JP3137053B2 - Handwritten input display device and machine-readable recording medium recording program - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a handwriting input display device which assists a user in inputting, processing, displaying, and saving handwritten data such as characters and figures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a data editing function provided by a conventional handwriting input display device, it is common to erase an erased portion by selecting an eraser object and tracing over a line drawing. However, in this method, all parts must be traced by hand in order to erase a wide range of line drawings.

As an editing function which improves this point, there is a function of designating an area and erasing the area at once.
The most common shape of the area that can be specified is a rectangle, but there are some areas that can be specified by a freehand graphic. According to this method, a wide range of line drawings can be erased by one operation.

As a more complicated editing function, there is a function of grouping a group of line drawings closely related to each other. In some simple cases, it is impossible to combine a plurality of line drawings into one and select them individually, and treat them as if they were one line drawing. By using this, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required to specify the area in the editing unit that performs batch processing after specifying the area. Another method is to prepare a virtual transparent sheet called a layer, layer the layer on paper, and write a line drawing on it. This layer function makes it possible to manage the related line arts as a group and to process each of these line arts individually. Any number of layers can be stacked, and related line drawings are input on the same layer. Since the editing work only works on the line drawing of the active layer, if the overlapping line drawings are written separately on different layers, only one of the overlapping line drawings, which is difficult with the erasing means using the eraser object, is written. An operation of erasing and leaving the other completely can also be easily realized.

As a data processing function, means for designating and changing the thickness and density of a line describing a line image is provided. When a user selects a tool represented by a real writing instrument such as a fountain pen or a colored pencil, and writes a line drawing, the user can draw in a state similar to the handwriting when writing with these writing instruments. Such handwriting data is managed as line drawing attributes, and even after inputting, the corresponding line drawing can be selected, and the object representing the desired handwriting can be selected again from the menu or toolbar to set the attribute again. .

[0006] On the other hand, in the real world, there is a tag for adding or marking a simple information. However, as an application of the tag to a computer, for example, an object which can be written in a memo as disclosed in JP-A-5-282254 is disclosed. In a document so that the contents of a memo can be referred to as needed.
No. 6, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 6-115, a sticky note image is visually pasted at an arbitrary position in document data, and the sticky note image is linked to the document data so that the document data can be searched from the sticky note image, or a memo addition. And JP-A-5-4059 having both functions of data retrieval
There is an information processing device and the like found in Japanese Patent Publication No.

[0007]

In the conventional line drawing management by the layer in the data editing function, since the concept of an invisible layer does not exist in the real world, it may be difficult for a novice user to understand and use. Many.
So, with a more intuitive grouping method,
In addition, a handwritten data editing unit that can easily perform an operation in units of groups or each line drawing is required.

In the data processing function, when attributes such as handwriting of a fountain pen are individually managed for each line drawing as described above, for example, only the handwriting of a fountain pen is changed to handwriting of a felt-tip pen. Requires that the user select and specify one line drawing at a time with the attribute of a fountain pen. Although it is possible to select all at once by a method of designating a line drawing that exists in a certain range on paper, handwritten data cannot be selected based on non-spatial information such as attributes such as a line drawing having the attribute of a fountain pen.

The present invention relates to a handwriting input display device,
An object of the present invention is to provide a handwritten data editing unit that can easily edit and process handwritten data in a form that is easy to grasp intuitively.

[0010]

A handwriting input display device according to the present invention includes an input device for inputting handwritten data such as characters and figures and an operation command, and a display device for displaying handwritten data. In the tag identifier , the correspondence between the sticky note and the handwritten data related to the sticky note
Link information management means for managing by maintaining the correspondence between the tag information and the handwritten data identifier; display synthesis means for synthesizing the image of the tag and the display image of the handwritten data and displaying the image on the display device; Sticky note operation processing means for converting an edit operation process on an image of a sticky note displayed on a display device into an edit operation process on handwritten data related to the sticky note managed by the link information managing means; Data processing means for executing processing of the editing operation after conversion by the processing means. Here, when the process of the editing operation on the image of the tag is a deletion process, the tag operation processing means converts the process into a process of deleting all handwritten data related to the tag, and performs the editing operation on the image of the tag. If the process is a process of moving to another tag, all the handwritten data related to the tag is converted to a process of moving as handwritten data related to the other tag. in this way,
The concept of the above-mentioned layer is expressed by a visualized tag image and the tag image is associated with the handwritten data, so that the concept of grouping can be easily understood intuitively. In addition, the operation of deleting a group, joining groups, or moving handwritten data from one group to another group is expressed as a concrete operation of peeling, sticking, and writing on a sticky note. This makes it possible for a beginner to easily understand a method of operation and a result obtained thereby.

A handwritten input / display apparatus according to the present invention is a handwritten input / display apparatus including an input apparatus for inputting handwritten data such as characters and figures and an operation command, and a display apparatus for displaying handwritten data. Link information management means for managing the correspondence between the type of sticky note and handwritten data related to the sticky note; display combining means for combining an image of the sticky note with a display image of the handwritten data to display on the display device; A sticky note operation processing means for converting the editing operation processing on the image of the sticky note displayed on the device into the editing operation processing on the handwritten data related to the sticky note managed by the link information managing means; A tag attribute database in which a processing pattern for a point sequence of handwritten data is defined as a tag attribute; When displaying handwritten data related to the tag, a processing pattern corresponding to the type of the tag is acquired from the tag attribute database, and a process is performed in accordance therewith to generate a display image of the handwritten data. A data processing unit for executing processing of the editing operation after conversion by the tag operation processing unit at the time of the editing operation. Here, when the process of the editing operation on the image of the tag is a deletion process, the tag operation processing means converts the process into a process of deleting all handwritten data related to the tag, and performs the editing operation on the image of the tag. When the process is a process of moving to another tag, all the handwritten data related to the tag is converted to a process of moving as handwritten data related to the other tag. As described above, the concept of the above-described layer is expressed by a visualized sticky note image, and by associating the sticky note image with the handwritten data, the concept of grouping can be easily understood intuitively.
In addition, the operation of deleting a group, joining groups, or moving handwritten data from one group to another group is expressed as a concrete operation of peeling, sticking, and writing on a sticky note. This makes it possible for a beginner to easily understand a method of operation and a result obtained thereby. Furthermore, by providing the line drawing attribute (processing content for handwritten data) on the tag side, the attribute can be easily set only by copying the handwritten data to the tag on which the desired attribute is set.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a handwriting input display device according to the present invention. The handwriting input display device of the present embodiment includes an input unit 1, a display unit 11, a data storage unit 7, and a processing device 20.

The input unit 1 is a unit for inputting handwritten data and operation commands as line drawings such as characters and figures, and the display unit 11 is a unit for displaying an output image. These can be constituted by, for example, a pen tablet type input / display device in which the input unit 1 and the display unit 11 are integrated, but the present invention is not limited to this. The data storage section 7 is a section for storing and storing handwritten data, and is constituted by, for example, a magnetic disk device or the like. The processing device 20 is realized by, for example, a personal computer, a workstation, or the like.
As a functional unit, an input determination unit 2 that determines whether the content input from the input unit 1 is handwritten data or an operation command
When the input is handwritten data, a tag setting unit 3 for associating the tag image with the input, a link information management unit 4 for managing link information indicating the association between the handwritten data and the tag image, and an operation on the tag image In the case of a command, a tag operation unit 5 that converts the processing content into a process for handwritten data associated with the tag image based on the link information managed by the link information management unit 4
A data processing unit 8 that reads necessary information from the data storage unit 7 and processes the handwritten data according to an operation command directly input from the user or an indirect operation command sent from the tag operation processing unit 5; A tag display generation unit 9 that generates a tag image related to handwritten data based on link information from the link information management unit 4; an output image of the handwritten data processed by the data processing unit 8 and a tag display generation unit 9 And a display synthesizing unit 10 for synthesizing the generated sticky image. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a machine-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a semiconductor memory. The program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer constituting the processing device 20 and controls the operation of the computer. Thus, the above-described functional units 2 to 5, 8 to 10 are realized on the computer.

Next, the operation of each unit of the handwriting input / display apparatus of the present embodiment will be specifically described. Here, a pen tablet type in which the input unit 1 and the display unit 11 are integrated assuming handwriting input is assumed, but the present invention is not limited to this.

First, a method for inputting and displaying handwritten data will be described. 2 to 7 are examples of screen images when inputting and displaying handwritten data of the present apparatus.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 100 denotes a virtual sheet as an area for performing handwriting input; 110, a command input button for newly generating a tag; 120, a command input button for deleting a tag; Indicates the generated sticky note. When inputting new handwritten data, the user first presses the command input button 110 to generate a new tag. The method of setting a new sticky note is not limited to this. For example, the first sticky note is automatically generated by the system. For example, a method of generating a new sticky note may be considered. Here, it is assumed that a tag is manually set. In this way, when a command to generate a new tag is input from the user via the input unit 1, the input determination unit 2 interprets the command as input and sends information to the tag operation processing unit 5. Sticky note operation processing unit 5
Then, a command for generating a new tag is received, and the link information management unit 4 is notified that a new tag has been generated. The link information management unit 4 generates information for managing the new tag, recognizes and manages the new tag as an active tag, and notifies the tag display generation unit 9 that a new tag has been generated. The sticky note display generation unit 9 generates a new sticky note image and transmits it to the display synthesizing unit 10, which generates a screen image and displays it on the display unit 11. As a result, the sticky note 140 is newly displayed in the active state, and the sheet 100 is in a blank state. The active and inactive states of the tag are expressed by, for example, changing the tag image. Here, inactive sticky note 1
30 is a short state, and the active tag 140 is long and dark. Here, the active state refers to a state in which the tag is selected, and the input handwritten data is associated with the tag in the active state at that time.

FIG. 3 shows a result of selecting a writing implement such as a pencil and performing a handwriting input in the state where the new sticky note 140 of FIG. 2 is generated in the same manner as in the related art. 1401 is a series of handwritten data input by the user, and 150 is
Three handwritten data “A”. When the user inputs handwritten data through the input unit 1, the input determination unit 2 recognizes that the handwritten data has been input and notifies the tag setting unit 3 of the input.
The tag setting section 3 sends the information of the input handwritten data to the link information management section 4 and the data processing section 8. The data processing unit 8 stores and manages the input handwritten data information in the data storage unit 7, performs processing on the handwritten data, and sends the result to the display combining unit 10. On the other hand, the link information management unit 4 manages the information of the inputted handwritten data in association with the currently active tag. Accordingly, in FIG. 3, the handwritten data 1401 is associated with the tag 140 which is active at this time.
At this time, the link information managed by the link information management unit 4 includes:
In addition to information for identifying each of the handwritten data and the tag, information necessary for the situation, such as the order in which the tags were generated, is included.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of link information managed by the link information management unit 4. The link information shown in the drawing corresponds to a certain tag, and such link information is provided for each tag. As shown in FIG.
The link information corresponding to a certain tag includes a flag 401 indicating whether the tag is active or inactive, an identifier 402 of the tag, management data 403 such as an order in which the tag was generated, and information related to the tag. And an identifier 404 of handwritten data. If there is a plurality of handwritten data related to the tag, the handwritten data identifier 40
4 are registered for each of them. In the case of FIG.
Since there are three pieces of handwritten data “A”, “I”, and “U”, three handwritten data identifiers 404 are registered.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents stored in the data storage unit 7. The data shown in the figure corresponds to one piece of handwritten data, and such data is stored for each piece of handwritten data. As shown in FIG. 9, original data 702 of certain handwritten data has its identifier 701
In addition, management data 703 such as line drawing attributes of the handwritten data (processing patterns such as bold characters and thin characters) and position coordinates on paper are added and stored in the data storage unit 7.

In order to switch the active tag, the tag image to be activated on the screen may be selected. For example, when the user selects the tag 130 in the state of FIG. 3, the input determination unit 2 receives the operation command and transmits it to the link information management unit 4 through the tag operation processing unit 5. The link information management unit 4 activates the sticky note 130 in the link information, notifies the sticky note display generation unit 9 that the sticky note 130 has become active, and outputs the identifier of the handwritten data related to the sticky note 130 through the sticky note processing unit 5. Notify the data processing unit 8. The data processing unit 8 reads out the handwritten data having the identifier from the data storage unit 7,
The result of processing according to the processing pattern of each handwritten data is sent to the display synthesizing unit 10, and the tag display generating unit 9 generates a tag image in which the image of the tag 130 is in the active state and sends it to the display synthesizing unit 10. Are combined by the display combining unit 10 and displayed on the display unit 11. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the tag 130 is thus activated. A series of handwritten data 1301 displayed at this time is handwritten data associated with the tag 130.

It is not always necessary to display only the handwritten data associated with the active tag. For example, a command for displaying all the handwritten data is prepared to display all the handwritten data. There may be a mode.

Next, a method for editing handwritten data in this embodiment will be described. Although the apparatus of this embodiment is provided with a handwriting data editing function of ordinary commercial software, an editing method particularly relating to the present invention will be described in detail here.

In the present device, the tag can be considered as a substitute for the handwritten data associated therewith.

For example, a series of handwritten data 14 shown in FIG.
When it is desired to delete all 01, if the user selects the tag 140 related to the handwritten data 1401 and deletes the tag 140 with the command input button 120, both the tag 140 and a series of handwritten data 1401 can be deleted at the same time. First, when the user selects and activates the tag 140, the input determination unit 2 receives the operation command and transmits it to the link information management unit 4 through the tag operation processing unit 5, and the link information management unit 4 determines that the tag 140 is an active tag. We recognize that there is. If the tag 140 is already active, the above processing is unnecessary.

Next, the user inputs the delete command input button 12
When “0” is pressed, the input determination unit 2 receives the delete command and transmits it to the tag operation processing unit 5. The sticky note operation processing unit 5 refers to the link information of the link information management unit 4, and refers to the currently active sticky note 140 and the handwritten data 140 related thereto.
The identifier of the handwritten data 1401 is transmitted to the link information management unit 4 and the deletion command of the handwritten data 1401 is transmitted to the data processing unit 8. The data processing unit 8 reads out the relevant data from the data storage unit 7 as necessary, executes a delete command, and notifies the display synthesizing unit 10 of information on the deletion. In the link information management unit 4 receiving the delete command from the sticky note operation processing unit 5,
The link information of the sticky note 140 is deleted, the corresponding sticky note and the deletion command are transmitted to the sticky note display generation unit 9, and an image in which the corresponding sticky note image is deleted is generated by the sticky note display generation unit 9,
The display synthesis unit 10 synthesizes the processing result performed by the data processing unit 8 and the processing result performed by the tag display generation unit 9 and displays the result on the display unit 11.

When an active tag is deleted as described above, another tag is automatically activated. At this time, the method of determining the tag to be active is, for example, a method of activating the tag generated immediately before the deleted tag based on the order in which the tags managed by the link information management unit 4 are generated. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this method, and the sticky notes may be ranked under appropriate conditions according to the use situation, and the next active sticky note may be determined.

Next, the operation for moving handwritten data will be described. For example, when it is desired to move only the character “A” 150 in the series of handwritten data 1401 in FIG.
This is realized by selecting 50 and dragging and dropping it onto the image of the tag 130. First, when the user selects the character “A” 150 and drags and drops it onto the tag 130, the input determination unit 2 notifies the data processing unit 8 of the operation on the character “A” 150 of the handwritten data via the tag setting unit 3. In the tag setting section 3, while the character "A" 150 moves on the paper, the handwritten data associated with the tag has already been operated in the same tag, so that processing relating to the tag setting is not performed, and Only the processed information is transmitted to the data processing unit 8 as it is. The data processing unit 8 informs the display synthesizing unit 10 of the information that the character “A” 150 moves, and displays the information on the display unit 11. FIG.
Indicates a state in which the “A” 150 is being moved in the sheet. Next, when the character “A” 150 is dragged out of the sheet onto the sticky note 130, the input determination unit 2 notifies the sticky note operation processing unit 5 of the movement of the character “A” 150 from the sticky note 140 to the sticky note 130. . Thereby, the tag operation processing unit 5 notifies the link information management unit 4 that the tag associated with the character “A” 150 has been changed, and also notifies the data processing unit 8 of information on handwritten data movement. The link information management unit 4 resets and manages the link information relating to the character "A". That is, the handwritten data identifier of the character “A” is removed from the link information of the tag 140 and registered in the link information of the tag 130. The data processing unit 8 reflects the display change accompanying the movement of the character “A” on the display unit 11 via the display synthesizing unit 10.

The position of the character “A” 150 newly associated with the sticky note 130 by being dropped on the image of the sticky note 130 is determined, for example, before the movement, that is, in association with the sticky note 140. It is conceivable to set it to the same position as when it was set.
In this case, when the tag 130 is activated, a display as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. However, there is no particular limitation.

The above is the operation when a part of handwritten data related to a certain tag is moved to another tag.
Next, an operation when all handwritten data related to one sticky note are collectively moved to another sticky note will be described.

For example, in FIG. 3, when a series of handwritten data 1401 related to the tag 140 is all moved to the tag 130, the corresponding handwritten data is not directly selected as in the above-described example, but instead. Sticky note 1
It can also be realized by selecting 40 images and dragging and dropping them onto the tag 130. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the tag 140 is being dragged. When the user performs an operation of dragging the sticky note 140 and dropping it on the sticky note 130 using the input unit 1, the input determination unit 2 notifies the sticky note processing unit 5 that the sticky note 140 has been moved to the sticky note 130. The sticky note operation processing unit 5 refers to the link information of the link information management unit 4 and detects that the handwritten data 1401 is related to the sticky note 140.
The fact that the handwritten data 1401 has moved to 0 is transmitted to the data processing unit 8 by replacing it with the meaning that the handwritten data 1401 has moved to the tag 130. The data processing unit 8 reads the corresponding data, that is, the data of the handwritten data 1401 from the data storage unit 7 based on the data, and notifies the display combining unit 10 of the display change based on this operation. On the other hand, the sticky note operation processing unit 5 informs the link information managing unit 4 that the sticky note 140 has been moved to the sticky note 130, and the link information managing unit 4 updates the link information of the sticky note 130 and the sticky note 140, and displays the sticky note display generating unit. 9 is notified of a change in the tag display accompanying the operation.
The tag display generation unit 9 generates this image and transmits it to the display composition unit 10. In the display synthesizing unit 10, the data processing unit 8
The result of the change of the handwritten data display received from the device and the change of the tag display received from the tag display generation unit 9 are combined and displayed on the display unit 11.

For example, when a sticky note is moved to another sticky note, another sticky note is pasted on one sticky note in the real world without erasing the image of the original sticky note even after the movement. You can make it look like that, and after moving it, the original sticky note will be erased,
Only one sticky note at the destination may be left. In the latter case, in the link information management unit 4, all handwritten data identifiers associated with the link information of the sticky note before the movement are registered in the sticky note after the movement, and the link information of the sticky note before the movement is deleted. In the former case, for example, the link information of the tag before moving is positioned as the child link information of the link information of the tag after moving. In the method of leaving the image of the moved sticky note in this way, it is also possible to return the handwritten data to the original position by making the left sticky note independent again. In this case, the child link information is returned to the original independent link information. As still another method, it is possible to set so that when moving using a tag, the original tag and its associated handwritten data are left as they are, and copying is automatically performed at the destination.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the handwriting input display device of the present invention. The handwriting input display device of the present embodiment includes an input unit 1, a display unit 11, a tag attribute database 6, a data storage unit 7, and a processing device 30. In the handwriting input display device of the present embodiment, a tag attribute database 6 is added to the handwriting input display device of FIG. The tag attribute database 6 defines various processing patterns for the point sequence of the handwritten data as tag attributes, and FIG. 11 shows an example of the contents thereof. The tag attribute information in the figure corresponds to a certain type of tag, and such information is provided for each type of tag.
As shown in FIG. 11, the tag attribute information corresponding to a certain tag includes a tag type 601 and a processing pattern (tag attribute) 602 for handwritten data associated with the tag.
It is composed of Such a sticky attribute database 6
In the handwriting input display device of the present embodiment having the above, when the user selects the type of the tag and inputs the handwritten data, a process corresponding to the selected type of the tag is automatically performed on the handwritten data.

In FIG. 10, an input unit 1 is a unit for inputting handwritten data or operation commands as line drawings such as characters and figures, and a display unit 11 is a unit for displaying an output image. Similarly to the above, for example, a pen tablet type in which the input unit 1 and the display unit 11 are integrated can be used. The data storage unit 7 is composed of a magnetic disk device or the like, and stores and saves handwritten data.
The processing device 30 is realized by, for example, a personal computer, a workstation, or the like, and includes, as functional units, an input determination unit 2 that determines whether the content input from the input unit 1 is handwritten data or an operation command, In this case, a tag setting unit 3 for associating the tag image with the tag image,
A link information management unit 4 for managing link information indicating the association between handwritten data and a sticky note image, and, when an input is an operation command for a sticky note image, processing contents based on the link information managed by the link information management unit 4 A sticky note operation processing unit 5 for converting into a process for handwritten data associated with the sticky note image, and a sticky note attribute database 6 according to an operation command directly input by the user or an indirect operation command sent from the sticky note processing unit 5 A data processing unit 8 for reading necessary information from a data storage unit 7 and processing the handwritten data; and a link information management unit 4
A sticky note display generating unit 9 for generating a sticky note image related to handwritten data based on link information from the user, an output image of the handwritten data processed by the data processing unit 8, and a sticky note image generated by the sticky note display generating unit 9 And a display synthesizing unit 10 for synthesizing. Also, in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, and the like. The program recorded in the recording medium is read by a computer constituting the processing device 30 and controls the operation of the computer so that the program is stored on the computer. In addition, the above-described respective functional means 2 to 5, 8 to 10 are realized.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the embodiment of FIG.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a command button 160 for creating a new tag for each type of tag is provided instead of the command button 110 for creating a new tag in FIG. From here, the user selects one to generate a tag. When a new tag 170 is thus generated, the user inputs a series of handwritten data 1701 in association with the tag 170. Here, it is assumed that the tag 170 has an attribute (processing pattern) of “bold”. As a result, all the handwritten data 1701 associated with the tag 170 is automatically displayed in bold.

The above operation will be described with reference to FIG. 10. When a user first inputs a command for generating a tag 170 from the input unit 1, the input determining unit 2 discriminates the command and transmits it to the tag operation processing unit 5. The tag operation processing unit 5 informs the link information management unit 4 of the type of the new tag and the information that the tag has been generated. Hereinafter, the process of generating and displaying a new tag as an active state is the same as that described with reference to FIG. However, the link information management unit 4 holds and manages the type of the new tag in the management data 403 in the link information of FIG. 8 corresponding to the new tag.

Next, the user inputs a series of handwritten data 1701.
Is input by the input unit 1 and determined by the input determination unit 2 and transmitted to the tag setting unit 3. The tag setting unit 3 notifies the data processing unit 8 that the handwritten data 1701 has been input.
To the link information management unit 4. The data processing unit 8 stores the original information before the processing of the handwritten data 1701 in the data storage unit 7 as shown in FIG. The link information management unit 4 manages a series of input handwritten data 1701 in association with the active tag 170 as shown in FIG. 8, and simultaneously notifies the tag operation processing unit 5 of the type of the tag 170 related to the handwritten data 1701. . Sticky note operation processing unit 5
Notifies the data processing unit 8 of the type of the tag 170, and based on the tag attribute corresponding to the type, the handwritten data 1701
Is instructed to perform processing. The data processing unit 8 reads the tag attribute (processing pattern) corresponding to the type of the tag 170 from the tag attribute database 6 and
701 and the result is transmitted to the display synthesizing unit 10. Hereinafter, the processed handwritten data 1701 is displayed on the display unit 11.
Are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, another attribute can be easily reset simply by moving the handwritten data to another type of tag. FIG. 13 shows a result of newly generating a tag with a thin character attribute set from the state of FIG. 12 and copying the handwritten data 1701 to the new tag. The sticky note 180 is a sticky note with a thin character attribute set, handwritten data 1
Reference numeral 801 denotes a result of copying the handwritten data 1701 to the tag 180. The user converts the bold type of the handwritten data 1701 to the thin type of the handwritten data 1801 simply by dragging the tag 170 and dropping it on the tag 180 in the same manner as described in the embodiment of FIG. be able to. The operation of the apparatus at this time is a combination of the operation described in the item of movement of the handwritten data using the tag and the item of processing of the handwritten data using the tag attribute. Here, the line width is given as an example of setting the sticky attribute, but the sticky attribute is not limited to this, and various attributes related to handwritten data such as a simple animation for reproducing the stroke order are set. be able to.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, by associating a sticky note with handwritten data and automatically transferring the operation on the sticky note to the operation on the handwritten data, if there is any knowledge of handling the sticky note in the real world, The user can easily edit handwritten data in the electronic world with the same feeling.

Further, by setting an attribute indicating the processing content of handwritten data on the tag side, an operation of adding various processes to the handwritten data can be realized by a simple operation of copying and moving between the tags.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a handwriting input display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when a new tag is generated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example representing a result of inputting handwritten data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example for explaining a screen change when an active tag is switched.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example for explaining a screen change when a moving operation is performed on some handwritten data;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a result of handwritten data movement.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example for explaining a handwritten data moving operation using a tag.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of link information managed by a link information management unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a data storage unit.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment of the handwriting input display device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a tag attribute database.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen display for explaining processing on handwritten data according to a tag attribute;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example for explaining an attribute change operation of handwritten data by a tag operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input part 2 ... Input judgment part 3 ... Sticky note setting part 4 ... Link information management part 5 ... Sticky note operation processing part 6 ... Sticky note attribute database 7 ... Data storage part 8 ... Data processing part 9 ... Sticky note display generation part 10 ... Display Synthesizing unit 11 Display units 20 and 30 Processing devices 21 and 31 Recording medium 100 Virtual paper representing an area where handwriting can be input 110 New sticky note creation command button 120 New sticky note delete command button 130 and 140 Sticky note image 150 ... Character "A" which is one of the handwritten data 160 ... Sticky note selection generation command button 170, 180 ... Sticky note image 1301 with attributes set 1301 ... Handwritten data related to sticky note 1401 ... Handwritten data related to sticky note 140 1701 ... Sticky note Handwritten data related to 170 1801. Handwritten data related to sticky note 180

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A handwriting input display device comprising: an input device for inputting handwritten data such as characters and figures and an operation command; and a display device for displaying handwritten data. Sticky correspondence
To maintain the correspondence between identifiers and handwritten data identifiers
Therefore, link information management means for managing, display synthesis means for synthesizing the image of the tag and the display image of the handwritten data and displaying the image on the display device, and processing of the editing operation on the image of the tag displayed on the display device A sticky note operation processing means for converting the handwritten data associated with the sticky note managed by the link information managing means into an edit operation processing; and a data processing for executing the converted edit operation processing by the sticky note operation processing means Means for displaying a handwritten input. 2. A handwritten input display device comprising an input device for inputting handwritten data such as characters and figures and an operation command, and a display device for displaying handwritten data. Link information managing means for managing correspondence with handwritten data to be processed; display combining means for combining an image of a sticky note with a display image of handwritten data and displaying the combined image on the display device; and an image of a sticky note displayed on the display device. A sticky note operation processing means for converting the editing operation processing for the tag information into an editing operation processing for the handwritten data related to the tag managed by the link information management means; Displays a sticky note attribute database that defines processing patterns as sticky attributes and handwritten data related to a certain sticky note At the time, the processing pattern corresponding to the type of the sticky note is obtained from the sticky note attribute database, and the processing is performed in accordance therewith to generate a display image of the handwritten data. A handwriting input display device comprising: a data processing unit that executes a process of an editing operation after conversion by the processing unit. 3. The sticky note operation processing means has a configuration in which, when the editing operation processing on an image of a sticky note is a deletion processing, the processing is converted to a processing for deleting all handwritten data related to the sticky note. 3. The handwritten input display device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The sticky note operation processing means, when an editing operation on an image of a sticky note is a moving process to another sticky note, all the handwritten data related to the sticky note is associated with the other sticky note. 3. The handwritten input display device according to claim 1, wherein the device is configured to convert to a process of moving as handwritten data. 5. A handwriting input display device that processes handwritten data such as characters and graphics input from an input device based on one of a plurality of types of processing patterns and displays the processed data on a display device. A tag attribute database that defines a processing pattern for a point sequence of handwritten data as a tag attribute; a link information management unit that manages correspondence between the tag, the type of the tag, and handwritten data related to the tag; Data processing means for acquiring a processing pattern corresponding to the type of the sticky note from the sticky note attribute database and performing processing in accordance with the processing pattern to generate a display image of the handwritten data; Display synthesizing means for synthesizing a display image of data and displaying the data on the display device. Handwriting input display device. 6. characters, tag an input device for inputting handwritten data and operation commands such as graphics, a computer having a display device for displaying the handwritten data, the correspondence of the tag and the handwritten data associated with that tag
To maintain the correspondence between identifiers and handwritten data identifiers
Therefore, link information management means for managing, display synthesis means for synthesizing the image of the sticky note and the display image of the handwritten data and displaying the image on the display device, the editing operation for the image of the sticky note displayed on the display device, A sticky note operation processing means for converting into a processing of editing operation on handwritten data related to the sticky managed by the link information managing means; a data processing means for executing a processing of the editing operation after the conversion by the sticky note processing means; A machine-readable recording medium that records a program to be operated. 7. A computer having an input device for inputting handwritten data such as characters and figures and an operation command, and a display device for displaying handwritten data, comprising: a tag; a type of the tag; and handwritten data related to the tag. Link information management means for managing the correspondence of the tag information, display synthesis means for synthesizing the image of the sticky note and the display image of the handwritten data and displaying the result on the display device, and processing for editing operation on the image of the sticky note displayed on the display device. A sticky note operation processing means for converting into a processing of editing operation on handwritten data related to the sticky managed by the link information managing means; and defining a processing pattern for a point sequence of handwritten data as a sticky attribute for each kind of sticky. When displaying handwritten data related to a certain sticky note, the type of the sticky note Is obtained from the sticky note attribute database and is processed in accordance therewith to generate a display image of handwritten data, and, at the time of the editing operation on the image of the sticky note, the editing after conversion by the sticky note operation processing means. A machine-readable recording medium that records a program that functions as a data processing unit that executes an operation process.