JP2001042992A - Handwritten character processor and method for handwritten character, processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handwritten character processor which is superior in practicality. SOLUTION: A character input area 203 for displaying a character inputted by handwriting in real time is displayed overlapping with a document display area 201 where a document edited according to the recognition result of an inputted handwritten character. When a cursor 202 for indicating data in the document displayed in the area 201 is positioned in the area 203, the document is scrolled up or down and displayed in the area 201 so that the cursor 202 is positioned outside the area 203. Scrolling operation by a user is therefore omitted to improve the practicality.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handwritten character processing apparatus and method for creating a document using an online character recognition technology for recognizing characters input by handwriting, and more particularly to a handwritten character input area and a handwritten character input area. Also, the present invention relates to a handwritten character processing apparatus and method in which an area where a document formed using recognition results of an input handwritten character is displayed is provided on the same screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 2-37483 discloses that an input area for handwritten characters and document data created in accordance with the recognition result of the handwritten characters are displayed on the same display screen. Are displayed at the same time. As described above, in the conventional handwritten character input method, a handwritten character input area and a document display area for displaying a document mainly including a character obtained as a result of recognition of the input handwritten character are separately provided, and the In many cases, a character is inserted as a result of recognition at the cursor position.

[0003] In such a conventional handwritten character input method, there is a problem that the document display area is narrowed due to the handwritten character input area, and the list of documents is reduced, which is not practical. Therefore, when the handwritten character input is not performed, it is conceivable to hide the handwritten character input area and enlarge the document display area. However, when the handwritten character input area is displayed, the document display area is still narrow, and the displayed handwritten character input area may make the cursor position in the document invisible. Was not turned.

[0004] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a handwritten character processing apparatus and method which are excellent in practicality.

[0005]

A handwritten character processing device according to one aspect of the present invention is provided with a handwritten character input means for externally operating and inputting a character handwritten by the external operation, and a handwritten character input device. A character recognition unit for recognizing a handwritten character input by the unit; and a display unit. The display means has a character display area superimposed and displayed in the document display area, displays a document edited by the character recognized by the character recognition means in the document display area, and inputs the document by the handwritten character input means. The displayed handwritten characters are displayed in the character display area in real time. Further, the display means includes scroll means for scrolling and displaying the document so that a cursor displayed in advance in the document display area to indicate a desired position in the document is displayed outside the character display area.

Therefore, in the document display area, a cursor displayed in advance to indicate a desired position in the document is:
The document is scrolled and displayed by the scroll means so as to be displayed outside the character display area. Therefore, the user does not need to scroll through the document for the purpose of checking the cursor position in the document, which is excellent in usability and practicality.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, the display means may further include an area enlarging means for enlarging a character display area every time a handwritten character is input to the handwritten character input means.

Therefore, the handwritten character input means
Each time a handwritten character is input, the character display area for the automatically input handwritten character is enlarged. Therefore, an unnecessarily large character display area is displayed and the list of documents in the document display area is not impaired.
Excellent practicality.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, the scrolling means has position determining means for determining whether or not a desired position at which the cursor is displayed is within the character display area.
The document may be scrolled and displayed in response to the position determination unit determining that the document is within the character display area.

Therefore, when a character display area for handwritten characters is superimposed and displayed at a desired position where the cursor is displayed, the document displayed in the document display area is automatically scrolled. Saves the trouble of scrolling the document to check the position of the cursor in the document, which is excellent in practicality.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, when displaying while scrolling, the scrolling speed may be a speed at which the visibility of the document in the document display area is maintained.

Therefore, the scrolling speed of the document by the scrolling means is a speed at which the visibility of the document is maintained. Therefore, even if the document is scrolled, the user can display the desired position indicated by the gazing position or the cursor in the document. It does not lose its position and is practical.

In the above handwritten character processing apparatus, the display means may be configured to display / hide a character display area as desired.

Therefore, the character display area can be switched and displayed so as to be displayed / non-displayed in the document display area as desired, which is excellent in practicality.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a handwritten character processing method comprising: a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen; and a substrate, wherein characters are handwritten on the substrate. A handwritten character input method for inputting a character to be handwritten from an input unit, a character recognition step for recognizing a handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step, Displaying a document edited by the character recognized by the recognition step in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step in the character display area in real time. In the display area, a cursor that is displayed in advance to indicate a desired position in the document is displayed outside the character display area. Configured with a scroll step of displaying by scrolling the document.

Therefore, in the document display area, the cursor displayed in advance to indicate a desired position in the document is:
The document is scrolled and displayed by the scrolling step so that the document is displayed outside the character display area. Therefore, the user does not need to scroll through the document for the purpose of checking the cursor position in the document, which is excellent in usability and practicality.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a handwritten character processing program according to another aspect of the present invention has the following features. In other words, the handwritten character processing program is a method for processing a handwritten character in an apparatus having a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen, and an input unit having a substrate and a character being handwritten on the substrate Is executed by a computer. This handwritten character processing method includes a handwritten character input step for inputting a character to be handwritten from an input unit, a character recognition step for recognizing a handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step, and a character recognition step. Displaying a document edited by the character in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step in the character display area in real time. Has a scrolling step of scrolling and displaying the document so that the cursor displayed in advance to indicate the desired position is displayed outside the character display area.

Therefore, according to the handwritten character processing program, in the document display area, the cursor displayed in advance to indicate a desired position in the document is scrolled by the scroll means so as to be displayed outside the character display area. Is scrolled and displayed. Therefore, the user does not need to scroll through the document for the purpose of checking the cursor position in the document, which is excellent in usability and practicality.

A handwritten character processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is provided with a handwritten character input means for inputting a character handwritten by an external operation and a handwritten character input by the handwritten character input means. A character recognition unit for recognizing the document, a document display area and a character display area superimposed and displayed in the document display area, and a document edited by the character recognized by the character recognition means. And a display unit for displaying a handwritten character input by the handwritten character input unit in a character display area in real time. The display means has an area enlarging means for enlarging the character display area every time a handwritten character is input in the handwritten character input means.

Therefore, the character display area for the handwritten input character is dynamically enlarged by the area enlarging means every time the handwritten character is inputted in the handwritten character input means. Therefore, a character display area larger than necessary is not displayed superimposed on the document, so that the list of documents in the document display area is not impaired and the practicability is excellent.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, the display means further displays the document such that a cursor displayed in advance in the document display area to indicate a desired position in the document is displayed outside the character display area. It may be configured to have scroll means for scrolling and displaying.

Therefore, the cursor is displayed at a desired position in the document, and the document is scrolled so as to be displayed outside the character display area. Therefore, the user does not have to scroll through the document to check the cursor position in the document, which is excellent in practicality.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, the area enlarging means may be configured to enlarge the character display area every time the first stroke of the handwritten character is input.

Therefore, each time the first stroke of the handwritten character is inputted by the handwritten character input means, the character area for the handwritten character is dynamically enlarged by the area enlarging means. Therefore, an unnecessarily large character display area is displayed, and the list of documents in the document display area is not impaired.

In the above-described handwritten character processing apparatus, the area enlarging means may be configured to enlarge the character display area by a predetermined size for the next handwritten character.

Therefore, every time a handwritten character is input, the character display area is enlarged by a predetermined size for the next character to be input by handwriting. Therefore, the character display area is not expanded more than necessary. The listability of documents in the document display area is not impaired, and the practicability is excellent.

In the above-described handwritten character processing device, handwritten characters may be displayed over a plurality of lines in the character display area. Therefore, the handwritten characters are displayed over a plurality of lines in the character display area, which is excellent in practicality.

[0028] A handwritten character processing method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen, and a substrate, and characters are handwritten on the substrate. A handwritten character processing method in an apparatus including an input unit, having the following features. That is, a handwritten character input step for inputting a character handwritten from the input unit, a character recognition step for recognizing a handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step, and editing by the character recognized in the character recognition step. Displaying the written document in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten character input by the handwritten character input means in real time in the character display area, wherein the handwritten character is input by the handwritten character input step. And a region enlarging step of enlarging the character display region for each of the above.

Therefore, each time a handwritten character is input in the handwritten character input step, the character display area for the handwritten input character is dynamically enlarged by the area enlarging step. Therefore, a character display area larger than necessary is not displayed superimposed on the document, so that the list of documents in the document display area is not impaired and the practicability is excellent.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a handwritten character processing program according to another aspect of the present invention has the following features. In other words, the handwritten character processing program is a method for processing a handwritten character in an apparatus having a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen, and an input unit that has a substrate and in which characters are handwritten on the substrate. Is executed by a computer. The handwritten character processing method includes a handwritten character input step for inputting a character handwritten from the input unit, a character recognition step for recognizing a handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step, and a character recognition step. Displaying a document edited by the written characters in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten characters input by the handwritten character input means in the character display area in real time. Each time a character is input, the character display area is enlarged with an area enlarging step.

Therefore, according to the handwritten character processing program, the character display area for the handwritten input character is dynamically enlarged by the area enlarging step every time the handwritten character is input in the handwritten character input step. Therefore, a character display area larger than necessary is not displayed superimposed on the document, so that the list of documents in the document display area is not impaired and the practicability is excellent.

[0032]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration of a handwritten character processing apparatus applied to Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention. In the figure, a handwritten character processing apparatus is provided with a board 109 and a pen 106,
Input device 10 on which characters are handwritten by pen 106
0, an input unit 101 having a handwritten character buffer 108;
A recognition unit 102, a storage unit 103 for storing various data including document data 107, a display device 105 for displaying document data edited based on the recognition result of the handwritten input characters and characters input by handwriting, and a display device 105. The display unit 104 includes an associated display unit 104. Input device 10
Numeral “0” gives the input unit 101 real-time information on characters that are input by handwriting on the board 109 using the pen 106. The input unit 101 includes a handwritten character buffer 108 for storing information on handwritten characters given from the input device 100.
Recognition unit 102 and display unit 104
Give to each.

The input unit 101 displays / hides a handwritten character input area on the display device 105, controls cursor movement and scrolling in a document, inserts line breaks and spaces in a document, deletes characters in a document, and the like. Is received from the input device 100, and the recognition unit 102 and the storage unit 1
03 and the display unit 104.

The recognizing unit 102 receives information related to a character input by handwriting with the pen 106 from the input unit 101 using the pen 106, recognizes the handwritten character based on the received information, and stores a recognition result character. To the unit 103. The storage unit 103 updates the content of the document indicated by the document data 107 based on various control information provided from the input unit 101 and recognition result character information provided from the recognition unit 102.

The display unit 104 performs predetermined processing on the basis of the handwritten character information and various control information provided from the input unit 101 and the document data 107 read from the storage unit 103, and performs handwritten input characters and document data 107.
Are displayed on the same screen of the display device 105.

FIG. 2 shows a display example of a screen or a window on the display device of FIG. The display device 105 is provided with a document display area 201 for displaying the document data 107 on the same screen and a handwritten character input area 203 for displaying in real time a handwritten input character displayed / non-displayed as desired. . In the document display area 201, a cursor 202 moved by the input device 100 for indicating the data of the document data 107 to be displayed is shown.

FIG. 3 shows a block configuration of a handwritten character processing apparatus applied to the first and second embodiments of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the handwritten character processing device is a CPU (central processing unit) 1 for centrally controlling and managing the device itself, and a program memory 2 for storing various programs including a program according to each flowchart described later. The handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108, various control information, and the document data 107.
A data memory 3 for storing various data including the above, an input device 100, a display device 105, a communication I / F (abbreviation of interface) 6, for connecting a communication network 7 such as an external Internet to the device, FD
(Flexible disk) and an external storage medium 9 such as a CD-ROM. The external storage medium driver 8 is provided to enable the CPU 1 to access the external storage medium 9.

Although the input device 100 and the display device 105 are provided separately here, a display-integrated input device in which both devices are provided integrally may be used.

FIG. 4 shows a processing flowchart of handwritten character input according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
(A) and (B) show display examples of screens or windows for explaining the processing of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, the handwritten character input area 203 is displayed in the document display area 201 so as to be superimposed on the document display area 201.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5A and 5B, a description will be given of a process of inputting handwritten characters in the present embodiment.

First, the user inputs a handwritten character using the pen 106 on the input device 100, and displays on the display device 105.
Of the handwritten character input area 203 on the display screen of
Non-display request, handwritten character buffer 10 of input unit 101
8, any of the character recognition requests based on the handwritten character information stored in the input device 1 is input.
The information input from 00 is received, and processing is started as follows based on the received information.

First, it is determined whether the input device 100 has requested the display device 105 to display the handwritten character input area 203 (S301). If the display is not requested, the display unit 104 stores the document data 10 in the storage unit 103.
7 is read and displayed in the document display area 201 of the display device 105 (S302), and a series of processing ends.

On the other hand, when the display of the handwritten character input area 203 is requested (Y in S301), it is determined whether or not the character recognition is requested for the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101. (S30
3). If the character recognition is requested (Y in S303), the recognition unit 102 performs character recognition based on the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 (S303).
304), the recognition result character is the document data 1 in the storage unit 103
07 and the document data 107 is updated (S305). Thereafter, the recognized handwritten character information is deleted from the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101 (S306).

On the other hand, when the character recognition for the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 is not requested (N in S303), the pen 106
It is determined whether there is an input request for a handwritten character that has been operated (S307). If there is an input request for a handwritten character, information about the input handwritten character is input to the input unit 101.
Is additionally stored in the handwritten character buffer 108 (S30).
8).

Next, when the handwritten character input area 203 is displayed at a predetermined position in the document display area 201 or based on the user's designation, the area 20 is displayed.
It is checked whether or not 3 includes the display position of the cursor 202 (S309). If the display position of the cursor 202 is within the handwritten character input area 203 (S30)
9 and Y), the document data 107 in the document display area 201 is scrolled upward or downward in the area 201 on the display unit 104 to a position where the display position of the cursor 202 is not at least in the handwritten character input area 203 (FIG. 9). S310). Subsequently, the display unit 104 displays the contents of the scrolled document data 107 in the document display area 2.
01 is displayed (S311).

Finally, the display unit 104 includes the handwritten character input area 203 and the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101.
The superimposed handwritten characters are displayed in the document display area 201 (S312), and a series of processing is ended. By repeating the above processing, input of handwritten characters and update of document data 107 are performed.

If there is no user input requesting display / non-display of the handwritten character input area 203, S
In the determination of 301, the value of the display / non-display request used in the previous process, and if the current process is the first process, the value indicating the predetermined display / non-display is used. It may be made to be possible.

According to the processing flow chart shown in FIG. 4, when the cursor 202 is positioned inside the handwritten character input area 203 of the document display area 201 as shown in FIG. As shown in (B), when the document data 107 in the document display area 201 is scrolled up and displayed, processing is performed so that the cursor 202 is positioned outside the document display area 203.

As described above, when the document is automatically scrolled, it is easy for the user to lose track of the place in the document that the user has watched. Therefore, the display device 105 gradually scrolls the document to reduce this. May be displayed. In this case, it is desirable that the scroll speed is a speed that does not impair the visibility of the document including the cursor 202.

(Embodiment 2) Next, Embodiment 2 will be described. The configuration of the handwritten character processing device according to the present embodiment and the display example of the screen or window on the display device are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Description will be made using the same reference numerals as in the case of.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process for inputting handwritten characters according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
(A) to (F) show display examples of screens or windows for explaining the processing in FIG. 6. Here, the processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the input unit 101 receives one of a request for input of handwritten characters, a request for display / non-display of the handwritten character input area 203, and a character recognition request based on handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101. Input device 10
In response to the external operation by the user at 0, the following processing is performed.

First, it is determined whether or not the display of the handwritten character input area 203 is requested (S501). If the display is not requested, the display unit 104 displays the document data 107 read from the storage unit 103 on the display device. 105 is displayed in the document display area 201 (S502), and a series of processing ends.

On the other hand, if the display of the handwritten character input area 203 has been requested (Y in S501), it is determined whether or not the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101 has been requested for character recognition (S503). ). If a character recognition request has been issued (Y in S503), the recognition unit 102 performs character recognition based on the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 108 (S504). The document data 107 is updated by additionally registering the document data 107 (S505). Then, the recognition is completed, and the handwritten character information is deleted from the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101 (S506).

On the other hand, when the character recognition request based on the handwritten character information is not requested (N in S503), the pen 106
It is determined whether or not there is a handwritten character input request in input device 100 using. If there is a handwritten character input request, that is, a stroke input (Y in S507),
The size of the handwritten character input area 203 on the display device 105 is changed (enlarged) by the display unit 104 (S50).
8). At this time, the size is changed so as to be larger than a rectangle surrounding all the handwritten characters in the handwritten character buffer 108 by a predetermined size individually set in the up, down, left, and right directions, for example, the size of the next input character. However, for the height and width of the rectangle indicating the handwritten character input area 203, the maximum value and the minimum value are individually set.

Next, in the handwritten character buffer 108 of the input unit 101, character information input by handwriting using the pen 106 in the input device 100 is added (S50).
9). Next, the display unit 104 stores the document data 107 read from the storage unit 103 in the document display area 2 of the display device 105.
01 (S510). Finally, the display unit 104 displays the handwritten character input area 203 on the display device 105.
And the handwritten character based on the handwritten character information in the handwritten character buffer 18 of the input unit 101 are displayed so as to be superimposed on the document display area 201 (S511), and a series of processing ends. By repeating the above processing, input of handwritten characters and update of document data 107 are performed.

FIGS. 7A to 7F show that the handwritten character input area 203 is gradually enlarged as the handwritten characters are input by the processing according to the flowchart of FIG. 7 (A) to 7 (F),
The minimum size Wmi in the width direction of the handwritten character input area 203
n and the maximum size Wmax are shown, and the minimum size Hmin and the maximum size Hmax in the height direction are shown.
In FIG. 7A, there is no handwritten character input and only the handwritten character input area 203 is shown, and the handwritten character input area 203 has the minimum sizes Wmin and Hmin.

Subsequently, when the input of handwritten characters by the pen 106 starts (see FIG. 7B), the handwritten character input area 203 is enlarged in the width direction by the processing of S508 in FIG. The size is enlarged to a size that allows characters to be input (see FIG. 7C). At this point, the height of the handwritten character input area 203 reaches the maximum size Hmax, and is not further enlarged.

Further, when the first stroke of the next handwritten character is input, the size in the width direction is further expanded in the same manner as shown in FIGS. 7D to 7E.

As described above, the handwritten character input area 203 is enlarged for each input of handwritten characters, that is, for each first handwritten input of each character until the maximum value Wmax in the width direction of the handwritten character input area 203 is reached. Is done.

FIGS. 7A to 7F show one line of the handwritten character input area 203. In the case of a plurality of lines or vertical writing, the maximum size Hmax and Wmax are set in the same manner. It is expandable.

It should be noted that the apparatus may be provided as a device having both the function related to scrolling described in the first embodiment and the function of enlarging an area described in the second embodiment.

(Embodiment 3) As described above, the handwritten character processing apparatus described in each of the embodiments is realized by a program for causing the processing of a handwritten input character to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium. In each embodiment of the present invention, the recording medium is a program memory 2 necessary for processing by the apparatus shown in FIG. 3, for example, the program memory 2 is a ROM itself. Alternatively, an external storage medium 9 which is a program medium readable by being provided with a program reading device which is an external storage medium driver 8 may be provided. In any case, the configuration may be such that the stored program is accessed and executed by the CPU 1, or the program is read in any case,
The read program may be loaded into a predetermined program storage area of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 and then read from the area by the CPU 1 and executed. It is assumed that the loading program is stored in the apparatus body in advance.

Here, the above-mentioned program medium is a recording medium which is separable from the main body, such as a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk or a hard disk, or a CD-ROM.
Disk system for optical disks such as MO / MD / DVD, I
Card system such as C card (including memory card) / optical card or mask ROM, EPROM, EEPROM
The medium may be a medium that fixedly carries a program, including a semiconductor memory such as an M or flash ROM.

In each of the embodiments of the present invention, a system configuration which can be connected to the communication network 7 including the Internet is adopted, so that the program is loaded from the communication network 7 to the device so that the program can be downloaded to the device. Media. When a program is downloaded from such a communication network 7, the download program may be stored in the apparatus main body in advance, or may be installed in advance from another recording medium.

The contents stored in each of the recording media described above are not limited to programs, but may be data.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[0068]

According to the present invention, when a character display area for handwritten characters is displayed superimposed on a cursor displayed at a desired position in a document display area, the cursor position can be visually recognized. Since the document in the document display area is scrolled, the user does not need to scroll the document to check the content (display content or inserted content) at the cursor position, which is excellent in practicality.

Further, according to the present invention, each time a handwritten character is input, the character display area for the handwritten character is sequentially enlarged, so that the character display area for the handwritten character is displayed larger than necessary. It is not performed, and the listability of documents in the document display area is not impaired, and the practicability is excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a handwritten character processing device applied to Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen or a window on the display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a handwritten character processing device applied to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart of handwritten character input according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing display examples of screens or windows for explaining the processing of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of handwritten character input according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 7A to 7F are diagrams showing display examples of screens or windows for explaining the processing of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

100 input device, 101 input unit, 102 recognition unit,
103 storage unit, 104 display unit, 105 display device,
106 pen, 107 document data, 108 handwritten character buffer, 109 board, 201 document display area, 20
2 cursor, 203 handwriting character input area. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A handwritten character input means for inputting a character which is externally operated and handwritten by the external operation; a character recognition means for recognizing a handwritten character input by the handwritten character input means; A document display area and a character display area superimposed and displayed in the document display area, and displaying a document edited by the character recognized by the character recognition means in the document display area; Display means for displaying the handwritten characters input by the character input means in the character display area in real time, wherein the display means is displayed in advance in the document display area to indicate a desired position in the document A handwritten character processing device having scrolling means for scrolling and displaying the document so that a cursor is displayed outside the character display area 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit further includes an area enlarging unit that enlarges the character display area each time a handwritten character is input in the handwritten character input unit.
2. The handwritten character processing device according to 1. 3. The scrolling means has a position determining means for determining whether the desired position where the cursor is displayed is within the character display area, and the position determining means determines the character display area. The handwritten character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the document is scrolled in response to the determination that the document is inside. 4. When displayed while scrolling, the scrolling speed is a speed at which the visibility of the document displayed in the document display area is maintained. 3. The handwritten character processing device according to any one of 3. 5. The handwritten character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays / hides the character display area as desired. 6. A handwritten character processing method in an apparatus having a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen, and an input unit having a substrate on which characters are handwritten on the substrate. A handwritten character input step for inputting a handwritten character from the input unit; a character recognition step for recognizing the handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step; and a character recognized in the character recognition step. A display step of displaying the edited document in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step in the character display area in real time, the display step comprising: A cursor displayed in advance to indicate a desired position in the document is displayed outside the character display area. Having scrolling step of displaying by scrolling the document so that, handwritten character processing method. 7. A handwritten character input means for inputting a character which is externally operated and handwritten by the external operation, a character recognizing means for recognizing a handwritten character input by the handwritten character input means, and a document. Displaying a document edited by a character recognized by the character recognizing means in the document display area, having a display area and a character display area superimposed and displayed in the document display area; Display means for displaying the handwritten characters input by the means in real time on the character display area, wherein the display means enlarges the character display area every time a handwritten character is input in the handwritten character input means. A handwritten character processing device having an area enlarging means. 8. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising: scrolling the document so that a cursor displayed in advance in the document display area to indicate a desired position in the document is displayed outside the character display area. The handwritten character processing device according to claim 7, further comprising a scroll unit for displaying the handwritten character. 9. The handwritten character processing device according to claim 7, wherein the area enlarging unit enlarges the character display area every time the first stroke of the handwritten character is input. 10. The handwritten character processing device according to claim 7, wherein the area enlarging means enlarges the character display area by a predetermined size for a next input handwritten character. 11. A handwritten character processing method in an apparatus having a display unit in which a document display area and a character display area are provided on the same screen, and an input unit having a substrate for inputting characters on the substrate by handwriting. A handwritten character input step for inputting a character handwritten from the input unit; a character recognition step for recognizing a handwritten character input in the handwritten character input step; and a character recognized in the character recognition step Displaying the document edited in the document display area in the document display area, and displaying the handwritten character input by the handwritten character input means in the character display area in real time, wherein the display step comprises: An area enlarging step of enlarging the character display area every time a handwritten character is input in the input step Handwriting processing method.