JPH05324610A - Address notation chinese character inputting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input address notation Chinese characters by retrieving an address notation Chinese character dictionary by using the reading of one character or plural characters at the head of an address notation. CONSTITUTION:By an instruction from an address notation Chinese character retrieval instructing means 14, an address notation Chinese character retrieving means 13 retrieves the matching of one character or plural characters at the head of the inputted address notation with one character at the head of the entry word of an address notation dictionary 16, retrieves the address notation Chinese characters, stores candidates in a candidate word stack 17, and displays them at a display device 18A. Thus, an operator can input the correct address notation Chinese characters when at least one character or plural characters at the head of the address notation are correct although the entire reading of the address notation is not correct by instructing an objective character string from among the pertinent candidates by an establishment instructing means 19.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an address notation and kanji input device such as a Japanese word processor, workstation, address book making device, and account transfer device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional address-writing Kanji input device using a conventional Kana-Kanji conversion method. In FIG. 7, 101 is a character input means such as a keyboard that can input kana characters, and is connected to the reading character string buffer 102 to hold the input character string. 10
Reference numeral 3 is a conversion instruction means for instructing the start of kana-kanji conversion, which is connected to the dictionary search means 104. The dictionary search means 104 includes an address notation kanji dictionary 105 in which kana characters are used as headwords and a candidate word stack 10 for storing search results.
6 and is also connected to the conversion result display means 107 for displaying the conversion result. Conversion result display means 1
07 is connected to the candidate word stack 106, takes out a candidate word from the stack, and stores the Kana-Kanji character string confirmed by the instruction of the confirmation instruction means 108 in the confirmation result buffer 109.

Next, the operation of the conventional kanji character input device for address notation will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, the kana input character string input from the character input means 101 is input to the buffer 102 as a reading character string (step 1
11) Next, when the conversion instruction means 103 inputs a kana-kanji conversion instruction (step 112), the dictionary search means 104 searches for a match between the reading character and the entry word of the address description kanji dictionary 105 (step 113). .. If there is an address notation kanji whose read character string and headword match (step 114), the kanji is stored as a candidate in the candidate word stack 106 (step 115). This dictionary search is a general method for finding a matching word with a heading in the dictionary. This operation is performed for all the input phonetic strings (step 116), and after the search is completed, the candidate word is taken out from the candidate word stack 106 and the conversion result is displayed on the conversion result display means 107 (step 117). When a plurality of address notation Chinese characters are displayed on the conversion result display means 107 as conversion results, the operator designates one specific address notation from the confirmation instruction means 108 (step 118).
When this confirmation instruction is made, the designated address notation kanji is stored in the confirmation result buffer 109 (step 11).
9).

As described above, even with the conventional address writing Chinese character input device, the address writing Chinese character can be input from the kana character string.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional Kana-Kanji input device for address expression using the Kana-Kanji conversion method, it is difficult to convert the address notation into Kanji characters unless all the address readings are input correctly. In the case of reading or peculiar reading, it was sometimes impossible to input the correct kanji.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem. Even if all the readings of the address notation are not correctly input, if the readings of at least one character from the beginning are correct, all It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent address notation kanji input device capable of inputting correct address notation kanji.

The present invention also provides reading of address notation,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an address notation Kanji input device capable of narrowing down address notation Kanji candidates by designating an administrative division.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention uses only the first character or plural characters of the reading characters of the address notation to search for a match with the entry word of the address notation kanji dictionary. It is equipped with a means for performing.

In addition to the above configuration, the present invention further comprises means for displaying the administrative division of the address, means for selecting the displayed administrative division, and an address notation Kanji dictionary having information encoding the administrative division. It is a thing.

[0010]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the operator inputs the kanji for address notation, even if the reading of one or more characters at the beginning of the address notation or the reading of all the characters is input, the search means is used. Since only one or more characters are read from the beginning for matching search, there is an effect that the correct address notation kanji can be input even if all the readings are incorrect.

Further, the present invention has an effect that it is possible to narrow down and search the candidate address expression Chinese characters, since the administrative division is input and the matching search is performed together with the reading of the address expression.

[0012]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 is a character input means such as a keyboard or a touch panel capable of inputting kana characters, and a reading character string buffer 1 for storing an input character string.
Connected to 2. Reference numeral 13 is an address notation kanji search means, which is taken out from the reading character string buffer 12, address notation kanji search instruction means 14, search one character buffer 15, address notation kanji dictionary 16 with kana as a heading, address notation kanji dictionary 16. It is connected to a candidate word stack 17 for storing candidate words of candidate address notation Chinese characters and an address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 for displaying the candidate words. The address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 receives the notification of the candidate word extraction end from the address notation Chinese character search means 13 and takes out the candidate words from the candidate word stack 17 and sequentially displays them on the display device 18A such as a CRT. Reference numeral 19 is a confirmation instruction means,
This is a means for the operator to instruct a specific candidate from among a plurality of candidate words displayed on the display device 18A, and notifies the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 that the specific candidate is confirmed.
The address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 receives the instruction from the confirmation instruction means 19 as the confirmed candidate character string,
It is sent to the confirmation result buffer 20. The address notation Kanji search instruction means 14 and the confirmation instruction means 19 are composed of an arbitrary single key having a keyboard, an arbitrary plurality of keys simultaneously typed, and the like.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. First, the reading for several characters from the beginning of the address notation is input from the character input means 11 (step 21) and accumulated in the reading character string buffer 12 (step 22). Next, when a search start instruction is issued from the address notation kanji search instruction means 14 (step 23), the address notation kanji search means 13 that has received the search instruction first reads only the first one character from the reading character string buffer 12. It is taken out and stored in the one character buffer 15 for retrieval (step 24).
Next, a matching search is performed between the reading character stored in the search character buffer 15 and the first character of the entry word in the address notation Kanji dictionary 16 (steps 25 and 26), the candidate word is taken out, and the candidate stack 17 is obtained. Store (step 2
7). When the extraction of all candidate words is completed (step 28), the address notation Chinese character search means 13 notifies the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 of this, and the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 18 makes a candidate from the candidate word stack 17. The word is taken out and displayed on the display device 18A (step 29). Next, when the confirmation instructing means 19 designates a candidate from the displayed candidates (step 30), the designated candidate is stored in the confirmation result buffer 20 and the input of the only specified address notation kanji is completed ( Step 30A).

In the present embodiment, the reading of the address notation input from the character input means 11 is a plurality of characters from the beginning, but the reading of the input character can be defined as one character from the beginning. In this case, the search 1 character buffer 15 becomes unnecessary, and the first character input to the reading character string buffer 12 is searched by the address notation kanji search means 13 for a match with the address notation kanji dictionary 16. You can enter Kanji in the address notation faster.

In the above embodiment, for example, the leading reading character of the address notation input from the character input means 11 is "a".
Then, the display device 18A displays "autumn,""Aki,""Anzai,""Ansai,""Azumi,""Ando,""Ato,""Ando," and so on. The target character string is specified by the operator.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, by inputting the reading of only the first character or plural characters of the address notation and instructing the search of the Kanji of the address notation, the first character is matched. You can search for an address notation kanji, display candidates, extract a specific address notation kanji from the candidate address notation kanji, and enter it. Even if you do not know how to read the correct address notation kanji, one character from the beginning Or, you can extract and input a specific Kanji for address notation only by reading multiple characters.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 is a character input means such as a keyboard or a touch panel capable of inputting kana characters, and a reading character string buffer 3 for storing the input character string.
Connected to 2. Reference numeral 33 denotes an address notation kanji search means, which includes a reading character string buffer 32, an address notation kanji search instruction means 34, and an address notation kanji dictionary 3 using kana as a headline.
5. The candidate word stack 36 for storing the candidate words of the address notation Chinese character which is a candidate taken out from the address notation Chinese character dictionary 35 and the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 37 for displaying the candidate words are respectively connected. The address notation Kanji candidate display means 37 is
Upon receiving a notification of completion of extracting candidate words from the address notation Kanji search means 33, candidate words are extracted from the candidate word stack 36 and are sequentially displayed on the display device 37A such as a CRT. Reference numeral 38 denotes a confirmation instructing means, which is a means for the operator to instruct a specific candidate from a plurality of candidate words, and notifies the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 37 that the specific candidate is confirmed. The address notation Chinese character candidate display means 37 is the confirmation instruction means 3.
In response to the instruction notification of 8, the identified candidate word is sent to the confirmation result buffer 39 as a confirmed character string. The address notation Kanji search instruction means 34 and the confirmation instruction means 38 are constituted by an arbitrary single key having a keyboard, an arbitrary plurality of keys simultaneously typed, and the like.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. First, the reading of several characters, for example, two characters from the beginning of the address notation is input from the character input means 31 (step 41) and accumulated in the reading character string buffer 32 (step 42). Next, when a search start instruction is issued from the address notation Kanji search instruction means 34 (step 4
3), the address notation Kanji search means 33 which received the search instruction,
First, a reading character string of two characters is taken out from the reading character string buffer 32 (step 44), and a matching search with the entry word of the address description Kanji dictionary 35 is performed by these two characters (steps 45 and 46), and candidate words are selected. Take out and candidate stack 3
6 (step 47). When the extraction of all candidate words is completed (step 48), the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 37 notifies the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 37, and the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 37 notifies the candidate word stack 36 from the candidate word stack 36. The candidate word is taken out and displayed on the display device 37A (step 49). Next, the confirmation instruction means 38
When a certain candidate is designated from the displayed candidates (step 50), the designated candidate is stored in the confirmation result buffer 39, and the input of the only specified Chinese character for address notation is completed (step 50A).

In the above embodiment, for example, if the reading of the two characters from the beginning of the address notation input from the character input means 31 is "Aki", the notation device 37A will display "Autumn", "Aki", "Akita", “Akiya”, “Akiha”, “Akimoto”, “Akimoto”, “Akiyama”, etc. are displayed, and the operator designates the desired character string from these character strings.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, by inputting a plurality of address notation reading characters from the beginning and instructing a search for the address notation kanji, only the number of characters input from the leading reading character is input. You can search for address notation kanji that have the same reading characters, display candidates, and retrieve a specific address notation kanji. You can extract and enter the Kanji for address notation.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 51 is a character input means such as a keyboard or a touch panel capable of inputting kana characters, and a reading character string buffer 5 for storing the input character string.
Connected to 2. Reference numeral 53 is an administrative division designation input means, which is connected to the administrative division display means 54 and the administrative division buffer 55. 56 is an address notation kanji search means,
Reading character string buffer 52, administrative division buffer 55, address notation Kanji search instruction means 57, search 1 character buffer 5
8. Address notation Kanji dictionary 59 using kana characters as a headline, candidate word stack 60 for storing candidate words of the address notation Kanji that are candidates extracted from the address notation Kanji dictionary 59, and address notation Kanji candidate display means for displaying the candidate words. 61 respectively. The address notation Chinese character candidate display means 61 receives the notification of the candidate word extraction end from the address notation Chinese character search means 56, extracts the candidate words from the candidate word stack 60, and sequentially displays them on the display device 61A such as a CRT. The display device 61A is also connected to the administrative division display means 54 and displays a list of administrative divisions. Reference numeral 62 denotes a confirmation instructing means, which is a means for an operator to instruct a specific candidate from a plurality of candidate words, and notifies the address notation Chinese character candidate display means 61 of confirmation as a specific candidate. The address notation Chinese character candidate display means 61 receives the instruction of the confirmation instruction means 62 and sets the identified candidate word as a confirmed character string, and the confirmation result buffer 6
Send to 3. The address notation and kanji search instruction means 57, the confirmation instruction means 63, the administrative division designation input means 53, etc., are configured by any single key having a keyboard, or some arbitrary keys that are simultaneously typed.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, prior to inputting the reading characters of the address notation, the administrative division display means 54 displays a list of administrative divisions on the display means 62 (step 71), from which the applicable administrative division is designated by the administrative division designation input means 53. It is designated (step 72), the relevant administrative division is encoded and registered in the administrative division buffer 55 (step 7).
3). The processes from steps 71 to 73 may be performed after inputting the phonetic characters. Input a few characters from the beginning of the address notation from the character input means 51 (step 7).
4), accumulating in the reading character string buffer 52 (step 7)
5). Next, when a search start instruction is issued from the address notation Kanji search instruction means 57 (step 76), the address notation Kanji search means 56 which has received the search instruction first reads the reading character string buffer 5.
Only the first character of the read character is fetched from No. 2 and stored in the search one character buffer 58 (step 77). Next, a matching search is performed between the reading character stored in the search one-character buffer 58 and the first character of the entry word in the address notation Kanji dictionary 59 (steps 78 and 79), and the candidate word is extracted and the candidate stack 60 is obtained. (Step 80).
Next, the matching check between the administrative division code of the extracted candidate word and the code registered in the administrative division buffer 55 is performed (steps 81 and 82), and the candidate word that does not match is deleted from the candidate stack 60 (step 83). When the extraction of all candidate words is completed (step 84), the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 61 notifies the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 61, and the address notation Kanji candidate display unit 61 selects from the candidate word stack 60. The word is taken out and displayed on the display device 61A (step 85). Next, the confirmation instruction means 62
However, when a certain candidate is designated from the displayed candidates (step 86), the designated candidate is set to the confirmation result buffer 63.
The input of the only specified Chinese character for address notation stored in is completed (step 87).

Also in this embodiment, the reading one-character buffer 58 can be omitted by setting the reading of the character input from the character input means 51 to one character from the beginning.

In the above embodiment, for example, the administrative division is "city" and the first character of the reading of the address notation is "a".
Then, the display device 62 displays “Aioi City”, “Aki City”,
"Akishima City", "Akita City", "Ashikaga City" etc. are displayed,
The operator specifies the desired character string from these.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, by reading only one or more characters from the beginning for reading the address notation, designating the administrative division of the address and instructing the search for the address notation kanji. , You can display candidates that match the administrative divisions from the address notation kanji whose reading characters match, and you can extract a specific address notation kanji, and even if you do not know the correct reading of the address notation kanji, the first character or You can quickly search for Kanji in the address notation only by reading multiple characters from the beginning.

[0026]

According to the present invention, as is clear from the above-mentioned embodiments, when the operator inputs the Kanji for address notation, the reading of one or more characters at the beginning of the address notation or the reading of all characters is performed. Even if input, the matching means is searched by the search means for reading only one or several characters from the beginning, so that the correct address notation kanji can be input even if all readings are incorrect.

Further, the present invention has an effect that it is possible to search by narrowing down the candidate address notation kanji since the matching is searched by inputting the administrative division together with the reading of the address notation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an address notation Kanji input device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an address notation Kanji input device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an address notation Kanji input device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional address notation Kanji input device.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of a conventional address notation Kanji input device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 character input means 12 reading character string buffer 13 address notation kanji search means 14 address notation kanji search instruction means 15 1 character buffer for search 16 address notation kanji dictionary 17 candidate word stack 18 address notation kanji candidate display means 18A display device 19 confirmation instruction Means 20 Confirmation result buffer 31 Character input means 32 Reading character string buffer 33 Address notation Kanji search means 34 Address notation Kanji search instruction means 35 Address notation Kanji dictionary 36 Candidate word stack 37 Address notation Kanji candidate display means 37A Display device 38 Confirmation instruction means 39 Confirmation result buffer 51 Character input means 52 Reading character string buffer 53 Administrative division designation input means 54 Administrative division display means 55 Administrative division buffer 56 Address notation Kanji search means 57 Address notation Kanji search instruction means 58 Search 1 character buffer 59 Address notation Shaped dictionary 60 candidate word stack 61 Address notation kanji candidate display unit 61A the display device 62 settlement instruction means 63 determined result buffer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A character input means for inputting a phonetic reading of an address notation, an address notation kanji dictionary which uses the phonetic reading as an entry word, and an input yomi as only the first one character of the address notifying kanji reading. Address notation Kanji input device comprising means for searching a Kanji dictionary for address notation, means for displaying a result of retrieval, and means for selecting a specific address notation from a plurality of displayed address notations. 2. The address notation Chinese character input device according to claim 1, wherein the reading of the character input from the character input means is only one character from the beginning. 3. A character input means for inputting the reading characters of the address notation, an address notation kanji dictionary having the reading characters as an entry word, and the input reading characters only a plurality of characters from the beginning of the reading characters of the address notation kanji. An address notation kanji input device having means for searching an address notation kanji dictionary, means for displaying a search result, and means for selecting a specific address notation among a plurality of displayed address notations. 4. The address notation kanji input device according to claim 3, wherein the reading of the characters input from the character input means is the reading of only a plurality of characters from the beginning, which is the same as the number of characters used in the search. 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying an administrative division of an address, means for selecting an administrative division, and an address notation kanji dictionary having information that encodes the administrative division. Address notation Kanji input device.