JPH0340060A - Kana (japanese syllabary) to kanji (chinese character) converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the KANA (Japanese syllabary) to KANJI (Chinese character) conversion irrespective of whether a long vowel of a word of foreign origin exists or not by providing a long vowel detecting part and a long vowel adding part on a KANA to KANJI converter, and using a dictionary in which a long vowel of a KATAKANA (square form of Japanese syllabary) word in which whether a long vowel exists or not is unstable is eliminated. CONSTITUTION:When reading of a KANA to be converted to a KANJI is inputted, it is stored in an input control part 12, and also, in the case it is detected by a long vowel detecting part 15 that a long vowel is contained in this reading, a reading train in which a long vowel is deleted is transferred to the input control part 12, and a position of the deleted long vowel is informed to a long vowel adding part 16. A dictionary retrieving part 13 retrieves a dictionary 14, and transfers the notation concerned to the input control part 12. The input control part 12 transfers the transferred notation to the long vowel adding part 16 and inserts the long vowel deleted by the long vowel detecting part 15 into its original position, and executes display and storage of the notation to a display device part 17 and a storage device part 18. In such a way, in the notation of a KATAKANA word containing a long vowel, reading in which whether a long vowel exists or not is unstable can be converted to KANA to a KATAKANA word irrespective of whether a long vowel exists or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Use This device relates to a kana-kanji conversion device used in personal computers, Japanese word processors, workstations, and the like.

Conventional technology Conventionally, this type of kana-kanji conversion device has been equipped with a keyboard, an input control section, a dictionary search section, a dictionary, a display device, and a two-page storage device. The input pronunciation is transferred to the dictionary search section, searched using the dictionary, converted into a desired sentence containing kana and kanji, and displayed and stored in the storage device.

Therefore, if you input the hiragana reading, it can be converted to the corresponding kanji, katakana, or a sentence containing kanji.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a conventional kana-kanji conversion device.

In FIG. 3, 31 is a keyboard input control unit 3.
Convey the reading entered in 2.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a dictionary search unit, which is connected to a dictionary 34. 3
6 is a display unit and is connected to 32, and 36 is a storage unit, which is connected to 32 in the same manner as 36.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be explained. In FIG. 3, when the hiragana pronunciation to be converted into kana-kanji is input from the keyboard 31, the input control unit 32 stores the input pronunciation and transfers it to the dictionary search unit 33. The dictionary search unit 33 searches the dictionary 34 based on the transferred reading sequence 3...-2., searches for kanji corresponding to the reading, katakana, or a notation containing kanji, and sends the corresponding notation to the input control unit 32. Forward.

The input control section 32 transfers the transferred notation to the display device section 35 button and the storage device section 36 to display and store the notation.

In this way, even with the above-mentioned conventional kana-kanji conversion device, when a hiragana reading is input, it can be converted into a desired sentence containing kana-kanji.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional kana-kanji conversion device, the dictionary is searched using the input hiragana reading, so if the reading is different, conversion may not be possible. In the case of foreign words in katakana, the presence or absence of long sounds is not consistent, so there was a problem that conversion was not possible.

The present invention solves these conventional problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent kana-kanji conversion device capable of converting kana-kanji regardless of the presence or absence of long sounds in foreign words.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a conventional kana-kanji conversion device with a long sound detection section and a long sound addition section, and uses a dictionary that removes long sounds in Katakana language whose presence or absence of long sounds is unstable. This allows correct conversion of katakana, kin, and kana to kanji regardless of the presence or absence of long sounds in the input hiragana reading.

Effects The present invention has the following effects due to the above structure. That is, it detects long sounds that exist in the input hiragana reading, removes these long sounds, searches the dictionary using the reading that does not include long sounds, and adds the removed long sounds to the notation obtained as a result of the search. When the desired katakana is converted into the desired katakana, it is possible to perform kana-kanji conversion that includes katakana, regardless of the presence or absence of long sounds, and create a kana-kanji mixed sentence that includes katakana.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11 is a keyboard, and an input control unit 12
Convey the reading you entered. Reference numeral 135 is a dictionary search section and is connected to the dictionary 14.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a long sound detection section, which is connected to the input control section 12 and further connected to a long sound addition section 16. 17 is a display unit connected to 12; 18 is a storage unit 17;
Similarly, it is connected to 12. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. As shown in FIG. 1, when the hiragana reading to be converted into kana-kanji is inputted from the keyboard 11, the input control unit 12 stores the input reading string, and the long sound detection unit 15 stores the input reading sequence, and the long sound detection unit 15 contains long sounds in the input reading. 1, and if the long sound is included, the reading sequence with the long sound removed is transferred to the input control section. At this time, the position of the deleted long sound is notified to the long sound adding section 16. The reading sequence with long sounds deleted is transferred from the input control section 12 to the dictionary search section 13. The dictionary search unit 13 searches the dictionary 14 based on the transferred reading sequence, searches for a kanji character corresponding to the reading, or a notation containing katakana or kanji, and transfers the corresponding notation to the input control unit 12. The input control section 12 transfers the transferred notation to the long sound addition section 16, and the long sound detection section 16 presses the button of the long sound addition section 16 to insert the deleted long sound into the deleted position. Forward. The input control section 12 transfers the received notation to the display device section 17 and the storage device section 18 to display and store the notation.

In this way, according to the above embodiment, when a sequence of pronunciations including a long sound is input from the keyboard 11, the input control unit 12 receives it, the long sound detection unit 15 deletes the long sound, and uses the deleted pronunciation. The dictionary search unit 13 performs a dictionary search to detect the notation for the reading.

The long sound addition section 16 inserts the deleted long sound into the detected notation and creates a desired kanji that includes the long sound at the same position as the input reading,
It has the advantage of being able to convert into character strings containing hiragana and katakana.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention deals with the notation of katakana words that include long sounds, and allows readings in which the presence or absence of long sounds is unstable to be converted from hiragana to katakana regardless of the presence or absence of long sounds. This method has the advantage of being able to convert unstable readings into desired Katakana words without having to prepare corresponding notation in the dictionary.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a correlation diagram showing the correspondence between the long sound detection section, the long sound addition section, and the dictionary in an embodiment of the present invention. The figure is a block diagram of a conventional kana-kanji conversion device. 11...Keyboard, 12...Input control unit, 13...Dictionary search unit, 14...Dictionary, 15...Long sound detection unit, 16 ... Long sound addition section, 17 ... Display device section, 18 ...
...Storage unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A keyboard for inputting hiragana, an input control unit for storing input characters, a dictionary search unit for searching a dictionary, a dictionary for converting hiragana readings into kanji and katakana, a long sound detection unit for detecting long sounds in readings, and a dictionary search unit for searching dictionaries. This kana-kanji conversion device includes a long sound addition part for adding a long sound to katakana searched from inside, a display part for displaying a character string converted into a sentence containing kana and kanji, and a storage part for storing the character string.