Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
1996-11-07
2001-11-13
Choules, Jack (Department: 2177)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C382S187000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06317762
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to document creating apparatuses and computer program products therefor, and more particularly to a document creating apparatus which receives handwritten data generated by a handwritten data input device and creates a document having a free format and to a computer program product for such a document creating apparatus.
Recently, handwritten data input devices for inputting handwritten data to a document processing apparatus have become popular, particularly with portable document creating apparatuses such as the so-called handy electronic notebook type personal computers. The handwritten data input device supports input of the handwritten data, and it is desirable that the handwritten data input device enables document creation with a free format.
In the document creating apparatus which creates a document in response to handwritten data generated from the handwritten data input device, two input modes are provided, namely, a graphic input mode and a character input mode. According to the graphic input mode, the handwritten data are stored as they are in a memory and are displayed on a display screen. On the other hand, according to the character input mode, the handwritten data are converted into data having a prescribed normalized size and are stored in the memory while arranging the normalized data in a line, and the arranged data are displayed on the display screen.
A conventional document creating apparatus is designed to specify in advance the input mode with which the document is to be created. In the case of the graphic input mode, the document is created using the hand written data as they are without using the character input mode. On the other hand, in the ease of the character input mode, the document is created while converting the handwritten data into the data having the normalized size and arranging the normalized data in a line, without using the graphic input mode.
The document to be created may consist of one or more characters, symbols or spaces, one or more words, one or more sentences, graphics and the like.
In the conventional document creating apparatus, the normalized size is specified in advance when creating the document in the character input mode. The document is thus created by converting the handwritten data into the data having the specified normalized size and rearranging the normalized data in a line.
However, according to the conventional document creating apparatus, there was a problem in that the format of the document that can be created is limited, because it is impossible to create a document in which the handwritten data that can be converted into the normalized size and the handwritten data that cannot be converted into the normalized size coexist.
In addition, there was a problem in that the format of the document that can be created is limited, since it is impossible to create a document in which the handwritten data to be converted into different normalized sizes coexist.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide a novel and useful document creating apparatus and a computer program product therefor, in which the problems described above are eliminated.
Another and more specific object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus and a computer program product therefor, which can create a document having a free format in response to handwritten data generated by a handwritten data input device.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus and a computer program product therefor, which can create a document having a format such that handwritten data and fair copy data coexist, and can enable simple reuse of the handwritten data in the created document.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus which creates a document in response to handwritten data generated from a handwritten data input device and displays the created document on a display screen, comprising setting means for setting on the display screen one or a plurality of normalized regions having a normalized size as an attribute and one or a plurality of non-normalized regions having no normalized size as the attribute, judging means for judging whether input data are input to the normalized region or the non-normalized region, memory means, first storing means, coupled to the memory means and responsive to the judging means, for converting a size of the input data into a normalized size of the normalized region and storing the normalized input data in the memory means when the judging means judges that the input data are input to the normalized region, and second storing means, coupled to the memory means and responsive to the judging means, for storing the input data in the memory means as they are when the judging means judges that the input data are input to the non-normalized region. According to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to create a document having a free format in which the handwritten data which are converted into the normalized size and the handwritten data which are not converted into thea normalized size coexist.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus which creates a document in response to handwritten data generated from a handwritten data input device and displays the created document on a display screen, comprising setting means for setting on the display screen a plurality of normalized regions having different normalized sizes, judging means for judging one of the normalized regions to which input data are input, memory means, storing means, coupled to the memory means and responsive to the judging means, for converting a size of the input data into a normalized size of the normalized region judged by the judging means and storing the converted input data in the memory means. According to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to create a document having a free format in which the handwritten data which are converted into different normalized sizes coexist.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus which creates a document in response to handwritten data generated from a handwritten data input device and displays the created document on a display screen, comprising memory means, a first input mode for inputting input data to a normalized region set on the display screen and storing the input data in the memory means after converting a size of the input data into a normalized size, a second input mode for inputting the input data to a non-normalized region set on the display screen and storing the input data in the memory means without converting the size of the input data into the normalized size, and setting changing means for cancelling the input mode in at least a portion of the region to which the input data are input in one of the first and second input modes,, and changing the cancelled portion into a region to which an input is made in the other of the first and second input modes. According to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to create a document having a free format in which the handwritten data which are converted into the normalized size and the handwritten data which are not converted into the normalized size coexist.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus which creates a document in response to handwritten data generated. from a handwritten data input device and displays the created document on a display screen, comprising memory means, storing means for storing input data in the memory means after converting a size of the input data into a normalized size, and setting changing means for cancelling the normalized size used to input the input data in at least a portion of a data input region on the display screen, and setting a data input region having anoth
Matsukura Ryuichi
Okawa Toru
Sato Yasuo
Channavajjala Srirama
Choules Jack
Fujitsu Limited
Staas & Halsey , LLP
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