JPH1097531A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need of key input and to permit everyone to easily use a document editing device by editing a document corresponding to input which is executed at first and input to a display means in a handwriting input means after a prescribed display is executed. SOLUTION: When a transparent touch panel 6 provided in front of the display screen 51 of a display device is touched by a pen for handwriting input, the position is detected, is converted into position information and is transmitted to a document editing processing circuit. The document editing processing circuit converts position information into the character position and gives a command to the display device to display a cursor 7 on the position and transmits an editing command input command to a handwriting character recognition circuit. When the handwriting character recognition circuit receives the input command, it considers a head character pattern transmitted next from a handwriting pad to be one of defined editing command characters so as to recognize the characters. The document editing processing circuit executes a document editing processing corresponding to the editing character code and displays a result on the display device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to document editing using handwritten character recognition, and more particularly to a document editing apparatus which facilitates an operation for consolidating documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional document editing apparatus, a cursor is displayed together with a document in order to designate a position in a document to be edited, and the cursor is set to a desired position using a cursor movement key. Was pressed to edit the document, but there was a drawback that it took time to set the cursor. In addition, there are many types of editing command keys, and considerable skill is required to make the selection quickly.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing apparatus which does not require a key input as in the prior art and can be easily used by anyone.

[0004]

As means for setting a cursor without using a keyboard, both a touch panel and a mouse can be considered, but a touch panel system that does not require high positional accuracy and can be set with one touch is used. Adopted. As a method of eliminating the editing command key, a method of displaying keys on the screen and selecting with a touch panel is also conceivable, but it is equivalent to the conventional method in terms of operability, and commands are input by using the handwritten character recognition function And

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

A character pattern (not shown) written on the handwritten character pad 1 is converted into position information indicating a pressed position and transmitted to the handwritten character recognition circuit 2 sequentially.
The handwritten character recognition circuit 2 accumulates the position information, refers to the pattern dictionary 3, recognizes the type of character one by one, converts it to a corresponding character code, and transmits it to the document editing processing circuit 4. The document editing processing circuit 4 stores the character code and transmits the character code to the display device 5 to display the character.

As shown in FIG. 2, when a transparent touch panel 6 provided on the front of a display screen 51 of a display device 5 is touched with a pen for inputting handwritten characters, the position is detected and converted into position information, and the document is converted into position information. It is transmitted to the editing processing circuit 4 and the document editing circuit 4 instructs the display device 5 to convert the position information into a character position and display the cursor 7 at the corresponding position, and inputs an editing command to the handwritten character recognition circuit 2. Send a command.

When the handwriting character recognition circuit 2 receives the editing command input command, the handwriting character recognition circuit 2 performs character recognition assuming that the first character pattern transmitted from the handwriting character pad is one of the defined editing command characters. Then, the corresponding edited character code is transmitted to the document editing processing circuit 4, and the document stripe collection processing circuit 4 performs the document editing process corresponding to the edited character code, and displays the result on the display device 5.

As an example, an operation when a character string is inserted into a document displayed on the display device 5 will be described. When the user touches a position to be inserted on the display screen with the handwriting character input pen, the position is detected by the touch panel on the front of the screen, and a cursor is displayed. Subsequently, when an editing command character for insertion (for example, “to”) is written on the handwritten character pad 1 and then a character string to be inserted is written, the first character is recognized as an editing command character, and the document editing processing circuit 4 outputs the character string. In the insertion mode, the character codes to be transmitted subsequently are sequentially inserted immediately before the cursor position, and the result is displayed on the display device 5. After the input of the character string to be inserted is completed, when the user touches the touch panel 6 again, the insertion mode is released and the cursor 7 is displayed at the position touched. If the character string is to be moved next, touch the start and end positions of the character string to be moved, then touch the position where the character string is to be inserted, and move the edit command character for handwriting on the handwritten character pad. (For example, “→”), the character string is moved.

In the above, an example of insertion and addition of a character string has been described. However, other editing processes can be easily realized in the same manner.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a keyboard can be dispensed with, so that the size of the apparatus can be reduced and editing commands can be input at relatively high speed without skill. Further, since the editing command is input as a character pattern, an input error due to a key-in error, which is likely to be a keyboard input, can be prevented, and there is an effect that the operability of the apparatus can be improved as a whole.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document fringe collector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a display portion of the device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... handwritten character pad, 2 ... handwritten character recognition circuit, 3 ... pattern dictionary, 4 ... document editing processing circuit, 5 ... display device, 6 ...
Touch panel, 7 ... cursor, 51 ... display screen.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus having a display unit for displaying a document and a handwriting input unit capable of inputting a user's handwriting, wherein a predetermined display is performed at a position corresponding to the user's input on the display unit. And a document editing device that performs document editing corresponding to the first input in the handwriting input unit and the input to the display unit after the predetermined display is performed. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined display is a cursor display. 3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, after the predetermined display, the first input in the handwriting input means is an input related to insertion, the input is performed after the input related to insertion. Character or symbol
A document editing apparatus which inserts a character or a symbol at a position corresponding to the input, and stops input of a character or a symbol if the input is made on the display after the input made first by the handwriting input means. 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the predetermined display, an input for specifying a character string is input to the display means, and an input for specifying a position is performed on the display means. In this case, if there is an input related to movement as the first input in the handwriting input means, the specified character string is moved to the specified position and displayed.