| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 382188000 | Writing on ordinary surface (i.e., electronics are in pen) | 16 |
| 20080273797 | Editing System with Digital Pen, Editing Method, and Program Thereof - An editing system is provided which is configured to include a paper | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090034845 | System and method for maintaining paper and electronic calendars - The presently described embodiments solve the problem of getting electronic calendar entries back onto the paper calendar. To do so, in one form, according to the presently described embodiments, an inkjet label printer is mounted next to the paper calendar. Each time a daily entry gets updated online, the label printer prints out a new sticky label whose size and markings correspond to the revised paper calendar entry for that day. It is then a simple process for the user to peel off the label and affix it to the correct location on the paper calendar. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090052778 | Electronic Annotation Of Documents With Preexisting Content - In a pen-based computing system, a printed version of a document having preexisting content is annotated using a smart pen. The smart pen captures handwriting gestures to obtain an electronic representation of the annotations. The smart pen computing system identifies a digital version of the document having the preexisting content and stores the electronic representation of the annotations in association with the digital document. The smart pen computing system may overlay the electronic representation of the annotations with the preexisting content to provide a digital representation of the annotated document. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100002937 | SENSING DEVICE FOR SENSING CODED TAGS - A sensing device is provided having an image sensor for sensing and capturing images of tags on a surface, a processor and a transmitter. Each tag encodes data on an identity associated with the surface and a location and orientation of that tag on the surface. The processor identifies the tags from the captured images, determines an orientation, within the captured images, of the identified coded tags, decodes the data encoded by the tags at the determined orientation, and generates indicating data from the decoded data to include the identity and data regarding a position and/or movement of the sensing device relative to the surface. The transmitter transmits the indicating data to a computer system. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100067796 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING DIGITAL INK ORIENTATION - A system for estimating the orientation of digital ink is provided which has an optically imaging pen and a processor. The processor measures the azimuth of the pen at a sampling rate during writing by the pen on a surface printed with tags and estimates the orientation of the digital ink using the measured azimuth of the pen at the sampled points. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the surface associated with a digital description of the surface and on the respective location of that tag on the surface. The digital ink is generated by associating the digital description with the data encoded by the tags optically imaged by the pen during the writing. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067797 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING DIGITAL INK ORIENTATION - A method of estimating the orientation of digital ink is provided. The includes measuring, at a sampling rate during writing by an optically imaging pen on a surface printed with tags, the azimuth of the pen, and estimating, at the computer system, the orientation of the segment of digital ink using the measured azimuth of the pen at the sampled points. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the surface associated with a digital description of the surface and on the respective location of that tag on the surface. The digital description is stored by a computer system networked with the pen and the digital ink is generated by associating the digital description with the data encoded by the tags optically imaged by the pen during the writing. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100290706 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND A HANDWRITING INPUT TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method for processing information, an information processing system, and a handwriting input terminal. Said information processing system can operate in a handwriting input mode or a click input mode. Such system comprises a plurality of handwriting input terminals, and a data processing center communicatively connected with handwriting input terminals via a transceiver. Said method comprises following steps: S1: configuring a handwriting recognition module and a click position coordinate-key mapping module for the information processing system; S2: receiving information about working mode selection of the information processing system; S3: the handwriting input terminal receives and processes handwriting input signals to obtain coordinate information; S4: selecting the handwriting recognition module or click position coordinate-key mapping module to transform the coordinate information into corresponding character or key information based on the selected working mode. The implementation of the present invention combines the functions of handwriting panel and voting machine (or answering machine), thus achieving either handwriting function or answering function of conveniently sending numbers, letters and symbols of voting machine. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110103690 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DIGITAL INK ORIENTATION - A system for determining the orientation of digital ink is provided having a sensing pen and a processor. The system measures the orientation of the pen during writing by the pen on a surface printed with tags. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the surface associated with a digital description of the surface and on the respective location of that tag on the surface. The digital ink is generated by associating the digital description with the data encoded by the tags sensed by the pen during said writing. The orientation of the digital ink is determined using the measured orientation of the pen. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120093416 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF DIGITAL INK - A system for determining the orientation of digital ink is provided having a sensing pen and a processor. The system measures the orientation of the pen during writing by the pen on a surface printed with tags. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the surface associated with a digital description of the surface. The digital ink is generated by associating the digital description with the data encoded by the tags sensed by the pen during said writing. The orientation of the digital ink is determined using the measured orientation of the pen. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20140010453 | DIGITAL SIGNATURE COLLECTION AND AUTHENTICATION - A digital signature collection and authentication system includes an ink pen having an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receivers. A computer triangulates the location of the pen versus time to generate the signature shape, and to generate velocity and acceleration data. The pen also includes a pressure sensitive tip to record pressure applied to the pen tip. The pen also includes a higher frequency burst transmitter useful to generate a time reference, and to transmit the pressure information. The computer packetizes the shape, velocity, acceleration, and pressure data with a time stamp and an IP address or phone number, encrypts the packet and sends it to a host computer for authentication. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140044357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CONTENT WRITTEN IN AN APPLICATION FORM USING AN E-PEN - A method and apparatus process content written in an application form. In one embodiment, stroke data corresponding to content written in fields of an application form is obtained from an e-pen. Then, words corresponding to the written content are extracted from the stroke data and confidence value is assigned to each of the words with respect to each of fields in the template application form. Each of the words corresponding to the written content is mapped to one of the fields in the template application form based on the confidence value assigned to each of the words. Moreover, a tag is assigned to each of the words indicating a mapping between each of the words and one of the fields, and the words along with the assigned tags are stored in the storage unit. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140212042 | INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS - When a handwritten image is input using a handwriting input device while an image based on any general data stored in a storage unit is being displayed on a display unit, the input/output apparatus displays a handwritten image in addition to the displayed image, and creates handwritten data including data specifying information specifying general data which is a basis for the displayed image. The input/output apparatus terminates the display of the handwritten image when the display of the image superposed by the handwritten image is terminated, and displays the image based on the data specified by the data specifying information included in the handwritten data when the handwritten image is displayed. This allows the association between the displayed image and the handwritten image to be saved and to easily be reproduced. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140334732 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE USING TOUCH PEN AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A portable terminal device using a touch pen and a handwriting input method thereof are provided. The handwriting input method of the portable terminal device using a touch pen includes displaying an execution screen of an application on a touch screen in response to the application being executed, overlapping a handwriting input layer, which is configured for a handwriting input, with the execution screen, inputting a handwriting image on an area of the handwriting input layer using the touch pen, determining a data type for recognizing the input handwriting image in consideration of an attribute of the area corresponding to a position in which the handwriting image has been input on the execution screen, and recognizing the input handwriting image as the determined data type, and applying a recognized result of the determined data type to the application. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140355884 | VECTOR TEXTURING FOR FREE-FORM DRAWING - Systems and methods for applying a vector texture to free-form drawing, writing, etc., and more particularly, for rendering a vector texture to touch-based, free-form drawing, writing, etc. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150043824 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT PREDICTIVE INPUT FOR HANDWRITTEN TEXT - A computer-implemented method for use in an electronic device includes receiving a first handwritten input comprising at least one handwritten character, and obtaining a plurality of candidate words that correspond to at the least one handwritten character. A first electronic instruction is generated to display information identifying one or more of the candidate words on a display of the electronic device. A second handwritten input indicative of a selection of one or the displayed candidate words is received, and a second electronic instruction is generated to display the selected candidate word on the display of the electronic device. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150071544 | Apparatus and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions - An apparatus includes a processor and memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform processes that include acquiring type information indicating a type of a paper medium, acquiring line information indicating a plurality of positions on the paper medium, the line information being information configured to specify a line image written on the paper medium, defining an image area as one of a first area and a second area, based at least on the type information, the image area being an area included in an image, the first area being an entire area of the paper medium, and the second area including the line image and an immediate vicinity of the line image, and creating an image file for the image including the defined one of the first image area and the second image area. | 03-12-2015 |
