JPH05101218A - Handwritten character input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily designate and input a full or half size character with a simple operation and then to decide a full or half size character with the simple processing when a fact that a prescribed operation is carried out at an input part. CONSTITUTION:A dot input operation is carried out by an input pen 3 at the lower right corner of an input area 2 before input of a character pattern or concurrently with input of the character pattern as an operation which shows the input of a half size character. If a dot is already inputted in the lower right corner area, the input data are defined as the input of a half size character. Meanwhile the input data are defined as the input of a full size character when a normal input operation is carried out instead of the dot input operation. An input decision control part 6 decides through an input control, part 4 that the input data stored in an input memory 5 are identical with the half size character data when a dot input operation is already carried out. Thus the part 6 outputs a half size character input signal 11 to a recognition control part 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a handwriting input device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a handwriting input device suitable for performing full-width character input or half-width character input designation by a simple operation and easily determining whether to enter full-width character input or half-width character input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As the prior art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-838
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 87, there is a method of determining whether an input character pattern is a full-width character or a half-width character based on the width of the character pattern and the width of other patterns that follow.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the full-width character or the half-width character is determined from the width of the character pattern, the operator must always be aware of the character size when inputting. There was a problem that it was very troublesome.

Further, when determining whether to enter full-width characters or half-width characters, it is necessary to calculate the width of the character pattern, which makes it difficult to determine whether to enter full-width characters or half-width characters. ..

An object of the present invention is to provide a handwriting input device,
(EN) It is possible to provide a handwriting input device capable of easily specifying a full-width character or a half-width character and inputting it by a simple operation and further determining whether it is a full-width character or a half-width character by a simple process. ..

[0006]

A first handwriting input device of the present invention comprises a judging means for judging whether or not an operation for instructing half-width character input (or full-width character input) has been performed in the input section. When it is determined that the operation for instructing half-width character input (or full-width character input) is performed by the above means, the input pattern is processed as a half-width character pattern (or full-width character pattern), and the half-width character input is instructed by the above means. If it is determined that the operation to
Input pattern is full-width character pattern (half-width character pattern)
It is characterized by processing as.

The second handwriting input device of the present invention has a switch, which is provided in the input unit, for designating a full-width character input or a half-width character input and a predefined handwriting input device for instructing a full-width character input or a half-width character input. A determination unit that determines whether or not an operation has been performed on the input unit and a setting state of the switch are detected, and full-width character input and half-width character input are performed based on the detection result and the determination result of the determination unit. And a full-width / half-width determining means, wherein when the full-width / half-width determining means determines that an operation for instructing full-width character input is performed, the input pattern is processed as a full-width character pattern, and the full-width / half-width determination is performed. When it is determined that the operation for instructing the full-width character input is not performed by the means, it is achieved by processing the input pattern as the half-width character pattern. .

[0008]

According to the first handwriting input device of the present invention, the determining means determines whether or not a predetermined operation is performed in the input section, and when it is determined that the operation is performed, Determines that half-width character input (or full-width character input) is performed and performs the subsequent processing.

Further, according to the second handwriting input device of the present invention, full-width character input and half-width character input are determined and determined based on the setting state of the switch and the determination result of the determination means. Subsequent processing is performed based on the result.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a handwriting input device according to the present invention. Figure 1
In the handwriting input device 1, the handwriting input device 1 includes an input area 2, an input pen 3, an input control unit 4, an input memory 5, and an input determination control unit 6.
And a memory 7, a recognition control unit 8, and a display unit 9. Here, the input memory 5 is a memory that stores input data. Further, the input determination control unit 6
By detecting whether or not an operation indicating that it is a predefined half-width character input has been performed, it is determined whether it is half-width character input or full-width character input. It is output to the recognition control unit 8. The recognition control unit 8 performs recognition of handwritten characters, conversion of character codes after recognition, storage of character codes in the memory 7, transfer to the display unit 9, and transfer to a host (not shown).

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data input state of the input area 2 in the input memory 5 at the time of half-width character input,
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data input state of the input area 2 in the input memory 5 at the time of full-width character input.

Next, the operation of the handwriting input device 1 of this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, as an operation indicating the half-width character input, a point input operation is performed on the lower right corner 21 of the input area 2 by the input pen 3 before or together with the character pattern input, and an operation is performed in the lower right corner area. When a point is input, the input data is defined as half-width character input (see FIG. 2). Further, when a normal input operation is performed without performing the point input operation, the input data is defined as a full-width character input (see FIG. 3).

When inputting half-width characters in the input operation to the handwriting input device 1, a character pattern is input to the input area 2 with the input pen 3 and a point is input to the area at the lower right corner of the input area 2. When the input control unit 4 fetches the input information into the input memory 5, the input determination control unit 6 inputs points to the area 21 in the input memory 5 (the area on the input memory 5 corresponding to the lower right corner of the input area 2). See if there is. When there is a point input, the input data stored in the input memory 5 is determined to be half-width character data, and the half-width character input signal 11 is output to the recognition control unit 8. The recognition control unit 8 detects that the half-width character input signal 11 is output, regards the data read from the input memory 5 as half-width character data, performs character recognition and half-width character mode conversion, and The code is stored in the memory 7 and transferred to the display unit 9.

When inputting full-width characters, the input pen 3
The input operation of character data is performed in the input area 2. In this case, point input is not performed in the lower right corner of the input area 2. When the input control unit 4 fetches the input information into the input memory 5, the input determination control unit 6 checks whether or not there is a point input in the area 21 in the input memory 5 as in the case described above. In this case, since there is no point input, the input determination control unit 6 determines that the input data stored in the input memory 5 is full-width character data, and outputs the half-width character input signal 11 to the recognition control unit 8. do not do. The recognition control unit 8 detects that the half-width character input signal 11 is not output, regards the data in the input memory 5 as full-width character data, performs character recognition and full-width character code conversion, and stores the character code in the memory. 7 and transfer to the display unit 9.

In the above embodiment, the point input to the lower right corner of the input area is defined as the operation indicating the half-width character input. However, the position of the point input may be another position, or the point input It is obvious that the same operation can be performed by defining other operation such as underline input instead of.

The same operation can be performed by performing a predefined operation only when inputting full-width characters instead of when inputting half-width characters. Furthermore, the operation defined respectively for full-width character input and half-width character input can be performed. Obviously, if it is done, the same can be done.

Further, a switch for designating full-width character input or half-width character input is provided in the input area 2, and the input determination control unit 6 detects the setting state of this switch and determines whether the input is half-width input or full-width input. Anyway. In addition, by combining the setting status of this switch with the previously defined operation, it is possible to define whether to enter full-width characters or half-width characters, and during input operation, these states are detected to enter full-width characters or half-width characters. It is obvious that the same can be done by determining whether or not.

[0018]

According to the present invention, full-width character input and half-width character input can be specified by a simple operation in a handwriting input device, and it is possible to easily determine whether full-width character input or half-width character input. It becomes possible to improve the usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a handwriting input device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a data input state in half-width character input of the input memory shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a data input state in full-width character input of the input memory shown in FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Handwriting input device, 2 ... Input area, 3 ... Input pen, 4
... input control unit, 5 ... input memory, 6 ... input determination control unit,
7 memory, 8 ... recognition control unit, 9 ... display unit, 11 ... half-width character input signal.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for determining whether or not an operation for instructing half-width character input is performed in an input section, and when it is determined that the operation for instructing half-width character input is performed, the input pattern is changed. A handwriting input device which processes as an half-width character pattern and processes the input pattern as a full-width character pattern when it is determined that the operation for instructing the half-width character input is not performed by the above means. 2. A means for determining whether or not an operation for instructing full-width character input is performed in the input section, and when the operation for instructing full-width character input is determined by the means, an input pattern is set. A handwriting input device which processes as a full-width character pattern, and processes the input pattern as a half-width character pattern when it is determined that the operation for instructing full-width character input has not been performed by the above means. 3. A switch provided in the input section for designating full-width character input or half-width character input, and determining means for determining whether or not an operation instructing full-width character input or half-width character input is performed in the input section. , Full-width / half-width determination means for determining the full-width character input and half-width character input based on the detection result of the switch and the determination result of the determination means, and the full-width / half-width character When it is determined by the determination means that the operation for instructing full-width character input is performed, the input pattern is processed as a full-width character pattern, and it is determined by the full-width / half-width determination means that the operation for instructing full-width character input has not been performed. In the case of a handwriting input device, the input pattern is processed as a half-width character pattern.