System for editing graphical data based upon relative time of entry
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising instructions stored on machine readable media, wherein the instructions cause the machine to permit an operator to edit data based upon relative times associated with that data, the instructions controlling the machine to:
- associate the data with a first graphics display window;
accept inputs from the operator defining relative time parameters;
select a subset of the data based upon inputs from the operator;
separate the subset of data from the data, to leave remaining data; and
display the remaining data (without the subset of data) in the first graphics display window;
wherein the subset of data in the first graphics window may be removed from the remaining data based upon associated relative times, notwithstanding any spatial overlap in spatial coordinates between the subset of data and the remaining data when displayed.
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a system for editing graphical data based upon relative time of entry, and in particular, provides editing software used with an electronic digitizing clipboard. A stylus of the clipboard is used to write on pages, with a digitizer underneath the pages generating an electronic record of entered marks for storage and later recreation of the pages. The electronic record represents both stylus spatial coordinates, normally sampled every ten milliseconds, and certain user commands such as page identification, inserted at significant locations within the aggregate data stream. Data in the stream is associated with prior page identification commands, such that subsequent data may be cut or sorted based upon timing of that data relative to the page identification commands. In this manner, the remote editor, and splicing software on the editor, may distinguish data based upon time of entry, and move that data notwithstanding any spatial overlap with other stylus data.
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1. An apparatus comprising instructions stored on machine readable media, wherein the instructions cause the machine to permit an operator to edit data based upon relative times associated with that data, the instructions controlling the machine to:
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associate the data with a first graphics display window; accept inputs from the operator defining relative time parameters; select a subset of the data based upon inputs from the operator; separate the subset of data from the data, to leave remaining data; and display the remaining data (without the subset of data) in the first graphics display window; wherein the subset of data in the first graphics window may be removed from the remaining data based upon associated relative times, notwithstanding any spatial overlap in spatial coordinates between the subset of data and the remaining data when displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of editing data representing spatial coordinates, wherein the data is associated with relative times, the method using a computer processing device, an operator interface, a display monitor, and at least a first graphics display window, said method comprising:
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associating the data with the first graphics display window; selecting relative time parameters corresponding to the data via the operator interface; separating a subset of data from the data, the subset differentiated from remaining data based upon the relative time parameters; and displaying the remaining data (without the subset of data) in the first graphics display window; wherein the subset of data may be removed from the remaining data (of the first graphics display window) based upon associated relative times, notwithstanding any spatial overlap in spatial coordinates between the subset of data and the remaining data when displayed together. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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