Character recognition and character input apparatus using touch screen and method thereof

摘要

A character input method using a touch screen, in which one or more areas requiring user input is defined in the touch screen, pre-recognized information is defined for each of the defined areas, character information is received by a user in one or more user desired areas among the defined areas, the character information is recognized using a character recognizer, and the recognized character information is updated in the user desired areas.

主权项

1. A character input method using a touch screen, comprising the steps of:
running an application; defining a plurality of areas of the touch screen for user input in the application; defining pre-recognized information for each defined area of the plurality of defined areas; receiving character information from a user in one or more of the plurality of defined areas; recognizing the character information using a character recognizer; and updating the recognized character information for the each defined area of the plurality of defined areas based on a type of character information that is to be input into the each defined area, wherein defining pre-recognized information comprises defining information about a location on the touch screen and information about handwriting patterns of the character information to be input into each defined area of the plurality of defined areas, wherein the character recognizer differently recognizes the received character information depending on which defined area of the plurality of defined areas the user enters the information, and wherein the defined areas are divided into input areas for inputting the character information and output areas for outputting the character information, with the input areas and the output areas overlapping each other to display the updated information over the received character information in each respective user desired area.