JPH056245A - Method and device for processing image - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the use of inputting depending on a keyboard or handwriting by setting a display area for one character of character information inputted by the keyboard smaller than one pattern of information inputted by an image input means. CONSTITUTION:A means 2 to display the information inputted by an image input means 1 and a keyboard 8 is arranged while being overlapped with the image input means 1. In this case, the area to input the character information by the image input means 1 is also used as the display area of the character information inputted by the keyboard 8, and the display area for one character of the character information inputted by the keyboard 8 is set smaller than the area for one pattern of image information inputted by the image input means 1. For example, the shape of this display area is similar to that of the area for one pattern of the image information inputted by the image input means, and the area is made 1/4. Thus, four characters can be handled in the area inputting only one character in an area for normal character, and four- times quantity can be handled as much as handwriting input.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing method and apparatus in which characters can be input by both handwriting and a keyboard, and an input area dedicated to input character recognition is used for character input, in which display character recognition units overlap each other. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an image processing method and apparatus capable of recognizing characters by handwriting, a character input dedicated area 91 as shown in FIG. The characters are written on the coordinate detecting means (hereinafter, digitizer) 82 arranged so as to overlap with the above so as to fit in the input-only area. The character input dedicated area 91 is divided into a large area 95 and a small area 96 for one character, but when a character is input to the small area 96, it is recognized as a lowercase letter.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an input procedure of a conventional device, and FIG. 11 is a display example diagram corresponding to the step.

As shown at 101, hiragana is entered in the character input area 91. When the conversion key 94 is touched, a display like 102 is displayed, and when one is selected by tracing with the pen like 103, only that word is displayed like 104.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the keyboard is connected to enable the input by the key, the number of characters that can be displayed in the input-only area is limited, and a large number of characters can be input. I was not able to take advantage of the key input characteristics.

Further, since the input method and the instruction input / display necessary for the conversion processing are largely different between the input by the keyboard and the input by handwriting, the operator has to deal with the two kinds of methods, which is very difficult. It was inconvenient.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems,
The present invention has image input means for inputting image information by handwriting, a keyboard for inputting a character code, and display means for displaying the image input means and the information input by the keyboard. In the image processing device in which the image input means is arranged in an overlapping manner, the area for inputting the character information in the image input means also serves as the display area for the character information input by the keyboard, and the character information input by the keyboard There is provided an image processing device characterized in that a display area for one character is set smaller than an area for one pattern of image information input by the image input means.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention inputs image information, recognizes image information input by handwriting, and recognizes the size of the recognized character information as one of the image information input by handwriting. When the input image information is displayed smaller than the inputtable area for the pattern and the input image information is recognized and displayed as character information, the size of the displayed character information can be input as image information indicating lowercase letters. Provided is an image processing method, which is characterized in that it has the same size as an area.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an image input means for inputting image information, a recognition means for recognizing image information input by handwriting, and a size of character information recognized by the recognition means. And a display control means for controlling so as to display the image information by making it smaller than the inputtable area for one pattern of image information input by handwriting.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention inputs the image information, recognizes and derives the input image information, and the character information input by the code information is the same kana-kanji conversion method. An image processing method characterized by performing kana-kanji conversion processing using.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides image input means for inputting image information, recognition means for recognizing image information input by the image input means to derive character information, and character information. There is provided an image processing device characterized in that a kana-kanji conversion process is performed using the same kana-kanji conversion device for a keyboard that is input by code information, character information that is obtained by the recognition device, and character information that is input by the keyboard.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a view best showing the features of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a digitizer (DTZ) which is a coordinate detecting device, 2 is a display, and 3 is a coordinate detected by the digitizer. , A digitizer control unit for transferring to the CPU 5, 4 a display control unit for transferring display information output from the CPU 5 to the display unit 2,
Reference numeral 5 is a CPU that operates based on a program stored in the ROM 6, 6 is a ROM in which the program is stored, 7 is RAM that serves as data storage means, 8 is a keyboard that is key input means, and 9 is a signal from the keyboard. Key control unit for transferring data to the CPU 5, 10 is a key interface for connecting a keyboard as an external device to the main body, 11 is a data bus for sending data to the ROM 6 and RAM 7, and 12 is a data bus 11. An address bus for transmitting a signal indicating an address of data to be stored. FIG. 2 is a display example at the time of inputting the characters shown in the configuration of FIG. Reference numeral 21 is a character input frame for handwriting input, 22 is a character cutting line that divides the character input frame 21 according to the present invention into four, and also serves as a lowercase character input frame, and 23 is a lowercase character input frame according to the present invention. Reference numeral 24 is a conversion key for converting the character string designated by the input pen into Chinese characters, and reference numeral 25 is a candidate key for displaying the next candidate when the first candidate is not what the operator desires.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 3 shows the processing when handwriting is input in the arrangements of FIGS. 1 and 2, and is executed by the control of the CPU 5 based on the program in the ROM 6. FIG. 4 is an exemplary display diagram on the display unit 2 associated with each step of the flowchart of FIG.

The handwriting input process will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 3 and the exemplary display of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 31, the character input box 21 is used to input the hiragana characters one by one with the input pen (S3).
1). The input characters are recognized by the CPU 5, and are displayed one by one in the upper left lower case input frame 22 (S32), as shown in FIG. Of the displayed Hiragana characters, the characters that you want to convert to Kana-Kanji are displayed.
Select by tracing with the input pen as shown in (S3
3). As shown in FIG. 34, the conversion key 24 is touched on the character string displayed with additional information such as inversion or underline background color selection as shown in FIG. 34 to instruct conversion (S34). , The conversion candidate character for the character string is retrieved from the dictionary in the RAM 7 and displayed as shown in FIG. 35 (S35). When a desired character is selected from the candidate characters displayed in S35 by touching it with the input pen as shown in FIG. 36 (S36), only the selected character is displayed as shown in display 37 (S37), The conversion process is complete.

Next, the processing for inputting characters with the keyboard will be described.

The flow chart shown in FIG. 5 is shown in FIGS.
FIG. 6 shows a display example on the display unit 2 showing the processing when keyboard input is performed in the above configuration, and corresponding to each step of the flowchart of FIG. The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is performed under the control of the CPU 5 based on the program in the ROM 6.

First, when hiragana characters are input from the keyboard 8, the characters are displayed one by one in the lower case input frame 22 from the upper left, as shown in FIG. 41 (S41). A character to be converted into a kana-kanji character is selected from the displayed hiragana characters by tracing with the input pen as shown in FIG. 42 (S42). When the conversion key 24 is touched for the character string which is selected in S42 and displayed with additional information such as inversion, underline, and background color change as shown in the display diagram 43 (S43), As shown in the display diagram 44, the reading information input in S41 is displayed as a character string including conversion characters (S44). When a Kanji character different from the desired Kanji character is converted and displayed in the character string displayed in S44, the character to be changed is selected by tracing with the input pen as shown in FIG. 45 (S45). . S4
When the character string selected in step 5 and displayed with additional information such as inversion, underline, background color change, etc. as shown in FIG. 46 is touched by the candidate key 25 to instruct display of the next candidate ( S46), the next candidate character is derived from the dictionary in RAM 7, and is displayed as shown in FIG. 47 (S4).
7). When a desired character is selected from the candidate characters displayed in S47 by touching it with the input pen as shown in FIG. 48 (S48), it is converted into the selected character as shown in display 49 and input in S41. The read information is displayed (S
49), the conversion process by keyboard input is completed.

After the processing up to S37 or S49 is finished, when a desired point on the display is touched with the input pen, a desired character string is displayed at a desired position as shown in FIG.

Up to this point, an example of performing all input and display in the processing from character input to character recognition and conversion in the character input frame 21 as shown in FIG. 2 has been described. As shown in the display example of FIG. 5, a recognition character display frame 61 is provided near the character input frame 21, and the display after S32 and S41 is displayed in this recognition character display frame 61, and a plurality of conversion candidate characters are displayed. At this time, it is possible to make it possible to switch the display by the character input frame 21.

Up to this point, the case of single-kanji conversion (single and idiom unit conversion) has been described, but as another conversion method, continuous phrase automatic conversion (when a document is written, it is automatically converted to kanji). Of course, the same effect can be obtained when other kanji recognition is used, in which kanji is directly written in the character input box to recognize kanji.

[0022]

According to the present invention, since a large input frame is not required when a character is input from the keyboard using the character input dedicated area, a small area for small letters is 1 / th of the area for normal characters. The size is set to 4, and one character in the area for normal characters is divided into four parts by the dotted line that divides the vertical and horizontal widths in half. There is an effect that the amount of characters can be handled at one time in the same input-only area, which is four times as large as when inputting by handwriting.

According to the present invention, by unifying the specifications of the conversion process at the time of handwriting input and keyboard input,
There is an effect that the operator can naturally perform character input making the most of each characteristic without being confused by the complexity of the specifications.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing apparatus that implements the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first exemplary diagram of an input screen.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary display diagram when a conversion process of handwriting input is performed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a conversion process of handwriting input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display when a keyboard input conversion process is performed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing keyboard input conversion processing.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing a character string that has been subjected to conversion processing.

FIG. 8 is a second exemplary diagram of an input screen.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram for carrying out the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a conventional input screen.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary display diagram when a conventional conversion process is performed.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing conventional conversion processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Coordinate detection device 2 display unit 3 Coordinate detection device control unit 4 Display control unit 5 CPU 6 ROM 7 RAM 8 keyboard 9 Keyboard control unit 10 keyboard interface 11 data bus 12 address bus

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An image input unit for inputting handwritten image information, a keyboard for inputting a character code, and a display unit for displaying the image input unit and the information input by the keyboard. In the image processing device in which the image input means is arranged in an overlapping manner, the area for inputting the character information in the image input means also serves as the display area for the character information input by the keyboard,
An image processing apparatus, wherein a display area for one character of character information input by the keyboard is set smaller than an area for one pattern of image information input by the image input means. 2. The display area for one character of the character information input by the keyboard is similar to the area for one pattern of the image information input by the image input means and has an area of 1/4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is a region. 3. The display area for one character of character information input by the keyboard is the same as the area of image information representing a lowercase character input by the image input means. The image processing device described. 4. The image information is input, the image information input by handwriting is recognized, and the size of the recognized character information is smaller than the inputtable area for one pattern of the image information input by handwriting. When the input image information is recognized and displayed as character information, the size of the displayed character information is set to the same size as the inputtable area of the image information representing a lower case character. Image processing method. 5. A recognition unit for recognizing image information and a size of the character information recognized by the recognition unit are displayed smaller than an inputtable area for one pattern of image information input by handwriting. An image processing apparatus comprising: 6. A kana-kanji conversion process using the same kana-kanji conversion method for inputting image information and recognizing and deriving the input image information and character information input by code information. Characterized image processing method. 7. An image input unit for inputting image information, a recognition unit for recognizing the image information input by the image input unit to derive character information, a keyboard for inputting character information by code information, and An image processing device, wherein character information obtained by a recognizing means and character information input by the keyboard are subjected to kana-kanji conversion processing using the same kana-kanji conversion means.