Handwriting-input device and method

• US 20050237311A1
• Filed: 04/05/2005
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nakajima, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 8,665,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A handwriting-input device and method capable of inputting a mixture of a character and a graphic without feeling discomfort even when an input area is physically limited. A handwriting-input device including, on a display screen, a normalized pencraft input area for inputting a pencraft desired to be normalized to be input and a pencraft arrangement area for inputting a pencraft that is not normalized and normalizing the pencraft to display it, at least includes: coordinate input means to obtain coordinate position information input by an input medium; and input area judgment means to judge which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is input in, based on the coordinate position information, wherein the pencraft can be input based on a judgment result in the input area judgment means.

Claims

1. A handwriting-input device comprising, on a display screen, a normalized pencraft input area for inputting a pencraft desired to be normalized to be input and a pencraft arrangement area for inputting a pencraft that is not normalized and normalizing the pencraft to display it, at least comprising:

coordinate input means to obtain coordinate position information input by an input medium; and

input area judgment means to judge which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is to be input in, based on the coordinate position information,

wherein the pencraft can be input based on a judgment result in the input area judgment means.

2. The handwriting-input device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where it is judged by the input area judgment means that the pencraft is to be input in the pencraft arrangement area and that there is no input in the normalized pencraft input area, the pencraft is input directly to be displayed at a designated position of the pencraft arrangement area.

3. The handwriting-input device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where it is judged by the input area judgment means that the pencraft is to be input in the pencraft arrangement area and that there is input in the normalized pencraft input area, the pencraft input in the normalized pencraft input area is normalized to be displayed at the designated position of the pencraft arrangement area.

4. The handwriting-input device according to claim 1, wherein, by the coordinate input means, continuous coordinate position information due to a drag operation is obtained,

by the input area judgment means, a coordinate position corresponding to a start position of the continuous coordinate position information and a coordinate position corresponding to an end position thereof are detected, and it is judged in which area the coordinate position corresponding to the start position and the coordinate position corresponding to the end position are respectively present, and

based on a judgment result by the input area judgment means, the pencraft present at the coordinate position corresponding to the start position can be moved to the coordinate position corresponding to the end position.

5. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claims 1, wherein an area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is specified, and a display area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is varied depending upon the specified area ratio.

6. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claims 1, wherein a horizontal scroll area is provided between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area, and the normalized pencraft input area can be enlarged or reduced in size by the horizontal scroll area.

9. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 2, wherein an area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is specified, and a display area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is varied depending upon the specified area ratio.

10. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 3, wherein an area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is specified, and a display area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is varied depending upon the specified area ratio.

11. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 4, wherein an area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is specified, and a display area ratio between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area is varied depending upon the specified area ratio.

12. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 2, wherein a horizontal scroll area is provided between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area, and the normalized pencraft input area can be enlarged or reduced in size by the horizontal scroll area.

13. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 3, wherein a horizontal scroll area is provided between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area, and the normalized pencraft input area can be enlarged or reduced in size by the horizontal scroll area.

14. The handwriting-input device according to any one of claim 4, wherein a horizontal scroll area is provided between the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area, and the normalized pencraft input area can be enlarged or reduced in size by the horizontal scroll area.

7. A handwriting-input method in a handwriting-input device comprising, on a display screen, a normalized pencraft input area for inputting a pencraft desired to be normalized to be input and a pencraft arrangement area for inputting a pencraft that is not normalized and normalizing the pencraft to display it, comprising the steps of:

obtaining coordinate position information input by an input medium; and

judging which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is to be input in, based on the coordinate position information,

wherein the pencraft can be input based on a judgment result regarding which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is input.

8. A recording medium storing a program for allowing a computer processor to execute a handwriting-input method in a handwriting-input device comprising, on a display screen, a normalized pencraft input area for inputting a pencraft desired to be normalized to be input and a pencraft arrangement area for inputting a pencraft that is not normalized and normalizing the pencraft to display it, comprising the steps of:

obtaining coordinate position information input by an input medium; and

judging which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is to be input in, based on the coordinate position information,

wherein the pencraft can be input based on a judgment result regarding which of the normalized pencraft input area and the pencraft arrangement area the pencraft is input.