US 10,884,617 B2Granted

Handwriting keyboard for screens

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsRyan S. Dixon, Imran Chaudhri, Bradley W. Griffin, Tiffany S. Jon

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to handwriting on touch sensitive surfaces. In some examples, text suggestions strokes entered on a touch sensitive surface are viewed and selected in response to a rotatable input mechanism. In some examples, text determined from a set of strokes on the touch sensitive surface is revised based on a subsequently entered stroke on the touch sensitive surface. In some examples, a determination is made whether to include a stroke in a set of strokes based a time between the stroke and the previous stroke. In some examples, determining text based on a set of stroke is interrupted to determined revised text based on the set of strokes and a second stroke.

Claims27

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a display;
a touch sensitive surface;
one or more processors;
and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a user input interface on the display including a text area and a stroke input area, wherein the text area does not overlap the stroke input area;
receiving a first set of strokes on the touch screen in the stroke input area;
determining first text based on the first set of strokes;
displaying the first text in the text area;
receiving a second set of strokes on the touch screen in the stroke input area after receiving the first set of strokes and displaying the first text, wherein the second set of strokes is received after a period of time since receiving the first set of strokes;
in accordance with a determination that the period of time since receiving the first set of strokes is below a threshold value:
determining revised first text based on the first set of strokes and the second set of strokes;
and
replacing the display of the first text with the revised first text;
and
in accordance with a determination that the period of time since receiving the first set of strokes exceeds the threshold value:
determining second text based on the second set of strokes independent of the first set of strokes;
and
displaying the second text in the text area.

16 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and a touch sensitive surface, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a user input interface on the display including a text area and a stroke input area, wherein the text area does not overlap the stroke input area;
receiving a first set of strokes on the touch screen in the stroke input area;
determining first text based on the first set of strokes;
displaying the first text in the text area;
receiving a second set of strokes on the touch screen in the stroke input area after receiving the first set of strokes and displaying the first text, wherein the second set of strokes is received after a period of time since receiving the first set of strokes;
in accordance with a determination that the period of time since receiving the first set of strokes is below a threshold value:
determining revised first text based on the first set of strokes and the second set of strokes;
and
replacing the display of the first text with the revised first text;
and
in accordance with a determination that the period of time since receiving the first set of strokes exceeds the threshold value:
determining second text based on the second set of strokes independent of the first set of strokes;
and
displaying the second text in the text area.

11 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/663,070Filed 24 Oct 2019 · continuation
Priority: 12 Jun 2016
Published: US 2020/0057556 A120 Feb 2020
Granted: 5 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/0237
Character input methods: using prediction or retrieval techniques
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 3/04886
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the…

Family

Application62/349,111Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2016
Application15/614,276Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jun 2017
Application16/265,676Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2019
US 10,228,846 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Mar 2019
US 2020/0057556 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Feb 2020
US 10,466,895 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0357438 A1Published application
US 2019/0163359 A1Published application
US 10,884,617 B2This patent

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