Interfacing with ink

• US 7,715,630 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Fisher, Stephen A., Silverman, Andrew, Hullender, Gregory, Chambers, Robert L., Dresevic, Bodin, Gounares, Alexander, Bhattacharyay, Subha, Dodge, Steve, Torset, Todd A., Goldberg, Arin J., Balaz, Rudolph, Kannapel, Timothy H., Biswas, Manoj K., Turner, Jerome J., Krantz, Brigette E., Somji, Shiraz M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Desire; Gregory M
• Application Number:
  US11/304,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20060093219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/179, 345/615, 345/427, 345/180, 382/186, 382/187, 382/189, 382/313, 382/314, 382/315, 382/164, 382/165, 382/309, 382/188, 715/756, 715/759, 715/209, 715/753, 704/9, 704/275
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32

Abstract

The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging information with results of a recognition process comprising the steps of:

sending information to a recognition result object; and

performing an operation in response to said sending step, wherein;

said information comprises at least one stroke of electronic ink;

said at least one stroke having associated with it at least a first recognizer and a second recognizer different from said first recognizer; and

said operation includes processing each stroke and translating each stroke into text or gesture.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information includes a request to modify a top alternate of said results of said recognition process.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information includes a request to assign recognition results to strokes of electronic ink.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said operation includes returning the ink strokes associated with the recognition results.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning recognition results.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said operation includes returning a first recognition result and at least one alternate recognition result.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information includes a request to get recognition results for at least one ink stroke.

8. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said operation further comprises returning at least one confidence level associated with at least one recognition result.

9. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, said data structure comprising:

an ink object, said ink object storing electronic ink;

said ink object including at least one stroke; and

said at least one stroke having associated with it at least a first recognizer and a second recognizer different from said first recognizer,

wherein said recognizers process said stroke and translate said stroke into text or gesture.

10. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, said data structure comprising:

an ink object, said ink object storing electronic ink; and

said ink object including at least a first stroke and a second stroke;

wherein each stroke has associated with it at least one recognizer, said recognizer processing each stroke and translating each stroke into text or gesture, and

wherein said first stroke is associated with at least a first recognizer and said second stroke is associated with at least a second recognizer different from said first recognizer.