ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSERTING OBJECTS INTO NOTE-TAKING SOFTWARE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140181711A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WU, WEN-YUE
• Application Number:
  US14/101,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181711A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A method for an electronic device to insert objects into a note-taking software of the electronic device. The method sets an inserting rule for inserting graphical objects into the note-taking software according to a handwriting track drawn in the note-taking software. A current hand drawn object in the note-taking software is obtained. The method determines whether the current hand drawn object is a character or a control command. When the current hand drawn object is a control command, the method determines which graphical object is to be inserted into the note-taking software according to the inserting rule and the current hand drawn object, and inserts the graphical object into a user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for inserting objects into a note-taking software of an electronic device, the method comprising:

setting an inserting rule for inserting graphical objects into the note-taking software according to a handwriting track drawn in the note-taking software, wherein the graphical objects comprise images of a target object captured by an image-capturing unit of the electronic device and figures drawn in the note-taking software;

obtaining a current hand drawn object in the note-taking software;

determining whether the current hand drawn object is a character or a control command; and

determining which graphical object is to be inserted into the note-taking software according to the inserting rule and the current hand drawn object when the current hand drawn object is a control command, and inserting the graphical object into a user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object.

2. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

importing the character corresponding to the current hand drawn object into the note-taking software when the current hand drawn object is a character.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object is a smallest encasing box of the current hand drawn object or a space bound by the current hand drawn object.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the inserting rule comprises a first rule for inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a first predetermined track, and a second rule for inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a second predetermined track.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the inserting rule comprises a third rule for either inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software or inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device to the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a third predetermined track, wherein the third rule comprises a first predetermined operation to insert the images of the target object and a second predetermined operation to insert the drawn figures.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the step of inserting the graphical object into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object comprises:

determining whether the graphical object is an image of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit or a figure drawn in the note-taking software;

inserting the captured image of the target object into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the captured image of the target object; and

inserting the figure into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the figure drawn in the note-taking software.

7. An electronic device for inserting objects to a note-taking software of the electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

an image-capturing unit;

at least one processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to;

set an inserting rule for inserting graphical objects into the note-taking software according to a handwriting track drawn in the note-taking software, wherein the graphical objects comprise images of a target object captured by the image-capturing unit and figures drawn in the note-taking software;

obtain a current hand drawn object in the note-taking software;

determine whether the current hand drawn object is a character or a control command; and

determine which graphical object is to be inserted into the note-taking software according to the inserting rule and the current hand drawn object when the current hand drawn object is a control command, and insert the graphical object into a user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object.

8. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the one or more programs further cause the at least one processor to:

import the character corresponding to the current hand drawn object into the note-taking software when the current hand drawn object is a character.

9. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object is a smallest encasing box of the current hand drawn object or a space bound by the current hand drawn object.

10. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the inserting rule comprises a first rule for inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a first predetermined track, and a second rule for inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a second predetermined track.

11. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the inserting rule comprises a third rule for either inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software or inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device to the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a third predetermined track, wherein the third rule comprises a first predetermined operation to insert the images of the target object and a second predetermined operation to insert the drawn figures.

12. The electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the one or more programs further cause the at least one processor to:

determine whether the graphical object is an image of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit or a figure drawn in the note-taking software;

insert the captured image of the target object into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the captured image of the target object; and

insert the figure into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the figure drawn in the note-taking software.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to insert objects into a note-taking software of the electronic device, the method comprising:

setting an inserting rule for inserting graphical objects into the note-taking software according to a handwriting track drawn in the note-taking software, wherein the graphical objects comprise images of a target object captured by an image-capturing unit of the electronic device and figures drawn in the note-taking software;

obtaining a current hand drawn object in the note-taking software;

determining whether the current hand drawn object is a character or a control command; and

determining which graphical object is to be inserted into the note-taking software according to the inserting rule and the current hand drawn object when the current hand drawn object is a control command, and inserting the graphical object into a user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as described in claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

importing the character corresponding to the current hand drawn object into the note-taking software when the current hand drawn object is a character.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as described in claim 13, wherein the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object is a smallest encasing box of the current hand drawn object or a space bound by the current hand drawn object.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as described in claim 13, wherein the inserting rule comprises a first rule for inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a first predetermined track, and a second rule for inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device into the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a second predetermined track.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as described in claim 13, wherein the inserting rule comprises a third rule for either inserting images of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit into the note-taking software or inserting figures drawn on a touch screen of the electronic device to the note-taking software when the handwriting track is a third predetermined track, wherein the third rule comprises a first predetermined operation to insert the images of the target object and a second predetermined operation to insert the drawn figures.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as described in claim 13, wherein the step of inserting the graphical object into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object comprises:

determining whether the graphical object is an image of the target object captured by the image-capturing unit or a figure drawn in the note-taking software;

inserting the captured image of the target object into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the captured image of the target object; and

inserting the figure into the user interface of the note-taking software constituted by the current hand drawn object when the graphical object is the figure drawn in the note-taking software.