JPH02310767A - Kana/kanji conversion dictionary updating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save waste in point of time by copying a block in which the updata flag of a KANA(Japanese syllabary)/KANJI(Chinese character) conversion dic tionary file stored in a semiconductor storage element is true to an external memory device. CONSTITUTION:The updata flag is provided by blocking the KANA/KANJI conversion dictionary file stored in a semiconductor disk 53 into blocks of arbitrary size, and the update flag of the block is set at truth when the registration and deletion of a word are performed on the KANA/KANJI conversion dictionary file with an application program, etc., or the priority sequence of reference of a homonym is changed. When the reference of the KANA/KANJI conversion dictionary file is completed, a central processing unit 51 copies the block whose flag is set at the truth out of all blocks of the KANA/KANJI conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor disk 53 from the semiconductor disk 53 to the external memory device 52. In such a way, a time required for copy relating to the updata of the KANA/KANJI conversion dictionary file can be reduced.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion dictionary update method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when referring to a Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary, you would directly access the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file stored in an external storage device.
Alternatively, after copying the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file from the external storage device to the semiconductor storage device, the application program or the like accesses the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor storage device. Then, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is copied back to the external storage device.

The Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file is updated by the above-mentioned copying process when a word is deleted from registration 5 or the reference priority of homoonyms is changed. Conventionally, the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file on the semiconductor memory device is Updates are performed by copying all blocks.

By the way, when referring to a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file on an external storage device, it takes at least several tens of milliseconds to access the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file due to the physical performance of the external storage device. If a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is copied onto the device and the file on the semiconductor storage device is referred to for kana-kanji conversion, accessing the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file takes only a few microseconds at most.

In the conventional Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary update method described above, all blocks of the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file on the semiconductor memory device are copied back to the external storage device when the reference to the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file is completed. Even if only one word is added or deleted in a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file in which 10,000 words are registered, it is necessary to copy the entire block, resulting in wasted time.

Furthermore, if no words are registered or deleted and the reference priority order of homophones is not changed, there is no need to copy the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor memory element onto the external storage device. It is very difficult to judge whether a word has been registered or deleted, or whether the reference priority of a homophone has been changed, and for this reason, it is difficult to refer to the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file even when there is no need to copy it. When the process is completed, all blocks of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor memory element are copied to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device, so the above-mentioned time wasted is also avoided in this case. arise.

[Means to solve the problem]

The method of the present invention is to update the kana-kanji conversion dictionary by copying a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in an external storage device to a semiconductor storage device and referring to and updating the corresponding kana-kanji conversion dictionary file when performing kana-kanji conversion using an application program or the like. In this method, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor memory element is divided into blocks of arbitrary size, an update flag is set for each block, and an application program or the like is used to register words in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file. When deleting or changing the reference priority of a homophone, the update flag of the block is set to true, and after the reference to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is completed, the update flag is set to true. Copying the relevant block of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor storage element to the relevant block of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device, and updating the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device. It is characterized by

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the contents of a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file according to the present invention.

Block 11 in Figure 1 (A) is the first kanji corresponding to each kana from 'kana''ai' to 'an'.
Block 21 in Figure (B) is the kanji ``position'' for ``kana''``ichi'', and block 31 in Figure 1 (C) is ``kana''.
For "Kanryo".

The kanji 'Complete' and 'bureaucrat', block 41 in Figure 1 (E), are 'Kana' corresponding to 'Henkan'.
"Refund" is stored.

At the end of each block, EOB indicating the end of the block is recorded, and End indicating the end of the kanji corresponding to each kana is recorded at the end of the kanji corresponding to each kana.

In Figure 1 (A), ``kana'' is the beginning of ``ai''.
The kanji ``Sou'' is stored second, the kanji ``love'' is stored third, the kanji ``sad'' is stored third, and finally End is stored. When you refer to the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file in an application program, you will see that when converting Ai j to Kana-Kanji, block 11 is referred to and the first word is ``Kanji''``Ai''.
But the second ``kanji'' is ``love,'' and the third is ``kanji''.
``AiJ'' appears. Also, when converting ``Kanryo'' into kana-kanji, block 31 in Figure 1 (C) is referenced, and the ``kanji'' and ``done'' appear first, and the ``kanji'' appears second. ” “Bureaucrats” appear.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram for implementing the present invention, in which 51 is a central processing unit, 52 is an external storage device, 53 is a semiconductor disk having a data structure logically the same as that of the external storage device 52, and 54 is random access memory, 55
is read-only memory. A kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is stored in the external storage device 52, and the file has an appropriate length and is divided into blocks as shown in FIG.

In the present invention, first, the central processing unit 51 uses the external storage device 52.
All blocks of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file recorded in the file are copied to the semiconductor disk 53, and at this time, the flags of all blocks are cleared to zero as shown in FIG.

First, we will perform kana-kanji conversion for ``kana° ``ichi''. In this case, reference is made to block 21 in FIG.
The kanji "-" appears.

If ``Kanji''``Position'' is selected here, there is no change in the reference order of ``Kana''``Ichi'', so the storage order of kanji related to ``Kana''``Ichi'' does not change.

Next, let us perform the kana-kanji conversion of ``kana''``kanryo''. Then, block 31 in FIG. 1(C) is referred to, and the ``kanji''``complete'' appears first, and the second ``kanji''``bureaucrat'' appears. Here, if you select °bureaucrat °, the reference order of ``Kana''``Kanryo'' will change. As a result, as shown in FIG. 1(D), block 32
The first ``kanji'' is ``bureaucrat,'' and the second ``kanji'' is ``bureaucrat.''
"Complete" is stored, and End comes at the end. Then, since a change has occurred in the contents of block 31 before reference and block 32 after reference, the flag of block 32 is set to 1'.

Next, a case will be described in which a new word is registered.

Assume that you want to use ``kanji''``conversion'' in an application program.

Therefore, when we perform the kana-kanji conversion for ``henkan'', block 41 in Figure 1 (E) is referenced and the kanji ``return'' appears. However, ``Kanji''
Since "conversion" does not exist, we newly create ``kanji'' ``hen J and''
Kanji' [Kanji from Kanji'] Compose "conversion" and register the word using the word registration function.

Then, the block 41 before the reference, like the block 42 after the reference in Figure 1 (F), the kanji corresponding to ``°kana''``henkan'' is ``kanji'' first, ``conversion J'' comes, and the second one is ``kanji''. ``Kanji''``return'' is stored, and End comes at the end. Therefore, as in block 31, since a change has occurred in the contents of block 41, the flag of block 42 is set to '1'.

According to the above-described procedure, kana-kanji conversion is performed as needed, and when there is a change in the reference order or when a word is registered, the flag of the corresponding block is set to 1'.

Finally, when the reference to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is completed, the central processing unit 51 checks the block whose flag is '1' among all the blocks of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored on the semiconductor disk 53. Then the flag is
1” is block 32 and block 42.
Therefore, this block is copied from the semiconductor disk 53 to the external storage device 52, and the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device 52 is updated.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since a semiconductor disk is used when performing kana-kanji conversion by referring to a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored on an external storage device, high-speed kana-kanji conversion is possible. Furthermore, even if there is a change in the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file, only the relevant blocks need to be copied from the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file on the semiconductor disk to the external storage device, reducing the time required for copying to update the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary file. It has the advantage of being short.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the contents of a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram for implementing the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] When performing kana-kanji conversion using an application program, etc., a kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in an external storage device is copied to a semiconductor storage device, and the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is referenced and updated.Kana-kanji conversion dictionary update In this method, the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor memory element is divided into blocks of arbitrary size, an update flag is set for each block, and an application program or the like is used to register words in the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file. When deleting or changing the reference priority of a homophone, the update flag of the block is set to true, and after the reference to the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file is completed, the update flag is set to true. Copying the relevant block of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the semiconductor storage element to the relevant block of the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device, and updating the kana-kanji conversion dictionary file stored in the external storage device. A Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary update method.