JP4214164B2 - Document creation apparatus and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document creation device and a storage medium that receive handwritten data generated by a handwriting data input device and creates a document, and more particularly to a document creation device that realizes free-form document creation and execution of such document creation. The present invention relates to a storage medium storing a program to be executed.

  Recently, a handwritten data input device has been provided mainly for a document creation device such as a handy type memo device. In such a document creation apparatus, it is necessary to construct a configuration that supports input of handwritten data and realizes creation of a document in a free form. In addition, in such a document creation device, it is necessary to construct a configuration that enables creation of a document in a form in which handwritten data and clean text data are mixed.

  In the document creation device that receives handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device and creates a document, the drawing input mode stores the handwritten data in the memory as it is and displays it on the display screen, and the standardized size of the handwritten data There are two types of input modes: a character input mode in which the data is converted into, stored in the memory while being aligned, and displayed on the display screen.

  In the conventional document creation apparatus, when creating a document, a configuration that prescribes in which input mode the document creation is to be performed is adopted, and when creating a document in the drawing input mode, handwriting is not used without using the character input mode. Create a document using the data as it is, and conversely, when creating a document in the character input mode, instead of using the drawing input mode, create the document while converting the handwritten data to a normalized size and aligning them. The composition was taken.

  In the conventional document creation device, when creating a document in the character input mode, a configuration is adopted in which the normalized size is specified in advance, and the document is arranged while handwritten data is aligned while being converted into the specified normalized size. It was configured to create.

  On the other hand, in a document creation device that receives handwritten data generated by a handwritten data input device and creates a document, the document is created by storing the handwritten data in a memory as it is, or the handwritten data is set to a specified normalized size. The document is created by converting it and storing it in memory while aligning it.

  In this document creation device, in addition to such a document creation mode based on handwritten data, a document is created using character / symbol data indicated by code data generated by a keyboard device, or handwritten data is recognized. There is also a document creation mode based on clear data in which code data pointed to by it is obtained and a document is created using the character / symbol data pointed to by the code data.

In a conventional document creation apparatus that employs such a configuration, when creating a document in a document creation mode using handwritten data, a configuration that prescribes in which document creation mode document creation is performed in document creation, Create a document using only handwritten data without using the document creation mode with clear data, while creating a document in the document creation mode with clear data, do not use the document creation mode with handwritten data. The document was created using only character / symbol data.
JP-A-6-110993 JP-A-2-73483 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-98414 JP-A-7-182449 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-241074 JP-A-6-325221 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-21099 JP-A-6-332610

  However, according to such a conventional technique, it is not possible to create a document in which handwritten data converted to a normalized size and handwritten data that is not converted to a normalized size are mixed, so the form of document creation is limited. There was a problem that it became a thing.

  In addition, according to such a conventional technique, it is not possible to create a document in which handwritten data converted to different normalized sizes is mixed, so that the form of the created document is limited. there were.

  On the other hand, according to the prior art, there is a problem that a document in a form in which handwritten data and clean-up data are mixed cannot be created.

  And, as described above, since it is not possible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear text data are mixed, the conventional document creation device has almost no possibility of reusing the handwritten data of the created document, For this reason, no means has been provided that allows the handwritten data of the created document to be easily reused.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a new configuration for creating a document in a free form when adopting a configuration for receiving a handwritten data generated by a handwritten data input device and creating a document. The first object is to provide a document creation device and a storage medium.

  The present invention also provides a new document creation device and storage medium that can create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clean-up data are mixed, and can easily reuse handwritten data of the created document. A second object is to provide a new document creation device and a storage medium.

  1 and 2 show the first and second principle configurations of the present invention, respectively.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a document creation apparatus having the present invention, which receives handwritten data generated by a handwritten data input apparatus and creates a document.

  A document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose first principle configuration is illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a handwritten data input device 10, a display device 11, an input / output control means 12, a memory 13, a document display means 14, and a setting. Means 15, display means 16, determination means 17, first storage means 18, second storage means 19, first setting change means 20, second setting change means 21, and third Setting change means 22, first conversion means 23, and second conversion means 24.

  This handwritten data input device 10 generates handwritten data in units of input. The display device 11 displays a created document. The input / output control unit 12 executes interface processing between the handwritten data input device 10 and the display device 11. The memory 13 stores the created document. The document display unit 14 displays the created document stored in the memory 13 on the display device 11.

  The setting unit 15 sets one or more normalized areas having a normalized size as an attribute and one or more unnormalized areas not having a normalized size as an attribute on the display screen. The display unit 16 displays the normalized area and the non-normalized area in different display forms on the display screen. The determination unit 17 determines whether the input data is input to the normalized area or the non-normalized area.

  The first storage means 18 converts the size of the input data into the normalized size of the normalization area when the judgment means 17 determines that the data is the input data to the normalization area, The input data is stored in the memory 13. The second storage unit 19 stores the input data as it is in the memory 13 when the determination unit 17 determines that the input data is to be input to the denormalized area.

  The first setting changing means 20 cancels a part or all of the normalized area after data input and changes it to a non-normalized area. The second setting change means 21 cancels a part or all of the non-normalized area and changes it to the normalized area after data input. The third setting changing unit 22 cancels the normalization size of the normalization area in a part or all of the normalization area after data input, and has another normalization size in the cancellation area. Set the normalization area.

  The first conversion means 23 converts the area size of the normalized area or the non-normalized area to the designated one after data input, and processes all data in the converted area. As described above, the size of the processing target data stored in the memory 13 is converted in accordance with the conversion of the area size. After the data is input, the second conversion unit 24 uses a part of the data in the normalized area or the non-normalized area as a processing target, and indicates the size of the processing target data stored in the memory 13. Convert to stuff.

  In the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose first principle configuration is illustrated in FIG. 1 configured as described above, the setting unit 15 includes a normalization region having a normalization size as an attribute on the display screen, and a normalization A non-normalized region having no size as an attribute is set, and upon receiving this region setting, the determination unit 17 determines whether the input data is input to the normalized region or the non-normalized region. To do. When the determination unit 17 determines that the input data is to be input to the normalization area, the first storage unit 18 converts the size of the input data into the normalization size of the normalization area, and then the conversion. In contrast, when the determination means 17 determines that the input data is to be input to the denormalized area, the second storage means 19 stores the input data as it is. .

  In this document creation process, handwritten data that has not been converted to a normalized size can be input to an area that has been treated as a normalized area until then according to the process of the first setting change unit 20. In addition, according to the processing of the second setting change unit 21, handwritten data converted to a normalized size can be input to an area that has been treated as a non-normalized area until then. In addition, according to the processing of the third setting change unit 22, handwritten data that is converted to a normalized size different from the normalized size can be input to the normalized area.

  Further, according to the processing of the first conversion means 23, the input normalized area and non-normalized area can be enlarged or reduced. Further, according to the processing of the second conversion means 24, it becomes possible to enlarge or reduce a part of the data in the input normalized area or non-normalized area.

  In this way, in the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose first principle configuration is shown in FIG. 1, handwritten data converted to the normalized size and freehand data not converted to the normalized size are mixed. A form document can be created.

  Here, in the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose first principle configuration is shown in FIG. 1, a document in which handwritten data converted into a normalized size and handwritten data not converted into a normalized size are mixed. In order to solve the problem of the prior art that cannot be created, the document creation screen is provided with setting means 15 for setting the normalized area and the non-normalized area, but this setting means 15 is not provided. In addition, even when only the normalization area is set on the document creation screen, the first setting change means 20 can be used to solve the problems of the conventional technique, and the document creation screen can be denormalized. Even when only the area is set, the problem of this prior art can be solved by providing the second setting change means 21.

  On the other hand, the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose second principle configuration is shown in FIG. 2 is the handwritten data input device 10 / display device 11 / input / output control means 12 / memory 13 / document display means 14 described in FIG. In addition, the setting unit 30, the display unit 31, the determination unit 32, the storage unit 33, the setting change unit 34, the first conversion unit 35, the second conversion unit 36, and the change unit 37 Is provided.

  The setting unit 30 sets a plurality of normalization areas having different normalization sizes on the display screen. The display means 31 displays each normalized area in a different display form on the display screen. The determination unit 32 determines to which normalization area the input data has been input. The storage unit 33 converts the size of the input data into the normalized size of the normalization area determined by the determination unit 32, and then stores the converted input data in the memory 13. After the data input, the setting changing unit 34 cancels the normalization size of the normalization region in a part or all of the normalization region, and the normalization region having another normalization size in the cancellation region Set.

  After the data is input, the first conversion means 35 converts the area size of the normalized area into the designated one, and all the data in the normalized area that is the conversion target is processed as a memory. The size of the processing target data stored in 13 is converted in accordance with the conversion of the area size. After the data is input, the second conversion unit 36 converts the size of the processing target data stored in the memory 13 into the size of the designated size, with the data in the normalized region as the processing target.

  The changing means 37 processes either the data to be moved / copied to another normalization area or the data in the normalization area to be moved / copied as a processing target, and the data sizes of both are matched. As a result, the size of the processing target data stored in the memory is changed.

  In the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention configured as described above, the setting unit 30 sets a plurality of normalized areas having different normalized sizes on the display screen, and the determination unit 32 receives the area setting and the determining unit 32 , It is determined in which normalization area the input data is input. In response to this determination, the storage means 33 converts the size of the input data into the normalized size of the normalization area determined by the determination means 32, and then stores the converted input data in the memory 13.

  In this document creation process, handwritten data converted to a normalized size different from the normalized size can be input to each normalized area according to the process of the setting changing unit 34. Further, according to the processing of the first conversion means 35, the input normalized area can be enlarged or reduced. Further, according to the processing of the second conversion means 36, it becomes possible to enlarge or reduce a part of the data in the input normalization area.

  In this manner, the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention whose second principle configuration is shown in FIG. 2 can create a free-form document in which handwritten data converted into different normalized sizes is mixed.

  Here, the document creation apparatus 1 of the present invention, which shows the second principle configuration in FIG. 2, cannot create a document in a form in which handwritten data converted into different normalized sizes cannot be created. In order to solve the problem, the document creation screen is provided with a setting unit 30 that sets a plurality of normalization areas having different normalization sizes. Even when there is only one conversion area, the problem of this prior art can be solved by providing the setting change means 34.

  3 to 6 show the third to sixth principle configurations of the present invention.

  3 to 6, reference numeral 101 denotes a document creation apparatus according to the present invention, which includes a keyboard device 102 that generates code data, a handwritten data input device 103 that generates handwritten data, and a keyboard device 102 / handwritten data input. A document creation mechanism 104 that receives code data / handwritten data generated by the device 103 and creates a document, and a display device 105 that displays the document created by the document creation mechanism 104 are provided.

  The document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose third principle configuration is shown in FIG. 3 realizes that a document in a form in which handwritten data and clean-up data are mixed can be created. In order to do so, the document creation mechanism 104 includes a conversion unit 110, a normalization unit 111, a first generation unit 112, a second generation unit 113, and a recognition unit 114.

  The conversion means 110 converts code data generated by the keyboard device 102 into character symbol data. The normalizing unit 111 normalizes the size of the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103. The first generation unit 112 changes the size of the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 110. The second generation unit 113 changes the size of the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103. The recognizing unit 114 recognizes the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103, obtains the code data pointed to by it, and inputs it to the converting unit 110.

  In the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose third principle configuration is illustrated in FIG. 3 configured as described above, the normalizing unit 111 normalizes the size of the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input apparatus 103. When the display data of the handwritten data is generated, the first generating unit 112 changes the size of the character symbol data output from the converting unit 110 to the size of the handwritten data output from the normalizing unit 111, thereby Data for displaying symbol data is generated.

  Alternatively, when the conversion unit 110 generates the display data of the character symbol data by converting the code data generated by the keyboard device 102 into the character symbol data, the second generation unit 113 of the handwritten data input device 103 By changing the size of the handwritten data to be generated to the size of the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 110, the display data of the handwritten data is generated.

  As described above, in the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose third principle configuration is illustrated in FIG. 3, handwriting data and character / symbol data pointed to by code data are blocked to the same size. Realization of a document in a form in which data and clear data are mixed.

  On the other hand, the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention, whose fourth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 4, realizes creation of a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear data are mixed. In order to realize the above, the document creation mechanism 104 includes a conversion unit 120, a normalization unit 121, an image memory unit 122, a display memory unit 123, an image memory unit 124, a development unit 125, and a generation unit 126. And a display means 127.

  The conversion means 120 converts code data generated by the keyboard device 102 into character symbol data. The normalizing means 121 normalizes the size of handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103. The image memory unit 122 stores the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103 and the normalized data output from the normalizing unit 121. The display memory means 123 stores bitmap data to be displayed on the display screen.

  The image memory means 124 is prepared separately from the display memory means 123 and stores image data. The expansion unit 125 expands the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 120 into the image memory unit 122 or expands the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 120 into the image memory unit 124. The generation unit 126 generates display data for the created document from the data stored in the image memory unit 124 / image memory unit 122, and stores it in the display memory unit 123. The display unit 127 generates display data for the created document from the data stored in the image memory unit 122 and stores it in the display memory unit 123.

  In the document creating apparatus 101 of the present invention whose fourth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 4 configured as described above, the expansion unit 125 expands the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 120 into the image memory unit 122, In response to this, the display means 127 generates display data for the created document in which the handwritten data and the character symbol data are mixed from the handwritten data and the character symbol data stored in the image memory means 122 and stores them in the display memory means 123. To do.

  Alternatively, the expansion unit 125 expands the character / symbol data output from the conversion unit 120 to the image memory unit 124, and the generation unit 126 receives the character / symbol data stored in the image memory unit 124 and the image memory. From the handwritten data stored in the means 122, display data for a created document in which handwritten data and character / symbol data are mixed is generated and stored in the display memory means 123.

  As described above, the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose fourth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 4 adopts a configuration in which the document symbol data indicated by the code data is handled as image data similar to the handwritten data. Realize creation of documents in a form that contains mixed data.

  On the other hand, the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose fifth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 5 is to realize that the handwritten data of the created document can be easily reused. In order to achieve this, the document creation mechanism 104 includes normalization means 130, image memory means 131, extraction means 132, assignment means 133, management means 134, and search means 135.

  The normalizing means 130 normalizes the size of handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103. The image memory unit 131 stores the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103 and the normalized data output from the normalizing unit 130. The extracting unit 132 extracts a handwritten data block including one or more input units of handwritten data from the handwritten data stored in the image memory unit 131.

  The allocating unit 133 allocates a reading to be a label described by one or a plurality of code data to the handwritten data block extracted by the extracting unit 132. The management unit 134 manages the correspondence relationship assigned by the assignment unit 133. When there is a request for searching for handwritten data by specifying a label, the searching means 135 searches for handwritten data for which there is a search request.

  In the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose fifth principle configuration is illustrated in FIG. 5 configured as described above, when the extraction unit 132 extracts a handwritten data block from the handwritten data stored in the image memory unit 131, The allocating unit 133 allocates a reading to be a label described by one or a plurality of code data to the extracted handwritten data block. Upon receiving the allocation process, the managing unit 134 allocates the allocation unit 133. Manage correspondence. When a search request for handwritten data is specified by designating a label, the search means 135 searches for handwritten data with a search request by referring to the management data of the management means 134 and outputs it to the display screen.

  According to this configuration, for example, the user can search for a handwritten data block indicating a horse image associated with the label by inputting the label “Uma”. Can be easily reused.

  On the other hand, the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose sixth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 6 realizes that the handwritten data of the created document can be easily reused. In order to realize this, the document creation mechanism 104 includes a normalization unit 140, an image memory unit 141, an allocation unit 142, a management unit 143, a search unit 144, and a selection unit 145.

  The normalizing means 140 normalizes the size of handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103. The image memory 141 stores the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 103 and the normalized data output from the normalizing means 140. The assigning means 142 assigns code data possessed by the character / symbol data (there may be code data possessed by the character / symbol data associated with the handwritten data) to the input unit of the handwritten data stored in the image memory means 141. . The management unit 143 manages the correspondence relationship assigned by the assignment unit 142.

  When the code data is input, the search means 144 searches for handwritten data pointed to by the code data. When the search unit 144 searches for handwritten data, the selection unit 145 selects the handwritten data as input data instead of the character / symbol data indicated by the input code data.

  In the document creation apparatus 101 of the present invention whose sixth principle configuration is shown in FIG. 6 configured as described above, the allocation unit 142 performs character symbol data for the input unit of handwritten data stored in the image memory unit 141. When the code data of the assignment means 142 is assigned, the management means 143 manages the correspondence relation assigned by the assignment means 142. Then, when the code data is input, the search means 144 searches whether or not the code data is registered in the management means 143, and if it is registered, the search means 144 searches for paired handwritten data. In response to this search processing, the selection means 145 selects the handwritten data as input data instead of the character / symbol data pointed to by the input code data when the search means 144 searches for the handwritten data. According to this configuration, the user can input handwritten data such as “A” and “A” associated with the code data of “A” by inputting “A”. The handwritten data of a document can be easily reused.

  According to the document creation device using the first and second principles of the present invention, the document creation device receives the handwritten data generated by the handwriting data input device and creates a document, and is converted into a normalized size. It is possible to create a free-form document in which handwritten characters that are converted into different normalized sizes and a free-form document in which handwritten characters that are converted into different normalized sizes are mixed.

  In addition, according to the document creation apparatus using the third and fourth principles of the present invention, the handwritten data and the character / symbol data pointed to by the code data can be blocked in the same size. By adopting a configuration in which image data is handled as image data similar to handwritten data, it is possible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear-written data are mixed.

  Furthermore, according to the document creation device using the fifth and sixth principles of the present invention, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which handwritten data associated with the label is searched by inputting a reading as a label, or code data By inputting the reading that points to the handwritten data associated with the code data, the handwritten data of the created document can be easily reused.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to embodiments.

  FIG. 7 shows a first embodiment of a document creation apparatus using the first and second principles of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the document creation device 1 having the present invention generates handwritten characters, symbols, and figures (hereinafter referred to as handwritten characters) in accordance with input units, and handwritten characters that issue document creation commands. An input device 40, a document creation mechanism 41 that receives handwritten characters and commands from the handwritten character input device 40 and executes document creation processing, a work memory 42 that temporarily stores a document being created, and creation A document file 43 for storing the read document, a display device 44 for displaying the document developed in the work memory 42, and at least one of storage media 45a to 45c.

  In this embodiment, the storage media 45a, 45b, and 45c are ROM, CD-ROM, and floppy (registered trademark) disks, respectively, but the types of storage media are not limited to these. The document creation mechanism 41 includes an internal memory and a central processing unit (CPU) that executes various functions based on a program that is read from at least one of the storage media 44a to 44c and stored in the internal memory.

  That is, the present invention also includes storage media such as the storage media 44a to 44c that store programs for performing the processing of the document processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The storage medium according to the present invention can store information such as floppy (registered trademark) disk, optical disk, disk such as CD-ROM and magneto-optical disk, ROM, RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, magnetic or optical card. It consists of a storage medium.

  As the handwritten character input device 40 and the display device 44, those having a known configuration can be used.

  This document creation mechanism 41 sets two types of document input areas, a normalized area and a non-normalized area, on the display screen and executes document creation processing. A handwritten character is input to the normalized area. As shown in FIG. 8, after the handwritten character is temporarily displayed, the handwritten character is converted into a normalized size (enlarged or reduced), stored in the work memory 42 while being aligned, and displayed. Display on the screen. On the other hand, when a handwritten character is input to the non-evaporation area, as shown in FIG. 9, the handwritten character is stored in the work memory 42 as it is and displayed on the display screen.

  Here, reference numeral 50 in FIG. 8 denotes a cursor that indicates a storage location of a handwritten character to be input next, and can be moved to an arbitrary position in the normalization area according to a user instruction. Further, the document creation mechanism 41 employs a configuration for identifying and displaying the normalized area and the non-normalized area depending on the presence / absence of a character array line and the difference in display color.

  10 to 14 show an embodiment of a processing flow executed by the document creation mechanism 41. FIG. Next, the present invention will be described in detail according to these processing flows.

  When the document creation mechanism 41 receives an area change request from the user at the start of the document creation process, first, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 10, the document creation mechanism 41 first receives a change request to the denormalized area in step ST1. It is determined whether there is a change request to the normalization area.

  That is, when the document creation screen opened in the document creation process is defined in the normalization area, the user changes a part (or all) of the normalization area to the non-normalization area and changes the document Enter the creation or change to a normalized area with a different normalization size and enter the document creation, and if it is defined in a denormalized area, the user In this step ST1, it is determined to which area the change request is made.

  When it is determined in step ST1 that the area change request from the user is a request to change to the denormalized area, the process proceeds to step ST2 where the change request area instructed by the user is denormalized from the normalized area. Change to area.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST1 that the area change request from the user is a request to change to the normalized area, the process proceeds to step ST3 to determine whether the non-normalized area is the area change request source. When determining that the non-normalized area is the area change request source, that is, when determining that the non-normalized area is a change request from the non-normalized area to the normalized area, the process proceeds to step ST4 and the user instructs By assigning the normalized size instructed by the user to the designated change request area, the change request area designated by the user is changed from the non-normalized area to the normalized area.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST3 that the non-normalized area is not the area change request source, that is, when it is determined that the request is a change request from the normalized area to the normalized area, the process proceeds to step ST5. By assigning a normalization size instructed by the user to the change request area instructed by the user, the change request area instructed by the user is changed to a normalization area having another normalization size. Note that the normalization area of the area change request source is assigned a default value of the normalization size and a change value of the default value specified by the user.

  In this way, the document creation mechanism 41 executes the processing flow shown in FIG. 10 when an area change request is received from the user at the start of the document creation processing, for example, as shown in FIG. In addition, a document creation screen having a normalization area A and a non-normalization area B is set, or normalization areas C, D, and E having different normalization sizes as shown in FIG. , F are set in a document creation screen.

  When there is a document creation request from the user after the document creation screen setting process, the document creation mechanism 41 first instructs the creation end from the user in step ST11 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. When it is determined whether or not the end of creation is instructed, the process proceeds to step ST12 and waits for a handwritten character to be input from the handwritten character input device 40.

  If it is determined in step ST12 that the handwritten character is input, the process proceeds to step ST13, where it is determined whether the handwritten character is input in the normalized region or the non-normalized region. When it is determined that the handwritten character is input, the process proceeds to step ST14, where the handwritten character is stored in the work memory 42 as it is without normalization, and then the handwritten character is input by returning to step ST11. To go.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST13 that a handwritten character has been input to the normalization area, the process proceeds to step ST15, where the normalization size of the normalization area of the input destination and the handwriting of the normalization area of the input destination A character storage pointer (pointing to a storage area on the work memory 42 pointed to by the cursor 50 shown in FIG. 8) is specified.

  Subsequently, in step ST16, the input handwritten character is converted into a specified normalized size and then stored in the storage area on the work memory 42 pointed to by the specified storage destination pointer. In step ST17, the storage destination pointer is stored. After updating, handwritten characters are input by returning to step ST11.

  If it is determined in step ST11 that the user has instructed the end of creation, the process proceeds to step ST18, the document stored in the work memory 42 is stored in the document file 43, and the process ends.

  In this way, when a document creation request is received from the user, the document creation mechanism 41 receives the handwritten character input from the handwritten character input device 40 input by the user by executing the processing flow of FIG. When it is input data to the normalized area, it is converted into a normalized size and stored in the work memory 42 while being aligned, and when it is input data to the non-normalized area The document is created by storing it in the work memory 42 as it is. As a result, a free form document in which handwritten characters converted to a normalized size and a handwritten character not converted to a normalized size are mixed, or a free form in which handwritten data converted to a different normalized size is mixed. You can create documents.

  Although omitted in the processing flow of FIG. 11, the document creation mechanism 41 has a document editing function similar to that of the conventional document creation device, thereby editing the document stored in the work memory 42. Has the ability to create documents.

  In the document creation process 41, the document creation mechanism 41 allows a part (or all) of the normalized area to be created after handwritten characters are input in order to make it possible to create a document in a more free form. Change to a non-normalized area, change a part of the normalized area (or all) to a normalized area with a different normalization size, or normalize a part (or all) of the denormalized area It has a function to change to the conversion area.

  This area changing process is executed by executing the same process as the process flow of FIG. 10 described above.

  That is, when a user makes a region change request after handwritten characters are input, the document creation mechanism 41 first enters a non-normalized region in step ST1 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. It is determined whether the request is a change request or a change request to the normalization area.

  When it is determined in step ST1 that the area change request from the user is a request to change to the denormalized area, the process proceeds to step ST2 where the change request area instructed by the user is denormalized from the normalized area. Change to area.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST1 that the area change request from the user is a request to change to the normalized area, the process proceeds to step ST3 to determine whether the non-normalized area is the area change request source. When it is determined that the non-normalized area is the area change request source, the process proceeds to step ST4, and the user assigns the normalized size instructed by the user to the change request area instructed by the user. The change request area instructed by is changed from the denormalized area to the normalized area.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST3 that the non-normalized area is not the area change request source, the process proceeds to step ST5, and the normalized size instructed by the user with respect to the change request area instructed by the user. By assigning, the change request area designated by the user is changed to a normalization area having a different normalization size.

  In this way, the document creation mechanism 41 executes the processing flow of FIG. 10 when there is a region change request from the user after handwritten characters are input, for example, as shown in FIG. In addition, a part of the normalization area A set before the input of the handwritten character is changed to the non-normalized area B, or the denormalization set before the input of the handwritten character as shown in FIG. A part of the area C is changed to a normalization area D, or a part of the normalization area E set before inputting handwritten characters is normalized with another normalization size as shown in FIG. The area F is changed.

  By having this function, it becomes possible to create a document in a more free form. For example, by having a function of changing a normalized area set before inputting handwritten characters to a non-normalized area, as shown in FIG. 17, the document created in the normalized area is overwritten. Normalized-size handwritten characters can be written, and a more free-form document can be created.

  In addition, when changing from the non-normalized area to the normalized area, it is necessary to set the position of the cursor 50 shown in FIG. 8, but this is uniquely set by the system, This is realized by setting in response to a user instruction.

  As described above, the document creation mechanism 41 has a function of creating a document by editing the document stored in the work memory 42. Next, of these editing functions, those characteristic of the present invention will be described.

  The document creation mechanism 41 may set a plurality of normalized areas with different normalized sizes on the document creation screen. From now on, when there is a request for a process of copying or moving a normalized handwritten character in a normalization region having a different normalization size, the handling becomes a problem.

  In order to cope with this problem, when a data copy / move request between the normalized areas is issued from the user, the document creation mechanism 41 starts with step ST21 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. Then, the normalization size of the normalization area of the copy / movement destination is specified, and then in step ST22, the normalization size of the normalization area of the copy / movement source is compared with the specified normalization size, In subsequent step ST23, when it is determined that both normalized sizes match, the process proceeds to step ST24, and the data is copied and moved as it is. When it is determined that they do not match, the process proceeds to step ST25, where the data is stepped. A configuration is adopted in which copying and moving are performed while changing to the normalized size specified in ST21.

  As a result, when data is copied / moved in the normalized areas having different normalized sizes, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of inconvenience that the data size differs depending on the copy / moving destination. In the processing flow of FIG. 12, a configuration that matches the normalized size of the copy / move destination is adopted, but a configuration that matches the normalized size of the copy / move source may be adopted.

  Further, the document creation mechanism 41 has a function of enlarging or reducing the area size of the normalized area or the non-normalized area after the handwritten character is input, and the normalization area or the area after the handwritten character is input. By having a function of enlarging or reducing a part of the data in the non-normalized area, it is possible to realize a more free form document creation.

  That is, when a user requests to change the size of the normalized area or the non-normalized area after a handwritten character is input, the document creation mechanism 41 displays the change request area as shown in the processing flow of FIG. The size is changed to the designated size, and all the data in the change request area developed in the work memory 42 is changed in accordance with the changed size. Further, when the user requests a change in the data in the normalized area or the non-normalized area, the in-area data developed in the work memory 42 is designated as shown in the processing flow of FIG. In addition to the change, when the data in the area belongs to the normalization area, the storage destination pointer of the handwritten character is updated in response to a user instruction or the like as necessary.

  By having this function, it becomes possible to create a document in a more free form. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, only the figure created in the denormalized area can be enlarged, and a document in a more free form can be created.

  Although the first and second principles of the present invention have been disclosed according to the first embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the first embodiment, in order to solve the problem of the prior art that it is impossible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data converted into a normalized size and handwritten data not converted into a normalized size cannot be created, In the document creation screen, the normalized area and the non-normalized area are mixed, but after handwritten characters are input, in response to the area change request from the user, a part of the normalized area or The problem of this prior art can also be solved by having a function of changing the entire part to a non-normalized area or having a function of changing a part or all of the non-normalized area to a normalized area.

  Further, in the first embodiment, in order to solve the problem of the prior art that it is impossible to create a document in which handwritten data converted into different normalized sizes cannot be created, the normalized size is displayed on the document creation screen. A configuration in which a plurality of different normalized areas are mixed is used, but after a handwritten character is input, in response to an area change request from the user, the normalized size of the normalized area is a part of the normalized area. Alternatively, the problem of this prior art can be solved by having a function of canceling all parts and setting a normalization area having a different normalization size in the cancellation area.

  FIG. 19 shows a second embodiment of the document creation apparatus using the third and fourth principles of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the document creation device 101 having the present invention includes a handwritten data input device 150, a keyboard device 151, a document processing mechanism 152, a display device 153, an input buffer 154, and an image RAM 155. , A code RAM 156, a code / image conversion device 157, a character image RAM 158, a video RAM 159, and at least one of the storage media 170a to 170c.

  In this embodiment, the storage media 170a, 170b, and 170c are ROM, CD-ROM, and floppy (registered trademark) disks, respectively, but the types of storage media are not limited to these. The document processing mechanism 152 includes an internal memory and a central processing unit (CPU) that executes various functions based on a program that is read from at least one of the storage media 170a to 170c and stored in the internal memory.

  That is, the present invention also includes storage media such as the storage media 170a to 170c that store programs for matching the processing of the document processing apparatus 101 according to the present invention. The storage medium according to the present invention can store information such as floppy (registered trademark) disk, optical disk, disk such as CD-ROM and magneto-optical disk, ROM, RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, magnetic or optical card. It consists of a storage medium.

  The handwritten data input device 150 generates handwritten characters, symbols and figures (hereinafter referred to as handwritten data) while following the input unit. The keyboard device 151 generates code data of characters and symbols and issues commands for document creation and document editing. The document processing mechanism 152 receives handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 150 and code data commands generated by the keyboard device 151 and creates a document. The display device 153 displays a document created by the document processing mechanism 152.

  As the handwritten data input device 150 and the display device 153, those having a known configuration can be used.

  The input buffer 154 temporarily stores an input unit of handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 150. The image RAM 155 stores handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 150 and the normalized size of the handwritten data. The code RAM 156 stores code data generated by the keyboard device 151. The code / image converter 157 calculates an image of characters and symbols indicated by the input code data. The character image RAM 158 stores character and symbol image data generated by the code / image converter 157. The video RAM 159 stores image data of a document displayed on the display device 153.

  Here, in accordance with an instruction from the user, the document processing mechanism 152 stores the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 150 as it is in the image RAM 155 as shown in FIG. 20, or as shown in FIG. The input unit of handwritten data is stored in the image RAM 155 while being normalized to a prescribed size.

  The document processing mechanism 152 executes document creation processing using two types of input modes, that is, a code input mode and a handwriting input mode. When the document creation processing is executed using the code input mode, Then, the document data is generated by receiving the code data generated by the keyboard device 151, or the document is generated by recognizing the handwritten data generated by the handwritten data input device 150 and obtaining the code data pointed to by it. On the other hand, when the document creation process is executed using the handwriting input mode, the document is created by receiving handwritten data generated by the handwriting data input device 150. Here, the input mode can be set by the user.

  In the present invention, in order to create a document in which handwritten data and clear data of characters and symbols (image data specified by code data) are mixed, the input unit of handwritten data can be created. And a configuration in which the input unit of the text and symbol clear data is blocked to the same size, or a configuration in which the text and symbol clear data is handled as image data similar to the handwritten data.

  22 to 25 show an embodiment of a processing flow executed by the document processing mechanism 152 in order to realize this configuration. Next, according to these processing flows, the present invention will be described in detail.

  When the processing flow of FIG. 22 is followed, the document processing mechanism 152 first determines whether or not a document creation end request has been issued in step ST51, and ends the process when determining that it has been issued. When it is determined that it is not issued, the process proceeds to step ST52 to determine whether the code input mode is set or the handwriting input mode is set.

  When it is determined in step ST52 that the handwriting input mode is set, the process proceeds to step ST53, where an input unit of handwritten data input from the handwritten data input device 150 is stored in the input buffer 154, and subsequent step ST54. Thus, the size of the handwritten data stored in the input buffer 154 is normalized to a predetermined size.

  Subsequently, in step ST55, the normalized handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the image RAM 155 pointed to by the cursor (displayed on the display screen to indicate the data input destination), and in step ST56, the normalized handwritten data is stored. The converted handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor to be displayed on the display device 153, and then the process returns to step ST51 to accept the next data input.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST52 that the code input mode is set, the process proceeds to step ST57, and the character / symbol code data (code data obtained by recognizing handwritten data) input from the keyboard device 151. In step ST58, the code / image conversion device 157 is used to calculate the image data pointed to by the code data stored in the code RAM 156.

  Subsequently, in step ST59, the calculated size of the image data is changed to the normalized size of the handwritten data. In subsequent step ST60, the size-changed character / symbol image data is stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor. Stored in the display device 153, the process returns to step ST51 to accept the next data input.

  In this manner, the document processing mechanism 152 executes the processing flow of FIG. 22 to reduce the size of the character / symbol image data indicated by the code data input from the keyboard device 151 to the normalized handwritten data. By matching with the size, the input unit of handwritten data and the input unit of clear text data of characters and symbols are blocked to the same size. As a result, it is possible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear data of characters and symbols are mixed as shown in FIG. 23, first, in step ST61, the document processing mechanism 152 determines whether or not a document creation end request has been issued, and determines whether it has been issued. When it is determined that the code is not issued, the process proceeds to step ST62 to determine whether the code input mode is set or the handwriting input mode is set.

  When it is determined in step ST62 that the code input mode is set, the process proceeds to step ST63, and the code data of characters / symbols input from the keyboard device 151 (the code data obtained by recognizing handwritten data). In step ST64, the code / image converter 157 is used to calculate the image data pointed to by the code data stored in the code RAM 156. Subsequently, in step ST65, the calculated character / symbol image data is stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor so as to be displayed on the display device 153, and then to step ST61 to accept the next data input. Return.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST62 that the handwriting input mode is set, the process proceeds to step ST66, where the input unit of handwritten data input from the handwritten data input device 150 is stored in the input buffer 154, and the subsequent step. In ST67, the size of the handwritten data stored in the input buffer 154 is changed to the size of the character / symbol image data.

  Subsequently, in step ST68, the rewritten handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the image RAM 155 pointed to by the cursor, and in the subsequent step ST69, the stored handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor. Thus, after displaying on the display device 153, the process returns to step ST61 to accept the next data input.

  In this way, the document processing mechanism 152 executes the processing flow of FIG. 23 to change the size of the handwritten data input from the handwritten data input device 150 to the character / point indicated by the code data input from the keyboard device 151. By matching with the size of the symbol image data, the input unit of handwritten data and the input unit of clear data of characters and symbols are blocked to the same size. As a result, it is possible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear data of characters and symbols are mixed as shown in FIG.

  24 and 25, when the document processing mechanism 152 creates a document according to the handwriting input mode, first, as shown in the upper process flow of FIG. 24, first in step ST71. Then, it is determined whether or not a document creation end request has been issued. When it is determined that the document has been issued, the process ends. When it is determined that it has not been issued, the process proceeds to step ST72, where the handwritten data input device 150 The input unit of handwritten data input from is stored in the input buffer 154.

  Subsequently, in step ST73, the size of the handwritten data stored in the input buffer 154 is normalized to a predetermined size. Subsequently, in step ST74, the normalized handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the image RAM 155 pointed to by the cursor, and in step ST75, the normalized handwritten data is stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor. After storing, the data is displayed on the display device 153, and then the process returns to step ST71 to accept the next data input.

  Here, the configuration has been adopted in which handwritten data is normalized and stored in the image RAM 155, but may be stored in the image RAM 155 without being normalized.

  On the other hand, when creating a document according to the code input mode, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 24, first, in step ST81, it is determined whether or not a document creation end request has been issued. If it is determined that it has been issued, the process is terminated. If it is determined that it has not been issued, the process proceeds to step ST 82, and the code data of characters / symbols input from the keyboard device 151 is stored in the code RAM 156.

  Subsequently, in step ST83, the code / image converter 157 is used to calculate the image data pointed to by the code data stored in the code RAM 156, and in the next step ST84, the calculated character / symbol image data is calculated. The data is stored in the storage area of the character image RAM 158 pointed to by the cursor and is also stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the cursor so that it is displayed on the display device 153 and then the process returns to step ST81 to accept the next data input.

  In this way, when the handwritten data is stored in the image RAM 155 and the character / symbol image data is stored in the character image RAM 158, the simultaneous display request for the handwritten data and the character / symbol clear data is made. If there is, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 25, first, in step ST91, handwritten data for which simultaneous display is requested is specified by interacting with the user, and then in step ST92, the specified handwritten data is specified. In step ST93, handwritten data is read from the specified storage area of the image RAM 155 and stored in the storage area of the video RAM 159 pointed to by the simultaneous display request destination. The handwritten data is displayed on the display device 153.

  Subsequently, in step ST94, the character / symbol data for which simultaneous display is requested is specified by interacting with the user. Subsequently, in step ST95, the character image RAM 158 storing the specified character / symbol data is stored. In step ST96, character / symbol data (character / symbol image data) is read from the identified character image RAM 158 and stored in the video RAM 159 pointed to by the simultaneous display request destination. By storing in the area, the character / symbol data is displayed on the display device 153.

  In this way, the document processing mechanism 152 inputs the character / symbol data indicated by the code data input from the keyboard device 151 from the handwritten data input device 150 by executing the processing flow of FIGS. Treated as image data similar to handwritten data. As a result, it is possible to create a document in a form in which handwritten data and clear data of characters and symbols are mixed as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the character image RAM 158 is provided separately from the image RAM 155. However, it is also possible to provide a storage area functioning as the character image RAM 158 in the image RAM 155.

  Next, a description will be given of a document creation apparatus according to the present invention that makes it possible to easily reuse handwritten data of a created document.

  FIG. 27 shows a third embodiment of the document creation apparatus using the fifth and sixth principles of the present invention.

  In FIG. 27, the same components as those described with reference to FIG. An image dictionary 160 manages the correspondence between a pointer that points to the storage area of the image RAM 155 and “reading” that is assigned to the handwritten data pointed to by the pointer.

  27 assigns “reading” as a label of the handwritten data block to the block of handwritten data (may be one handwritten data) stored in the image RAM 155, The correspondence is managed by the image dictionary 160, and when the “reading” of the handwritten data block is given from the keyboard device 151, the entity of the handwritten data block is created by searching the image dictionary 160. This makes it possible to easily reuse handwritten data of a document.

  FIG. 28 and FIG. 29 show an embodiment of a processing flow executed by the document processing mechanism 152 to realize this configuration. Next, according to these processing flows, the present invention that makes it possible to easily reuse handwritten data of a created document will be described in detail.

  When there is a registration request to the image dictionary 160 from the user, the document processing mechanism 152 first stores it in the image RAM 155 by interacting with the user in step ST10 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. The handwritten data block to be registered in the image dictionary 160 is extracted from the handwritten data. For example, the handwritten data block in which Mt. Fuji is drawn is extracted from the handwritten data stored in the image RAM 155. In addition, this handwritten data block may be extracted by the input unit of one handwritten data.

  Subsequently, in step ST102, by interacting with the user, “reading” code data (code data string) as a label is assigned to the extracted handwritten data block. For example, a label “fu” is given to the extracted handwritten data block of Mount Fuji. Subsequently, in step ST103, an interactive relationship between the pointer to the extracted handwritten data block and “reading” assigned to the handwritten data block is registered in the image dictionary 160.

  By executing the processing flow in FIG. 28 in this way, the image dictionary 160 has a pointer to the handwritten data block stored in the image RAM 155 and the handwritten data block as shown in FIG. Correspondence with “reading” assigned to is registered.

  Then, the document processing mechanism 152 designates “reading (input label)” of the handwritten data block from the user, and when there is a search request for the handwritten data block, first, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. In step ST111, the handwritten data block pointed to by "reading" is specified by searching the image dictionary 160 to specify the pointer pointed to by "reading". Subsequently, in step ST112, the specified handwritten data block is stored in the video RAM 159 and displayed on the display device 153.

  According to the processing flow of FIG. 29, for example, the user designates a label “F” and issues a handwritten data block search request to display the handwritten data block on which Mt. Fuji associated with the label is drawn on the display screen. The handwritten data of the created document can be easily reused. In this embodiment, “reading” is assigned to the handwritten data block. However, the handwritten data block may have clear text data of characters and symbols as a part thereof.

  In addition to the method of reusing handwritten data by issuing a search request for handwritten data as in this embodiment, when code data is input from the user, the input code is automatically entered. It is also useful to adopt a configuration in which handwritten data is reused by using handwritten data as input data instead of the clear data indicated by the data.

  FIG. 30 and FIG. 31 show an example of a processing flow executed by the document processing mechanism 152 to realize this configuration. Next, according to these processing flows, the present invention will be described in detail.

  When there is a registration request to the image dictionary 160 from the user, the document processing mechanism 152 first stores it in the image RAM 155 by interacting with the user in step ST121 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. The input unit of handwritten data to be registered in the image dictionary 160 is extracted from the handwritten data. For example, the handwritten data “A” is extracted from the handwritten data stored in the image RAM 155.

  Subsequently, in step ST122, code data is assigned to the extracted handwritten data by interacting with the user. For example, “2422H” that is the code data of the clear text data “A” is assigned to the extracted handwritten data “A”. Subsequently, in step ST123, the correspondence relationship between the pointer to the extracted handwritten data and the code data assigned to the handwritten data is registered in the image dictionary 160. This code data allocation is executed by designating “read” having code data to be designated, instead of designating code data directly. Further, code data of clean text data other than “A” may be allocated to the extracted handwritten data of “A”.

  When the user inputs character / symbol clear text data using the keyboard device 151, the document processing mechanism 152 first inputs the data in step ST131 as shown in the processing flow of FIG. The code data is stored in the code RAM 156, and then, in step ST132, the image dictionary 160 is searched to determine whether or not the input code data is registered in the image dictionary 160. If it is determined that the image data is not, the process proceeds to step ST133, where the code / image conversion device 157 is used to calculate the image data pointed to by the stored code data. Display device by storing data in storage area of video RAM 159 pointed to by cursor 53 To display.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST132 that the input code data is registered in the image dictionary 160, the process proceeds to step ST135 and the code data to be input is selected from the pointers registered in the image dictionary 160. By specifying the pointer to be pointed, the handwritten data pointed to by the input code data is specified, and in step ST136, the specified handwritten data is stored in the video RAM 159 and displayed on the display device 153.

  In accordance with the processing flow of FIG. 31, for example, as shown in FIG. 33, the user inputs “a” to obtain the handwritten data “a” associated with the code data “2422H” of “a”. Since it can be displayed on the display screen, the handwritten data of the created document can be easily reused.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document preparation apparatus 10 Handwritten data input device 11 Display apparatus 12 Input / output control means 13 Memory 14 Document display means 15 Setting means 16 Display means 17 Judgment means 18 First storage means 19 Second storage means 20 First setting change Means 21 Second setting change means 22 Third setting change means 23 First conversion means 24 Second conversion means 30 Setting means 31 Display means 32 Judgment means 33 Storage means 34 Setting change means 35 First conversion means 36 Second conversion means 37 Change means 45a to 45c Storage medium 101 Document creation device 102 Keyboard device 103 Handwritten data input device 104 Document creation mechanism 105 Display device 110 Conversion means 111 Normalization means 112 First generation means 113 Second generation Means 114 Recognition means 120 Conversion means 121 Normalization means 122 Image memory means 123 Display memory means 124 Image memory means 125 Expansion means 126 Generation means 127 Display means 130 Normalization means 131 Image memory means 132 Extraction means 133 Assignment means 134 Management means 135 Search means 140 Normalization means 141 Image memory means 142 Allocation means 143 Management means 144 Search means 145 Selection means 170a to 170c Storage medium

Claims (4)

In a document creation device that receives handwritten data generated by a handwriting data input device and creates a document,
An assigning means for assigning code data of the character / symbol data to the input unit of the input handwritten data;
Management means for managing the correspondence between the handwritten data and code data assigned by the assigning means;
When the code data is input in the document creation, searching for whether or not the code data is registered in the management unit, when it is registered, it searches the handwritten data corresponding to the code data retrieval Means,
When the search means searches for handwritten data, instead of the character / symbol data pointed to by the input code data, the handwritten data is selected and output as input data corresponding to the input code data , and the search is performed. Selection means for outputting character symbol data pointed to by the code data when it is determined that the code data is not registered by the search by the means ,
Document creation device. The assigning means performs processing so as to assign the code data of the character / symbol data associated with the handwritten data to the input unit of the input handwritten data.
The document creation apparatus according to claim 1 . A document creation method by a document creation device that receives handwritten data generated by a handwriting data input device and creates a document,
The assigning means of the document creation device assigns the code data of the character / symbol data to the input unit of the input handwritten data,
The management means of the document creation device manages the correspondence between handwritten data and code data assigned by the assignment means,
The search means of the document creation device searches whether or not the code data is registered in the management means when code data is input in document creation. Search for handwritten data corresponding to the data,
When the search unit searches for handwritten data, the selection unit of the document creation device inputs the handwritten data corresponding to the input code data instead of the character / symbol data indicated by the input code data. Select and output as data, and when the code data is determined not to be registered by the search by the search means, output the character symbol data pointed to by the code data ,
Document creation method. The assigning means performs processing so as to assign the code data of the character / symbol data associated with the handwritten data to the input unit of the input handwritten data.
The document creation method according to claim 3 .

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