Ink information in image files
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsSubha Bhattacharyay, Alexander Gounares, Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Andrew Silverman
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Abstract
Association of ink information with image files is described. An image file is created and ink information is parsed and inserted into comment or arbitrary data fields of the image file. The image file with additional ink information may be used by both ink-enabled applications/environments and non-ink-enabled applications environments. The ink-enabled applications/environments may extract the ink information and use the original ink while the non-ink-enabled applications/environments may use the image information to permit the end user to see the visual representation of the ink.
Claims18
A process for creating image files with ink information comprising the steps of:
- creating at least one image from ink information;
- and,
- combining said image with at least a portion of said ink information.
A process for reconstructing ink comprising the steps of:
- receiving an image file;
- determining if said image file includes at least one comment field;
- determining if ink information is present in said at least one comment field;
- extracting said ink information from said comment field.
A process for viewing ink comprising the steps of:
- receiving an image file, said image file containing a visual representation of ink and ink information in at least one comment field of said image file;
- displaying said image file to a user.
A computer readable medium including a data structure store thereon, said data structure comprising:
- a first region containing an image;
- a second region containing at least one comment field, said comment field including ink information,
- wherein said image represents a visual form of said ink information.
A system for storing image files with ink information comprising:
- a processor receiving ink information, said processor creating an image file representing said ink information and parsing said ink information so as to fit within at least one comment field of said image file;
- a storage medium for storing said image file with said ink information in said at least one comment field of said image file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.