Information processing device, information processing control method and program

• US 20070003143A1
• Filed: 06/22/2006
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Wakai, Masanori
• Granted Patent: US 8,145,997 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing device which is configured to identify a processing target of an input command. A handwriting input unit interprets handwriting data as a handwriting command. At least part of data corresponding to an input position of the interpreted command is identified as a processing target of the handwriting command.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a handwriting command interpretation unit configured to interpret handwriting data input by handwriting input unit as a handwriting command; and

a target identification unit configured to identify at least part of data corresponding to an input position of the command interpreted by the handwriting command interpretation unit, as a process target of the handwriting command.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the target identification unit identifies a search key from the data.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the target identification unit identifies a process target from an area obtained on the basis of a size and a position of the handwriting command.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a clarification unit configured to clarify a process target by changing a display mode of the data corresponding to the process target.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a change unit configured to change a range of the process target.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, the target identification unit including a handwriting character recognition unit configured to recognize stroke data that is displayed on a display device, as a character string,

wherein the character string recognized by the handwriting character recognition unit is identified as the process target.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the plural handwriting commands are input, the target identification unit identifies a plurality of process targets from data corresponding to the respective input positions and the process is executed by using the plurality of process targets in combination.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the target identification unit weights the process targets corresponding to the commands on the basis of sizes of the plural handwriting commands.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising,

a delete unit configured to delete the handwriting command;

and

a process termination unit configured to terminate the process when the handwriting command is deleted.

10. The information processing device according to claim 7, further comprising,

a delete unit configured to delete the handwriting command;

and

a process target exclusion unit configured to exclude the corresponding process target when the handwriting command is deleted.

11. The information processing device according to claim 7, the handwriting command interpretation unit including a handwriting command discrimination unit configured to discriminate the input handwriting command as a different type of command from another handwriting command,

wherein the process is executed by using the process targets in combination for each type of the handwriting commands.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the handwriting command discrimination unit discriminates one of a color and a size of the input data to discriminate the type in accordance with the discrimination result.

13. The information processing device according to claim 11, the handwriting command discrimination unit including an attendant input data interpretation unit for interpreting input data attended with the handwriting command, wherein the type of the handwriting command is discriminated by the attendant input data.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a process target identification rule specification unit for specifying a rule employed to identify the process target.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a handwriting character recognition unit configured to recognize the handwriting data corresponding to the handwriting command as a character string when the process target cannot be identified by the handwriting command process target identification unit.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a recognition candidate display unit configured to display a recognition candidate of the handwriting command.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16, displaying the recognition candidate is terminated when a character is selected by the recognition candidate display unit.

18. The information processing device according to claim 16, further comprising process target exclusion unit configured to exclude the corresponding process target from the combination when a character is selected by the recognition candidate display unit.

19. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the target identification unit expands an identification range until the process target is identified.

20. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a handwriting display destination specification command interpretation unit configured to interpret the handwriting data following the handwriting command as a display destination specification command, wherein the handwriting command process result is displayed on the display destination.

21. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the command interpretation unit interprets the input by the input unit as a handwriting point instruction command;

and

wherein the target identification unit identifies a point from the data and includes minutes production unit for producing minutes by using the point.

22. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the target identification unit identifies an attribute assignment target from the data.

23. The information processing device according to claim 22, wherein the target identification unit weights the attribute assignment targets on the basis of the data size and includes weighting sort unit for sorting the attribute assignment targets on the basis of the weighting.

24. The information processing device according to claim 22, further comprising,

a scan unit configured to scan an original on which handwriting data is written;

and

a process instruction unit configured to instruct a process on the attribute assignment targets identified by the target identification unit.

25. The information processing device according to claim 24, wherein the process instruction unit instructs sorting by using one of the attribute and the weighting and includes attribute sort unit for sorting the attribute assignment targets on the basis of the attributes.

26. The information processing device according to claim 24, further comprising an attribute narrow down unit configured to narrow down the attribute assignment targets on the basis of the attribute, wherein the process instruction unit issues an instruction to the target narrowed down on the basis of the attribute.

27. An information processing control method for an information processing device for processing data that is input by a handwriting input unit, the method comprising:

interpreting handwriting data input by the handwriting input unit as a handwriting command; and

identifying at least part of data corresponding to an input position of the command interpreted as a process target of the handwriting command.

28. A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for an information processing device for processing data that is input by a handwriting input unit, the medium comprising:

computer-executable instructions for interpreting handwriting data input by the handwriting input unit as a handwriting command; and

computer-executable instructions for identifying at least part of data corresponding to an input position of the command interpreted as a process target of the handwriting command.