Control areas on media
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid QUIJANO, Scott RAWLINGS, Bruce E. BLAHO
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Abstract
In some examples, a controller is to track markings of an input element in a content area defined on a medium without electronic input capability, and track an input made with the input element in a file handling control area defined on the medium, the input made with the pen in the file handling control area comprising information relating to a file and is to cause saving of a representation of the markings made in the content area according to the information relating to the file.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller to:
- track markings of an input element in a content area defined on a medium without electronic input capability;
- and
- track an input made with the input element in a file handling control area defined on the medium, the input made with the pen in the file handling control area comprising information relating to a file and is to cause saving of a representation of the markings made in the content area according to the information relating to the file.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a system to:
- receive input information regarding an input made with respect to a layer control area defined in a medium without electronic input capability, the input made with respect to the layer control area selecting a first layer of a plurality of layers;
- receive information of markings made in a content area defined in the medium;
- apply the markings to the first layer in response to the input information.
A method comprising:
- tracking, by a controller in a digital pen, markings of the digital pen in a content area defined on a passive medium;
- and
- tracking, by the controller in the digital pen, an input made with the digital pen in a file handling control area defined on the medium, the input made with the digital pen in the file handling control area comprising information relating to a file and is to cause saving of a representation of the markings made in the content area according to the information relating to the file, the information relating to the file selected from among a name of the file, a location of the file, and a type of the file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.