JPH0258656B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

<Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention relates to an input device for Japanese sentences containing kanji that has a kana-kanji conversion processing function, and more specifically, kanji input and kana input are performed from two independent sets of kana key input units. This invention relates to a Japanese language input device. <Technical background of the invention and its problems> In the conventional Japanese input device using the kana-kanji conversion method, the reading of the kanji and the input of the kana are performed from one set of kana key input sections. For example, function keys such as a conversion key and a non-conversion key must be used in combination for each input, which makes input operations complicated and takes time. <Object of the Invention> The present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a Japanese input device that eliminates the above-mentioned conventional problems.In order to achieve this purpose, the present invention has a kana-kanji conversion processing function. In the input device for Japanese sentences containing kanji, the first step is to input the pronunciation of the kanji.
A kana key input section and a second kana key input section for inputting kana are provided, and respond to the operation of the first kana key input section and the conversion key or the second kana key input section. This configuration reduces the frequency of use of function keys such as the conversion key and non-conversion key, simplifies manual operation, and speeds up input speed. It becomes possible to aim for improvement. <Embodiment of the Invention> Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 20 is an input section, and the input section 20 is composed of two sets of kana key input sections 21 and 22, one for inputting kana characters and the other for inputting kana readings of kanji. The first
It is assumed that the kana key input section 21 is used as a kanji (pronounced kana) input keyboard, and the second kana key input section 22 is used as a kana input keyboard. The input data from the input section 20 is input through the input line 24.
The signal is input to the control unit 13, which is composed of a microprocessor or the like. The control section 13 also includes a dictionary memory 11, a buffer memory section 12, and a display section 10.
are connected to each other, and each is configured to be controlled. The input unit 20 may be configured with independent kana key input units 21 and 22 as shown in FIG. 1, but as shown in FIG. The kana key input sections 21 and 22 may be provided, and a control key input section 23 may also be provided in common, and various modifications in arrangement etc. can be made depending on the purpose. Next, the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be explained using the example text shown in FIG. 3 and the operation flow shown in FIG. 4. Now, when inputting a sentence containing kanji such as "Submit to the person in charge of general affairs...", the operator first uses the kanji (pronunciation) input keyboard 21 of the input section 20 to write "Shiomtantoushiya" as shown in FIG. After inputting the kana character 31, the user inputs "ni" using the kana input keyboard 22 based on the judgment that the "ni" part 32 is a kana character. Inside the device, under the control of the control unit 13, the kana character string input from the kanji input keyboard 21 is stored in the buffer memory unit 12, character by character, for conversion/next candidates, where the next input data is the kana input keyboard 22 or a control key. Import while determining whether it is from the key. The operation flow in this case is shown in FIG. 4, from step n2 of input processing using a kanji input key to step n3 of determining whether it is a kana input key or a conversion key.
This corresponds to the loop processing of → branch flow 3a → step n2. In this state, when the kana character "ni" is entered from the kana input keyboard 22,
This key operation is detected at decision branch step n3,
Regarding the kana character strings previously stored in the buffer memory section 12, conventionally known segmentation processing (step n4), kana-kanji conversion, homophone and allograph processing (step n5) are performed using the stored contents of the dictionary memory section 11. It is executed under the control of the control section 13, and the result of the kana-kanji conversion is displayed on the display section 10, and the kana characters input by the kana input keyboard 22 are also displayed together with the converted kanji. At this time, if an accurate kana-kanji conversion result is displayed, for example as shown in (a) of the table below, the operator will continue to input the next kana character after checking the displayed content, but the operator will continue to input the next kana character. As shown in (b), when the homonyms of the converted kanji are displayed, the operator presses a function key, such as the conversion/next candidate key, provided in the function keyboard 23 in the input unit 20. Accurate homonym representation (Table (a)
display). The operation in this case is from judgment branch step n6 to flow 6 in FIG.
After step a, the flow returns to the kana-kanji conversion/homophone and allograph processing step n5.

【table】

[Table] Similarly, input the kana character string "teishyutsu" from the kanji input keyboard 21, then "suru".
By sequentially inputting from the kana character input keyboard 22, the above operations are executed and kana to kanji conversion is performed. For input from the kana input keyboard 22, the input processing step n7 using the kana input keys is carried out via the step n8 for determining whether or not the input is made using the kanji input keys. Therefore, the kana character string "teishyutsu" is displayed on the kanji input keyboard 21.
When the input is input from the branch step n
After making the decision in step 8, the process goes through flow 8a, returns to the first kanji input processing step n2, and repeats the above operations. As described above, after inputting the kana character of the kanji reading from the kanji input key, by inputting the kana character that comes after the kanji from the kana character input keyboard, the kana-kanji conversion process will be executed. . <Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention includes a first kana key input section for inputting kana pronunciations of kanji, and a second kana key input section for inputting kana to be left unconverted. , includes a kana-kanji conversion unit that converts kana input from the first kana key input unit into kanji in response to the operation of the second kana key input unit performed subsequent to the input, As a kana that will not be converted is input following the reading of , the reading of the previously input kanji will be automatically converted to kanji, so when inputting Japanese sentences mixed with kanji, the conversion key In addition, since the kana input from the second kana key input section is treated as unconverted, that is, as input as kana characters, keystroke operations for non-converted keys can be omitted or reduced. It is also possible to omit this, and it is possible to input Japanese sentences mixed with kanji more efficiently. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the separation point between kanji and kana in the input kana string becomes clear, so this separation point can be used as separation information in a kana-kanji conversion device that uses a solid input method for kana characters. As a result, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the division process.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of an input section of a device implementing the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a kana input string. 4 are operational flowcharts for explaining the operation of the apparatus of the present invention. 10...Display section, 11...Dictionary memory section, 12...Buffer memory section, 13...Control section, 20...Input section,
21... Kanji input keyboard (first kana key input section), 22... Kana input keyboard (second kana key input section).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input device for Japanese sentences containing kanji that has a kana-kanji conversion processing function, comprising: a first kana key input section for inputting kana pronunciations of kanji; and a second kana key input section for inputting kana to be left unconverted. a kana key input section, and converts a kana input from the first kana key input section into a kanji in response to an operation of the second kana key input section performed subsequent to the input. A Japanese input device characterized by comprising a conversion section.