Patent ID: 6327560
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A Chinese character conversion apparatus without tone symbol input, comprising:a phonetic symbol memory unit for storing a plurality of symbols for consonants, transition vowels, vowels and tones of Chinese language;a dictionary for storing a plurality of syllable streams and the corresponding Chinese characters and phrases;a syllable severing unit which severs an input phonetic symbol row into at least one syllable according to a tone symbol or a space key, if no tone symbol or space key being inputted, said syllable severing unit severing said input phonetic symbol row into said syllables according to the acceptable arrangement sequence of the consonant, transition vowel and vowel in said phonetic symbol memory unit;a conversion initializing unit for composing the desired syllable stream according to the above severed syllables and the previously inputted ones, and then for setting the starting conversion position in the composed stream and its conversion length;a conversion processing unit for repeatedly adjusting said syllable stream constituted by said conversion starting position and said conversion length according to set said conversion starting position and said conversion length;a dictionary searching unit for searching said dictionary for Chinese character/phrase with said syllable stream from said conversion processing unit as a searching key;a syllable editing unit operable by an user to amend said Chinese character searched from said dictionary due to a mistake made by said syllable severing unit; anda homonymous character/phrase selecting unit operable by an user to select a correct Chinese character/phrase other than said Chinese character/phrase searched from the dictionary due to a mistake made by the automatic determination of homonymous character/phrase.