PROGRESS DISPLAY OF HANDWRITING INPUT

• US 20140085215A1
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Och, Franz Josef, Deselaers, Thomas, Keysers, Daniel Martin, Rowley, Henry Allan
• Granted Patent: US 10,254,952 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/987 with the intervention of an operator
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/32 Digital ink

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine; and receiving, at the user device, a representation of the handwritten text. The representation includes the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters. The method further includes: displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first indicator; receiving, at the user device, an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters; displaying, on the display, the text character; and adjusting, at the user device, the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification. The first and second indicators are different.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized;

transmitting, from the user device, a representation of the handwritten text to a server for recognition of the handwritten text;

receiving, at the user device, an indication of handwritten characters from the server, the handwritten characters determined by the server based on the representation of the handwritten text;

displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first color;

receiving indications of text characters at different times from the server,

the text characters determined by the server based on the handwritten characters, respectively;

displaying, on the display, the text characters as the indications are received, respectively;

changing, on the display, the handwritten characters from the first color to a second color in response to receipt of the indications of the text characters, respectively,

wherein the first and second colors are different; and

removing, on the display, the handwritten characters only after the text characters are all displayed.

2. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine;

receiving, at the user device, a representation of the handwritten text, the representation including the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters;

displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first indicator;

receiving, at the user device, an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters;

displaying, on the display, the text character; and

adjusting, at the user device, the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification,

wherein the first and second indicators are different.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first indicator is a first color and the second indicator is a second color.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, at the user device, a second identification of a second text character recognized as a second one of the handwritten characters; and

adjusting, at the user device, the second one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using the second indicator in response to the received second identification.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, at the user device, a possible stem for the handwritten text based on the text character and the second text character; and

displaying, on the display, the possible stem.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, at the user device, user input indicating a selection of the possible stem;

determining, at the user device, a possible word for the handwritten text based on the possible stem; and

displaying, on the display, the possible word in response to the receipt of the user input indicating the selection of the possible stem.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying, on the display, a progress bar indicative of an amount of the handwritten text that has been recognized.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying, on the display, a percentage corresponding to the amount.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising removing at least one of the handwritten characters from the display only after text characters recognized for the handwritten characters are all displayed.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the display is a touch display and the user input is received via the touch display.

11. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, at the user device, a second user input corresponding to additional handwritten text to be recognized using the recognition engine; and

changing a size of the displayed handwritten characters in response to the second user input.

12. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

at least one processor coupled to the display; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program code, the at least one processor configured to execute the executable computer program code to perform operations including;

receiving user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine;

receiving a representation of the handwritten text, the representation including the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters;

displaying, on the display, the handwritten characters using a first indicator;

receiving an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters;

displaying, on the display, the text character; and

adjusting the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification,

wherein the first and second indicators are different.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the first indicator is a first color and the second indicator is a second color.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the operations further include:

receiving a second identification of a second text character recognized as a second one of the handwritten characters; and

adjusting the second one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using the second indicator in response to the received second identification.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the operations further include:

determining a possible stem for the handwritten text based on the text character and the second text character; and

displaying, on the display, the possible stem.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

receiving user input indicating a selection of the possible stem;

determining a possible word for the handwritten text based on the possible stem; and

displaying, on the display, the possible word in response to the receipt of the user input indicating the selection of the possible stem.

17. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the operations further include displaying, on the display, a progress bar indicative of an amount of the handwritten text that has been recognized.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the operations further include displaying, on the display, a percentage corresponding to the amount.

19. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the operations further include removing at least one of the handwritten characters from the display only after text characters recognized for the handwritten characters are all displayed.

20. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the operations further include:

receiving, at the user device, a second user input corresponding to additional handwritten text to be recognized using the recognition engine; and

changing a size of the displayed handwritten characters in response to the second user input.