Text conversion method for computer systems
First Claim
1. A method of converting characters from one text domain to another text domain in a stylus-based computer in which information may be entered by interaction of a stylus with a display screen, the method comprising the following steps:
- (a) identifying text that has been selected on the display screen;
(b) determining whether the stylus has been used to enter a conversion gesture for converting the selected text on the display screen from a source text domain to a destination text domain;
(c) determining the source text domain of the selected text;
(d) determining an appropriate destination text domain to which the selected text is to be converted; and
(e) replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen with text from the destination text domain determined in step d, wherein the step of replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen include the following steps;
identifying a plurality of candidate text strings from the destination text domain;
ranking those candidate text strings; and
designating a top ranked candidate text string to be used in replacing the selected text.
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Abstract
A method is provided for converting displayed text from one format to another. Text is input as handwriting in a pen-based computer and then automatically converted to a typeface text of a first text domain. Upon receipt of a conversion gesture that is recognized by the system as such, the system automatically converts the displayed text from the first text domain to a second character. The displayed text may be initially written as Hiragana and/or Katakana characters. Upon receipt of a conversion gesture, the system automatically converts the Hiragana and Katakana characters to appropriate Kanji characters.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of converting characters from one text domain to another text domain in a stylus-based computer in which information may be entered by interaction of a stylus with a display screen, the method comprising the following steps:
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(a) identifying text that has been selected on the display screen; (b) determining whether the stylus has been used to enter a conversion gesture for converting the selected text on the display screen from a source text domain to a destination text domain; (c) determining the source text domain of the selected text; (d) determining an appropriate destination text domain to which the selected text is to be converted; and (e) replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen with text from the destination text domain determined in step d, wherein the step of replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen include the following steps; identifying a plurality of candidate text strings from the destination text domain; ranking those candidate text strings; and designating a top ranked candidate text string to be used in replacing the selected text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of converting characters from one text domain to another text domain in a stylus-based computer in which information may be entered by interaction of a stylus with a display screen, the method comprising the following steps:
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(a) identifying selected text that has been delineated by a selection gesture input by the stylus on the display screen; (b) identifying a conversion gesture input by the stylus and having a bounding box overlapping a bounding box of the selected text on the display screen; (c) determining the source text domain of the selected text; (d) determining an appropriate destination text domain to which the selected text is to be converted; (e) identifying for the conversion one or more candidate text strings from the destination text domain; (f) ranking the one or more candidate text strings such that a single top ranked candidate is identified; and (g) replacing the selected text on the display screen with the top ranked candidate identified in step f. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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