JPS635792B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention is a computer, word processor, etc. that expresses kanji in a sentence or the smallest meaningful idiom with pronunciation information, i.e., reading, accent, etc. and/or relates to a kanji memorization method for displaying kanji in a sentence and the smallest meaningful phrase on a screen.

(b) Background of the technology With the rapid development of the information processing industry, Japanese information processing methods have recently been rapidly developing, especially in Japan. The handling of Japanese is characterized by sentences mixed with kanji, and the kanji have multiple readings, and if the reading is inappropriate, the meaning will not be understood. In addition, in speech synthesis, etc., if not only the pronunciation but also the accent is not appropriate, smooth expression will not be obtained and it will be difficult to hear. Furthermore, when displaying sentences on a display device or the like, there is a desire to display kanji and phrases in a particularly different manner. Therefore, there is a desire to be able to store the kanji and idioms in a text along with vocalization information such as reading pronunciation information and accent information, as well as screen output information, in a computer, word processor, etc., and express it as needed. Yes, and countermeasures are desired.

(c) Prior art and problems It is known that kanji and kana are expressed as binary codes and stored in a storage device, and the reading of kanji in a text is also done using kanji codes in the same way as adding ruby to the kanji. There is a method of encoding the ruby text so that it can be read and storing it in a text storage memory or the like at the same time. However, if this method is used, since the number of ruby words is undefined, a symbol is required to indicate the range of the code, and parentheses are used to separate the characters, so the total number of bits that represent one kanji becomes extremely large. When accent information and screen output information are added to this, the capacity of the text storage memory becomes enormous. For example, hexadecimal 2, which is currently used in "calculators"
When expressed as a byte code, it becomes as shown in Figure 1. In other words, the kanji code for "calculator" only requires 6 bytes, but just adding the phonetic symbol requires 24 bytes, and adding accent information to this requires even more bits. This method has the disadvantage that it increases the capacity of a text storage memory such as a setter, making it uneconomical.

(d) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, to express a binary code for one kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word together with kanji auxiliary numbers representing pronunciation information, accent information, screen output information, etc. By doing so, it is possible to instantly give and read information for audio output and screen display for kanji and idioms in sentences on devices such as calculators and word processors, as well as for reading the corresponding information. To provide a kanji storage system capable of expressing information for voice output and screen display with a small number of bits, reducing the capacity of a memory for storing sentences, and making the device economical.

(e) Structure of the Invention In a device that stores kanji characters as binary code codes in a text storage memory, in order to distinguish and represent pronunciation information, accent information, and screen output information for one kanji character and the smallest meaningful compound word in advance. A dictionary file in which a plurality of kanji auxiliary numbers limited to a predetermined number, for example, 2 bytes, is added to the kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word, and the pronunciation information, accent information, and screen are stored from the dictionary file. A dictionary search unit is provided that reads out the kanji auxiliary number corresponding to the kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word in the text based on the output information, and reads out the corresponding kanji auxiliary number corresponding to the kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word in the binary code code representing the single kanji character and the smallest meaningful compound word. The kanji auxiliary number read by the dictionary search section is added and written into the text storage memory.

(f) Embodiments of the Invention The kanji storage method of the present invention will be explained according to embodiments.

Figure 2 shows all the pronunciations corresponding to the kanji of the present invention,
An example of a dictionary file configured by giving kanji auxiliary numbers to accents and screen displays is shown below. The 2-byte hexadecimal code representing the kanji for "Mei" is B7D7. There are two pronunciations, ``kei'' and ``haka (ru),'' and they are numbered 0001 and 0002, respectively. "Kei"
If you want to display the pronunciation in capital letters, the number 0101 is given. Regarding "San", the code representing the kanji is BBBB, and there are two pronunciations: "san" and "kazo (el)", and the numbers 0001 and 0002, respectively, are "san" and when the accent is lower, it is pronounced as 01A1. If the number is displayed in uppercase letters, the number 0101 is given. Similarly to the above, each "machine" is given a number.

FIG. 3 shows an expression in which "calculator" is displayed in uppercase letters using the kanji auxiliary number indexed using the dictionary file shown in FIG. That is, it can be expressed in 12 bytes by adding 6 bytes of kanji auxiliary number to 6 bytes of kanji code. Compared to the 24 bytes + α shown in FIG. 1, information such as kanji characters, voice information, and screen output information can be expressed simultaneously with a significantly smaller number of bytes.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a dictionary file constructed by assigning kanji auxiliary numbers to all pronunciations, accents, and screen displays corresponding to the smallest meaningful compound word composed of two kanji characters according to the present invention. The 2-byte hexadecimal code that represents the idiom "calculation" is
B7D7BBBB is pronounced as "kei-san", and there are two types of accents for the pronunciation of san, each including their own pronunciation.
If 0001 and 0011 are given and you want to display them in uppercase on the screen, 0101 and 0111 are given respectively.

FIG. 5 shows an expression when "calculator" is displayed in uppercase letters using the kanji auxiliary number indexed using the dictionary file shown in FIG. In other words, it can be expressed in a total of 10 bytes, including 6 bytes for the Kanji code and 4 bytes for the Kanji auxiliary number.
It can be seen that information such as kanji, vocalization information, screen display information, etc. can be expressed with a significantly smaller number of bytes than the 24 bytes + α shown in Figure 1, and it is also smaller than the 12 bytes shown in Figure 5. .

FIG. 6 shows an example of a dictionary file constructed by giving kanji auxiliary numbers to all the pronunciations, accents, and screen displays corresponding to the smallest meaningful compound word composed of three kanji characters according to the present invention. The 2-byte hexadecimal code that represents the phrase "calculator" is
B7D7BBBB B5A1, and the pronunciation is "Keisanki". There is one type of accent, and two types of kanji auxiliary numbers 0001 and 0101 are given when you want to display uppercase letters on the screen.

FIG. 7 shows an expression in which "calculator" is displayed in uppercase letters using the kanji auxiliary number indexed using the dictionary file of FIG. That is, it can be expressed in a total of 8 bytes, including 6 bytes for the Kanji code and 2 bytes for the Kanji auxiliary number.
Compared to FIGS. 1, 3, and 5, it can be expressed using the smallest number of bytes.

As explained above, if the dictionary file is configured in such a way that information such as utterance information of kanji and the smallest meaningful idiom, screen output information, etc. can be expressed using kanji auxiliary numbers, it is possible to compose sentences with a small number of bits. In particular, it can be seen that for compound words, the more kanji there are, the more advantageous it is. Also, although the screen display has been given as an example of uppercase letters, it is of course possible to provide information such as underlining or color display.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of internal processing of a computer, word processor, etc. using the present invention.
The sentences recognized and processed by the speech recognition section 6 are sent sequentially to the dictionary search section 3, and the kanji characters and the smallest meaningful compound words in the sentences are indexed by kanji auxiliary number from the dictionary file 2 using pronunciation information and accent information. . The indexed kanji auxiliary numbers are sequentially stored in the text storage memory 1 along with the code of the corresponding kanji or the smallest meaningful idiom. If necessary, the text stored in the text storage memory 1 is displayed on the display section 7 by inputting it from the keyboard 4. At this time, the display unit 7 distinguishes the kanji auxiliary number from a binary code representing a character by having the leading number 0, and displays only the characters corresponding to the screen output information indicated by the kanji auxiliary number. Here, by inputting a kanji or phrase for which the screen display method is to be changed from the keyboard 4, the dictionary retrieval section 3 indexes the kanji auxiliary number containing the screen output information from the dictionary file 2 and stores it in the text storage memory 1 again. It goes without saying that this screen output information may be processed at the same time as being input to the speech synthesis section 5.

The text sent from the text storage memory 1 to the speech synthesis unit 5 is sent to the dictionary search unit 3, where the pronunciation information and accent information of the kanji and idioms that make up the document are added to the codes of the kanji and idioms from the dictionary file 2. Since the kanji auxiliary numbers are given at the same time, the speech synthesis unit 5 distinguishes the kanji auxiliary numbers from binary code codes representing characters by having the first number of the kanji auxiliary number be 0.
Based on the pronunciation and accent indicated by the kanji auxiliary number, the sentence can be broadcast with smooth pronunciation.

(g) Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention expresses kanji in a sentence with a small number of bits, including pronunciation information, accent information, screen information, etc., and stores it in the sentence storage memory. The effect is great because the capacity can be reduced, and many sentences can be stored with the same capacity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows an example of kanji expressed in 2-byte hexadecimal format with readings attached, and Figure 2 shows an example of kanji auxiliary numbers given to all pronunciations, accents, and screen displays corresponding to the kanji of the present invention. Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary file constructed using the dictionary file shown in Figure 2. Figure 5 shows an example of a dictionary file configured by assigning kanji auxiliary numbers to phrases composed of kanji. Figure 5 shows an example of expressions in which idioms are expressed by adding kanji auxiliary numbers using the dictionary file shown in Figure 4. Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary file configured by giving kanji auxiliary numbers to compound words composed of three kanji according to the present invention, and Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of a dictionary file configured by giving kanji auxiliary numbers to the compound words of the present invention consisting of three kanji characters. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of expressions in which idioms are expressed by adding kanji auxiliary numbers, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of internal processing of a computer, word processor, etc. using the present invention. 1 is a text storage memory, 2 is a dictionary file, 3 is a dictionary search unit, 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a speech synthesis unit,
6 is a voice recognition section, and 7 is a display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A device for storing kanji characters as binary code codes in the text storage memory 1, which distinguishes pronunciation information, accent information, and screen output information for one kanji character and the smallest meaningful compound word in advance. A dictionary file 2 in which a plurality of auxiliary kanji numbers limited to a predetermined number are assigned to each kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word in order to represent the kanji, and pronunciation information, accent information, and screen information are stored from the dictionary file 2. A dictionary search unit 3 is provided which reads out the kanji auxiliary number corresponding to the kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word in the text based on the output information, and reads out the kanji auxiliary number corresponding to the kanji and the smallest meaningful compound word in the text. A kanji storage method characterized in that the kanji auxiliary number read by the dictionary search section 3 is added and written in the text storage memory 1. 2. The kanji storage system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number is 2 bytes. 3. The kanji storage system according to claim 1, wherein the kanji auxiliary number is a numerical representation of vocalization information and/or screen output information composed of pronunciation information, accent information, etc.