Handwriting information processing apparatus, handwriting information processing method, and storage medium having program stored therein for handwriting information processing

• US 7,215,815 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Honda, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu; Jingge
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le; Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/338,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: 382/119, 382/186, 382/187, 382/188, 382/189, 382/313, 382/314, 382/315, 345/173, 345/179, 345/180, 345/181, 345/182, 345/183, 345/158, 178/18.03
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32

Abstract

A handwriting information processing apparatus is provided, having: a coordinate input part that detects a handwriting input made by a user and outputs a coordinate value; a processing part that performs predetermined processes based on the above coordinate value output from the coordinate input part; and a display part that displays an output of the processing part. The processing part further includes a coordinate value storing part that stores all of the coordinate values output by the coordinate input part along with stroke information and line information of the handwriting input; and a handwritten character recognition part that recognizes handwritten characters in a batch based on the coordinate values, the stroke information, and the line information stored in the coordinate value storing part.

Claims

1. A handwriting information processing apparatus, comprising:

a coordinate input part that detects a handwriting input made by a user and outputs a coordinate value;

a processing part that performs predetermined processes based on said coordinate value output from said coordinate input part; and

a display part that displays an output of said processing part,

wherein said processing part comprises;

a coordinate value storing part that stores all of the coordinate values output by said coordinate input part along with stroke information and line information of said handwriting input;

a handwritten character recognition part that recognizes handwritten characters in a batch based on the coordinate values, the stroke information, and the line information stored in said coordinate value storing part;

an outline drafting part that calculates an indent position of each line based on the coordinate values and the line information stored in said coordinate value storing part, obtains outline information of a character string, and drafts an outline;

a result storing part that stores the character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition part and the outline information obtained by said outline drafting part; and

an edit processing part that corrects said outline information based on information stored in said result storing part.

2. The handwriting information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processing part further comprises a Chinese character conversion part that performs a Chinese character conversion by handing a character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition part to an Input Method Editor.

3. The handwriting information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an outline draft storing part that stores said character string of the drafted outline in a storage medium; and

an outline draft transmitting part that converts said character string of the drafted outline for e-mail transmission, and sends the converted outline draft to a designated e-mail address.

4. A computer-readable medium storing a computer-readable program, which is read and executed by a central processing unit to perform a handwriting character batch conversion method comprising a coordinate input step of detecting a handwriting input made by a user and outputting a coordinate value, a processing step of performing predetermined processes based on said coordinate value output by said coordinate input step, and a display step of displaying an output from said processing step, wherein said processing step comprises:

a coordinate value storing step of storing all of the coordinate values output by said coordinate input step along with stroke information and line information of said handwriting input;

a handwritten character recognition step of recognizing handwritten characters in a batch based on the coordinate values, the stroke information, and the line information stored by said coordinate value storing step;

an outline drafting step of calculating an indent position of each line based on the coordinate values and the line information stored in said coordinate value storing step, obtaining outline information of a character string, and drafting an outline;

a result storing step of storing the character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition step and the outline information obtained by said outline drafting step; and

an edit processing step of correcting said outline information based on information stored by said result storing step.

5. The storage medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said processing step further comprises a Chinese character conversion step of performing a Chinese character conversion by handing a character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition step to an Input Method Editor.

6. The storage medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said handwriting character batch conversion method further comprises:

an outline draft storing step of storing said character string of the drafted outline in a storage medium; and

an outline draft transmitting step of converting said character string of the drafted outline for e-mail transmission, and sending the converted outline draft to a designated e-mail address.

7. A computer-readable program embodied in a computer-readable medium, which program is executed by a computer to perform a handwriting character batch conversion method comprising a coordinate input step of detecting a handwriting input made by a user and outputting a coordinate value, a processing step of performing predetermined processes based on said coordinate value output by said coordinate input step, and a display step of displaying an output from said processing step, wherein said processing step further comprises:

a coordinate value storing step of storing all of the coordinate values output by said coordinate input step along with stroke information and line information of said handwriting input; and

a handwritten character recognition step of recognizing handwritten characters in a batch based on the coordinate values, the stroke information, and the line information stored by said coordinate value storing step;

an outline drafting step of calculating an indent position of each line based on the coordinate values and the line information stored in said coordinate value storing step, obtaining outline information of a character string, and drafting an outline;

a result storing step of storing the character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition step and the outline information obtained by said outline drafting step; and

an edit processing step of correcting said outline information based on information stored by said result storing step.

8. The program as claimed in claim 7, wherein said processing step further comprises a Chinese character conversion step of performing a Chinese character conversion by handing a character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition step to an Input Method Editor.

9. The program as claimed in claim 7, wherein said handwriting character batch conversion method further comprises:

an outline draft storing step of storing said character string of the drafted outline in a storage medium; and

an outline draft transmitting step of converting said character string of the drafted outline for e-mail transmission, and sending the converted outline draft to a designated e-mail address.

10. A handwriting information processing apparatus, comprising:

a coordinate input part that detects a handwriting input made by a user and outputs a coordinate value;

a processing part that performs predetermined processes based on said coordinate value output from said coordinate input part; and

a display part that displays an output of said processing part,

wherein said processing part comprises;

a coordinate value storing part that stores all of the coordinate values output by said coordinate input part along with stroke information and line information of said handwriting input;

an outline drafting part that calculates an indent position of each line based on the coordinate values and the line information stored in said coordinate value storing part, obtains outline information of a character string, and drafts an outline;

a result storing part that stores the character string obtained by said handwritten character recognition part and the outline information obtained by said outline drafting part; and

an edit processing part that corrects said outline information based on information stored by said result storing part.