Highlevel active pen matrix

• US 20050088422A1
• Filed: 11/22/2004
• Published: 04/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Iwema, Marieke, Jones, F. David, Lui, Charlton E., Cukierman, Ryan Edward, Jarrett, Robert, Cazzanti, Susanne Alysia Clark, Keely, Leroy B.
• Granted Patent: US 7,277,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/256 of results relating to different input data, e.g. multimodal recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on inputs from the limited input device.

Claims

1. A method of implementing a tap input to a computer comprising the steps of:

determining whether a location of the tap includes ink that was recently added; and

responsive to determining that ink was recently added, adding a dot of ink.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein ink is recently added only if it was added less than one second ago.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein ink is recently added only if it was added less than half a second ago.

4. The method of claim 1, further including steps of:

responsive to determining that ink was not recently added, determining whether the location of the tap is at a selectable object;

responsive to determining that the tap is at a selectable object, determining whether the selectable object has already been selected; and

responsive to determining that the selectable object has not already been select, selecting the selectable object.

5. The method of claim 1, further including steps of:

responsive to determining that ink was not recently added, determining whether the location of the tap is at a selectable object;

responsive to determining that the tap is not at a selectable object, determining whether the tap is at an inline space; and

responsive to determining that the tap is at an inline space, placing an insertion point.

6. The method of claim 1, further including steps of:

responsive to determining that ink was not recently added, determining whether the location of the tap is at a selectable object;

responsive to determining that the tap is not at a selectable object, determining whether the tap is at an inline space;

responsive to determining that the tap is not at an inline space, determining whether the location of the tap is near existing ink; and

responsive to determining that the location of the tap is near existing ink, adding a dot of ink at the location of the tap.

7. The method of claim 1, further including steps of:

responsive to determining that ink was not recently added, determining whether the location of the tap is at a selectable object;

responsive to determining that the location of the tap is not at a selectable object, determining whether the location of the tap is at an inline space;

responsive to determining that the location of the tap is not at an inline space, determining whether the location of the tap is near existing ink;

responsive to determining that the location of the tap is not near existing ink, determining whether the location of the tap is at an active object; and

responsive to determining that the location of the tap is not at an active object, placing an insertion point.

8. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing the steps recited in claim 1.

9. A method for implementing a tap input to a computer, comprising steps of:

receiving the tap input;

determining whether any ink was recently added;

responsive to determining that ink was recently added, adding ink at a location of the tap.

10. The method of claim 9, further including a step of, responsive to determining that the ink was not recently added, determining whether the location of the tap is at a selectable object.

11. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing the steps recited in claim 9.