Patent ID: 6034685
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data input device for displaying on a display screen input handwritten data which is inputted by a user with a pen on the display screen, comprising:a tablet-type data generator device provided on said display screen for generating coordinate data in accordance with a locus of input handwritten data;an input image display device for displaying a locus of an image representing the handwritten data on said display screen on the basis of the coordinate data output from said coordinate data generator device;a detecting device for detecting whether coordinate data contained in a predetermined area provided at a right hand end position of the display screen is obtained while the handwritten data is being input;a determining device for determining when the pen is detached from said display screen and hence when input of the handwritten data is interrupted; anda scrolling device, responsive to said determining device determining that the pen is detached from said display screen, for scrolling leftward the display screen on which the displayed locus of the handwritten data is displayed so that a next handwritten data may be input, on the condition that said detecting device has detected that coordinate data contained in a predetermined area provided at a right-hand end position of the display screen is obtained.