TW201525837A - Portable electronic device and method for recognizing optical character - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a portable electronic device, including a display unit, a processing unit and an input unit. The display unit includes a first window and a second window. The first window is arranged to display content corresponding to an application. The second window includes an image extraction interface, and the second window is a floating window which overlaps on the content of the first window and moves to the position corresponding to the first window. The image extraction interface is arranged to extract and display a portion of the content. The processing unit is arranged to implement an optical character recognition for recognizing the portion of the content, and execute a function corresponding to a result of the recognition.

Description

Portable electronic device and optical character identification method

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device and an optical character recognition method, and more particularly to a method for identifying information content by a floating window and performing a corresponding function according to the identification result.

Due to the convenience and rapid development of portable electronic devices, the frequency of browsing web pages, text files or viewing pictures on portable electronic devices is gradually increasing. However, when users want to execute or operate multiple applications, For example, when browsing a webpage, the call software is simultaneously turned on to perform a call. In general operation, the user must first record the phone number and then switch to the interface of the call software. However, this switching action will cause the user to be inconvenient to use, and is more likely to cause the phone number error. Therefore, how to avoid interface switching when operating multiple applications at the same time and improve the convenience of users is a problem that developers need to solve today.

To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a portable electronic device including a display unit and a processing unit. The display unit has a first window and a second window. The first window is used to display an application corresponding to an application The content of the program. The second window includes an image capturing interface, wherein the second window is a floating window, and is superimposed on the content of the first window, and moves relative to the position of the first window, and the image capturing interface is used to detect Take and display part of the content corresponding to the above content. The processing unit is configured to perform an optical character recognition function to identify the partial content, and perform a function corresponding to the partial content according to the identification result. The display unit is configured to display the first window and the second window.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides an optical character recognition method for a portable electronic device, including displaying content corresponding to an application in a first window. Moving a second window to a position relative to the first window and superimposing on the content of the first window, wherein the second window is a floating window and includes an image capturing interface. The image capture interface is enabled to capture and display a portion of the content corresponding to the above content. An optical character recognition function is performed to identify the above content. The function corresponding to the above part of the content is executed according to the identification result.

100‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

110‧‧‧Display unit

110a, 110b‧‧‧ windows

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Input unit

401‧‧‧ icon

501‧‧‧ fingers

S601, S602, S603, S604, S605‧‧‧ steps flow

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

2 is a schematic view showing a display unit according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing a second window according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing user interface switching according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing adjustment of an image capture interface according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing an optical character recognition method according to an embodiment of the invention.

Other ranges for the systems and methods of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description provided hereinafter. It is to be understood that the following detailed description, as well as specific embodiments, are intended to be illustrative of the embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the portable electronic device 100 can include a display unit 110 , a processing unit 120 , and an input unit 130 . The portable electronic device 100 can be a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a personal digital assistant.

Please refer to Figure 2. 2 is a schematic view showing a display unit according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 110 has a first window 110a and a second window 110b. The first window 110a is for displaying content corresponding to an application. The above application may be a web browser, a picture browser, a file reading program, an email software, or the like. The second window 110b includes an image capture interface 111, an output display area 112, and an input interface 113 (as shown in FIG. 3). The second window 110b is a floating window and is superimposed on the content of the first window. The user can enable one according to the input unit 130. The drag event changes the position of the second window 110b. For example, the input unit 130 can be a touch unit or a mouse. The processing unit 120 can change the second window according to the user touching the second window 110b with a finger or clicking on the second window and dragging the mouse. The location of 110b.

The image capture interface 111 is used to capture and display a portion of the content corresponding to the above content. When the user drags the second window 110b onto the content of the first window 110a to be recognized, the processing unit 120 performs an optical character recogrition to identify the part of the content, and executes according to the identification result. The functions corresponding to the above parts. For example, when the identification result is a phone number, a dialing function is enabled; when the identification result is an email account, an email software function is enabled; or, when the recognition result is a character, A phone book function can be used for contact search. Among them, the optical character recognition function deletes unnecessary characters according to functions. For example, when the content to be recognized is a phone number, the text portion is deleted during the identification period, and only the identification result of the number is displayed. The output display area 112 displays the recognition result corresponding to the alphanumeric recognition function; or, when the user desires to modify the identification result, the output display area 112 further displays the input content generated by the user enable input interface 113. The input interface 113 can generate different icons according to the corresponding functions. For example, when the content to be recognized is a phone number, the number key is displayed to perform the corresponding operation; or, when the content to be recognized is an email, the letter key and the number key are displayed. It should be noted that the user can also switch the numeric keys and the alphabet keys according to a switching key (not shown) of the enabling input interface 113. The input interface 113 further includes an icon 401, and the processing unit 120 further opens the corresponding according to the user enable icon 401. User interface for the above functions. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the icon 401 is a button having a call icon. After the user confirms the content of the output display area 112, the icon 401 can be enabled by the enable icon 401 (as shown in the left of FIG. 4). Enter the dialing interface of the portable electronic device (as shown in the right of Figure 4). It should be noted that the icon 401 can be a mail icon, a text icon, etc., so that the common character editing software can be used.

Please refer to Figure 5. When the size of the content of the image capturing interface 111 and the portion of the first window 110a to be recognized differs too much, the recognition result may be incorrect. For example, when the phone number is to be recognized, the captured content includes too many characters and the processing unit 120 enables the error function. In this case, the user can input a gesture through the input unit 130 to adjust the image capturing interface 111. size. After the size of the image capture interface 111 is adjusted, the processing unit 120 will re-enable the optical character recognition function to obtain a better recognition result.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing an optical character recognition method according to an embodiment of the invention. First, the user first displays the content corresponding to an application in a first window 110a (step S601). The above application may be a web browser, a picture browser, a file reading program, an email software, or the like. Next, proceeding to step S602, a second window 110b is moved to a position relative to the first window 110a according to a drag event, and superimposed on the content of the first window. For example, the processing unit 120 changes the position of the second window 110b according to the user's finger touching the second window 110b or the mouse clicking on the second window and performing the dragging action. The second window 110b is a floating window and includes an image capturing interface 111, an output display area 112, and an input interface 113.

Going to step S603, the processing unit 120 enables the image capturing interface. 111 captures and displays a portion of the content corresponding to the above content. However, when the size of the content of the image capturing interface 111 and the portion of the first window 110a to be recognized differs too much, the recognition result may be wrong. For example, when a phone number is to be recognized, part of the content captured includes too much text and causes the processing unit 120 to enable the error function. In order to avoid the above situation, the user can input a gesture through the input unit 130 to adjust the size of the image capturing interface 111.

Next, the processing unit 120 performs an optical character recognition function to recognize the partial content, and displays the identification result in the output display area 112 (step S604). Among them, the optical character recognition function can delete unnecessary characters according to different functions. For example, when the content to be recognized is a phone number, the text portion is deleted during the identification period, and only the identification result of the number is displayed. However, the user can also modify the identification result through the input interface 113. The input interface 113 generates different icons according to the corresponding functions. For example, when the content to be recognized is a phone number, the number key is displayed to perform the corresponding operation; or, when the content to be recognized is an email, the letter key and the number key are displayed. It should be noted that the user can also switch the numeric keys and the alphabet keys according to one of the enabling input interfaces 113. Finally, the function corresponding to the above partial content is executed based on the identification result (step S605). For example, after the phone number is recognized, the call can be made.

In addition, the input interface 113 may further include an icon 401, and the processing unit 120 further opens a user interface corresponding to the above function according to the user enable icon 401. For example, after the user confirms the content of the output display area 112, the icon 401 can be enabled to enter the portable electronic device. Dial-up interface. It should be noted that the icon 401 can be a mail icon, a text icon, etc., so that the common character editing software can be used.

In summary, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a portable electronic device and an optical character recognition method can be used by a user to drag a second window onto a text content to be captured by executing an optical character. The recognition function recognizes the target information, so that the function corresponding to the target information can be performed with a minimum of actions without switching the window, so as to improve the convenience of the user.

The above-described embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to practice the system and method disclosed herein. The scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

110‧‧‧Display unit

110a‧‧‧ first window

110b‧‧‧ second window

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Input unit

Claims (10)

A portable electronic device includes: a display unit having a first window and a second window, wherein the first window is configured to display content corresponding to an application, and the second window includes an image capture The interface is a floating window superimposed on the content of the first window, and the image capturing interface is configured to capture and display a portion of the content corresponding to the content; and a processing unit configured to execute a The optical character recognition function identifies the above part of the content, and performs the function corresponding to the part of the content according to the identification result. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second window further comprises an output display area and an input interface, wherein the output display area displays an identification result corresponding to one of the alphanumeric identification functions and Corresponding to one of the above input interfaces. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second window further adjusts the size of the image capturing interface according to a gesture. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the input interface further comprises an icon, and the processing unit further activates a user interface corresponding to the function according to the enabling of the icon. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the optical character recognition function further deletes unnecessary characters according to the function. An optical character recognition method for a portable electronic device includes: displaying content corresponding to an application in a first window; moving a second window to a position relative to the first window, and overlapping to The above-mentioned second window is a floating window, and includes an image capturing interface; enabling the image capturing interface to capture and display a part of the content corresponding to the content; performing an optical The character recognition function identifies the above part of the content; and performs the function corresponding to the part of the content according to the identification result. The method for identifying an optical character according to the sixth aspect of the invention, wherein the second window further comprises an output display area and an input interface, wherein the output display area displays a recognition result corresponding to one of the alphanumeric identification functions and corresponds to Input in one of the above input interfaces. The optical character recognition method of claim 6, wherein the second window further adjusts the size of the image capturing interface according to a gesture. The optical character identification method of claim 6, wherein the input interface further comprises an icon, and the processing unit further activates a user interface corresponding to the function according to the enabling of the icon. The optical character identification method of claim 6, wherein the optical character recognition function further deletes unnecessary characters according to the function.