It is not so easy even for the ordinary Chinese to spell the correct Pinyin. Therefore the Pinyin-based Chinese character (Kanji) input system including the Chinese word processor is not easy to use. This paper propose a FEP (Front End Processor) to the Pinyin-based input system which allows the user's slight mistakes due to his ignorance of the spelling or dialect. This FEP uses the similarity of the structure of Kanji to confirm the correct Pinyin.

In this paper, we introduce a Shared Multiple Rooted XOR-based Decomposition Diagram (XORDD) to represent functions with multiple outputs. Based on the XORDD representation, we develop a synthesis algorithm for general Exclusive Sum-of-Product forms (ESOP). By iteratively applying transformations and reductions, we obtain a compact XORDD which gives a minimized ESOP. Our method can synthesize larger circuits than previously possible. The compact ESOP representation provides a form that is easier to synthesize for XOR heavy multi-level circuits, such as arithmetic functions. We have applied our synthesis techniques to a large set of benchmark circuits in both PLA and combinational formats. Results of the minimized ESOP forms obtained from our synthesis algorithm are also compared to the SOP forms generated by ESPRESSO. Among the 74 circuits we have experimented with, the minimized ESOP's have fewer product terms than those of SOP's in 39 circuits.