IP Library Granted Patent US 9,940,536
Granted Patent B2
US 9,940,536 · App. 14/937,188 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Electronic apparatus and method

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Patent No.
US 9,940,536
App. No.
14/937,188
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor and a display controller. The processor inputs handwritten strokes. The display controller displays a first and second character in a font size, the first character corresponding to a first handwritten character detected from the strokes, the second character corresponding to a second handwritten character detected from the strokes, the font size determined based on a combination of an attribute of the first character and a size of at least one stroke of the first handwritten character or a combination of an attribute of the second character and a size of at least one stroke of the second handwritten character.

Claims (45)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to input strokes in handwriting;

a display controller configured to display on a screen a first character and a second character in a font size, the first character corresponding to a first handwritten character detected from the strokes, the second character corresponding to a second handwritten character detected from the strokes, the font size determined based on a combination of an attribute of the first character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the first handwritten character or a combination of an attribute of the second character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the second handwritten character,

wherein an attribute of a character is determined based on a shape of the character included in a region comprising one or more of partial regions, and

wherein:

the region comprises a first partial region, a second partial region and a third partial region;

a character of a first attribute has a shape included in the first partial region and the second partial region;

a character of a second attribute has a shape included in the second partial region;

a character of a third attribute has a shape included in the second partial region and the third partial region; and

a character of a fourth attribute has a shape included in the first partial region, the second partial region and the third partial region.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

when the attribute of the first character is the first attribute and a determined font size is a first value, and

when the attribute of the first character is the second attribute and a determined font size is a second value,

the first value is different from the second value.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to display, on the screen, the first character and the second character in the font size determined based on a combination of the first attribute and the size of the at least one stroke, when the first handwritten character is a start character of a line.

4. A method comprising:

inputting strokes in handwriting;

displaying a first character and a second character in a font size, the first character corresponding to a first handwritten character detected from the strokes, the second character corresponding to a second handwritten character detected from the strokes, the font size determined based on a combination of an attribute of the first character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the first handwritten character or a combination of an attribute of the second character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the second handwritten character,

wherein an attribute of a character is determined based on a shape of the character included in a region comprising one or more of partial regions,

wherein:

the region comprises a first partial region, a second partial region and a third partial region;

a character of a first attribute has a shape included in the first partial region and the second partial region;

a character of a second attribute has a shape included in the second partial region;

a character of a third attribute has a shape included in the second partial region and the third partial region; and

a character of a fourth attribute has a shape included in the first partial region, the second partial region and the third partial region.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein

when the attribute of the first character is the first attribute, and a determined font size is a first value, and

when the attribute of the first character is the second attribute, and a determined font size is a second value,

the first value is different from the second value.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying the first character and the second character in the font size determined based on a combination of the first attribute and the size of the at least one stroke, when the first handwritten character is a start character of a line.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored a program which is executable by a computer, the program controlling the computer to execute functions of:

inputting strokes in handwriting;

displaying a first character and a second character in a font size, the first character corresponding to a first handwritten character detected from the strokes, the second character corresponding to a second handwritten character detected from the strokes, the font size determined based on a combination of an attribute of the first character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the first handwritten character or a combination of an attribute of the second character and a size of at least one stroke corresponding to the second handwritten character,

wherein an attribute of a character is determined based on a shape of the character included in a region comprising one or more of partial regions,

wherein:

the region comprises a first partial region, a second partial region and a third partial region;

a character of a first attribute has a shape included in the first partial region and the second partial region;

a character of a second attribute has a shape included in the second partial region;

a character of a third attribute has a shape included in the second partial region and the third partial region; and

a character of a fourth attribute has a shape included in the first partial region, the second partial region and the third partial region.

8. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein

when the attribute of the first character is the first attribute, and the determined font size is a first value, and

when the attribute of the first character is a second attribute, the determined font size is a second value,

the first value is different from the second value.

9. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying, the first character and the second character in the font size determined based on a combination of the first attribute and the size of the at least one stroke, when the first handwritten character is a start character of a line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: SUGIURA, CHIKASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 037005/0034 →