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US 2003/0142112 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to convert digital ink images for use in a structured text/graphics editor
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsEric Saund, Thomas P. Moran, Daniel Larner, James V. Mahoney, Todd A. Cass
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, disclosed is an image analysis and conversion method and system, where digital ink images are converted to structured object representations of the digital ink images, capable of being edited by a structured text/graphics editor.
Claims23
An image analysis and conversion method comprising:
- receiving a digital ink image;
- and
- converting the digital ink image into structured object representations of the digital ink image, which are editable by a structured text/graphics editor.
An image analysis and conversion system comprising:
- an image receiving input designed to receive a digital ink image;
- and
- a converter configured to convert the digital ink image into structured object representations of the digital ink image which are editable by a structured text/graphics editor.
On a screen display of an electronic device operating a structured text/graphics editor, an image representation comprising:
- structured object representations of a digital ink image, the structured object representations correlating to perceptually salient areas of the digital ink image, wherein the structured object representations are editable by the structured text/graphics editor to allow a user to generate alternative interpretations of the digital ink image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.