Displaying multi-line fields for key-in
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAviad Zlotnick, Ronen Shevach
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Abstract
A method for displaying data includes receiving an input image of alphanumeric characters appearing on first and second lines. The characters are concatenated into a single line so as to generate an output image in which the characters from the second line follow the characters from the first line substantially without interruption therebetween, while maintaining a visual distinction between the characters from the first line and the characters from the second line.
Claims15
A method for displaying data, comprising:
- receiving an input image of alphanumeric characters appearing on first and second lines;
- and
- concatenating the characters into a single line so as to generate an output image in which the characters from the second line follow the characters from the first line substantially without interruption therebetween, while maintaining a visual distinction between the characters from the first line and the characters from the second line
- wherein concatenating the characters comprises displacing the characters from the second line transversely relative to the characters from the first line, and
- wherein displacing the characters comprises displacing the characters by a transverse distance that is substantially less than a height of the single line.
Apparatus for displaying data, comprising a document image processor, which is adapted to receive an input image of alphanumeric characters appearing on first and second lines, and to concatenate the characters into a single line so as to generate an output image in which the characters from the second line follow the characters from the first line substantially without interruption therebetween, while maintaining a visual distinction between the characters from the first line and the characters from the second line,
- wherein the characters from the second line are displaced transversely relative to the characters from the first line in the output image, and
- wherein the characters are displaced by a transverse distance that is substantially less than a height of the single line.
A computer software product, comprising a computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer that receives an input image of alphanumeric characters appearing on first and second lines, causes the computer to concatenate the characters into a single line so as to generate an output image in which the characters from the second line follow the characters from the first line substantially without interruption therebetween, while maintaining a visual distinction between the characters from the first line and the characters from the second line,
- wherein the instructions cause the computer to displace the characters from the second line transversely relative to the characters from the first line, and
- wherein the characters are displaced by a transverse distance that is substantially less than a height of the single line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.