JPH09160904A - Image processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform an image edition, while simply and simultaneously inputting the instruction of image information for which an image processing should be performed and the commend to be processed. SOLUTION: The handwritten pattern information inputted by a display 3 to be an input/output integrated device is recognized, step (1) and (2). The classification of the editing processing corresponding to the recognized pattern information is judged, step (3), (6) and (8). When the classification of the editing processing is an insertion, from the judgment, the blank corresponding to a character is inserted at the character location specified by the location where the pattern information is inputted by a handwriting, step (3) and (4). The character strings in and after the location are controlled so that the character strings may be displayed on the display means by moving the character strings backward step (5).

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 for performing predetermined image processing according to pattern information and position information input to image information displayed on a display means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of device, in order to modify (insert, delete, overtype, etc.) the document data displayed on the display means, the input means is provided separately from the display means. For example, correction is instructed by an insert key, an erase key or the like provided on the keyboard, and the document data instructed by the cursor movement key is erased or inserted.

According to US Pat. No. 4,567,480 and the like, various types of commands are displayed on a display device, a touch sensor is provided on the display screen, and a desired command on the display is touched to input the command. Has also been proposed.

[0004]

However, in the device constructed as the former, for example, when making a correction,
In addition to making it difficult to determine where to correct at the present time, the operator must specify the command while moving the eyes alternately and repeatedly between the display means and the keyboard, so that the cursor movement operation can be performed quickly. Has required considerable skill, and is difficult for beginners to operate, resulting in troublesome work with a lot of fatigue.

On the other hand, in the latter case, a specific coordinate point on the display screen of the display means is made to correspond to a specific command.
Only the former keyboard is arranged on the screen, the original operation is still not improved just by improving the troublesome movement of the operator's line of sight, and the complicated key operation accompanying the correction operation is performed There was a problem that had to be solved.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the objects of the first to fourth inventions according to the present invention are input to displayed image information. By detecting pattern information and position information and performing image processing based on the command corresponding to the pattern information and performing image processing corresponding to the input position, it is possible to eliminate the complicated key operation load as in the past and to perform image processing. An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing method capable of efficiently editing an image while easily and simultaneously inputting an instruction of image information to be processed and a command to be processed.

[0007]

A first aspect of the present invention is an image processing method which uses handwritten pattern information input from an input means and controls so that the image information is displayed on a display means. Recognizing the handwritten pattern information input from the input means, determining the type of editing process corresponding to the recognized pattern information, and if the type of editing process is insertion by the determination, the pattern information is At the character position specified by the handwritten input position,
A blank is inserted for one character, and the character string after that position is moved backward so as to be displayed on the display means.

In a second aspect of the present invention, the character to be moved backward is a character string on the right side of the coordinates in which the handwriting pattern instructing the insertion is written.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the determined type of editing process is deletion, the character at the position where a blank is inserted is deleted when the type of editing process is insertion. It is a thing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the input means and the display means are integrated.

[0011]

In the first invention, when the handwritten pattern information input by the input means is recognized, the type of editing process corresponding to the recognized pattern information is determined,
If it is determined that the type of edit processing is insertion, insert a space for one character at the character position specified by the position where the pattern information was handwritten, and move the character string after that position backward. And display on the display means to edit (delete, move, etc.) the characters that have already been input, as well as give an instruction to provide a space for a newly input character and specify the position to provide the space. It is possible by inputting one pattern information.

In the second invention, since the character string on the right side of the coordinates in which the handwritten pattern for instructing the insertion is written is moved to the back, strict attention to the position of writing the pattern is unnecessary. .

In the third invention, when the type of the editing process is insertion, the character at the position where the blank is inserted can be deleted, and insertion and deletion can be instructed by the same operation.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the input means and the display means are integrated, it is possible to easily match the edit target with the input of the instruction pattern.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an example of the configuration of an electronic device to which an image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU which comprehensively controls each unit based on a control program stored in a ROM 1a. Reference numeral 2 denotes a RAM for temporarily storing document data or image data to be displayed on a display 3 serving as an input / output integrated device, and for storing a coordinate position and a handwritten command character pattern instructed and inputted from a pen-type input device 4 constituting an instructing means. Hold. Further, an execution program for recognizing a handwritten command character pattern and a management program for managing the execution program are resident in the RAM 2.

When a later-described command character pattern is input on the screen of the display 3 from the pen-type input device 4, the CPU 1 reads the execution program stored in the RAM 2 and uses a well-known pattern recognition method. It executes pattern recognition processing, issues a specific correction command, and displays a document or image displayed before and after the position coordinates indicated by the pen-type input device 4 and a specific area indicated by the pen-type input device 4. The correction command processing is executed on the displayed document or image, and the corrected document or image is corrected and displayed on the display 3.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a command character pattern according to the present invention. Reference numeral 11 is a command character pattern group, which is composed of, for example, an insertion character pattern 11a and an erasing character pattern 11b. Reference numeral 12 denotes a correction command group, which is an insertion character pattern 11a, an erasure character pattern 11b
Correction commands 12a and 12b corresponding to the
Issued by U1.

Next, the operation of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a character correction operation procedure in the image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that (1) to (9) indicate each step.

The description will be made on the assumption that the document data read from the storage means (not shown) or the document data input from the keyboard is displayed on the display 3.

First, the system waits for coordinate input information to be instructed by the pen-type input device 4 with respect to the character string displayed on the display 3 (1).
The handwritten pattern recognition program stored in M2 is read to execute handwritten character recognition (2).

Next, it is determined whether or not the command character pattern recognized by the CPU 1 is the insertion character pattern 11a (3). If YES, an insertion routine is executed (4), and the insertion character is displayed on the display 3 ( 5),
Control ends.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (3) is NO, it is determined whether the command character pattern recognized by the CPU 1 is the erased character pattern 11b (6). If NO, the recognized character is displayed on the display 3. (7), and if YES, the CPU 1 causes the pen-type input device 4
It is determined whether the position indicated by is above the character (8), and N
If O, the process returns to step (7). If YES, one character displayed at the position where the erased character pattern 11b is handwritten is erased (9), and the process returns to step (5).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a character string correcting operation procedure in the image processing method according to one embodiment of the present invention. Note that (1) to (5) indicate each step. First, it is determined whether or not there is a character input (1). If NO, the control is terminated. If YES, it is determined whether or not the command character pattern input by handwriting instruction from the pen-type input device 4 is the insertion character pattern 11a. (2) If YES, execute the insertion routine (3), N
If O, it is determined whether or not the command character pattern input by handwriting instruction from the pen-type input device 4 is the erase character pattern 11b (4). If YES, the erase routine is executed (5). finish.

As described above, for the displayed image information, pattern information (each pattern 11a, 11b registered in the command character pattern group 11 in this embodiment) and position information (pen type input device in this embodiment) 4), the CPU 1 applies image processing based on the command corresponding to the pattern information to the image information corresponding to the input position in accordance with the above-described flowchart or the procedure shown in the flowchart described later. ,
It is possible to efficiently edit an image while easily inputting instructions of image information to be processed and commands to be processed. Hereinafter, a specific example of image processing will be described in further detail.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the insertion routine shown in FIG. Note that (1) to (5) indicate each step.

Position information instructed and input on the display 3 from the pen-type input device 4 (secured in the RAM 2)
, A space is written by one character at the coordinate position indicated by the insertion character pattern 11a (1), and the display information on the right side of the coordinate position is moved to the right by one character. Next, it is determined whether or not there is a character input in the space opened in step (1) (2). If NO, the process proceeds to step (4) and thereafter. If YES, the entered character is written in the space.
A space is further left for one character (3), and the process proceeds to step (4).

Next, it is determined whether or not an erasure character pattern 11b has been input by handwriting on the insertion character pattern 11a (4). If NO, the process returns to step (2) and returns to step (2).
If it is ES, the space left in step (3) is deleted (5), the information moved to the right is moved to the left by one character, and the control is terminated.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the erase routine shown in FIG. Note that (1) and (2) indicate each step.

Positional information instructed and input on the display 3 from the pen-type input device 4 (secured in the RAM 2)
, All information such as characters and images between the leftmost coordinate and the rightmost coordinate of the coordinate position where the erased character pattern 11b is designated is erased (1). Next, the information existing on the right side of the blank erased in the processing of step (1) is shifted to the left side until there is no blank (2).

As described above, by directly instructing and inputting the command character pattern to the corrected position of the display position on the display 3 by the pen-type input device 4, for example, correction,
Erasing can be performed at once with a simple operation.

In the above embodiment, the pen-type input device 4
Has been described in which the character string input based on the command character pattern input by handwriting is corrected on a character-by-character basis. According to the procedure shown in FIGS. Alternatively, the correction of the image information can be executed for each area.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining another command character pattern processing operation procedure according to the present invention.
Note that (1) to (5) indicate each step.

First, it is determined whether or not there is a character input (1). If NO, the control is ended. If YES, an area to be corrected (indicated by diagonal coordinates) and handwriting instruction input from the pen-type input device 4 are input. It is determined whether or not the input command character pattern is the inserted character pattern 11a (2). If YES, a space clearing routine is executed (3). If NO, an area to be corrected from the pen-type input device 4 (diagonal coordinates). It is determined whether or not the command character pattern input with the instruction) and the handwriting instruction is the erased character pattern 11b (4).
If it is O, the control is ended, and if it is YES, the pen type input device 4
Write a space in the designated area (5),
The characters existing in the area are deleted and the control is terminated.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the space clearing routine shown in FIG. In addition, (1)-
(11) shows each step.

Information in the area designated by the pen-type input device 4 is temporarily saved in the RAM 2 (1), and a blank is written in the area (2). Next, it is determined whether there is a blank area on the right side adjacent to the area into which the information temporarily saved in the RAM 2 can be inserted, that is, the area designated in step (1) (3). Is written in the right margin (4), and the control is terminated.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (3) is NO, there is a margin below the area where the information temporarily saved in the RAM 2 can be inserted, that is, adjacent to the area designated in step (1). (5)
If YES, the information saved in the RAM 2 is written in the lower margin (6), and the control is terminated.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (5) is NO, whether there is a margin above the area where information temporarily saved in the RAM 2 can be inserted, ie, the area adjacent to the area specified in step (1). Judge whether (7),
If YES, the information saved in the RAM 2 is written in the upper margin (8), and the control is terminated.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (7) is NO, whether there is a margin on the left side adjacent to the area where the information temporarily saved in the RAM 2 can be inserted, ie, the area designated in step (1) (9)
If YES, the information saved in the RAM 2 is written in the left margin (10), and the control ends.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (9) is NO, it is determined that no space is available, the information saved in the RAM 2 is rewritten in the area (11), and the control is terminated.

As described above, corrections such as insertion and deletion of characters or images in the area designated by the pen-type input device 4 can be performed by handwriting without any discomfort.

Hereinafter, the correspondence between this embodiment and the first to fourth inventions and the operation thereof will be described with reference to FIGS.

The first aspect of the present invention uses the handwritten pattern information input from the input means (display 3 which is an input / output integrated device) and controls the display means (display 3) to display the image information. A method for recognizing handwritten pattern information input from the input means (steps (1) and (2) in FIG. 3) and determining the type of edit processing corresponding to the recognized pattern information (FIG. Three
Steps (3), (6), and (8)), when the type of the editing process is insertion by the above-described determination, the character position specified by the position where the pattern information is input by handwriting is
Insert a blank character (step (3) in FIG. 3,
(4)), the character string after that position is moved backward and displayed on the display means (step (5) in FIG. 3) to edit (delete, move) the already input character. Etc.), an instruction to provide a space for a newly input character and designation of a position to provide the space can be made by inputting one pattern information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the character to be moved backward is a character string on the right side of the coordinates where the handwriting pattern instructing the insertion is entered (step (4) in FIG. 3; 5), it is not necessary to pay strict attention to the position where the pattern is written.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the determined type of the editing process is the deletion, the character at the position where the blank is inserted is deleted when the type of the editing process is the insertion (FIG. 3). In step (9), details are shown in FIG. 6), and it is possible to input a single pattern information to specify a deletion instruction and a character at a position where a blank is to be inserted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the input means and the display means are of an integral type (the display 3 which is an integrated input / output device) so that consistency between the editing object and the input of the instruction pattern can be easily obtained. Make it possible.

The apparatus (system) shown in the above embodiment is not limited to this as long as the present invention can be applied, and the connected equipment may be changed. Also,
It may be configured to function by being connected to another device (system) via a local area network (LAN) or the like, or may be a single device.

As described above, in the above embodiment, the command character pattern directly input to the display means is recognized, and the correction command processing for the specified character or image and the character or image in the predetermined area is automatically executed. Unlike the conventional command key input operation and the corresponding coordinate instruction input operation, it does not require a complicated operation with a heavy operation burden and a skill level, so that the correction command processing can be performed at once with a simple operation. .

Further, since the correction command can be input by a handwritten character pattern, it is not necessary to arrange a keyboard or the like, and the total cost can be greatly reduced.

[0051]

As described above, the first embodiment according to the present invention is described.
According to the invention, not only the editing (deletion, movement, etc.) of a character that has already been input, but also an instruction to provide a space for a newly input character and a designation of the position where the space is provided are in one pattern. Because it is possible by entering information,
Operability is improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the insertion position is determined in consideration of the coordinates in which the pattern instructing the insertion is written in the left-right direction, so that it is not necessary to pay close attention to the position where the pattern is written. .

According to the third invention, insertion and deletion can be instructed by the same operation.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the use of the input / output integrated type device has the effect of making it easier to obtain consistency between the editing target and the input of the instruction pattern.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an electronic device to which an image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a command character pattern according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a character correction operation procedure in an image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a character string correction operation procedure in an image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an insertion routine shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an erasing routine shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another command character pattern processing operation procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a space clearing routine shown in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 1a ROM 2 RAM 3 display 4 pen type input device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image processing method which uses handwritten pattern information input from an input unit and controls so that image information is displayed on a display unit, wherein the handwritten pattern information input from the input unit is recognized. , The type of the editing process corresponding to the recognized pattern information is determined, and when the type of the editing process is insertion based on the determination, a blank is placed at the character position specified by the position where the pattern information is handwritten. Is inserted for one character, and the character string after that position is moved backward and is controlled to be displayed on the display means. 2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the character to be moved backward is a character string on the right side of the coordinates in which the handwriting pattern instructing the insertion is written. 3. The character at the position where a blank is inserted is deleted when the determined type of the editing process is deletion when the type of the editing process is insertion. The described image processing method. 4. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the input unit and the display unit are integrated.