JPH0812669B2 - Document processing method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document processing method, and more particularly to a document processing method having a spelling verify function after input.

[Prior Art] In recent years, a document processing device (word processor) has also been downsized and further spread. In particular, some electronic typewriters have made progress by adding new functions supported by recent electronic technologies while maintaining the traditionally established typewriter function. The spelling verifiy function for key-in words is one of them.
Even if the operator inputs a word, even if a spelling mistake is made, the typewriter itself makes a dictionary search and verifies, and immediately informs the user of an error, so there is an advantage that a complete document is created at the time of input.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if spelling verifay is performed using a dictionary containing a set of words, if a proper noun such as a person's name that is not registered in the dictionary is input, the verifi error occurs. It often happened that it caused inconvenience in operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The purpose is to prevent the execution of unnecessary spelling inspection by controlling whether or not the spelling inspection is performed on the word following the word based on the attribute of the recognized word. It is to provide a document processing method that improves the operability of.

[Means for Solving the Problem] A document processing method of the present invention for achieving the above object, a step of identifying a word constituting input document data stored in a storage means, and the identified word. Recognizing the attribute type by the recognizing means using the dictionary means that stores the word and its attribute information in association with each other, and based on the attribute type of the recognized word, spelling the word following the word. And a step of controlling whether or not the inspection is performed by the control means.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, the words forming the document data stored in the input storage unit are identified, and the attribute of the identified word is stored in the dictionary unit in which the word and the attribute information thereof are stored in association with each other. Be recognized using. Then, based on the recognized attribute of the word, whether or not to spell check the following word is controlled.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an electronic typewriter (ET of an embodiment according to the present invention.
It is an external perspective view of FIG. In the figure, the platen knob 1
Is used for manually loading paper or for fine adjustment of the print position in the vertical direction. When the knob 1 is pushed inward, the connection with the internal drive pulse motor is released, and the knob 1 can be manually rotated. Paper support 2
Is a paper guide plate for making the printing surface face the operator even when thin paper is used. The page end indicator 3 is a ruler that indicates the length to the end line of the paper, and the operator preliminarily adjusts the indicator 3 in the vertical direction as shown by the arrow according to the vertical length of the paper, and passes it through the platen. It is possible to know the length to the end line of the paper when the upper side of the paper that has come out reaches the scale position of the indicator 3. The release lever 4 is used when the pinch roller arranged below the platen is separated from the platen and the inclination of the sheet is manually corrected. Soundproof cover 5
Is for suppressing the impact sound of impact printing, and since it is made of transparent acrylic, the printed characters can be seen through the soundproof cover 5. When the typeface is changed or the ribbon cassette is replaced, the upper cover 6 is opened while rotating backward, and the type wheel loaded in the carriage portion is replaced or the ribbon cassette is replaced. This electronic typewriter has four types of horizontal printing pitch: 10 characters, 12 characters, 15 characters per inch, and proportional spacing (hereinafter referred to as PS) that changes the printing pitch depending on the size of the type. There is. The scale 8 has three scales, which are engraved with 10-character pitch, 12-character pitch, and 15-character pitch, and the carriage indicator 7 has 3 LEDs.
The lamp is mounted on the carriage and the lamp corresponding to the pitch designated by the keyboard 10 is turned on to indicate the carriage position on the scale 8. The keyboard 10 includes a character key group 10a for inputting and printing characters, and control key groups 10b and 10c arranged on both sides thereof.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation panel of the electronic typewriter. In the figure, the "Pitch" key specifies the number of characters to be printed per inch as described above. "Pitc
Each time the “h” key is pressed, the display unit L1 which is composed of lamps such as LEDs relating to the pitch lights up in the order of 10, 12, 15, PS, and also in a cyclic manner. The unit of 10,12,15 is the number of characters / inc
Although it is h, the number of characters per inch for PS differs depending on the characters printed. The "Line Space" key indicates the feed amount for line feed, and the basic unit length 1 of the feed amount is 1/6 inch. In this case as well, the lamp L2 is lit cyclically by pressing the key as before. The "KB select" key is an alternative to keys that cannot be selected by using the "SHIFT" key that specifies uppercase letters, lowercase letters, etc., that is, keys that correspond to three types of characters with a single key such as KIII. It gives a specific meaning. It also gives alternative meanings to the keys corresponding to the left and right three types of characters. The "RM Control" key on the upper right is for instructing the function of the electronic typewriter in the right margin. JUST, AUTO, OFF
Is selected every time the "RM Control" key is pressed. This is also indicated by the cyclic lighting of lamp L4. When the JUST lamp is lit, the light-just stay function (right alignment) function is selected, and when the AUTO lamp is lit, auto line feed is performed. OFF literally indicates nothing. The "OP control" key is used to determine the print mode of the electronic typewriter. As in the previous case, one of C, W, L, and STORE lights up every time the keyboard is pressed, indicating the print mode. C is character-by-character printing, W is word-by-word printing, L is line-by-line printing, STORE means registration in the internal storage device (text buffer TB), and STORE means line-by-line printing L mode. The "MEMORY" key is used to perform a character string (text) operation, and declares the start of operation for the storage device. Margin release "MARREL" key prevents key input (margin stop)
This is used to release the state that has been set, and is also used to release, for example, when a spell verify error occurs at the time of inputting a word, which will be described later. Relocation "RELOC" key is used to correct the word entry and re-spell verifi. The lever switch SSW is a switch that selectively selects one of the three operation modes of the apparatus of this embodiment.
When the switch lever is in the manual mode MN, the operator presses the "VER" key of the verifi-eye, and the spelling of the word just before that is verified. When the switch lever is in the auto-verify mode AV, the word is automatically spelled each time the operator enters the word (presses the "SPACE" key). 2 above
In the case of the mode, if you specify the registration to the internal storage (STOR
When E is specified, the entered word character code is stored in the text buffer TB as it is. When the switch lever is located in the auto-conversion mode AVC, the word spelling is automatically verified every time the operator inputs a word, and at the same time, the word character code is converted into the corresponding word identification code ID. In this case, if STORE is specified for the internal storage device,
The converted word identification code ID is stored in the text buffer TB.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the electronic typewriter.
The same numbers are attached to those already shown in FIG.
The description is omitted.

In the figure, 11 is a central processing unit (CPU) which controls the main of the electronic typewriter (ETW), and 12
Is a ROM that stores the programs executed by the CPU 11 (shown in FIGS. 6 to 9), and 13 is the document data and ETW that are keyed in.
RAM for temporarily storing data necessary for control, 14 is a printer unit for printing document data, 15 is spelling verification for key input words, and spelling for conversion between word character code and word identification code if necessary VERIFY UNIT (SVCU), 16 is an ETW internal common bus that connects the above-described components to the CPU 11.

Although not shown, by connecting a serial interface to the internal common bus 16, it is possible to perform data communication with another ETW or the like.

The SVCU 15 also includes a central processing unit (CPU) 152 that similarly controls the main control in order to realize its complicated operation with a simple configuration, and further includes a control program for the CPU 152 (see FIGS. 6 to 9). ROM153 with some procedures)
A RAM 154 for temporarily storing data and the like required for spelling verification, a dictionary memory (ROM) 155 for storing a huge number of spells in a table, and an SVCU for connecting these components to the CPU 152. Internal common bus 156, and S
It consists of an interface 151 connecting the entire VCU 15 to the internal common bus 16 of the ETW.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the spelling verify unit (SVCU) 15 shown in FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 156 is a spell check / conversion control unit (SVCC) realized by the configuration of the CPU 152 and ROM 153 of FIG.
The SVCC156 is a spelling verification control of the key input word and a text buffer TB according to the key input data and various command data sent from the ETW via the interface 151.
In order to form the document data by the word identification code ID, the control to convert the input word to the word identification code ID,
In order to print the document data including the word identification code ID, the ID read from the text buffer TB is inversely converted into the character code data. In order to execute such control, the RAM 154 has a character counter CC for counting the number of key input character data sent from the ETW, and a word buffer WB for storing one word of spelling (character code data).
And a code buffer IDB that stores the word identification code ID
And a flag buffer IDFB for storing the attribute code of the word. Further, FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the dictionary memory 155. In the figure, one word consists of a spelling part SP, a word identification code ID, and an identification flag IDF consisting of an attribute code attached to the word, and these are stored in a table for a plurality of words.
Accordingly, the SVCC 156 can search the dictionary memory 155 for the spelled part SP of the word or the word identification code ID.

Although the examples are shown in English spelling, in addition to Japanese,
It can be in any language, such as German or French.

Now, the main purpose of this type of device is usually to perform spelling verification of key input data. Of course, in the apparatus of this embodiment, the dictionary memory 155 as described above is prepared for that purpose. However, one of the features of the apparatus of this embodiment is that the dictionary memory is used to enable more efficient processing of document data. Hereinafter, the description will be made focusing on this point.

5 (a) to 5 (d) relate to the description of the operation of this embodiment.
FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram showing a case where a key input word is converted into a word identification code ID. In the figure, the keyboard 10
When there is a character key input from the key input data, the key input data is processed by the line buffer LB of the RAM 13, the display buffer DB of the display unit 9, and the word buffer of the SVCU 15 according to the processing purpose.
Sent to WB. For example, in the line buffer LB, the purpose is to assemble one line data, and the display buffer is
In DB, the purpose is to display 20 characters. Word buffer WB
Then, the purpose is to extract words for dictionary search. According to one aspect of this embodiment, a word is separated by detecting the "SPACE" key input. Therefore, when the word "An (sp)" is keyed at a certain time, the character counter CC counts the number of characters (2) +1 of the word, and the word buffer WB stores the spelling (character code) of the word. . So SV
When the CC 157 searches the dictionary memory 155 with this character code data, a comparison match is obtained with “An” in the spelling part SP in FIG. 4, and the corresponding word identification code ID = 0023H (H is a hexadecimal display. Is shown in the buffer IDB and the attribute code IDF = A is read in the flag buffer IDFB.
In this case, the attribute code "A" indicates that the search word is found in the dictionary. That is, it indicates that the word identification code 0023H in the IDB is valid. Based on this result, the ETW CPU 11 transfers the contents of the IDB to the text buffer TB, and as a result, the input character data can be converted into a short word identification code and stored. The following keystroke word, "electronic (sp)"
The same applies to "thermometer (sp)". It should be noted that the actual key input data is 26 characters (bytes) and is stored in the text buffer TB in a shortened form to 12 bytes (6 bytes).

FIG. 5 (b) is a diagram showing a case where proper nouns such as a person's name are automatically identified. Generally, a person's name is not familiar with a dictionary search. Therefore, in this embodiment, useless spelling verification is not performed for personal name input. However, if you do not foresee inputting a person's name in some way, you may end up doing an unnecessary dictionary search and judge that it is an inputting person's name. For this reason, in this embodiment, it is possible to identify a predetermined abbreviation that is not normally placed before the personal name. For example, if a dictionary search match of Mr. "Mr." is obtained in the dictionary memory 155 of FIG. 4, the next word input is a person's name. In the present embodiment, in order to realize such control, the attribute code C is added to the IDF of such an abbreviation "Mr."
To distinguish it from other words. Besides, "Mrs."
If the same attribute code C is stored in an abbreviation having this type of attribute such as "Dr." ..., the same processing can be performed, which is convenient. This idea can also be easily applied to other types of attributes. Now, in FIG. 5 (b), the ETW CPU 11 performs IDF search after dictionary search for the word "Mr. (sp)".
The attribute code IDF = C in B is discriminated so that the next word is not automatically verified or transcoded. In this case, it becomes necessary to store the document data converted into the word identification code and the document data not converted into the text buffer TB in a mixed manner. Therefore, when the CPU 11 stores the document data that is not converted like the proper noun in the TB, for example, it puts a specific mark “*” at the beginning, then inserts the contents of the character counter CC to represent the number of characters, and then The word's spelling (letter code) is stored as is.

FIG. 5C is a diagram showing a process when a key input error is made. In the figure, the word "stab
The search result is negative (absent in the dictionary) because r of "irization" is an error of 1. In the embodiment, this is IDF =
It is indicated by F. Here, the attribute code F is the dictionary memory 15
SVC that detected a non-existence in the dictionary, not the one in 5
It was generated by C156. When the CPU 11 of the ETW detects this state, it reverses the word display of the display buffer (DB) and further applies a temporary margin stop to the keyboard 10 to alert the operator. In this state, the operator can perform operations such as returning the cursor to the left side. So, for example, return the cursor to the "r" position,
“R” can be changed to “1”. After correction "REROC"
By pressing the key, the dictionary is searched again, and the word identification code ID = 4C35 and the attribute code IDF = A are transferred to the buffer IDB and IDFB, respectively, as shown in the figure. CPU11 is I at this point
Transfer the contents of DB to text buffer TB.

FIG. 5D is a diagram showing a case where the document data composed of the word identification code ID on the text buffer TB is converted into the character code data and printed. In the figure, the word identification code ID in the text buffer TB is the RA in the SVCU.
Sent to IDB in M154. Next, the CPU 11 issues a record reverse conversion command to SVCC157. This causes SVCC156 to
For example, the dictionary memory 155 is searched with ID = 4C35, and the corresponding character word “stabilization” is read into the word buffer WB. Next, the CPU 11 transfers the character code data to the print buffer PB to print the characters sequentially.

In this way, in the device of this embodiment, the ID is converted from the character data.
It has both a data conversion means and an ID data to character data conversion means, enabling document data to be stored in the text buffer TB in the form of a short word identification code ID. Therefore, the text buffer size can be made significantly smaller than before, and conversely, if the same text buffer size is used, many page data can be stored. Moreover, in the case of performing data communication with other ETWs of this kind, even one page of text has a very short data length, so transmission is fast and efficient.

6 to 8 relate to the control procedure of the CPU 11 in the three operation modes of the apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG.
3 is a flow chart showing the processing when the slide switch lever of is located in the manual mode MN. In FIG. 3, the mode selection signal from the keyboard 10 is the MV of the ROM 12
Select the processing program and start it. When the device is in this mode of operation, no normal spelling verifi- cation will be performed by pressing the "SPACE" key, but when the operator presses the "VER" key, the word entered immediately before that will be converted into a word and the spelling verifi Do. Since it is possible to specify the verifi eye only when necessary, such as when there is no confidence in the key input operation, high-speed key input processing is possible as a whole, which is a practical operation mode. Also, since the "VER" key has a function of forcibly separating words, this key is convenient because words can be separated at arbitrary places.

Step M1 waits for key input. In the step M2, "VE
It is judged whether or not the "R" key is pressed. If it is not the "VER" key, the process proceeds to step M3 to perform key input processing. The key input process is, for example, a process of transferring the input character code to the line buffer LB, the display buffer DB, and the word buffer WB. If the key input is a character editing key input, the corresponding processing (insertion, deletion, cursor movement, etc.) is executed. Step M4 when pressing the "VER" key
Proceed to and issue a "Start SVC (1)" command to SVCC156,
Wait for the processing of SVCC156 to end at step M5. Where SVCC
The processes executed by the CPU 152 are shown by steps S1 and S2. In step S1, the dictionary memory 155 is searched with the contents of the word buffer WB, and in step S2, the corresponding IDF is transferred to IDFB. As a result, when SVCC is not busy (BSY) at step M5, it is checked at step M6 whether the content of IDFB is "F". If it is not "F", it means that the retrieval word has been found, and the program proceeds to step M7 to issue the "reset SVC" command.
This causes the SVCC CPU 152 to execute steps S3 and S4,
The contents of the character counter CC and the word buffer WB are initialized to 0. Next, the CPU 11 of the ETW executes the margin release at step M8 and waits for the next key input data at step M1.

If the content of IDFB is "F" in the determination of step M6, it means that the search word is not found in the dictionary. As for the flow, step M9 applies a margin stop to the keyboard to prevent further key input. However, it is possible to return the cursor and perform a certain key editing process. Margin release "MAR R
It is determined whether or not the "EL" key is input, and if it is the "MAR REL" key,
The flow exits to step M7, indicating that the spelling of the word is no longer an issue and the next word is entered. "MAR RE
If it is not L key, press step M11 for relocation "RE
It is determined whether or not it is the "LOC" key, and if it is the "RELOC" key, the dictionary memory is searched again. This is the process when you want to check again after correcting the spelling error. If it is not the "RELOC" key, input key processing is performed with step M12. For example, it is a process of moving a cursor, inserting, deleting, converting, or the like in order to correct a misspelled spell. In this way, according to this operation mode, the spelling verify at any time by the operator is possible.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the processing when the slide switch lever of the keyboard 10 is positioned in the automatic verification eye mode AV. In FIG. 3, a mode selection signal from the keyboard 10 selects and activates the AV processing program in the ROM 12. When the device is in this mode of operation, each time there is a normal "SPACE" key input, it is judged as a break into words and the spelling verifay operation is automatically performed. When the operator presses the "VER" key while the device is in this operation mode, the word entered immediately before is pressed as a word to perform spelling verification. In this case, the "VER" key forcibly separates words regardless of the "SPACE" key, so this key is convenient because words can be separated at arbitrary places.

Now, in FIG. 7, the process blocks which perform the same processing as in FIG. 6 are given the same numbers and their explanations are omitted. As described above, in AV processing, verifai is automatically performed for all words. And the word division is done by identifying the "SPACE" key input. That is, in step A1, it is determined whether or not the key is the "SPACE" key, and if it is not the "SPACE" key, the process returns to step M1 and waits for the next key input. In addition, "SPAC
If the "E" key, the process proceeds to step A2 to check whether the content of the IDFB is C or not. When the content of IDFB is C, a predetermined word (abbreviation) that SVCC156 adds before the person's name, for example, when the last word is input.
, And the flow proceeds to step A3. At step A3, the contents of IDBF are returned to A and no spelling verify operation is performed. This is because a person's name after the predetermined abbreviation does not fit into the dictionary search. However, proper nouns such as a place name such as “Tokyo” can be treated in the same way as ordinary words. If IDF = C is not satisfied at step A2, it means that the input word is a normal word, and the flow advances to step M4 to execute the same processing as described in FIG.

Data transfer to the text buffer TB in this operation mode is performed by accumulating one line of character code data in the line buffer LB, as is usually done.

Although not shown, for example, the word "An,
Since “I, He, ...” and the like usually do not make a mistake in spelling, it is possible to prevent this from being spelling verified by the CPU 11. The criterion can be determined on the condition that the number of characters is a predetermined number or less.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the processing when the slide switch lever of the keyboard 10 is positioned at the automatic verification eye and conversion AVC. In FIG. 3, a mode selection signal from the keyboard 10 selects and activates the AVC processing program in the ROM 12. Here, the blocks having the same processing as those in FIGS. 6 and 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. When the device is in this operation mode, it will automatically perform spelling verifay operation by judging it as a word break each time there is a normal "SPACE" key input, and the word with a positive verifai result corresponds. It is converted into a word identification code ID and stored in the text buffer TB. Also, when the operator presses the "VER" key while the device is in this operation mode, the word entered immediately before that is used as a word to perform spelling verification, as in the above description.

One feature of this mode of operation is that, for example, step A2
If it is determined that the immediately preceding word was an abbreviation to be put in front of the person's name, proceed to step C1 and use the "*" symbol and the character counter.
The contents of CC and the contents of word buffer WB are assembled and transferred to the text buffer TB. Since the person's name cannot be converted to a word identification code, the character code remains TB
, And the CPU 11 records, for example, the specific mark “*” and the number of word characters so that the CPU 11 can recognize later that the data is that part. As described above, a well-known place name or the like is suitable for a dictionary search, and thus can be stored in the dictionary memory 155 in advance. If RAM is added as a part of the dictionary memory 155, appropriate data can be registered and used when the device is used.

Another feature of this operation mode is that a dictionary search comparison of words is obtained when it is determined in step M6 that IDF = F is not satisfied.
Proceed to 2 and enter the word identification code ID in the IDB as a text buffer.
Is to transfer to TB. Also for this purpose SVCC CPU1
In step T1 executed by 52, the word identification code ID of the word obtained by the dictionary search comparison is transferred to IDB. When the key input process proceeds in this manner, the assembled character code and code-converted word identification code ID are mixed in the text buffer TB as document data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of printing the document data stored in the text buffer TB. At step P1, the data (1 byte) from TB is read. At step P2, it is determined whether the data is the specific code "*". If the specific code is "*", the character number data and word data are still contained in TB, so the character number data is read in step P3, the number of character data according to the character number data is read in step P4, and read in step P5. The transferred word data is transferred to the print buffer PB. The data in the print buffer PB thus transferred is printed by another program (not shown) of ETW. At step P11, it is checked by the end code whether or not the text data ends, and if not ended, the process returns to step P1 and if ended, the print processing is exited.

If the specific code is not "*" in step P2,
The next ID (1 byte) is read in step P6, and step P7
To transfer the ID data to the IDB of SVCU15. In step P8, a start SVCC (3) command is issued, and in step P9, SVCC15
Wait for the end of execution of 7. On the other hand, in step U1 executed by the CPU 152 of SVCC157, a dictionary search is performed using the ID data, and when a match is obtained, the spell SP of the corresponding word is read out and step U2
To transfer the spelling (letter code) to WB. ETW CPU152
Determines that SVCC is no longer BSY at step P9,
The contents of WB are transferred to PB in step P10. When the contents of WB are transferred to the display buffer, they are displayed on the display unit 9.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a case where it is achieved by supplying a program that causes a system or an apparatus to execute the processing defined by the present invention.

[Effect] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to control, based on the attribute of a recognized word, whether or not a spelling check is performed on a word following the word, and unnecessary spelling is possible. Execution of the inspection is prevented and the operability of the device is improved.
For example, for a word that is not registered in the dictionary, it is possible to control not to check the spelling of the word based on the attribute of the previous word.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an electronic typewriter (ET of an embodiment according to the present invention.
W) external perspective view, FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation panel of the electronic typewriter, FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of the electronic typewriter, and FIG. 4 is the spelling verifi unit (SVCU) shown in FIG. FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram showing a case where a key input word is converted into a word identification code ID, and FIG. 5 (b) is an automatic noun such as a personal name. FIG. 5 (c) is a diagram showing a process when a key input error is made, and FIG. 5 (d) is a word identification code on the text buffer TB.
The figure which shows the case where the document data which consists of ID is converted to the character code data and is printed, FIG. 6 is the flow chart which shows the processing when the slide switch lever of the keyboard 10 is located in the manual mode MN, FIG. Fig. 8 is a flow chart showing the processing when the slide switch lever of the keyboard 10 is located in the auto-verify eye mode AV, and Fig. 8 is a flow chart showing the process when the slide switch lever of the keyboard 10 is located in the auto-verify eye and conversion AVC. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a process of printing the document data stored in the text buffer TB. Here, 9 ... Display section, 10 ... Keyboard, 11 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 1
4… Printer section, 15… Spelling Veriff Eye Unit (S
VCU), 16 ... Internal common bus.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A step of identifying a word that is input and is included in document data stored in a storage means, and a dictionary means that stores the type of attribute of the identified word in association with the word and its attribute information. A step of recognizing by using the recognizing means, and a step of controlling by the control means whether or not to perform a spelling inspection for a word following the word based on the type of attribute of the recognized word. Characteristic document processing method.