Patent · US Expired

Incorporating handwritten notations into an electronic document

US7013029B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateMar 14, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 2, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/03545
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed that includes a memory storage unit to store an electronic version of a page and a processor coupled to the memory storage unit. The processor is configured to receive data associated with a handwritten notation applied to a printed page and an electronic image of an area of the printed version of the page near the notation, to identify a corresponding passage in the electronic version of the page and to create an electronic notation based on the received data and associated with the corresponding passage.

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