JPS6125268A - Kana/kanji converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the quick and simple input of addresses and the names of places by providing a place name dictionary and a memory storing a table of postal zone numbers. CONSTITUTION:An input device 1, a display device 2 and a memory 3 are connected to a processor 4. The memory 3 contains a place name dictionary and a table of postal zone numbers. The processor 4 retrieves the place name dictionary and the table of postal zone numbers according to a postal zone number supplied from the device 1 and reads out the name of the corresponding place in KANJI (Chinese characters) to deliver it to a display device 2. The place name dictionary contains groups of the reading KANA (Japanese syllabary) and KANJI inscription of addresses and place names and place name codes allocated to each address and place name. While a table of the postal zone numbers and place name. While a table of the postal zone numbers contains the postal zone numbers the place names, i.e., the place name codes corresponding to each postal zone number and the hierarchical codes showing the hierarchy of each place name such as prefectures, cities, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion device suitable for use in a Japanese word processor device.

<Prior art> In conventional kana-kanji conversion devices, when attempting to create an address book, etc., the pronunciation corresponding to the address, that is, the kana string, is divided into prefecture name, city, town, village name, etc., and inputted separately. I was converting kana to kanji.

However, inputting addresses and place names using kana strings in this way has the drawback of being complicated and time-consuming.

Furthermore, conventional kana-kanji conversion devices cannot output a postal code based on an address or place name, and have the disadvantage that it takes time and effort to look up a postal code.

<Purpose of the invention> Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to make it easy to input addresses and place names.
To provide a kana-kanji conversion device that can be quickly converted, can greatly reduce the labor of input work, and can also obtain a postal code from an input address/place name.

<Structure and operation of the invention> In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the present invention is to provide a place name dictionary in which the pronunciation of an address/place name corresponds to a place name code and a kanji notation, and a place name dictionary that corresponds the above place name code to a postal code. It is characterized by having a memory for storing a postal code table.

The function of this invention is that when a postal code corresponding to a specific address/place name is input, the place name code corresponding to that postal code is searched from the postal code table, and the kanji notation corresponding to the above place name code is searched. Search from the place name dictionary and output all addresses and place names corresponding to the above zip code in kanji,
You can select a desired address/place name from among these output addresses/place names and input the address/place name, while if the reading of a specific address/place name is entered manually, the place name code corresponding to that reading can be entered. The feature is that it is possible to search from a place name dictionary and then search and output the postal code corresponding to the place name code from a postal code table.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the kana-kanji conversion device, where l is an input device, 2 is a display device, 3 is a memory that stores a place name dictionary and a postal code table, and 4 is a postal code input from the input device 1. Based on this, we will search the postal code table and place name dictionary, read out the place names in kanji, and
This is a processing device that outputs to the display device 2.

As shown in Figure 2, the above place name dictionary consists of a combination of the reading of an address/place name □, its kanji notation, and a place name code assigned individually to each address/place name, and is also used for regular place name research. It is something that will be done. Also, the postal code table above is number 3.
As shown in the figure, it is made up of a combination of a postal code, the place name represented by the postal code, that is, the above place name code, and a hierarchy code representing the hierarchy of the place name such as prefecture, city, etc. In FIG. 3, 000021.005920,001865. ．． 0
01982.003286 is the place name code, 00002
1 is Hokkaido, 0I5920 is Sapporo, 001865 is North,
Oci''1982+;J: Kitahejo, 003286 represents a conspiracy, and 004,005 is a layer code, 00
44 represents the city, and 005 represents the ward. The above postal code table is based on those listed in the postal code book published by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

The operation of the kana-kanji conversion apparatus having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

4) Enter the postal code, for example 631, of the specific place name to be entered from the input device 1 shown in FIG. 1, and press the place name conversion key (not shown) on the human-powered device 1.

Then, as shown in step SI in FIG. 4, the processing device 4 determines whether the input character string consists of only numbers,
In this case, since there are only numbers, the process proceeds to step S2, and a null code indicating that there are only numbers is read into the specific address.

Next, the process proceeds to step S4, where the input postal code (6
Search for the place name code corresponding to 31) from the postal code table,
Furthermore, the reading and kanji notation corresponding to the above place name code are searched from the place name dictionary. In step S5, it is determined whether a place name code corresponding to the above-mentioned postal code exists. That is, it is determined whether or not a candidate place name exists. If the candidate place name does not exist, the process ends; if the candidate place name exists, the process advances to step S6. In step S6, it is determined whether the null code has been read, that is, whether only the postal code has been input. In this case, since only the postal code has been input, the process advances to step S8, where the place name The place name corresponding to the code, that is, the first candidate place name is displayed on the display device 2 in Kanji. It is determined in the next step S9 whether or not this is the desired place name. If it is not the desired place name, the next candidate key on the input device 1 is pressed and the processes from step 64 onwards are performed. Then, the processing device 4 displays other place names that match the postal code in Kanji characters on the display device 2. By repeating this operation until a desired place name is obtained, the desired place name can be obtained. The above operations and displays are as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

, Next, the input device! When entering a postal code in ■, by entering part or all of the pronunciation of the desired place name following the postal code, only the candidates whose pronunciations partially match will be displayed from among the candidate place names, and the candidates will be displayed. The process of reducing the number will be explained with reference to FIG.

Now, in order to input Tomio, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, enter the postal code 631 and 1 into the input device 1.

Then, in step Sl shown in FIG. 4, it is determined that the input character string has "and" in addition to the number 631,
Proceeding to step S3, the code representing the above characters "and" is input to a specific address. Next, the process proceeds to step S4, and the processing device 4 searches the postal code table for the place name code corresponding to postal code 631, searches the place name dictionary, and searches for the reading and kanji notation. Then, step S
In step S5, it is determined whether or not a candidate place name exists. If the candidate place name does not exist, the process ends, and if it exists, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, it is determined that the null code has not been input, that is, "and" has been input in addition to numbers, and the process proceeds to step S7.
It is determined whether or not "to" is included in the pronunciation of the place name searched in step 4. If it is not included, the process returns to step S4; if it is included, the process proceeds to step S8, and the above place name is read. is displayed on the display device 2 in kanji notation. If this kanji notation is the desired place name, the process ends; if not, the next candidate key is pressed in step S9, and step S4
Go back and repeat the previous steps.

Repeat this operation until the desired place name is obtained.

In this way, by adding "to" in addition to the postal code 631, the number of candidate place names is reduced and a place name can be searched quickly. The above operations and display are as shown in FIG.

Furthermore, the postal code table is searched by the processing device from the place name input in kana string into the input device 1, and the postal code is displayed on the display device 2, so that the postal code can be easily checked.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above explanation, the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention is equipped with a memory that stores a place name dictionary and a postal code table, so inputting addresses and place names can be done easily and quickly. It can greatly reduce the time and effort required for inputting data, and it is also possible to obtain postal codes from manually entered addresses and place names.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing a place name dictionary, Figure 3 is a diagram showing postal codes, Figure 4 is a flowchart, and Figures 5 and 6 are respectively 3A and 3B are charts showing relationships between operations on an input device and displays on a display device. ■ ・Human power equipment, 2. Display device, 3. Memory, 4. Processing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Equipped with a place name dictionary that matches the pronunciation of addresses and place names with place name codes and kanji notations, and a memory that stores a postal code table that matches the above place name codes with postal codes,
When the postal code corresponding to a specific address/place name is entered,
Search the postal code table for the place name code corresponding to the postal code, search the kanji notation corresponding to the above place name code from the place name dictionary, and output all addresses and place names corresponding to the above postal code in kanji, You can select a desired address/place name from among these output addresses/place names and input the address/place name, while if the reading of a specific address/place name is input, the place name code corresponding to that reading is entered. A kana-kanji conversion device that is capable of searching a place name dictionary, searching a postal code table for a postal code corresponding to the place name code, and outputting the result.