JP6263148B2 - Variant character input support system and variant character input support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a variant character input support system and a variant character input support program for supporting a kanji input operation including a large number of variant characters.

In various business systems including an electronic government, an electronic local government system, and a name list creation and name list management function, it is necessary to input kanji for personal names and place names accurately and efficiently in a short time.
Some personal names, place names, and the like include kanji composed of a number of different characters, with some of the biases and swords made slightly differently. For example, in "Watana" of "Watanabe", there are 100 or more variants as shown in FIG.

  When a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) including many different characters is handled by a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer), for example, a Windows (registered trademark) XP personal computer in the first half of the 2000s has a single point “辻” and two points “ I couldn't handle “辻” separately. However, a Windows (registered trademark) 8-equipped personal computer released in 2012 introduced a function called Unicode IVS (Ideographic Variation Sequence), for example, an independent administrative corporation information processing promotion organization (IPA) corresponding to this IVS. The “IPAmj Mincho font” has been used to systematically handle many variants on a personal computer without using external characters or imaging characters. In this environment, it is possible to distinguish one-point “点” from two-point “辻”.

  However, there are a lot of variant characters for personal names, and some of them may need to be visually discerned, so you can identify, identify, and input variant characters in a short time. It was sometimes difficult.

  On the other hand, in order to input a kanji, a tool for searching for kanji that uses the search key to specify the parts that make up the shape of the kanji, such as partial and 旁, and searches for kanji that includes the specified part. Are disclosed in the following non-patent literature.

"Super Kanji Search" http://www.chokanji.com/ckk

  However, although the above tools are useful for general character search, they are not intended to select characters from multiple variants, but can identify and identify variants efficiently in a short time. , Can not do the input. For example, the radical or part designated as the search key must be found and input by the operator. In addition, although there is a method of selecting from the radical list display, the radical list display in this case is a uniform list displayed regardless of the kanji to be searched and input, and the number of radicals that can be selected is 200 or more. Therefore, it is not possible to select efficiently from a small number of options in a short time.

  The object of the present invention is to efficiently search for, select, and confirm a target kanji character to be input from a large number of variant characters in a short period of time. Another object of the present invention is to provide a variant character input support system and a variant character input support program that can assist in reducing workload, shortening work time, and preventing erroneous input, particularly when inputting a person's name.

  In order to achieve the above object, a variant input support system according to claim 1 includes a variant character database in which a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V are registered in advance, and a character shape of the entire character for each of the variant characters Vn. Character part disassembly database in which character part disassembly information that has been disassembled into a plurality of character parts such as partial and 旁 (manufacturing) is registered in advance, and a plurality of variant characters Vn related to Chinese characters V received from input means such as a keyboard Search processing means for searching from the variant character database, and character component decomposition information PVt for each variant character Vn of the search result is acquired from the character component decomposition database, and from the union of the elements of the acquired character component decomposition information, Variant character difference component D, which is a set of character components excluding elements that are commonly included in all character separation component information for variant character Vn a variant character difference part detection means for detecting x, a display means for displaying the variant character difference part detected by the variant character difference part detection means, and one of the displayed variant character difference parts is narrowed character part P1 And a narrowed-character part P1 selected by the variant-difference part selecting means from among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant-character database. The process of narrowing down only the variant characters as the target character candidates is repeatedly executed while displaying the target character candidates in each execution stage sequentially on the display unit until the target character candidate becomes one character, or the target character is displayed on the display unit. And a variant character narrowing search means that is executed until a confirmation operation is performed to indicate that the operator has visually confirmed that is displayed.

  A variant character input support system according to claim 2 is characterized in that the variant character difference part selection processing means according to claim 1 is a plurality of narrowed-down characters among the variant character difference parts displayed on the display means. The parts P1, P2,... Ps are configured to be simultaneously selected by the operator, and the variant character narrowing search means selects the variant character difference part selection process among a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. The narrow-down character parts P1, P2,... Ps selected by the means are processed to narrow down only the variant characters including all of the narrow-down character parts P1, P2,.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the variant character input support system according to any one of the first or second aspect, wherein the operator determines the selection of the narrowed character component P1 in the variant character difference component selection unit. The variant character part temporary provision means for designating the temporary narrowed character part P1 by an instruction operation different from the confirmation operation, and a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database It further includes a variant temporary narrowing search means for narrowing down only the variant character including the temporary narrowed character part P1 as a target character temporary narrowing candidate and displaying it on the display means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variant character input support program including a variant character database in which a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V are registered in advance, and the character shape of the entire character for each variant character Vn. A plurality of variants related to the Chinese character V received from an input means such as a keyboard, with a computer configured to be accessible to a character part decomposition database in which character part disassembly information that has been decomposed into a plurality of character parts is registered in advance. Search processing means for searching for the character Vn from the variant character database, and character component decomposition information PVt for each variant character Vn of the search result is acquired from the character component decomposition database, and the union of the elements of the acquired character component decomposition information To a set of character parts excluding elements that are commonly included in all of the character decomposition part information for each variant Vn One of the different character difference parts detecting means for detecting the different character difference parts Dx, a display means for displaying the different character difference parts detected by the different character difference part detecting means, and one of the displayed different character difference parts Is selected by the variant character difference component selection processing means from among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. The process of narrowing down only the variant characters including the narrowed character part P1 as the target character candidates is repeatedly executed while displaying the target character candidates in each execution stage on the display means until the target character candidates become one character.
Alternatively, the display unit is made to function as a variant character narrowing search unit that is executed until a confirmation operation indicating that the operator visually confirms that the target character is displayed is performed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variant character input support program, wherein the variant character different parts selection processing unit according to the fourth aspect includes a plurality of narrowed characters among the variant character different parts displayed on the display unit. The parts P1, P2,... Ps are made to function as means for allowing the operator to simultaneously select the parts, and the variant character narrowing search means is the variant character difference part among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. It is made to function as a means to perform the process which narrows down only the variant character containing all the narrowed-down character parts P1, P2 ... Ps selected by the selection process means as a target character candidate narrowing-down object.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the variant character input support program before the operator confirms the selection of the narrowed character component P1 in the variant character different component selection processing means according to any one of the fourth or fifth aspect. In addition, a variant character difference component provisional instruction means for instructing the temporary narrowed character component P1 by another instruction operation different from the confirmation operation, and a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. Of these, only a variant character including the provisional narrowed character part P1 is narrowed down as a target character provisional narrowing candidate, and further functioned as a variant character temporary narrowing search unit to be displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V received from an input means such as a keyboard is searched from the variant character database, and the character component decomposition information PVt is retrieved from the character component decomposition database for each variant character Vn of the search result. get. Then, from the union of the elements of the acquired character part disassembly information, a variant character difference part Dx that is a set of character parts excluding elements that are commonly included in all the character disassembly part information for each variant character Vn is detected. Then, the detected different character difference parts are displayed, and the operator is made to select one of the displayed different character difference parts as the narrowed character part P1. That is, in order to efficiently find a target character that is a variant intended for input from a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V in a short time, the deviations and 旁 (making) that constitute each variant character form. By extracting only parts that differ between variant characters as variant character difference parts and displaying them as a list, and the operator designates one or more of the variant character difference parts as narrowed character parts Therefore, it is possible to perform a narrowing search in which only the variant character including the part is left as a candidate for the target character, reduce the number of target character candidates, and find the target character in a short time.

  For example, in the case of the variant of “邊”, as illustrated in FIG. 11, a variant including 1 point and 2 points, a variant including “mouth”, and a variant not including “ There are a lot of variant characters including and not including ”, but one or more of these variant character components such as“ 1 ”,“ 2 ”,“ mouth ”,“ how ”, etc. as narrowed character parts By designating, it is possible to perform a narrowing search that leaves only the variant characters including the part as candidates for the target character, reduce the number of target character candidates, and efficiently find the target character.

  The variant character difference parts are extracted and displayed by reflecting the difference portion of the variant character shape, so that the operator can easily grasp the difference portion of the variant character shape by looking at this list. For example, the variant of “邊” has a difference in only one point and two points, and the other part has the same variant, but these two characters “邊” are different. Since it is easier to identify the difference between the 1 and 2 points, which are different parts of the character shape, rather than comparing the characters, it is easier to identify It is easier to select the one-point and two-point portions which are parts constituting the character shape, and the target character can be found efficiently in a short time.

  On the other hand, a part that is commonly included in all the variant characters remaining as target character candidates is not a variant character difference part, and thus is not displayed as a narrowed character part. In particular, if the procedure for displaying variant character parts, selecting narrowed character parts, and narrowing down target character candidates is repeated multiple times, the number of variant character different parts decreases as the target character candidate narrows down. . Therefore, it is possible to find the target character efficiently in a short time without giving an operator unnecessary options.

  When executing a process of narrowing down only a variant character including the narrowed character part P1 selected by the operator among a plurality of variant characters Vn retrieved from the variant character database as a target character candidate, (1) Repeatedly executing the target character candidates at each execution stage while sequentially displaying them on the display means until the character candidate becomes one character (2) or that the operator visually confirmed that the target characters were displayed on the display means This is executed until a confirmation operation indicating is performed.

  Further, as described in claim 2, the plurality of narrowed character parts P 1, P 2,... Ps are configured to be selected by the operator at the same time. When the narrowing-down character parts P1, P2,. ... Narrowing down by Ps has the effect of shortening the time until the target character is found.

  Further, as described in claim 3, before the operator confirms the selection of the narrowed character part P1 in the variant character different parts selection means, the operator narrows down by another instruction operation different from the confirmation operation. When the character part P1 is provisionally instructed and only the variant character including the narrowed character part P1 is narrowed down as the target character temporary narrowing candidate among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V, and displayed on the display means. Compared with the narrow search result when the narrowed character part P1 is designated, and comparison with the narrow search result when the narrowed character part P2 is designated, and trial and error before finalizing the narrowed character part P1 This makes it possible to easily perform the operation of identifying a large number of variant characters and determining the target character.

It is a block block diagram which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the registration content of a variant character database. It is a figure which shows the example of the registration content of a character components decomposition | disassembly database. It is a flowchart which shows the process outline | summary of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step 404 in the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step 407 in the flowchart of FIG. It is a block block diagram which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process outline | summary of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step 407 in the flowchart of FIG. It is a block block diagram which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the variant character of "邊". It is a figure which shows the example of the variant character at the time of designating "include" as the Chinese character V. It is a figure which shows the example of the variant character difference component with respect to the 6 characters of the variant character of "include". Move the mouse pointer (shown with the index finger in the figure) to “2 points” on the variant part (mouse) while displaying the 6 characters of “Make” and 5 variant parts for it. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which the search result by “two points” is displayed in a temporary frame 150, 151, 152 in real time. While displaying the 6 characters of "Make" and 5 parts with different variants, move the mouse pointer (forefinger) over "1 point" on the variant part (mouse over). It is a figure which shows the example which displayed the narrowing-down search result by "1 point Shinyo" in real time with the temporary frames 161,162,163. While displaying the 6 characters of "Make" and 5 variant parts for it, move the mouse pointer (index finger) over "People" of the variant part (mouse over) It is a figure which shows the example which displayed the narrowing-down search result by by the temporary frames 171 and 172 in real time. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of displaying a result of narrowing search according to a tentative designation of a variant character difference part in the variant character difference part provisional instruction unit 36 according to the instruction; It is a figure which shows the example which also displayed the characteristic description showing a specific radical name and character form, such as "person" and "on", after highlighting the difference part of the six-character variant character of "include". . It is a figure which shows the example which highlighted the difference part of these 3 characters, after narrowing and searching for the variant character of “moke” by “2 points Shinnyo” and becoming 3 characters.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a variant character input support system according to the present invention.
In the variant character input support system shown in this embodiment, a variant character database 1 in which a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V are registered in advance, and the character shape of the whole character for each variant character Vn is biased or 旁 ( And a character part disassembly database 2 in which character part disassembly information that has been disassembled into a plurality of character parts such as (manufactured) is registered in advance.
Further, it includes a variant character input device 3 configured by a computer such as a personal computer, an input unit 4 configured by a keyboard, a mouse (pointing device), and the like, and a display unit 5 configured by a liquid crystal display. .

The variant character input device 3 includes a variant character search processing unit 31 that acquires a plurality of variant characters V1, V2, V3,... Vn related to the Chinese character V input from the input unit 4 from the variant character database 1, and a search. A target character candidate holding unit 32 that temporarily stores each of the resulting variant characters Vn (n = 1, 2, 3,...) As target character candidates, and character component decomposition information Vt (t = 1, t) for each target character candidate. 2, 3,...) Is acquired from the character component decomposition database 2, and is included in all of the character decomposition component information for each variant Vn from the union of the elements of the acquired character component decomposition information. Detected by a variant character difference component detection unit 33 that detects a variant character difference component Dx (x = 1, 2, 3,...) That is a set of character components excluding elements, and a variant character difference component detection unit 33. Variant character difference displayed on the display unit 5 A variant character difference component selection processing unit 34 that allows an operator to select one of the components as a narrowed character component P1, and a variant character difference component selection processing unit among a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database 1 The target character candidates in each execution stage are sequentially displayed on the display unit 5 until the target character candidate becomes one character, in the process of narrowing down only the variant character including the narrowed character part P1 selected in 34 as the target character candidate. And a variant character narrowing search unit 35 that is executed repeatedly until a confirmation operation indicating that the operator visually confirms that the target character is displayed on the display unit 5 is performed.
Specifically, each of these units is configured by a computer program corresponding to each function.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of variant characters related to the Chinese character V registered in the variant character database 1.
As illustrated, a plurality of variant characters V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6 are registered for the Chinese character V.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the character part disassembly information PV registered in the character part disassembly database 2.
As shown in the figure, for each of a plurality of variant characters with respect to the Chinese character V, a character composed of elements 1, 2, 3,. Parts disassembly information PV is registered.
The range of available Kanji and variant characters varies depending on the environment such as the OS version of the information processing system, and because there are various interpretations of variant characters, the variant character database 1 and the character component decomposition database 2 The specific contents may be different from this example, and the variant of “include” is not always the six characters illustrated. The scope of the present invention is not limited to a system having a specific variant database in which the variant of “include” is six characters, but is an information processing system in which the specific content of the variant database 1 is different. Even within the scope of the present invention.

4 to 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of the variant character input support system configured as described above.
The operation of the embodiment will be described below with reference to these flowcharts.
First, the input of the Chinese character V is received from the input unit 4 such as a keyboard (step 401).
Next, a plurality of variant characters V1, V2, V3... Vn related to the input Chinese character V are acquired from the variant character database 1 (step 402).
Next, a set of variant characters V1, V2, V3... Vn of Chinese characters V is obtained, stored as the first candidate of the target character in the target character candidate holding unit 32, and displayed on the display unit 5 (step 5). 403).

  For example, when “include” is designated as the Chinese character V, as shown in FIG. 12, the variant character is V1 = “one-point entry + enter”, V2 = “one-point entry + person”, V3 = “one-point” “Shinni + Me”, V4 = “Two-point Shinni ++”, V5 = “Two-point Shinni + M”, V6 = “Two-point Shinni + Me”. The candidate is displayed on the display unit 5 as a candidate and presented to the operator.

Next, the variant character difference component detection unit 33 detects variant character variant components D1, D2,... Dx of variant characters stored in the target character candidate holding unit 32 (step 404).
As shown in detail in FIG. 5, this processing is performed by first disposing character part disassembly information PV1, PV2,... For individual characters V1, V2, V3... Vt stored in the target character candidate holding unit 32. PVt is obtained from the character parts decomposition database 2 (step 4041), then the union U of PV1, PV2... PVt is calculated (step 4042), and then common to all of PV1, PV2. Is calculated (step 4043), and then the element obtained by removing the common element I from the elements of the union U is set as variant character difference parts D1, D2,... Dx (step 4044).

  For example, the character part disassembly information for V1 = “one-point text” + “on” is PV1 = {“one-point text”, “on”}, and V2 = “one-point text” + “person”. Is the character part disassembly information for PV2 = {“1-point Shinyo”, “People”}, V3 = “1-Point Shinyo” + “Me”, PV3 = {“1-Point Shinyo”, “Me”}, V4 = The character parts disassembly information for “2-point Shinyo” + “on” is PV4 = {“2-point Shinyo”, “on”}, V5 = “2-point Shinyo” + “person” is the character-part disassembly information PV5 = {“2-point Shinyo”, “People”}, V6 = “2-Point Shinnyyo” + “Me” character part disassembly information is PV6 = {“2-Point Shinnyyo”, “Me”}.

In the case of the above example, since there is no character part that is commonly included in all of PV1, PV2,... PVt, the union of PV1, PV2,. It becomes. Specifically, D1 = “person”, D2 = “on”, D3 = “single point”, D4 = “two points”, and D5 = “me”.
That is, the different character different parts for the six characters “include” are as shown in FIG.
Next, the variant character difference component selection processing unit 34 displays the variant character difference components D1, D2,... Dx on the display unit 5 (step 405).

  Next, the variant character difference component selection processing unit 34 causes the operator to select one of the displayed variant character difference components D1, D2,... Dx as the narrowed character component P1 (step 406). The operator compares the character shape of the target character with the variant character difference parts D1, D2,... Dx, and selects and narrows down one of D1, D2,. Let it be a character part P1.

  In the case of the above example, if the current target character is V5 = “two-point Shinyo” + “person”, the operator compares the target character shape with the variant character difference parts D1, D2,... D5. Then, in order to narrow down the target character candidates, D1 = “person” or D5 = “two-points” is selected. In the description of this example, it is assumed that the latter D5 = “2 points” is selected as the narrowed character part P1.

  Next, only the variant character including the refined character part P1 selected by the operator among the variant characters V1, V2, V3,. Is displayed again as a new target character candidate in the target character candidate holding unit 32, and other characters are excluded from the target character candidates. Here, in order to determine whether V1, V2, V3... Vn includes P1, the character component decomposition database 2 is referred to (step 407).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the processing in step 407. First, the individual characters Vi (Vi = Vi = Vt) of the variant characters V1, V2, V3,. V1, V2, V3, Vt) are processed as follows (step 4071).
That is, the character component decomposition information PVi for Vi is acquired from the character component decomposition database 2 (step 4072), and it is determined whether the variant character Vi includes the narrowed character component P1, that is, whether P1 is one of the elements of PVi. If it is one of the elements (step 4073), Vi is included in the search result (step 4074). If it is not one of the elements, it is not included in the search result (step 4075).

In the case of the above example, among V1, V2, V3... V6, P1 = D5 = an allomorphic character including “2 points” as a part, that is, V4 = “2 points”, “V” = ” Only the three characters of “two-point Shinyo” + “person” and V6 = “two-point Shinnyō” + “me” are left in the target character candidate holding unit 32, and other characters are excluded from the target character candidates.
At this stage, the target character candidates are narrowed down to those including P1, so the number of target character candidates V1, V2, V3,. It is also possible to find the target character directly by visual inspection easily and efficiently in a short time than in the first stage. At this stage, if the number of target character candidates is sufficiently small, the target character may be directly found visually.

  In the case of the above example, the target character candidates in the first stage are six characters V1, V2, V3... V6, but after narrowing down with the narrowed character part P1 = D5 = “2 points” In this stage, the candidate for the target character is V4 = “Two points”, “On”, V5 = “Two points” + “People”, and V6 = “Two points” + “Me”. Therefore, it is also easy to visually find out the target character V5 = “2 points”.

  On the other hand, if there are still a large number of target character candidates, among the above procedures, display of variant character different parts for the target character candidates remaining in the target character candidate holding unit 32, selection by the operator, and the selected restriction You can repeat the procedure for searching for variant characters using embedded character parts, reduce the number of target character candidates, and continue this procedure until the target character candidate is one character, and finally determine the target character (Steps 409-413).

  In the case of the above example, the remaining three target character candidates V4 = “2-points Shinyo” + “on”, V5 = “2-points Shinyo” + “people”, V6 = “2-points Shinyo” + “Me” ”Is the union of the character parts disassembly information, D1 =“ person ”, D2 =“ on ”, D4 =“ two points ”, and D5 =“ me ”, but D4 =“ two points ”remains. Since the character parts are commonly included in all the target character candidates, there is no meaning as a narrowed-down character part, and 3 except D1 = “person”, D2 = “on”, and D5 = “me” are excluded. The individual becomes a variant character difference part in the second repetition procedure.

  The operator compares the character shape of the target character with the three different-character different parts, and then selects D1 = “person” included in the target character part to be a narrowed character part in the second iteration procedure. Then, the variant character narrowing search unit 35 performs the variant character narrowing search again for the target character candidates remaining in the target character candidate holding unit 32, and V5 = “two points” including D1 = “person”. + Only one character “person” remains as a candidate for the target character. Since the target character candidate is one character, the target character is determined at this stage (steps 410 and 411).

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 is that the operator selects a plurality of narrowing characters in the different character different parts selection processing 34. The parts P1, P2,... Ps can be selected collectively, and the variant character narrowing search unit 35 is configured to be able to narrow down target character candidates using a plurality of narrowed character parts P1, P2,. That is.
The ability to select multiple narrowed-character parts at a time reduces the number of iterations for displaying variant variants, selecting by the operator, and searching for variants using the selected refined character parts, The operation steps and operation time until the target character is determined can be shortened.

For example, when “include” is designated as the Chinese character V, the variant character is V1 = “one point”, “on”, V2 = “one point” + “person”, and V3 = “one point” + “Me”, V4 = “Two points” + “On”, V5 = “Two points” + “People”, V6 = “Two points” + “Me”. Displayed to the operator as the first candidate for the target character.
Also, the variant parts for these six characters are D1 = “people”, D2 = “on”, D3 = “single point”, D4 = “two points”, and D5 = “me”. Is displayed, and the operator is made to select a narrowed character part.
If the current target character is V5 = “two-point Shinyo” + “person”, the operator compares the target character shape with the different character parts D1, D2,. In order to narrow down, two of D1 = “person” and D5 = “two points” are selected simultaneously.

  In the variant character narrowing search unit 35, both of D1 = “person” and D5 = “two-points” for the variant characters V1, V2, V3... V6 held by the target character candidate holding unit 32. A narrow-down search by parts is performed, and one character of V5 = “two-point Shinyo” + “person” including both of these two parts remains as a candidate for the target character. Since the target character candidate is one character in one procedure, the target character is determined at this stage.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing in the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that a plurality of narrowed character parts P1, P2,... Ps can be selected in step 406.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the processing in step 407 in FIG. 8 in the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment in FIG. 6 is that in step 4073b, the variant character Vi is a narrowed character. It is determined whether or not all of the parts P1, P2,... Ps are included. If included, Vi is included in the narrowed search result, and if any of P1, P2,. It is that.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the third embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 is that the operator selects the narrowed character parts in the different character different parts selection processing unit 34. Prior to selecting and confirming P1, the temporary narrowed character part P1 is designated by using an instruction operation different from the selection confirming operation so that the variant temporary provisional narrowing display processing unit 37 can use the temporary narrowed character part P1 for the purpose. The result of narrowing search of character candidates is displayed on the display unit 5 as a target character temporary narrowing candidate so that the operator can confirm it.

Since the narrowing by the provisional narrowing character part P1 has not yet been determined, when the operator confirms the target character temporary narrowing candidate and determines that the content is inappropriate, for example, among the target character temporary narrowing candidates If the target character is not included in, the instruction of the provisional narrowing-down character part P1 is stopped, and another provisional narrowing-down character part P2 is used to confirm the target character provisional narrowing-down candidate in the same manner. This is what you can do.
With this function, comparison is made with the narrow search result when the provisional narrowed character part P2 is instructed, and the narrow search character part P1 is confirmed. It is possible to easily perform trial and error before the operation, and more efficiently perform an operation of identifying a large number of variant characters and determining a target character.

As an operation method for confirming selection of the narrowed character component P1 in the variant character difference component selection processing unit 34, there is a method of placing the mouse pointer on P1 and clicking.
On the other hand, as an instruction method different from the selection confirmation in the variant character difference parts provisional instruction unit 36, there is a so-called mouse-over operation method in which the mouse pointer is simply moved over P1 and not clicked. From the operator's point of view, by simply moving the mouse over the variant character difference parts D1, D2, D3, etc., it is possible to see the refined search results by D1, D2, D3, etc. After confirming that the intended refined search results can be obtained, you can use the method of selecting and confirming by clicking the mouse on the variant part that resulted in the result. It can be done efficiently.

  For example, six different characters of “include” are set as candidates for the target character held by the target character candidate holding unit 32, and the different character difference parts corresponding thereto are “person”, “enter”, “single point”, “two points” When the mouse is moved on the display screen of these five variant character differences parts in the state of “Shinnyo” and “Me”, the variant character parts designated by the mouse are set as provisional narrowing character parts Can be seen in real time, and it is possible to confirm whether or not the intended refined search result can be obtained before finalizing the refined character parts.

  FIG. 14 shows a state where the six characters “Make” and five different variant parts are displayed, and the mouse pointer (indicated by the index finger in the figure) is placed on the two-character variant part “Two points”. It is a figure which moved (mouse over) and displayed the narrowing search result by “2 points” in real time in provisional frames 140, 141, 142.

  FIG. 15 shows the display of the 6-letter “maki” variant character and 5 variant-related parts, and the mouse pointer (forefinger) is moved over “one-point sign” of the variant-character variant component (mouse Over)), and the search result by “one point” is displayed in real time in provisional frames 151, 152, and 153. FIG.

  In FIG. 16, the mouse pointer (forefinger) is moved over the “person” of the variant character difference component (mouse over) in a state where six characters of “include” and five variant character differences parts are displayed. FIG. 6 is a diagram in which the search result of “person” is displayed in real time in provisional frames 161 and 162.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a process for displaying a result of a narrow-down search in accordance with the provisional designation of the variant-character-difference part in the variant-character-difference part provisional instruction unit 36.
The difference from the first embodiment is after step 414. That is, after displaying a variant character difference part, when one of the variant character difference parts is selected as a refined character part by the operator, a refined search is performed with the designated refined character part, and the result is displayed (FIG. 5). 17 step 418 to FIG. 4 step 407). However, if it is not a selection operation for the narrowed-character part but another instruction operation (for example, mouse over), the search result by the variant character difference part indicated by the mouse pointer is used as the target character temporary narrowing candidate. To the operator, the process returns to step 405.
That is, one of the variant character difference parts D1 to Dx displayed in the variant character difference part provisional instruction unit 36 is accepted as a provisional narrowing character part P1 by an operator's selection instruction (instruction operation different from the confirmation operation). (Step 415).
Next, the variant character temporary narrowing search unit 37 narrows and searches the variant character stored in the target character candidate holding unit 32 using the provisional narrowed character part P1 (step 416). Here, the character parts decomposition database 2 is referred to in order to determine whether V1, V2, V3,... Vn includes P1.
Next, the result of the above-described narrowing search in the variant temporary provisional narrowing search unit 37 is displayed as a target character temporary narrowing candidate (step 417).
Here, the result of the search using the provisional narrowed character parts is only displayed on the display unit 5 and does not affect the variant characters held in the target character candidate holding unit 32. This point is different from the processing in step 408, and trial and error before determining the narrowed character part P1 can be easily performed.

  In the target character candidate holding unit 32 that holds target character candidates intended for input and displays them to the operator, when displaying a plurality of variant characters that are candidates for the target character, there is a difference between them. You may comprise so that a certain part may be highlighted. By highlighting the differences, the operator can easily identify the difference in character shape between the target character candidates, and the operator can efficiently determine the variant character intended for input as the target character. It can be carried out.

  As a specific method of highlighting the above-mentioned difference portion, each character is divided into a plurality of radicals and parts, and a weak identification display is applied to a different portion as a radical, and a portion having a different character shape is actually used. There is a way to make a strong identification display. A weak identification display includes a method of applying a light background color and a method of applying a frame having a different color, and a strong identification display includes a method of applying a dark background color of a different color and a method of blinking the portion.

  Also, for specific radicals that can be associated with knowledge of kanji radicals, etc., display specific radical names and character attribute information such as new font style or old font style, The reason may be expressed in an easy-to-understand manner. Further, a description of the character characteristics such as the number and orientation of the strokes, the presence / absence of contact, and the difference between jumping and retaining may be added. By using these methods together, the task of finding the target character can be performed more efficiently.

  For example, when six variants of “Make” are set as candidates for the target characters held by the target character candidate holding unit 32, “1 point”, “2 points”, “people”, “ ”And“ Me ”are different, so highlighting is performed. As an example of the method, since “1 point” and “2 points” are different parts as radicals, a light background color is given as a weak identification display to the whole of the radicals. Since the point portion in the shin-ni is actually a portion having a different character shape between “1-point shin-ni” and “2-point shin-ni”, a dark background color is added as a strong identification display. In addition, since “person”, “on”, and “me” have different character shapes, a dark background color is added as a strong identification display. In addition to this, specific radical names such as “1-point Shin-Nyo” and “2-point Shin-Nyo” may be displayed, or feature descriptions representing character shapes such as “People” and “On” may be displayed.

FIG. 18 shows an example in which a difference part of six different characters “Make” is highlighted, and a specific radical name and a feature description representing a character form such as “People” and “On” are also displayed. FIG.
If 6 characters of “moji” are narrowed and searched with “2-point Shinyo”, and the target character candidate held by the target character candidate holding unit 32 becomes 3 characters, all of the characters in the middle character are “2 There is no difference because it is “dot”, and there is a difference only in the “people”, “on”, and “me” portions, so only this portion is highlighted, and the highlighted portion disappears. By highlighting only the differences, the point of interest for finding the target character is clearly indicated, and the task of finding the target character can be performed more efficiently.

FIG. 19 is a diagram in which after the narrowed search of the “moji” variant character with “2-point Shin-Nyo” becomes 3 characters, the difference portion of these 3 characters is highlighted. In the case of narrowing down to these three characters, there is no difference in the portion of the central part, so the identification display of the part of the central part disappears compared to FIG.
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, a specific structure is not restricted to these embodiment, Even if it is a change and addition in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it is contained in this invention.

The embodiments of the present invention do not limit the operating hardware, OS, and system configuration, and the present invention is not limited to any hardware, OS, or system configuration. include.
For example, the present invention can be implemented as a native application that operates on Windows (registered trademark), Linux (registered trademark), MacOS, Android, IOS, etc., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. It is also possible to implement the present invention as a web application that runs on a browser.
In addition, the present invention can be implemented as a program that operates in a stand-alone manner, or can be implemented as a program that operates in a server / client configuration via a network.
Moreover, although the variant character database 1 and the character component decomposition database are directly connected to the variant character input support device, they may be connected via a communication line such as the Internet.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Variant character database 2 Character part decomposition | disassembly database 3 Variant character input device 4 Input part 5 Display part 31 Variant character search process part 32 Target character candidate holding part 33 Variant character difference part detection part 34 Variant character difference part selection process part 35 Variant character Refinement search part 36 Variant character difference part provisional instruction part 37 Variant character provisional refinement search part

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A variant database in which a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V are pre-registered, and a character component obtained by disassembling the entire character shape of each variant character Vn into a plurality of character components such as swords and swords A character parts decomposition database in which disassembly information is registered in advance, a search processing means for searching a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V received from an input means such as a keyboard, and the respective variant characters Vn of the search result Character component decomposition information PVt is acquired from the character component decomposition database, and elements included in all character decomposition component information for each variant Vn are excluded from the union of elements of the acquired character component decomposition information. A variant character difference component detection means for detecting a variant character difference component Dx, which is a set of the character parts, and the variant character difference component detection means. Display means for displaying the detected variant character difference parts, variant character selection part selection means for allowing the operator to select one of the displayed variant character difference parts as the narrowed character part P1, and the variant character database. The process of narrowing down only the variant characters including the narrowed character component P1 selected by the variant character difference component selection means among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the searched Chinese character V as target character candidates,
Until the target character candidate becomes one character, repeatedly execute the target character candidates in each execution stage while sequentially displaying them on the display means.
Alternatively, a variant character input support system, comprising: a variant character narrowing search unit that is executed until a confirmation operation indicating that the operator visually confirms that the target character is displayed on the display unit is performed.   The variant character difference part selecting means is configured to allow an operator to simultaneously select a plurality of narrowed character parts P1, P2,... Ps among the variant character difference parts displayed on the display means, and Only a variant character including all of the narrowed character parts P1, P2,... Ps selected by the variant character difference part selection means among a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. The variant character input support system according to claim 1, wherein a process of narrowing down as a target character candidate narrowing target is executed.   Before the operator confirms the selection of the narrowed character part P1 in the variant character different parts selection means, the variant character difference in which the operator designates the temporary narrowed character part P1 by an instruction operation different from the confirmation operation. Only the variant character including the provisional narrowed character component P1 among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database is narrowed down as a target character provisional narrowing candidate and displayed on the display unit. The variant character input support system according to any one of claims 1 and 2, further comprising a variant character provisional narrowing-down search unit. A variant database in which a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V are pre-registered, and a character component obtained by disassembling the entire character shape of each variant character Vn into a plurality of character components such as swords and swords A computer configured to be accessible to a character parts decomposition database in which decomposition information is registered in advance.
Search processing means for searching a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V received from input means such as a keyboard from the variant character database, and obtaining character part decomposition information PVt for each variant character Vn of the search result from the character part decomposition database Then, a variant character difference component Dx that is a set of character components obtained by excluding elements common to all the character separation component information for each variant character Vn from the union of the elements of the obtained character component decomposition information is Manipulating different character different parts detecting means, display means for displaying the different character different parts detected by the different character different parts detecting means, and operating one of the displayed different character different parts as a narrowed character part P1 The different character different parts selection means to be selected by the user, and the different character Vn among the plural variants Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database. The processing to narrow down the purpose character candidates only variant character including narrowing character parts P1 selected by shape differences component selection means,
Until the target character candidate becomes one character, repeatedly execute the target character candidates in each execution stage while sequentially displaying them on the display means.
Alternatively, a variant character input support program that functions as a variant character narrowing search unit that is executed until a confirmation operation is performed to indicate that the operator visually confirms that the target character is displayed on the display unit.   The variant character difference part selecting means functions as means for causing an operator to simultaneously select a plurality of narrowed character parts P1, P2,... Ps among the variant character difference parts displayed on the display means, and the variant. A variant including all of the narrowed-down character parts P1, P2,... Ps selected by the variant-character-difference-part selection means out of a plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant-character database by the character narrowing search means. 5. The variant character input support program according to claim 4, which functions as means for executing a process of narrowing down only characters as a target character candidate to be narrowed down.   Before the operator confirms the selection of the narrowed character part P1 in the variant character different parts selection means, the variant character difference in which the operator designates the temporary narrowed character part P1 by an instruction operation different from the confirmation operation. Only the variant character including the provisional narrowed character component P1 among the plurality of variant characters Vn related to the Chinese character V retrieved from the variant character database is narrowed down as a target character provisional narrowing candidate and displayed on the display unit. 6. The variant character input support program according to claim 4, further causing it to function as a variant character provisional narrowing-down search unit.

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