SHAPING DEVICE

• US 20140285425A1
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shibata, Tomoyuki, Imoto, Kazunori, Yamauchi, Yasunobu, Takahashi, Shihomi
• Granted Patent: US 9,250,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a shaping device includes an acquiring unit, an extracting unit, first and second calculators, a determining unit, a shaping unit, and a display unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire strokes handwritten by a user. The extracting unit is configured to extract multiple combinations of strokes. The first calculator is configured to calculate a first likelihood representing a probability that each combination related to a target graphic. The second calculator is configured to calculate a second likelihood representing a probability that each combination related to an incomplete shape. The determining unit is configured to determine whether there is a first combination having first likelihood not less than a first threshold and the second likelihood not more than a second threshold. The shaping unit is configured to shape the strokes into the target graphic. The display unit is configured to display a result of shaping.

Claims

1. A shaping device comprising:

an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of strokes indicative of handwriting by a user;

an extracting unit configured to extract multiple combinations of strokes, each combination including one or more of the strokes;

a first calculator configured to calculate a first likelihood representing a probability that each of the combinations related to a target graphic;

a second calculator configured to calculate a second likelihood representing a probability that each of the combinations related to an incomplete shape;

a determining unit configured to determine whether there is a first combination having at least one of first likelihoods equal to or higher than a first threshold and the second likelihood equal to or lower than a second threshold in the combinations;

a shaping unit configured to shape the strokes into the target graphic having the first likelihood equal to or higher than the first threshold for the first combination when there is the first combination; and

a display unit configured to display a result of shaping the strokes.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the shaping unit is configured to shape the strokes into a target graphic having a highest first likelihood when there are one or more first combinations.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein

the determining unit is further configured to determine whether there is a second combination having at least one of the first likelihoods equal to or higher than the first threshold and the second likelihood equal to or lower than a third threshold when there is no first combination, the third threshold being larger than the second threshold,

the display unit is configured to display a target graphic having a highest first likelihood for one or more second combinations as a shaping candidate

the shaping device further comprises a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to select a shaping candidate,

the shaping unit is configured to shape the strokes into a target graphic that is a selected shaping candidate in response to the selection instruction received, and

the display unit is configured to display a result of shaping.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein

the display unit is configured to display a confirmation screen to check whether to perform shaping when there are one or more second combinations,

the receiving unit is further configured to receive input of a check instruction to check whether to perform shaping, and

the display unit is configured to display a target graphic having the highest likelihood for the one or more second combinations as a shaping candidate in response to a check instruction instructing that shaping is to be performed.

5. The device according to claim 2, wherein

the determining unit is further configured to determine whether there is a third combination having at least one of the first likelihoods equal to or higher than a fourth threshold and the second likelihood equal to or lower than the second threshold when there is no combination having at least one of the first likelihoods equal to or higher than the first threshold, the fourth threshold being smaller than the first threshold,

the display unit is configured to display a target graphic having a highest first likelihood for one or more third combinations as a shaping candidate,

the shaping device further comprises a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to select a shaping candidate,

the shaping unit is configured to shape the strokes into a target graphic that is a selected shaping candidate in response to the selection instruction received, and

the display unit is configured to display a result of shaping.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein

the display unit is configured to display a confirmation screen to check whether to perform shaping when there are the one or more third combinations,

the receiving unit is further configured to receive input of a check instruction to check whether to perform shaping, and

the display unit is configured to display a target graphic having a highest likelihood for the one or more third combinations as a shaping candidate in response to the check instruction instructing that shaping is to be performed.

7. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a classifying unit configured to classify the strokes into two or more stroke groups, wherein

the extracting unit is configured to extract multiple combinations of strokes from each of the stroke groups, each combination including one or more strokes in the stroke group.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the classifying unit is configured to classify the strokes into the two or more stroke groups according to respective positions of the strokes.

9. A shaping device comprising:

an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of strokes handwritten by a user; and

a display unit configured to display a result of shaping the strokes into a target shape when there is a combination having a first likelihood representing a probability that the combination related to the target graphic equal to or higher than a first threshold and a second likelihood representing a probability that the combination related to an incomplete shape equal to or lower than a second threshold in multiple combinations, the combination being one of multiple combinations of strokes, each combination including one or more of the strokes.