Appeal No. 97-0191
Application 08/331,151
was filed October 20, 1995 and was denied entry by the Examiner.
The disclosed invention relates to the entry of handwritten input to a pointer-based computer
system which is analyzed and identified as recognized text words or unrecognized “ink” words. These
words are formatted into paragraphs which are displayed on a display screen by adjusting the positions
of the words relative to each other.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A method of formatting handwritten input entered in a pointer-based computer system
having a display screen on which the path of the pointer is displayed as ink, the method comprising the
following steps:
analyzing the handwritten input with a word recognizer to identify some parts of the handwritten
input as recognized text words and unrecognized ink words being displayed on the display screen in
their handwritten input form and the recognized text words appearing in a standard font;
grouping the recognized text words and the unrecognized ink words into one or more
paragraphs containing both a recognized text word and an unrecognized ink word;
formatting the recognized text words and unrecognized ink words by adjusting their positions
with respect to one another within the one or more paragraphs so that the paragraphs have one or more
lines, at least one of which has a plurality of words, wherein the words in each line are separated from
one another by defined word separation distances; and
displaying the formatted paragraphs on said display screen such that both unrecognized ink
words and recognized text words are contiguously displayed in the same paragraphs, the unrecognized
ink words being displayed in their handwritten input form and the recognized text words being
displayed in a standard font within the formatted paragraphs, wherein the steps of analyzing, grouping,
and formatting are performed by said computer system.
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