JPH0628341A - Document processing method and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Unnecessary user dictionary registration phrases can be removed from the word count target phrase candidates when the synonym dictionary function process is activated. [Configuration] When the usage frequency of each word in the input document data is calculated and the synonym dictionary function processing is started, each word in the input document data is compared and referenced with the user dictionary registered word to register the user dictionary. The feature is that each word in the input document data that matches the word is excluded from the word for which the usage frequency is to be calculated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus for performing document input processing while selecting a desired synonym by referring to a synonym dictionary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a synonym dictionary function in this type of device searches a synonym dictionary database by using an input word as a heading phrase, and when the requested information is present in the synonym dictionary database, The corresponding synonym candidate phrase list is created.

The main purpose of using the synonym dictionary function is as follows.
It was to provide alternative expressions with the same meaning in order to avoid monotonicity of the input text expression when the single expression was used repeatedly in the sentence. In order to meet such a purpose of use, a word count function is used to create a list of frequently used words and phrases, and the frequently used words and phrases are extracted.

[0004]

However, since the word count function is a function that simply calculates the frequency of use of words and phrases in a sentence, it also calculates the frequency of use of words and phrases that are unrelated to synonym dictionary functions such as proper nouns. Resulting in. As a result, the user will be given a list of unnecessary words and phrases unrelated to the synonym dictionary function, even though the user has activated the word count function to obtain the words and phrases to be input to the synonym dictionary function. It was a big obstacle to using the function and the word count function together.
Further, when the word count is made to work for a large text, there is a problem that the memory is wasted and exhausted by the processing of such unnecessary words, and the count processing cannot be completed.

In order to make up for such a problem, it has been proposed to provide a means for excluding words and phrases found not to exist in the synonym dictionary from the target of the word count function. Due to the speed limitation, there is a problem that the processing time of the word count function is deteriorated.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in the synonym dictionary function processing, by automatically excluding the words registered by the user from the word count function processing word candidates, a small amount of work can be done. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing method and an apparatus therefor capable of effectively and efficiently implementing word count function processing in an area.

[0007]

A document processing method according to the present invention calculates the frequency of use of each word in input document data and activates the synonym dictionary function process when each word in the input document data is processed. Compare and refer to the user dictionary registered phrase,
Each word in the input document data that matches the word registered in the user dictionary is excluded from the frequency-of-use calculation target word.

The document processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a calculating means for calculating the use frequency of each word / phrase in the input document data by a predetermined number of words that can be registered, and each word / phrase in the input document data and a user dictionary registered word / phrase. By comparing and referencing, each of the terms in the input document data that matches the term registered in the user dictionary is excluded from the usage frequency calculation target terms.

Further, the excluding means excludes, from the usage frequency calculation target words and phrases in the input document data matching the user dictionary registered words and phrases, when the maximum number of registered words and phrases set for use frequency calculation is exceeded. It is configured to do.

[0010]

In the document processing method of the present invention, the usage frequency of each word in the input document data is calculated, and each word in the input document data and the word registered in the user dictionary are activated when the synonym dictionary function processing is started. By excluding each word in the input document data that matches the user dictionary registered word from the word used for frequency calculation calculation, the word count object word candidate at the time of activation of the synonym dictionary function processing is selected from the user dictionary registered word. It is possible to remove.

In the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, when the calculating means calculates the use frequency of each word in the input document data by a predetermined number of words that can be registered, the excluding means makes each word in the input document data and the user dictionary. Compare and refer to the registered words,
By excluding each word in the input document data that matches the user dictionary registered word from the usage frequency calculation target words, unnecessary user dictionary registered words are excluded from the word count target words secured for the specified number of words, and synonyms It is possible to count words only for words and phrases effective for functional processing.

Further, the excluding means excludes, from the usage frequency calculation target words and phrases, in the input document data matching the user dictionary registered words and phrases, when the maximum number of registered words and phrases set for use frequency calculation is exceeded. By doing so, it is possible to limit the activation of the exclusion process until the maximum number of registered words is exceeded, and to prioritize the word count process.

[0013]

【Example】

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to an electronic typewriter apparatus, for example.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an input device such as a keyboard and pointing device, and 2 is a control device for comprehensively controlling the entire device. 3 is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk, a memory card, and a ROM for storing various information, 4 is a display device such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and a plasma display, 5 is a thermal printer, a laser beam printer, an inkjet printer, etc. It is a device.

In the apparatus configured as described above, the display device 4 displays a display image such as a document, an image, or a formatting screen including a plurality of items under the control of the control device 2. The printing device 5 prints out the created document, image, etc. on paper according to the set format. The external storage device 3 stores the input / edited document, the image, etc. in the storage medium, and reads the document, image, etc. thus stored from the storage medium. The input device 1 inputs input information necessary for creating a document or the like into the control device 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the detailed structure of the control device 2 shown in FIG.

In the figure, the input control unit 11 is a control unit 12
Controlled by, the data input by the input device 1 is read and stored in the temporary storage unit 16 as necessary.
The display control unit 14 is controlled by the control unit 12, reads out necessary data from the temporary storage unit 16 and displays it on the display device 4. The print control unit 15 is controlled by the control unit 12, reads out necessary data from the temporary storage unit 16 and outputs the data to the printing device 5. The external storage control unit 13 is the control unit 12
The data is exchanged with the temporary storage unit 16 as required. The user dictionary function unit 17 is controlled by the control unit 12, and by the control of the control unit 18 using the given phrase, the search unit 19 searches the user dictionary phrase storage memory 21, and the registration unit 20 registers the user dictionary phrase. Registration work in the storage memory 21 is performed.

The word count function unit 22 includes a control unit 12
Controlled by the control means 23, the word count means 25 calculates the frequency of use of each word constituting the given text, and the word exclusion means 24 causes the search means 19 to exist in the user dictionary word storage memory 21. The information of the word / phrase that is found to be output is excluded, and the output unit 26 is used to output the result to the control unit 12. Term Exclusion Means 24
As a method of activating, the word counting means 25 is being executed, the word exclusion means 24 is activated for words in the sentence at any time to perform the exclusion work, and a list created after the word count means 25 is completed is used. On the other hand, there are two possible methods, namely, the second method in which the word exclusion means 24 is activated to perform the exclusion work. In the present embodiment, the second method is adopted in order to improve the processing speed. The synonym dictionary function unit 27 includes the control unit 1.
2 provides a candidate phrase for a given headword.

In the document processing apparatus configured as described above, when the calculating means (word count function unit 22) calculates the use frequency of each word in the input document data by the predetermined number of words that can be registered, the excluding means (word exclusion) The means 24) compares and references each word / phrase in the input document data with the user dictionary registered word / phrase, and excludes each word / phrase in the input document data that matches the user dictionary registered word / phrase from the usage frequency calculation target word / phrase. It is possible to exclude unnecessary user dictionary registration phrases from the word count target phrases secured for the number of phrases and to count only the phrases effective for the synonym function processing.

The first word count function processing operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of a first word count function processing procedure in the document processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that (1) to (6) indicate each step.

When the word count function unit 22 is activated, the word count means 25 calculates the frequency of use of each word or phrase constituting the given text (1), and the frequency of use list of each word or phrase in the sentence is displayed. create. Then, the pointer of the word in the usage frequency list is advanced by one (2). Then determine if the frequency of use list is complete
(3) If YES, output the result using the output means 26
(4) The word count function unit 22 is ended.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (3) is NO,
The term excluding means 24 uses the searching means 19 to determine whether or not the term exists in the user dictionary word storing memory 21 (5), and if NO, returns to step (2), and if YES, the term excluding means 24. Excludes the information of the phrase from the usage frequency list (6), and returns to step (2).

As described above, when the usage frequency of each word in the input document data is calculated and the synonym dictionary function processing is started, each word in the input document data is compared with the user dictionary registered word to refer to it. , By excluding each phrase in the input document data that matches the user dictionary registered phrase from the usage frequency calculation target phrase, it is possible to remove the user dictionary registered phrase from the word count target phrase candidate when the synonym dictionary function process is activated. And

Hereinafter, a specific description will be given with reference to FIGS. .

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of user input text data input from the input device 1 shown in FIG. 1, and corresponds to a state displayed on the display device 4, for example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a usage frequency list of words and phrases created by the word count function unit 22 shown in FIG. 2, and is intended for the user input sentence data shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the user dictionary word storage memory 21 shown in FIG.
For example, it corresponds to a state in which the proper noun “Tom” is registered.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an output example of the word frequency use list created by the word count function unit 22 shown in FIG. 2, and the word excluding means 24 shown in FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. Since the proper noun “Tom” is excluded from the list shown in FIG. 5, it is not output to the phrase usage frequency list output.

When the word count function unit 22 is activated when the user input sentence data shown in FIG. 4 is input,
In the above step (1), a usage frequency list of each phrase in the sentence as shown in FIG. 5 is created. Then, in step (2), the processing is performed on the word "a" shown in FIG. Next, in steps (3) to (5), it is determined whether or not "a" is stored in the user dictionary word storage memory 21 shown in FIG. 2, and if NO, the process returns to step (2), and The phrase "gi
The same processing is executed for "ant" and "That", and if the target phrase is "Tom",
Since the determination in (5) is YES, the phrase excluding means 24
The proper noun “Tom” shown in FIG. 6 is excluded from the list shown in FIG. 5, and the list shown in FIG. 7 is output.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, it is not necessary to calculate the frequency of use of words and phrases that are irrelevant to the synonym dictionary function such as proper nouns existing in the user dictionary, and a meaningful word count result list for the user is obtained. It becomes possible to provide, and smooth operation can be realized. Further, since the user dictionary word / phrase storage memory is generally smaller than the synonym dictionary database, there is provided a means for excluding a word / phrase found not to exist in the already proposed synonym dictionary from the target of the word count function. It is possible to remarkably improve the synonym processing speed of the document processing apparatus. [Second Embodiment] FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. For example, it is applied to an electronic typewriter apparatus.

In the figure, 101 is an input device such as a keyboard and pointing device, and 102 is a control device for comprehensively controlling the entire device. Reference numeral 103 denotes an external storage device such as a magnetic disk, a memory card, and a ROM for storing various information, 104 a display device such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and a plasma display, 105 a thermal printer,
It is a printing device such as a laser beam printer or an inkjet printer.

In the apparatus configured as described above, the display device 104 displays a display image such as a document, an image, or a formatting screen including a plurality of items under the control of the control device 102. The printing device 105 prints out the created document, image, etc. on paper according to the set format.
The external storage device 103 stores the input / edited document, image, etc. in the storage medium, and reads the document, image, etc. stored in this way from the storage medium. Input device 1
Inputs to the control device 102 the input information necessary for document creation and the like.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram for explaining the detailed structure of the control device 102 shown in FIG.

In the figure, the input control unit 111 is the control unit 1.
Controlled by 12, the data input by the input device 101 is read and stored in the temporary storage unit 116 as needed. The display control unit 114 is controlled by the control unit 112, reads out necessary data from the temporary storage unit 116, and displays it on the display device 104. The print control unit 115 is controlled by the control unit 112, reads out necessary data from the temporary storage unit 116, and outputs the data to the printing apparatus 105.
The external storage control unit 113 is controlled by the control unit 112, and exchanges data with the temporary storage unit 116 as needed. The user dictionary function unit 117 includes a control unit 112.
Control means 1 controlled by and using a given phrase
Under the control of 18, the search means 119 searches the user dictionary word storage memory 121, and the registration means 120 performs registration work in the user dictionary word storage memory 121.

The word count function unit 122 includes the control unit 1
12 and the control means 123 controls the following processes. The memory remaining amount detecting unit 125 functions as a unit for detecting the remaining amount of the memory provided for the word count function unit 122. Here, the word count function unit 122 confirms the unused memory by the remaining memory amount detection unit 125 as needed, and at the same time, the word count unit 12 determines the frequency of use of each word or phrase constituting the given text.
Calculated according to 6. When the memory remaining amount detecting means 125 detects the memory full, the word counting means 126
Then, the word counting means 126 is re-executed while excluding the words and phrases found to be present in the user dictionary word and phrase storage memory 121 by the word and phrase removing means 124 at any time. Here, it is assumed that the phrase excluding unit 124 uses the search unit 119 to determine whether or not the target phrase should be excluded. Here, as a method for activating the phrase excluding means 124,
The word counting means 126 is being executed at any time. The first method of activating the word / phrase removing means 124 for the words / phrases in the sentence to perform the exclusion work, and the word / phrase removing means for the list created after the word count means 126 is completed. There are two possible second methods of activating 124 to perform the exclusion work, but in the present embodiment, the former is adopted in order to save memory.
The synonym dictionary function unit 128 is controlled by the control unit 112 and provides a candidate phrase for the given headword. In addition, 127 is an output means.

The second word count function processing operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of the second word count function processing procedure in the document processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that (1) to (12) indicate each step.

When the word count function unit 122 is activated, the remaining memory amount detection means 125 detects the remaining amount of the memory provided for the word count function unit 122 (1), and the memory is full. Determine if there is (2)
, NO, that is, when an unused memory is detected, the pointer of the phrase to be processed in the sentence given by the user is advanced by one (3). Then, the word count means 126 is used to store the use frequency information of the word / phrase indicated by the pointer in the memory (4). Then, it is judged whether the sentence is finished (5), if NO, the process returns to step (1), and if YES, the result is output using the output means 127 (6), and the word count function unit 122 is finished. .

On the other hand, when the memory full is detected in the judgment of step (2), the memory is initialized and the pointer of the phrase in the sentence is returned to the beginning of the sentence (7). Then, the pointer is advanced by 1 (8), and the word count means 126 is used to store the use frequency information of the word / phrase indicated by the pointer in the memory (9). Next, it is judged using the search means 119 whether or not the relevant word exists in the user dictionary word storage memory 121 (10), and if NO, the step (12).
If YES, the usage frequency information of the word is excluded from the memory (11). In addition, the above step (10),
The functions executed by the phrase excluding means 124 for the process (11) are collectively referred to as the phrase excluding means.

Then, it is determined whether the sentence is finished.
(12) If NO, return to step (8), and if YES, return to step (6).

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 11 to 18, the second
The word count function processing operation of is specifically described.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the contents of the memory provided for the word count function unit 122 shown in FIG. 9, and has a capacity capable of storing information for 19 words, for example.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the sentence data input from the input device 101 shown in FIG. 8, and shows the case where the sentence is sufficiently smaller than the processing capacity of the memory.

When the word count function unit 122 is activated in such a state, the remaining memory amount is detected in step (1), and the unused memory is detected, and the step
From (2) to step (3), the pointer of the word to be processed in the sentence given by the user is incremented by one. That is, the word “That” is the processing target. Step
In (4), the word count means 126 is used to "That"
The usage frequency information “1” is stored in the memory. Proceed to step (5), and since the end of the sentence is not determined, return to step (1). These processings are repeated until the phrase "animal" is reached, and finally the process proceeds to step (6), where the output means 12
7 is used to output the result, and the word count function unit 122
Ends the process. At this time, the contents of the memory shown in FIG. 11 are changed to the contents shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the sentence data input from the input device 101 shown in FIG. 8, and shows the case where the sentence is too large for the processing capacity of the memory.

When the word count function unit 122 is activated in such a state, the remaining memory amount is detected in step (1), and the process proceeds from step (2) to step (3).
The pointer of the phrase to be processed in the sentence given by the user is advanced by one. That is, the word “That” is the target of processing. Word counting means 1 in step (4)
26, the use frequency information “1” of “That” is stored in the memory. Proceed to step (5), and since the end of the sentence is not determined, return to step (1). When these processes are repeated up to the phrase "looked", the process is completed for the underlined phrase in FIG.
At this time, as the contents of the memory, the contents shown in FIG. 16 are stored.

Here, returning to step (1), it is detected that the memory is full. Therefore, from step (2)
Proceed to (7) to initialize the memory and return the pointer to the beginning of the sentence. In step (8), the pointer is advanced by one. That is, the word “That” is the target of processing. In step (9), the word count means 126 is used to store the use frequency information "1" of "That" in the memory.

As described above, when the maximum number of registered words / phrases set for calculating the frequency of use is exceeded, the excluding means determines each word / phrase in the input document data that matches the word / phrase registered in the user dictionary as a word / phrase for frequency of use calculation. It is possible to restrict the activation of the exclusion process until the maximum number of registered words is exceeded, and preferentially process the word count process by the word count means 126.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the user dictionary word storage memory 121 shown in FIG. 9, and corresponds to a state in which the proper noun "Tom" is registered, for example.

When the proper noun "Tom" is registered in the user dictionary word storage memory 121, the above step (10)
With the search means 119, the user dictionary word storage memory 1
When it is determined whether or not “That” exists in 21, it is determined that it does not exist, so step (11) is canceled and the process proceeds to step (2). Will remain on top. Hereinafter, these processes are repeated until the end of the sentence is determined. “Tom” existing in the user dictionary word storage memory 121
Is processed, step (11) is executed,
The usage frequency information of the phrase is deleted from the memory. Finally, step (12) to step (6)
Then, the output means 127 is used to output the result, and the word count function unit 122 is terminated. As a result, FIG.
The contents of the memory shown in are changed to the contents shown in FIG.

[0052]

As described above, the present invention calculates the frequency of use of each word / phrase in the input document data and registers each word / phrase in the input document data and the user dictionary when activating the synonym dictionary function processing. By comparing and referring to the words, each word in the input document data that matches the word registered in the user dictionary is configured to be excluded from the words to be used in frequency calculation, so word candidates to be counted when starting the synonym dictionary function processing. The user dictionary registered phrase can be removed from.

In the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, when the calculating means calculates the use frequency of each word in the input document data by a predetermined number of words that can be registered, the excluding means registers each word in the input document data and the user dictionary. It is configured to exclude each word in the input document data that matches the word registered in the user dictionary from the usage frequency calculation target words by comparing and referring to the words, so it is unnecessary from the word count target words secured for the specified number of words It is possible to exclude words that are registered in the user dictionary and count only words that are effective for the synonym function processing.

The excluding means excludes, from the usage frequency calculation target words and phrases in the input document data matching the user dictionary registered words and phrases, when the maximum number of registered words and phrases set for use frequency calculation is exceeded. With this configuration, the activation of the exclusion process can be restricted until the maximum number of registered words is exceeded, and the word count process can be prioritized.

Therefore, it is not necessary to calculate the frequency of use of words and phrases unrelated to the synonym dictionary function such as proper nouns existing in the user dictionary, and it is possible to provide the user with a meaningful word count result list, and smooth operation is possible. And memory savings can be realized at the same time. In addition, since the user dictionary word storage memory is generally smaller than the synonym dictionary database,
This has an excellent effect such that the word count processing speed in a device for excluding words or phrases found not to exist in the synonym dictionary from the target of the word count function can be remarkably improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a first word count function processing procedure in the document processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing an example of user input sentence data input from the input device shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a usage frequency list of words and phrases created by the word count function unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a user dictionary word storage memory shown in FIG. 2.

7 is a diagram showing an output example of a usage frequency list of words and phrases created by the word count function unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a second word count function processing procedure in the document processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory provided for the word count function section shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of text data input from the input device shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory provided for the word count function unit shown in FIG. 9.

14 is a diagram showing an example of text data input from the input device shown in FIG.

15 is a diagram showing a state in which word count processing has been completed for text data input from the input device shown in FIG.

16 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory provided for the word count function section shown in FIG. 9;

17 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a user dictionary word storage memory shown in FIG. 9. FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory provided for the word count function unit shown in FIG. 9.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 input control unit 12 control unit 17 user dictionary function unit 18 control unit 19 search unit 20 registration unit 21 user dictionary word storage memory 22 word count function unit 23 control unit 24 word exclusion unit 25 word count unit 26 output unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. When the usage frequency of each word in the input document data is calculated and the synonym dictionary function processing is activated, each word in the input document data is compared with the user dictionary registered word to refer to, A document processing method, wherein each word in the input document data that matches a word registered in the user dictionary is excluded from a word for use frequency calculation. 2. A calculation unit for calculating the use frequency of each word in the input document data by a predetermined number of words that can be registered, and a user who compares each word in the input document data with a user dictionary registered word to refer to the user. A document processing apparatus, comprising: an excluding means for excluding each word in the input document data that matches the word registered in the dictionary from the word for use frequency calculation. 3. Exclusion means, when the maximum number of registered words and phrases set for use frequency calculation is exceeded, each word or phrase in the input document data that matches the user dictionary registered word or phrase It excludes, The claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.
Document processing device described.