Electronic acquisition of a hand formed expression and a context of the expression
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1. An apparatus having operability to:
- a) mark a document with a marking;
b) generate information indicative of a movement of the apparatus;
c) generate a context using at least two context detectors, the context including;
an indicator of a position of the marking relative to an existing character of the document; and
information indicative of at least two types of content existing in at least two planes, the content capable of distinguishing the document, wherein the generation of information indicative of content existing in at least two planes includes detecting the content in each of the at least two planes substantially simultaneously; and
d) save the marking, the information indicative of a movement of the apparatus, and the context within the apparatus.
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Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, device, method, and computer program product. In an embodiment, a device includes a handheld writing device that includes a writing element, and a writing detector module operable to generate information indicative of a handwriting movement of the writing element. The device also includes a context detector module operable to generate information indicative of a content portion of a document proximate to the handwriting movement of the writing element.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus having operability to:
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a) mark a document with a marking; b) generate information indicative of a movement of the apparatus; c) generate a context using at least two context detectors, the context including; an indicator of a position of the marking relative to an existing character of the document; and information indicative of at least two types of content existing in at least two planes, the content capable of distinguishing the document, wherein the generation of information indicative of content existing in at least two planes includes detecting the content in each of the at least two planes substantially simultaneously; and d) save the marking, the information indicative of a movement of the apparatus, and the context within the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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5. A device comprising:
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a pen configured to mark a marking relative to an existing character of a document based, at least in part, on a marking position relative to the existing character of the document, wherein the device generates information indicative of a movement of the device, and wherein the marking and an indicator of the marking position are saved within the pen; and at least two context detector modules operable to capture at least two types of content existing in a displayed content portion of the document, the content portion existing in at least two planes, the content portion capable of distinguishing the document, wherein the capturing at least two types of content existing in the content portion existing in at least two planes includes detecting the at least two types of content existing in the content portion in each of the at least two planes substantially simultaneously; wherein at least one of the at least two types of content is captured as a result of activating one of a motion sensitive switch or a voice activated switch. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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6. A method comprising:
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discharging a marking substance on a surface proximate to a character displayed by the surface; generating information corresponding to a mark formed on the surface by the discharged marking substance; generating information indicative of a movement corresponding to the discharging of the marking substance; generating, using two or more context detectors, information indicative of at least two types of content in a content portion of the surface proximate to the movement, the content portion comprising one or more physical attributes existing in at least two planes, the content capable of distinguishing the surface, wherein the generation of information indicative of two types of content in content existing in at least two planes includes detecting the content in each of the at least two planes substantially simultaneously; generating an indication of a position of the mark formed on the surface relative to the character displayed by the surface; and saving data corresponding to the mark and the indication of a position of the mark formed on the surface relative to the character displayed by the surface. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A device comprising:
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means for discharging a marking substance on a surface proximate to a character displayed by the surface; means for generating information corresponding to a mark formed on the surface by the discharged marking substance; means for generating information indicative of a movement corresponding to the discharging of a marking substance on the surface; means for generating information indicative of at least two types of content in a content portion of an object proximate to the hand driven movement of the writing element, the content portion comprising one or more physical attributes of the object existing in at least two planes, the content capable of distinguishing the surface, wherein the generation of information indicative of two types of content existing in at least two planes includes detecting the content in each of the at least two planes substantially simultaneously; means for capturing an image of a displayed content portion while moving towards the displayed content portion or away from the displayed content portion; means for generating an indication of a position of the mark formed on the surface relative to the character displayed by the surface; and means of saving data corresponding to the mark and the indication of a position of the mark formed on the surface relative to the character displayed by the surface.
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