KR101165975B1 - Touch screen apparatus and handwriting input method of the touch screen apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A touch screen device and a method for inputting hand written letters on the touch screen device are provided to generate hand written letters and to form the hand written letters as images by tracking the traces of touch inputting operations. CONSTITUTION: When an activation command for inputting hand written letters is received, an input window outputting part(111) outputs a hand written inputting window related to the input of the hand written letters on a touch screen. A trace tracking part(112) detects touch inputting operations generated from the output region of the hand written inputting window and tracks the trace of the touch inputting operations. A hand written letter generating part(113) generates hand written letters along the trace of the touch inputting operations. An image forming part(114) forms the generated hand written letters as images.

Description

TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD OF THE TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques that enable a user to input handwriting in a device employing a touch screen.

Recently, as various mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs have emerged, research on various technologies related to such mobile devices has increased.

In particular, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs have a small size and require portability in contrast to desktop PCs due to the characteristics of devices. Doing.

In this regard, portable devices, such as smart phones and tablet PCs, which have recently emerged, often employ a touch screen or a Qwerty keyboard to facilitate user input.

In general, a touch screen type portable device is configured to receive a user's touch input and to control the device based on the received touch input.

In particular, the touch screen-type mobile device sets various touch input methods, and when the user inputs a touch input having a gesture of a preset method on the mobile device on the touch screen, the gesture input by the user It is configured to perform the corresponding operation.

Recently, a technology for displaying various kinds of electronic documents in a device having such a touch screen has emerged. For this reason, studies are being actively conducted on techniques for receiving a user's touch input from a device having a touch screen and assisting the user to conveniently view the electronic document based on the received touch input.

For example, when a user makes a gesture of turning a book by hand on a touch screen, the user receives a touch input on the touch screen and displays an effect of actually turning the page of the electronic document in the direction that the user's touch input is directed. How to do is being studied.

In addition, devices having a recent touch screen not only provide a function for allowing a user to input characters in a predetermined font form provided by the device itself in connection with a text input function for an electronic document, but also allow a user to touch a touch screen. When a touch input in the form of writing on the screen is applied, the user's handwriting itself is input on the touch screen by tracking the trajectory of the touch input.

However, existing technologies that provide handwriting input consider the size and position of characters already included in the electronic document being created when the user inputs handwriting on the touch screen while writing a predetermined electronic document. Rather than merely inputting the handwriting for any area of the electronic document, it was necessary to adjust the input position or size of the handwriting input after the user inputs the handwriting.

Therefore, when a user inputs handwriting in a device having a touch screen, a research on a technology that enables the user's handwriting input convenience by automatically adjusting the size or input position of the handwriting inputted by the user is needed. .

When the user wishes to input handwriting by applying a touch input on the touch screen, the present invention traces the trajectory of the touch input to generate handwriting, configures the generated handwriting as an image, and then configures the configured image. By adjusting the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device and inserting them on the electronic document, the user's handwriting input is facilitated.

The touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an activation command for handwriting input is received from a user, an input window output unit for outputting a handwriting input window associated with the input of the handwriting on the touch screen, on the touch screen. A trace tracking unit which detects a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output and tracks the trace of the detected touch input, a handwriting generator which generates handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input, and the generated handwriting An image structuring unit configured to form an image, a sizing unit for adjusting the size of the configured image based on a font size of a character included in the electronic document being created by the touch screen device, and the scaled image of the electronic document. It includes an image inserting portion to be inserted into.

In addition, the handwriting input method of the touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention, if an activation command for inputting handwriting is received from a user, outputting a handwriting input window associated with the input of the handwriting on the touch screen; Detecting a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output on the touch screen to track a trace of the detected touch input, generating a handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input, and generating the handwriting Comprising an image, adjusting the size of the configured image based on the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created by the touch screen device and inserting the resized image into the electronic document It includes.

When the user wishes to input handwriting by applying a touch input on the touch screen, the present invention traces the trajectory of the touch input to generate handwriting, configures the generated handwriting as an image, and then configures the configured image. By adjusting the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device and inserting them on the electronic document, the user's handwriting input can be facilitated.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining an operation of inserting handwriting into an image on an electronic document by a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing an operation of inserting handwritten text into text in a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a handwriting input method of a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an input window output unit 111, a trajectory tracking unit 112, a handwriting generation unit 113, an image configuration unit 114, A size adjusting unit 115 and an image inserting unit 116.

Here, the touch screen device 110 may be implemented based on various kinds of microprocessor-based devices employing a touch screen such as a desktop PC, a mobile terminal, a PDA, a notebook computer, and a tablet PC.

The input window output unit 111 outputs a handwriting input window associated with the handwriting input on the touch screen when an activation command for handwriting input is received from the user.

The trajectory tracking unit 112 detects a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output on the touch screen to track the trajectory of the detected touch input.

The handwriting generation unit 113 generates handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input.

The image construction unit 114 configures the generated handwriting as an image.

The size adjusting unit 115 adjusts the size of the configured image based on the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110.

The image inserting unit 116 inserts the resized image into the electronic document.

At this time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen device 110 may further include a location information check unit 117.

The location information checking unit 117 may check the location information of a cursor included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110.

At this time, the size adjusting unit 115 may adjust the size of the configured image based on the font size of the character set for the current position of the cursor in the electronic document based on the position information of the cursor, the image inserting unit 116 ) May insert the resized image based on the position information of the cursor in an area in which the cursor is located on the electronic document.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the input window output unit 111 may divide the handwriting input window into at least one input area having a predetermined size and output the same on the touch screen.

In this case, the trajectory tracking unit 112 may track the trajectory of the touch input detected in the at least one input area, and the handwriting generation unit 113 may track the trajectory of the touch input detected in the at least one input area. The handwriting may be generated for each of the at least one input area.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the size adjusting unit 115 may be configured to the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110 in consideration of the number of the input areas in which the handwriting is generated among the at least one input area. The size of the constructed image may be adjusted based on the font size of the included characters.

Hereinafter, an operation of inserting handwriting into an image as an image on the electronic document by the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a view for explaining an operation of inserting handwriting into an image on an electronic document by the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user performs an operation such as pressing an activation button associated with a handwriting input output on the touch screen 230 while the user prepares a predetermined electronic document through the touch screen device 110, thereby causing the touch screen device 110 to perform an operation. When an activation command for the handwriting input is applied to the input window output unit 111, the input window output unit 111 may output the handwriting input window 231 associated with the input of the handwriting on the touch screen 230.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the input window output unit 111 divides the handwriting input window 231 into at least one input area having a predetermined size, thereby providing a touch screen ( 230).

2, an example in which the handwriting input window 231 is divided into three input areas and output on the touch screen 230 is illustrated.

When the handwriting input window 231 is output on the touch screen 230, the user may input handwriting by applying touch input to three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

"라는 손글씨를 입력한 예가 도시되어 있고, 도면부호 220에서는 사용자가 손글씨 입력 창(231)의 구분된 3개의 입력 영역에 "

", "

", "

"라는 손글씨를 순차적으로 입력한 예가 도시되어 있다.In relation to this, reference numeral 210 denotes that the user enters the first input area of the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

An example of inputting the handwriting "is shown. In reference numeral 220, the user enters three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

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An example of sequentially inputting the handwriting "is shown.

When the user applies a touch input for handwriting input to the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 detects a touch input generated in an area where the handwriting input window 231 on the touch screen 230 is output. The trace of the detected touch input can be tracked.

In this case, the trajectory tracking unit 112 may track the trajectory of the touch input detected only within three divided input regions of the handwriting input window 231.

In other words, when a user applies a touch input to three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 detects a touch detected only within the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231. The trajectory of the input may be tracked, and the trajectory of the touch input outside the three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231 may not be tracked.

When the trajectory tracking unit 112 completes the trajectory tracking for the touch input, the handwriting generation unit 113 may generate the handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input.

In this case, the handwriting generation unit 113 generates the handwriting for each of the three input areas of the handwriting input window 231 according to the trajectory of the touch input detected within the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231. Can be generated.

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있다.For example, as illustrated by reference numeral 210, when the user applies a touch input only to the first input area among the three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 may execute the handwriting input window. The trace of the touch input detected in the first input area among the three divided input areas of 231 may be tracked, and the handwriting generator 113 may track the track of the touch input detected in the first input area. For the first input area according to "

You can create a handwriting.

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있고, 두 번째 입력 영역에 대해 "

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있으며, 세 번째 입력 영역에 대해 "

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있다.In addition, as illustrated by reference numeral 220, when the user applies a touch input to each of the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 of the handwriting input window 231 The trajectory of the touch input detected in each of the three divided input regions may be tracked, and the handwriting generation unit 113 may track the trajectory of the touch input detected in each of the three separate input regions of the handwriting input window 231. On the first input area

You can create a handwriting that says "for the second input area"

You can create a handwriting that says "for the third input area"

You can create a handwriting.

When the handwriting generation is completed in the handwriting generation unit 113, the image construction unit 114 may configure the generated handwriting as an image.

"에 대한 이미지를 구성할 수 있고, 도면부호 220에 도시된 바와 같이, 손글씨 입력 창(231)의 구분된 3개의 입력 영역 각각에 대해 손글씨의 생성이 완료된 경우, 생성된 손글씨 "

", "

", "

"를 하나의 이미지로 합쳐서 "

"라는 하나의 이미지로 구성할 수 있다.At this time, the image configuration unit 114, as shown by the reference numeral 210, when the generation of the handwriting is completed only for the first input area of the handwriting input window 231, the generated handwriting "

When the generation of handwriting is completed for each of the three separated input areas of the handwriting input window 231 as shown in reference numeral 220, and is shown in FIG.

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"Into a single image"

It can consist of a single image.

When the image composition of the handwriting is completed in the image configuring unit 114, the location information checking unit 117 may position the current position 241 of the cursor included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110. You can check the information.

Then, the resizing unit 115 adjusts the image of the constructed image based on the font size of the character set for the current position 241 of the cursor in the electronic document based on the position information of the current position 241 of the cursor. You can adjust the size.

In this case, the size adjusting unit 115 considers the number of input areas in which the handwriting is generated among the three divided areas of the handwriting input window 231 and includes the text included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110. The size of the constructed image can be adjusted based on the font size of the.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the current position 241 of the cursor is located after the letter “Hancom” in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110, and the current position 241 of the cursor is shown. Assume that the font size of the character set for is "12pt".

"라는 손글씨를 입력한 경우, 크기 조정부(115)는 이미지 구성부(114)에서 구성된 "

"라는 이미지의 크기를 상기 커서의 현재 위치(241)에 대해 설정된 문자의 폰트 크기인 "12pt"의 크기에 대응되도록 조정할 수 있다.As shown by reference numeral 210, the user may select only the first input area of the three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

When the handwriting "" is inputted, the resizing unit 115 configures the "

The size of the image may be adjusted to correspond to the size of "12pt" which is the font size of the character set for the current position 241 of the cursor.

", "

", "

"라는 손글씨를 입력한 경우, 크기 조정부(115)는 손글씨가 생성된 손글씨 입력 창(231)의 입력 영역의 개수를 3개로 판단하여, 이미지 구성부(114)에서 구성된 "

"라는 이미지의 세로 크기를 상기 커서의 현재 위치(241)에 대해 설정된 문자의 폰트 크기인 "12pt"의 세로 크기에 대응되도록 조정할 수 있고, "

"라는 이미지의 가로 크기를 상기 커서의 현재 위치(241)에 대해 설정된 문자의 폰트 크기인 "12pt"의 문자 3개의 가로 크기에 대응되도록 조정할 수 있다.In addition, as shown by the user at 220, each of the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231 is defined as “.

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","

When the handwriting is input, the size adjusting unit 115 determines that the number of input areas of the handwriting input window 231 where the handwriting is generated is three, and the image configuration unit 114 configures the "

The vertical size of the image "" may be adjusted to correspond to the vertical size of "12pt" which is the font size of the character set for the current position 241 of the cursor, "

The horizontal size of the image may be adjusted to correspond to the horizontal size of three characters of "12pt" which is a font size of the character set for the current position 241 of the cursor.

When the resizing of the image is completed by the resizing unit 115, the image inserting unit 116 displays the resized image based on the position information of the cursor, and the current position 241 at which the cursor is located on the electronic document. Can be inserted into the area for.

In this case, when the insertion of the image is completed on the electronic document, the cursor may move from the current position 241 to the position after the insertion of the image.

"라는 이미지(251)의 삽입이 완료되면, 상기 커서는 현재 위치(241)에서 "

"라는 이미지(251)의 다음 위치(242)로 이동할 수 있고, 도면부호 220에 도시된 바와 같이, 상기 전자 문서 상에 "

"라는 이미지(252)의 삽입이 완료되면, 상기 커서는 현재 위치(241)에서 "

"라는 이미지(252)의 다음 위치(243)로 이동할 수 있다.In this regard, as shown at 210, the "

When insertion of the image 251 is completed, the cursor is moved to the current position 241 at "

Can be moved to the next position 242 of the image 251, as shown at 220, on the electronic document.

When insertion of the image 252 is completed, the cursor is moved to the current position 241.

Move to the next position 243 of the image 252.

As a result, when the user wants to input handwriting by applying a touch input on the touch screen, the touch screen device 110 generates a handwriting by tracking the trajectory of the touch input and generates the handwriting. After configuring the handwritten text as an image, the configured image is adjusted through the touch screen device 110 to fit the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created, and inserted into the electronic document, thereby facilitating user's handwriting input. can do.

In the above, referring to FIG. 2, the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to an example of inserting handwriting into an image on an electronic document. At this time, according to another embodiment of the present invention, as described above, the touch screen device 110 may insert the handwriting as an image on the electronic document, but recognizes the pattern of the handwriting to characterize the handwriting. It may be configured to insert the changed character text on the electronic document after changing to text.

In this regard, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen device 110 may further include a character generator 118, a format applier 119, and a character inserter 120.

The character generator 118 analyzes the pattern of the handwriting generated by the handwriting generator 113 and generates the character text corresponding to the generated handwriting.

The format applying unit 119 applies a format corresponding to the format information to the generated character text based on the format information of the characters included in the electronic document being prepared through the touch screen device 110.

The character insertion unit 120 inserts the text in which the formatting is applied to the electronic document.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 3, an operation of inserting handwriting into text text by the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a view for explaining an operation of inserting handwriting into text on the electronic document by the touch screen device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user performs an operation such as pressing an activation button associated with a handwriting input output on the touch screen 230 while the user prepares a predetermined electronic document through the touch screen device 110, thereby causing the touch screen device 110 to perform an operation. When an activation command for the handwriting input is applied to the input window output unit 111, the input window output unit 111 may output the handwriting input window 231 associated with the input of the handwriting on the touch screen 230.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the input window output unit 111 divides the handwriting input window 231 into at least one input area having a predetermined size, thereby providing a touch screen ( 230).

3, an example in which the handwriting input window 231 is divided into three input areas and is output on the touch screen 230 is illustrated.

When the handwriting input window 231 is output on the touch screen 230, the user may input handwriting by applying touch input to three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

", "

", "

"라는 손글씨를 순차적으로 입력한 예가 도시되어 있다.3, a user inputs three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231.

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","

An example of sequentially inputting the handwriting "is shown.

When the user applies a touch input for handwriting input to the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 detects a touch input generated in an area where the handwriting input window 231 on the touch screen 230 is output. The trace of the detected touch input can be tracked.

In this case, the trajectory tracking unit 112 may track the trajectory of the touch input detected only within three divided input regions of the handwriting input window 231.

In other words, when a user applies a touch input to three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 detects a touch detected only within the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231. The trajectory of the input may be tracked, and the trajectory of the touch input outside the three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231 may not be tracked.

When the trajectory tracking unit 112 completes the trajectory tracking for the touch input, the handwriting generation unit 113 may generate the handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input.

In this case, the handwriting generation unit 113 generates the handwriting for each of the three input areas of the handwriting input window 231 according to the trajectory of the touch input detected within the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231. Can be generated.

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있고, 두 번째 입력 영역에 대해 "

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있으며, 세 번째 입력 영역에 대해 "

"라는 손글씨를 생성할 수 있다.For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when the user applies a touch input to each of the three divided input areas of the handwriting input window 231, the trajectory tracking unit 112 distinguishes the handwriting input window 231. The trajectory of the touch input detected in each of the three input areas may be tracked, and the handwriting generation unit 113 according to the trajectory of the touch input detected in each of the three separate input areas of the handwriting input window 231. For the first input area,

You can create a handwriting that says "for the second input area"

You can create a handwriting that says "for the third input area"

You can create a handwriting.

When the handwriting generation is completed in the handwriting generation unit 113, the character generation unit 118 may generate the text corresponding to the generated handwriting by analyzing the generated pattern of the handwriting.

", "

", "

"라는 손글씨의 패턴을 분석하여 상기 손글씨에 대응되는 문자 텍스트인 "A", "B", "C"를 생성할 수 있다.In the example shown in FIG. 3, the character generator 118 is a handwriting generated by the handwriting generator 113.

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"A", "B", and "C", which are character texts corresponding to the handwriting, may be generated by analyzing a pattern of handwriting.

When the generation of the text text is completed in the character generator 118, the format applying unit 119 may generate the text text based on the format information of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110. A format corresponding to the format information may be applied to.

In this case, the location information checking unit 117 may check the location information of the cursor included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110, and the format application unit 119 may be based on the location information of the cursor. After checking the format information of the character set for the current position 241 of the cursor in the electronic document, a format corresponding to the format information may be applied to the generated character text.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the cursor is located after the letter “Hancom” on the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110, and the font size is set for the current position 241 of the cursor. "12pt", the font is "Myeongjo", the color is set to "black", the formatting application unit 119 is the character text generated by the character generator 118 "A", "B" You can set the font size to "12pt" for the text "C", the font to "Myeongjo" and the color to "black".

When formatting is applied to the text text in the format applying unit 119, the character inserting unit 120 displays the text in which the formatting is applied based on the position information of the cursor. Can be inserted into the area for location 241.

In this case, when insertion of the text text is completed on the electronic document, the cursor may move from a current position 241 to a position after the text text is inserted.

In relation to this, as shown in FIG. 3, when insertion of the text text 311 "A", "B", and "C" on the electronic document is completed, the cursor is moved to "A" at the current position 241. It may move to the next position 312 of the text text 311 "," B "," C ".

As a result, when the user wants to input handwriting by applying a touch input on the touch screen, the touch screen device 110 generates a handwriting by tracking the trajectory of the touch input and generates the handwriting. After generating the text of the text corresponding to the handwritten handwriting by adjusting the format according to the format of the characters contained in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device 110 by inserting on the electronic document, handwriting of the user Input can be facilitated.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a handwriting input method of a touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation S410, when an activation command for handwriting input is received from a user, a handwriting input window associated with the handwriting input is output on the touch screen.

In operation S420, a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output on the touch screen is detected to track the trajectory of the detected touch input.

In step S430, handwriting is generated according to the trace of the tracked touch input.

In step S440, the generated handwriting is composed of an image.

In operation S450, the size of the constructed image is adjusted based on the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device.

In step S460, the resized image is inserted into the electronic document.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the handwriting input method of the touch screen device may further include checking position information of a cursor included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device before step S450. It may include.

In this case, in step S450, the size of the configured image may be adjusted based on the font size of the character set for the current position of the cursor in the electronic document based on the position information of the cursor.

In this case, in operation S460, the image whose size is adjusted based on the position information of the cursor may be inserted into an area in which the cursor is located on the electronic document.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S410, the handwriting input window may be divided into at least one input area having a predetermined size and output on the touch screen.

In this case, in step S420, the trajectory of the touch input detected in the at least one input area may be tracked. In step S430, the trajectory of the touch input detected in the at least one input area may be tracked. The handwriting may be generated for each one input area.

In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S450, the text included in the electronic document being created by the touch screen device in consideration of the number of the input areas in which the handwriting is generated among the at least one input area. The size of the constructed image can be adjusted based on the font size of the.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the handwriting input method of the touch screen device may include: analyzing the pattern of the generated handwriting after step S430 and generating character text corresponding to the generated handwriting; Applying a format corresponding to the format information to the generated character text based on the format information of the character included in the electronic document being created by the device and inserting the formatted text into the electronic document. It may further comprise a step.

The handwriting input method of the touch screen device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been described above with reference to FIG. 4. Here, the handwriting input method of the touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the configuration of the operation of the touch screen device 110 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. It will be omitted.

The handwriting input method of the touch screen device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .

110: touch screen device
111: input window output unit 112: trajectory tracking unit
113: handwriting generation unit 114: image composition unit
115: resize unit 116: image insertion unit
117: location information check unit 118: character generation unit
119: Format Applicator 120: Character Insertion Unit

Claims (11)

In the touch screen device,
An input window output unit configured to output a handwriting input window associated with the input of the handwriting on a touch screen when an activation command for handwriting input is received from a user;
A trace tracking unit which detects a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output on the touch screen and tracks the trace of the detected touch input;
A handwriting generator for generating handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input;
An image construction unit constituting the generated handwriting as an image;
A size adjusting unit for adjusting the size of the constructed image based on a font size of a character included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device; And
An image inserter for inserting the resized image into the electronic document
Touch screen device comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Location information confirmation unit for confirming the location information of the cursor (cursor) included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device
Further comprising:
The size adjusting unit
Adjust the size of the constructed image based on a font size of a character set for the current position of the cursor in the electronic document based on the position information of the cursor,
The image inserting unit
And a touch screen device for inserting the resized image into an area on the electronic document where the cursor is located, based on the position information of the cursor. The method of claim 1,
The input window output unit
The handwriting input window is divided into at least one input area having a predetermined size and output on the touch screen.
The trajectory tracking unit
Tracks a trace of a touch input detected within the at least one input area,
The handwriting generation unit
And generating the handwriting for each of the at least one input area according to the trajectory of the touch input sensed in the at least one input area. The method of claim 3,
The size adjusting unit
A touch screen for adjusting the size of the configured image based on the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device in consideration of the number of the input area in which the handwriting is generated among the at least one input area Device. The method of claim 1,
A character generator configured to analyze the generated pattern of the handwriting to generate a character text corresponding to the generated handwriting;
A format applying unit which applies a format corresponding to the format information to the generated character text based on the format information of the characters included in the electronic document being created by the touch screen device; And
Character inserting unit for inserting the text with the formatting applied to the electronic document
Touch screen device further comprising. In the handwriting input method of the touch screen device,
Outputting a handwriting input window associated with the handwriting input on a touch screen when an activation command for handwriting input is received from a user;
Detecting a touch input generated in an area in which the handwriting input window is output on the touch screen and tracking a trace of the detected touch input;
Generating handwriting according to the trace of the tracked touch input;
Constructing the generated handwriting into an image;
Adjusting the size of the constructed image based on a font size of a character included in an electronic document being created by the touch screen device; And
Inserting the resized image into the electronic document
Handwriting input method of a touch screen device comprising a. The method of claim 6,
Confirming location information of a cursor included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device;
Further comprising:
Adjusting the size
Adjust the size of the constructed image based on a font size of a character set for the current position of the cursor in the electronic document based on the position information of the cursor,
Inserting step
Handwriting input method of a touch screen device for inserting the resized image on the basis of the position information of the cursor in the area where the cursor is located on the electronic document. The method of claim 6,
The step of outputting the handwriting input window
The handwriting input window is divided into at least one input area having a predetermined size and output on the touch screen.
Tracking the trajectory is
Tracks a trace of a touch input detected within the at least one input area,
Generating the handwriting is
The handwriting input method of the touch screen device which generates the handwriting for each of the at least one input area according to the trajectory of the touch input sensed in the at least one input area. The method of claim 8,
Adjusting the size
A touch screen for adjusting the size of the configured image based on the font size of the characters included in the electronic document being created through the touch screen device in consideration of the number of the input area in which the handwriting is generated among the at least one input area How to type handwriting on your device. The method of claim 6,
Analyzing the generated pattern of the handwriting to generate a character text corresponding to the generated handwriting;
Applying a format corresponding to the format information to the generated character text based on the format information of the character included in the electronic document being created by the touch screen device; And
Inserting the formatted text into the electronic document
Handwriting input method of the touch screen device further comprising. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of any one of claims 6 to 10.

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