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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Stephen P Capps, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ernest H Beernink, San Carlos, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for formatting both recognized and unrecognized handwritten words in the same paragraphs of a document prepared on a pen-based computer system is provided. A recognizer analyzes handwritten material input into the computer system and identifies some parts of that material as recognized text words and other parts as unrecognized ink words. The recognized ink words are converted to a standard text format and are usually displayed in a standard font. The ink words remain displayed as handwriting. Both types of words are surrounded by 'bounding boxes' which are then included in paragraphs. Paragraphs are formatted by a step of aligning the words of a paragraph between margins and in straight lines separated from one another by defined line separation distances. The words' bounding boxes in each line are separated from one another by defined word separation distances. Handwritten words written over displayed paragraphs are inserted within the paragraphs near words they were written over.