PORTABLE TERMINAL USING TOUCH PEN AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME
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1. A handwriting input method using a touch pen in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application;
receiving a handwriting image in the at least one input field using the touch pen;
converting the received handwriting image to text; and
inserting the text in the at least one input field and displaying the at least one input field with the text.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a portable terminal using a touch pen and a handwriting input method using the same are provided. In the apparatus, upon receipt of a handwriting image in an input field provided by an executed application through the touch pen, the received handwriting image is converted to text, the text is inserted in the input field, and the input field with the text is displayed.
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23 Claims
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1. A handwriting input method using a touch pen in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application; receiving a handwriting image in the at least one input field using the touch pen; converting the received handwriting image to text; and inserting the text in the at least one input field and displaying the at least one input field with the text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23)
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11. A handwriting input method in a portable terminal, the handwriting input method comprising:
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displaying at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application; receiving an input of a user touch on the at least one input field; determining whether the user touch is a finger touch or a pen touch of a touch pen; and providing a keypad for receiving a finger input, inserting text received through the keypad in the at least one input field, and displaying the at least one input field with the inserted text, if the user touch is a finger touch, and providing a handwriting input layer overlapping the at least one input field, converting a handwriting image received in the handwriting input layer to text, inserting the text in the at least one input field, and displaying the at least one input field with the text, if the user touch is a pen touch of the touch pen.
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12. A portable terminal using a touch pen, the portable terminal comprising:
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a touch screen configured to display at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application and to receive a handwriting image in the at least one input field using the touch pen; and a controller configured to convert the handwriting image received from the touch screen to text, to insert the text in the at least one input field, and to display the at least one input field with the text. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable terminal using a touch pen, comprising:
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a touch screen configured to display at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application and to receive an input of a user touch on the at least one input field; and a controller configured to determine whether the user touch is a finger touch or a pen touch of the touch pen, if the user touch is a finger touch, to provide a keypad for receiving a finger input, to insert text received through the keypad in the at least one input field, and to display the at least one input field with the inserted text, and if the user touch is a pen touch of the touch pen, to provide a handwriting input layer overlapping the at least one input field, to convert a handwriting image received in the handwriting input layer to text, to insert the text in the at least one input field, and to display the at least one input field with the text.
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