Stylus lexicon sharing

• US 9,423,890 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Case, Michaela Rose, Schantz, Daniel Jordan, Luttrell, Wesley Abram
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Sheela C
• Application Number:
  US13/929,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20150002484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: 382/187, 382/116, 704/1, 704/9, 704/10, 704/270
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/21 Design or setup of recognition systems or techniques; Extraction of features in feature space; Blind source separation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/70 using pattern recognition or machine learning optical pattern recognition or electronic computations therefor G06V10/88
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/32 Digital ink

Abstract

An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, an association for the one or more symbols; executing an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more symbols; and storing the one or more symbols identified and the determined association therefor in a lexicon accessible to other devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying one or more handwritten symbols input to a surface of a first device;

determining, using at least one processor of the first device, an association for the one or more handwritten symbols;

executing, on the first device, an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more handwritten symbols, the action comprising at least one of;

a user level action and a system level action;

sending, to a shared lexicon of a cloud device, the one or more handwritten symbols identified and the determined association therefor;

said shared lexicon being accessible to a plurality of devices via a cloud service;

receiving, from the shared lexicon, a new handwritten symbol; and

storing the new handwritten symbol.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing with the first device one or more handwritten symbols stored in the shared lexicon.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising accessing with the first device one or more associations stored in the shared lexicon.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more associations stored in the shared lexicon and accessed with the first device correspond to the one or more handwritten symbols stored in the shared lexicon with the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning, via a user interface of the first device, one or more association to the one or more handwritten symbols.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more handwritten symbols for which one or more associations are assigned are accessed from a lexicon available to the first device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the lexicon available to the first device comprises a lexicon stored in a memory of the first device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the other devices comprise devices associated with the first device via a cloud linkage.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the cloud linkage comprises a cloud user account linkage.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising translating an identified input to another input;

wherein the another input has been previously identified and assigned an association.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a device surface that receives user input;

one or more processors; and

a memory accessible to the one or more processors storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to;

identify one or more handwritten symbols input to the device surface;

determine an association for the one or more handwritten symbols;

execute an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more handwritten symbols, the action comprising at least one of;

a user level action and a system level action;

send, to a shared lexicon of a cloud device, the one or more handwritten symbols identified and the determined association therefor;

said shared lexicon being accessible to a plurality of devices via a cloud service;

receiving, from the shared lexicon, a new handwritten symbol; and

storing the new handwritten symbol.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable to access with the information handling device one or more handwritten symbols stored in the shared lexicon.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further executable to access with the information handling device one or more associations stored in the shared lexicon.

14. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the one or more associations stored in the shared lexicon and accessed with the information handling device correspond to the one or more handwritten symbols stored in the shared lexicon with the information handling device.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable to assign, via a user interface of the information handling device, one or more association to the one or more handwritten symbols.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the one or more handwritten symbols for which one or more associations are assigned are accessed from a lexicon available to the information handling device.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the lexicon available to the information handling device comprises a lexicon stored in a memory of the information handling device.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the other devices comprise devices associated with the information handling device via a cloud linkage.

19. The information handling device of claim 18, wherein the cloud linkage comprises a cloud user account linkage.

20. A product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising;

computer readable program code that identifies one or more handwritten symbols input to a surface of a first device;

computer readable program code that determines, using at least one processor of the first device, an association for the one or more handwritten symbols;

computer readable program code that executes, on the first device, an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more handwritten symbols, the action comprising at least one of;

a user level action and a system level action; and

computer readable program code that sends, to a shared lexicon of a cloud device, the one or more handwritten symbols identified and the determined association therefor;

said shared lexicon being accessible to a plurality of devices via a cloud service;

computer readable program code that receives, from the shared lexicon, a new handwritten symbol; and

computer readable program code that stores the new handwritten symbol.