Ink input mechanisms

• US 20030214531A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 11/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Zielinski, Tobias Z., Chambers, Robert L., Feldman, Kyril, Gounares, Alexander, Dodge, Steve, Torset, Todd A., Goldberg, Arin J., Kannapel, Timothy H.
• Application Number:
  US10/183,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20030214531A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• 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

Various user interfaces and processes are described for receiving electronic ink. A user may write in a first input region. In addition, a user may write in an expanded input region having a greater sized than the first region. Third, a user may write or tap keys to input ink/text from a third region including an input panel.

Claims

1. A user interface for receiving input information comprising:

a first displayed region; and

a second displayed region,

wherein said first displayed region expands into said second region upon interaction with said first displayed region, and

wherein ink and/or text entered into said second display region is input into said first displayed region.

2. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein said interaction with said first displayed region is a user hovering a stylus over said first displayed region.

16. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein said ink and/or text entered into said second display region is input into said first displayed region upon the closure of said second to region.

3. A user interface for receiving input information comprising:

a first displayed region; and

a second displayed region,

wherein said second displayed region is displayed upon interaction with first displayed region, said second displayed region includes a third region to receive handwritten ink and/or a fourth region including a soft keypad, and

wherein ink and/or text entered into said second display region is input into said first displayed region.

18. The graphical user interface according to claim 3, wherein said ink and/or text entered into said second display region is input into said first displayed region upon the closure of said second to region.

4. In a control, a process for providing input regions for receiving ink and or text comprising the steps of:

receiving user interaction with a first displayed region;

generating a second displayed region;

receiving ink and/or text in said second displayed region;

placing at least one of ink and/or text in said first displayed region after closing said second region.

5. The process according to claim 4, wherein said second displayed region is an expanded version of said first displayed region.

6. The process according to claim 4, wherein said second displayed region includes a third region for receiving handwritten ink, and a fourth region displaying a soft keypad.

7. The process according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

performing handwriting recognition on said ink received second displayed region,

wherein said placing step includes placing text corresponding to said ink into said first displayed region.

8. A graphical user interface for receiving handwritten ink comprising:

a first region, said first region being selectable whether or not to receive handwritten ink.

9. A graphical user interface for receiving handwritten ink comprising:

a first region, said first region having selectable properties.

10. The graphical user interface according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said properties includes selectable properties, of which one of the selectable properties is a type of recognition mode.

11. The graphical user interface according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said properties includes specification of a user interface mode.

12. The graphical user interface according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said properties includes specification of a boxed input mode.

13. The graphical user interface according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said properties includes specification of how a second region will appear when activated.

14. The graphical user interface according to claim 13, wherein said second region is an expanding display.

15. The graphical user interface according to claim 13, wherein said second region is a combination of a handwriting receiving region and a soft keypad.

17. The graphical user interface according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said properties includes selectable properties.