JP2015141655A - Writing data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a writing data processing device that is more convenient to users.SOLUTION: A printed medium 115 is printed using a print file. The printed medium 115 is filled in on a reader unit using an electronic pen. A CPU of a PC acquires stroke data that represents trajectories of the electronic pen. The CPU identifies the print file stored in an HDD, which was used to print the printed medium 115, based on the acquired stroke data. For example, the CPU identifies the print file based on a text 973 representing an identification command contained in the stroke data. The CPU merges trajectory information, which is information corresponding to trajectories represented by the acquired stroke data, with the identified print file.

Description

  The present invention relates to a writing data processing apparatus capable of acquiring data of a locus written on a paper medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus that acquires data handwritten on a printed paper document as data is known. For example, the document processing system described in Patent Document 1 includes a printing apparatus, a scanner, and a plurality of PCs. The document processing system generates a paper ID when printing a paper document based on a file. The paper ID is an ID uniquely assigned to the paper to be printed. The generated paper ID is printed on paper with a two-dimensional code or the like. That is, an unfilled paper document and a paper ID are printed on the paper printed by the printing apparatus. The user fills in a printed paper document with a pen. The entered paper is read by a scanner. The document processing system reads the paper ID from the paper data read by the scanner. The document processing system identifies an image of an unfilled paper document based on the paper ID, takes a difference between the image of the unfilled paper document and the image of the filled paper document, and creates a written image written by the user. Generate. The document processing system performs character recognition on the generated writing image to acquire and store character information.

JP 2006-31548 A

  However, in the conventional document processing system, it is necessary to print a paper ID on paper in order to specify an image of an unfilled paper document. For this reason, an application for generating a paper ID is required. Therefore, the user needs to fill in a paper document printed in a system having an application for generating a paper ID. For this reason, in an environment where there is no system having an application for generating a paper ID, such as a place where the user is out, the paper on which the paper ID is printed cannot be acquired, and the writing image cannot be specified by the document processing system. It was. Therefore, the convenience for the user may be impaired.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a writing data processing apparatus that improves user convenience.

  A writing data processing device according to the present invention includes a stroke data acquiring unit that acquires stroke data indicating a trajectory of a writing unit on a mounting unit on which a printing medium that is a paper medium printed based on a file is mounted. A print file specifying means for specifying a print file which is a file stored in the first storage unit and used for printing on the print medium based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means; and the stroke data Synthesizing means for synthesizing trajectory information, which is information corresponding to the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the acquiring means, with the print file specified by the print file specifying means.

  In this case, the print file specifying unit specifies the print file based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring unit. For this reason, it is not necessary to print the paper ID on paper as in the prior art. Therefore, even when the user performs writing with a writing means using a printing medium printed in an environment without a system having an application for generating a paper ID, the writing data processing device can track the written content. Information can be combined into a print file. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  In the writing data processing apparatus, the print file specifying unit extracts a specific command that is a command for specifying the print file included in the locus based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring unit. A command extraction unit may be provided, and the print file may be specified based on the specific command extracted by the command extraction unit. In this case, the user can synthesize the trajectory information into the print file simply by entering the specific command on the print medium using the writing means. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The writing data processing device includes text conversion means for converting the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquisition means into text data that is the trajectory information, and the synthesis means is the text conversion means. The text data converted by the above may be combined with the print file. In this case, if the user writes on the printing medium with the writing means, the writing data processing apparatus automatically converts the text data into text data and composes it into a print file. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The writing data processing device includes position specifying means for specifying a position in the print file corresponding to the position of the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means, and the combining means includes the position specifying The text data may be synthesized at the position in the print file specified by the means. In this case, if the user writes on the print medium with the writing means, the writing data processing device automatically synthesizes the text data at the position in the print file. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The writing data processing device includes: a symbol specifying unit that specifies a predetermined symbol from the locus indicated by the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring unit; the predetermined symbol; and an editing corresponding to the predetermined symbol An editing method specifying means for specifying the editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol specified by the symbol specifying means, with reference to a second storage unit that stores the method in association with each other, and the synthesizing means, The print file may be edited based on the editing method specified by the editing method specifying means. In this case, when the user enters a predetermined symbol on the print medium, the handwritten data processing apparatus edits the print file. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The handwritten data processing apparatus includes editability determination means for determining whether the print file specified by the print file specifying means is an editable file, and the combining means is the editability determination means. When it is determined that the print file is not an editable file, the text data converted by the text conversion unit may be combined as a comment with the print file. In this case, the contents written by the user can be reflected in a print file that cannot be edited. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  In the handwritten data processing apparatus, the synthesizing unit corresponds to the locus other than the specific command extracted by the command extracting unit out of the locus based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring unit. Information may be combined with the print file specified by the print file specifying means. In this case, the locus indicating the specific command is not combined with the print file. Therefore, the possibility that the specific command is combined with the print file and the content of the print file becomes difficult to check can be reduced. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The writing data processing device, when it is determined that the print file is specified by the print file specifying means, and when the print file is determined not specified by the specification determining means, Trajectory information storage means for recording the trajectory information in a trajectory information file that is a file different from the print file and storing the trajectory information in a third storage unit may be provided. In this case, when the print file is not specified, the trajectory information is recorded in a trajectory information file different from the print file. Therefore, the user can check the trajectory information even if the trajectory information is not combined with the print file. it can. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  In the writing data processing apparatus, the print file specifying unit specifies the print file even after the track information file is stored in the third storage unit by the track information storage unit, and the combining unit includes: The trajectory stored in the third storage unit when the print file is specified by the print file specifying unit after the trajectory information file is stored in the third storage unit by the trajectory information storage unit. The trajectory information may be combined with the print file specified by the print file specifying means with reference to an information file. In this case, the trace information can be combined with the print file even if the print file is identified after the trace information is recorded in the trace information file without specifying the print file. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the handwriting input system. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the handwriting input system 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of a print file 801 displayed on a display 192. 2 is a plan view of a print medium 115. FIG. 7 is a data configuration diagram of a specific command table 95. FIG. 6 is a data configuration diagram of an edit data table 96. FIG. It is a flowchart of a main process. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the print medium 115 in a state where a user uses the electronic pen 3 to fill in. It is a figure showing the locus | trajectory based on the stroke data in the case where it fills in as shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the content of a print file 801 after the locus information is combined is displayed on the display 192. It is a figure which shows the state by which the content of the locus | trajectory information file 84 was displayed on the display 192. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the content of a print file 802 after the locus information is combined is displayed on the display 192. It is a figure which shows the state by which the content of the print file 801 after the locus | trajectory information in a modification was synthesize | combined was displayed on the display 192. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The outline of the handwriting input system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the upper left side, lower right side, upper side, lower side, upper right side, and lower left side in FIG. 1 are respectively defined as the left side, right side, front side, rear side, upper side, and lower side of the reader 2. explain. In the following description, the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the reading device 2 are defined as an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the handwriting input system 1 mainly includes a reading device 2, an electronic pen 3, a PC 19, a printing device 5, and the like. The reading device 2 is a thin and light handwritten input device that can be folded and carried. In the handwriting input system 1, the user writes a line drawing on the paper medium 100 fixed to the reading device 2 using the electronic pen 3. The line drawing includes lines, characters, numerical values, symbols, figures, and the like. The reading device 2 detects the position of the electronic pen 3. The reading device 2 identifies the locus of the electronic pen 3 based on the plurality of positions of the electronic pen 3 detected over time. The PC 19 performs a process such as a main process (see FIG. 7), which will be described later, based on the locus data (hereinafter referred to as stroke data) of the electronic pen 3 specified by the reading device 2.

  The reading device 2 mainly includes a pair of left and right left reading devices 2L, a right reading device 2R, and a cover 4. The left reading device 2 </ b> L and the right reading device 2 </ b> R have a rectangular thin plate shape and are arranged on the front surface of the cover 4 so as to be spread in the left-right direction. The left reading device 2L and the right reading device 2R are electrically connected by a flat cable (not shown). The cover 4 includes a bag-like bag portion 4A on the left side. The left reading device 2L is detachably attached to the cover 4 by being inserted into the bag portion 4A. The right reading device 2R is attached to the right front surface of the cover 4 with a double-sided tape and an adhesive resin film.

  A paper medium 100 is detachably mounted on the front surface of the reading device 2. The paper medium 100 may be a booklet that can be spread in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. 1, or may be a single sheet as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, in the booklet-shaped paper medium 100, a pair of front covers (a front cover 110L and a back cover 110R) and a plurality of papers 111 are bound at a part of each edge. As an example, the paper medium 100 shown in FIG. 1 is an A5 size notebook. The paper medium 100 is arranged such that the front cover 110L and the left paper 111 are placed on the front of the left reading device 2L, and the back cover 110R and the right paper 111 are placed on the front of the right reading device 2R. Mounted on the reader 2. The booklet-shaped paper medium 100 is mounted in a state where the paper medium 100 is positioned on the reading device 2 by a double-sided tape and an adhesive resin film. As shown in FIG. 4, when the number of the paper medium 100 is one, the paper medium 100 is placed on the front surface of the left reading device 2L or the front surface of the right reading device 2R. In FIG. 4, the reading device 2 is not shown. The user can write a line drawing on the paper medium 100 using the electronic pen 3.

  The electronic pen 3 is a known electromagnetic induction electronic pen, and mainly includes a cylindrical body 30, a core body 31, a coil 32, a variable capacitor 33, a substrate 34, a capacitor 35, and an ink storage unit 36. The cylindrical body 30 has a cylindrical shape, and accommodates a part of the core body 31, the coil 32, the variable capacitor 33, the substrate 34, the capacitor 35, and the ink storage unit 36 therein. The core body 31 is provided at the tip of the electronic pen 3 (on the lower side in FIG. 1). The core body 31 is urged toward the distal end side of the electronic pen 3 by an elastic member (not shown). The distal end portion of the core body 31 protrudes outside the cylindrical body 30. The rear end side (upper side in FIG. 1) of the core body 31 is connected to an ink storage portion 36 in which ink is stored. The ink storage unit 36 supplies ink to the core body 31. When the user writes on the paper medium 100 using the electronic pen 3, a line drawing is formed on the paper medium 100 by ink.

  The coil 32 is held between the core body 31 and the variable capacitor 33 while being wound around the ink storage portion 36. The variable capacitor 33 is fixed inside the electronic pen 3 by the substrate 34. A capacitor 35 is mounted on the substrate 34. The capacitor 35 and the variable capacitor 33 are connected in parallel to the coil 32 and constitute a known resonance (tuning) circuit.

  The PC 19 is a general-purpose notebook personal computer. The PC 19 includes an input unit 191 and a display 192. The input unit 191 is used for inputting various instructions. The display 192 displays an image. In the handwriting input system 1, a well-known information terminal (tablet PC, smartphone, etc.) may be used as the PC 19 instead of a personal computer. The PC 19 can cause the printing apparatus 5 to print a file stored in the HDD 42 or the RAM 43 described later. The printing device 5 performs printing based on an instruction from the PC 19. A paper medium 100 shown in FIG. 4 is a paper medium printed by the printing apparatus 5. The printing apparatus 5 may be an apparatus having only a printing function, or may be a multifunction machine having a scanner function and a copy function in addition to the printing function. In the following description, the paper medium 100 printed by the printing apparatus 5 is referred to as a print medium 115 (see FIG. 4), and a file used for printing the print medium 115 is referred to as a print file 80 (see FIG. 3).

  The electrical configuration of the handwriting input system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the electrical configuration of the reading device 2 and the outline of the principle by which the reading device 2 acquires stroke data will be described. The reading device 2 includes sensor boards 7L and 7R, a main board 20, and sensor control boards 28 and 29. The sensor boards 7L and 7R are provided in a pair of left and right left reading devices 2L and 2R (see FIG. 1), respectively.

  The main board 20 includes a CPU 21, a RAM 22, a flash ROM 23, and a wireless communication unit 24. The RAM 22, flash ROM 23, and wireless communication unit 24 are electrically connected to the CPU 21. The CPU 21 controls the reading device 2. The RAM 22 temporarily stores various data such as calculation data. The flash ROM 23 stores various programs executed by the CPU 21 to control the reading device 2 and various information. The flash ROM 23 stores stroke data and the like. The wireless communication unit 24 is a controller for executing short-range wireless communication with an external electronic device.

  A large number of elongated loop coils are arranged in each of the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction on the sensor substrates 7L and 7R. The sensor board 7L is electrically connected to the ASIC 28A of the sensor control board 28. When the writing operation by the electronic pen 3 is performed on the sensor substrate 7L, the ASIC 28A detects the coordinate information based on the writing operation and executes a process of creating stroke data. The stroke data includes a plurality of coordinate information indicating a plurality of positions on the trajectory. The sensor board 7R is electrically connected to the ASIC 29A of the sensor control board 29. When the writing operation with the electronic pen 3 is performed on the sensor substrate 7R, the ASIC 29A detects the coordinate information based on the writing operation, and executes a process of creating stroke data. Of the ASICs 28A and 29A, the ASIC 28A on the master side is directly connected to the CPU 21, and the ASIC 29A on the slave side is connected to the CPU 21 via the ASIC 28A.

  The principle of obtaining stroke data when a writing operation with the electronic pen 3 is performed on the sensor substrates 7L and 7R will be schematically described. The CPU 21 controls the ASICs 28A and 29A to flow a current (excitation transmission current) having a specific frequency to each of the loop coils of the sensor boards 7L and 7R. Thereby, a magnetic field is generated from each loop coil of the sensor substrates 7L and 7R. In this state, for example, when the user performs an operation of writing a line drawing on the paper medium 100 fixed to the reading device 2 using the electronic pen 3, the electronic pen 3 comes close to the sensor substrates 7L and 7R. Therefore, the resonance circuit of the electronic pen 3 resonates by electromagnetic induction and generates an induction magnetic field.

  Next, the CPU 21 controls the ASICs 28A and 29A to stop the generation of magnetic fields from the loop coils of the sensor substrates 7L and 7R. Each of the loop coils of the sensor boards 7L and 7R receives an induced magnetic field generated from the resonance circuit of the electronic pen 3. The CPU 21 controls the ASICs 28A and 29A to detect signal currents (reception currents) flowing through the loop coils of the sensor boards 7L and 7R. When the ASICs 28A and 29A execute this operation one by one for all the loop coils, the position of the electronic pen 3 is detected as coordinate information based on the received current.

  Furthermore, in a state where an operation of writing a line drawing on the paper medium 100 using the electronic pen 3 is performed, writing pressure is applied to the core 31. The inductance of the coil 32 changes according to the writing pressure applied to the core body 31. Accordingly, the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit of the electronic pen 3 changes according to the writing pressure applied to the core body 31. The CPU 21 detects a change in the resonance frequency (phase change) and specifies the writing pressure applied to the electronic pen 3. That is, the CPU 21 can determine whether or not a line drawing is written on the paper medium 100 based on the specified writing pressure. When the CPU 21 determines that a line drawing is written on the paper medium 100, the CPU 21 acquires stroke data indicating the locus of the electronic pen 3 and stores the stroke data in the RAM 22 or the flash ROM 23.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the PC 19 will be described. The PC 19 mainly includes a CPU 41, a hard disk drive (HDD) 42, a RAM 43, a wireless communication unit 44, an input circuit 45, an output circuit 46, an input unit 191, and a display 192. The CPU 41 controls the PC 19. The CPU 41 is electrically connected to the HDD 42, RAM 43, wireless communication unit 44, input circuit 45, and output circuit 46. The HDD 42 stores various programs executed by the CPU 41 such as a main program for executing main processing (see FIG. 7). The HDD 42 stores a specific command table 95 (see FIG. 5) and an edit data table 96 (see FIG. 6), which will be described later.

  The PC 19 includes a medium reading device (for example, a CD-ROM drive) not shown. The PC 19 can read a program stored in a storage medium (for example, a CD-ROM) with a medium reader and install it in the HDD 42. Alternatively, the program may be received from an external device (not shown) connected to the PC 19 or a network and installed in the HDD 42.

  The RAM 43 stores various temporary data. The wireless communication unit 44 is a controller for executing wireless communication with an external electronic device. The input circuit 45 performs control to send an instruction from the input unit 191 (for example, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.) to the CPU 41. The output circuit 46 performs control to display an image on the display 192 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 41.

  The CPU 41 executes short-range wireless communication with the reading device 2 via the wireless communication unit 44. The stroke data stored in the flash ROM 23 of the reading device 2 is transferred from the reading device 2 to the PC 19. The CPU 41 stores the stroke data transferred from the reading device 2 in the RAM 43 or the HDD 42. Communication when the stroke data is transferred from the reading device 2 to the PC 19 is not limited to wireless communication but may be wired communication. The CPU 41 is electrically connected to the printing apparatus 5 via a connector (not shown). The CPU 41 can cause the printing apparatus 5 to execute printing.

  The CPU 41 can also specify text data based on the stroke data stored in the RAM 43 or the HDD 42. In this case, the CPU 41 executes an optical character recognition (OCR) process.

  A print file 801 that is an example of the print file 80 and the print medium 115 will be described with reference to FIGS. The print file 801 is created by text editing software and stored in the HDD 42. FIG. 3 shows a state where the contents of the print file 801 are displayed on the display 192. When printing is performed by the printing apparatus 5 based on the print file 801 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 41 of the PC 19, the print medium 115 shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. The contents of the print file 801 and the print medium 115 are materials for the seminar plan, in which text is described. Note that the contents of the print file 801 and the print medium 115 may include photographs and drawings.

  The specific command table 95 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the specific command and the specific method are stored in the specific command table 95 in association with each other. The specific commands include specific commands 951, 952, and 953. The identification command 951 is “#name: ***: name #” and is associated with the identification method “identify by file name”. Note that “***” is a file name designated by the user. For example, when the text “#name: YYY.doc: name #” is extracted as the specific command 951 (S5 in FIG. 7), the file name “YYY.doc is selected from the plurality of files stored in the HDD. Is searched and specified as the print file 80 (S6 and S8 in FIG. 7).

  The identification command 952 is “#title: ***: title #” and is associated with the identification method “identify by title in file”. Note that “***” contains a title designated by the user. For example, when the text “#title: procedure: title #” is extracted as the specific command 952 (S5 in FIG. 7), the contents of each of the plurality of files stored in the HDD 42 are searched (FIG. 7). S6 and S8). Then, a file whose title (for example, the first written text) is “procedure” is specified as the print file 80 (S6 and S8 in FIG. 7).

  The specifying command 953 is “#page: N: page #”, and is associated with the specifying method “specify page”. Note that “N” is a page number designated by the user. The specific command 953 is a command for specifying a page in the print file 80 specified using a specific command for specifying a file (for example, specific commands 951 and 952). For example, when “#name: YYY.doc: name #” is extracted as the specific command 951 and “#page: 3: page #” is extracted as the specific command 953 (S5 in FIG. 7), the print file 80 “ “YYY.doc” is specified, and “third page” in the print file 80 is specified (S6 and S8 in FIG. 7). In S15 and S16 of FIG. 7, trajectory information (described later) is combined with the third page in the print file 80. If the specific command 953 is not specified, the trajectory information is combined with the first page in the print file 80.

  The edit data table 96 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, in the editing data table 96, predetermined symbols and editing methods are stored in association with each other. The predetermined symbols include an erasure symbol 961, a first insertion symbol 962, a second insertion symbol 963, a line feed symbol 964, and the like. The deletion symbol 961 is associated with the editing method “erase”. The first insertion symbol 962 is associated with the editing method “insertion”. The second insertion symbol 963 is associated with the editing method “insertion”. An editing method “line feed” is associated with the line feed symbol 964.

  When the user enters a double-line erasure symbol 961 on the text of the print medium 115 using the electronic pen 3, the text in the print file 80 is erased by the processing of S12, S14, and S15 described later. Similarly, when the user enters the first insertion symbol 962 or the second insertion symbol 963 in the text of the print medium 115 and enters the text to be inserted, the text is inserted into the print file 80. When the user enters a line feed symbol 964 in the text of the print medium 115, the text in the print file 80 is broken.

  With reference to FIG. 7, the main process executed by the CPU 41 of the PC 19 will be described. The CPU 41 starts the main process by operating based on the main program stored in the HDD 42 when an instruction for starting an application including the main process is input by an operation of the input unit 191 by the user. In the main process, when the user fills in the print medium using the electronic pen 3, the trajectory information, which is information corresponding to the trajectory based on the stroke data, is combined with the print file 80 used for printing the print medium. It is processing. In the present embodiment, the trajectory information is text data.

  In the following description, the user places the print medium 115 (see FIG. 4) printed based on the print file 801 (see FIG. 3) on the left reading device 2L or the right reading device 2R and uses the electronic pen 3. The case where the entry is made as shown in FIG. 8 will be described as a specific example. It is assumed that the file name of the print file 801 is “seminar.doc”. In the example shown in FIG. 8, an erasing symbol 961 is entered in the “fifth” portion of “fifth conference room”. In addition, a line feed symbol 964 is entered between “I am planning a seminar on December 19” and “Is the person concerned please operate”. In addition, a first insertion symbol 962 is entered, and a “seminar” text 971 is entered. In addition, a text 972 of “seminar end” is entered on the right side of “17:00”. In addition, a text 973 of a specific command “#name: seminar.doc: name #” is entered. In this case, the CPU 21 of the reading device 2 acquires stroke data corresponding to the contents entered by the user as shown in FIG. FIG. 9 shows a locus based on the stroke data.

  The CPU 41 acquires stroke data indicating the trajectory of the electronic pen 3 on the left reading device 2L and the right reading device 2R on which the print medium 115 is placed (S1). The CPU 21 of the reading device 2 transmits stroke data to the CPU 41 of the PC 19 via the wireless communication unit 24. CPU41 acquires the stroke data transmitted from CPU21 of the reading apparatus 2 in the process of S1. In addition, CPU41 memorize | stores stroke data in RAM52 or HDD42, when acquiring stroke data. Next, the CPU 41 determines whether or not stroke data has been acquired as a result of the processing in S1 (S2). When the stroke data is not acquired (S2: NO), the CPU 41 determines whether or not a trajectory information file (described later) is stored in the HDD. The trajectory information file is stored in the HDD 42 in the process of S17 described later. When the locus information file is not stored (S3: NO), the CPU 41 returns the process to S1.

  When the stroke data is acquired in S1 (S2: YES), the CPU 41 converts the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired in S1 into text data that is trajectory information (S4). The process of S4 is performed by executing the OCR process. As a result, the text data of the text 971 “seminar”, the text 972 “seminar end”, and the text 973 “#name: seminar.doc: name #” which is the specific command are acquired.

  Next, the CPU 41 extracts a specific command included in the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired in S1 (S5). The process of S5 is performed by specifying the text corresponding to the specific command registered in the specific command table 95 (see FIG. 5) from the text data converted in S4. In the case of a specific example, the text 973 “#name: seminar.doc: name #” is extracted as a specific command.

  Next, the CPU 41 specifies the print file 80 based on the specific command extracted in S5 (S6). In the specific example, the specific command “#name: seminar.doc: name #” is specified in S5. In the specific command table 95, the specific command 951 “#name: ***: name #” is associated with the specific method “specific by file name”. Therefore, the CPU 41 searches and specifies a print file 801 (see FIG. 3) whose file name is “seminar.doc” from among the files stored in the HDD 42. Note that the search range may not be the entire storage area of the HDD 42. For example, a file in a preset folder may be searched. Further, for example, when the CPU 41 performs printing using the printing apparatus 5, the history of the printed file is stored in the HDD 42, and the print file 80 is specified by searching the history in the process of S 6. Good.

  Next, the CPU 41 determines whether or not the print file 80 has been identified as a result of S6 (S7). When the print file 80 can be specified (S7: YES), the CPU 41 specifies a position in the print file 80 corresponding to the position of the locus based on the stroke data acquired in S1 (S10). The CPU 41 can specify the position on the print medium 115 where each text such as “17:00” is printed based on the print file 80 when the print file 80 is printed. The CPU 41 refers to the coordinate information included in the stroke data acquired in S <b> 1 and specifies where the stroke data is described in the print file 80. In the case of a specific example, for example, it is specified that the text 972 “seminar end” (see FIG. 8) is at the coordinates located on the right side of the text “17:00” in the print file 801. Similarly, it is specified that the text 971 is located at the coordinates located below the text “The related person please operate”, and the text 973 is located below the text “18:00”. It is specified to be in coordinates.

  Next, the CPU 41 determines whether or not the print file 80 identified in S6 is an editable file (S11). The editable file is, for example, a document creation file, a spreadsheet software file, or the like. The uneditable file is, for example, a read-only document file. The CPU 41 refers to information (for example, an extension or the like) indicating the file type for the print file 80, and determines whether the file is an editable file. A specific example of the print file 801 “seminar.doc” is an editable file.

  When the file is an editable file (S11: YES), the CPU 41 specifies a predetermined symbol from the locus indicated by the stroke data acquired in S1 (S12). For example, a predetermined symbol may be included in the text data converted in S4, and the CPU 41 may specify the predetermined symbol from the text data in S12. Further, the CPU 41 may specify a predetermined symbol by OCR processing or the like from the trajectory indicated by the stroke data acquired in S1. In the process of S12, the position (coordinates) of the acquired predetermined symbol is also specified. In the example shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the erasure symbol 961, the first insertion symbol 962, and the line feed symbol 964 are specified, and the positions of these symbols are also specified.

  Next, the CPU 41 determines whether or not a predetermined symbol has been identified as a result of S12 (S13). CPU41 advances a process to S15, when a predetermined symbol cannot be specified (S13: NO). When the CPU 41 can identify the predetermined symbol (13: YES), the CPU 41 refers to the editing data table 96 (see FIG. 6) stored in the HDD 42 and identifies the editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol identified in S12. (S14). In the specific example, since the erasure symbol 961, the first insertion symbol 962, and the line feed symbol 964 are specified, “erase”, “insertion”, and “line feed” corresponding to each symbol are specified.

  Next, the CPU 41 combines the trajectory information with the print file 80 identified in S6 (S15). In the process of S15, the print file 80 is edited based on the editing method specified in S14. Further, the text data converted in S4 is combined with the position in the print file 80 specified in S10. As shown in FIG. 10, in the case of a specific example, the text “seminar end” is added to the right side of the text “17:00”. In addition, the text “seminar” is inserted at the position of the first insertion symbol 962. Further, the “fifth” at the position of the erase symbol 961 is erased. In addition, the text is broken at the position of the line feed symbol 964.

  The CPU 41 combines the trajectory information corresponding to the trajectory other than the specific command extracted in S5 out of the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired in S2 into the print file 80 identified in S6. For this reason, the specific command “#name: seminar.doc.name #” of the text based on the text data converted in S4 is not combined with the print file 801. After executing S15, the CPU 41 returns the process to S1.

  For example, when the print file 801 is stored in a PC other than the PC 19 and the print medium 115 (see FIGS. 4 and 8) is printed by a printing apparatus (not shown), the print file 801 is not stored in the HDD 42. For this reason, the CPU 41 cannot identify the print file 801 in S6. If the CPU 41 determines in S7 that the print file 801 could not be specified (S7: NO), the trajectory information is recorded in the trajectory information file 84 (see FIG. 11), which is a file different from the print file 801, and stored in the HDD. (S17). The trajectory information file 84 may be a file newly created in S17, or may be a file created in advance and stored in the HDD. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the text “seminar” and “seminar end” based on the text data converted in S <b> 4 are recorded in the trajectory information file 84. At this time, the specific command “#name: seminar.doc: name #” extracted in S5 is also stored in the trajectory information file 84. In the present embodiment, the coordinate information of the stroke data for the text “seminar” and “seminar end” is also stored in the HDD 42. Further, the erase symbol 961, the first insertion symbol 962, the line feed symbol 964, and the coordinate information of the stroke data in which these symbols are described are also stored in the HDD.

  Next, the CPU 41 returns the process to S1. The CPU 41 determines that the trajectory information file 84 is stored (S3: YES), and specifies the print file 80 based on the specific command extracted in S5 and recorded in the trajectory information file 84 in S17 (S8). . The CPU 41 determines whether or not the print file 80 has been identified as a result of S8 (S9). If the print file 80 cannot be identified (S9: NO), the CPU 41 returns the process to S1. When the print file 80 used for printing on the print medium 115 is stored in the HDD 42 of the PC 19 via an external memory or the like, the CPU 41 can specify the print file 80 by the process of S8. If the print file 80 can be identified as a result of S8 (S9: YES), the CPU 41 advances the process to S10.

  In the case of a specific example, the position in the print file 801 is specified from the coordinate information of the stroke data for the text “seminar” and “seminar end” stored in the HDD 42 (S10). Further, the erasure symbol 961, the first insertion symbol 962, and the line feed symbol 964 stored in the HDD 42 are specified, and the positions of these symbols are also specified (S12). Then, an editing method is specified (S14). Further, the trajectory information file 84 is referred to, and the trajectory information is combined with the print file 801 specified in S8. As a result, the edited print file 801 shown in FIG. 10 is obtained.

  In the following description, for example, it is assumed that the print file 802 “seminar.pdf”, which is an example of the print file 80 and has the same contents as the print file 801 shown in FIG. Further, it is assumed that “#name: seminar.pdf: name #” is described instead of the text 973 indicating the specific command shown in FIG. In this case, the print file 802 “seminar.pdf” is specified in S6. Then, it is determined that the file is not editable (S11: NO). In this case, the CPU 41 comments the text data converted in S4 and synthesizes it with the print file 802 (S16). FIG. 12 shows a state where a print file 802 in a state where text data is combined as a comment is displayed on the display 192. A comment field 821 is arranged on the right side of the print file 802. The text “seminar” and “seminar end” based on the text data are arranged in the comment field 821, and the position where the text is described is indicated by an arrow. The CPU 41 may identify the symbols 971, 972, and 974 and place them in the comment field 821 by the same processing as S12. Next, the CPU 41 returns the process to S1.

  As described above, the processing in this embodiment is executed. In the present embodiment, the print file 80 is specified based on the stroke data acquired in S1 (S6 and S8). For this reason, it is not necessary to print the paper ID on paper as in the prior art. Therefore, even when the user performs writing with the electronic pen 3 using the printing medium 115 printed in an environment without a system having an application that generates a paper ID, the PC 4 keeps track of the written content. Information can be combined into the print file 80. For this reason, the user can use the print medium 115 printed on the go, for example, without limiting the environment in which the print medium 115 is printed. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  As long as the print file 80 is stored in the HDD 42, the print file 80 is specified in S6 or S8. For this reason, even if the user who creates the print medium 115 by printing the print file 80 is different from the user who fills in the print medium 115, the entry contents can be reflected in the print file 80. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  In addition, it is not necessary to read the print medium 115 by an optical reading device such as a scanner or a multifunction machine (not shown) to acquire trajectory information. For this reason, after a user writes on the print medium 115, it is possible to reduce the trouble of causing the scanner or the multifunction device to read the document. Further, the trajectory information can be combined with the print file 80 even in an environment without an optical reading device such as a scanner or a multifunction peripheral. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  Further, a specific command included in the locus based on the stroke data is extracted (S5), and the print file 80 is specified based on the extracted specific command (S6 and S8). Therefore, the locus information can be combined with the print file 80 only by the user entering a specific command on the print medium 115 using the electronic pen 3. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  Further, the trajectory based on the stroke data is converted into text data which is trajectory information (S4), and is combined with the print file 80 (S15 and S16). If the user writes on the print medium 115 with the electronic pen 3, it is automatically converted to text data and combined with the print file 80, thus improving the convenience for the user.

  Further, the position in the print file 80 corresponding to the position of the locus based on the stroke data is specified (S10). Then, the text data is synthesized at the position in the specified print file 80 (S15 and S16). If the user writes on the print medium 115, the text data is automatically synthesized at the position in the print file 80, so the convenience for the user is improved.

  When the user enters a predetermined symbol on the print medium 115, the predetermined symbol is specified (S12), and the print file 80 is edited based on the editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol (S14 and S15). Therefore, the user can edit the print file 80 by entering a predetermined symbol on the print medium 115. Therefore, the user does not have to operate and edit the print file 80, and the convenience for the user is improved.

  If the print file 80 is not an editable print file 80 (S11: NO), the text data is combined with the print file 802 as a comment (S16). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the contents written on the print medium 115 by the user can be reflected on the print file 802 that cannot be edited. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  Further, the locus indicating the specific command is not combined with the print file 80 (S15 and S16). Therefore, the possibility that the specific command is combined with the print file 80 and the content of the print file 80 becomes difficult to confirm can be reduced. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  When the print file 80 is not specified, the trajectory information is recorded in the trajectory information file 84 different from the print file 80 (S17). For this reason, even if the trajectory information is not combined with the print file 80, the user can view the trajectory information by browsing the trajectory information file 84 (see FIG. 11), for example. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  Further, even after the trajectory information file 84 is stored in the HDD 42 in S17, the print file 80 is specified (S8). When the print file 80 is specified (S9: YES), the trajectory information file 84 stored in the HDD 42 is referred to, and the trajectory information is combined with the print file 80 specified in S8 (S15 or S16). That is, even if the print file 80 is not specified in S6, after the trace information is recorded in the trace information file 84 (S17) and the print file 80 is specified (S8), the trace information is stored in the print file 80. Can be synthesized (S15 or S16). Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the electronic pen 3 is an example of the “writing means” of the present invention. The left reading device 2L and the right reading device 2R are examples of the “mounting unit” in the present invention. The HDD 42 is an example of the “first storage unit”, “second storage unit”, and “third storage unit” of the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S1 is an example of the “stroke data acquisition means” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the processes of S5, S6, and S8 is an example of the “print file specifying unit” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S5 is an example of the “command extraction unit” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S4 is an example of the “text conversion means” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S10 is an example of the “position specifying means” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S12 is an example of the “symbol specifying means” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S14 is an example of the “editing method specifying means” in the present invention. The CPU 41 that performs the process of S11 is an example of the “editability determination unit” in the present invention. The PCU 41 that performs the process of S17 is an example of the “trajectory information storage unit” in the present invention.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, A various change is possible. For example, the trajectory information may be information corresponding to a trajectory based on stroke data, and is not limited to text data. For example, the trajectory information may be stroke data itself or image data indicating a trajectory based on the stroke data. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired in S1 (the trajectory of the texts 971, 972, 973 and symbols 961, 962, 963) is converted into a print file 80 as shown in FIG. (See S15 in FIG. 7).

  Similarly, the trajectory information recorded in the trajectory information file 84 in S17 may be stroke data itself or image data indicating a trajectory based on the stroke data. Further, S17 is not executed and the trajectory information may not be stored. Further, although the print file 80 is specified in S8 after the trajectory information file 84 is stored in the HDD 42, S8 is not executed and the print file 80 may not be specified.

  Moreover, although the specific command was text, it is not limited to this. For example, the specific command may have a predetermined shape such as a star shape or a square shape. In this case, when the predetermined shape which is the specific command is associated with the specific method in the specific command table 95 and the predetermined shape is extracted in S5, the specific method corresponding to the predetermined shape in S6 and S8, The print file 80 may be specified.

  In S15 and S16, the specific command is not combined with the print file 80, but may be combined. If the print file 80 is an uneditable print file 802 (S11: NO), the trajectory information is synthesized as a comment in S16. If the print file 80 is an uneditable print file 802, the trajectory information is not synthesized. May be.

  In addition, a predetermined symbol is specified (S12), an editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol is specified (S14), and the print file 80 is edited based on the specified editing method, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the function of editing the print file 80 with a predetermined symbol may not be provided.

2 Reading device 2L Left reading device 2R Right reading device 3 Electronic pen 5 Printing device 80, 801, 802 Printing file 84 Trajectory information file 95 Specific command table 96 Editing data table 100 Paper medium 115 Printing medium 951, 952, 953 Specific command 961 Erase symbol 962 First insertion symbol 963 Second insertion symbol 964 Line feed symbol

Claims (9)

Stroke data acquisition means for acquiring stroke data indicating the trajectory of the writing means on the placement unit on which the print medium that is a paper medium printed based on the file is placed;
Print file specifying means for specifying a print file, which is a file stored in the first storage unit and used for printing on the print medium, based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means;
And combining means for combining locus information, which is information corresponding to the locus based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means, with the print file specified by the print file specifying means. Written data processing device. The print file specifying means includes
Command extraction means for extracting a specific command, which is a command for specifying the print file, included in the locus based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquisition means;
2. The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print file is specified based on the specific command extracted by the command extraction unit. Text conversion means for converting the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquisition means into text data that is the trajectory information;
The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the synthesizing unit synthesizes the text data converted by the text converting unit into the print file. A position specifying means for specifying a position in the print file corresponding to the position of the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means;
4. The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the synthesizing unit synthesizes the text data at a position in the print file specified by the position specifying unit. Symbol specifying means for specifying a predetermined symbol from the locus indicated by the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring means;
The second storage unit that stores the predetermined symbol and the editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol in association with each other, and specifies the editing method corresponding to the predetermined symbol specified by the symbol specifying means Editing method specifying means to
5. The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the synthesizing unit edits the print file based on the editing method specified by the editing method specifying unit. Editability determination means for determining whether or not the print file specified by the print file specifying means is an editable file;
The synthesizing unit synthesizes the text data converted by the text converting unit into the print file as a comment when the editability determining unit determines that the print file is not an editable file. The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, characterized by the above-mentioned.   The synthesizing unit specifies trajectory information corresponding to the trajectory other than the specific command extracted by the command extracting unit out of the trajectory based on the stroke data acquired by the stroke data acquiring unit, and specifies the print file. The writing data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the writing data processing apparatus is combined with the print file specified by the means. Specific determination means for determining whether or not the print file is specified by the print file specifying means;
A trajectory information storage that records the trajectory information in a trajectory information file that is a file different from the print file and stores the trajectory information in a third storage unit when the specific determination means determines that the print file is not specified The written data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means. The print file specifying unit specifies the print file even after the track information file is stored in the third storage unit by the track information storage unit,
The synthesizing unit stores in the third storage unit when the print file is specified by the print file specifying unit after the track information file is stored in the third storage unit by the track information storage unit. 9. The handwritten data processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the stored trajectory information file is referred to, and the trajectory information is combined with the print file specified by the print file specifying means.

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