JP2002049616A - Device and method for kana-kanji conversion - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for kana-kanji conversion that can make converting personal names, company names and place names efficient. SOLUTION: After kana-character that was needed to convert was inputted by a method of input 110. The kana-character inputted into a method of display 160 according to a method of control 120 is displayed. Hereupon, when a direction of kana-kanji conversion is inputted, the method of control 120 directs a direction of conversion to kana-kanji conversion 130. The method of kana- kanji conversion 130 breaks the kana character down into each paragraph, if the kana character is a series of paragraph, and researches a candidate for conversion with making a reference to dictionary data that is memorized in a method for memory of dictionary data 140 and personal data that is memorized in a method for memory of personal information in a paragraph or a word unit. The candidates abstracted for conversion are disposed in order according to a given priority, and are sent to a method for display 160 as a candidate series for conversion and are displayed. User selects his requests in the candidate series for conversion, then the kana-kanji conversion finishes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion apparatus and a kana-kanji conversion method, and more particularly to a kana-kanji conversion apparatus and a kana-kanji conversion method for converting an input kana character string into kanji in units of phrases or words.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Personal computers, PDAs (Pe)
rsonal Digital Assistant
s: a general term for portable information devices for individuals), or mobile phones, etc., often have a telephone directory or address book that can be registered in kanji.

Conventionally, in such information equipment, when performing kana-kanji conversion, the conversion has been performed using a dedicated kana-kanji conversion dictionary installed in the equipment. This will be described using an example of word conversion. When a word is input as a kana character and a conversion instruction is given, a kanji corresponding to the word represented by the kana character is searched from the kana-kanji conversion dictionary, and conversion candidates are extracted. A desired kanji is selected from the candidates, and the kana-kanji conversion ends. If there is no desired kanji in the conversion candidates, each character constituting the character string is converted into kanji.

[0004]

However, the conventional kana-kanji conversion apparatus and kana-kanji conversion method for performing kana-kanji conversion has a problem that proper nouns such as person names, company names, and place names cannot be efficiently converted to kana-kanji characters.

As described above, kana-kanji conversion is performed using a dedicated kana-kanji conversion dictionary, but special words such as personal names are often not registered in the dictionary.
In this case, each character must be converted. For example, if you enter the last name of "Mare name (rare)", if it is not in the dictionary, one character at a time in the form of "Mama", "Rei", "First name" It has to be converted, which is very inconvenient.

In order to facilitate this, there is a method in which a user registers a special word in a dictionary.
This is inconvenient because the user is forced to register words in the dictionary, which is not the original purpose.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kana-kanji conversion device and a kana-kanji conversion method for efficiently converting proper nouns such as personal names, company names, and place names to kana-kanji characters. I do.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a kana-kanji conversion apparatus for converting a kana character string to be input in units of phrases or words, a kanji corresponding to the kana character string is registered. Dictionary data storage means for storing the obtained dictionary data, personal information storage means for storing predetermined personal information data including information about the user or the acquaintance of the user, and inputting kana characters to generate the kana character string Input means for inputting an instruction relating to kana-kanji conversion, and referring to the dictionary data and the personal information data in response to the instruction relating to the kana-kanji conversion, extracting a conversion candidate of a kanji corresponding to the kana character string in units of phrases or words. And a kana-kanji conversion device for generating a conversion candidate sequence. .

In the kana-kanji conversion device having such a configuration,
Dictionary data in which kanji corresponding to the kana character string is registered in the dictionary data storage means, and predetermined personal information data relating to any individual including the user himself is stored in the personal information storage means in advance. When a character string of a kana character is input from the input means and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is issued, the kana-kanji conversion means inputs the kana-kanji conversion data from the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage means and the personal information data stored in the personal information storage means. A kanji string corresponding to the kana character string is searched and output as a conversion candidate string.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a kana-kanji conversion method for converting a kana character string into a kanji to be input in units of phrases or words. Alternatively, storing predetermined personal information data including information about the acquaintance of the user, when the kana character string is input, and when a kana-kanji conversion instruction is given, the kana character string is divided into phrases or words as necessary, Extracting the conversion candidates of the kanji corresponding to the kana character string by referring to the dictionary data and the personal information data in units of the clauses or words;
A kana-kanji conversion method is provided, which comprises a step of generating a conversion candidate sequence in which the extracted conversion candidates are arranged in a predetermined priority order.

In the kana-kanji conversion method of such a procedure,
Dictionary data in which kanji corresponding to a kana character string is registered and predetermined personal information data are stored. When a Kana character string is input and a Kana-Kanji conversion instruction is given, the Kana character string is divided into phrases or words as necessary, and Kanji conversion candidates corresponding to the delimited phrases or Kana character strings in word units are converted to dictionary data. And extraction with reference to personal information data. The extracted kanji conversion candidates are arranged according to a predetermined priority and output as a conversion candidate sequence.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention includes a personal computer, a PDA,
It is incorporated as a part of information equipment such as a mobile phone.

The kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention includes input means 110 for inputting kana characters and various instructions, control means 120 for controlling the entire apparatus, kana-kanji conversion means 130 for converting kana character strings into kanji, and dictionary data stored. It is composed of a dictionary data storage unit 140, a personal information storage unit 150 storing personal information data, and a display unit 160 for displaying various information.

The input means 110 inputs a kana character string to be subjected to kana-kanji conversion, and also provides an instruction for starting kana character conversion and an instruction for selecting a desired kana-kanji conversion candidate string. Enter conversion instructions,
Output to control means 120. The input unit 110 is a keyboard or mouse if the device to be incorporated is a personal computer, and is an input device that can be used for other general-purpose applications such as a touch pen and a dial if it is a PDA or mobile phone.

The control means 120 is mounted on a personal computer, a PDA, a portable telephone, or the like, and includes a microprocessor for controlling the entire apparatus, a memory, and the like. The input character string data and various instruction data input from the input unit 110 are obtained, and predetermined processing is executed according to a program. For example, when a kana character string is input from the input unit 110, the character string is temporarily stored and displayed.
Send to 0 and display the kana character string. If a Kana character string kanji conversion instruction is given, the Kana character string is sent to the Kana kanji conversion means 130 as required, and a Kana kanji conversion process is requested. The kana-kanji conversion means 130 generates a conversion candidate sequence, and when one of them is selected by the input means 110, the selected conversion is determined. The determined character string is
This is personal information data, and when a registration instruction is issued, this is stored in personal information storage means 150.

The kana-kanji conversion means 130 is provided by the control means 12
A kana character string and a conversion instruction are input from 0, and a conversion candidate string for the input kana character string is generated. When the input kana character string is a continuous phrase, it is divided into each phrase using the part of speech information stored in the dictionary data storage unit 140. Kanji corresponding to kana characters is searched from the personal information data stored in the personal information storage means 150 and the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage means 140 for each of the delimited phrases or words, and all the converted characters are searched. The candidate sequence is passed to the display means 160. The conversion candidates searched from the personal information data and the dictionary data are arranged according to a predetermined priority. The priority can be determined based on the user's setting, besides setting the priority of the one used last. Further, based on the expectation that proper nouns such as first and last names, company names, and place names existing in the personal information data are frequently used, it is possible to set a higher priority for conversion candidates obtained from now on.

The dictionary data storage means 140 is dictionary data including kana-kanji conversion data for general-purpose words, part-of-speech information, and the like. If necessary, the user can register a special word.

The personal information storage means 150 stores information registered by the user, such as an address book, telephone directory, business card data, a cache file when accessing the Internet, or the like.
It records personal information data, which is information generated by a predetermined operation of the user. The personal information data often contains information that is not registered in the dictionary data, such as a personal name, a company name, and a suffix used by the user, and which is difficult to convert only by using the dictionary data. In addition, it can be expected that personal names, company names, place names, and the like existing in the personal information data are frequently used. Such personal information data is usually registered mainly for use as an address book or telephone directory, and does not need to be newly registered for kana-kanji conversion.

The display means 160 displays the input kana character string, the conversion candidate string generated by the kana-kanji conversion means 130, and the like according to the control means 120. The operation of the kana-kanji conversion device having such a configuration will be described.

When a kana character string to be subjected to kana-kanji conversion is input from input means 110, the input kana character string is displayed on display means 160 according to control means 120. Input means 1 for Kana-Kanji conversion instruction at predetermined character delimiter
When input from 10, the control means 120 issues a conversion instruction to the kana-kanji conversion means 130. At this time, the kana character string is also sent to the kana-kanji conversion means 130 as necessary. When the kana character string is a continuous phrase, the kana-kanji conversion means 130 separates the kana character string into individual phrases, and outputs the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage means 140 and the personal information data stored in the personal information storage means 150 in units of phrases or words. , And search for conversion candidates. The extracted conversion candidates are arranged according to a predetermined priority, and are sent to the display unit 160 as a conversion candidate sequence and displayed. The user selects a desired one from the displayed conversion candidate strings. The selection instruction is sent to the control means 120 via the input means 110 and the control means 12
In the case of “0”, an instruction is issued to select a conversion candidate that has been instructed, and the conversion candidate is determined. The determined conversion character is displayed on the display means 160, and the kana-kanji conversion ends.

As described above, when the user performs kana-kanji conversion in order to describe some text using the editor function, appropriate conversion candidates are obtained not only from dedicated dictionary data but also from personal information data such as a telephone directory or an address book. Search for.
This facilitates the conversion of words that are difficult for the user to convert using the normal Kana-Kanji conversion method, such as personal names, company names, and guess letters used daily. Furthermore, the user's convenience is further improved by setting the conversion candidates obtained from the telephone directory, the address book, and the like to have higher priority than the conversion candidates obtained from the normal dictionary.

Next, the kana-kanji conversion method according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure of a kana-kanji conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a description will be given assuming that a word dictionary 141 is stored as dictionary data and an address book 151 is stored as personal information data. It is also assumed that the address book 151 has a higher priority than the word dictionary 141.

Input character string for performing Kana-Kanji conversion (S1)
Is sent from the input unit 110 to the kana-kanji conversion unit 130. The kana-kanji conversion means 130 searches for conversion candidates from the dictionary with a high priority, that is, the address book 151 (S
step1). All the searched conversion candidates are arranged in a conversion candidate sequence (S2) (Step 2). Subsequently, a conversion candidate is searched from the dictionary having the next highest priority, that is, the word dictionary 141 (Step 3). The conversion candidates found are
It is added to the conversion candidate sequence (S2) generated in Step 2 (Step 4). Further, when there is a dictionary, a process of searching for a conversion candidate from the dictionary and adding the searched conversion candidate to the conversion candidate sequence (S2) is performed. The search for all dictionaries is completed, and a conversion candidate sequence (S2) in which the conversion candidates searched from all dictionaries are arranged according to the priority order is generated (Step 5). The conversion candidate sequence (S2) is displayed on the display unit 16
0 and displayed.

Next, the data flow of the kana-kanji conversion device according to the present invention will be described with a specific example. FIG. 3 shows a data flow in the kana-kanji conversion device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

Here, in the above description, a case will be described in which the last name of "maename (rare)" is input, where each character must be converted by using only ordinary dictionary data. I do. The word dictionary 141 is dictionary data used for general-purpose kana-kanji conversion, and “rare, rare, malena” is registered in correspondence with a “rare” kana character string. On the other hand, in the address book 151, the last name “Mare name (rare)” is registered.

The user inputs a character string (S1) to be subjected to kana-kanji conversion from the input means 110. Here, "rare" is input. Input character string (S1)
Is displayed on the display means 160 and sent to the kana-kanji conversion means 130. The kana-kanji conversion means 130 refers to the word dictionary 141 and the address book 151 to search for conversion candidates. From the word dictionary 141,
“Rare, rare, malena” is extracted as a conversion candidate.
On the other hand, from the address book 151, “Mery name” is extracted as a conversion candidate. "Rare, extracted from the word dictionary 141
The rare, "Marena" and the "Beautiful name" extracted from the address book 151 are arranged according to their priorities, sent to the display means 160 as a conversion candidate string (S2), and displayed.
The name of the first name, the name of the company, the name of the place, and the like existing in the address book 151 are expected to be frequently used, and the priority of the conversion candidate obtained from this is increased.
It is placed at the head of the conversion candidate sequence (S2).

As described above, according to the kana-kanji conversion device of the present invention, the surname "Mare name (rare)" is stored in the address book 1
If it is registered in 51, if "rare" is entered, the corresponding kanji "Mairina" can be found from the address book 151 and can be used as a conversion candidate. Also,
By increasing the priority of the conversion candidates obtained from the address book 151, “Mername” is placed at the top of the conversion candidate string (S2), and the conversion required by the user can be performed efficiently.

The kana-kanji conversion method according to the present invention has a telephone directory and an address book function which can be registered with a kanji of a personal computer, a PDA, a mobile phone, etc., and an editor for writing memos, e-mails and the like. This is particularly effective when implemented on a device having a function.

The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In this case, the processing contents of the functions that the kana-kanji conversion device should have are described in a program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Then, by executing this program on a computer, the above processing is realized on the computer.
Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device and a semiconductor memory. For distribution to the market, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory)
The program may be stored and distributed on a portable recording medium such as a floppy disk or a floppy (registered trademark) disk, or stored in a storage device of a computer connected via a network, and transferred to another computer via the network. it can. When the program is executed by the computer, the program is stored in a hard disk device or the like in the computer, and is loaded into the main memory and executed.

[0030]

According to the present invention, as described above,
The dictionary data and personal information data on a predetermined individual are stored. When a character string of a kana character is input and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is issued, a kanji character string corresponding to the input kana character string is searched from the dictionary data and personal information data, and is output as a conversion candidate string.

As described above, when converting kana-kanji characters, conversion candidates are searched not only from a normal dictionary but also from personal information data, so that words that are usually difficult to convert, such as personal names and place names, can be easily converted. In other words, proper nouns such as personal names and place names can be efficiently converted to Kana-Kanji characters. As a result, a reduction in conversion errors and a reduction in character string input time can be expected.

In the kana-kanji conversion method of the present invention, dictionary data and predetermined personal information data are stored in advance. When a kana character string is input and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is issued, the kana character string is separated as necessary, and a kanji conversion candidate corresponding to the kana character string for each delimited unit is referred to the dictionary data and the personal information data. Then, the conversion candidate strings are output and arranged in accordance with a predetermined priority order.

As described above, since conversion candidates are searched not only in a normal dictionary but also in personal information data when converting kana-kanji characters, it is easy to convert words that are usually difficult to convert, such as personal names and place names. And other proper nouns can be efficiently converted to Kana-Kanji characters.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure of a kana-kanji conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a data flow in a kana-kanji conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

110 input means, 120 control means, 130 kana-kanji conversion means, 140 dictionary data storage means, 150 personal information storage means, 160 display means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A kana-kanji conversion device for converting an input kana character string into kanji in units of phrases or words, a dictionary data storage means for storing dictionary data in which kanji corresponding to the kana character string is registered, Alternatively, personal information storage means for storing predetermined personal information data including information about a user's acquaintance; input means for inputting a kana character to generate the kana character string and inputting an instruction relating to kana-kanji conversion; Kana-Kanji conversion means for referring to the dictionary data and the personal information data in accordance with an instruction regarding conversion, extracting a conversion candidate for a Kana character corresponding to the Kana character string in units of phrases or words, and generating a conversion candidate sequence, Kana-kanji conversion device characterized by having. 2. The personal information data stored in the personal information storage means is an address book in which a kana character string representing a predetermined proper noun including a name and a place name of an arbitrary person and its kanji character string are registered. 2. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The kana-kanji conversion means assigns a predetermined priority to the dictionary data stored in the dictionary data storage means and the personal information data stored in the personal information storage means, and provides the dictionary data or personal information. 2. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 1, wherein conversion candidates extracted from data having a higher priority are arranged at the head of the conversion candidate sequence. 4. The kana-kanji conversion device according to claim 3, wherein the priority of the dictionary data or the personal information data referred to by the kana-kanji conversion means can be arbitrarily set by a user. 5. A kana-kanji conversion method for converting an input kana character string into kanji in units of phrases or words, the method including a dictionary data in which kanji corresponding to the kana character string is registered, as well as information on the user himself or an acquaintance of the user. When predetermined kana character strings are input and a kana-kanji conversion instruction is given, the kana character strings are divided into phrases or words as necessary, and the dictionary is stored in phrases or words. Extracting a conversion candidate of a kanji corresponding to the kana character string with reference to the data and the personal information data, and generating a conversion candidate string in which the extracted conversion candidates are arranged in a predetermined priority order. Characteristic kana-kanji conversion method. 6. The step of extracting a conversion candidate of a kanji corresponding to a kana character string includes extracting a conversion candidate from dictionary data or personal information data having a predetermined highest priority and generating a conversion candidate string. Next, a conversion candidate is extracted from dictionary data or personal information data having the highest priority and added to the conversion candidate column, and it is checked whether or not conversion candidate search from all dictionary data or personal information data has been completed, 6. The Kana-Kanji character according to claim 5, wherein if not finished, the processing from the step of extracting a conversion candidate from the dictionary data or the personal information data having the next highest priority and adding the conversion candidate to the conversion candidate sequence is repeated. Conversion method.