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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A handwritten information input apparatus enabling the input of handwriting even at a place where a menu is displayed on a screen and enabling the operation of the menu as required is provided. The handwritten information input apparatus includes: a display unit; a coordinate input unit; a menu display unit; a handwritten input detection unit that judges whether an operator is inputting a handwritten pattern or is pointing at a menu based on the coordinate data acquired by the coordinate input unit; a menu display changing unit that changes a transparency of the menu image in accordance with a result of the judgment; a menu operation unit that performs a process associated with a menu item in the menu image in accordance with the coordinate data acquired by the coordinate input unit; and a menu operation switching unit that, in the case of the judgment as inputting of a handwritten pattern, disables the process by the menu operation unit and in the case of the judgment as pointing at the menu, enables the process by the menu operation unit.