JPH0332824B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Object of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention converts reading information input as a character string of a certain character type into a character string containing kanji (or kanji),
This invention relates to a Japanese language processing device that creates character strings containing kanji.

(Prior art) When proofreading or editing a document created using this type of Japanese language processing device, "Hiragana" →
You may want to convert character types such as "Katakana", "Katakana" → "Hiragana", "Katakana" → "Romaji", "Romaji" → "Katakana", "Katakana" → "Kanji", etc. In such cases, with conventional Japanese language processing devices, you use the cursor to indicate the start position of the character string you wish to convert in the document displayed on the display monitor, and operate the correction key to enter correction mode, and then Similarly, after specifying the final position of the character string with the cursor and operating the correction key to specify the part where the character type should be converted, the character type conversion is performed by keying in the character type for which you want to convert the reading of the corresponding character. I was starting to be able to do it.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) With such conventional Japanese language processing devices, as mentioned above, the reading of the character whose character type you want to convert must be entered using the keypad, so especially when there are a large number of characters you want to convert, This method has the disadvantage that the number of key input operations increases and work efficiency is significantly reduced.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and it converts the reading input character type (for example, hiragana) into kanji. It is an object of the present invention to provide a Japanese language processing device capable of converting into kanji or a sentence containing kanji without changing the reading input character type.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) The Japanese language processing device of the present invention includes an input means for inputting a character string of a plurality of character types, and an input means for inputting a character string of a plurality of character types; Read and set the input character type to
and a conversion processing means for obtaining a character string containing kanji whose reading is the character string of the input character type, further comprising:
A device that generates a character string including a character string containing kanji obtained from the conversion processing means and a character string of the plurality of character types, and a character string that specifies a specific character string from among the created character strings. The apparatus includes a specifying means, and a kanji conversion instructing means for instructing the conversion processing means to convert a character string specified by the character string specifying means into a character string containing kanji. When the character type of the designated character string designated by the character string designation means is not the input character type, the conversion processing means converts the designated character string into the character string of the input character type. It is characterized by doing.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the Japanese language processing device of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that forms the center of the apparatus, and 12 is a main memory (hereinafter referred to as MEM). 13 is an external storage device in which document files are stored, such as a floppy disk device (hereinafter referred to as FDD); 14 is an external storage device in which a dictionary for hiragana-kanji conversion is stored, such as FDD (floppy disk device); 15 is DMA (Direct Memory
Access) device. 16 is a conversion memory, such as a ROM. In this embodiment, the storage area of the ROM 16 is equally divided into 8 blocks in the address direction as shown in FIG.
It is assigned as 60-165. here
For CBL160 to 165, the upper three bits of the N-bit ROM address are "000", "001",
There are areas of the ROM 16 labeled “010”, “011”, “100”, and “101”. At the address position where "000" is added to the various "Hiragana" character codes (N-3 bits) of CBL160, "Katakana" character codes with the same reading as the corresponding "Hiragana" are stored in advance. . At the address position where "001" is added to the character code (N-3 bits) of various "Katakana" in CBL161, "Hiragana" with the same reading as the corresponding "Katakana" is written.
The character code of is stored in advance.
At the address positions where "010" is added to the various "Katakana" character codes of CBL162, "Romaji" character codes with the same reading as the corresponding "Katakana" are stored in advance. CBL
163 various “Romaji” character codes “011”
At each address position to which is added, a ``Katakana'' character code with the same reading as the corresponding ``Romaji'' character code is stored in advance. CBL164
In the explanation of CBL163, change "011" to "100", "Katakana" to "Hiragana", and
Regarding CBL165, in the explanation of CBL162, "010" should be changed to "101" and "Katakana" should be changed to "Hiragana". MEM 12, DMA device 15, and ROM 16 are connected to CPU 11 via memory bus 17.

18 is an input/output control unit (hereinafter referred to as IOC) equipped with a display control unit (not shown) having a refresh memory (hereinafter referred to as RM) 19 as a display code memory; 20 is a kanji pattern memory (hereinafter referred to as IOC); , KPM). In KPM20,
Character patterns such as commonly used ``kanji'', ``alphabet'', ``numbers'', ``hiragana'', ``katakana'', and ``symbols'' are memorized. ICO18 is input/output bus 21
It is connected to the CPU 11 via. 22 is a printer device, 23 is a display monitor such as a CRT display device (hereinafter referred to as a CRT device), 2
4 is a keyboard device. RM19 has CRT
Display information (character code information) for one screen of the device 23 is stored, and a character pattern corresponding to the character code read from the RM 19 is extracted from the KPM 20 and output to the CRT device 23. Character display is performed by this.

The keyboard device 24 has "alphabet", "number", "hiragana", "symbol", and function keys. In addition to the correction keys and cursor movement keys described in the conventional example, these function keys include a character type conversion designation key 241, a hiragana key 242 as a character type designation key, and a katakana key 243, as shown in FIG. , a Romanji key 244, and a Kanji key 245. The character type conversion designation key 241 is a key for specifying character type conversion such as "Hiragana" → "Katakana", "Katakana" → "Hiragana", etc. Hiragana key 24
2. The katakana key 243 is a key for specifying hiragana input and katakana input, and the kanji key 24
5 is a key for converting "Hiragana" into "Kanji", but when combined with the character type conversion specification key 241, conversion to "Hiragana" or "Katakana" is possible regardless of the character type before conversion. conversion,
It is now able to function as a key to specify conversion to ``kanji''. Romaji key 24
4 is also designed to function as a key for specifying conversion to "Romaji".

The CPU 11 performs character type conversion processing when a character type conversion designation key 241 of the keyboard device 24 is operated. For this reason, MEM12 replaces "hiragana" with "kanji".
In addition to algorithms for converting to , a character type conversion program is stored.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Assume now that the operator specifies the calling of a certain document through a keyboard operation. At this time, if there is no page specification, the character code information of the first page of the specified document will be FDD.
The data is read from the MEM 13 and stored in a predetermined area of the MEM 12 via the DMA device 15 and the memory bus 17. The CPU 11 reads character code information from the beginning of the first page of the document stored in the MEM 12 in units of characters.
Information for one screen of the CRT device 23 is transferred to the input/output bus 2.
1 to the IOC 18, and these pieces of information (character codes) are sequentially written into address positions corresponding to the screen positions of the CRT device 23 in the RM 19. Then, under the control of a display control unit (not shown) in the IOC 18, a character code is read out from the RM 19, and a character pattern corresponding to this character code is created.
A portion of the document is taken out from the KPM 20 and displayed on the CRT device 23 as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

For example, it is desired to convert "Katakana" in the document displayed on the CRT device 23 to "Katakana", that is, to convert "Katakana" to "Kanji". The operator then operates the character type conversion designation key 241 on the keyboard device 24. Then, when the CPU 11 detects a key operation of the character type conversion designation key 241,
The character type conversion program stored in the MEM 12 is activated, and the CPU 11 starts executing this program. First, the CPU 11 enters a state in which it waits to determine whether or not a character type has been specified, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

The operator operates the cursor movement keys (not shown) on the keyboard device 24 to place the cursor on the display screen of the CRT device 23 at the beginning position of the character string for which character type conversion is desired, in this example, at the position of “Ka” in “Katakana”. The character type specification key, in this example, the kanji key 245, is operated. This results in
The CPU 11 determines the character type conversion to "kanji" and recognizes the conversion start position using well-known technology. Next, the CPU 11 is operated as shown in Figure 6.
The specified character type is displayed on the CRT device 23, and operation guide information for inquiring about the conversion end position is displayed. In accordance with this operation guidance information, the operator operates the cursor movement keys in the same way as in the case described above to move the cursor to the "na" position of "katakana" on the display screen of the CRT device 23, and then moves the cursor to the "na" position of "katakana" again. Operate key 245 (character type designation key). This will cause CPU11
recognizes the end position of the string to be converted.

CPU11 is the CRT specified by the cursor.
RM corresponding to the character area on the display screen of the device 23
19 (MEM12 may also be used in this case)
The contents of the area (a predetermined area of the MEM 12 serves as a display code memory) are read character by character. Then, the CPU 11 performs a character type conversion process to convert the read character (character code) into a designated character type (character code) as shown below. First, the CPU 11 determines the character type of the read character (character code). If this character type is a kanji, character type conversion is not performed. next,
The CPU 11 uses the ROM 1 based on the read character, the character type determination result, and the specified content of the converted character type.
Generate a ROM address for 6. In this case, the read character is "ka" and the character type is "katakana". Also, the conversion character type is "Kanji"
It is. Therefore, the CPU 11 determines whether to convert "Katakana" to "Kanji", first converts "Katakana" to "Hiragana", then converts "Hiragana" to "Kanji".
Take steps to perform the conversion. When converting from "Katakana" to "Hiragana", the CPU 11 uses the character code (N-3 bits) of the character to be converted (in this case "Ka").
3-bit information "001" is added to the upper part of the address to generate an N-bit ROM address. And the CPU
11 accesses the ROM 16 using this ROM address. As a result, CBL1 of ROM16
``Hiragana'' having the same pronunciation as the character ``KA'', that is, the character ``KA'' (character code) is read out from the corresponding address position of 61. Thereafter, in the same manner, the characters "ta", "ka", and "na" and "hiragana" having the same pronunciation, that is, the characters "ta", "ka", and "na" (character codes) are sequentially read out. Next CPU11
converts these characters ``hirakana'' into ``kanji'' or ``katakana'' using a well-known hiragana-kanji conversion function. The CPU 11 inputs the character code string of the character “Katakana” obtained in this way into the MEM 12 (the first
RM1.
The character code string indicating "Katakana" stored in 9 is rewritten to the character code string indicating "Katakana". As a result, the displayed characters "Katakana" displayed on the CRT device 23 are converted to "Katakana". In other words, "Katakana" is converted to "Kanji". The CPU 11 returns the rewritten storage information of the predetermined area in the MEM 12 to the FDD 13. This completes proofreading a portion of the document file.

By the way, in the above explanation, the case of converting "katakana" to "kanji" was explained, but it is clear that various character type conversions can be performed except for the case of converting "kanji" to "hiragana". Figure 7 shows CBL160 to 1 in ROM16.
This is a schematic diagram of the character type conversion function of the CPU 11 using the 65. ”→
It is shown that character type conversion from "Hiragana" and "Hiragana" to "Romaji" is performed via the corresponding CBLs 160 to 165. Also, in Figure 7, the character type conversions for "Katakana" → "Kanji" and "Romaji" → "Kanji" are shown in CBL161 and CBL161, respectively.
164 into "hiragana" and then into kanji by a well-known hiragana-kanji conversion function.

In this way, according to this embodiment, when you want to change the character type, you only need to specify the conversion location and the conversion character type, and there is no need to input the same reading as in conventional corrections. performance is significantly improved. Moreover, since conversion between various character types becomes easy, the efficiency of correction, proofreading, and editing work is improved. By the way, when converting hiragana to kanji, when inputting keys such as consonants and consonants, I mistakenly entered capital letters for ``ya'', ``yu'', ``yo'', and ``tsu'', which should be input in lowercase letters. It is often not converted to kanji. In such cases, with conventional Japanese language processing devices, it was necessary to re-enter all the correct pronunciations of the word containing the incorrectly input characters, but with the present invention, correct kanji can be obtained by correcting only the incorrectly input characters. It becomes possible to make corrections.

In the above embodiment, the character type conversion designation key 24
Although we have explained the case where 1 is provided, it is also possible to newly provide a dedicated key for specifying the character type conversion and specifying the character type to be converted, such as a hiragana conversion specification key and a katakana conversion specification key. good. In this case, the number of key operations is 1
fewer times. In addition, in the above embodiment, the ROM16
We have explained the case where character type conversion is performed using hardware, except for "Hiragana" → "Kanji" conversion, but for example, character type conversion can be performed by placing various conversion tables in MEM12 and indexing the tables. You can do it like this.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the Japanese language processing device of the present invention, even if a character string has been input in a character type other than the reading input character type, the operator can specify the character string and convert it into a kanji-containing sentence (or a kanji-containing sentence). ), you can obtain the desired kanji or a sentence containing kanji. Therefore, you can read character strings that were input using other character types, re-enter them using the input character type, and convert them to kanji or sentences containing kanji, or read and input character strings that were input using other character types. After converting to the character type, specify this string again to convert it to kanji, or
This eliminates the hassle of converting sentences containing kanji, and the work efficiency is significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a character type conversion block assignment map in the ROM in the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the key configuration of the main part of the keyboard device, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the operation.
6 and 6 are diagrams showing the display screen, and FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the character type conversion function. 11... Processing unit (CPU), 12... Main memory (MEM), 16... ROM (conversion memory), 19...
... Refresh memory (RM), 23 ... CRT device (display monitor), 24 ... Keyboard device, 1
60-165...Character type conversion block (CBL,
conversion table).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input means for inputting a character string of a plurality of character types, a kanji whose reading input character type is a specific character type among the plurality of character types, and whose reading is the character string of the input character type. and a conversion processing means for obtaining a mixed character string, and generates a character string including a kanji mixed character string obtained from the conversion processing means and a character string of the plurality of character types. a character string specifying means for specifying a specific character string from among the character strings selected, and instructing the conversion processing means to convert the character string specified by the character string specifying means into a character string containing kanji. and a kanji conversion instruction means, when the character type of the designated character string designated by the character string designation means is not the input character type, the conversion processing means converts the designated character string into a character string of the input character type. A Japanese language processing device that performs kanji conversion by translating the reading into . 2. The conversion processing means stores the correspondence between each character of the reading input character type and each character of other character types, and converts each character in the designated character string into a character of the corresponding reading input character type to create a kanji-mixed character. 2. The Japanese language processing device according to claim 1, wherein the Japanese language processing device converts into a string. 3. The reading input character type is katakana or hiragana, and the conversion processing means converts the specified character string input in English characters into a corresponding hiragana or katakana character string as a Roman character string, and converts it into a character string containing kanji. 2. The Japanese language processing device according to claim 1, wherein the Japanese language processing device converts the Japanese language into the Japanese language.