System and method for recording handwritten notes

• US 20070057923A1
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kitazaki, Masako
• Granted Patent: US 7,974,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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

Abstract

A system for recording handwritten notes includes a feature information obtaining section that obtains feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool, a handwritten notes obtaining section that obtains notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, and a recording section that records the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information.

Claims

1. A system for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

a feature information obtaining section that obtains feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool;

a handwritten notes obtaining section that obtains notes handwritten with the handwriting tool; and

a recording section that records the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information.

2. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, where in

the feature information obtaining section is provided in the handwriting tool, includes a fingerprint sensor that detects a fingerprint of a user who is holding the handwriting tool, and obtains information representing the user'"'"'s fingerprint detected by the fingerprint sensor as the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool.

3. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein

the feature information obtaining section obtains information representing handwriting sample of a user who is holding the handwriting tool as the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool.

4. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein

if feature information obtained by the feature information obtaining section matches a feature of a user for which feature information and notes handwritten have already been recorded by the recording section, the recording section further records handwritten notes newly obtained by the handwritten notes obtaining section, the newly obtained handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the already recorded feature information.

5. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein

under a predefined condition, the recording section records notes handwritten with the handwriting tool obtained by the handwritten notes obtaining section, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with feature information of a particular user already recorded by the recording section, independent of the feature information of a user who is holding the handwriting tool.

6. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 5, where in

the predefined condition is a predefined action being performed by a user.

7. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 6, wherein

the predefined action is writing a particular shape item.

8. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, further comprising a determination section that determines whether a particular shape item has been written with the handwriting tool,

wherein, if the determination section determines that a particular shape item has been written, the recording section records notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.

9. A system for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

a handwritten notes obtaining section that obtains notes handwritten by a user;

a determination section that determines whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

a handwritten notes recording section that, if the determination section determines that a particular shape item has been written, records notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.

10. A method for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool;

obtaining notes handwritten with the handwriting tool; and

recording the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information.

11. A method for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

obtaining notes handwritten by a user;

determining whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

if it is determined that a particular shape item has been written, recording notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.

12. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for recording handwritten notes, the function comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool;

obtaining notes handwritten with the handwriting tool; and

recording the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information.

13. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for recording handwritten notes, the function comprising:

obtaining notes handwritten by a user;

determining whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

if it is determined that a particular shape item has been written, recording notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.