METHOD AND TOOL FOR RECOGNIZING A HAND-DRAWN TABLE
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1. A computerized method of recognizing an input hand-drawn table formed by freeform line objects, said method comprising:
- transforming each freeform line object of said table into one of a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment;
generating a grid system based on the vertical and horizontal line segments; and
converting the generated grid system into a table object.
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Abstract
A computerized method of recognizing an input hand-drawn table formed by freeform line objects comprises transforming each freeform line object of the table into one of a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment, generating a grid system based on the vertical and horizontal line segments and converting the generated grid system into a table object.
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37 Claims
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1. A computerized method of recognizing an input hand-drawn table formed by freeform line objects, said method comprising:
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transforming each freeform line object of said table into one of a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment; generating a grid system based on the vertical and horizontal line segments; and converting the generated grid system into a table object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computerized digital ink recognition method comprising:
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selecting digital ink presented on a graphical user interface, said digital ink at least comprising intersecting freeform lines representing a hand-drawn table; performing a recognition procedure on said intersecting freeform lines to recognize the hand-drawn table; generating a table object corresponding to the hand-drawn table in response to recognition thereof. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium embodying computer program code for digital ink recognition, said computer program code comprising:
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program code for selecting digital ink presented on a graphical user interface, said digital ink at least comprising intersecting freeform lines representing a hand-drawn table; program code for performing a recognition procedure on said intersecting freeform lines to recognize the hand-drawn table; program code for generating a table object corresponding to the hand-drawn table in response to recognition thereof.
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33. A computer readable medium embodying computer program code for recognizing an input hand-drawn table formed by freeform line objects, said computer program code comprising:
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program code for transforming each freeform line object of said table into one of a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment; program code for generating a grid system based on the vertical and horizontal line segments; and program code for converting the generated grid system into a table object.
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34. An interactive input system comprising:
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a coordinate input device having a display surface on which an image is presented, said coordinate input device being responsive to user input; and processing structure communicating with said coordinate input device and updating the image presented on said display surface to reflect user input, said processing structure executing a table recognition procedure when invoked to recognize a hand-drawn table entered on said coordinate input device and convert the recognized hand-drawn table into a table object. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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