System and method for recording handwritten notes

• US 7,974,449 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kitazaki, Masako
• Primary Examiner(s): Tucker; Wesley
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woldemariam; Aklilu k
• Application Number:
  US11/351,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20070057923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,971 Days
• Field of Search: 382/142, 382/185, 382/161, 345/173, 345/179, 345/182, 708/141, 715/203, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 382/124
• 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

Abstract

A system for recording handwritten notes includes a feature information obtaining section that obtains feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool, a handwritten notes obtaining section that obtains notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, and a recording section that records the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information.

Claims

1. A system for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

a handwriting tool having,

an ultrasonic oscillating element, and

a feature information obtaining section to obtain feature information of a user of the handwriting tool to identify the user;

a handwritten notes obtaining apparatus that has at least two ultrasonic receivers and that obtains notes handwritten with the handwriting tool; and

a recording apparatus that records the feature information of the user from the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, and associates the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool with the feature information.

2. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein the feature information obtaining section includes a fingerprint sensor that detects a fingerprint of a user who is holding the handwriting tool, and obtains information representing the user'"'"'s fingerprint detected by the fingerprint sensor as the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool.

3. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein the feature information obtaining section obtains information representing handwriting sample of a user who is holding the handwriting tool as the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool.

4. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein if feature information obtained by the feature information obtaining section matches a feature of a user for which feature information and notes handwritten have already been recorded by the recording apparatus, the recording apparatus further records handwritten notes newly obtained by the handwritten notes obtaining apparatus, the newly obtained handwritten notes being associated with the already recorded feature information.

5. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, wherein under a predefined condition, the recording apparatus records notes handwritten with the handwriting tool obtained by the handwritten notes obtaining apparatus, the handwritten notes being associated with feature information of a particular user already recorded by the recording apparatus, independent of the feature information of a user who is holding the handwriting tool.

6. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 5, where in the predefined condition is a predefined action being performed by a user.

7. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 6, wherein the predefined action is writing a particular shape item.

8. The system for recording handwritten notes according to claim 1, further comprising a determination apparatus that determines whether a particular shape item has been written with the handwriting tool, wherein, if the determination apparatus determines that a particular shape item has been written, the recording apparatus records notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.

9. A system for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

a handwritten notes obtaining apparatus to obtain notes handwritten by a user;

a feature information obtaining apparatus to obtain feature information of the user to identify the user;

a determination apparatus to determine whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

a handwritten notes recording apparatus that associates the notes handwritten by the user with the feature information of the user and, if the determination apparatus determines that a particular shape item has been written, the handwritten notes recording apparatus records the notes handwritten by the user, including the particular shape item, in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.

10. A method for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user from a handwriting tool to identify the user;

obtaining notes handwritten with the handwriting tool by receiving ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic oscillating element;

recording the feature information of the user of the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool in a computer readable medium; and

associating the handwritten notes with the feature information.

11. A method for recording handwritten notes, comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user from a handwriting tool to identify the user;

obtaining notes handwritten by a user by receiving ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic oscillating element;

associating the handwritten notes with the feature information;

determining whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

if it is determined that a particular shape item has been written, recording notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item in a computer readable medium.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for recording handwritten notes, the function comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user from a handwriting tool to identify the user;

obtaining notes handwritten with the handwriting tool by receiving ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic oscillating element;

recording the feature information of the user who is holding the handwriting tool and the notes handwritten with the handwriting tool; and

associating the handwritten notes with the feature information.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for recording handwritten notes, the function comprising:

obtaining feature information of a user from a handwriting tool to identify the user;

obtaining notes handwritten by a user by receiving ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic oscillating element;

associating the handwritten notes being directly or indirectly associated with the feature information;

determining whether a particular shape item has been written by the user; and

if it is determined that a particular shape item has been written, recording notes handwritten including the particular shape item in a group of handwritten notes including the same particular shape item.