Interfacing with ink

• US 20060093219A1
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chambers, Robert L., Dresevic, Bodin, Gounares, Alexander, Bhattacharyay, Subha, Dodge, Steve, Torset, Todd A., Goldberg, Arin J., Balaz, Rudolph, Kannapel, Timothy H., Biswas, Manoj K., Turner, Jerome J., Krantz, Brigette E., Fisher, Stephen A., Silverman, Andrew, Hullender, Gregory, Somji, Shiraz M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,715,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32

Abstract

The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging information with the results of a recognition process comprising the steps of:

sending information to a recognition result object;

performing an operation in response to said sending step.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information includes a request to modify up alternate of said results of said recognition process.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information includes a request to assign recognition results to strokes.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning the ink strokes associated with the recognition.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning recognition results.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning at least one confidence level associate with at least one recognition result.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning at least one alternate recognition result.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes a request to get recognition results for at least one ink stroke.

9. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, said data structure comprising:

an ink object;

said ink object including at least one stroke;

said at least one stroke having associated with it at least one recognizer.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein at least two recognizers are associated with each at least one stroke.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein a first stroke and a second stroke are associated with at least one recognizer, with said at least one recognizer different for said first stroke and said second stroke.