INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF

• US 20070274591A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elitegroup Computer Systems Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Elitegroup Computer Systems Company Limited
• Inventors: CHANG, CHING-TZUN
• Application Number:
  US11/753,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20070274591A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An input apparatus and input method thereof are disclosed. The input apparatus includes an input interface, a processing unit and an execution unit. The input interface is a touch screen or a touch panel that is provided for a user to input a handwritten track with a stroke by utilizing a finger or a stylus. The processing unit then analyzes and compares with the turning trend of the handwritten track with a predetermined handwritten track. Lastly, the execution unit executes a predetermined corresponding function based on the degree of the similarity between the two turning trends.

Claims

1. An input apparatus, comprising:

an input interface, for inputting a handwritten track having a stroke;

a processing unit, for analyzing a turning trend of said handwritten track; and

an execution unit, for executing a predetermined corresponding function based on the analysis result of said turning trend.

2. The input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said input interface is a touch screen.

3. The input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said input interface is a touch panel.

4. The input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said input interface at predetermined timing intervals records a coordinate point on said handwritten track for generating a series of coordinate points.

5. The input apparatus of claim 4, wherein said processing unit calculates angle or vector slope and length between two adjacent coordinate points of all the coordinate points on said handwritten track.

6. The input apparatus of claim 5, wherein said processing unit calculates the number and angle or vector slope of said coordinate points of said turning trend based on the variety of angle or vector slope between said adjacent coordinate points.

7. The input apparatus of claim 6, wherein said processing unit compares the number and angle or vector slope of said coordinate point of said turning trend with the predetermined turning trend previously stored in a predetermined database in order to verify said predetermined corresponding function to be activated.

8. The input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said predetermined corresponding function is preferably an automatic transmission back for predetermined messages, an engineering calculator, a volume adjusting or a quick shortcut equivalent to hardware buttons.

9. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein said handwritten track is a heart-shaped stroke to perform returning a predetermined message.

10. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein said handwritten track is α

-shaped stroke to activate said engineering calculator.

11. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein said handwritten track is a clockwise circling stroke or a counter-clockwise circling stroke for adjusting said volume.

12. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein said handwritten track is a predetermined handwritten path with a stroke for equaling said fast shortcut of the button of the hardware.

13. The input apparatus of claim 12, wherein a function of equaling said fast shortcut of the button of the hardware is an execution program, a cut function, a paste function, a specific sentence or a macro function.

14. An input method, comprising the steps of:

inputting a handwritten track with a stroke;

analyzing a turning trend of said handwritten track; and

executing a predetermined corresponding function based on the analysis result of said turning trend.

15. The input method of claim 14, wherein a touch screen is provided for inputting said handwritten track.

16. The input method of claim 14, wherein a touch panel is provided for inputting said handwritten track.

17. The input method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising the step of:

recording a coordinate point on said turning trend at predetermined timing intervals to generate a series of coordinate points.

18. The input method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprising the step of:

calculating angle or vector slope and length between said adjacent coordinate points based on said coordinate points.

19. The input method of claim 18, wherein the step further comprising the step of:

calculating the number and angle or vector slope of said coordinate points of said turning trend based on the variety of angle or vector slope between said adjacent coordinate points.

20. The input method of claim 14, wherein the step further comprising the step of:

comparing the number and angle or vector slope of said coordinate point of said turning trend with the predetermined turning trend previously stored in a predetermined database in order to verify said predetermined corresponding function to be activate.

21. The input method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined corresponding function is to provide returning a predetermined message, activating an engineering calculator, adjusting the volume or equaling a fast shortcut of the button of the hardware.

22. The input method of claim 21, wherein said handwritten track is a heart-shaped stroke to perform returning said predetermined message.

23. The input method of claim 21, wherein said handwritten track is α

-shaped stroke to activate said engineering calculator.

24. The input method of claim 21, wherein said handwritten track is a clockwise circling stroke or a counter-clockwise circling stroke for adjusting said volume.

25. The input method of claim 21, wherein said handwritten track is a predetermined handwritten path with a stroke for equaling said fast shortcut of the button of the hardware.

26. The input method of claim 25, wherein a function of equaling said fast shortcut of the button of the hardware is an execution program, a cut function, a paste function, a specific sentence or a macro function.