Display apparatus, display method, and non-transitory recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11734940-B2
Application number	US-202217695832-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2022
Priority date	Mar 23, 2021
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive an input of a plurality of strokes representing a drawing that includes one or more drawing components including a first drawing component. The plurality of strokes is divided under a predetermined condition to obtain the one or more drawing components. The circuitry stores, in a memory, each of the one or more drawing components and drawing data representing the drawing. The circuitry displays, on a display screen, in response to receiving an input of a second drawing component, the drawing represented by the drawing data based on the first drawing component and the second drawing component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising
circuitry configured to:
receive an input of a plurality of strokes representing a drawing that includes one or more drawing components including a first drawing component, the plurality of strokes being divided under a predetermined condition to obtain the one or more drawing components;
perform user authentication;
store, in a memory, each of the one or more drawing components including the first drawing component and drawing data representing the drawing in association with information on an authenticated user; and
display, on a display screen in response to receiving an input of a second drawing component according to a user operation of the authenticated user, the drawing represented by the drawing data based on the first drawing component and the second drawing component.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
obtain a value of a similarity degree between the first drawing component and the second drawing component, and
display, based on a determination indicating that the value of the similarity degree is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the drawing represented by the drawing data.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
display, based on the first drawing component and the second drawing component, a list of one or more drawings including the drawing represented by the drawing data, and
display, in response to a selection of one of the one or more drawings, the one of the one or more drawings.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined condition is one of a first condition and a second condition, the first condition being one in which an input of a subsequent stroke is received at a position separated, by a distance equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, from a stroke received last, the second condition being another one in which no input of the subsequent stroke is received within a certain period of time after the stroke is received last, and
the circuitry is further configured to determine one or more of the plurality of strokes as each of the one or more drawing components, the one or more of the plurality of strokes being input from a first time at which the predetermined condition is satisfied to a second time at which the predetermined condition is satisfied after the first time.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when a distance between two strokes included in the first drawing component is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and an angle formed by the two strokes is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, the circuitry is further configured to
detect a midpoint of a line having a minimum distance between the two strokes as a first corner included in the first drawing component,
store, in the memory, coordinates of the first corner in association with the drawing data, and
obtain the value of the similarity degree between the first drawing component and the second drawing component based on the coordinates of the first corner and coordinates of a second corner, the second corner being included in the second drawing component.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when an angle formed by a stroke of which a direction changes at a point and included in the first drawing component is equal to or greater than another predetermined angle, the circuitry is further configured to
detect the point as a first corner included in the first drawing component,
store, in the memory, coordinates of the first corner in association with the drawing data, and
obtain the value of the similarity degree between the first drawing component and the second drawing component based on the coordinates of the first corner and coordinates of a second corner, the second corner being included in the second drawing component.

7. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
obtain a value of a cosine similarity degree between the first drawing component and the second drawing component based on first additional coordinates of a corner adjacent to the first corner and second additional coordinates of another corner adjacent to the second corner, and
compare the value of the cosine similarity degree with a threshold value to determine whether the first drawing component has similarity to the second drawing component.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
obtain a value of a cosine similarity degree between the first drawing component and the second drawing component based on first additional coordinates of a corner adjacent to the first corner and second additional coordinates of another corner adjacent to the second corner, and
compare the value of the cosine similarity degree with a threshold value to determine whether the first drawing component has similarity to the second drawing component.

9. A display method, comprising:
receiving an input of a plurality of strokes representing a drawing that includes one or more drawing components including a first drawing component, the plurality of strokes being divided under a predetermined condition to obtain the one or more drawing components;
performing user authentication;
storing, in a memory, each of the one or more drawing components including the first drawing component and drawing data representing the drawing in association with information on an authenticated user; and
displaying, on a display screen in response to receiving an input of a second drawing component according to a user operation of the authenticated user, the drawing represented by the drawing data based on the first drawing component and the second drawing component.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
receiving an input of a plurality of strokes representing a drawing that includes one or more drawing components including a first drawing component, the plurality of strokes being divided under a predetermined condition to obtain the one or more drawing components;
performing user authentication;
storing, in a memory, each of the one or more drawing components including the first drawing component and drawing data representing the drawing in association with information on an authenticated user; and
displaying, on a display screen in response to receiving an input of a second drawing component according to a user operation of the authenticated user, the drawing represented by the drawing data based on the first drawing component and the second drawing component.

Assignees

• Kai Toshihiro
• Fujioka Susumu
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kai Toshihiro
• Fujioka Susumu

Classifications

• G06V30/422 Primary

  Technical drawings; Geographical maps · CPC title

• G06V30/414

  Extracting the geometrical structure, e.g. layout tree; Block segmentation, e.g. bounding boxes for graphics or text · CPC title

• B43L13/00

  Drawing instruments, or writing or drawing appliances or accessories not otherwise provided for (stencils for surface decoration B44D) · CPC title

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title