Systems and methods for facilitating composition of handwritten documents

• US 20040239639A1
• Filed: 05/30/2003
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Stavely, Donald J., Dalton, Dan L., Dow, James C., Battles, Amy E., Brake, Wilfred F.
• Granted Patent: US 7,193,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for facilitating composition of handwritten documents. In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to identifying handwritten input entered in a display of a computing device, and controlling the placement of handwritten input on the display so as to enable uninterrupted handwriting on the display.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating composition of handwritten documents, comprising:

identifying handwritten input entered in a display of a computing device; and

controlling the placement of the handwritten input on the display so as to enable uninterrupted handwriting on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying handwritten input comprises identifying handwritten input entered within a designated entry field of the touch-sensitive display of a computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input comprises panning the handwritten input across the display as new handwritten input is entered on the display.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input further comprises interrupting panning when handwriting is paused.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input further comprises resuming panning when handwriting is resumed.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input further comprises backing up the display when handwriting is resumed.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input further comprises shifting the handwritten input upward within the display to facilitate handwriting on a next line of the display.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein panning comprises continuously panning the handwritten input.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein panning comprising panning the handwritten input in discrete steps in response to user input.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input comprises controlling the placement of handwritten input based upon a user'"'"'s particular writing style.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the placement of handwritten input comprises controlling the placement of the handwritten input based at least in part on information contained in a handwriting profile.

12. A method for facilitating composition of handwritten documents, comprising:

determining how to control the placement of handwritten input within a computing device display;

identifying handwritten input entered within an entry field of the display; and

panning a virtual page on which the handwritten input is written relative to the display such that handwritten input may be continuously entered within the entry field of the display by a user without the user moving the user'"'"'s hand across the display.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining how to control the placement comprises determining how to control the placement of handwritten input at least in part based upon information contained in a handwriting profile.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising interrupting panning of the virtual page when handwriting is paused.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising resuming panning of the virtual page when handwriting is resumed.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising backing up the virtual page when handwriting is paused.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising shifting the virtual page upward within to the display to facilitate handwriting on a next line of the virtual page.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising creating the handwriting profile by analyzing the user'"'"'s handwriting style.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein analyzing the user'"'"'s writing style comprises analyzing the speed with which the user handwrites.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein panning a virtual page comprises panning the page based at least in part on information contained in a handwriting profile.

21. A system for facilitating composition of handwritten documents, comprising:

means for identifying handwritten input entered by a user on a touch-sensitive display of a computing device; and

means for moving the handwritten input across the display so as to create space for the user to continue entering handwritten input on the display.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for identifying comprise an entry field designated in the display.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for moving comprise means for panning handwritten input, means for interrupting panning of handwritten input, and means for resuming panning of handwritten input.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for shifting a virtual page on which the handwritten input is written in an upward direction within the display to facilitate handwriting on a next line of the virtual page.

25. A handwriting manager stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising:

logic,configured to determine how to control the placement of handwritten input within a display of a computing device;

logic configured to identify handwritten input entered by a user in the computing device display; and

logic configured to control the placement of handwritten input such that handwritten input may be continuously entered at a designated position on the display by a user without the user moving the user'"'"'s hand across the display.

26. The manager of claim 25, wherein the logic configured to control the placement of handwritten input is configured to pan a virtual page upon which the handwritten input is written across the display in a leftward direction.

27. The manager of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to control the placement of handwritten input is further configured to interrupt panning when handwriting is paused and resume panning when handwriting is resumed.

28. The manager of claim 25, wherein the logic configured to control the placement of handwritten input is configured to shift the position of a virtual page upon which the handwritten input is written in an upward direction within the display.

29. The manager of claim 25, wherein the logic configured to control the placement of handwritten input comprises a handwriting algorithm.

30. The manager of claim 25, wherein the handwriting algorithm is based at least in part upon the user'"'"'s particular writing style.

31. A device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display with which handwriting may be directly entered into the computing device;

a processor; and

memory that comprises a handwriting manager, the handwriting manager comprising logic configured to identify handwritten input entered by a user on the computing device display and logic configured to pan the handwritten input such that new handwritten input may be continuously entered within a designated area of the display by a user without the user having to move the user'"'"'s hand across to the display.

32. The device of claim 31, wherein the handwriting manager further comprises logic configured to interrupt panning when handwriting is paused and resume panning when handwriting is resumed.

33. The device of claim 31, wherein the handwriting manager further comprises logic configured to shift the position of a virtual page upon which the handwritten input is written in an upward direction within to the display.