JP2000047824A - Gesture processing device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the operating speed when an image that is incorrectly edited is restored to its original image. SOLUTION: A tablet 19 which is put on the display screen of a display device 14 such as a liquid crystal display can input an image by drawing it via an input pen 12 and also can indicate a desired position on the display screen. A gesture function is provided to edit the image of an array of characters or symbols on the display screen. When the gesture function is activated a screen information buffer 31 stores the image information showing the images displayed on the screen and also the work flags showing the working conditions of each function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of editing by handwriting with a pen or the like on a screen, and more particularly to a gesture processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a display device in which a display portion such as a liquid crystal display and a tablet for detecting the coordinates of a contact portion with an input pen or the like are provided is provided, and is set so as to be directly editable with the input pen. Information devices, so-called pen information input type information devices, have appeared on the market. Therefore, the display device can realize, on the tablet, the same thing as proofreading on manuscript paper, as if reminiscent of a paper and a pen. ××××××× Japanese word processor
XXXXXXXXX "and the like are known.

[0003] In these pen information input devices, a gesture function has been considered as a function for making the most of the characteristics. Such a gesture function is to draw a text on a display device by drawing a character or the like at a desired position on a tablet with an input pen using an editing symbol set and stored in advance with an arbitrary editing symbol. It can be edited directly.

Therefore, in the above pen information input device,
Basic strokes corresponding to each editing function are stored in advance as a gesture command table, and an image input using an input pen and a tablet is compared with each of the above basic strokes, and matches the image within a predetermined range. The editing function corresponding to the image is detected from the basic stroke to be performed.

[0005]

However, in the pen information input device described above, in the case of an editing function for processing a large amount of character strings, such as partial erasure, movement, copying, underlining, and space insertion, such pen information is used. After the function is executed, an attempt to return to the original state before editing cannot always be made. In addition, even if it is possible to return to the original state, the operation status of the work flag and the like often changes during or after the editing operation. However, there is a problem that the restoration operation is troublesome.

Further, in the pen information input device described above, if it is attempted to provide an editing function using a gesture function not only for the conventional horizontal writing but also for the vertical writing, it is necessary to proofread the horizontal writing and the vertical writing. In many cases, the editing symbols are different, and the number of commands stored in the gesture command table and the corresponding basic stroke increase. As a result, by comparison with the input image,
There is also a problem that the process of detecting the corresponding command takes time and the processing time increases, and a problem that the recognition rate of the user decreases because the number of basic strokes stored by the user increases.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a gesture processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a stroke extracting means for extracting a stroke of continuous coordinates inputted from a coordinate input means; Table means for storing commands including restoration and editing corresponding to each of the above, and gesture recognition for recognizing a command corresponding to the closest basic stroke by comparing the extracted stroke with a basic stroke stored in the table means. Means, a gesture editing processing means for editing image information such as characters displayed on the display screen in accordance with the recognized command, and a screen for storing image information and operation status on the display screen before editing by the gesture editing processing means The information storage means and the gesture recognition means respond to the recognition of the restoration command. A gesture processing unit and a restoring means for setting read image information and the operating status stored in the screen information storage means.

[0008] The gesture processing method of the present invention includes:
A stroke of continuous coordinates input from the coordinate input means is extracted, the extracted stroke is compared with a previously stored basic stroke, and a restoration and editing command corresponding to the closest approximate basic stroke is recognized and displayed on a display screen. This is a gesture editing processing method for editing image information such as characters and the like in accordance with a recognized editing command, wherein image information and operation status on a display screen before editing are stored, and the recognized command is used as a restoration command. If
A gesture processing method, wherein the stored image information and operation status are read out and set.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described as the first embodiment with reference to FIGS.

[Embodiment 1] The information processing apparatus is provided with a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 1 for executing a program as shown in a block diagram of FIG. On line 18,
RAM 2 for storing and reading various data, ROM 3 for storing control programs, printer controller 4 for controlling printer 5, IC as external storage means
An IC card interface 7 for reading from and writing to the card 6 and an FD controller 9 for controlling a floppy disk drive (hereinafter, referred to as FDD) 8 are connected.

Further, the bus line 18 has a key interface 11 for inputting a signal from a keyboard 10 as input means to the bus line 18 and a display control for controlling a display device 14 such as a liquid crystal display. 15 are connected.

In addition, a signal from the input pen 12 for inputting or selecting information is converted into pen coordinates by making contact with the bus line 18 on the image of the display device 14 to convert the signal into pen coordinates. A pen interface 13 for inputting to the line 18 is connected. Therefore, the input pen 12 is provided with a so-called pointing function for displaying on the image, a predetermined image on the image, and the like. Input means for a gesture function that allows the user to select information and input an edit symbol.

Further, a handwriting editing interface 16 is connected to the bus line 18, and the handwriting editing interface 16, as described later in detail,
Based on signals of respective coordinate data indicating the pen coordinates from the input pen 12, based on the respective basic strokes (basic images) previously stored in the handwriting recognition dictionary (storage means) 17 as a memory, the respective coordinates are obtained. The data recognition result is output to the bus line 18.

In the handwriting recognition dictionary 17, each basic stroke indicating a character or a symbol is classified according to its contents, such as a horizontal writing gesture command table 27, a vertical writing gesture command table 34, and a handwriting character table 30, which will be described later. Is stored.

As an example of such a basic stroke,
As shown in FIG. 3, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, an inverted L-letter, which is an editing symbol indicating a line feed, is buried in a coordinate position corresponding to each of 9 × 9 cells as indicated by 〇, that is, coordinates corresponding to each cell. Are shown with and without the passage of the input pen 12.
Note that a predetermined threshold value is set in the above-described presence / absence determination.

Although not shown, the basic stroke is set so that it can be drawn with one stroke, and the drawing direction, that is, which one of both ends of the basic stroke is the starting point is also stored.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
4, a transparent tablet 19 for detecting each coordinate of the screen is integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the tablet 19 has a grid pattern. XY (640 × 400) coordinates are set, and the character arrangement of the display device 14, for example, the vertical 40 shown in FIG.
It corresponds to 80 rows and 80 columns.

Thus, the input pen 12 shown in FIG.
When the tip of the tablet abuts on the tablet 19, the pen coordinates on the tablet 19 are detected by the pen interface 13, converted into a coordinate code, and output to the bus line.

The above tablet system includes:
There is no particular limitation as long as the coordinates of the trajectory can be detected when drawing with the input pen 12 in contact with the input pen 12. For example, an electrostatic coupling type tablet, an electrostriction and magnetostriction type tablet, a pressure-sensitive type or an ultrasonic type Formula and electromechanical tablets can also be used.

Using the above configuration, the display device 1
When a text is created on the keyboard 4, characters and symbols input from the keyboard 10 are converted into predetermined character codes and symbol codes by the key interface 11, and those codes are converted into the CPU 1 (the text editing unit in FIG. 1). 1
According to a), the data is temporarily stored in the RAM 2 sequentially (text memory 2a in FIG. 1).

Thereafter, the CPU 1 transmits the code stored in the RAM 2 to the display device 1 based on an instruction from the keyboard 10 and a program stored in the ROM 3.
4 so that they can be displayed on the RAM 2 (see FIG. 1).
Bit map memory 2b). Then, the RA
Each code sequence on M2 is displayed on the display device 14 via the display control 15.

Further, in the above-described configuration, the sentence once displayed on the display device 14 is input to the keyboard 10, an instruction input from an icon area set on the display device 14, or an input pen 12 described later. The CPU 1 can rearrange, that is, edit, the code arrangements of the bit map memory 2b in the RAM 2 according to a predetermined program and the instructions.

Next, a gesture function for facilitating editing of a sentence displayed on the display device 14 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a display device 14 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal and a transparent tablet 19 provided on a display surface thereof are integrally formed on a display tablet 20. At a desired position of a displayed image such as a sentence, for example, an image showing an edit symbol is drawn by the input pen 12.

Each coordinate data of such drawing is sequentially detected by the locus coordinate extracting unit 21 connected to the tablet 19 and the input pen 12. At this time, of the coordinate data, the pen-down coordinates, which are the XY coordinates at which the input pen 12 and the tablet 19 first contact each other, are shown in FIG.
The gesture determination unit 22 to which the coordinate data from the trajectory coordinate extraction unit 21 is input determines whether the gesture function is in the valid area 19a or the invalid area 19b of the gesture function of the tablet 19 shown in FIG. .

Further, when the gesture determination section 22 determines that the pen-down coordinates are valid, the pen-down coordinates are set according to each display screen on the display device 14 and selected by the input pen 12. Is determined to be the pen button area 19c shown in FIG.

Thereafter, the pen down coordinates are within the effective area 19a and the pen button area 1
9c, the trajectory determination unit 23 to which the coordinate data is input from the gesture determination unit 22
A gesture function ON flag indicating ON of the gesture function is set in the flag instruction unit 24.

When the gesture function ON flag is set in the flag designating section 24, the coordinate data indicating the drawing locus described above, including the pen down coordinates, is stored in the coordinate data buffer 25 connected to the locus determining section 23. Are sequentially stored.

In addition, when the gesture function ON flag is set in the flag indicating section 24, the gesture determining section 22 determines whether or not the input coordinate data is within the valid area, and determines whether or not the input coordinate data is within the effective area. The determination as to whether or not there is any is stopped, and all the input coordinate data is output as valid to the trajectory determination unit 23.

When the drawing by the input pen 12 is completed and the input pen 12 is in a pen-up state in which the input pen 12 is separated from the tablet 19, the trajectory determination unit 23 confirms that the above-mentioned gesture function ON flag is set. Then, all of the trajectory coordinate data is output from the coordinate data buffer 25 to the gesture command determination unit 26.

As described above, when all the coordinate data are output to the gesture command determining section 26, the gesture function ON flag by the flag indicating section 24 is reset.

Each of the trajectory coordinate data is normalized by the gesture command determination unit 26 and included in the handwriting recognition dictionary 17 shown in FIG. Are sequentially compared and collated.

As described above, in the above configuration, when the gesture function ON flag is set in the flag instruction section 24, the gesture determination section 22 determines whether or not the input coordinate data is within the valid area, and The determination as to whether or not the area is the pen button area is stopped, and all the input coordinate data is output as valid to the trajectory determination unit 23.

From this, as shown in FIG.
If the pen-down coordinates are within the valid area 19a, the drawing by the input pen 12 is valid even if the other trajectory coordinates by the input pen 12 are the invalid area 19b. 19b, the drawing by the input pen 12 is invalidated, and the trouble of re-inputting can be omitted. However, as shown in FIG. 5D, if the pen down coordinate is in the invalid area 19b, the processing shifts to error processing, and the gesture function stops.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gesture command determination unit 26 is included in the handwriting editing interface 16, and the trajectory coordinate extraction unit 21, the gesture determination unit 22, Judgment unit 23
And a flag instructing unit 24 included in the pen interface 13 and the coordinate data buffer 25
Indicates that a storage area is set in the RAM 2.

The horizontal writing gesture command table 27 includes a one-character deletion command 27a, a space insertion command 27b, and a handwritten character input command 2
In addition to the basic stroke corresponding to 7c, for example, a plurality of basic strokes shown in FIG. 6 are stored together with the corresponding commands.

On the other hand, the vertical writing gesture command table 34 stores a plurality of basic strokes for vertical writing together with the corresponding commands, as shown in FIG. 7, for example. Therefore, the basic strokes for vertical writing and the basic strokes for horizontal writing shown in FIG. 7 are different from each other in six types, and the other basic strokes are common.

Further, a table selecting section (selecting means) 32 is provided which can select and set each of the tables 27, 30 and 34 in the handwriting recognition dictionary 17 as accessible and inaccessible from the gesture command determining section 26. The selection in the table selection unit 32 is
The setting can be made by input means such as the input pen 12 and the keyboard 10 via the text editing unit 1a.

In the table selection section 32, each basic stroke is individually determined by the gesture command determination section 26.
Accessible and inaccessible can be selected and set from, and the basic strokes can be grouped, and accessible and inaccessible can be selectively set for each group. .

A registration buffer 33 for storing in a table the accessibility and inaccessibility of each command corresponding to each of the above basic strokes, arbitrarily calling up the table, and displaying the table on the display device 14. Is provided. Further, in the registration buffer 33, when grouping is performed in the table selection unit 32, a table of grouping can be stored so that, for example, all invalid, partially valid, and all valid can be selected.

The above-mentioned gesture command determination section 26
Outputs a command corresponding to the basic stroke closest to the trajectory coordinates to the text editing unit 1a as a result of the comparison and collation with each of the basic strokes, and processes the trajectory coordinates from the supplied trajectory coordinates by the command. The coordinate information of a character or a character string, that is, position information on the display device 14 is output to the text editing unit 1a.

As a result, the text editing unit 1a
The characters and symbols of the position information in the character and symbol array in the text memory 2a can be edited by deleting or inserting them at that position.

At this time, after the above-described gesture function is activated, the text editing unit 1a
When the input operation of the editing symbol by the gesture function by the user 2 is started and another editing function different from the restoring function is input, the screen information in the text memory 2a displayed on the display device 14 is called up and temporarily stored. A screen information buffer (storage area) 31 which is a memory to be set is set.

Further, the text editing section 1a stores the set or reset of each work flag indicating the operation status of each function in the screen information buffer 31 when the above-described gesture function is activated. I have.

Accordingly, the set / reset states of the respective work flags are respectively detected, a signal indicating the respective states is output to the text editor 1a, and stored in the screen information buffer 31 as described later. A work flag detecting / restoring means 35 for resetting each current work flag based on each of the original work flags is provided.

As described above, when the screen information and the work flag are stored in the screen information buffer 31, that is, when the work flag is saved, the save flag section 31 a for setting the save flag is set in the screen information buffer 31.

When the next screen information is stored in the screen information buffer 31, the storage of the previously stored screen information and the set / reset of each work flag is cleared.

The text editing unit 1a receives not only the command from the gesture command determination unit 26 but also the command from the keyboard 10 as described above, and edits with the command. Is available.

On the other hand, independently of the above-mentioned processing of the locus coordinates, the locus coordinate data extracted by the locus coordinate extracting unit 21 is output to the locus drawing unit 28 to become a locus image connecting the locus coordinate data. .

The generated locus image is combined with a character string, symbol string or image currently formed in the bitmap memory 2b and stored in the bitmap memory 2b. Therefore, when the operator operates the input pen 12
Thus, the gesture image input by tracing the tablet 19 is displayed on the display device 14 in real time.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show operation examples of such gesture editing. First, in FIG. 8, when deleting one character “e” in the text displayed on the display tablet 20, a gesture such as “V” is performed on the character “e” with the input pen 12, That is, after drawing, the input pen 12 is
Release from above.

In the above-described drawing, it is important for the recognition of the character that the start position is within the drawing range of the character. In order to easily and accurately recognize the position of the character for which the erase / erase system is specified as described above,
It is desirable to start drawing from substantially the center of the drawing range of the character.

Subsequently, the trajectory coordinates are extracted, the trajectory image is displayed on the display device 14 of the display tablet 20, and one character erase corresponding to the drawing of "V" obtained by collation with the basic stroke is performed. Along with the command, the position information of the character "e" is output to the text editing unit 1a.

Thereafter, based on the position information, the cursor 14a on the display device 14 is operated from the original position, for example, the position of the character "" by the input pen 12, that is, the character "e" in the above case. ”Position,
By deleting the "e" in the text memory 2a based on the command, the character of the "e" in the bitmap memory 2b is deleted, and the "e" in the display device 14 is deleted. Is deleted. In this way, the gesture editing is completed.

As shown in FIG. 9, each edit symbol is displayed on the display tablet 20 by an input pen (not shown).
By drawing on the top, gesture editing can be performed in the same manner as described above. The basic stroke, which is an image of the above-mentioned editing symbol, can be set arbitrarily.

Next, the pointing function according to the above configuration will be described. First, in a conventional word processor, a cursor is sequentially moved when a plurality of characters on a text are designated as an area.
As shown in the figure, the position of the cursor 14a is directly input to the pen 1
The movement instruction can be made directly by the instruction of 2.

The switching between the gesture and the pointing is determined based on whether or not the extracted coordinates are coordinates of one point without a locus, that is, whether or not each of the coordinates is continuous. Such a determination is made by the trajectory determination unit 23.

Therefore, for example, when it is determined that the pointing is performed, the obtained coordinates are not collated with the horizontal writing gesture command table 27, and only the position information of the coordinates is output to the text editing unit 1a.

Next, handwritten character input will be described using the above configuration. The handwritten character input can be executed by a processing method equivalent to the processing in which the above-described gesture editing compares the locus coordinates with a previously stored basic stroke.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the handwritten character recognition unit 2 is placed in the same position as the gesture command determination unit 26 in processing, that is, in the handwriting editing interface 16.
9, a handwritten character table 30 in which handwritten characters are stored in advance is formed in the handwritten recognition dictionary 17 shown in FIG.

The handwritten character recognition unit 29 collates the trajectory coordinates supplied from the trajectory coordinate extraction unit 21 with a plurality of basic character strokes stored in the handwritten character table 30, and determines the most similar basic character stroke. Is output from the handwritten character table 30 to the text editing unit 1a.

The difference between such a handwritten character input function and the above-described gesture editing function is that the handwritten character recognition unit 29 does not output position information. Note that the above-described handwritten character input function can be started from an instruction from the keyboard 10 or an instruction from an icon on the display device 14. Further, for example, a gesture for horizontal writing is displayed on the tablet 19 of the display tablet 20. In the case of the function, as shown in FIG. 6, the gesture editing function can be activated by gesturing "@".

An operation example of such a handwritten character input function will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, when the handwritten character input function is activated, the display tablet 2 is activated.
Window 1 for inputting handwritten characters at a predetermined position 0
4b is displayed, and a character, for example, "su" is handwritten with the input pen 12 in the first input area in the window 14b.

Thereafter, when the input pen 12 is brought into contact with the adjacent second area for the next input, the first pen
Character recognition of the locus coordinates handwritten in the area is executed by the handwritten character recognition unit 29 with reference to the handwritten character table 30 as described above, and the character of the recognition result is input to the position indicated by the cursor 14a. And display it.

Thus, for example, a font such as a cursive font is stored in the handwritten character table 30 in advance, and the cursive font is input by handwriting, and the handwritten character table 30 is input.
Can display and print cursive fonts.
In the above gesture functions, the example of the gesture function for horizontal writing has been described, but the same applies to the gesture function for vertical writing.

Next, an operation example of each editing function including the restoring function by the gesture function in the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when editing a sentence displayed on the display device 14, the user selects either handwriting editing using the gesture function using the input pen 12 or another editing method, for example, key editing using the keyboard 10 (step 1, hereinafter step S is performed).
Abbreviated).

At this time, it is determined whether the editing is the handwriting editing by the gesture function or another editing method (S2). When another editing method is selected, the flag in the save flag section 31a is reset (S3). Execute the normal editing process (S
4), complete the process.

On the other hand, if it is a handwriting edit by the gesture function, then it is determined whether the handwritten edit is the restoring function or another editing function (S5). The editing function is selected (S6),
Then, the document data necessary for restoration and the work flag at that time are saved in the screen information buffer 31 (S7).
Next, after setting the save flag in the save flag section 31a (S8), the above-described editing function is executed (S9), and the process is completed.

On the other hand, if the determination in S5 is a restoration function, first, it is determined whether the save flag of the save flag section 31a is set or reset (S10). Then, the process proceeds to error processing such as a buzzer (S11), and the processing ends.

If the save flag is set, the original screen information previously stored in the screen information buffer 31 and the work flag are called to execute a restoration process (S12). The save flag of the unit 31a is reset (S13), and the process is completed.

Next, a specific example of the above operation example is shown in FIG.
16 to FIG. 16, first, FIG.
As shown in (1), a one-letter erasure mechanism of a handwritten edit symbol is input by hand with the input pen 12 for, for example, "Saka" in the text on the display screen of the display device 14.

When the one-letter deletion, which is another editing function different from the restoring function, is input, the text memory 2a shown in FIG. 1 in the RAM 2 shown in FIG.
And the work flag commonly used by all functions at that time are temporarily saved in the screen information buffer 31 in another area of the RAM 2.

Thereafter, the save flag of the save flag section 31a in the RAM 2 is set. Then, when the processing for the above-described restoration processing is completed, as shown in FIG. 14, the one-character deletion processing is actually executed.

Thereafter, when the one-letter erasure process is, for example, an error and the original text is restored, first, the input pen 12
Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the restoration symbol of the handwritten editing symbol is input by the tablet 19. Thereafter, the save flag in the save flag section 31a is checked. If the save flag in the save flag section 31a is in the reset state, the handwriting editing / restoring process cannot be executed, so that the process shifts to an error process such as a buzzer and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if the save flag in the save flag section 31a is set, the screen information buffer 31
, The original screen information and the work flag at that time are called up, and as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the save flag in the save flag section 31a is reset in order to disable the execution of the restoration process after the execution of the restoration process. 14 and 16 indicate the cursor position.

As described above, according to the configuration of the first embodiment, the document data and the work flag at that time are saved before the handwriting edit is performed. To restore the document data and the work flag at that time,
The document on the display device 14 can be quickly and reliably restored to the state before handwriting editing.

With this configuration, the previous screen information and the work flag are stored in advance in the case of canceling the handwriting editing as described above, so that, for example, as shown in FIG. Even if a rectangular display of the recognition area, a display of recognition information, a list of recognition displays of the editing function, a message asking whether or not to cancel the processing result, etc. are displayed, the above display or message is deleted once, This eliminates the need to rearrange the data. Therefore, the above configuration can speed up execution of redisplay of the editing screen, execution of the recognition function, cancellation of the editing process, and the like.

Next, an operation example of the gesture function for horizontal writing and the gesture function for vertical writing in the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, in the above configuration, whether the document is written vertically or horizontally is set in the format information stored in the text memory 2a as shown in FIG. 21, for example, 0 for vertical writing and 0 for horizontal writing. 1
Is set to

First, when the gesture function is activated, the format information is determined by the text editing unit 1a (S2).
1) If the text editing unit 1a determines that the text is written horizontally,
Based on the result, the table selecting unit 32 sets the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 to be accessible, sets the vertical writing gesture command table 34 to be inaccessible, and refers to the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 to recognize the horizontal writing gesture. (S2
2).

On the other hand, if the text editing unit 1a determines that vertical writing is to be performed, the table selecting unit 32 sets the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 to be inaccessible based on the result, and makes the vertical writing gesture command table 34 accessible. The vertical writing recognition is performed with reference to the vertical writing gesture command table 34 (S23).

Subsequently, the text editing unit 1a executes editing based on the recognition result (S24), displays the result on the display device 14 (S25), and the process is completed.

As described above, since the tables 27 and 34 can be individually referred to in accordance with the format setting of the horizontal writing and the vertical writing, editing by the gesture function in the horizontal writing, for example, as shown in FIG. In, centering editing can be performed by the drawing trajectory 12a in horizontal writing, while editing of the gesture function in vertical writing, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, on the display tablet 20, centering editing can be performed by the drawing trajectory 12a in vertical writing. It becomes possible.

Recognition in both cases is performed by, for example, as shown in Table 1, normalized coordinate data and table 27
-Each coordinate data of the basic stroke stored in 34 is compared and collated and executed.

[0083]

[Table 1] Therefore, when the respective basic strokes for the recognition of the two are stored in one table, and the above-described recognition operation is performed, the number of the basic strokes increases,
In many cases, it takes time to compare and match with each basic stroke. In the above-described configuration, for example, each table 27.
4 can be compared and compared with each basic stroke of one of the tables, and by setting access permission and non-accessibility of each of the tables 27 and 34, the recognition elapsed time of comparison and comparison with each basic stroke can be shortened. Has become.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 and FIGS. 22 and 23 as a second embodiment. The members having the same functions as those of the first embodiment are given the same member numbers, and the description is omitted.

[Embodiment 2] In the information processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 22, each basic stroke is stored together with a corresponding command in, for example, a horizontal writing gesture command table 27, and these basic strokes are stored in FIG. And a common basic stroke, as shown in FIG.
For example, one-letter erasure is included. On the other hand, horizontal writing and vertical writing are different, but for example, the basic stroke for horizontal writing is about 90 °.
When rotated clockwise, it includes a convertible basic stroke that matches the vertical writing basic stroke (hereinafter, referred to as a convertible stroke).

Further, in the above configuration, when the above-mentioned convertible stroke is stored, it can be used as the other basic stroke by rotation conversion in a part of the head section or the like that stores the address of the storage area. For example, 0 is stored.

The text editing unit 1a determines whether the text currently being edited is vertical writing or horizontal writing based on format settings and the like.
6 and outputs the result of the determination.

In the above configuration, if the basic stroke called from the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 is a convertible stroke based on the instruction signal from the gesture command determining unit 26, the convertible stroke is rotated. Conversion means 36 for converting and outputting to the gesture command determination unit 26 is set.

Next, an operation example according to the configuration of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 23. First, when the gesture function is activated, the first embodiment is started.
Is determined by the text editing unit 1a (S31).

If the text editing unit 1a determines that the horizontal writing is performed, the gesture command determining unit 26 determines the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 based on the result.
Then, each basic stroke is called (S32), the basic stroke is compared with the drawing by the gesture function, and recognition for horizontal writing is executed (S33).

On the other hand, if the text editing unit 1a determines that the writing is vertical, the gesture command determination unit 26 calls each basic stroke from the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 based on the result (S34), and Is determined whether or not is a convertible stroke (S35).

If the stroke is convertible, the conversion means 36 converts the stroke by approximately 90 ° clockwise (S3).
6), the stroke is output to the gesture command determining unit 26. On the other hand, if the stroke is not a convertible stroke, it is determined that conversion is unnecessary, and the basic stroke is output to the gesture command determining unit 26, and the process proceeds to S33.

In S33, the gesture command determination unit 26 sequentially compares and checks each of the called basic strokes with the drawing coordinate data of the gesture function. If they do not match within a predetermined range, the process returns to S31 and waits. State.

On the other hand, the gesture command judging section 26 compares and checks the called basic stroke with the drawing coordinate data by the gesture function, and if they match within a predetermined range, the recognition is completed and the recognition result is determined. Based on this, horizontal writing or vertical writing is executed (S34), and the editing result is displayed on the display device 14 (S35), and the process is completed.

As described above, in the configuration of the second embodiment, each basic stroke in the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 is identified and stored as a convertible stroke that can be converted to vertical writing and a common basic stroke different from them. At the time of vertical writing, by converting the identified convertible strokes by the conversion means 36 and outputting the converted strokes to the gesture command determination unit 26, the editing in horizontal writing and the editing in vertical writing are the same. The horizontal writing gesture command table 27 can be used.

Therefore, in the above configuration, each basic stroke for recognition of the two is stored in one table, and when the above-described recognition operation is executed, the number of basic strokes increases, and each of the basic strokes increases. Although it takes time to compare and match with the basic stroke, in the above configuration, for example, using the format setting that is set first when creating a sentence,
What is necessary is just to compare and match each basic stroke of the horizontal writing gesture command table 27, and it is possible to shorten the elapsed recognition time of comparison and matching with each basic stroke.

Further, the storage area in the horizontal writing gesture command table 27 can be reduced, the memory area for the user can be increased, and the range of use for application programs and the like can be expanded.

In addition, in the above configuration, the rule of the rotation conversion in the conversion means 36 can be set to a simple rule.
On the other hand, if you remember the convertible strokes for horizontal writing, for example, you can easily assume the convertible strokes for vertical writing, and you can edit with the gesture function for horizontal writing and vertical writing, and you need to remember The number of certain basic strokes can be reduced. This makes it possible to improve the recognition rate of each basic stroke.

[0099]

According to the gesture processing apparatus and the gesture processing method of the present invention, the original image information is stored in the storage area in advance at the time of editing by the gesture function. This has the effect of speeding up the restoration process at the time of execution.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram of a gesture processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the gesture processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage example of a basic stroke in the gesture processing device of the present invention.

4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a display tablet in the gesture processing device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram illustrating respective coordinates of the tablet of the display tablet divided, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | positioning of a horizontal writing.

5A and 5B show a display tablet in the gesture processing device of the present invention, FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram showing an effective area and an invalid area, FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram showing a pen button area,
(C) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an effective drawing locus, and (d) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an invalid drawing locus.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a basic stroke for horizontal writing in the gesture processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a basic stroke for vertical writing in the gesture processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of using a gesture function in the gesture processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another usage example of the gesture function of the gesture processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a pointing function in the gesture function of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a handwritten character input function in the gesture function of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a save function in the gesture function of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial screen in a specific example of the save function of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an editing screen in which one editing process has been executed on the initial screen of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a restoration instruction screen in which a restoration editing symbol is input on the editing screen.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial screen restored from the restoration instruction screen.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing each display screen on which various editing processes in the gesture function of the present invention have been respectively executed.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for performing recognition of horizontal writing and vertical writing in the gesture function of the present invention.

FIG. 19 shows an example of editing in horizontal writing using the gesture function of the present invention, where (a) shows a display screen on which an editing symbol is input;
(B) is an explanatory view showing a display screen on which editing by the editing symbol has been executed.

FIG. 20 shows an example of editing in vertical writing by the gesture function of the present invention, where (a) shows a display screen on which an editing symbol is input;
(B) is an explanatory view showing a display screen on which editing by the editing symbol has been executed.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage area of format information for identifying horizontal writing and vertical writing in the gesture function of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a main part block diagram of a gesture processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing conversion of a basic stroke in the gesture processing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 input pen 14 display device 19 tablet 31 screen information buffer (storage area)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiko Kitamura 22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Inside Sharp Corporation (72) Inventor Yuji Okano 22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Incorporated (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Shigematsu 22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Stroke extracting means for extracting strokes of continuous coordinates inputted from a coordinate input means, and table means for storing commands including restoration and editing corresponding to each of a plurality of basic strokes. A gesture recognizing means for recognizing a command corresponding to the closest basic stroke by comparing the stroke obtained with the basic stroke stored in the table means; and Gesture editing processing means for editing, screen information storage means for storing image information and operation status on the display screen before editing by the gesture editing processing means, and screen information in response to recognition of the restoration command by the gesture recognition means Read and set image information and operation status stored in the storage unit Gesture processing unit and a former unit. 2. A stroke of continuous coordinates inputted from the coordinate input means is extracted, the extracted stroke is compared with a basic stroke stored in advance, and a restoration and editing command corresponding to the closest basic stroke is recognized. A gesture editing processing method for editing image information such as characters displayed on a display screen according to a recognized editing command, wherein image information and operation status on a display screen before editing are stored and recognized. A gesture processing method for reading and setting the stored image information and operation status when the restored command is a restoration command.