JPS5911137B2 - Kanji input method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an input method for handling information on kanji characters that are frequently used in everyday life in an information processing device such as a computer.

Conventionally, in this type of kanji input method using a keyboard for kana characters, each kanji is given kana character information unique to each kanji that is close to the on-yomi or kun-yomi, or kana character information associated with that kanji. There was a method of inputting kanji information by typing the unique kana character information on the keyboard, but in such a method, the user had to memorize the kana character information for each kanji to input the kanji information. Moreover, it took a very long time to practice keystrokes, making it difficult for amateurs to operate it.

There is also a method of inputting the same ontomi information or kunyomi information as the kanji by keystroke, but if there are multiple kanji for the input kana character information, you may have to enter the radical information later. Alternatively, a switch was used to select a specific kanji, which was extremely troublesome to operate.

When the reading information of a kanji is input, the corresponding kanji are displayed on the display screen in a predetermined order, and when the desired kanji is displayed, the kanji can be input. This paper proposes a kanji input method that reduces the search time for frequently occurring kanji.

FIG. 1 shows a display device which is the main component of this invention. 1 is a display device, 2 is a cathode ray tube (
Hereinafter abbreviated as CRT.

), 3 is a kana character keyboard, 4 is a kana character area, and 5 is a kanji area. In addition, in Fig. 1, C is used as the display body.
Although RT is taken as an example, in addition to CRT, a light emitting diode with n characters per line, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, etc. can also be used.

Although FIG. 2 shows the main part of the internal structure of the display device 1, it goes without saying that a part thereof may be provided outside the display device 1.

In FIG. 2, 6 is an input/output interface for connecting a display device and a computer (not shown);
It may be a specially designed one, or a minicomputer may be applied. 7 is a display control unit, 8 is a refresh memory, 9 is a video signal circuit, 2 is a CRT, 3 is a keyboard, and 10 is a font memory for storing kanji patterns, which has a storage capacity of several megabits or more. used.

Reference numeral 11 is a kanji code memory that classifies the input information as kanji code information, and when there are multiple kanji for one input information, the kanji that are homophones and allographs are determined in advance. They are arranged and held in the order in which they are stored.

Note that these memories 10 and 11 may include, for example, a disk memory, a magnetic drum, an IC memory, a CCD, a bubble, and the like. In such a configuration, one method of inputting an arbitrary kanji will be described first. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the input information is designated as on-yomi information.

When inputting information, press "Kanji ST" on Kanaji keyboard 3.
Press the "ART" key to inform the display control unit 7 that the kana character information to be input is the kanji on-yomi information, then enter the kanji on-yomi information and press the "Kanji E" key.
By pressing the "ND" key, the display control section 7
Notify that kanji on-yomi information has been sent to. As a result, the on-yomi information inputted from the keyboard 3 is first stored in the refresh memory 8 as katakana pattern information from the font memory 10, and then displayed in the kana character area 4 of the CRT 2, and the kanji corresponding to the on-yomi information is displayed. After the kanji code at the head of the array is read out from the kanji code memory 11 by the action of the control section 7, the kanji pattern information is read out from the font memory 10 and stored in the refresh memory 8. Then, it is displayed in the kanji area 5 of the CRT 2 via a video signal circuit 9 connected to the refresh memory 8. By the way, if the kanji initially displayed in kanji area 5 is a different kanji from the desired kanji even if it has the same ontomi reading, press "NEXT" on keyboard 3.
By pressing the key, kanji codes for homophones and allographs are read from the kanji code memory 11 in accordance with a predetermined arrangement order and displayed in area 5.

When the desired kanji is displayed in area 5, press [ENT] on keyboard 3.
By pressing the "RY" key, the controller 7 is informed that the kanji in area 5 is the kanji to be input, and the kanji information is input via the input/output interface 6.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an arrangement of kanji characters for one piece of on-yomi information, arranged in order of frequency of use. Each group of kanji characters corresponds to an on-yomi, and they are arranged in order of frequency of use from the left.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, for kanji characters such as the character ``stock'' which generally cannot be read on-on, the kun-yomi information is used as input information. Figure 4 is Kanji code memo I month 1
This shows an example of the contents stored in the ``keyword'', in which the keyword is ``on-yomi'' information.

In the figure, the pointer indicates the address where the next kanji code is recorded in the kanji array that includes that kanji.
The counter is used to automatically adjust the arrangement based on the frequency of use of kanji characters, and is based on the number of inputs on the keyboard 3. Next, an example of the search will be explained with reference to the character ``dark'' shown in FIG.

When the on-yomi information "An" is input as input information, the control section 7 searches the keyword "An" from the kanji code memory 11, and sends the content stored in the address corresponding to the keyword to the control section 7. Send to 7.

In this case, the first kanji in the order of frequency of use is ``An''.
Therefore, based on the code information corresponding to the character ``cheap'', the font memo (pattern information regarding the character ``cheap'' is displayed one after another from month 0, and in area 5 of the display screen of the CRT2, ``cheap'' is displayed).
is displayed. However, the kanji information to be input is related to the character ``dark'' and not related to the character ``cheap'', so by pressing the ``NEXT'' key, pattern information based on the next code indicated by the pointer, ie `` "Draft"
The character ``draft'' based on the pattern information regarding the character is area 5.
is displayed, but this is also not the kanji you want to input, so
Furthermore, press the "NEXT" key.

Thereafter, in the same manner, when the desired kanji character "dark" is displayed in the area 5, the kanji information "dark" of the "ENTRY" key is inputted via the input/output interface 6.

FIG. 5 shows, from top to bottom, the order in which areas 4 and 5 change until the desired kanji ``dark'' is input. By the way, regarding the order of the kanji arrangement of homonyms, depending on the specialized field, the types of kanji input may be extremely biased, so it is not possible for the kanji to be displayed in the same order on the screen. On the contrary, it may be inconvenient.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a case where the arrangement order of kanji characters differs depending on the type of industry in which they are used.

In other words, even if the same word ``Den'' is used in the on-yomi information, it differs depending on the type of industry in which it is used.In places that mainly deal with people's names, such as insurance and banking, ``Den'' and [] are often used, and Figure 6 It must be in a kanji arrangement like this. On the other hand, in the electrical industry, ``den'' is the most frequently used kanji, and it is necessary to arrange the kanji as shown in Figure 6. In this way, when the types of kanji used by industry become extremely biased, in order to adapt to the type of industry, the display device or attached device automatically displays all the kanji used in the past for a certain period of time. It is necessary to check the frequency of use of kanji and change the arrangement order to suit each industry.

One method for automatically changing the kanji arrangement is to provide a counter area for each kanji code stored in the kanji code memory 11, as shown in FIG. 4, and to initially clear all counter areas.

Then, each time kanji information is input, the counter corresponding to the input is incremented, and the increment content of each counter is checked after a certain period of time, and when the value of the counter for any one kanji reaches the maximum value that can be counted. If it turns out that there is a kanji, store the code of the homophone that contains that kanji in kanji code memory 11.
Arrange all read counter values in descending order from
All you have to do is rewrite the array arranged in this way to the address indicated by the pointer. After that, all counters corresponding to the kanji included in that array are cleared. Figure 7 shows an example of a kanji arrangement when Kunyomi information is used as kanji input information.Each arrangement is arranged in descending order of frequency of use, and the display is from left to right in each arrangement. This will be done in the following order.

Figure 8 shows an example of kana character information and the corresponding kanji when inputting kanji information using both on-yomi and kun-yomi information.The input order is to press the "Kanji START" key. After that, input the on-yomi information and the kun-yomi information in that order, and press the "Kanji END" key to display the corresponding kanji in area 5, and use the "ENTRY" key to input the information on that kanji.

Note that "," means that there is Onyomi information before it and Kunyomi information after it. In this case, separate kanji arrays corresponding to Onyomi information and Kunyomi information are searched, and both kanji arrays are searched. The existing kanji will be displayed as the specified kanji in area 5.For example, if you input the kanji information for ``dark'', if you first input the on-yomi information for ``an'' using keyboard 3, the top kanji in Figure 3 will be displayed. The arrangement has been selected, and the code of each kanji shown in FIG.
is input. Then, the second kanji arrangement from the top in FIG.
is input. Using these two kanji arrays, their kanji codes are compared, and "dark" is selected as the kanji that exists in both arrays, and is displayed in area 10.
Thereafter, the user operates the [ENTRY] key to input the kanji information "dark". Figure 9 shows an example of inputting kanji information when on-yomi or kun-yomi is commonly used, or when only one or the other is known.For example, if you want to input the kanji ``dan'', generally Since the only information that is unique is the on-pronunciation of ``An'',
By pressing the ``Kanji START'' key, inputting ``An'', and immediately pressing the ``Kanji END'' key, the display status of areas 4 and 5 will become as shown in the upper left row of Figure 9, and the ``NEXT'' button will be displayed. By pressing the key, a display as shown in the lower left row of FIG. 9 is displayed, and by pressing the "ENTRY" key, it is possible to input the Chinese character "Kan". Also, when you want to input the kanji information for ``I'', you can understand the Kun reading for ``Krai'' but not the On reading for ``i''.
If you enter ", Cry", it will be exactly the same as when inputting only the kun reading information, and areas 4 and 5 will be as shown in the upper right row of Figure 9, but by pressing the "NEXT" key, they will be changed as shown in the lower right row of Figure 9. You can enter the [place].

As described above, in this invention, when inputting kanji information, the pronunciation information is entered from the kana character keyboard, and when multiple homonyms exist, they are displayed one after another according to a predetermined arrangement order. The kanji is displayed on the screen, and when the desired kanji is displayed, the user inputs the kanji, so even an amateur can input the kanji while checking it visually.

Further, according to the present invention, since the frequency of use is reviewed as appropriate, there is no need to prepare multiple types of kanji code memories that are stored in correspondence with each field of use in advance. It can be applied to various fields and streamline production.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the display device, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the internal configuration of the display device, and Figure 3 is the kanji arrangement when searching for and inputting kanji using on-yomi reading. Figure 4 shows an example of the contents of the kanji code memory arranged in order of frequency of use. Figure 5 shows how the screen of the display device changes until the desired kanji is input. Figure 6 shows an example of the usage frequency of kanji that changes depending on the type of industry, and Figure 7 shows an example of the kanji arrangement when searching for a kanji using kun-yomi and inputting it, arranged in order of frequency of use. Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of inputting kanji information using both sounds and kun.
The figure is a diagram for explaining the operating procedure and change of display screen when inputting kanji information using both sounds and kun. 1 is a display device, 2 is a cathode ray tube, 3 is a keyboard,
4 is the kana character area, 6 is the input/output interface, 7
1 is a display control section, 8 is a refresh memory, 9 is a video signal circuit, 10 is a font memory, and 11 is a Kanji code memory.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A kanji input method for inputting kanji information into an information processing device, comprising a kana character keyboard for inputting information and a display device for displaying characters input from the keyboard,
If there are multiple homonyms for one onyomi, arrange them in order of frequency of use and store them in a storage device.
When searching and inputting specific kanji information using on-yomi,
Displaying the kanji in the arrangement corresponding to the ontomiyaki of the kanji to be inputted on the display device in order of frequency of use stored in the storage device by operating the keyboard;
A kanji input method characterized in that when a desired kanji is displayed, it is input by operating the keyboard, and the arrangement order stored in the storage device in advance is changed according to the actual frequency of use. . 2. A kanji input method for inputting kanji information into an information processing device, comprising a kana character keyboard for inputting information and a display device for displaying characters input from this keyboard,
Each kanji to be memorized has a counter, and the counter corresponding to the kanji selected by operating the keyboard is incremented, and based on the count value of these counters, one on-yomi or multiple kun-yomi are assigned in order of frequency of use. A kanji input method characterized in that the search time for frequently used kanji is shortened by making it possible to change the arrangement of homonyms.