Method of and system for processing image information on writing surface including hand-written information
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1. A method of information processing, comprising the steps of:
- inputting on an image drawing surface an image containing at least one image object, a predetermined set of image types being defined for the image objects;
automatically determining an area and a image type for each of the image objects;
displaying a display object for representing each of the image objects;
editing information on the image objects based upon the display object, the information including a directional link from one of the image objects as a link source to another of the image objects as a link destination; and
generating document data for the image according the edited information on the image objects, the image objects and the image type.
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Abstract
The image is rendered on a conventional image writing surface such as a whiteboard or a portable writing pad device. The image is captured by a scanner or a CCD camera, and the digitized image data is analyzed for automatically generating separate image objects such as text areas, picture areas and so on. These image objects are now displayed for the user to edit information. For example, the user defines relational links between images and or image objects. Based upon the edited information, a document is generated for later retrieval and information dissemination.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of information processing, comprising the steps of:
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inputting on an image drawing surface an image containing at least one image object, a predetermined set of image types being defined for the image objects;
automatically determining an area and a image type for each of the image objects;
displaying a display object for representing each of the image objects;
editing information on the image objects based upon the display object, the information including a directional link from one of the image objects as a link source to another of the image objects as a link destination; and
generating document data for the image according the edited information on the image objects, the image objects and the image type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for information processing, comprising:
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an image inputting unit having a conventional image drawing surface for drawing an image containing at least one image object, a predetermined set of image types being defined for the image objects;
a processing unit connected to said image inputting unit for automatically determining an area and a image type for each of the image objects and for displaying a display object for representing each of the image objects;
an editor connected to said processing unit for editing information on the image objects based upon the display object, the information including a directional link from one of the image objects as a source link to another of the image objects as a destination link; and
a document generating unit connected to said processing unit for generating document data for the image according the edited information on the image objects, the image objects and the image type. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of retrofitting a conventional image inputting device for further image processing, comprising the steps of:
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placing an image capturing device near the conventional image inputting device;
inputting on an image drawing surface of the conventional image inputting device an image containing at least one image object, a predetermined set of image types being defined for the image objects;
capturing the image in a predetermined digitized data format;
automatically determining an area and a image type for each of the image objects based upon the digitized data;
displaying a display object for representing each of the image objects;
editing information on the image objects based upon the display object, the information including a relational link between the image objects; and
generating document data for the image according the edited information on the image objects, the image objects and the image type. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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