Information processing method and apparatus

• US 6,697,524 B1
• Filed: 06/19/2000
• Issued: 02/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Harada, Takashi, Matsubayashi, Kazuhiro, Yoshii, Hiroto, Arai, Tsunekazu, Mori, Shigeki, Takasu, Eiji, Sakaguchi, Katsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): COUSO, YON JUNG
• Application Number:
  US09/597,822
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: 382/187, 382/189, 382/202, 382/311, 382/188, 434/186-160, 434/163, 434/165, 345/467
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/28 Determining representative reference patterns, e.g. by averaging or distorting; Generating dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/242 Division of the character sequences into groups prior to recognition; Selection of dictionaries

Abstract

An information processing method and apparatus which uses a memory storing stroke data forming one character together with respective stroke order information to display each stroke data based on the stored stroke order information at an arbitrary speed. In addition, a display speed changing instruction is input into the apparatus and the display speed of the stroke data is changed in response to the display speed changing instruction. In addition, stroke data stored in correspondence to the stroke order information of an input stroke order number is read from the memory and displayed. Further, the stroke data can be displayed under different display conditions such that the stroke order information stored in correspondence to the stroke data can be distinguished from each other.

Claims

1. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

using a memory which stores a plurality of strokes forming one character in correspondence to respective stroke order numbers;

inputting a designated stroke order number;

reading the plurality of stored strokes forming one character from the memory; and

controlling to display the plurality of read strokes such that the display of the stroke corresponding to the input stroke order number is emphasized more than the display of the other strokes.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the stroke order number is input in said inputting step in response to a stroke number key being pressed.

3. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a memory which stores a plurality of strokes forming one character in correspondence to respective stroke order numbers;

inputting means for inputting a designated stroke order number;

means for reading the plurality of stored strokes forming one character from the memory; and

means for controlling to display the plurality of read strokes such that the display of the stroke corresponding to the input stroke order number is emphasized more than the display of the other strokes.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said inputting means inputs the stroke order number in response to a stroke number key being pressed.

5. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to process information comprising:

first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to use a memory which stores a plurality of strokes forming one character in correspondence to respective stroke order numbers;

second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to input a designated stroke order number;

third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to read the plurality of stored strokes forming one character from the memory; and

fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to control to display the plurality of read strokes such that the display of the stroke corresponding to the input stroke order number is emphasized more than the display of the other strokes.

6. A computer usable medium according to claim 5, wherein the stroke order number is input in said inputting step in response to a stroke number key being pressed.