Abstract: In a document in which a plurality of data items of different kinds are mixed, when one data item is edited, the relative positional relation to other data items is prevented from being destroyed, whereby information is prevented from becoming meaningless or from being changed. For example, when an edit is carried out on one data item, a deviation amount of that data item is derived and a shift process by the same amount is effected on the other data items, whereby the relative positional relation can be maintained among the data items.

Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus which uses a memory storing stroke data forming one character together with respective stroke order information to display each stroke data based on the stored stroke order information at an arbitrary speed. In addition, a display speed changing instruction is input into the apparatus and the display speed of the stroke data is changed in response to the display speed changing instruction. In addition, stroke data stored in correspondence to the stroke order information of an input stroke order number is read from the memory and displayed. Further, the stroke data can be displayed under different display conditions such that the stroke order information stored in correspondence to the stroke data can be distinguished from each other.

Abstract: Stroke information from pen-down to pen-up being one unit is grouped automatically so that editing thereafter can be performed efficiently. Grouping of stroke information is determined in accordance with a predetermined rule of grouping each time stroke information is input or with timing indicated by a user. Strokes input within a predetermined time interval and stroke information input at a position within a predetermined distance interval are assumed to be the same group, and in the editing thereafter, a collective pointing and processing on a plurality of grouped strokes becomes possible.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is that in a state in which a plurality of data items of different kinds are mixed, when one data item is edited, the relative positional relation to the other data items is prevented from being destroyed whereby information is prevented from becoming meaningless or from being changed. For achieving the object, when an edit is carried out on one data item, a deviation amount of that data item is derived and a shift process by the same amount is effected on the other data items, whereby the relative positional relation can be maintained among the data items.

Abstract: The present invention is to discriminate and extract a gesture stroke from a group of input strokes when inputting, in a batch processing, both a character or symbol of strokes to be processed and a gesture of strokes selecting a process to be executed for the character or symbol, and execute a process selected by the gesture stroke for all the strokes but the extracted gesture stroke, so that the character or symbol and the gesture do not need inputting individually at time intervals, thus improving the operability.

Abstract: An information processing method including memorizing pattern information, memorizing use information of said pattern information memorized, and displaying said pattern information memorized and said use information of said pattern information.

Abstract: The present invention is for achieving a reproduction environment desired by an operator, by properly changing an order of reproduction of plural information pieces according to what information has been selected at that time. The present invention is for facilitating observation of the screen upon reproduction, by properly displaying images to be reproduced and images not to be reproduced when some of images out of a plurality being displayed are to be reproduced.

Abstract: An information input/output apparatus processes display of information on a display unit such as an LCD by instructing and operating an input device such as a transparent flat touch panel arranged on the display. The apparatus has a display controller for allowing the display to display a display area pattern for instructing that information which was input from the input device is displayed by the display on a page unit basis. A first pattern to roughly instruct a page, a second pattern to instruct the pages before and after the present page position, and a third pattern to instruct a page by directly inputting a page number are displayed in the display area pattern. The display controller discriminates which one of the first, second, and third patterns is indicated by the instruction operating position of the input device and displays the information of the corresponding page to the display.

Abstract: An operator uses a data input unit 1 to enter handwriting stroke data on a per-page basis. The entered strokes are stored by a memory unit 3. The operator sets key strokes, from among the stored stroke data, by means of a key-stroke setting unit 2. If key strokes are to be retrieved, a desired search stroke is entered from a search-stroke input unit 4. Retrieval means 5 compares the search stroke with each of the key strokes. If a key stroke that matches the search stroke is found, the page containing this key stroke is displayed as search results.

Abstract: Stroke information from pen-down to pen-up being one unit is grouped automatically so that editing thereafter can be performed efficiently. Grouping of stroke information is determined in accordance with a predetermined rule of grouping each time stroke information is input or with timing indicated by a user. Strokes input within a predetermined time interval and stroke information input at a position within a predetermined distance interval are assumed to be the same group, and in the editing thereafter, a collective pointing and processing on a plurality of grouped strokes becomes possible.

Abstract: The present invention is based on an observation that a range of information desired to select, may differ, according to a mode selected (for example, in a case where a plurality of information pieces are grouped, an erasing operation might be performed only on part of the group). The present invention determines, where appropriate, an automatic changeover to designate either a single piece of information or a whole group of pieces of information as a range of information to be selected as a processed object, according to a mode selected.

Abstract: The graphic display processing apparatus of the present invention is a graphic display processing apparatus that makes graphic display of the stress for the side which is visible when the target made into a model by the plate element in the finite element method structural analysis is seen from the visual point and it is composed of an operating section which calculates the inner product of directional vector from the visual point to the model and the vector perpendicular to the plate element, a judgment section which judges whether the side seen from the visual point is the front side or the back side, depending on whether the inner product obtained by the operating section is positive or negative, and an output section which graphically displays the stress of the front side or back side judged by the judgment section as a stress of the side which is visible from the visual point.

Abstract: A pattern recognizing apparatus which recognizes patterns on the basis of a recognition dictionary includes a frequency information updating device for updating a plurality of items of frequency information, respectively assigned to a plurality of reference patterns, in accordance with a reference to at least one of the plurality of reference patterns during recognition and a recognition dictionary reconfiguration device for reconfiguring the recognition dictionary based on a difference between the updated frequency information.

Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus which uses a memory storing stroke data forming one character together with respective stroke order information to display each stroke data based on the stored stroke order information at an arbitrary speed. In addition, a display speed changing instruction is input into the apparatus and the display speed of the stroke data is changed in response to the display speed changing instruction. In addition, stroke data stored in correspondence to the stroke order information of an input stroke order number is read from the memory and displayed. Further, the stroke data can be displayed under different display conditions such that the stroke order information stored in correspondence to the stroke data can be distinguished from each other.

Abstract: In a character input method and apparatus, data can be input by a simple operation using a displayed keyboard. The keyboard is displayed on the picture surface of a display unit, and data is input by designating a key position on the keyboard. The designated key position is detected based on a designated coordinate position on the keyboard. The corresponding operation is identified based on coordinate positions subsequently input on the keyboard, and a specific key code is generated based on the detected key position and the identified operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing handwritten characters include inputting a handwritten character, recognizing the handwritten character, and extracting feature data of the handwritten character. The extracted feature data is compared with and identified to prestored feature data in memory. The prestored feature data is stored with respective handwritten character analysis data. In the case that the extracted feature data has been identified, respective handwritten character analysis data is output. On the other hand, in the case that the extracted feature data has not been identified, a message is output.

Abstract: The invention has means for judging the characteristics of a character from a feature amount of one inputted character, thereby allowing a suitable character recognizer to be adapted to the input character in accordance with the feature amount of the input character. According to the invention, since the means for judging the characteristics of a character in accordance with the feature amount of the inputted character, a size of input character is not limited. Each suitable recognizer is naturally selected in accordance with the feature amount of the inputted character. The input character can be more accurately recognized.

Abstract: According to the invention, when an image is drawn, a check is made to see if the image is overwritten onto an image which has already been inputted and displayed, thereby switching. For this purpose, a color of the image to be drawn and a color of the image which has already been inputted are compared and the image of the color of a higher priority is displayed. According to the invention, there is no need to reset a display priority of the image by a manual operation of the operator in consideration of the priority of the image. When the image is inputted, the priority of the image can be simultaneously decided. As targets to which the invention is applied, there are an image inputted by a hand-writing, an image inputted by a scanner, a character pattern which is generated from a character generator, and the like.

Abstract: An image recognition apparatus recognizes an input locus as a command, a figure and a character, respectively in gesture recognition mode, figure recognition mode and character recognition mode. Regarding each recognized result, similarity between the input image and the recognized shape is obtained. The similarities are compared with each other, and if the difference between the similarities is less than a predetermined value, the recognized results are displayed for selection by an operator. Then, selected one of the displayed shapes is determined as the final recognition result. This enables correct locus input even if there is a possibility that the locus is recognized, in different recognition modes, as similar shapes of different functions.

Abstract: In the present invention, an input handwritten character pattern is subjected to character recognition processing, and a recognition reliability of the character as a standard characteristic feature pattern is determined from the recognition result. If the recognition reliability is low, a warning is issued. In response to the warning, a user or operator can decide whether the character pattern should be registered in the user dictionary (106). If it is decided that the character pattern should be registered in the user dictionary, the character pattern is stored in the user dictionary with the information representing that the character pattern has low recognition reliability. When character patterns registered in the user dictionary are displayed on a screen, these characters are displayed in such a manner that it is possible to distinguish characters having low recognition reliability from characters having high recognition reliability.