Method and system for generating and selectively outputting two types of ink vector data

A system of selectively outputting two types of vector data representative of user-input strokes, comprising:

• a memory device;
• a processor coupled to the memory device, wherein the processor is configured to perform:
• receiving pen event data from a position input sensor, the pen event data being representative of strokes formed by a user operating a pointer relative to the position input sensor, each stroke starting at a pen-down time at which the pointer is detectably placed relative to the position input sensor and ending at a pen-up time at which the pointer is removed from the position input sensor;
• generating type one stroke objects based on the received pen event data, wherein the type one stroke objects represent the strokes, respectively;
• starting real-time rendering of a type one stroke object after the pen-down time of a stroke represented by said type one stroke object without waiting for completion of the stroke at the pen-up time;
• after completion of a type one stroke object representative of a stroke from its pen-down time to its pen-up time, converting the type one stroke object to a type two stroke object, wherein the type two stroke object includes a set of curves defining a boundary of the stroke;
• and
• rendering the type two stroke object, instead of the corresponding type one stroke object, after the pen-up time of the stroke represented by said type one stroke object.

A computer-implemented method of selectively outputting two types of vector data representative of user-input strokes, comprising:

• generating type one stroke objects in a device including a position input sensor, wherein the type one stroke objects represent strokes formed by a user operating a pointer relative to the position input sensor, and each type one stroke object represents a stroke starting at a pen-down time at which the pointer is detectably placed relative to the position input sensor and ending at a pen-up time at which the pointer is removed from the position input sensor;
• starting real-time rendering of a type one stroke object after the pen-down time of a stroke represented by said type one stroke object without waiting for completion of the stroke at the pen-up time;
• after completion of a type one stroke object representative of a stroke from its pen-down time to its pen-up time, converting the type one stroke object to a type two stroke object, wherein the type two stroke object is a set of boundary points that represent a boundary of the entire stroke;
• and
• rendering the type two stroke object, instead of the corresponding type one stroke object, after the pen-up time of the stroke represented by said type one stroke object.