Method, apparatus and system for display of text correction or modification

• US 10,564,819 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawano, Shinichi, Tsukahara, Tsubasa, Imoto, Maki, Yamano, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chung, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/247,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,142 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit configured to extract text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen, a text specifying unit configured to specify change text of the selected text, and a selection conclusion unit configured to conclude that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a central processing unit that;

extracts text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen;

determines whether an operation direction of the touch operation of the user is a text forward direction or a text backward direction;

specifies change text of the selected text from a plurality of items of change text in a change candidate group; and

concludes that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text,

wherein, when the user performs a second touch operation after a first touch operation, the central processing unit is configured to extract second selected text which is text selected through the second touch operation from the input text string, and

wherein, when selection target text is determined to be identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and the central processing unit determines that the operation direction of the second touch operation is the text backward direction, the second selected text is replaced with original text before replacement in the first touch operation and the change candidate group is updated to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text such that each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is lowered in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group, and when the central processing unit determines that the operation direction of the second touch operation is the text forward direction, the change candidate group is updated to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text such that each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is raised in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch operation of the user is a tracing operation of the user tracing a part of the input text string on the display screen with a finger.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the central processing unit specifies the plurality of items of change text based on text located prior to the selected text, and

concludes that the selected text is replaced with one of the plurality of items of change text based on an evaluation value for connection of the text located prior to the selected text to each item of change text.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the central processing unit concludes that the selected text is replaced with the change text with a highest evaluation value for connection of the text located prior to the selected text to each item of change text.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the central processing unit determines whether the selection target text is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation by comparing a start position or an end position of the first touch operation to a start position or an end position of the second touch operation.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when the central processing unit determines that the selection target text is different between the first touch operation and the second touch operation,

specifies second change text which is change text of the second selected text, and

concludes that the second selected text on the display screen is replaced with the second change text.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when the central processing unit determines that the operation direction is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and a value according to a difference between the start position of the first touch operation and the start position of the second touch operation is less than a predetermined threshold value, the touch operation determination unit determines that the selection target text is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when the central processing unit determines that the operation direction is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and a value according to a difference between the end position of the first touch operation and the end position of the second touch operation is less than a predetermined threshold value, the central processing unit determines that the selection target text is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when the central processing unit determines that the operation direction is opposite between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and a value according to a difference between the start position of the first touch operation and the end position of the second touch operation is less than a predetermined threshold value, the central processing unit determines that the selection target text is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when the central processing unit determines that the operation direction is opposite between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and a value according to a difference between the end position of the first touch operation and the start position of the second touch operation is less than a predetermined threshold value, the central processing unit determines that the selection target text is identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when the start position of the touch operation of the user is located prior to the end position of the touch operation of the user in the input text string, the central processing unit determines that the operation direction of the touch operation of the user is the text forward direction, and

wherein, when the start position of the touch operation of the user is located posterior to the end position of the touch operation of the user in the input text string, the central processing unit determines that the operation direction of the touch operation of the user is the text backward direction.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the text is a word.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display screen.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, in which the original text is included in each of the changed candidate group and the updated change candidate group.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, in which the order of the each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is lowered by one in relation to the order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group.

16. An information processing method comprising:

extracting text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen;

determining whether an operation direction of the touch operation of the user is a text forward direction or a text backward direction;

specifying change text of the selected text from a plurality of items of change text in a change candidate group; and

concluding that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text,

wherein, when the user performs a second touch operation after a first touch operation, extracting second selected text which is text selected through the second touch operation from the input text string, and

wherein, when selection target text is determined to be identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and the operation direction of the second touch operation is determined to be the text backward direction, concluding that the second selected text is replaced with original text before replacement in the first touch operation and updating the change candidate group to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text, in which an order of each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is lowered in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group, and when the touch direction determination unit determines that the operation direction of the second touch operation is the text forward direction, updating the change candidate group to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text such that each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is raised in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having stored thereon a program which upon execution causes a computer to:

extract text selected through a touch operation of a user from an input text string displayed on a display screen;

determine whether an operation direction of the touch operation of the user is a text forward direction or a text backward direction;

specify change text of the selected text from a plurality of items of change text in a change candidate group; and

conclude that the selected text on the display screen is replaced with the change text,

wherein, when the user performs a second touch operation after a first touch operation, the text extraction unit is configured to extract second selected text which is text selected through the second touch operation from the input text string, and

wherein, when selection target text is determined to be identical between the first touch operation and the second touch operation and the operation direction of the second touch operation is the text backward direction, the second selected text is replaced with original text before replacement in the first touch operation and the change candidate group is updated to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text such that each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is lowered in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group, and when the operation direction of the second touch operation is determined to be the text forward direction, the change candidate group is updated to obtain an updated change candidate group including the plurality of items of change text such that each item of the plurality of items of change text in the updated change candidate group is raised in relation to an order of each item of the plurality items of change text in the change candidate group.