Ink gestures

• US 20050111736A1
• Filed: 12/28/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Gounares, Alexander, Hullender, Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 7,536,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/188
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system and process for capturing and implementing handwritten gestures is provided. A user may use gestures to quickly command a pen-based input device to perform operations. According to certain aspects, users may edit text or handwritten ink using a pen in a pen-based computing platform and have the edits and affects the text or ink.

Claims

1. A method for determining if a gesture has been received from a user viewing a page comprising the steps of:

receiving a stroke placed on said page;

determining whether the stroke includes a gesture; and

alerting a system or application that said gesture has been received.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

erasing the stroke that formed the gesture.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining an object associated with said gesture; and

passing said object to said system or said application along with said gesture.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

rendering the received stroke.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stroke is placed anywhere on said page.

8. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a program comprising instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, said program further comprising instructions for performing the steps of:

erasing the stroke that formed the gesture.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, said program further comprising instructions for performing the steps of:

determining an object associated with said gesture; and

passing said object to said system or said application along with said gesture.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, said program further comprising instructions for performing the step of rendering the received stroke.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein said stroke is placed anywhere on said page.

6. A method for determining if a gesture has been received from a user viewing a page comprising the steps of:

receiving a stroke placed on said page;

rendering said stroke on said page;

sending said stroke to an application;

determining in said application if said stroke includes a gesture; and

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processing said gesture.

7. A data structure for storing a gesture comprising:

a first portion associated with an identity of said gesture;

a second portion describing a normalized shape of said gesture;

a third portion describing an action area of said gesture; and

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a fourth portion describing a default action or control method or property.