Word processor with a handwriting text processing function
First Claim
1. A word processor providing handwritten document processing functions, comprising:
- a display including a plurality of display regions for displaying a document including text characters in a document display region and document processing information in another display region;
a pointing device for drawing any one of a plurality of document processing function-symbolic figures while displaying its related document on the display;
a memory for storing for each document processing function-symbolic figure a document processing figure and a set of instructions for implementing a document processing operation associated with that document processing figure, at least some of the document processing figures being associated with two different document processing operations and the document processing operations include an up-scroll of the screen, a down-scroll of the screen, a display of a beginning of a document head, and a display of an end of the document; and
a processor for performing the following steps;
analyzing a document processing function-symbolic figure drawn on the display with the pointing device with one of the stored document processing figures and identifying a corresponding one of the stored document processing figures;
selecting one of the two document processing operations associated with the identified document processing figure based on a determination of a direction in which the pointing device is moved on the display when the document processing figure is drawn and a determination of a length of the drawn document processing figure; and
executing the set of document processing instructions associated with the selected document processing operation.
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Abstract
A word processor is provided with a handwriting text processing function. A display displays document and text processing information. A pointing device enters handwritten text processing figures on a display. A memory stores text processing instructions associated with an text processing figure drawn on the screen. A direction in which the pointing device is moved on the screen to draw a figure, a length of the drawn figure on the screen, and/or which of several regions of the display the pointing device is presently pointing to are determined and used to distinguish different text processing functions associated with the same basic handwritten text processing figure. The word processor uses this information to selectively execute different kinds of text processing instructions such as an up-scroll of the screen, a down-scroll of the screen, a display of document head, a display of document tail, a display of underline, a display of line head, an arbitrary cursor movement, and a cursor shift on the same line.
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14 Claims
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1. A word processor providing handwritten document processing functions, comprising:
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a display including a plurality of display regions for displaying a document including text characters in a document display region and document processing information in another display region; a pointing device for drawing any one of a plurality of document processing function-symbolic figures while displaying its related document on the display; a memory for storing for each document processing function-symbolic figure a document processing figure and a set of instructions for implementing a document processing operation associated with that document processing figure, at least some of the document processing figures being associated with two different document processing operations and the document processing operations include an up-scroll of the screen, a down-scroll of the screen, a display of a beginning of a document head, and a display of an end of the document; and a processor for performing the following steps; analyzing a document processing function-symbolic figure drawn on the display with the pointing device with one of the stored document processing figures and identifying a corresponding one of the stored document processing figures; selecting one of the two document processing operations associated with the identified document processing figure based on a determination of a direction in which the pointing device is moved on the display when the document processing figure is drawn and a determination of a length of the drawn document processing figure; and executing the set of document processing instructions associated with the selected document processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A word processor providing handwritten document processing functions, comprising:
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a display including a plurality of display regions for displaying a document including text characters in a document display region and document processing information in another display region; a pointing device for drawing any one of a plurality of document processing figures displayed on the display; a memory for storing for each document processing figure a set of document processing instructions for implementing a document processing operation associated with that document processing figure, at least some of the document processing figures being associated with two different document processing operations; and a processor for performing the following steps; analyzing a document processing figure drawn on the display with the pointing device with one of the stored document processing figures and identifying a corresponding one of the stored document processing figures; selecting one of the two document processing operations associated with the identified document processing figure based on a direction in which the pointing device is moved on the display when the document processing figure is drawn and a particular one of the display regions in which the document processing figure is drawn; and executing the set of document processing instructions associated with the selected document processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing a document using handwritten document processing figures comprising the steps of:
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displaying a document including text characters in a document display region of a display; using a pointing device, drawing any one of a plurality of document processing function-symbolic figures and displaying the drawn figure on the display; storing for each document processing function-symbolic figure a document processing figure and a set of document processing instructions for implementing a document processing operation associated with that document processing figure, at least some of the document processing figures being associated with two different document processing operations and the document processing operations include an up-scroll of the screen, a down-scroll of the screen, a display of a beginning of a document head, and a display of an end of the document; analyzing a document processing function-symbolic figure drawn on the display with the pointing device with one of the stored document processing figures and identifying a corresponding one of the stored document processing figures; selecting one of the two document processing operations associated with the identified document processing figure based on a direction in which the pointing device is moved on the display when the document processing figure is drawn and a length of the drawn document processing figure; and executing the set of document processing instructions associated with the selected document processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for processing a document using handwritten document processing figures comprising the steps of:
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displaying a document including text characters on a display having plural display regions in a document display region; drawing any one of a plurality of document processing figures using a pointing device and displaying the drawn document processing figure on the display; storing for each document processing figure a set of document processing instructions for implementing a document processing operation associated with that document processing figure, at least some of the document processing figures being associated with two different document processing operations; analyzing a document processing figure drawn on the display with the pointing device with one of the stored document processing figures and identifying a corresponding one of the stored document processing figures; selecting one of the two document processing operations associated with the identified document processing figure based on a direction in which the pointing device is moved on the display when the document processing figure is drawn and a particular one of the display regions in which the document processing figure is drawn; and executing the set of document processing instructions associated with the selected document processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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