Electronic apparatus, handwriting display method, and storage medium

• US 9,323,454 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Motoi, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Chatly, Amit
• Application Number:
  US13/926,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20140118295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-178
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touchscreen display and a display controller. The display controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display. The display controller is configured to draw a first line corresponding to the locus of the first contact input, and to draw a second line, based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input. The display controller is configured to display the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touchscreen display; and

a display controller configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display, wherein;

the display controller is configured to draw a first line corresponding to the locus of the first contact input, and to draw a second line, based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input, and

the display controller is configured to display the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein the display controller is configured to adjust a length of the second line in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector, the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to set color data of the second line such that the second line is configured to be displayed more lightly than the first line.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display controller is configured to set the color data of the second line such that the second line to be displayed at a first timing is displayed more lightly than the second line to be displayed at a second timing later than the first timing.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller comprises means for adjusting the length of the second line in accordance with the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to decrease the length of the second line as the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector increases.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to perform rotational correction on the second line in accordance with the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display controller comprises means for performing rotational correction on the second line in accordance with the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touchscreen display; and

a display controller configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display, wherein;

the display controller is configured to draw a first line corresponding to the locus of the first contact input, and to draw a second line, based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input, and

the display controller is configured to display the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein the display controller is configured to perform rotational correction on the second line in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector, the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display controller is configured to adjust the length of the second line in accordance with the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display controller is configured to decrease the length of the second line as the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector increases.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display controller comprises means for performing rotational correction on the second line in accordance with the difference between the angle of the first vector and the angle of the second vector.

12. A handwriting display method of an electronic apparatus comprising a touchscreen display, the method comprising:

drawing a first line corresponding to a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display;

drawing a second line based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input; and

displaying the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein a length of the second line is adjusted in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.

13. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer program configured to be executed by a computer, the computer program controlling the computer to function as:

a display controller configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display, wherein;

the display controller is configured to draw a first line corresponding to the locus of the first contact input, and to draw a second line based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input, and

the display controller is configured to display the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein a length of the second line is adjusted in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.

14. A handwriting display method of an electronic apparatus comprising a touchscreen display, the method comprising:

drawing a first line corresponding to a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display;

drawing a second line based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input; and

displaying the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein rotational correction on the second line is performed in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector, the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.

15. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer program configured to be executed by a computer, the computer program controlling the computer to function as:

a display controller configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a locus of first contact input detected on the touchscreen display, wherein;

the display controller is configured to draw a first line corresponding to the locus of the first contact input, and to draw a second line based on a prediction based on a first position of the first contact input, and

the display controller is configured to display the second line in addition to the first line on the touchscreen display for a first duration of time,

wherein rotational correction on the second line is performed in accordance with a difference between an angle of a first vector and an angle of a second vector, the first vector obtained from the first position and a second position where second contact input is detected before the first position, the second vector obtained from the first position and a third position where third contact input is detected before the first position and after the second position.