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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Lyndley Crumly, Frazier Park, CA (US);
David Clark, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Lyndley Crumly, Frazier Park, CA (US);
David Clark, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A set of rules is used by a processor of a device to render a digital image of handwriting (e.g., handwritten signature) by connecting data points captured on a touch sensitive surface of the device with line segments or curves. A set of rules determines whether two given data points will be connected by a line segment or a curve. If a curve is used, the set of rules determine characteristics of the curve through the derivation of control points. In some implementations, a smoothness adjustment factor can be applied to magnitudes of curve control points to reduce excessive smoothing for large distances between data points and maintain acceptable smoothing for short distances between data points. The magnitude can then be adjusted by multiplying by a constant factor which can be determined (e.g., heuristically) from the processing speed and resolution of the device upon which the curve is being rendered.