Information processing apparatus, computer, information processing system, and information processing method

Abstract

To obtain a kana-kanji conversion candidate the same as with a PC without necessity of unifying a Japanese conversion program and a use environment, even with an information processor different from a computer (shown as the PC) used by a user at ordinary times. The PC is equipped with a kana-kanji conversion unit which receives a character string through a network from the information processor (shown as a copying machine) and returns a conversion candidate. The copying machine is equipped with a UI unit for handling character input from the user and display to the user; a kana-kanji conversion unit which receives a character string input hereat and returns a conversion candidate; a conversion control unit which controls exchange among the UI unit, the kana-kanji conversion unit, and the kana-kanji conversion unit; and a PC identification unit which identifies the PC3 corresponding to a user using the copying machine. The conversion control unit sends a character string input through the UI unit to the kana-kanji conversion unit (and the kana-kanji conversion unit) in the identified PC3 to convert it therewith, and sends the result (conversion candidate) to the UI unit to display it.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device, a computer, an information processing system, and an information processing method, and more specifically, to a home computer integrated with a personal computer (PC) or workstation, or with a device set top box (set top box) or a television set via a network An information processing device that is connected to a computer and performs Japanese input, an information processing system composed of the computer, the information processing device, and the computer, and an information processing method. Background technique [0002] All information processing devices such as multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), facsimile devices, television receivers, and various recorders that record sound or image / sound can convert input characters (hiragana or numbers) into kana and kanji to obtain, for example, electronic Desired character strings such as the name of the transmission destination of the m...

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Problems solved by technology

[0009] Furthermore, the system described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-334630 does not take into account the consistency of the kana-kanji conversion environment between multiple devices. For example, even devices used by the same user end up registering different word data.

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