JPH08272802A - Sentence information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a sentence information processor capable of inputting words and sentences, etc., constituted of Hangul characters by simple operations with less troubles. CONSTITUTION: In a memory 105, Hangul consonant data for indicating the consonants of the Hangul characters and Hangul candidate word data for indicating words using the Hangul characters are stored. A CPU 101 menu-displays the Hangul consonant data at a display device 103, reads the Hangul candidate word data of the respective words including the Hangul characters corresponding to the consonants selected by the user from among them from the memory 105 and displays them at the display device. Then, the CPU 101 reads the data for displaying sentence examples including the word or the translation of the word selected by the user from among them from the memory 105 and displays them at the display device 103.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device for Hangul characters, and more particularly to a text information processing device for extracting and displaying a specific text by inputting Hangul characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional Hangul character input device,
In some of the keyboards, Hangul characters are made to correspond to each other, and a user presses a key corresponding to a desired Hangul character to input Hangul characters.
As for this type of device, for example, one that has been announced at the 29th National Convention of Information Processing Society 3J-2 is known.

[0003]

The conventional Hangul character input device described above has to be provided with a large number of keys corresponding to many kinds of Hangul characters, thus reducing the size and cost of the device. There was a problem that it was difficult. In addition, since Hangul characters consist of consonants, vowels, and patchums, it is necessary to specify each of these by key operation, and there is a problem that the input work is extremely complicated for people who are not familiar with Hangul characters. there were.

An apparatus aiming at solving such a problem is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-131325. However, since the device disclosed in this publication accepts input of Hangul characters by allowing the user to sequentially specify the consonants, vowels, and patchums that make up the desired Hangul characters, the number of keys described above is large. However, there is a drawback in that the problem of becoming unsolved cannot be solved and the input operation of Hangul characters is still complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and provides a text information processing apparatus capable of obtaining a word, a sentence, etc. composed of Hangul characters by a simple operation with few steps. It is an object.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
First storage means for storing consonant information of Hangul characters,
Second storage means for storing words using Hangul characters, and consonant information stored in the first storage means is displayed on the display unit in response to a display instruction, and selected from the consonant information by the user. The sentence information processing apparatus is characterized by further comprising: a control unit that reads out a word including Hangul characters corresponding to the generated consonant information from the second storage unit and outputs the word.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the word read from the second storage means is displayed on the display unit, and the translation of the word selected by the user among the words is output. The gist of the sentence information processing device according to item 1.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the word read from the second storage means is displayed on the display unit, and a sentence example relevant to the word selected by the user among the words is output. The gist of the sentence information processing apparatus according to claim 1 is as follows.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the user gives a display instruction, the control means causes the consonant information stored in the first storage means to be displayed on the display section. Then, when the user selects the consonant information,
The control unit reads out a word including the Hangul characters corresponding to the consonant information from the second storage unit and outputs the word. Therefore, the user can obtain a desired word by selecting the consonant information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the words read from the second storage means are displayed on the display unit, and the translation of the word selected by the user is output. Therefore, the user can obtain the desired word and its translation by selecting the consonant information.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the words read from the second storage means are displayed on the display section, and the sentence examples related to the word selected by the user are output. Therefore, the user can obtain a desired sentence example by selecting the consonant information.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a text information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 101 is a CPU with a built-in RAM (random access memory), 103 is a display device for displaying characters, etc.
Reference numeral 2 is a display drive circuit for driving the display device, 104 is a key input circuit for inputting instructions from the outside, and 105 is a CP.
It is a memory in which a control program executed by U101 and various data necessary for fulfilling various functions are stored. Each data stored in the memory 105 will be described later in detail. 106 is a power supply for driving each circuit in the text information processing apparatus, 107 is a CPU 1
01 is an oscillator attached to generate a clock signal for timing control of each part in 01.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the text information processing apparatus according to this embodiment. As shown in this figure, on the panel surface of this device, a power button 104a and three language selection buttons 1
04b, 10 scene selection buttons 104c, memory recall button 104d, memory registration / deletion button 104e, voice button 104f, dictionary button 104g, word replacement button 104h, set button 104i, keyword button 104j, and 4 buttons in total vertically and horizontally. Cursor buttons 104k are provided respectively. Pressing operations on these buttons are detected by the CPU 101 via the key input circuit 104 in FIG.

The memory 105 of this text information processing apparatus stores each data shown in FIG. The main contents of these data will be sequentially described below.

A. Sentence data As one function of the sentence information processing apparatus, there is a function of providing a desired sentence example to the user. The sentence example data is data representing a sentence example provided to the user by such a function. In this embodiment, sentence examples are provided in three languages, Chinese, Korean (Hangul) and English. Therefore, the sentence example data corresponding to each of these languages is stored in the memory 105. Further, in order to exert this function more smoothly, the sentence example data is stored in the memory 105 in a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. That is, in this embodiment, assuming 10 scenes, each scene is divided into smaller items, and a sentence example to be used in each of these subdivided items is determined in advance. The sentence example data in FIG. 1 is data defining each sentence example in the lowermost layer of the hierarchical data structure. In order to access each sentence example data, one scene is specified first, a desired item is specified from the items belonging to the specified scene, and then a desired sentence example is specified from each sentence example belonging to the item. Done in steps.

B. Word data Data representing words provided by the sentence information processing device. This word data is also stored in the memory 105 in correspondence with the three languages of Chinese, Korean (Hangul) and English.

C. Voice data This is data representing a voice waveform when a sentence example corresponding to each sentence example data and a word corresponding to each word data is pronounced as a voice.

D. Hangul consonant data In the present embodiment, with regard to Hangul, a sentence example in Hangul can be obtained by sequentially performing the steps of determining a consonant, determining a word including a consonant, and determining a sentence example including a word. In order to proceed with this procedure, it is necessary for the user to select the consonant of the Hangul character. Therefore, in this embodiment, a consonant menu is displayed and the user is allowed to select the desired consonant from this menu. .
This Hangul consonant data is font data of each consonant used when displaying this menu.

E. Hangul Candidate Word Data After the consonant has been determined in the above, the user is required to select a word containing the consonant. In this embodiment, a Hangul word having the consonant at the head is displayed as a candidate word in a menu, and the user is allowed to select a desired word from the menu. The Hangul candidate word data is font data of each word of Hangul language used for this menu display.

F. Word Search Table This table stores, for each consonant of a Hangul character, a storage address of Hangul candidate word data representing each word including the consonant at the head.

G. Sentence example search table This table stores, for each Hangul candidate word data, storage addresses of sentence example data representing each sentence example including the Hangul candidate word data.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. (1) Sentence Search Function When the power of the main body is turned on by pressing the power button 104a, a message “Select a scene” is once displayed on the display device 103. The user confirms this message and presses one of the ten scene selection buttons 104c corresponding to the desired scene.

Here, for example, the scene "SHOPPING"
If the scene selection button 104c corresponding to is pressed, the CPU 101 selects an item such as "At a Bank", which is one of the lower layer items belonging to this scene, and the display device is displayed as shown in FIG. It is displayed on 103.

In this state, press the down cursor button 104k 1
When you press it, it is the next item of "At a Bank".
"Looking for a store" is shown in Figure 4.
It is displayed as shown in (b). Then, if you press the cursor down, the next item "Selecting"
Purchases "are displayed as shown in FIG.

The user can select this item "Selecting
Purchases "is the desired item,
Press the set button 104i. As a result, the CPU 101
By: Item: Selecting Purchase
Sentence example data corresponding to the first sentence example among the sentence examples belonging to the lower layer of s is read from the memory 105 and displayed on the display device 103 as shown in FIG.

After the sentence example is once displayed in this way, the CPU 101 responds to the pressing of the up cursor or the down cursor and responds to the previous candidate sentence example or the next candidate sentence example of the sentence example data currently being displayed. The read sentence example data is read from the memory 105 and displayed on the display device 103.

When the language selection button 104b is pressed while the sentence example is displayed, the pressed language selection button 10 among the sentence example data for three languages corresponding to the displayed sentence example is pressed.
The sentence example data of the language corresponding to 4b is read from the memory 105 by the CPU 101 and displayed on the display device 103.

Similarly, when the voice button 104f is pressed while the sentence example is displayed, the voice data corresponding to the displayed sentence example is read from the memory 105 by the CPU 101 and sequentially sent to the voice IC 108. . Then, the resulting output signal of the audio IC 108 is supplied to the speaker 110 via the amplifier circuit 109. As a result, the voice corresponding to the displayed sentence example is produced from the speaker 110.

(2) Sentence example search by keyword input In the present embodiment, when a sentence example is searched, a sentence example data can be stored by adding a keyword to each sentence example.
A desired sentence example can be searched by a keyword. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment when a sentence example search using such a keyword is performed. In the following, according to this flowchart, the operation will be described by taking as an example the case of searching a sentence example using the Hangul characters shown in FIG.

First, after the power is turned on, the language setting button 104
Korean is selected by b, then keyword button 1
When 04j is pressed, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2 in FIG. 5, and the CPU 101 sequentially reads the Hangul consonant data corresponding to each consonant of the Hangul character from the memory 105 and supplies them to the display drive circuit 102. As a result, the display drive circuit 102 displays each consonant of the Hangul character together with the cursor (→) on the display device 103 as shown in a seventh step (step S3). Then, it waits until the set button 104i is pressed (step S4). In this embodiment, 10 types of consonants are displayed on one screen. If the desired consonant is not displayed, the user can scroll the screen by moving the cursor downward to display another consonant as shown in FIG. Of course, if there is no restriction on the screen, all of them may be displayed on one screen.

Here, when the Hangul character shown in FIG. 6 is input as a keyword, since the Hangul character has a consonant indicated by reference numeral 300, the cursor (→) is displayed by pressing the cursor button 104k. 9
As shown in (a), it moves to the left of the display position of the consonant 300 and presses the set button 104i. In addition, in this operation example, the case of inputting a single-character keyword will be described. However, for example, even when a keyword including three Hangul characters indicated by reference numeral 400 in FIG. The consonant 300 of the first character may be selected.

When the set button 104i is pressed, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5, and the CPU 101 recognizes which consonant has been selected from the position of the cursor currently displayed and confirms the consonant (step S5). . Next, the CPU 101 refers to the word search table in the memory 105 to obtain the storage address of the Hangul candidate word data of the Hangul word in which the consonant determined in step S5 is included in the first character. Then, the corresponding Hangul candidate word data is sequentially read from the memory 105 (step S6) and sent to the display drive circuit 102 (step S7). As a result, as shown in FIG. 9B, candidate words are displayed on the display device 103 for two lines, one for each line. A cursor (→) for selecting a word is also displayed together with these.

Since the Hangul candidate word data group in the memory 105 is sorted like a Korean dictionary, it is displayed on the display device 103 in the order in which it appears in the Korean dictionary. Therefore, the user can search for a desired word in the same way as when looking up the Korean dictionary. In this display example, two candidate words are displayed on one screen, but it is desirable to display more candidate words unless the display device is limited. In this display state, when the down button of the cursor button 104k is pressed, the cursor moves to the position of the next candidate word, and the down cursor button is pressed to display the next candidate word. When the desired keyword is the Hangul character shown in FIG. 6, the user places the cursor on the left side of the Hangul character as shown in FIG.
Press i.

As a result, the process proceeds from step S8 to step S9, and the CPU 101 recognizes the keyword selected by the user (ie, the Hangul characters shown in FIG. 6 in this operation example), and the keyword Confirm. Next, by referring to the sentence example search table in the memory 105, the location of the sentence example data of the sentence example including this keyword is obtained, and the sentence example data is stored in the memory 105.
Read out from the device and displayed on the display device 103 (step S10). FIG. 9D shows the display device 103 in this way.
The example sentences displayed in FIG.

After displaying this sentence example, the CPU 101
Indicates presence / absence of input by the language selection button 104b (step S11), presence / absence of input by the voice button 104f (step S12), presence / absence of input by the cursor button 104k (step S13), and presence / absence of input by other buttons (step S14). Repeatedly judge.

When the language selection button 104b is pressed, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S15, and the CP
U101 reads the sentence example data in the selected language corresponding to the currently displayed sentence example from the memory 105 and displays it on the display device 103. Also, voice button 104f
When is pressed, through step S12, step S16
As a result, the CPU 101 reads voice data corresponding to the sentence example of the displayed language from the memory 105 and reproduces voice.

When the cursor button 104k is pressed in the sentence example display state, the process proceeds from step S13 to step S17. In this case, the CPU 101
By referring again to the sentence example search table, it is determined whether or not the sentence example including the keyword specified by the user exists other than the currently displayed sentence example. Then, if the corresponding sentence example exists, the location of the sentence example is obtained based on the sentence example search table, and the corresponding sentence example data is read from the memory 105 and displayed on the display device 103 (step S17). On the other hand, if there is no corresponding sentence example, a message indicating that there is no other sentence example is displayed and the first sentence example is displayed again.

(3) Operation in word mode This embodiment has a function of converting and displaying words in another language. The word mode is an operation mode that brings out this function. Hereinafter, referring to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The operation in this word mode will be described.

When shifting to the word mode, the user first pushes the dictionary button 104g. When this pressing operation is detected by the CPU 101, the process proceeds from step S21 to step S22 in the flow of FIG. 10, and the operation mode of the CPU 101 shifts to the dictionary mode.
Then, when moving to the dictionary mode, the CPU 101 reads the Hangul consonant data from the memory 105 to display the consonant menu of the Hangul character (step S23).
The Hangul consonant data is displayed on the display drive circuit 102.
To display a consonant menu on the display device 103 (step S23). In this state,
As in the case of the sentence example search described above, the user selects the consonant used for the first character of the desired word with the cursor button 1
Select with 04k and press the set button 104i. The pressing operation of the set button 104i is detected by the CPU 101 (step S24), and the process proceeds to step S25. In step S25, the CPU 101
The selected consonant is recognized based on the current cursor position, and the consonant is determined. Next, the word search table in the memory 105 is referred to, the word data of the candidate word using the confirmed consonant at the head is read from the memory 105 (step S26), and this word data is displayed by the display drive circuit 1
The data is sent to 02 and displayed on the display device 103 as candidate words (step S27).

When the cursor button 104k is pressed with the candidate word displayed, other candidate words are sequentially displayed in the same manner as in the case of keyword selection during sentence example search. When the user designates a desired word with the cursor and presses the language selection button 104b, the language selection button 1
The operation of 04b is detected by the CPU 101 (step S28), and the process proceeds to step S29. Then, when the process proceeds to step S29, the CPU 101 recognizes the currently selected word and fixes the word. Next, the language selection button 10 corresponding to the currently selected word
The word data of the language selected by 4b is stored in the CPU 10
5 is read out, and sent to the display drive circuit 102 to be displayed on the display device 103 (step S30).

When the user presses the voice button 104f while the word is displayed, the CPU 10
1 reads out voice data for causing the currently displayed word to be pronounced in the displayed language from the memory 105, and outputs the voice I
The data is sent to C108 (steps S31 to S33). The output signal of the voice IC 108 is supplied to the speaker 110 through the amplifier circuit 109. As a result, the currently displayed word is pronounced in the currently displayed language from the speaker 110.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, by specifying a consonant of a Hangul character, a word group including this consonant is displayed, and a desired word is selected from this word group, Further, since the sentence example or the translation is provided based on this word, the user can obtain the desired word, the sentence example or the translation by a simple operation with few steps.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a text information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of each data in a memory 105 in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a display device 103 at the time of searching a sentence example in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of searching a sentence example in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of Hangul characters handled in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram exemplifying a menu display when a user selects consonants of Hangul characters in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram exemplifying a menu display when a user selects a consonant of Hangul character in the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram exemplifying a menu display when a user selects a Hangul word in the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation in a word mode according to this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 CPU (Control Unit) 102 Display Drive Circuit 103 Display Device (Display Unit) 104 Key Input Circuit 105 Memory (First and Second Storage Means) 106 Power Supply 107 Oscillator

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first memory for storing consonant information of Hangul characters
Storage means, second storage means for storing words using Hangul characters, and consonant information stored in the first storage means is displayed on a display unit in response to a display instruction, and the consonant information of the consonant information is displayed. A sentence information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that reads out a word including Hangul characters corresponding to consonant information selected by a user from the second storage unit and outputs the word. 2. The sentence information according to claim 1, wherein a word read from the second storage means is displayed on a display unit, and a translation of a word selected by the user among the words is output. Processing equipment. 3. The word read out from the second storage means is displayed on a display unit, and a sentence example related to a word selected by the user among the words is output. Sentence information processing device.