FORMATTING HANDWRITTEN CONTENT

• US 20160179764A1
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kelso, Scott Edwards, Nicholson, John Weldon, Strazisar, Bradley Park, Perrin, Steven Richard, Zhang, Jianbang, Cox, Sarah Jane E, VanBlon, Russell Speight
• Granted Patent: US 10,614,300 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/347 Sampling; Contour coding; Stroke extraction

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes; providing, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes; determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; changing, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and inputting the one or more machine words according to the input formatting. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accepting, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes;

providing, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes;

determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes;

changing, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and

inputting the one or more machine words according to the input formatting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a line spacing of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

the changing of the input formatting comprises changing line spacing based on the determined line spacing of the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying one or more guidelines indicating the line spacing.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining where in the input and display device the one or more handwriting ink strokes are provided;

delimiting boundaries around the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

providing an initial block for the one or more handwriting ink strokes according to the boundaries.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a characteristic selected from the group of a vertical length of the one or more handwriting ink strokes and a horizontal length of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

the changing of the input formatting comprises changing a block boundary of the initial block based on the characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing an indication of the block boundary that has been changed.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining the one or more handwriting ink strokes fall outside of the initial block.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising creating a new block for the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a gesture input included in the one or more handwriting ink strokes, wherein the input formatting is changed according to the gesture input.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

an input and display device;

a processor operatively coupled to the input and display device; and

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

accept, in the input and display device, handwriting ink strokes;

provide, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes;

determine a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes;

change, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and

input the one or more machine words according to the input formatting.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein:

to determine a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a line spacing of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

to change the input formatting comprises changing line spacing based on the determined line spacing of the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to display one or more guidelines indicating the line spacing.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine where in the input and display device the one or more handwriting ink strokes are provided;

delimit boundaries around the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

provide an initial block for the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein:

to determine a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a characteristic selected from the group of a vertical length of the one or more handwriting ink strokes and a horizontal length of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; and

the changing of the input formatting comprises changing a block boundary of the initial block based on the characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to provide an indication of the block boundary that has been changed.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein to determine a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining the one or more handwriting ink strokes fall outside of the initial block.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to create a new block for the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein to determine a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes comprises determining a gesture input included in the one or more handwriting ink strokes.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the input formatting is changed according to the gesture input.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor of an electronic device and comprising;

code that accepts, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes;

code that provides, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes;

code that determines a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes;

code that changes, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and

code that inputs the one or more machine words according to the input formatting.