Character recognizing method and character input method for touch panel
First Claim
1. A character recognizing method for a touch panel, the method comprising, when an arbitrary position on a screen displayed on a touch panel is touched, setting a plurality of screen areas into which the screen is divided using lines which contain the position and which traverse the touch panel screen, and quadrants corresponding to the screen areas and defining directions of the screen areas around the touched position, and when an arbitrary position belonging to one of the screen areas is touched, recognizing a character assigned to the corresponding quadrant.
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Abstract
Touching (T) an arbitrary position 4 on a screen 1 displayed on a touch panel sets a plurality of screen areas A, B, C, and D into which the screen is divided using lines L1 and L2 which contain the position 4 and which traverse the touch panel screen 1, and a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant which correspond to the screen areas are set. Touching (T) an arbitrary position 5 belonging to one C of the screen areas allows a character assigned to the corresponding quadrant (third quadrant) to be recognized. Releasing the character at the position 5 allows the character assigned to that quadrant to be confirmed.
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- 1. A character recognizing method for a touch panel, the method comprising, when an arbitrary position on a screen displayed on a touch panel is touched, setting a plurality of screen areas into which the screen is divided using lines which contain the position and which traverse the touch panel screen, and quadrants corresponding to the screen areas and defining directions of the screen areas around the touched position, and when an arbitrary position belonging to one of the screen areas is touched, recognizing a character assigned to the corresponding quadrant.
- 8. A character input method for a touch panel, the method comprising, when an arbitrary position on a screen displayed on a touch panel is touched, setting a plurality of screen areas and corresponding quadrants into which the screen is divided using a line which contains the position and which traverses the touch panel screen, and when an arbitrary position belonging to one of the screen areas is touched, recognizing a character assigned to the corresponding quadrant.
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