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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Joshua Neil Novak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Steven Richard Perrin, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jianbang Zhang, Cary, NC (US);

Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);

Sarah Jane E Cox, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00402 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an overlay input application, one or more ink strokes provided to an input field overlay area; wherein the input field overlay area is located on top of an underlying application display; and providing, in the input field overlay area, an at least partially opaque background. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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