JP2000259320A - Text input system/method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide text input system/method which can easily input a text at any time and at any place by means of displaying the correspondence of the combination of respective fingers and input codes so that a user can easily view and to provide a storage medium. SOLUTION: The text input system has a finger operation detection part 1 detecting the operations of respective fingers and outputting signals peculiar to the respective fingers, a signal analysis part, 24 analyzing the output signal of the finger operation detection part 1 and generating a code which can multiplex/allocate a partial character to one code, a text compilation processing part 25 inputting the code generated in the signal analysis part 24 and compiling the text, a head mount display 3 displaying the text and information required for text compilation and CPU 21 displaying the correspondence of the combination of the respective fingers and the input codes on the head mount display 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a text input system, a text input method, and a storage medium, and more particularly, to a text input system, a text input method, and a storage medium suitable for enabling text input anytime and anywhere. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable computers have been used in terms of portability. Conventionally, text input in a portable computer has been performed by key input, pen input, and the like from a small keyboard provided in the portable computer. As a prior art relating to this type of text input, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-121
No. 294 has been proposed. The publication describes a method of detecting vibrations of a finger and inputting data with one hand.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. That is, in the above-described conventional portable computer, the keyboard is small in view of the structure of the portable computer.
There was a problem that it was difficult to input text. Similarly,
Since the display screen is small in view of the structure of the portable computer, there is a problem that it is difficult to operate pen input.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-112294 describes a method of detecting vibrations of a finger and inputting data such as braille and musical notes by combining a plurality of fingers of one hand. It does not describe a method of displaying the correspondence between each finger and the input code in a manner that is easy for the user to understand and easily inputting text.

[0005] For example, when English is input, the alphabet has 26 characters and the control code "SPACE" is used.
(Space / conversion), ENTER (fixed / line feed), DE
LETE (delete), BACKSPACE (retreat), LE
FT (move cursor left), RIGHT (move cursor right), UP (move cursor up), DOWN
(Move the cursor down) ", there are eight or more, so all of the codes cannot be input in the 31 combinations obtained by combining five fingers of one hand. That is, in the prior art, there was a restriction on code input.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to easily input a text anytime and anywhere by displaying the correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code in an easily understandable manner to a user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a text input system, a text input method, and a storage medium.

[0007]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a text input system capable of inputting text. Finger movement detecting means for outputting a signal of the same, signal analyzing means for analyzing the output signal of the finger movement detecting means to generate a code, and text for editing the text by using the code generated by the signal analyzing means as an input It is characterized by comprising editing processing means, display means capable of displaying text and information necessary for text editing, and control means for causing the display means to display a correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 2, wherein the signal analyzing means receives a plurality of output signals from the finger motion detecting means at substantially the same time and outputs a code from a combination of the output signals. Is generated.

[0009] To achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that some of the codes are assigned multiple characters.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the characters assigned to the multiplex are characters having a relatively low appearance frequency.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 5 further comprises storage means for storing a word dictionary, wherein the text editing processing means comprises a code sequence generated by the signal analysis means. From the word dictionary to eliminate character strings that cannot exist and eliminate ambiguity, and the control unit, when a plurality of words are present from the result of referring to the word dictionary by the text editing processing unit, The plurality of words are displayed on the display means.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the finger movement detecting means includes a tactile sensor for detecting that each finger has touched an object, and a signal based on the detection of the tactile sensor. And a signal generating means for generating

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the finger movement detecting means includes a vibration sensor for detecting vibration of each finger hitting an object, and a signal based on the detection of the vibration sensor. And a signal generating means for generating

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that the finger movement detecting means is attached to each finger and detects finger movement.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 9 is characterized in that the display means is a head mounted display.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 10 is characterized in that the signal analyzing means, the text editing processing means, and the control means have a small computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a text input method applied to a text input system capable of inputting a text. A finger motion detecting step of outputting a unique signal, a signal analyzing step of analyzing a signal output from the finger motion detecting step to generate a code, and editing a text using the code generated in the signal analyzing step as an input It has a text editing processing step, a display step capable of displaying a text and information necessary for text editing, and a control step of displaying the correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code by the display step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the signal analyzing step, when a plurality of output signals are received substantially simultaneously from the finger motion detecting step, a code is generated from a combination of the output signals. Is generated.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 13 is characterized in that some of the codes are assigned multiple characters.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 14 is characterized in that the characters assigned to the multiplex are characters having a relatively low appearance frequency.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 15 further comprises a storage step of storing a word dictionary, wherein the text editing processing step includes a code sequence generated in the signal analysis step. The word dictionary is sequentially referred to and the character string that cannot exist is removed to eliminate the ambiguity.In the control step, when a plurality of words are present from the result of referring to the word dictionary in the text editing processing step, The plurality of words are displayed in the display step.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 16 is characterized in that the finger motion detecting step comprises: a tactile detection step of detecting that each finger has touched an object by a tactile sensor; And a signal generating step of generating a signal based on the detection of.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention as set forth in claim 17, wherein the finger motion detecting step comprises: a vibration detecting step of detecting a vibration of each finger hitting an object by a vibration sensor; And a signal generating step of generating a signal based on the detection of.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 18 is characterized in that in the finger movement detecting step, finger movement detection is performed by finger movement detection means mounted on each finger.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 19 is characterized in that, in the displaying step, a display is performed by a head mounted display.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to a twentieth aspect is characterized in that the signal analysis step, the text editing step, and the control step are included in a small computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing a text input method applied to a text input system capable of inputting text. The text input method includes a finger motion detecting step of detecting a motion of each finger and outputting a signal unique to each finger, and a signal analysis for generating a code by analyzing an output signal of the finger motion detecting step. Step, a text editing processing step of editing text using the code generated in the signal analysis step as an input, a display step capable of displaying text and information necessary for text editing, a combination of each finger and an input code, And a control step of displaying the correspondence in the display step.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a wearable text input device (text input system) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of finger motion detection units 1 (RA, RT, RO, RE, RI in FIG. 1).
, A small computer 2 and a head-mounted display 3. In the figure, RH is the right hand of the user.

The function of each unit will be described. A plurality of finger motion detection units 1 (RA, RT, RO, RE, R in FIG. 1)
I) has a tactile sensor (see FIG. 2) inside,
RA is attached to the right thumb, RT is attached to the right index finger, RO is attached to the right middle finger, RE is attached to the right ring finger, and RI is attached to the right little finger. The small computer 2 operates by receiving a signal output from the finger motion detection unit 1 in response to a user moving a finger. Head mounted display 3
Is a small display mounted on the operator's head, and displays text and information necessary for text editing. The details of the display states of the finger motion detection unit 1, the small computer 2, and the head mounted display 3 will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, centering on the finger motion detection unit 1. As shown in FIG. A finger motion detection unit 1 (R in FIG. 1) of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
A, RT, RO, RE, and RI) have the same structure, and as shown in FIG. 2, a tactile sensor 11, a signal generator 12, a transmitter 13, a CPU 14, and a ROM 15 as shown in FIG.
And a configuration including:

The function of each section will be described. The tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched an object with a finger. The signal generator 12 generates a signal based on the detection of the tactile sensor 11. The transmission unit 13 transmits a signal from the finger motion detection unit 1 to the small computer 2. The CPU 14 controls the entire finger motion detection unit based on the control program, and executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. R
The OM 15 stores a control program executed by the CPU 14 and the like.

When the tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched the object with the finger, the signal generator 12 generates a signal. The signal generated by the signal generator 12 differs depending on the finger motion detector 1 attached to each finger of the user. For example, R
A, RT, RO, RE, and RI each generate a unique signal to identify which finger of the user has touched the object. The signal generated by the signal generator 12 may be a digital signal or an analog signal. Signal generator 12
Is transmitted to the transmission unit 13 and transmitted to the small computer 2 by wire or wirelessly.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between each finger motion detector 1 and the generated signal of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the right thumb touches the object, the RA of the finger motion detector 1 generates a signal “a”. When the right index finger touches the object, the RT of the finger motion detection unit 1 generates a signal “t”. When the right middle finger touches the object, the RO of the finger motion detection unit 1 generates a signal “o”. When the right ring finger touches an object, the RE of the finger motion detection unit 1 generates a signal “e”. When the right little finger touches the object, the RI of the finger motion detection unit 1 generates a signal “i”.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wearable text input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, centering on a small computer 2. The small computer 2 of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention has a CPU
21, a RAM 22, a ROM 23, and a signal analysis unit 24
, A text editing unit 25, and a receiving unit 26.

The function of each section will be described.
Controls the entire small computer based on the control program, and executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. The RAM 22 performs temporary storage. RO
M23 is a long-term storage device that stores a control program (program code) executed by the CPU 21, a word dictionary (see FIG. 19), and the like. The signal analyzer 24 analyzes the signal received by the receiver 26 to generate a code. The text editing unit 25 edits a text using the code generated from the signal analysis unit 24 as an input. The receiving unit 26 receives a finger motion signal transmitted from the finger motion detection unit 1 to the small computer 2.

As described above, the signal analyzing unit 24 analyzes the signal received by the receiving unit 26 and generates a code in correspondence as shown in FIG. For example, if the signal "a" is received,
Generates code "a". For example, if the signal “a” and the signal “t” are received substantially simultaneously, the code “SPACE”
(Space / conversion). For example, if the signal “t” and the signal “i” are received substantially simultaneously, a code “bc” is generated.

The English alphabet has 26 characters, and the control code "SPACE (space / conversion),
ENTER (fixed / line feed), DELETE (delete), B
ACKSPACE (retreat), LEFT (move the cursor to the left), RIGHT (move the cursor to the right), UP (move the cursor up), and DOWN (move the cursor down). In the 31 combinations obtained by the combination of five fingers, not all codes can be input.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, some characters are assigned to one code in a multiplex manner. Characters assigned multiple times should be selected with relatively low appearance frequency. As described above, even if some characters are assigned multiple times, only 951 (about 2.2%) of the general English words (42970) in the word dictionary shown in FIG. not exist.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of the head mounted display 3 of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The head mounted display 3 displays text as described above. As shown in FIG. 6, the head-mounted display 3 displays the correspondence between the combination of each finger and the input code so that the user can understand the correspondence.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory view showing a conceptual example in which the program and related data of the present invention are supplied from a storage medium to the apparatus. The program and related data of the present invention are stored in a storage medium 221 such as a floppy disk or CD-ROM in the device 2.
22 is supplied by inserting it into a storage medium drive insertion slot 223 provided in the storage medium drive 22. Thereafter, the program of the present invention is executed by temporarily installing the program and related data of the present invention from the storage medium 221 to the hard disk and loading the data from the hard disk to the RAM, or directly loading the program and the related data to the RAM without installing the program on the hard disk. It becomes possible.

When the above-described program of the present invention is executed in the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the storage medium storing the program of the present invention and related data is stored in the small computer 2 of FIG. The program of the present invention can be executed by supplying it by inserting it into a storage medium drive insertion slot (not shown) and executing the above procedure.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the storage contents of the storage medium storing the program and related data of the present invention. The storage medium of the present invention is, for example, volume information 2
11, directory information 212, program execution file 213, program-related data file 214, and the like. The program of the present invention is program-coded based on flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The correspondence relationship between each component in the claims of the present invention and each part of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention and other embodiments described below is as follows. is there. The finger motion detection function of the finger motion detection unit corresponds to the tactile sensor 11 (this embodiment) and the vibration sensor 16 (other embodiment 3) of the finger motion detection unit 1, and the signal generation unit of the finger motion detection unit is The signal analysis unit corresponds to the signal generation unit 12 of the finger motion detection unit 1, the signal analysis unit corresponds to the signal analysis unit 24 of the small computer 2, the text editing processing unit corresponds to the text editing processing unit 25 of the small computer 2, and the control unit. Corresponds to the CPU 21 of the small computer 2, the storage means corresponds to the ROM 23 of the small computer 2, and the display means corresponds to the head mounted display 3.

Next, the operation of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and FIGS.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation in the finger motion detection unit 1 of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a small computer 2 of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 9 to 18 are explanatory diagrams showing the display state of the head mounted display 3 of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Now, for example, if the user selects "virtualfi
nger. "will be described as an example. First, to enter the code "uv",
The user touches the object almost simultaneously with the right index finger and the right middle finger.

In the finger movement detecting section 1 (RT), step S
In step 71, when the tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched the object with the right index finger, the process proceeds to step S72.
, A signal “t” is generated by the signal generator 12,
In step S73, a signal is transmitted from the transmission unit 13 to the small computer 2 (FIG. 7).

In the finger movement detecting section 1 (RO), step S
In 71, when the tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched the object with the middle finger of the right hand, a signal "o" is generated by the signal generation unit 12 in step S72, and the transmission unit 13 sends the signal to the small computer 2 in step S73. Transmit a signal (FIG. 7).

In the small computer 2, step S82
, The CPU 21 determines whether or not the receiving unit 26 has received a signal from the finger motion detecting unit 1 (FIG. 8). In this example, since the signal “t” and the signal “o” are received substantially simultaneously, in step S83, the signal analysis unit 24 analyzes the received signal and generates a code “uv” as shown in FIG. These series of operations are described as [01100] (FIG. 5). Further, in step S84, the text editing processing unit 25 processes the code generated by the signal analysis unit 24, and in step S81, the CPU 21 displays the result on the head mounted display 3 (FIG. 9).

Next, the user touches the object with the little finger of the right hand to input the code "i".

In the finger motion detecting section 1 (RI), step S
At 71, when the tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched the object with the little finger of the right hand, a signal "i" is generated by the signal generation unit 12 at step S72, and the transmission unit 13 sends the signal to the small computer 2 at step S73. Transmit a signal (FIG. 7).

In the small computer 2, step S82
, The CPU 21 determines whether or not the receiving unit 26 has received a signal from the finger motion detecting unit 1 (FIG. 8). In this example, since the signal “i” is received, in step S83, the signal analysis unit 24 analyzes the received signal and generates a code “i” as shown in FIG. These series of operations are described as [00001] (FIG. 5). Further, step S
At 84, the text editing processing unit 25 outputs the signal
4 is processed in the word dictionary (FIG. 1).
The ambiguity is eliminated using 9). In this example, "ui"
Does not exist in the dictionary, a step S8
In 1, the CPU 21 displays the result of the ambiguity removal on the head mounted display 3 (FIG. 10).

In the same manner, the user performs a text input operation by touching the object with the finger while referring to the correspondence between the finger and the code on the display screen of the head mounted display 3.

For example, "v", "i", "r",
To enter "t", "u", "a", "l", see FIG.
A series of operations [01100], [00001],
[01111], [01000], [01100],
Perform [10000] and [11010]. Then, a code string “[uv] irt [uv] a [lm]” is sequentially generated, and in step S84, the text editing processing unit 2
5 and the ambiguity is resolved using the word dictionary (FIG. 19).
FIG. 1 shows the head mounted display 3 using the PU 21.
The result of the text editing is displayed as shown in FIG.

Next, when the operation [11000] (space / conversion) shown in FIG. 5 is performed, a space code is input.
Further, a series of operations [11011] and [000] shown in FIG.
01], [01110], [11011], [0001
0] and [01111], the code string “[fg] i
n [fg] er ”are sequentially generated, and in step S84, text editing processing is performed by the text editing processing unit 25, and ambiguity is resolved using the word dictionary (FIG. 19).
In step S81, the result of text editing is displayed on the head mounted display 3 by the CPU 21 as shown in FIG.

Since the ambiguity remains at this stage, if the operation [11000] (space / conversion) shown in FIG. 5 is performed, a candidate word for “[fg] inger” is extracted from the word dictionary (FIG. 19). Is displayed (FIG. 13).
In this example, the first candidate (shown by →) is “ginge
r ”, and the second candidate is“ finger ”. In order to select a second candidate word, an operation [1100] shown in FIG.
0] (space / conversion) results in “[fg] inge
The first candidate for “r” is “finger” (FIG. 1)
4).

Next, if the operation [10100] (determination / line feed) shown in FIG. 5 is performed, the word is determined (FIG. 15).

Next, if the operation [11111] (input of a period or the like) shown in FIG. ,? ! -] Code is input (FIG. 16).

Since ambiguity remains at this stage, if the operation [11000] (space / conversion) shown in FIG. ,? ! -] A candidate word (candidate symbol) for the code is displayed (FIG. 17). In this example, the one indicated by (→) is the first candidate.

Next, if the operation [10100] (determination / line feed) shown in FIG. 5 is performed, the word (symbol) is determined (FIG. 1).
8).

Other processes such as deletion and movement of the cursor can be similarly performed.

As described above, according to the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the finger movement detecting section 1 which detects the movement of each finger and outputs a signal unique to each finger,
A signal analysis unit 24 that analyzes an output signal of the finger motion detection unit 1 to generate a code capable of allocating some characters to one code in a multiplexed manner; Text editing unit 25 for editing
, A ROM 23 storing a word dictionary, a head mounted display 3 capable of displaying text and information necessary for text editing, and a CPU for causing the head mounted display 3 to display a correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code.
21 and the following operations and effects are achieved.

In the above configuration, the finger motion detector 1
When the tactile sensor 11 detects that the user has touched the object with a predetermined finger, the signal generation unit 12 generates a signal and transmits the signal to the small computer 2. In the small computer 2, the received signal is analyzed by the signal analysis unit 24 to generate a code capable of multiplexing some characters to one code, and the code generated by the signal analysis unit 24 by the text editing processing unit 25. Is performed, and the result is displayed on the head mounted display 3 by the CPU 21.
Therefore, by displaying the correspondence between the combination of each finger and the input code in a manner that is easy for the user to understand, it is possible to easily input text anytime and anywhere.

[Other Embodiment 1] By adding a combination of a plurality of fingers other than those described in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, it becomes possible to input symbols and the like.

[Other Embodiment 2] The combination of the fingers in the code input described in the embodiment of the present invention is as follows.
Combinations other than the above may be used. Characters to be multiplexed to each code may be combinations other than the above.

[Other Embodiment 3] In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the operation of the finger is detected by the tactile sensor. However, as shown in FIG. The detection of the movement of the finger may be performed by the detection.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the wearable text input device according to another embodiment of the present invention, centering on the finger motion detection section 1. As shown in FIG. A finger motion detection unit 1 of a wearable text input device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a signal generation unit 12, a transmission unit 13, a CPU 14, a ROM 1
5 and a vibration sensor 16. The configuration other than the vibration sensor 16 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

[Fourth Embodiment] In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the case where the finger motion detection unit 1 is attached to the right hand of the user to perform text input has been described as an example. Of course, it is also possible to carry out the text input by attaching to the left hand of the user.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. A storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus executes the program code stored in the storage medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by executing the reading. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS and the like running on the computer are actually executed based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that a part or all of the above-described processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0073]

As described above, claims 1 to 10 are provided.
According to the text input system described above, the finger motion is analyzed by the signal analysis means to generate a code capable of multiplexing some characters to one code, and the text editing processing means edits the text by inputting the code To control the control means to display the correspondence between each finger combination and the input code, by displaying the correspondence between each finger combination and the input code in a manner that is easy for the user to understand,
This has the effect that text can be easily entered anytime and anywhere.

According to the text input method of the present invention, in a text input system to which the text input method is applied, a finger analysis is performed in a signal analysis step to convert some characters into one code. Generate a code that can be assigned multiple times, edit the text using the code as input in the text edit processing step, and control to display the correspondence between each finger combination and the input code in the control step. By displaying the correspondence between the combination and the input code to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, it is possible to easily input a text anytime and anywhere.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, the text input method is read out from the storage medium and executed by the text input system. In order to generate a code that can be assigned to multiple codes multiple times, edit the text using the code as an input in the text editing processing step, and control to display the correspondence between each finger combination and the input code in the control step, By displaying the correspondence between the combination of each finger and the input code to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, there is an effect that the text can be easily input anytime and anywhere.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wearable text input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, centering on a small computer.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration centering on a finger motion detection unit of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a wearable text input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing correspondence between each finger motion detection unit and a generated signal of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a correspondence between a received signal and a signal analysis result in the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of an operation in a finger motion detection unit of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the small computer of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of a head mounted display of the wearable text input device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a word dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration centering on a finger motion detection unit of a wearable text input device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of storage contents of a storage medium storing a program and related data of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a conceptual example in which a program and related data of the present invention are supplied from a storage medium to an apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Finger motion detection part 2 Small computer 3 Head mounted display 11 Tactile sensor 12 Signal generation part 16 Vibration sensor 21 CPU 23 ROM 24 Signal analysis part 25 Text edit processing part

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A text input system capable of inputting text, comprising: a finger movement detecting means for detecting a movement of each finger and outputting a signal unique to each finger; and analyzing an output signal of the finger movement detecting means. A signal analyzing means for generating a code, a text editing processing means for editing a text by using the code generated by the signal analyzing means as an input, a display means capable of displaying text and information necessary for text editing, A text input system comprising: control means for causing the display means to display a correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code. 2. The text input device according to claim 1, wherein the signal analysis unit generates a code from a combination of the output signals when a plurality of output signals are received substantially simultaneously from the finger motion detection unit. system. 3. The text input system according to claim 1, wherein some of the codes are assigned characters in a multiplex manner. 4. The text input system according to claim 3, wherein the characters assigned to the multiplex are characters having a relatively low appearance frequency. 5. A storage system for storing a word dictionary, wherein the text editing processing unit sequentially refers to the word dictionary from a code string generated by the signal analysis unit and determines a character string that cannot exist. And eliminating the ambiguity, the control means, when there is a plurality of words from the result of referring to the word dictionary in the text editing processing means, to display the plurality of words on the display means, Claim 1
5. The text input system according to any one of claims 4 to 4. 6. The finger movement detecting means has a tactile sensor for detecting that each finger has touched an object, and a signal generating means for generating a signal based on the detection of the tactile sensor. Item 6. The text input system according to any one of Items 1 to 5. 7. The finger movement detecting means includes a vibration sensor for detecting vibration of each finger hitting an object, and a signal generating means for generating a signal based on the detection of the vibration sensor. Item 6. The text input system according to any one of Items 1 to 5. 8. The text input system according to claim 1, wherein said finger movement detecting means is attached to each finger and detects finger movement. 9. The text input system according to claim 1, wherein said display means is a head mounted display. 10. The text input system according to claim 1, wherein the signal analysis unit, the text editing processing unit, and the control unit are included in a small computer. 11. A text input method applied to a text input system capable of inputting a text, wherein the finger motion detecting step detects a motion of each finger and outputs a signal unique to each finger, and the finger motion. A signal analyzing step of analyzing the output signal of the detecting step to generate a code, a text editing processing step of editing a text by using the code generated in the signal analyzing step as an input, and a text and information necessary for the text editing. A text input method, comprising: a display step that can be displayed; and a control step of displaying a correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code by the display step. 12. The text input according to claim 11, wherein in the signal analysis step, when a plurality of output signals are received substantially simultaneously from the finger motion detection step, a code is generated from a combination of the output signals. Method. 13. The system of claim 11, wherein some of the codes are assigned multiple characters.
Or the text input method described in 12. 14. The character assigned to the multiplex is a character having a relatively low appearance frequency.
The text input method described. 15. A storage system for storing a word dictionary, wherein in the text editing processing step, a character string which cannot be present by referring to the word dictionary sequentially from a code string generated in the signal analysis step And eliminating the ambiguity, wherein, in the control step, when a plurality of words are present from the result of referring to the word dictionary in the text editing processing step, the plurality of words are displayed by the display step. The text input method according to any one of claims 11 to 14. 16. The finger movement detecting step includes a tactile detection step of detecting, by a tactile sensor, that each finger has touched an object, and a signal generating step of generating a signal based on the detection of the tactile detection step. The text input method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein: 17. The finger movement detecting step includes a vibration detecting step of detecting, by a vibration sensor, a vibration of each finger hitting an object, and a signal generating step of generating a signal based on the detection of the vibration detecting step. The text input method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein: 18. The text input method according to claim 11, wherein in the finger movement detecting step, finger movement detection is performed by a finger movement detection unit mounted on each finger. 19. The text input method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying is performed by a head mounted display. 20. The text input method according to claim 11, wherein the signal analysis step, the text editing processing step, and the control step are included in a small computer. 21. A storage medium readable by a computer storing a program for executing a text input method applied to a text input system capable of inputting text, the text input method comprising: A finger motion detecting step of detecting and outputting a signal unique to each finger; a signal analyzing step of analyzing an output signal of the finger motion detecting step to generate a code; and a code generated in the signal analyzing step as an input. A text editing processing step of editing text, a display step capable of displaying text and information necessary for text editing, and a control step of displaying a correspondence between a combination of each finger and an input code by the display step A storage medium characterized by the above-mentioned.