# US 2021/0240313 A1 · Input editing apparatus and input editing method

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- Number: US 2021/0240313 A1
- Document ID: US20210240313A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/164,161
- Filed: 2021-02-01
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: TAKASHI USUI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240313A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04855: Interaction with scrollbars
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Provided is an input editing apparatus including a display that displays a drawn and input object, an object display that displays the object on the display, a cluster recognizer that recognizes trajectories of the object for each cluster, a section setter that sets a section in which recognized clusters are divided, a section display that displays the set section on the display, and a controller that controls to display the object in a first display region of the display and the section in a second display region of the display. The controller associates the object with the section and displays the section, based on a predetermined rule, and if an operation is performed on the selected section, the operation is reflected on the object associated with the selected section at a position where the object is displayed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An input editing apparatus, comprising:
a display that displays an object drawn and input;
an object display that displays the object on the display;
a cluster recognizer that recognizes trajectories of the object for every cluster, the cluster including a plurality of the clusters;
a section setter that sets a section in which the recognized clusters are divided;
a section display that displays the set section on the display; and
a controller that controls to display the object in a first display region of the display and to display the section in a second display region of the display, wherein
the controller:
associates the object with the section;
displays the section, based on a predetermined rule; and
if an operation is performed on the selected section, reflects the operation on the object associated with the selected section at a position where the object is displayed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller applies a format corresponding to the object to the operation performed on the section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the section is selected, the controller displays in highlight the object associated with the selected section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the section is selected, the controller pop-up displays an edit menu.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cluster is one stroke of input trajectories of the object.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cluster is formed of mutually contacting trajectories that are continuously input, out of input trajectories of the object.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cluster is formed of continuously input trajectories, out of input trajectories of the object.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cluster divides the input trajectories at a time point when a display mode of the input trajectories of the object is changed when the trajectories are projected in either a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, out of input trajectories of the object.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a horizontal width of the section is set based on a time required to input the trajectories of the object associated with the section.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a horizontal width of the section is set based on a length of the trajectories of the object associated with the section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The input editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein adjacent sections are displayed at an interval, and
the interval is set according to a non-input time after trajectories of an object associated with one section are input until before trajectories of an object associated with a subsequent section are input.

### Claim 12

An input editing method, comprising:
displaying an object drawn and input;
displaying the object on a display;
recognizing trajectories of the object for every cluster, the cluster including a plurality of the clusters;
setting a section in which the recognized clusters are divided;
displaying the set section on the display; and
controlling to display the object in a first display region of the display and to display the section in a second display region of the display, wherein
the object and the section are associated, the section is displayed based on a predetermined rule, and if an operation is performed on the selected section, the operation is reflected on the object associated with the selected section at a position where the object is displayed.