Modifying captured stroke information into an actionable form
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform acts comprising:
- receiving captured strokes from an input capture device, the input capture device producing the captured strokes in response to freehand ink strokes of handwritten words made on an input surface associated with the input capture device;
transforming the captured strokes into recognized text;
processing the recognized text to distinguish one or more entity words that identify a particular entity and one or more other words that do not identify the particular entity;
selectively transforming the particular entity into an actionable form;
visually modifying first captured strokes that convey the one or more entity words to be visually distinguishable from second captured strokes that convey the one or more other words while preserving a handwritten appearance of the one or more entity words;
displaying the visually modified first captured strokes and the second captured strokes concurrently on a canvas display device;
receiving an activation of the particular entity via the canvas display device, to provide activation information associated with the particular entity; and
forwarding the activation information to at least one action-taking component.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented technique is described herein that receives captured stroke information when a user enters a handwritten note using an input capture device. The technique then analyzes the captured stroke information to produce output analysis information. Based on the output analysis information, the technique modifies the captured stroke information into an actionable form that contains one or more actionable content items, while otherwise preserving the original form of the captured stroke information. The technique then presents the modified stroke information on a canvas display device. The user may subsequently activate one or more actionable content items in the modified stroke information to perform various supplemental tasks that pertain to the handwritten note. In one case, for example, the technique can recognize the presence of entity items and/or list items in the note and then reproduce them in an actionable form.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform acts comprising:
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receiving captured strokes from an input capture device, the input capture device producing the captured strokes in response to freehand ink strokes of handwritten words made on an input surface associated with the input capture device; transforming the captured strokes into recognized text; processing the recognized text to distinguish one or more entity words that identify a particular entity and one or more other words that do not identify the particular entity; selectively transforming the particular entity into an actionable form; visually modifying first captured strokes that convey the one or more entity words to be visually distinguishable from second captured strokes that convey the one or more other words while preserving a handwritten appearance of the one or more entity words; displaying the visually modified first captured strokes and the second captured strokes concurrently on a canvas display device; receiving an activation of the particular entity via the canvas display device, to provide activation information associated with the particular entity; and forwarding the activation information to at least one action-taking component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system comprising:
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a touch-sensitive screen; a hardware processor; and a computer-readable storage medium storing machine-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to; receive handwritten strokes entered via the touch-sensitive screen; transform the handwritten strokes into recognized text; automatically identify one or more entity words in the recognized text that identify a particular entity, the recognized text including one or more other words that do not identify the particular entity; visually modify first handwritten strokes that convey the one or more entity words to be visually distinguishable from second handwritten strokes that convey the one or more other words, the one or more entity words retaining a handwritten appearance while being visually modified to indicate that the particular entity is actionable; display the visually modified first handwritten strokes concurrently with the second handwritten strokes on the touch-sensitive screen; receive an activation, via the touch-sensitive screen, of the particular entity to provide activation information associated with the particular entity; and cause at least one action to be taken in response to activation of the particular entity. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
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receiving handwritten strokes from an input capture device, the input capture device producing the handwritten strokes in response to handwriting on an input surface associated with the input capture device; displaying the handwritten strokes on a display; transforming the handwritten strokes into recognized text; automatically identifying an entity in the recognized text using linguistic analysis, the entity being conveyed in first handwritten strokes by one or more entity words and the recognized text comprising one or more other words conveyed by second handwritten strokes; visually modifying the display of the first handwritten strokes that convey the one or more entity words to be visually distinguishable from the second handwritten strokes that convey the one or more other words, the one or more entity words retaining a handwritten appearance while being visually modified to indicate that the entity is actionable; receiving an activation of the entity; and performing an action in response to activation of the entity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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