System and method for drawing electronic images

• US 20010038999A1
• Filed: 02/02/2001
• Published: 11/08/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toynetix Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Toynetix Company Limited
• Inventors: Hainey, Robert Owen II
• Application Number:
  US09/776,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20010038999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/85
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 11/00 Teaching hand-writing, shorthand, drawing, or painting
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 11/06 Devices involving the use of transparent or translucent tracing material, e.g. copy books
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 11/10 Teaching painting

Abstract

A method and a system for teaching drawing skills to an individual is disclosed. The system provides sequential instructions to an individual on how to draw various figures on a touch-sensitive screen. A processor executes instructions to display a portion or an outline of a guide figure, and the individual completes the portion of the figure on the touch-sensitive screen. The system continues prompting the individual until a complete figure is entered on the touch-sensitive screen.

Claims

1. A method of instructing an individual to draw a figure comprising:

a. displaying at least a portion of a guide figure on a touch-sensitive screen, said screen electrically connected to a processor and an memory;

b. prompting the individual to enter at least a portion of said figure on said screen corresponding to said portion of said guide figure;

c. displaying said figure on said screen entered by the individual; and

d. repeating steps (a) through (c) until said figure is drawn by said individual.

2. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the portion of the guide figure comprises an outline of the portion of the figure to be drawn by the individual.

3. The method of

claim 2

, wherein the outline of the portion of the figure to be drawn includes a series of points to be connected by the individual on the screen.

4. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the portion of the guide figure appears on the screen in a window separate from the figure drawn on the screen.

5. The method of

claim 1

, further comprising the step of operating the processor to compare the guide figure with the figure drawn by the individual.

6. The method of

claim 1

, wherein entering the figure on the screen includes drawing the figure on the touch-sensitive screen.

7. The method of

claim 6

, wherein the individual draws the figure using a stylus.

8. The method of

claim 5

, further comprising the step of operating the processor to save the portion of the figure entered by the individual.

9. The method of

claim 8

, further comprising the step of operating the processor to create an animation including the figure drawn by the individual.

10. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the processor, the screen and the memory are included in a portable, hand-held device.

11. A system for teaching drawing skills to an individual comprising:

a processor, memory, a touch-sensitive screen, and a processor; and

a program executable by said processor, said program operable to provide sequential instructions to the individual to enter a figure, the sequential instructions including the steps of displaying at least a portion of a guide figure on the touch-sensitive screen, prompting the individual to enter at least a portion of said figure on said screen corresponding to said portion of said guide figure, and displaying the figure entered by the individual on the screen.

12. The system of

claim 11

, wherein the program is operable to repeat the steps of the sequential instructions until a complete figure has been entered by the individual.

13. The system of

claim 12

, wherein the touch sensitive screen, the processor and the memory are part of a hand-held device contained in a casing.

14. The system of

claim 12

, wherein the program is operable to display a variety of figures to be entered by the individual wherein the figures are grouped into a plurality of subgroups.

15. The system of

claim 12

, wherein the portion of the guide figure comprises and outline of the portion to of the figure to be entered by the individual.

16. The system of

claim 15

, wherein the outline of the portion of the figure to be entered by the individual includes a series of points to be connected by the individual on the screen.

17. The system of

claim 12

, wherein the portion of the guide figure appears on the screen in a window separate from the figure entered on the screen by the individual.

18. The system of

claim 12

, wherein the program is operable to compare the guide figure with the figure drawn by the individual.

19. The system of

claim 18

, wherein the program is operable to provide the option to enable the individual to create an animation from the entered figure.

20. The system of

claim 11

, wherein the system further includes a stylus for the individual to draw figures on the touch-sensitive screen.