Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,495,096 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taeyong
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US13/777,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a handwriting input is enabled and by which a handwritten character saved as an image can be further utilized. According to the present invention, when a user directly inputs a character by handwriting, a text corresponding to each handwritten character is saved by being linked to the handwritten character. The user is facilitated to correctly search handwritten characters saved as image for a specific word or the like using the saved confirmed text. By mapping the handwritten character saved as the image correctly using the saved confirmed text, the handwritten character is modifiable or utilizable in various ways. Therefore, a handwritten character saved as an image in a mobile terminal can be further utilized.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen;

a memory; and

a controller configured to;

cause the memory to store a handwritten character received via the touchscreen as an image, the image tagged to a confirmed text character;

search in a text database for a page of a file including the stored image that matches a search term received via the touchscreen as a handwritten character, wherein the searched page has at least two handwritten characters including the matched stored handwritten character; and

cause the touchscreen to display the searched page, sizes of the at least two handwritten characters included in the displayed searched page having been adjusted to a same preset size.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

recognize the handwritten character in real-time;

cause the touchscreen to display one or more candidate text characters that correspond to the recognized handwritten character;

cause the memory to store one of the one or more candidate text characters as the confirmed text character; and

link the confirmed text character to the handwritten character.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the one or more candidate text characters differ from each other.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store a primary candidate text character having a highest similarity to the handwritten character among the one or more candidate text characters as the confirmed text character when none of the one or more candidate text characters is selected by a user.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the primary candidate text character in response to input of another handwritten character when none of the one or more candidate text characters is selected.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the memory to store mapping information that links the tagged confirmed text character to the stored handwritten character, the mapping information including at least information related to a location of the handwritten character in a stored page, information related to a location of the stored page in a content file, or a user identification (ID).

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

search stored confirmed text characters that are linked to handwritten characters in order to find a confirmed text character that corresponds to the search term that is handwritten in a first region of the touchscreen; and

cause the touchscreen to display an image comprising a handwritten character that corresponds to the confirmed text character found by the searching.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

search stored confirmed text characters that are linked to handwritten characters in order to find a confirmed text character that corresponds to the search term that is typed as text; and

cause the touchscreen to display an image comprising a handwritten character corresponding to the confirmed text character found by the searching.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to display the handwritten characters in a page such that a size of each of the handwritten characters is normalized according to the preset size when the touchscreen displays a page containing the handwritten character corresponding to the confirmed text character found by the searching.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

replace the handwritten character with an alternative handwritten character in response to a user command.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the handwritten character corresponds to a same confirmed text character as the search term that is handwritten in a first region of the touchscreen; and

the alternative handwritten character is a substitute term that is handwritten in a second region of the touchscreen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the handwritten character and the alternative handwritten character correspond to a same confirmed text character; and

the alternative handwritten character is a stored handwritten character.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein:

the handwritten character and the alternative handwritten character correspond to a same confirmed text character; and

the alternative handwritten character is a character that is handwritten on the touchscreen when the touchscreen is in a zoom mode.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

convert the handwritten character to the confirmed text character; and

output the confirmed text character as text.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

convert text that is input on the touchscreen to a handwritten character that corresponds to a same confirmed text character as the text that was input; and

cause the touchscreen to display the text that was input as the handwritten character that corresponds to the same confirmed text character.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

translate the confirmed text character to a preset language; and

cause the touchscreen to display the translated confirmed text character in real-time.

17. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory, a handwritten character received via a touchscreen as an image, the image tagged to a confirmed text character;

receiving an input of a search term via the touchscreen as a handwritten character;

searching in a text database for a page of a file including the stored image that matches the search term, wherein the searched page has at least two handwritten characters including the matched stored handwritten character; and

displaying the searched page, sizes of the at least two handwritten characters included in the displayed searched page having been adjusted to a same preset size.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

recognizing the received handwritten character in real-time;

displaying one or more candidate text characters corresponding to the handwritten character;

storing one of the one or more candidate text characters as the confirmed text character; and

linking the confirmed text character to the handwritten character.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

substituting the handwritten character with an alternative handwritten character in response to a user command.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising:

first, second, and third commands that are recorded in the recording medium, wherein;

the first command is configured to cause a memory to store a handwritten character received via a touchscreen as an image, the image tagged to a confirmed text character;

the second command is configured to cause a controller to search in a text database for a page of a file including the stored image that matches a search term received via the touchscreen as a handwritten character, wherein the searched page has at least two handwritten characters including the matched stored handwritten character; and

the third command is configured to cause the controller to cause displaying of the searched page such that sizes of the at least two handwritten characters included in the displayed searched page is adjusted to a same preset size.