Gesture recognition
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1. A method comprising:
- recognizing a plurality of gestures related to portions of previously recorded handwritten text supplied by a user at a first time, wherein the gestures and the handwritten text are maintained separately from one another and the gestures maintained as metadata for the portions of the handwritten text to which it relates and the gestures supplied at a second time; and
performing, in a batch fashion, actions associated with the gestures against the portions of the handwritten text.
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Abstract
A gesture related to portions of handwritten text is recognized. Furthermore, an action is performed against the portions of the handwritten text. The action is associated with the recognized gesture.
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1. A method comprising:
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recognizing a plurality of gestures related to portions of previously recorded handwritten text supplied by a user at a first time, wherein the gestures and the handwritten text are maintained separately from one another and the gestures maintained as metadata for the portions of the handwritten text to which it relates and the gestures supplied at a second time; and performing, in a batch fashion, actions associated with the gestures against the portions of the handwritten text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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identifying a writer by a writer identification once a writer has logged in; receiving one or more symbols from the writer; receiving one or more actions from the writer for each of the one or more symbols; and recording the one or more symbols and the one or more actions in a library associated with the writer identification, and wherein the library includes other symbols associated with other writers and selection of proper symbols is made based on a specific writer identification, and wherein symbols from different writers can be used in connection with a piece of handwritten text to identify the actions to take against that handwritten text. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a symbol library; a gesture recognizer; and a gesture controller, wherein the gesture recognizer, in a batch fashion, detects gestures of a writer and locates the gestures in the symbol library for that writer to acquire actions, the gesture controller processes the actions against previously recorded handwritten text associated with the detected gestures, and wherein the gestures are maintained separately from the handwritten text and carried as metadata associated with the handwritten text. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions for recognizing gestures, the instructions when executed performing the method comprising:
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capturing handwriting text at a first time; recognizing a plurality of gestures in a batch fashion and associated with a second time and that are associated with portions of the handwritten text, and wherein the gestures are maintained separately from the handwritten text as metadata for the handwritten text; and processing actions in a batch fashion, wherein the actions are associated with the gestures and processed against the portions of the handwritten text. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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