James S Mathews

US Patent:

6788815, Sep 7, 2004

Filed:

Feb 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/795984

Inventors:

Charlton E. Lui - Redmond WA
Charles P. Thacker - Palo Alto CA
James E. Mathews - Bellevue WA
Leroy B. Keely - Portola Valley CA
David Switzer - Redmond WA
William H. Vong - Seattle WA
Butler W. Lampson - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382187, 382189, 382314, 345169

Abstract:

A user interface allows a user to input handwritten, key-press, and spoken text in a seamless, synchronized manner. A text input panel accepts soft keyboard presses and handwritten words, characters, and gestures. A text recognizer/synchronizer integrates textual input from various sources while recognizing and preserving the order in which a user entered text via the soft keyboard, via handwriting, and/or by speaking. Synchronized text may be displayed in a stage area of the text input panel before being passed to an operating system message router and/or an application program. While in handwriting recognition mode, various permutations and combinations of a word recognition area, a character recognition area, and a keybar/keypad may optionally be displayed.

US Patent:

6903730, Jun 7, 2005

Filed:

Jan 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/759202

Inventors:

James E. Mathews - Bellevue WA, US
Charles Patrick Thacker - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael Hin-cheung Tsang - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345179, 345173, 345156, 345863

Abstract:

A technique is disclosed for detecting an in-air gesture made by a digitizing pen above a digitizing writing surface. When the digitizing pen is determined to be in motion above the digitizing writing surface, positional information of the digitizing pen with respect to the surface of the digitizing writing surface is recorded within a moving buffer. The moving buffer records a predetermined amount of positional information spanning a predetermined amount of time while the digitizing pen is in motion above the digitizing writing surface. When the digitizing pen has stopped motion, positional information recorded in the moving buffer is evaluated for determining whether the recorded information corresponds to a predetermined in-air gesture. A predetermined user interface panel is displayed when the positional information recorded in the moving buffer corresponds to a predetermined in-air gesture.

US Patent:

7418137, Aug 26, 2008

Filed:

Aug 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/928306

Inventors:

Charlton E Lui - Redmond WA, US
Charles P Thacker - Palo Alto CA, US
James E Mathews - Bellevue WA, US
Leroy B Keely - Portola Valley CA, US
David Switzer - Redmond WA, US
William H Vong - Seattle WA, US
Butler W Lampson - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382187

Abstract:

A user interface allows a user to input handwritten, key-press, and spoken text in a seamless, synchronized manner. A text input panel accepts soft keyboard presses and handwritten words, characters, and gestures. A text recognizer/synchronizer integrates textual input from various sources while recognizing and preserving the order in which a user entered text via the soft keyboard, via handwriting, and/or by speaking. Synchronized text may be displayed in a stage area of the text input panel before being passed to an operating system message router and/or an application program. While in handwriting recognition mode, various permutations and combinations of a word recognition area, a character recognition area, and a keybar/keypad may optionally be displayed.