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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Pierre Demartines, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giovanni Seni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A handheld device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or the like, a handwritten input user interface (HIUI), a method of interfacing handwritten text and a program product therefor. A lower portion of a touch enabled display is designated as a handwriting input area Action icons and are disposed at a right side of the handwriting user interface Recognized text is displayed on the screen in a text display area located between a file management tool bar and the handwritten input area A scroll bar is disposed at the right side of the display As text is continuously entered each individual word may be recognized, and inserted into the end of the text stream. A word separator may demarcate or bracket individual words in a continuous input stream. A secondary list of potential recognition candidates may be available for display in a box and offered for substitution for or in lieu of the recognized word. Handwritten text may be continuously entered and displayed in the handwriting input area as digital ink, the input point staying approximately fixed with the ink display automatically scrolling. The input area behaves as a “treadmill” or “ticker tape” that is moving from right to left, thereby giving the illusion of a continuous writing space. The speed of the “treadmill” automatically adapts to writing speed. The device may include a communications function and, in particular the device may include an antenna for wireless communication. Individual function switches, buttons and other controls are disposed about the device.