Ink regions in an overlay control
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1. A method for overlaying ink on a document, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a virtual inking surface over the document, the inking surface having first and second regions;
collecting first ink data in the first region;
collecting second ink data in the second region;
recognizing the first ink data using a first recognition context; and
recognizing the second ink data using a second recognition context different from the first recognition context.
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Abstract
Overlaying electronic ink over a document. In some embodiments, a developer may easily define an inking surface over a document, wherein the document may or may not be ink-compatible. The inking surface may act as an input interface such that a user may write onto the inking surface and the ink may be transferred to the document as ink data and/or recognized text. The inking surface may be overlaid upon the document or may include the document as a background feature. The inking surface may further have one or more regions that may be linked to one or more areas of the underlying document. Each region may have an associated recognizer context.
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1. A method for overlaying ink on a document, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a virtual inking surface over the document, the inking surface having first and second regions;
collecting first ink data in the first region;
collecting second ink data in the second region;
recognizing the first ink data using a first recognition context; and
recognizing the second ink data using a second recognition context different from the first recognition context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for overlaying ink on a document, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a virtual inking surface on a display such that at least a portion of the document is visible on the display, the inking surface having first and second regions;
collecting ink data;
recognizing the ink data using a first recognition context if the ink data is collected in the first region of the inking surface; and
recognizing the ink data using a second recognition context different from the first recognition context if the ink data is collected in the second region of the inking surface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for providing an electronic ink interface to a document, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a virtual inking surface configured to collect ink data;
defining first and second regions of the inking surface; and
defining a different recognizer context for each of the first and second regions. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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