Interacting with a Computer Through Handwriting to a Screen

• US 20130275865A1
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jane T., Cupala, Shiraz J., Sommer, Peter D., Wang, Simin, Eason, Natalie M.
• Application Number:
  US13/915,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275865A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/268
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1444 Selective acquisition, locating or processing of specific regions, e.g. highlighted text, fiducial marks or predetermined fields

Abstract

Systems and methods are described that enable a user to: select a control with a handwritten stroke at least part of which resides outside of a selectable area of the control; use a moving-input control without having to make a selection other than handwriting on, over, or near the control; and/or delete text displayed on an electronic form by handwriting over that text.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving handwriting, at least part of the handwriting made over text displayed on a screen;

selecting at least part of the text based on the handwriting; and

determining whether the handwriting received is for deleting the selected text.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the text is displayed in an unselected data-entry field.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving handwriting is performed without a prior selection of a data-entry field in which the text is displayed.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, selecting, and determining are performed without user interaction other than the received handwriting.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the text comprises non-handwritten text.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the handwriting comprises a single stroke.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the handwriting comprises multiple strokes.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selected text comprises multiple characters, a single word, multiple words, a single sentence, or multiple sentences.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising deleting the selected text responsive to determining that the handwriting received is for deleting the selected text.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the deleting comprises deleting two or more characters of the selected text.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining that the handwriting received is for deleting the selected text if a displayed representation of the handwriting received obscures a significant portion of the selected text.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein handwriting is received via a stylus.

16. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the deleting comprises deleting a word of the non-handwritten text.

13. A computing device comprising:

a screen;

a processor; and

computer-readable storage media comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method comprising;

causing display of non-handwritten text on the screen;

receiving a handwriting stroke made to the screen, at least a part of which resides over at least of portion of the non-handwritten text; and

deleting two or more characters of the non-handwritten text.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the causing display comprises causing display of the non-handwritten text in an unselected data-entry field.

15. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the deleting comprises deleting the two or more characters of the non-handwritten text without user interaction independent of the handwriting stroke made to the screen.

17. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a processor, perform a method comprising:

receiving handwriting, at least part of the handwriting made over text displayed on a screen;

selecting at least part of the text based on the handwriting;

determining whether the handwriting received is for deleting the selected text; and

deleting the selected text responsive to determining that the handwriting received is for deleting the selected text.

18. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 17, wherein the text is displayed in an unselected data-entry field.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiving handwriting is performed without a prior selection of a data-entry field in which the text is displayed.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiving, selecting, and determining are performed without user interaction other than the received handwriting.