ａｎ、ｅｎ、ａｎｇ、ｅｎｇ、ｏｎｇの順に、ｎとｎｇに終わる単母音が並べられ、このあとに、これらの母音の前に、ｉ（ｙ）の音が置かれたものが、さらに続い

が一まとめにされた上で、さらにその音韻の他の音韻への変化の傾向に注意して、規則的に並べられている。

Cusp sound), g, k, h (root sound), j, q, x (lingual sound), zh, ch, sh, r (rolling tongue sound), z, c, s (tongue tooth sound) and so on The phonemes with certain phonological characteristics are grouped together and arranged in order according to changes in the phonological location (lips to tongue, tongue surface, tongue base, curled tongue, tongue-to-tooth contact) Of the mother-in-law

A double vowel follows in the order of ai, ei, ao, ou, and then, similarly, single vowels ending in n and ng are arranged in the order of an, en, ang, eng, ong. Before that i (y) sound was placed

Are arranged regularly, paying attention to the tendency of the phoneme to change to another phoneme.

も、音韻体系に沿った配列がなされている。

Is also arranged along the phoneme system.

Moreover, from the daily sense of the Chinese people, all kanji sounds are in a single-character system, and even if they are analyzed maximally, all kanji sounds are composed of a single initial and one kanji. It is natural to be expressed in combination with individual finals.

This is because, in the Japanese sense, the Japanese syllabary is basically a system of one syllabary, and even when analyzed to the maximum extent, the syllabary is basically one consonant. It is very similar to the situation of sensibility that it is natural that it is expressed in combination with one vowel.

Actually, in the early note-phonetic system, all kanji sounds were expressed as a combination of one initial and one final. It has been replaced with alphabets.

発音の最小の単位として扱われており、声母は１字乃至２字、韻母は１字乃至６字で表現され、その鍵盤への配列においても、中国語の音韻体系とは無関係に、ｑｗｅｒｔｙ方式に従って並べられるのが通例である。

It is treated as the smallest unit of pronunciation, the initial is expressed by 1 to 2 characters, the final is expressed by 1 to 6 characters, and the keyboard arrangement is also independent of the Chinese phoneme system. It is usual to arrange according to.

扱われているのである。

It is being treated.

７個）であって、これを３行１０列のパソコンの鍵盤に配置するのは、至難の業であった。

7) and arranging them on the keyboard of a 3 × 10 personal computer was a difficult task.

For this reason, as a method that is actually industrialized at present, a method that allows a single key centered on the continent to have a plurality of initials or finals input, or beyond the range of a 3 × 10 personal computer keyboard. There are methods mainly in Taiwan that assign character input, but these have major problems in learning input operations.

が打鍵に応じて自動的に交代する方式によって、２１個の声母と最大限３７個の韻母を、３行１０列のパソコンの鍵盤に配置する方式が確立している。On the other hand, at present, in the input of a personal computer, this idea is based on patent documents 1, 2, 3, etc.

Has been established that automatically arranges 21 phonemes and 37 finals on the keyboard of a 3 × 10 personal computer by the method of automatically changing according to the keystrokes.

Patent Publication Sho 63-200266 Patent Publication 2-126362 Patent application 2009-134484

Each of the above methods is an excellent method that produces the same effect as doubling the number of keys on one actual keyboard at a time, but it has not been established as a promising product. .

A common feature of these methods of Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3 is that two or more finals are set in duplicate on one key and input simultaneously.

を有する母音同士」を同一の鍵においても、基本的に混乱が起こらない点に求められ、特許文献３においては、同様の問題を声母と韻母の間の接続関係における「相補性」の問題として捉えている。

The vowels having the same key are basically required to be confused even in the same key, and in Patent Document 3, the same problem is regarded as the problem of “complementarity” in the connection relationship between the initial and the final. I catch it.

Both are substantially the same problem, but as can be inferred from the combination of finals set by these three documents in common, for example, ong and yang, or yang and wang, For this reason, the finals that are very similar to each other cause the opposite situation in the connection relationship with the initial, and it is more reasonable to consider phonologically the complementarity or the exclusivity produced by complementarity.

The problem commonly seen in these three documents is that when multiple finals are set for the same key on the basis of this “exclusiveness” or “complementarity”, the connection relationship between a large number of initials and finals is certainly unambiguous. However, some connection relationships cannot be determined uniquely.

For example, when yang and wang are input at the same time, 100% exclusivity or complementarity can be seen when this final is connected to other initials, but this final is not connected to other initials and is input alone. In the case of so-called zero consonants or zero initials, for example, as shown in Patent Document 3, at least 33 kanji characters for yang and at least 16 kanji characters for wang are supported. It is necessary to make a manual decision with reference to the dictionary.

用意されなければならない。

Must be prepared.

In other words, in the case of these three documents of Patents 1, 2, 3, and 3, it is necessary to pursue the removal of ambiguity as a software system and to make a manual decision. The problem is that these documents do not have a one-to-one correspondence between kanji and keystroke sequences.

ハードな鍵盤に、ソフトウェアによって構成された声母鍵盤と、同じくソフトウェアによって構成された韻母鍵盤とを同時に設定し、入力の最初には声母鍵盤に入るように設定された、声

の場合に必要であった膨大な曖昧性除去のプログラムを不要にし、あわせて中国語の音韻体系に対応した優れたヒューマンインターフェイスをもった中国語入力端末の入力方式を作り上げることである。

A voice keyboard that is set to enter the voice keyboard at the beginning of input by simultaneously setting a software keyboard and a keyboard keyboard that is also configured by software on a hard keyboard.

To eliminate the vast disambiguation program that was necessary in the case of, and to create an input method for a Chinese input terminal with an excellent human interface corresponding to the Chinese phoneme system.

わば半母音として形式上声母の側に組み込むことであるが、この場合、表記の問題としては、

れるが、実体としては同一である。 The present invention adopts a one-to-one correspondence between kanji sounds and keystroke sequences.

In this case, it is to be incorporated into the vocal vowel formally as a semi-vowel, but in this case, as a problem of notation,

However, the substance is the same.

せて、一つの韻母とする場合があり、そのままではこれらの特許文献の基本である声母鍵盤と韻母鍵盤の自動的交代のシステムと矛盾することになるので、本発明においては、半母音としての、ｙ、ｗ、ｖの場合には、それが奇数番目に押し下げられた場合すなわち通常の声母鍵盤として押し下げられた場合には、これらの半母音が形式上声母として入力されるとともに、次に押し下げられる鍵は韻母鍵盤に属するものとなるが、それが先に奇数番目にあたって押し下げられた通常の声母鍵盤に属する鍵が押し下げられた直後に押し下げられた場合には、この半母音鍵の押し下げが、声母鍵盤と韻母鍵盤の自動的交代のシステムに参与しない形で行われて、これらの半母音が入力されるとともに、次に押し下げられる鍵は相変わらず韻母鍵盤に属するものとなるように設定することによって、韻母鍵盤に属する鍵の数の減少を可能にさせる。

In some cases, it may be a single final, which is inconsistent with the automatic alternation system of the vocal keyboard and the final keyboard, which is the basis of these patent documents. In the case of y, w, v, if it is depressed oddly, that is, if it is depressed as a normal vocal vowel keyboard, these semi-vowels are formally entered as the initial vowel and then the key to be depressed next Belongs to the final keyboard, but if it is pressed immediately after the key belonging to the normal vocal vowel key that has been depressed first in the odd number is depressed, the depression of this semi-vowel key is finals take place automatically alternate form that does not participate in the system of the keyboard, with these semivowel is input, it is then pushed down key remains finals keyboard By setting so that the belonging ones, allows for reduction in the number of keys belonging to finals keyboard.

According to this method, as shown in FIG. 1, three keys that are turned to the side of the vocal vowel as y, w, and v are added to the vocal vowel keyboard as a semi-vowel. Since the keys devoted to the input of a total of 21 finals shown in FIG. 8 can be omitted, the final keyboard can be composed of a total of 15 keys shown in FIG.

方式の本来の形である注音方式においては、ｙｉｎはｙプラスｅｎ、ｙｉｎｇはｙプラスｅｎｇとなっている。

In the sound injection method which is the original form of the method, yin is y plus en and ying is y plus eng.

力するように設定することで混乱を避ける。In addition to this, for example, hui is h plus u plus ei in the sound injection method, and from the standpoint of phonological history,

Avoid confusion by setting to force.

む韻母から切り離して、声母鍵盤に置くことで、基本的に声母鍵盤と韻母鍵盤の自動的交代方式を取る３行１０列の鍵盤によって、すべての音韻を本発明の方式に従って漢字音とキーストロークシーケンスの１対１の対応を実現する形で入力することが可能となる。

By separating it from the final key and placing it on the voice key keyboard, the three-row, ten-column keyboard basically takes the automatic alternation method between the voice key key and the final key keyboard, and all the phonemes are kanji and keystrokes according to the method of the present invention. It is possible to input in a form that realizes one-to-one correspondence of sequences.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, a final vowel keyboard is not set to the final vowel keyboard at the same position as the three keys for which semi-vowels are set on the vowel vowel keyboard. When inputting the set code, by pressing down the vocal vowel placed on the vocal vowel keyboard and then setting it to enter the final vowel keyboard, after entering the initial vowel other than the semi-vowel on the vocal vowel keyboard, When entering a semi-vowel input, it is possible to eliminate the possibility of misidentifying this semi-vowel key as a key belonging to the even-numbered final vowel keyboard.

As described above, in the case of input from a personal computer, as shown in FIG. 1, by holding down the key twice or three times, all kanji sounds are kept in a perfect one-to-one correspondence with the keystroke sequence. Realized to input.

The vocal vowel keyboard of the present invention has the same functions as those shown in the above-mentioned patent documents, except for the relation between the vocal vowel as a zero-vowel and the semi-vowel key mentioned above. A voice key with the same function as the one shown is set, but for the code input, as mentioned earlier, the voice key with no note value placed on the voice keyboard was pressed down as in the above patent documents. Later, the code keys placed on the left half of the final keyboard are depressed to input these codes, and as shown in FIG. 1, symbols such as @, /, etc. are placed on the voice keyboard along with er. As soon as the key is depressed, er and these codes are input, and the next depressed key is set to be a vocal keyboard as usual.

As described above, in the conventional prior art shown in the patent literature, the voice keyboard and the final keyboard, which have been envisaged as having a fully automatic replacement system, have been described so far. As explained, in the case of inputting a semi-vowel key that is formally a vocal vowel keyboard, both the combination of the vocal key keyboard → the final keyboard key and the combination of the vocal key keyboard → the vocal key keyboard → the final keyboard are both used. Designed to allow, and in the case of a code input key placed on the vocal keyboard, the input is completed by depressing only the vocal keyboard, and the keyboard immediately after that is designed to become the vocal keyboard again, etc. By entering a key that is formally a vocal keyboard but functionally does not participate in the automatic alternation system of the vocal keyboard and the final keyboard, all the characters are entered. Both the 18 code input can also be realized by depression of one or two keys.

With the keyboard shown in Fig. 1, for example, a sentence that says I am a fan (I love computer, I like a computer), a is the vocal keyboard, A is the semivowel key placed on the vocal keyboard, and the rhyme keyboard is When the number of key depressions is indicated by b, Ab, ab, ab, aAb, ab, that is, A (w) b (o), a (vowel), b (ai), a (h) b ( ao), a (d) A (y) b (an), and a (n) b (ao) for a total of 11 times.

が、合計１４回の鍵の押し下げ回数によって入力されるのに対して明確な優位に立つ。

However, it has a clear advantage over a total of 14 key depressions.

音と単母音の組み合わせが行われる場合および単子音と半母音の結びつきに単母音が組み合わせられ

音の組み合わせの場合、および単子音と半母音の結びつきに複合母音が組み合わせられる場合には、複合母音の母音数から１を差し引いた分だけ、本発明の鍵の押し下げ数が少なくなり、いずれの場合にも、複合子音の場合には、さらに１度、本発明の鍵の押し下げ数が少なくなる。

When a sound and a single vowel are combined, or when a single vowel is combined with a combination of a single consonant and a semi-vowel

In the case of a combination of sounds, and when a complex vowel is combined with the combination of a single consonant and a semi-vowel, the number of key depressions of the present invention is reduced by the amount obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of vowels of the complex vowel. In addition, in the case of compound consonants, the number of key depressions according to the present invention is reduced once more.

として生じる曖昧性の除去のためのプログラムを組む必要がない。

There is no need to create a program for removing the ambiguity that arises.

であるので、漢字音とキーストロークシーケンスの完全な１対１の対応を実現するかぎり、字音入力における曖昧性は発生せず、本来、曖昧性の除去のためのプログラムを組む必要がない。

Therefore, as long as a perfect one-to-one correspondence between Chinese character sounds and keystroke sequences is realized, there is no ambiguity in character input, and it is not necessary to build a program for removing ambiguity.

に一定の意味を持つ分子としての声母と韻母の有機的な結合である点が重要である。

It is important that it is an organic combination of the initial and final as a molecule with a certain meaning.

ープを構成している点については、すでに述べた。

We have already mentioned the points that make up the group.

This point has great superiority in the human interface.

For example, when comparing “Iroha”, which is a set of simple phonological elements in Japanese, with the “50” system of “Aiueo”, which reflects a certain phonological system, as a human interface, Even in current mobile phones, the 50-sound system, which does not necessarily have an advantage over other systems, is predominantly dominant in terms of the number of key depressions. I can guess.

順序に従う。

Follow the order.

ても、鍵盤における字母の配置は基本的にｑｗｅｒｔｙ方式によっている。

However, the arrangement of the letters on the keyboard is basically based on the qwerty method.

Behind this situation, there is a recognition that the qwerty method is the most universal arrangement order as long as the alphabet is used as a unit of character input.

However, the qwerty method is an inorganic character array that is unrelated to the phonological system of any language, and unlike English, it is a kind of confusion for Chinese character arrays that have a clear and explicit phonological system. Is a seed.

Furthermore, even when the qwerty method is basically used as the base of the character arrangement as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the arrangement of a plurality of final characters added thereon is not performed at all regardless of the qwerty method. There is a mixture of two different character arrangement principles.

や発明者の恣意によるものではなく、音韻体系を反映した分子的構成をもつ字母配列によるか、音韻体系をまったく反映しない原子的構成をもつ字母配列によるかという原理的な相違である。

It is not based on the ingenuity of the inventor or the inventor, but is based on a fundamental difference between whether it is based on a character array having a molecular structure reflecting the phonological system or a character array having an atomic structure not reflecting the phonological system at all.

In addition, the realization of the character arrangement having a molecular structure reflecting the phonological system in the present invention cannot be realized by the conventional method in which the character unit to be arranged greatly exceeds the number of keys of the keyboard. This is a possible problem, and was made possible for the first time by the setting of the semi-vowel and the handling method in the present invention as described above.

If the Chinese input method for a personal computer with a 3 x 10 character input keyboard as described above can be established, based on this, the phonetic input keyboard is divided into two as shown in FIG. The new two keys are joined together by pressing down the newly set voice keyboard continuation key, and the final input keyboard is divided into two, and the new two keyboards are pressed down separately. By joining together, it is possible to create an input method for a portable input terminal having a new 3 × 5 character input keyboard while maintaining the basic method of automatic alternation of the voice keyboard and the final keyboard.

FIG. 2 divides FIG. 1 (a) into two in the middle, and the right half is used as a basic vowel keyboard, the left half is rearranged in line symmetry to form a vowel continuation keyboard, and FIG. 1 (b) is shown in the middle. is divided into two, right half and finals basic keyboard state, and are not set to (numeral keys as real) finals continue keyboard again place the left half in line symmetry, input by the keyboard, [0062] To [0066], the key points of this input operation are as follows.
1. If you hold down the vowel note on the basic key keyboard, you will not be able to enter any vocal key, and the basic key keyboard will be called immediately after that, and if you hold down any key on this basic key keyboard, The key in charge is entered, and the keyboard returns to the original basic key keyboard, but when this final key keyboard is called, pressing the final key continuation key will call the final continuation keyboard, When one of the keys is depressed, the code assigned to this key is input, and the keyboard returns to the original basic key keyboard.
2. When a key key is depressed on the basic key keyboard, the key key is input, and then the basic key keyboard is called, and if any key on this basic key key is pressed here, this key key is in charge. The final phoneme is input, and the final phoneme is combined with the final phoneme to input a single syllabary, but when the initial key is pressed and immediately after the initial key is pressed, The continuation keyboard is called, and when you press down the semi-vowel key of this vowel continuation keyboard, the semi-vowel that this key is responsible for is input, and the basic vowel keyboard is called, and any key of this basic vowel keyboard is pressed down. Then, the name of the key assigned to the final key is input, and the combined sound of the three of the initial, semi-vowel, and final is input, and the keyboard returns to the original basic keyboard.
3. When you enter the basic key keyboard, if you hold down the key of the voice keyboard key without pressing down the key that belongs to the basic keyboard key, the key continuation key will be called. Is input, and the final key keyboard is called.When one of the keys of this basic key is depressed, the final key assigned to this final key is input and combined with the previous half vowel, Is entered, and the keyboard returns to the original basic keyboard.
4). When you enter the basic key keyboard, if you press the key key continuation key without depressing the key belonging to the key base key key, the key continuation key will be called. When the key is pressed, the corresponding initial is entered, and the final key keyboard is called immediately.Here, when any key of the final key is pressed, the final key assigned to the final key is input and the previous initial key is entered. Combined with, a single sound is input.
5. In the above case, when the vowel continuation key is called, and immediately after the vowel is input, the vowel key continuation key is depressed again to enter the vowel continuation key, and when the vowel key placed on this vowel continuation key is depressed, When the key of the final key is pressed, the final key assigned to the final key is input, and the final voice, the final vowel and the final key are input. The keyboard sound is returned to the original basic key keyboard.

１４回の鍵の押し下げ数より１回分優位に立っており、従来の中国語携帯入力端末に対しては大幅な優位に立つことになる。2, for example, when inputting a sentence that says “I love computer, I like computers, I like computers”, the basic keyboard key is a, the continuous key keyboard is b, When the semi-vowel key placed on the continuation keyboard is represented as B, the vowel vowel keyboard continuation key is represented as c, the final vowel basic keyboard is represented as d, and the final vowel basic keyboard is represented as e, and the number of key depressions is indicated, cBd, ad, ad, acBd , Ad, i.e., c (vowel key continuation key) B (w) d (o), a (vowel key) d (ai), a (h) d (ao), a (d) c (voice key continuation key) B (y) d (an), a (n) d (ao), a total of 13 times

This is superior to the number of key depressions of 14 times by one time, which is a significant advantage over conventional Chinese portable input terminals.

In the system shown in FIG. 2, as in the case of the personal computer already shown, the input of the final character and the code set in the basic key keyboard d and the final key continuation key e are all placed on the basic voice key a. This is done by depressing the vowel and later depressing these keys.

鍵盤継続鍵ｃを押し下げて声母継続鍵盤ｂに入ってそこで声母ｓｈを入力してからさらに声母鍵盤継続鍵ｃを押し下げて同じ鍵盤に置かれた半母音鍵Ｂに入って半母音ｕを入力し、ここから自動的に韻母基本鍵盤ｄに入ってａｎｇを入力してｓｈｕａｎｇの入力を完成し、再びここから自動的に声母基本鍵盤ａにもどって、ｐを入力し、ついで声母継続鍵盤ｂに入ってそこで声母としての半母音ｙを入力し、自動的に韻母基本鍵盤ｄに入ってｅｎを入力するということになり、ｃｂｃＢｄ、ａｃＢｄ、すなわち、ｃｂ（ｓｈ）ｃＢ（ｕ）ｄ（ａｎｇ）、ａ（ｐ）ｃＢ（ｉ）ｄ（ｅｎ）、となって、合計９回の鍵の押し下げが必要になる。In FIG. 2, the final key keyboard d located at the position corresponding to the position where w is set on the initial continuation key b is placed with u having the same note value as w.

Press down the keyboard continuation key c to enter the vowel continuation keyboard b, input the vowel sh there, and then press down the vowel keyboard continuation key c to enter the vowel key B placed on the same keyboard and input the vowel u. Automatically enter the final key keyboard d and input ang to complete the input of shang, then automatically return to the basic key keyboard a again from here, enter p, and then enter the continuation key b Therefore, the semi-vowel y as the initial is input, and it is automatically input into the final key keyboard d and en is input, and cbcBd, acBd, that is, cb (sh) cB (u) d (ang), a ( p) cB (i) d (en), and a total of nine key depressions are required.

This is because the vowel continuation keyboard is used in order to protect the principle of automatic keyboard change when entering the vowel key B placed on the same keyboard following the vowel sh belonging to the vowel continuation keyboard b and inputting the semi-vowel u. The voice vowel keyboard continuation key c is depressed in such a manner that the voice vowel sh is input after entering the voice b, and then the vowel keyboard continuation key c is further depressed to enter the semi-vowel key B placed on the same keyboard. This is because it is necessary twice.

帯入力端末の鍵の押し下げ数に対しては大きく優位に立つ。

It has a great advantage over the number of key presses on the band input terminal.

FIG. 3 shows, as a variation of the method of FIG. 2, the basic key keyboard placed at the position corresponding to the position where y, w, and v are set in the continuous vowel keyboard and the keys belonging to the continuous vowel keyboard. In this method, only the code input is imposed without imposing the character input.

In the case of this method, when entering the semi-vowel key directly from the basic vowel keyboard or the vowel continuation keyboard, there is no possibility that it will be misidentified as belonging to the final vowel keyboard. There is no need to depress the vowel keyboard continuation key again when entering a semi-vowel input on the same keyboard from the continuation keyboard.

続鍵ｃを押し下げて声母継続鍵盤ｂに入ってそこで声母ｓｈを入力してからさらに同じ鍵盤に置かれた半母音鍵Ｂに入って半母音ｕを入力し、ここから自動的に韻母基本鍵盤ｄに入ってａｎｇを入力してｓｈｕａｎｇの入力を完成し、再びここから自動的に声母基本鍵盤ａにもどって、ｐを入力し、ついで声母継続鍵盤ｂに入ってそこで声母としての半母音ｙを入力し、ここから自動的に韻母基本鍵盤ｄに入ってｅｎを入力するということになり、ｃｂＢｄ、ａｃＢｄ、すなわち、ｃｂ（ｓｈ）Ｂ（ｕ）ｄ（ａｎｇ）、ａ（ｐ）ｃＢ（ｉ）ｄ（ｅｎ）、

きく優位に立つ。

Press the continuation key c to enter the vowel continuation keyboard b, input the vowel sh there, and then enter the vowel key B placed on the same keyboard and input the vowel u, and automatically enter the basic vowel key d from here. Enter ang to complete the shang input, then automatically return to the basic vowel keyboard a, enter p, and then enter the vowel continuation keyboard b where the vowel y as the vowel is input. From here, it will automatically enter the final key keyboard d and input en, and cbBd, acBd, that is, cb (sh) B (u) d (ang), a (p) cB (i) d (En),

Stand out.

However, in this case, the three finals of ang, eng, and on have to be placed on the final continuation keyboard e, which is somewhat uneconomical compared to the case of FIG.

The above is the input method of the personal computer and the input method of the portable input terminal having the character input keyboard of 3 rows and 5 columns in the present invention.

A portable input terminal having a 3 x 5 character input keyboard matches the current trend of portable input terminals with a large screen and a thin screen, but in general, the mainstream of portable input terminals is 4 lines 3 This is the so-called numeric keypad type.

In this method, there are a total of 15 finals, which is suitable for the total number of 24 keys given to two 4-key 3-column so-called tenkey-type final keyboards. In total, there are 26 frames including the er and the vowel note, so that it does not fit in the total of 24 frames given to the two vowel keyboards in 4 rows and 3 columns.

On the other hand, the present invention is different from the case of the three documents of Patents 1, 2, 3, and “consonants having exclusivity (that is, complementarity) with respect to the connection relationship with the immediately following vowel (that is, final)”. In other words, by placing “vowels” on the same key, unambiguous input is realized while setting a plurality of phonemes to the same key.

The above complementarity is seen between g, k, h and j, q, x.

That is, as seen in FIG. 9, the finals associated with g, k, h are a, e, u, ai, ei, ao, ou, an, en, ang,

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 10, even if g and j, k and q, and h and x are arranged in the same key, there is no confusion and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the sound and keystroke sequence. Corresponding and unambiguous input is realized.

Next, a specific operation is applied to apply the above method to a 4 × 3 or 3 × 5 keyboard of a portable input terminal while giving an appropriate form to the correspondence with the phoneme system.

First, in the case of a 4 × 3 keyboard, the initials are (b, p, m, f), (d, t, n, l), (g, k, h), (j, q, x). ), (Zh, ch, sh, r), and (zcs) are divided into six groups, and there are a maximum of four initials belonging to each group, so these four are placed vertically according to a column. Thus, an input method suitable for the phoneme system is realized.

列合計１１個の声母と１個の符号からなる声母継続鍵盤、という２個の鍵盤を手動によって切り替えることによって、すべての声母の入力が可能になる。As already described, since two columns (g, k, h) and (j, q, x) can be set to the same column, (b, p, m, f), (d, t, n, l), (g, k, h), and (j, q, x), a total of 11 (substantially 14) initials and zero consonants in Patent Document 1 (the initial pronunciation of the present invention) A total of twelve vocal key basic keyboards with three columns, seven columns (zh, ch, sh, r), (zcs), and a final character in the case of the original phonetic alphabet

It is possible to input all the initials by manually switching the two keys, that is, the total of eleven initials and the continuous key consisting of one code.

In actual input, only the er will be input immediately when this key is depressed, and the subsequent keys will return to the basic key keyboard again, unlike the principle of automatic alternation of the initial and final keyboards. And

In the present invention, immediately after pressing the key of the basic key keyboard, when the key of the keyboard is pressed down directly, this key automatically becomes the key keyboard, and the key key pressed down first is the key. One key character is input by combining the depressed key keys.

In addition, as in the case of a word such as conversion (bianhuan), there are two keys that are treated as a vocal vowel, such as a vowel basic keyboard (b, h) and a vowel continuation keyboard (i = y, u = w). Appearing continuously on the vocal key keyboard, first, immediately after inputting b or h on the basic key keyboard, press the vocal key continuation key to enter the vocal continuation key, where i = y or u = When w is input and the key of the keyboard is pressed down immediately after that, this keyboard automatically becomes a final keyboard, where the key of the key that was pressed down and the voice key that was pressed down first. Bi or hu are combined to input a kanji sound called bian or huan.

Next, when the initial is in the initial continuation keyboard as in the case of zhongwen, first press the initial continuation key to enter the initial continuation key and input the initial zh or w. If the key on the keyboard is pressed down immediately after that, the keyboard automatically becomes a final key, and the on key of the final key pressed there and the lower key zh of the key key pressed down are combined into zhong (middle ) Or the key key en that has been depressed there and the voice key w that has been depressed first are combined to input a kanji sound, wen (sentence).

ここでｓｈを入力した後に、再び声母鍵盤継続鍵を押し下げて、声母継続鍵盤に入りなおして、ここでｕ（ｗ）を入力した直後に鍵盤が自動的に韻母鍵盤となった時点で、さらに韻母鍵盤継続鍵を押し下げて、韻母継続鍵盤に入って、そこでａｎｇを入力すると、先に押し下げられている声母鍵のｓｈとｕがこのａｎｇと結びついて、ｓｈｕａｎｇ（双）という漢字音が入力されることになる。

After sh is input here, the vocal key continuation key is depressed again to re-enter the vocal continuation key. When u (w) is input here, the keyboard automatically becomes a final key. Press down the final key continuation key, enter the final key continuation key, and input ang there, sh and u of the first key key pressed down are combined with this ang, and the Chinese character "shang" is input. Will be.

韻母の配置が必要となるので、声母鍵盤の場合と同様に、韻母鍵盤継続鍵によって、韻母基本鍵盤と、韻母継続鍵盤とを切替えることになる。

Since the arrangement of the finals is required, the final basic keyboard and the final continuation keyboard are switched by the final keyboard continuation key as in the case of the vocal keyboard.

にａｎ、ｅｎ、の２個の韻母の合計１２個の韻母を一箇所に置いて韻母基本鍵盤を構成し、ａｎｇ、ｅｎｇ、ｏｎｇ、の３個の韻母を一箇所に置いて９個の符号とともに韻母継続鍵盤を構成する。In this case, the final vowel has 6 single vowels, 4 composite vowels, 2 single vowels combined with n sounds, and 3 single vowels combined with ng sounds. Placement is difficult, but to the fullest

A total of 12 finals of two finals of an, en, are placed in one place to form a basic final keyboard, and three finals of ang, eng, ong are placed in one place and 9 codes Together with the final continuation keyboard.

In this case, the nine codes placed on the final continuation keyboard are set so that the keyboard immediately after it is pressed down becomes the basic vowel keyboard as in the case of one code placed on the continued vowel keyboard. To do.

In this case, in order to enter the nine codes placed on the final key continuation keyboard, the key note on the basic key keyboard is first depressed, and then the final key switching key is depressed.

The above list of initials, finals and codes in the case of 4 rows and 3 columns is shown in FIG. 4, which is substantially the same as the method shown in FIG. 2 in the case of 3 rows and 5 columns in the handling of semi-vowels. Is taking.

In the case of the arrangement of the initials, finals and codes in the case of 4 rows and 3 columns, as in the method shown in FIG. 3 in the case of 3 rows and 5 columns, the position where the semi-vowels are set on the continuous vowel keyboard is placed on the final keyboard. It is possible to set only the sign and eliminate the need to depress the vowel keyboard continuation key again when entering the semi-vowel input on the same keyboard after entering the vowel on the vowel continuation keyboard. Yes, this is shown in FIG.

As a specific example, a personal computer with 3 rows and 10 columns as described above (in the case of FIG. 1), a mobile input keyboard with 3 rows and 5 columns (in the case of FIG. 2 ), and a mobile input keyboard with 4 rows and 3 columns (in the case of FIG. 4) ), Consider the number of key depressions required when entering "Cyber Constitution of Chinese People's Republic of China (printing the Constitution of People's Republic of China on a computer)".

た場合の鍵の押し下げ数４５を大きく凌駕するとともに、これを字音とキーストロークシーケ

較しても、電、華、民、国の４字の入力の場合にそれぞれ１回だけ押し下げ数が増えるだけである。 In the case of the personal computer of the system shown in FIG. 1 , the voice vowel keyboard is represented by a, the semi-vowel key placed on the vocal vowel keyboard is represented by A, and the final vowel keyboard is represented by b, and the number of key depressions is indicated by Ab, aAb, ab , ab, ab, ab, aAb , ab, a A b, ab, ab, aAb, ab, a b, namely A (y) b (ong) , a (d) A (i = y) b (an) , A (n) b (ao), a (d) b (a), A (y) b (en), a (zh) b (ong), a (h) A (u = w) b (a ), A (r) b (en), a (m) A (i = y) b (en), a (g) b (ong), a (h) b (e), a (g) A ( u = w) b (o), a

In this case, the number of key depressions is greatly surpassed by 45, and the sound and keystroke sequence

In comparison, the number of push-downs is increased only once for each of the four- character input of electricity, flower, citizen , and country.

行った場合の鍵の押し下げ数２８回に対しては、遜色があるものの１対１で字音を確定できるので、入力後の選択の手数が省ける。Next, in the case of a 3 × 5 portable input terminal according to the method shown in FIG. 2, the initial key keyboard is “a”, the initial vowel key is “b”, the semi-vowel key placed on the initial vowel key is “B”, and the initial vowel key is “V”. the c, and referred to the finals basic keyboard d, a, and indicates the number of times the depression of the key necessary to the input of the same sentence cBd, acBd, ad, ad, cBd, c b d, acBd, cbd, acBd, ad, ad, acBd, c b cBd, ad, ie, cB (y) d (ong), a (d) cB (i = y) d (an), a (n) d (ao), a (d) d ( a), cB (y) d (en), cb (zh) d (ong), a (h) cB (u = w) d (a), cb (r) d (en), a (m) cB (i = y) d (en ), a (g) d (ong), a (h) d (e), a (g) cB (u = w) d (o), c b ( ) CB (i = y) d (an), becomes a (f) d (a) , a total of 4 3 times that,

When the key is depressed 28 times, the sound can be determined on a one-on-one basis although it is amber, so that the number of selections after input can be saved.

の鍵の押し下げ数４５と同様である。 Next, in the case of a 4 × 3 portable input terminal according to the method shown in FIG. 4, the basic vowel keyboard is a, the vowel continuation keyboard is b, the semi-vowel key placed on the vowel continuation keyboard is B, and the vowel keyboard continuation key. , C, final base key, d, final continuation key e, final continuation key f, and cBfe, acBd, ad, ad, cBd , Cbfe, acB d , cbd, acBd, afe, ad, a c Bd, acBd, ad, ie, c B (y) fe (ong), a (d) cB (i = y) d (an), a (N) d (ao), a (d) d (a), cB (y) d (en), cb (zh) fe (ong), a (h) cB (u = w) d (a), cb (r) d (en), a (m) cB (i = y) d (en), a (g) fe (ong), a (h) d e), a (g) c B (u = w) d (o), a (x) cB (i = y) d (an),

This is the same as the number of key depressions of 45 .

立ち、３行５列の場合にもやや優位に立ち、４行３列の場合には、ほぼ同じ状況であることが分かる。As described above, the number of key depressions in the case of the present invention is the same in the case of a 3 × 10 personal computer.

In the case of standing, 3 rows and 5 columns, it stands slightly superior, and in the case of 4 rows and 3 columns, it is understood that the situation is almost the same.

In the case of the present invention, the case of 3 rows and 10 columns completely corresponds to the Chinese phoneme system, and even in the case of 3 rows and 5 columns or 4 rows and 3 columns, the phoneme of almost completely Chinese. Since the layout of the characters corresponds to the system, it is easy to learn the input method, and even after learning, the reason why there is little resistance to input actions is the input of the Japanese syllabary method in Japanese. Same as the case.

At first glance, the present invention seems to be related to the design of a keyboard of a portable terminal, but in fact, it greatly changes the input method of the portable terminal.

Patent documents 1, 2, etc. have already established a technology for automatically changing the consonant keyboard and vowel keyboard, and simultaneously inputting two letters on the same key. As described above, since a technique for manually switching keys is established, the present invention can be combined with these techniques to provide a new input method.

図４は、本発明の４行３列の携帯入力端末の入力鍵盤の場合に実施した概念図であり、（ａ）は、声母鍵盤として最初に入るその声母基本鍵盤における字母の配置を示し、（ｂ）は、声母基本鍵盤から声母鍵盤継続鍵を押し下げて入る声母継続鍵盤における字母の配置を示し、（ｃ）は韻母鍵盤として最初に入るその韻母基本鍵盤における字母の配置を示し、（ｄ）は、韻母基本鍵盤から韻母鍵盤継続鍵を押し下げて入る韻母継続鍵盤における字母の配置を示す。

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram in which the present invention is implemented in the case of an input keyboard of a personal computer having 3 rows and 10 columns, where (a) shows the arrangement of the letters on the vocal keyboard, and (b) shows the letters of the final keyboard. The arrangement of FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram in which the present invention is implemented in the case of an input keyboard of a mobile input terminal of 3 rows and 5 columns, (a) shows the arrangement of the letters on the basic key keyboard that enters first as the initial keyboard, (B) shows the arrangement of the letters on the vowel continuation keyboard that is entered by depressing the vowel keyboard continuation key from the basic key keyboard, and (c) shows the arrangement of the letters on the final keyboard. Further, (d) shows the arrangement of codes on a final continuation keyboard (substantially a code keyboard) that is entered by depressing a final keyboard continuation key from a final basic keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram implemented in the case of the input keyboard of the mobile input terminal of 4 rows and 3 columns of the present invention, (a) shows the arrangement of the letters on the basic key keyboard that enters first as the initial keyboard, (B) shows the arrangement of the characters in the vowel continuation keyboard that is entered by depressing the vowel keyboard continuation key from the vowel basic keyboard, (c) shows the arrangement of the characters in the basic vowel keyboard that enters first as a final keyboard, (d) ) Indicates the arrangement of the characters in the final key continuation keyboard that is entered by depressing the final key continuation key from the basic key keyboard.

Chinese input personal computers and mobile phones.

を開く。The implementation of the present invention greatly improves the number of key presses and human interface in the input operation of a Chinese input personal computer, but in this case, it was basically overwhelming in the conventional input method.

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A formal vocal keyboard composed of the same format and a formal final keyboard composed of similar software are set at the same time, and at the beginning of the input, the Chinese is set to enter this formal vocal keyboard.

As a result, the input method for Chinese electronic devices has greatly reduced the number of finals required for input.

At the same time, a formal keyboard key composed of software and a formal keyboard key composed of similar software are set simultaneously on a single hard keyboard. In the input method for Chinese electronic devices set to enter, the vocal key keyboard on this form is functionally set differently from each other. An input method for Chinese electronic devices composed of four types of input keys: a key, a semi-vowel key, and a code key.

In the input of the instrument, the above-mentioned form of the vowel keyboard is functionally set differently from each other, and the four types of key keys, the vowel key, the vowel key, the semi-vowel key, and the code key responsible for the input of the so-called zero vowel An input method for Chinese electronic devices in which the functions of these four types of input keys are set as follows in the input method for Chinese electronic devices composed of input keys.
That is, at the beginning of the input, if the vocal key is pressed down among the four types of input keys, it is possible to input the final pronunciation with the so-called zero initial, and all the keys of the formal final keyboard are automatically set. When called, when the called key is depressed, this key is entered and the keyboard automatically returns to the formal vocal keyboard.
At the beginning of input, when the voice key in the four input keys is depressed, this voice key is input, and the semi-vowel key in the formal voice keyboard and the key in the formal key keyboard are entered. Is called, and when a semi-vowel key is selected from the called semi-vowel key and the final vowel key and pressed down, this semi-vowel key is input, and the keyboard that is pressed immediately after that becomes a formal vowel keyboard. When you press down a key on the keyboard, this key is entered and the keyboard automatically returns to the formal voice key, selecting and pressing the key from the called semi-vowel key and key. When the final key is input, the keyboard automatically returns to the formal voice key.
At the beginning of input, that is, when a semi-vowel key of the four input keys is pressed down in the order in which it is input as the initial, it is input as an independent initial, and the keyboard immediately thereafter is the final When this key is pressed and the key in the key is depressed, the key is input and the key automatically returns to the formal voice key.
At the beginning of input, when the code key of the four input keys is depressed, the code key is input and the keyboard automatically returns to the formal vocal keyboard.
Input method for Chinese electronic devices with the above settings.

In the input method of a Chinese electronic device having a hard keyboard with 3 rows and 5 columns or a hard keyboard with 4 rows and 3 columns, the keyboard has 3 rows and 5 columns or 4 rows and 3 configured by software. A voice keyboard in the form of a sequence and a keyboard key in the form of 3 rows by 5 columns or 4 rows by 3 columns configured by software are set simultaneously, and at the beginning of input, the voice keyboard on this format is entered. In the input method of Chinese electronic equipment set as described above, a so-called zero-vowel initial keyboard is added to a 3 (5) or 4 (3) type of vocal key keyboard (voice key basic keyboard) constituted by software that enters at the beginning of this input. It is set so that the vocal key key responsible for input and the vocal key key responsible for the input of a part of the entire vocal key are included, and at the time of entering the vocal key keyboard (voice key basic keyboard) in this format, At the beginning of input, or when you enter the key keyboard of this format (the first key of the first key), and when you enter that key further, if you press down the separate key set continuation key, The formal voice vowel keyboard (voice vowel continuation keyboard) including the voice vowel key that is not set in the formal voice vowel keyboard (vocal basic keyboard) and the semi-vowel key that is responsible for semi-vowel input is called. An input method for Chinese electronic equipment in which manual switching means is set to guarantee that these two keys are continuously input as a vocal key keyboard.

In the input terminal of the device, in the connection with the immediately following final, two complete initials, that is, G and J, K and Q, and H and X are set to the same key, respectively. An input method for Chinese electronic devices that is set so that two sets of two initials are input simultaneously by pressing the key once.

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