US 2021/0278958 A1 · GLYPH-AWARE TEXT SELECTION

Abstract

Techniques and systems are provided for glyph-aware text selection. For instance, a glyph selection system can detect that a user has selected a glyph within a user interface. The glyph selection system can highlight the glyph and/or a region encompassing the glyph to communicate, to the user, that the glyph is selected. This highlighted region can be determined based on the shape and/or outline of the glyph. For example, the glyph selection system can determine bounds (e.g. coordinates) of the glyph in order to highlight a region within the user interface that fully encompasses the glyph and does not include portions of unselected glyphs. In some cases, the highlighted region may be rectangular. Alternatively, the highlighted region may be non-rectangular, such as a border defined by the outline of the glyph.

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Dependent claims

A method for highlighting selected portions of text, comprising:

detecting at least one glyph within a user interface is selected by a user;
obtaining information defining an outline of the glyph, the information including a set of coordinates corresponding to at least a portion of the glyph within the user interface;
determining, from the set of coordinates defining the outline of the glyph, horizontal and vertical bounds of the glyph within the user interface, wherein the vertical bounds of the glyph correspond to a vertical maximum within the set of coordinates and a vertical minimum within the set of coordinates, and wherein the horizontal bounds of the glyph correspond to a horizontal maximum within the set of coordinates and a horizontal minimum within the set of coordinates;
determining, within the user interface, a region at least partially defined by the horizontal and vertical bounds of the glyph;
and
displaying the region within the user interface, the displayed region indicating that the glyph is selected by the user.

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A system for highlighting selected portions of text, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions, which upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
detect at least one glyph within a user interface is selected by a user;
obtain information defining an outline of the glyph, the information including a set of coordinates corresponding to at least a portion of the glyph within the user interface;
determine, from the set of coordinates defining the outline of the glyph, horizontal and vertical bounds of the glyph within the user interface, wherein the vertical bounds of the glyph correspond to a vertical maximum within the set of coordinates and a vertical minimum within the set of coordinates, and wherein the horizontal bounds of the glyph correspond to a horizontal maximum within the set of coordinates and a horizontal minimum within the set of coordinates;
determine, within the user interface, a region at least partially defined by the horizontal and vertical bounds of the glyph;
and
display the region within the user interface, the displayed region indicating that the glyph is selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Glyph-aware text selection

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Abstract

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