Method and system for displaying and linking ink objects with recognized text and objects

• US 7,916,979 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2006
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Simmons, Alex J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang; Duy M
• Application Number:
  US11/455,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20060233464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,748 Days
• Field of Search: 382/321, 382/119, 382/175, 382/176, 382187-189, 382202-203, 382229-231, 382291-292, 382/309, 382/311, 345/173, 345/179, 715/810, 715/521, 715/854, 715/856, 707/541, 710/14
• US Class Current: 382/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32

Abstract

A user interface can display electronic ink in one section of a display device and corresponding recognized or converted text in another section of the display device that was generated from a electronic ink recognition system. Each page of electronic ink and each corresponding page of converted or recognized text are linked to one another. In other words, each page of electronic ink can be displayed only with its corresponding page of converted or recognized text until a command or message is received that editing of the converted or recognized text has been completed. Once the command or message is received that editing of the converted or recognized text has been completed, then the link between an electronic ink page and its corresponding converted text page is broken. This means that the converted text page can now be saved independently of its corresponding electronic ink page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for editing electronic ink documents, the method comprising:

providing a group of pages that include electronic ink, wherein at least one page of the group of pages is linked to a corresponding page of text recognized from the electronic ink of the at least one page of the group of pages;

receiving an edit completion command; and

in response to receiving the edit completion command, causing a processor to unlink the corresponding page of text from the at least one page of the group of pages to facilitate storage of the corresponding page of text separate from the group of pages.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a word selection in the at least one page prior to receiving the edit completion command, wherein the word selection in the at least one page causes a corresponding word selection in the corresponding page of text.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a word selection in the corresponding page of text prior to receiving the edit completion command, wherein the word selection in the corresponding page of text causes a corresponding word selection in the at least one page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a highlight to a word in the at least one page prior to receiving the edit completion command, wherein the highlight in the at least one page causes a corresponding word highlight in the corresponding page of text.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit completion command, displaying a menu having a list of options for editing a selected word.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the list of options comprises one of changing a classification of electronic ink corresponding to a selected word in the page of text, adding a selected word to a dictionary, cutting a selected word from the page of text, copying a selected word from the page of text, and pasting another word over a selected word in the page of text.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit completion command, defining a break point for a word and separating a word at the defined break point.

8. A computer-readable storage medium on a memory device having computer executable instructions for editing electronic ink documents, comprising:

linking a page of text, recognized from a corresponding page of electronic ink, to the corresponding page of electronic ink within a group of pages of electronic ink;

editing the page of text;

receiving an edit complete command;

in response to receiving the edit complete command, unlinking the edited page of text from the corresponding page of electronic ink within the group of pages of electronic ink; and

saving the edited page of text separate from the corresponding page of electronic ink within the group of pages of electronic ink.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising receiving a word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink causes a corresponding word selection in the page of text.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising receiving a word selection in the page of text prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the word selection in the page of text causes a corresponding word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising receiving a highlight to a word in the corresponding page of electronic ink prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the highlight in the corresponding page of electronic ink causes a corresponding word highlight in the page of text.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit complete command, displaying a menu having a list of options for editing a selected word.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the list of options comprises one of changing a classification of electronic ink corresponding to a selected word in the page of text, adding a selected word to a dictionary, cutting a selected word from the page of text, copying a selected word from the page of text, and pasting another word over a selected word in the page of text.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit complete command, defining a break point for a word and separating a word at the defined break point.

15. A computer-implemented method for editing electronic ink documents, comprising:

editing a page of text having a linked page of electronic ink of a group of pages of electronic ink;

in response to receiving the edit complete command, causing a processor to unlink the edited page of text from the page of electronic ink of a group of pages of electronic ink; and

saving the edited page of text separate from the page of electronic ink of the group of pages of electronic ink.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving a word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink causes a corresponding word selection in the page of text.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving a highlight to a word in the corresponding page of electronic ink prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the highlight in the corresponding page of electronic ink causes a corresponding word highlight in the page of text.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit complete command, displaying a menu having a list of options for editing a selected word.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the list of options comprises one of changing a classification of electronic ink corresponding to a selected word in the page of text, adding a selected word to a dictionary, cutting a selected word from the page of text, copying a selected word from the page of text, and pasting another word over a selected word in the page of text.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising, prior to receiving the edit complete command, defining a break point for a word and separating a word at the defined break point.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving a word selection in the page of text prior to receiving the edit complete command, wherein the word selection in the page of text causes a corresponding word selection in the corresponding page of electronic ink.