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Layer editing method and apparatus in a pen computing system

US7170503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2003
Grant dateJan 30, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04883
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An editing apparatus and an editing method in a pen computing system using a whole display screen as an input window. Edited information written or drawn by a user on a transparent layer, which is displayed over original text, is stored as a picture or translated into computer-processible recognition data. Each transparent layer has a layer identifier. The user can display multiple layers over the original text by selecting layer identifiers to reflect layer information in a picture form or in a computer code form. The layer information, if demanded by the user, can be combined with the original text in order to generate edited text.

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