Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715268000 | Handwritten textual input | 50 |
20080229192 | Interactive image tagging - Techniques are described for performing automatic generation of one or more tags associated with an image file. One or more ink annotations for a displayed image are received. Handwriting recognition processing of the one or more ink annotations is performed. A string is generated and the string includes one or more recognized words used to form the one or more tags associated with the image file. The handwriting recognition processing and generating the string are performed in response to receiving the ink annotations. | 09-18-2008 |
20080235577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING A WRITTEN SIGNATURE INTO A SECURE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A system and method for embedding a written signature into a secure electronic document is disclosed. The method includes forming a placeholder electronic document containing content to be attested to by a signature. A signing individual can be selected from a signer list. A signature tag can be placed into the placeholder electronic document at a selected signature location. The signature tag is associated with the signing individual and defines the signature location for the signing individual to sign. The placeholder electronic document can be secured to form a secure electronic document having content configured to be uneditable. A signature can be captured with a signature capture device configured to enable the signing individual to write the signature to be embedded into the secure electronic document at the location indicated by the signature tag to mimic a real world experience of signing paper documents. | 09-25-2008 |
20090083622 | HANDWRITING RECORDING APPARATUS - A handwriting recording apparatus is provided. The handwriting recording apparatus includes a pen-shaped housing, a timer unit, a compass, a microprocessing unit, and a storage unit. The compass is equipped to the pen-shaped housing for detecting a moving direction of a motion of the pen-shaped housing. The timer unit is equipped inside the pen-shaped housing for recording a time data related to the motion of the pen-shaped housing. The microprocessing unit is equipped inside the pen-shaped housing for obtaining a motion vector of the pen-shaped housing according to the moving direction and the time data, and comparing the motion vector with a word data to generate a text file. The storage unit is equipped inside the pen-shaped housing for storing the text file so as to provide the text file for an external computer system to process or use. | 03-26-2009 |
20100115404 | AUTOMATIC WORD STRING ARRANGING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method to automatically arrange word string in a display. The word string includes two words. The method includes the following steps. The first step is to define the positions of the start position and the stop position of strokes of the two words. The second step is to group the start position and the stop position based on a threshold value. The third step is to circle the words based on the grouping result. The final step is to rearrange the two words based on a datum point. | 05-06-2010 |
20100251106 | Annotating Digital Files Of A Host Computer Using A Peripheral Device - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, at a tablet computer that is coupled to a host computer, image data representing a selected portion of an electronic document; the tablet computer displaying the same image data on a stroke-sensitive display of the tablet computer; the tablet computer receiving user input from the stroke-sensitive display and representing handwritten strokes; the tablet computer storing, in a memory of the tablet computer, a data file based at least upon the user input and the image data; transmitting the stroke data from the tablet display unit to the coupled host computer where the stroke data appears on the original image data. | 09-30-2010 |
20110093777 | Document Signing Systems and Methods - A system and method for enabling electronic signing of an unsigned electronic document over the internet or similar network. Responsive to receipt of document and signer information from a document sender, a document execution server makes available to all signer users over a network, the unsigned electronic document, together with signature fields in the document. The document execution server receives over the network, from one or more of the signer users, signature data representative of signer user signatures associated with the respective signature fields of the unsigned electronic document. Responsive to receipt of the signature data from one or more of the signer users, the document execution server generates a signed electronic document corresponding to the unsigned electronic document. | 04-21-2011 |
20120072837 | METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR ON DEMAND DOCUMENT DELIVERY AND EXECUTION - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and programs for implementing, managing, and tracking on-line digital transactions via electronic and digital submissions/documents for legal execution of contracts between parties via a medium such as the Internet. Multiple access methods are employed. A computerization and internet type process implementation is provided for processes including, but not limited to, digital transaction coordination, digital status coordinators, seamless transactions, on-line digital signatures, video and audio signature authentication, digital transaction recording and storage, digital certificate authentication, signature authentication, satellite, and other wireless transmission of transactions, voice digital instruction, the merging of voice with digital data transactions, set-top/WebTV digital transmission, global digital networking, and the like. The system includes appropriate data, application, and servers along with supporting LAN or WAN-based applications to perform the services. | 03-22-2012 |
20130097493 | Managing Digital Signatures - A method includes searching a data instance in a modular interactive document to identify completed digital signatures, validating the identified completed digital signatures, generating a signature information table that associates nodes of the data instance with signature information including an indicator of a digital signature status associated with each of the nodes, retrieving a page of the modular interactive document, retrieving data associated with the page and identifying nodes of data associated with user interface elements of the page, retrieving the digital signature status associated with the identified nodes of data associated with the user interface elements of the page from the signature information table, and presenting the page of the modular interactive document to the user on a display, the presented page including data corresponding to the identified nodes and an indication of the digital signature status associated with the data corresponding to the identified nodes. | 04-18-2013 |
20130246914 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are a data management system and computer-readable medium encoded with instructions to execute a method including communicating, by one or more of a document management application supporting integration protocols and a document management module in communication with the document management application, with one or more of a user relationship management system and a document management system using the one or more integration protocols; receiving a request to execute the document management application comprising a previously-created document management process; displaying an indication of a set of documents to be acquired; communicating with a signature acquisition module using the integration protocols configured to acquire a digital signature from a signature input device to create a digitally-signed electronic document; receiving the digitally-signed electronic document; creating an association in the form of a transaction file between user identification information and the digitally-signed electronic document; and transmitting the transaction file to be stored. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254657 | FONT ADJUSTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A font adjusting method employed in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display screen and a sensor. The method includes detecting a moving state of the electronic device by the sensor when the display screen is turned on; enlarging a font size of text displayed on the electronic device when the electronic device is in a moving state; and controlling the display screen of the electronic device to use the enlarged font size. | 09-26-2013 |
20130275865 | Interacting with a Computer Through Handwriting to a Screen - 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. | 10-17-2013 |
20130290840 | Document Management Apparatus for Managing a Document Image Including Handwritten Comment Areas - A document management apparatus includes: a handwriting extracting unit configured to extract a handwritten comment area within a document image; a data management unit configured to store, in a storage device, document image data indicative of the document image and, in association therewith, handwritten data that defines content of the handwritten comment area within the document image; and a handwriting operation unit configured to update, upon receipt of an operation for editing content of the handwritten comment area, the handwritten data in accordance with the operation for editing. | 10-31-2013 |
20130311880 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING CHARACTER STYLE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device receives manual input of strokes representing input text, and is used with an apparatus and method for automatically correcting the text which is input by a user into the electronic device. In a method of correcting a font of the text output by the electronic device, the method includes inputting a text, changing a font of the input text, and outputting the text whose font is changed. | 11-21-2013 |
20140006940 | OFFICE DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006941 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EDITING A DISPLAYED RENDERING OF SYMBOLS | 01-02-2014 |
20140019855 | PORTABLE TERMINAL USING TOUCH PEN AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for a portable terminal using a touch pen and a handwriting input method using the same are provided. In the apparatus, upon receipt of a handwriting image in an input field provided by an executed application through the touch pen, the received handwriting image is converted to text, the text is inserted in the input field, and the input field with the text is displayed. | 01-16-2014 |
20140075302 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a layer creator and a storage processor. The layer creator creates, when a handwritten document including a first layer is displayed, a second layer. The storage processor stores first layer information and first stroke data if a first stroke is handwritten in a first region of the first layer, and stores second layer information and second stroke data if a second stroke is handwritten in a second region of the second layer, the first layer information indicative of the first region, the first stroke data corresponding to the first stroke, the second layer information indicative of the second region, and the second stroke data corresponding to the second stroke. | 03-13-2014 |
20140095992 | GROUPING WRITING REGIONS OF DIGITAL INK - A method for grouping writing regions of digital ink receives processed digital ink that comprises writing regions. A relationship can be generated between a plurality of the writing regions. A feature set can be determined that is associated with the plurality of the writing regions. The plurality of the writing regions can be grouped based on the feature set. | 04-03-2014 |
20140129931 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display processor and a selector. The display processor displays an area stroke on a screen when a first document including a plurality of strokes input by handwriting and one or more images is being displayed on the screen, the area stroke designating a first area. The selector selects first stroke data and first image data based on the area stroke, the first stroke data corresponding to a first stroke among the plurality of strokes, the first image data corresponding to a first part in the one or more images. | 05-08-2014 |
20140245137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONTENTS THROUGH WRITING INPUT ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method of writing content through a writing input on a touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying written input content according to a writing input detection and identifying whether there is a proofreading mode control, and when there is the proofreading mode control, entering a proofreading mode, displaying the written input content according to the writing input detection, identifying a proofreading mark in the written input content, and applying an editing content corresponding to the proofreading mark, so as to proofread the written content. | 08-28-2014 |
20140281945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENCODING CONTENT AND AN IMAGE - A method of encoding content data into a digital image that includes determining bit values of a pixel within the digital image, modifying the bit values within the pixel based on content data to be encoded in order to encode the content data into the digital image, wherein determining the bit values of a pixel within the digital image comprises determining a binary representation of the bit values of the pixel and wherein modifying the bit values comprises determining a binary representation of the content data to be encoded within the pixel and encoding the content data using a reversible binary operation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENCODING CONTENT AND AN IMAGE - A method of verifying the identity of a user at an authentication server that includes receiving user data relating to a signature gesture entered by a user at a computing device, the user data having a plurality of sample points, verifying the user data at the authentication server by comparing to reference signature data, encoding a verification message within a digital image, and notifying the user that their identity has been verified on the basis of the user data received from the computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281947 | Leveraging Previous Instances of Handwriting for Handwriting Beautification and Other Applications - A stroke processing system (SPS) is described which processes a user's current instance of handwriting with reference to previous instances of handwriting. In one application, the SPS matches a new token input by a user (corresponding to a sequence of stroke samples) with previous tokens that are similar to the new token. The SPS then refines the new token by averaging it with the previous tokens. This improves the appearance of the new token. In another application, the SPS uses the previous tokens to produce a search result. In another application, the SPS uses the previous tokens to perform an auto-completion operation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281948 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS, INFORMATION EDITING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information displaying apparatus, an information editing method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information editing program. The information displaying apparatus includes a display section configured to display a document screen, and an operating section configured to receive an input of additional information inputted into the document displayed on the display section. The information displaying apparatus further includes an input area defining section configured to define an area or areas on the display section, where each area includes the additional information inputted through the operating section. The information displaying apparatus further includes an information extracting section configured to extract the additional information inputted into the each area and document information being information of the document displayed in the each area, and an associating processing section configured to register the additional information and the document information with being associated together. | 09-18-2014 |
20140337720 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTION RELATED TO USER INPUT ON SCREEN - An apparatus and method of executing a function related to a user input, and a computer-readable recording medium of recording the method are provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen configured to display data on a screen, and a controller configured to analyze handwritten text, when at least a part of an area displayed on the touch screen is selected and the handwritten text is input by an input means, to detect at least one command corresponding to the analyzed text, and to control execution of the detected command in relation to the selected area. | 11-13-2014 |
20140372881 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program, an image display apparatus and a display control method. The apparatus includes a touch panel configured to receive a handwriting input and display a document and handwriting information in a display area thereof. The display control program, when being executed by a processor of the apparatus, causes the processor to perform the following processes. The processes includes: operating the touch panel to display a document and handwriting information in the display area; and in response to detecting an operation onto the document, controlling display of the handwriting information by using a first display mode or a second display mode. The first display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the document. The second display mode is a mode to display the handwriting information with being associated with the display area. | 12-18-2014 |
20150019961 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA MERGING - A portable terminal and a method for controlling data merging are provided. The method for controlling the data merging includes analyzing input data, extracting and displaying one or more data corresponding to the analyzed input data, and merging at least one data selected from the one or more displayed data and the input data. | 01-15-2015 |
20150058718 | USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING HANDWRITING CONTENT - A method for creating handwriting content is provided. The method includes displaying handwriting letters being input, extracting at least one candidate handwriting word stored in advance in response to the input handwriting letters, displaying the extracted at least one candidate handwriting word, and replacing the input handwriting letters with a candidate handwriting word selected from among the displayed at least one candidate handwriting word. | 02-26-2015 |
20150067488 | USER INTERFACES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode; enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode; upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of considered for removal from display and considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067489 | ZOOMABLE PAGES FOR CONTINUOUS DIGITAL WRITING - Facilitating digital writing on a tablet screen includes providing a viewing screen corresponding to the tablet screen, superimposing on the viewing screen an authoring screen for a user to provide digital writing, the authoring screen being a magnified portion of the viewing screen, showing a mapping portion on the viewing screen, where the mapping portion corresponds to the portion of the viewing screen being magnified into the authoring screen, and projecting on to the viewing screen writing entered by the user in the authoring screen. The authoring screen is semi-transparent and writing and the mapping portion on the viewing screen are viewable through the authoring screen. The authoring screen may be superimposed over an entirety of the viewing screen. Writing provided on the viewing screen may be presented as faded strokes. A user may pan the authoring screen to facilitate entering writing into different parts of the viewing screen. | 03-05-2015 |
20150135066 | DUAL TEXT AND DRAWING INPUT - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving handwriting input at a user input interface; rendering the handwriting input on a display device; after rendering the handwriting input, determining a user selection of a format for entering the handwriting input into an application; and entering the handwriting input into the application in the format selected. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150149894 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display controller. The display controller is configured to display first strokes as selection targets in accordance with a first operation for selecting a first range including the first strokes in a handwritten document. The display controller is configured to display a second range selected by a second operation, if the second operation is performed during displaying the first strokes as the selection targets. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293690 | METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for a user interface display, suitable for an electronic device with a touch screen, is provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving a plurality of operating signals corresponding to a plurality of writing strokes on the touch screen, and displaying a plurality of characters respectively according to the operating signals, wherein each of the characters includes at least one of the writing strokes; calculating an average width of the characters, and calculating a distance threshold according to the average width of the characters and a size of the touch screen; deriving a margin distance between the last character of the characters and a margin of the touch screen; when the margin distance is shorter than the distance threshold, shifting a display position of the characters on the touch screen according to the margin distance and the size of the touch screen. | 10-15-2015 |
20160034170 | SEARCH USING HANDWRITING TO INVOKE MULTI-WINDOW SEARCH RESULT SCREEN - A user can transition a computer from a reduced power mode to a higher power mode by inputting handwriting gestures on a touchscreen display of the computer. As well, the gestures are processed using a handwriting recognition engine and the result is used to query multiple sources of information including the Internet and local data storage on the computer. The search results are presented in partitioned windows on the display according to the sources of information queried. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048324 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes circuitry configured to display handwritten strokes on a screen, convert a first stroke of the strokes into a first shape pattern, the first stroke includes a first feature, and convert a second stroke of the strokes into a second shape pattern in accordance with the first shape pattern, the second stroke includes a second feature different from the first stroke and included in a range defined by the first stroke. | 02-18-2016 |
20160062634 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITING - According to one embodiment, when a first stroke is inputted on a display, an electronic device displays an elongate first area in a first style, the first area including a display area of the first stroke, displays a second area other than the first area in a second style different from the first style, and displays one or more first handwriting candidates on the display based on the first stroke. The electronic device determines to enter, when one of the one or more first handwriting candidates is selected, the selected first handwriting candidate in place of the first stroke. The device determines to enter the first stroke when an operation on the second area is detected. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070462 | PERMANENT SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM FOR HANDWRITING INPUT - Disclosed is a device for inputting symbols in an entry field. An example of the device includes an interface unit having a touch screen and a module for processing graphics objects. The module may include a detection unit for detecting a start and an end of a current graphics object being input; a storage unit for storing graphics data corresponding to the input graphics object; a recognition unit for generating a list of candidate strings of symbols from the graphics data, each candidate string being associated with a pertinence value; and an insertion unit for inserting into the entry field a string selected by the user from the list, a data group comprising the graphics data, the candidate strings, the pertinence values, and an identifier of the selected string being stored during a predetermined duration. | 03-10-2016 |
20160092728 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS - According to one embodiment, an electronic device executes a process for outputting a recognition result of a handwritten table including regions defined by a set of strokes. When a first region of the regions spans columns or rows, and the first region corresponds to a rectangular shape, the recognition result of the handwritten table includes a first table object. The first table object includes a first merged cell corresponding to the first region. When the first region spans columns or rows, and the first region corresponds to a non-rectangular shape, the recognition result of the handwritten table includes a second table object. The second table object includes a second merged cell corresponding to a part of the first region. | 03-31-2016 |
20160132232 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT DATA - According to one embodiment, an electronic device detects a first stroke made on a display area of a first document and displays the first stroke on a screen. The electronic device determines at least one handwriting candidate from different handwriting stored in a memory in response to an input of the first stroke, and displays the at least one handwriting candidate on the screen. The electronic device receives a selection of a first handwriting candidate from the at least one handwriting candidate, and determines a first size of the first handwriting candidate according to a size of a second handwritten character string followed by the first stroke. The electronic device inputs the first handwriting candidate in place of the first stroke to the first document according to the first size. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140098 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENTS - A method for electronically signing a document by a user by using an electronic device, is disclosed. The method includes displaying the document on a user interface of the electronic device, wherein the user interface includes control fields for receiving user inputs. The method further includes capturing the user inputs upon selection of the control fields by the user. The method further includes processing the user inputs to generate outputs, wherein the processing is performed based on predefined parameters associated with each of the user inputs. The method further includes generating a document signature by using at least one of the outputs, wherein the document signature is a unique one time signature identifying the user. The method further includes electronically embedding the document signature in the electronic document. | 05-19-2016 |
20160147436 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor sets a first attribute of strokes to be made on a screen, wherein the first attribute determines a degree of change in thicknesses or colors of the strokes according to a change of writing pressure of the strokes; receives a first stroke made on the screen; display the first stroke in accordance with the first attribute on the screen; determines a handwriting candidate conforming the first stroke, wherein the handwriting candidate includes a second attribute different from the first attribute; changes a form of the handwriting candidate in accordance with a difference between the first attribute and the second attribute; and displays the handwriting candidate according to the first attribute on the screen. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147437 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDWRITING - According to one embodiment, an electronic device receives at least one first stroke made on a document displayed on a screen, displays the at least one first stroke on the screen, determines a first handwriting candidate including a second stroke and a third stroke subsequent to the second stroke in response to an input of the at least one first stroke, and displays the first handwriting candidate on the screen. The electronic device receives a fourth stroke overlapping with an display area of the third stroke made on the screen, and enters not the third stroke but both the second stroke and the fourth stroke into the document in response to an input of the fourth stroke. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147723 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AMENDING HANDWRITTEN CHARACTERS - A method and a device for amending a handwritten character are provided. The device includes a user input unit, a processor, and a display. The user input unit receives a user input of handwritten characters. The processor is configured to recognize the input handwritten characters, determine respective reference points of the recognized handwritten characters, and align the recognized handwritten characters based on locations of the determined reference points. The display is configured to display the aligned handwritten characters. | 05-26-2016 |
20160154580 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
20160154769 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDWRITING | 06-02-2016 |
20160179772 | REFLOW OF HANDWRITING CONTENT | 06-23-2016 |
20160179776 | E-SIGNATURE | 06-23-2016 |
20160179777 | DIRECTING INPUT OF HANDWRITING STROKES | 06-23-2016 |
20180024708 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE RELATED TO NOTE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR THE SAME | 01-25-2018 |
20190147027 | METHOD FOR CONCLUDING ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS AND SERVER | 05-16-2019 |