JP2723434B2 - Document processing device with handwriting input function - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus such as a word processor or a computer capable of creating a document, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus having a handwriting input function capable of performing handwriting input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of document processing apparatus,
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a pen-input type information processing device in which a display unit and a tablet input unit are integrated. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Sho 61-226869 and 3-25577 disclose editing a document based on the input of an editing symbol using a tablet input unit. ing.

FIG. 22 shows a functional block diagram of such a conventional pen-input type information processing device. In FIG.
31 is an application storage unit that stores various applications, 32 is a system management unit that performs data processing based on the applications stored in the application storage unit 31, 33 is a key driver that receives key input from a keyboard, and 34 is a tablet driver The pen driver 35 receives the pen input from the pen driver 34, receives pen tablet locus data from the pen driver 34, and controls the locus data based on the instruction of the system management unit 32. The pen driver 36 receives the pen input from the pen input manager 35. A display driver that receives the output image of the pen track and receives control from the system management unit 32 to control the display;
7 receives pen locus data from the pen input management unit 35,
This is a handwritten character recognition engine that recognizes what kind of character or symbol the trajectory of the pen is by comparing it with various character and symbol patterns stored in advance.

In such a conventional pen input type information processing device, a document is edited by inputting an edit symbol as shown in FIG. 23 with a tablet pen.

[0005] That is, as an editing symbol, for example, "line feed" ... a handwritten signal which goes down from the top and goes left. "Space": a handwritten signal that goes down from the top and goes to the right, and the amount of space is determined by the length to the right. “Erase one character”: A handwritten signal that goes up while writing a circle from below. "TAB" ... A handwritten signal that goes up from the bottom and goes to the right. "Area"-a handwritten signal that goes from left to right
The amount of area is determined by its length to the right. It should be noted that the usage of the area can be defined as area deletion by overlapping with "one character deletion". Various editing is performed by inputting such an editing symbol with a tablet pen.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing of such an edit symbol. For example, when a "line feed" of the edit symbol is inputted by a tablet pen as shown in FIG. 24), the editing symbol “space” is input with a tablet pen as shown in FIG. 24C, and the editing is performed as shown in FIG. When "" is input with a tablet pen as shown in FIG. 24 (e), it is edited as shown in FIG. 24 (f).

[0007] Editing operations using handwritten symbols using a tablet pen have been conventionally performed in this manner.

[0008]

However, the use of these editing symbols merely replaces the existing key input with the pen, and does not show the pen input characteristic. That is, such a processing method using edit symbols is not different from the edit processing based on normal key input, and is sequentially processed. Therefore, there is a problem that the context is difficult to see and handle during document proofreading.

In addition, when an edit symbol is erroneously input by a pen or is erroneously recognized, if the edit symbol is sequentially processed based on the recognition result, the movement on the display screen is quick, and it takes time to understand the edit content. Is the result.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a means for temporarily storing editing symbols so that the editing process can be performed while being grasped by an easy-to-check method. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a document processing apparatus with a handwriting input function, in which editing changes can be easily performed on the way, and an error in designation of an editing symbol or an operation error due to an incorrect recognition of an editing symbol is reduced.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention of claim 1 of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the invention of claim 1 is a document storage device storing various documents. Means 101, a display means 102 for displaying a document stored in the document storage means 101, and a handwriting input means 103 for designating an editing position and inputting a handwritten editing symbol for the document displayed on the display means 102 A recognition unit 104 for recognizing a handwritten edit symbol input from the handwriting input unit 103 by referring to a previously stored edit symbol pattern; Edit symbol storage means 105 for accumulating and storing the edit positions corresponding to each edit symbol, and a handwritten edit record inputted from the handwriting input means 103 Reference is made to the input order storage means 106 for storing the input order of the input data, the processing order storage means 107 for previously storing the specific processing order given to each edit symbol, and the editing position stored in the edit symbol storage means 105. By doing so, on the document stored in the document storage unit 101, the determination unit 108 that determines the order of each edit symbol, the input order stored in the input order storage unit 106, and the processing order stored in the processing order storage unit 107 Specific processing order and the determination means 10
The selecting means 109 selects one order from the position order on the document determined by the step 8 and the document storing means 101 according to the editing contents defined for each editing symbol stored in the editing symbol storing means 105. This is a document processing apparatus with a handwriting input function that includes an editing processing unit 110 that sequentially edits a stored document in the order selected by the selection unit 109.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention according to claim 2 of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the invention according to claim 2 is a document processing apparatus with a handwriting input function according to claim 1. When the documents stored in the document storage unit 101 are sequentially edited in the order selected by the selection unit 109, for a compound edit symbol that does not function alone,
Control means 1 for controlling the editing processing means 110 so that the editing processing is performed in an order depending on the order of the compounded editing symbols
11 is a document processing apparatus with a handwriting input function further comprising:

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the edited symbols recognized by the recognizing means 104 are accumulated and stored in the edited symbol storage means 105 for a plurality of edited symbols. Then, the documents stored in the document storage unit 101 are selected by the editing processing unit 106 in accordance with the editing content defined for each editing symbol in the order selected by the selection unit 109, that is,
The editing is performed sequentially in any order of the input order, the specific processing order, and the position order on the document. Therefore,
When the editing process corresponding to the instruction is performed collectively after performing all the instruction work for the editing, the editing process can be performed in an order desired by the user, so that the editing result can be easily confirmed.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the documents stored in the document storage means 101 are sequentially edited in the order selected by the selection means 109, the composite edit symbol which does not function alone is used. Are edited in an order that depends on the order of the combined edit symbols. Therefore, for example, a compound edit symbol such as "area designation" can be edited in an order that depends on others, so that the editing order can be easily specified.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor with a tablet input function. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU, which performs various data processing according to a control program written in a ROM 2.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM, 4 denotes a keyboard provided with kana character keys, kana / kanji conversion keys, or function keys, 5 denotes a display unit comprising a CRT display device or LC (liquid crystal) display device, and 6 denotes a display unit 5 An integrated tablet, 7 is a tablet pen for giving an input instruction to the tablet 6, 8 is a tablet control unit for controlling the tablet pen 7, 9 is an audio signal generation unit for outputting an audio signal, and 10 is an audio signal generation unit 9. This is a sounding section that receives the output signal and outputs a sound.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an application storage unit that stores the application of the present invention, 12 denotes a system management unit that performs data processing based on the application stored in the application storage unit 11, and 13 denotes a key that receives a key input from the keyboard 4. Driver, 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes a pen driver for receiving pen input from the tablet 6. Reference numeral 15 denotes trajectory data of the tablet pen 7 from the pen driver 14 and stores the trajectory data in the system management unit 12.
And a display driver 16 that receives the pen input image output from the pen input management unit 15, receives control from the system management unit 12, and controls the display unit 5.

A pen 17 receives pen locus data from the pen input management unit 15 and compares it with various character and symbol patterns stored in advance to determine what character or symbol the pen locus is. A handwritten character recognition engine for recognizing 18 is a handwritten character recognition engine 1
7, when the recognition result is an editing symbol, the editing symbol is accumulated for a plurality of editing symbols and stored, the editing position corresponding to each editing symbol is stored, and the stored data is input with a pen. An edit symbol storage memory to be output to the management unit 15.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a condition flag area for storing the processing conditions of the edit symbol stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18;
Reference numeral denotes a sound generating unit which generates an audio in response to an instruction from the system management unit 12, and corresponds to the sound generating unit 10 shown in FIG.

As can be seen from this functional block diagram, the present invention provides an editing symbol storage memory 1 as a means for realizing the present invention.
8 and a condition flag area 19 which is an operation definition means for data stored in the edited symbol storage memory 18, and has a sound generator 20 as required.

As the hardware configuration, the edit symbol storage memory 18 and the condition flag area 19 are provided in the RAM 3 in FIG.
It is comprised in. In addition, a voice signal generator 9 and a sound generator 10 connected to the voice signal generator 9 are added to a conventional Japanese word processor with a tablet input function (not shown) as needed.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18. The contents of the edit symbol storage memory 18 are secured as shown in FIG. Then, as the operation definition items stored in the condition flag area 19, the editing method (indirect editing, direct editing), the processing method (batch processing, individual processing), the recognition confirmation (necessary, no), the reconfirmation means (display, voice), the processing order (Display order, symbol order, input order).

When the recognition confirmation is necessary, the recognition level can be determined to be activated, stopped, or dependent on the individual editing symbols. Further, regarding the processing order of the symbols, it is possible to define the input of the serial number or the dependence on the other.

These flags are stored in the condition flag area 19 as shown in FIG. Like this
Various editing processes are performed by storing the editing symbols in the editing symbol storage memory 18 and defining each operation condition in the condition flag area 19.

The tablet input function and display operation of the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 4. First, an image input to the tablet is managed by the pen input management unit 15, and the trajectory information is displayed on the display unit 5. Then, the data is recognized by the handwritten character recognition engine 17, and if it is an edit symbol, it is stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18.

The edit symbol storage memory 18 stores the name of the edit symbol of the recognition result, its edit range, a pen input image to be superimposed on the edit screen, and the order of input of the edit symbol.

After the recognition of the handwritten characters, the display of the pen input image is replaced with the image stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18 and displayed. This stored image does not change because it is the same image as long as it is displayed at the same position. However, when the original edited data is moved by scrolling or the like, it is displayed with the replacement data from the edited symbol storage memory 18. By doing so, the unprocessed pen input image can be scrolled simultaneously.

The condition flag indicates a method of processing an edit symbol input by a pen. If reconfirmation is performed by voice under the condition, the reconfirmation is performed through the sound generator 20.

The system management unit 12 recognizes the pen input in the pen input and stores it in the edit symbol storage memory 18, and manages the display unit 5 and the entire editing process including the condition flag management other than the pen input. It performs management, and performs management required by individually prepared applications (document creation, graph creation, figure creation, table creation, etc.).

Hereinafter, each processing will be described. 1. Setting of Initial Conditions The setting of the initial conditions is performed by the keyboard 4 or the tablet pen 7 in accordance with a predetermined method (not shown).

As a result, the drawing of the editing symbol setting menu as shown in FIG.
The operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. Then, whether or not to confirm the designation is determined by a release / execute key similarly provided on the keyboard 4.
Is replaced with the content specified on the display unit 5.

That is, in the process of FIG. 8, the edit symbol setting menu of FIG. 7 is displayed (step 8a), and a release key or an execution key is determined (step 8b).
Then, using the cursor, edit mode (step 8c), processing mode (step 8d), recognition confirmation (step 8c)
e), the reconfirmation means (step 8f), the processing order (step 8g), the recognition level setting (step 8h), and the symbol order setting (step 8i) are performed. When the execution key is pressed (step 8j) ), And registers each flag (step 8k).

The recognition level can be set as shown in FIG. 9 by designating the recognition level setting area with a pen input or pressing a key corresponding thereto in the edit symbol setting menu screen shown in FIG. A screen is displayed on the display unit 5 and an operation as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 is performed.

That is, in the processing of FIG.
Is displayed (step 11).
a), a release key or an execution key is determined (step 11b).
(c), space (step 11d), one-letter erasure (step 11e), and TAB (step 11f) are set to operate or stop, respectively, and the area is set to depend on others (step). 11
g). When the execution key is pressed (step 11h), each flag is registered (step 11i).

The designation of the symbol order can be performed by specifying with pen input in the symbol order setting area on the screen of the edit symbol setting menu shown in FIG. 7, or by pressing a key corresponding thereto, as shown in FIG. The screen is displayed on the display unit 5, and FIG.
The operation shown in the flowchart of 2 is performed.

That is, in the process of FIG.
Display the symbol order setting menu of 0 (step 12)
a), a release key or an execution key is determined (step 12b), and then a line feed (step 12c), a space (step 12d), a single character deletion (step 12e), T
For AB (step 12f), the processing order is set, and for the area, whether or not the area is dependent on others is set (step 12g). If the release key is not pressed (step 12h), the number is checked (step 12i), and if correct, each flag is registered (step 12j).

2. Setting of direct edit mode and indirect edit mode The direct edit mode is a sequential processing method performed in the OS of the conventional personal computer, and the indirect edit mode is when we enter a proofreading symbol on a desk, In this mode, editing symbols are temporarily stored and processed collectively later as they are processed later.

In other words, in the direct editing mode, as shown in FIG. 24, if individual editing symbols are input with a pen, the characters are recognized one by one and proofreading is performed. On the other hand, in the indirect editing mode, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), when individual editing symbols are input with a pen, those editing symbols are temporarily stored in the editing symbol storage memory 18, and later proofreading using the individual editing symbols is performed. Processing is performed.

The selection of this mode can be determined by setting the edit mode to "indirect edit" or "direct edit" on the edit symbol setting menu screen shown in FIG. 7, and shown in FIG. The editing mode flag in the condition flag area 19 is set to "0" for indirect editing and to "1" for direct editing.

3. Setting of the batch processing mode and the individual processing mode The batch processing mode and the individual processing mode are modes in the indirect editing mode, in which the temporarily stored editing symbols are processed collectively or individually. It is a mode to decide.

That is, referring to FIG. 13, FIG.
In the case of the batch processing mode in response to the request already input in 3 (a), 13 (b), 13 (b)
The processing is performed successively with (c) and 13 (d). In the case of the individual processing mode, the processing is stopped every time the processing is performed and the display is confirmed.

The selection of this mode can be determined by setting the processing mode to "collective processing" or "individual processing" on the edit symbol setting menu screen shown in FIG. 7, and shown in FIG. The processing mode flag in the condition flag area 19 is set to "0" for batch processing and "1" for individual processing.

4. Recognition confirmation and setting of recognition level Even in the batch processing mode, depending on the editing symbol, you may want to pause and check the processing.
This mode is specified when the individual processing is to be partially performed in the batch processing mode, and is applied when the processing mode is the batch processing mode.

This setting method can be determined by making the recognition confirmation "necessary" or "no" in the edit symbol setting menu screen shown in FIG. 7, and the condition flag shown in FIG. The recognition confirmation flag in the area 19 is set to “0” when “necessary” and “1” when “no”.

Here, when "necessary" is set, FIG.
The setting of “operation”, “stop”, or “depends on others” for each edit symbol set in the recognition level setting menu shown in FIG. 7 becomes effective, and the line feed level in the condition flag area 19 shown in FIG. , Space level, single character deletion level, TAB level, and area level are managed and executed.

When the edit symbol is a compound instruction such as an area designation, the flag of the recognition level is automatically set to "depend on other", and the edit symbol is compounded by the edit symbol contained therein. Is determined.

5. Setting of Reconfirmation Means (Setting of Display or Voice) In the case where a handwritten edit symbol is erroneously recognized, it is necessary to check the edit symbol before executing editing. In such a case, it is a setting of the reconfirmation method of the editing symbol, and the recognition symbol "required" in the individual processing mode or the collective processing mode is determined based on the recognition character of the input editing symbol. Sometimes it is the setting of means to teach the operator.
As the reconfirmation means, any one of display and voice can be selected and set.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the expression of the reconfirmation means, and shows an example in the case where the editing symbol shown in FIG. .
Among these figures, FIG. 14A shows an example of reconfirmation by display, in which the edit symbol of the line feed mark is blinked or the area where the line feed mark is located is inverted.
The message "Next process the line feed signal" is displayed at the bottom of the display screen.

FIG. 14B shows an example of reconfirmation by voice. In the case of voice, it is impossible to explain which edit symbol is the target, so it is not possible to explain it by flashing or inverting the symbol, as an alternative to the message display "Next process the line feed signal" The audio signal generator 9 determines whether the audio information is stored in the ROM 2 or the RAM 3 in FIG. Performs conversion and generates the sound
By sending the voice information to the device, a voice saying "Next process the line feed signal" is output.

6. Processing Order Setting (Display Order, Symbol Order, Input Order) The processing order of edit symbols includes display order, symbol order, and input order. If the order is set in the display order, the editing process is performed in the order of flow from the top to the bottom of the calibration information. If the order is set in the order of symbols, the editing process is performed in the order set on the screen of the order setting menu of FIG. When the editing process is performed and the input symbols are set in the input order, the editing symbols input from the pen are displayed in FIG.
The editing process is performed in accordance with the registration numbers shown in FIG.

That is, when the input symbols are set in the order of input, if the edit symbols are input in the order of line feed, space, and one-letter erasure using the tablet pen 7, the registration numbers are stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18. Since it has been registered, if it explains using FIG. 13, (b), (c),
Processing is performed in the order shown in FIG.

When the order of the symbols is set in the order of the symbols, the order of the edit symbols in the condition flag area 19 shown in FIG.
If AB order = 4 and area order = 0 are set, then referring to FIG. 15, regardless of the input order shown in FIG. 15A, (b), (c), ( Processing is performed in the order shown in d).

When the display order is set, FIG.
16A, regardless of the input order shown in FIG. 16A, edit symbols appearing earlier when viewed from the beginning of the display as shown in FIGS. 16B, 16C, and 16D. Process in order.

That is, FIG. 13 shows a processing method in the input order of line feed → space → delete one character, and FIG.
In FIG. 16, the processing method in the symbol order of space → line feed, and in FIG.
Each of them is shown, and the processing order can be determined according to the purpose as described above.

A good point in the input order is that the document can be edited in the specified order, so that the editing process can be easily understood. A good point in the display order is that when the calibration data becomes large, the editing is performed sequentially from the top. Because it is easy to understand partially, it is possible to perform additional processing after deleting parts that are dynamically changed last and deleting parts such as erasing one character. , So that the entire display can be easily viewed and edited. These can be set freely according to the situation of each data.

7. Movement of the edit symbol As in the progress of the edit symbol shown in FIGS. 13, 15, and 16, the display position of the edit symbol processed later is shifted from the coordinate position first input by the tablet pen 7. There is.

Now, the display examples of FIGS. 13A and 13B will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, the coordinates of the edit symbols in FIG. 13A are determined as Xn and Yn. The coordinates are registered as the head position in the item of the edit range of the edit symbol storage memory 18 shown in FIG.

For example, in the case of a line feed edit symbol, FIG.
Since the line feed symbol in (a) is located at X7 and Y1 in FIG. 17, the head position of the editing range is registered as shown in the item of editing range in FIG. After that, the space and one-letter deletion are registered in the same manner.

When the line feed is executed, the position of the one-character deletion does not change, but the position of the space changes. Therefore, in this case, since the edit symbol of the space has not been processed, it is moved as shown in FIG.

According to this method, new coordinates of the space symbol are read from Xn and Yn in FIG. 17 and become X2 and Y3. Therefore, the registration of the head position of the space in the editing range in FIG. , Y3.
Thereby, the display position of the edit symbol of the space can be moved based on this data.

8. Compound instruction A compound instruction is an instruction that does not function independently by itself, and is intended for area designation and the like.

When the number of editing symbols increases, various new editing functions can be created, such as an area erasing function using an area designating symbol and an erasing symbol, and an area moving function using an area specifying symbol and a moving symbol. In this case, when deciding when to execute the editing function, a symbol that does not function by itself, such as an area designation symbol, depends on others, and processing is performed in the processing order determined by the accompanying erasure symbol, movement symbol, etc. Manage the order. Therefore, from the necessity, the area level in the condition flag area 19 shown in FIG.
The area order is managed and operated as “dependent on other = 0”.

9. About stop processing before and after recognition confirmation When the recognition confirmation is set to "necessary" in the batch processing mode and the recognition confirmation is requested for some of the edit symbols (recognition level setting is "stop") The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.

That is, in the processing of FIG. 18, if the processing is in the batch processing mode and the recognition confirmation is "necessary", the processing is stopped before performing the processing for each edit symbol to be processed (step 18a), an edit symbol recognition confirmation screen is displayed (step 18b), and if the execution key is pressed (step 18c), individual editing is executed (step 18).
d) Stop again (step 18e). Thereafter, if the execution key is pressed again (step 18f), the process returns to step 18a and stops at the position of the next edit symbol. In the case where recognition confirmation is not performed in step 18a, individual editing is immediately executed without displaying the recognition confirmation screen for editing symbols (step 18g).

In the above processing, if edit symbols requiring recognition confirmation appear successively, after stopping at step 18e, pressing the execution key causes the recognition confirmation screen to appear again at step 18b. In this case, the contents of the screen display in step 18e and the contents of the screen display in step 18b are basically the same, which is the difference between whether or not the instruction of the next edit symbol is emphasized.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 19, step 18h is inserted between step 18d and step 18e in the flowchart of FIG. 18, and the stop of the next editing symbol is confirmed in advance in step 18h. The operation returns to step 18a without stopping step 18e, and the operation of the execution key in step 18f is omitted.

10. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating the overall processing of the functions described above.

In the flowchart of FIG. 20, first, a pen input is performed on the tablet 6 (step 20).
a), a handwritten image and its position are specified. If the input area for pen input is a function specification area such as guidance on the display screen (step 20b), processing of each function is performed (here, processing is performed). Not specifically described).

If it is a recognition area, it is determined whether it is character recognition or symbol recognition (step 20c), and if it is character recognition, the processing is performed (not particularly described here). In the case of symbol recognition, it is determined whether the editing mode is the direct editing mode or the indirect editing mode (step 20d). In the case of the direct editing mode, the conventional individual symbol editing process (1) (step 20e) is performed.

In the individual symbol editing process (1),
Stop before and after execution as needed, and perform processing while confirming recognition by display or voice.

In step 20d, if the mode is the indirect editing mode, the processing mode is determined next (step 2).
0f) Here, in the case of the batch processing mode, it is determined whether the recognition confirmation is "necessary" or "no" (step 20g). When the recognition confirmation is "no", the process proceeds to step 20h. , "Necessary", the process proceeds to step 20i.

At step 20i, it is checked whether the recognition level is set to "operation" or "stop". If "stop" is set, the process proceeds to step 20j to perform individual editing. When the symbol processing (1) is performed and “operation” is set, step 20
Proceeding to h, the individual editing symbol processing (2) is performed.

If "rely on another" is set at the recognition level in step 20i, the operation is performed in accordance with the symbol corresponding to that. In the determination in step 20f, in the individual processing mode, the individual editing symbol processing (1) is performed as in the case of the "stop" of the recognition level.

Individual editing symbol processing of step 20j (1)
Is equivalent to the individual edit symbol processing (1) in step 20e. One edit symbol or a composite edit symbol combined with an area designation is stopped as necessary before and after execution and recognized by display or voice. Perform processing while confirming.

Individual symbol editing processing in step 20h (2)
Performs collective processing of the edit symbols stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18 without stopping the processing and display.

After the individual editing symbol processing (1) or the individual editing symbol processing (2), it is confirmed whether or not it is the final processing (step 20k). Check the condition of the edit symbol in
If it is the final processing, the processing ends. The processing order of the edit symbols is performed in the order set on the edit symbol setting menu screen in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the whole processing described above. The whole editing processing is performed in the form shown in FIG. In this manner, the editing symbol storage memory 18 for accumulating and storing a plurality of editing symbols is provided. After confirming the editing symbol input by the pen, the editing symbol name and the editing range of the recognition result and the input image thereof are used as data. By editing the data while storing it in the edit symbol storage memory 18 and grasping the progress of the edit in a manner that makes it easy to check the progress of the edit, it is easy to change the edit in the middle, and an error in the instruction of the edit symbol or an erroneous operation due to incorrect recognition of the edit symbol Can be reduced.

Further, by having operation definition means for the stored data stored in the edit symbol storage memory 18, various operability can be realized.

[0080]

According to the present invention, when all the editing operations corresponding to the instruction are performed after performing all the instruction operations for editing by handwriting input, the editing processes are performed in the order desired by the user. The editing result can be easily confirmed. Further, for example, a compound edit symbol such as "area designation" can be edited in an order dependent on others, so that the editing order can be easily specified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to the second aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor with a tablet input function.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents of an edit symbol storage memory.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents of a condition flag area.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen of an edit symbol setting menu.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing contents of editing symbol setting.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen of a recognition level setting menu.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen of a symbol order setting menu.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating processing of recognition level setting.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing processing contents of symbol order setting.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a processing example of an input order in a batch processing mode.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an expression example of a reconfirmation unit.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing in symbol order in the batch processing mode.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a processing example of a display order in a batch processing mode.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing coordinate values of input edit symbols.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing processing contents when recognition confirmation is requested in the batch processing mode.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing contents when an edit symbol stop determination process is inserted in the flowchart of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the entire processing content of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory block diagram showing the entire processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a functional block diagram of a conventional pen-input type information processing device.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an edit symbol by handwriting input.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing of an edited symbol by handwriting input.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Keyboard 5 Display part 6 Tablet 7 Tablet pen 8 Tablet control part 9 Audio signal generation part 10, 20 Sound generation part 11 Application storage part 12 System management part 13 Key driver 14 Pen driver 15 Pen input management part 16 Display driver 17 Handwritten character recognition engine 18 Edited symbol storage memory 19 Condition flag area

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document storage means for storing various documents, a display means for displaying the documents stored in the document storage means, and an editing position specified for the document displayed on the display means, and Handwriting input means for inputting an edit symbol; recognition means for recognizing a handwritten edit symbol input from the handwriting input means by referring to a pattern of the edit symbol stored in advance; Editing symbol storage means for accumulating and storing a plurality of editing symbols, and storing editing positions corresponding to each editing symbol, and input order storage means for storing the input order of handwritten editing symbols input from the handwriting input means Reference is made to a processing order storage means in which a specific processing order assigned to each edit symbol is stored in advance, and an editing position stored in the edit symbol storage means. Determining means for determining the order of each edit symbol on the document stored in the document storage means, input order stored in the input order storage means, and specific processing order stored in the processing order storage means. Selecting means for selecting one order from the position order on the document determined by the determining means; and storing in the document storing means in accordance with the editing contents defined for each editing symbol stored in the editing symbol storing means. A document processing apparatus with a handwriting input function, comprising editing processing means for sequentially editing the selected documents in the order selected by the selection means. 2. When the documents stored in the document storage unit are sequentially edited in the order selected by the selection unit,
2. The handwriting input function according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling the editing processing means so that the editing processing is performed in an order depending on the order of the composite editing symbols which does not function alone. Document processing device with.