Recognizing commands written onto a medium
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining a scanned handwritten command mark written with a conventional writing implement onto a conventional medium, wherein the conventional writing implement includes at least one of a pen and pencil and wherein the conventional medium includes at least one of a piece of paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, or cloth; and
recognizing the scanned handwritten command mark as a command that may be executed by a processor, wherein the scanned handwritten command mark is recognized only if the scanned handwritten command mark is placed on a specified area of the conventional medium.
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining a scanned command mark written with a conventional writing implement onto a conventional medium, and recognizing the scanned command mark as a command that may be executed by a processor. The method may further include recognizing a command mark that comprises a notational, transformational and operational mark.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining a scanned handwritten command mark written with a conventional writing implement onto a conventional medium, wherein the conventional writing implement includes at least one of a pen and pencil and wherein the conventional medium includes at least one of a piece of paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, or cloth; and recognizing the scanned handwritten command mark as a command that may be executed by a processor, wherein the scanned handwritten command mark is recognized only if the scanned handwritten command mark is placed on a specified area of the conventional medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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detecting stroke information associated with making a handwritten command mark with a conventional writing implement on a conventional medium, wherein the conventional writing implement includes at least one of a pen and pencil and wherein the conventional medium includes at least one of a piece of paper, cardboard, plastic, or cloth; and recognizing the handwritten command mark as a command that may be executed by a computer processor, wherein the handwritten command mark is recognized only if the handwritten command mark is placed on a specified area of the conventional medium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions for recognizing a command mark handwritten with a conventional writing implement onto a conventional medium, wherein the conventional writing implement includes at least one of a pen and pencil and wherein the conventional medium includes at least one of a piece of paper, cardboard, plastic, metal or cloth, the instructions causing a machine to:
recognize the handwritten command mark as a command that may be executed in a processor, wherein the handwritten command mark is recognized only if the handwritten command mark is written on a specific area of the conventional medium. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A command recognition apparatus, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to; recognize a scanned image of a command mark as a command that may be executed by a computer processor, wherein the command mark is handwritten with at least one of a pen and pencil onto a conventional medium, the conventional medium including at least one of a piece of paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, or cloth, wherein the command mark is recognized only if the command mark is written on a specific area of the medium. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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