Method and system for supporting multiple pen based language sets

• US 6,289,303 B1
• Filed: 01/29/1999
• Issued: 09/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Atkin, Steven, Wagner, Jonathan Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR
• Application Number:
  US09/240,650
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 704/1, 704/2, 704/3, 704/8, 707/530, 707/535, 707/536, 707/541, 382/185, 382/187, 345/333, 345/141, 345/150, 345/145, 341/128, 341/171
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/53 Processing of non-Latin text kana-to-kanji conversion G06F40/129; vowelisation G06F40/232
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/22 characterised by the display of characters or indicia using display control signals derived from coded signals representing the characters or indicia, e.g. with a character-code memory

Abstract

A method and system for supporting multiple language sets in a data processing system, where each character of the language set is a pen based input character. A language set is designated among multiple language sets with which a pen-based character is associated within a data processing system in response to a user input. A pen based input character is penned into said data processing system. The pen based input character is identified within only said designated language set. The pen based input character is translated into a graphically displayed iconic representation of the pen based input character represented in a designated language set.

Claims

1. A method for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character, said method comprising the steps of:

designating a language set from among a plurality of language sets with which a pen based character is associated within a data processing system in response to a user input;

penning a pen based character for input to said data processing system;

identifying a value from among a plurality of multilingual text standard values for said pen based character within only said designated language set; and

translating said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values into a graphically displayed iconic representation of said pen based character represented in said designated language set.

2. The method of supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the step of designating a language set among a plurality of language set with which a pen based character is associated within a data processing system in response to a user input further comprises the step of:

selecting a language script from a plurality of Unicode based language sets in response to a user input.

3. The method of supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the step of identifying a value from among a plurality of multilingual text standard values for said pen based character within only said designated language set further comprises the step of:

comparing said pen based character with character images of said designated language set.

4. The method of supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the step of translating said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values into a graphically displayed iconic representation of said pen based character represented in said designated language set further comprises the steps of:

storing said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values in memory associated with said data processing system; and

displaying a glyph associated with said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values.

6. The system for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the means for receiving a designation of a language set from among a plurality of language set with which a pen based character is associated within a data processing system in response to a user input further comprises:

means for selecting a language script from a plurality of Unicode based language sets in response to a user input.

7. The system for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the means for identifying a value from amona a plurality of multilingual text standard values for said pen based character within only said designated language set further comprises:

means for comparing said pen based character with character images of said designated language set.

8. The system for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character according to claim 1 where the means for translating said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values into a graphically displayed iconic representation of said pen based character represented in said designated language set further comprises:

means for storing said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values in memory associated with said data processing system; and

means for displaying a glyph associated with said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values.

5. A system for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character, said system comprising:

means for receiving a designation of a language set from among a plurality of language sets with which a pen based character is associated within a data processing system in response to a user input;

means for receiving a pen based character input to said data processing system;

means for identifying a value from among a plurality of multilingual text standard values for said pen based character within only said designated language set; and

means for translating said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values into a graphically displayed iconic representation of said pen based character represented in said designated language set.

9. A program product for supporting a plurality of language sets in a data processing system where each character of said language set is a pen based character, said program product comprising:

a data processing system usable medium; and

a multilingual translation program encoded within said data processing system usable medium that, in response to user input designating a language set from among a plurality of language sets with which a pen based character is associated within a data processing system and in response to user input pen based character to said data processing system;

identifies a value from among a plurality of multilingual text standard values for said pen based character within only said designated language set, and

translates said value from among said plurlaity of multilingual text standard values into a graphically displayed iconic representation of said pen based character represented in said designated language set.

10. The program product of claim 9, wherein said multilingual translation program selects a language script from a plurality of Unicode based language sets.

11. The program product of claim 9, wherein said multilingual translation program compares said pen based character with character images of said designated language set.

12. The program product of claim 9, wherein said multilingual translation program:

stores said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values in memory associated with said data processing system; and

displays a glyph associated with said value from among said plurality of multilingual text standard values.