Completing fields in electronic documents by automatically assigning drawing input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10083163-B2
Application number	US-201615233453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2016
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure includes methods and systems for completing fields in an electronic document utilizing drawing input. In particular, upon receiving drawing input in an electronic document with a plurality of fields, one or more embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods automatically identify an appropriate field corresponding to the drawing input. For instance, the disclosed systems and methods can assign drawing input to an appropriate field based on a number of drawing units located within the boundary of each field in the plurality of fields. Moreover, upon identifying the appropriate field corresponding to the drawing input, the disclosed systems and methods can automatically modify the drawing input to fit within a boundary of the identified field.

First claim

We claim:

1. In a digital medium environment, a method of quickly and efficiently completing form fields in electronic documents by automatically assigning scribble input, comprising:
detecting drawing input within a first field having a first boundary and a second field having a second boundary of an electronic document;
comparing, by at least one processor, a location of the drawing input to the first boundary of the first field and the second boundary of the second field to determine a first amount of drawing input within the first field and a second amount of drawing input within the second field;
weighting the first amount of drawing input based on one or more characteristics of the drawing input;
based on a determination that the weighted first amount of drawing input exceeds the second amount of drawing input, selecting the first field for providing the drawing input for display;
modifying, by the at least one processor, the drawing input to generate a modified drawing; and
providing the modified drawing within the first boundary of the first field.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising weighting the second amount of drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the first field for providing the drawing input for display comprises:
comparing the weighted first amount of drawing input and the weighted second amount of drawing input; and
determining that the weighted first amount of drawing input exceeds the weighted second amount of drawing input.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein weighting the first amount of drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input comprises weighting the first amount of drawing input based on a starting position of the drawing input.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein weighting the first amount of drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input comprises weighting the first amount of drawing input based on a position of the first field relative to the second field.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing an interface area encompassing the first field and the second field;
receiving the drawing input via the interface area; and
providing at least a portion of the drawing input for display via the interface area while receiving the drawing input.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
modifying the drawing input comprises converting the drawing input to digital text characters utilizing a handwriting recognition algorithm; and
providing the modified drawing within the first boundary of the first field comprises providing the digital text characters within the first boundary of the first field.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the first field comprises a plurality of sub-sections; and
providing the modified drawing within the first boundary corresponding to the first field comprises:
grouping the digital text characters based on the plurality of sub-sections; and
providing the grouped digital text characters in the plurality of sub-sections.

9. A system for completing form fields in electronic documents from scribble input, comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive drawing input in relation to an electronic document comprising a first field with a first boundary and a second field with a second boundary, wherein a first portion of the drawing input is located within the first boundary and a second portion of the drawing input is located within the second boundary;
weight the first portion of the drawing input and the second portion of the drawing input based on one or more characteristics of the drawing input;
automatically determine that the drawing input corresponds to the first field based on a determination that the weighted first portion of the drawing input exceeds the weighted second portion of the drawing input;
modify the drawing input to generate a modified drawing based on the first boundary of the first field; and
provide the modified drawing in the electronic document within the first boundary of the first field.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to weight the first portion of the drawing input based on a starting position of the drawing input.

11. The system of claim 9 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to weight the first portion of the drawing input and the second portion of the drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input by:
determining that the first portion of the drawing input is received prior to the second portion of the drawing input; and
based on the determination that the first portion is received prior to the second portion, weighting the first portion of the drawing input with respect to the second portion of the drawing input.

12. The system of claim 9 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to weight the first portion of the drawing input and the second portion of the drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input by:
determining that the first field falls within a vertical threshold distance of the second field; and
weighting the first portion of the drawing input and the second portion of the drawing input based on the determination that the first field falls within the vertical threshold distance of the second field.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein modifying the drawing input comprises:
resizing the drawing input to fit within an area defined by the first boundary of the first field; and
translating the drawing input to a position within the first boundary of the first field.

14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to weight the first portion of the drawing input and the second portion of the drawing input based on the one or more characteristics of the drawing input by:
identifying a first normalized portion of the drawing input from the first portion of the drawing input based on a first ratio of the first portion of the drawing input and an area of the first field; and
identifying a second normalized portion of the drawing input from the second portion of the drawing input based on a second ratio of the second portion of the drawing input and an area of the second field; and
weighting the first normalized portion of the drawing input and the second normalized portion of the drawing input.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the first field comprises a plurality of sub-sections; and
providing the modified drawing within the first boundary of the first field comprises:
identifying characters of the drawing input; and
providing the characters of the drawing input in the plurality of sub-sections.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:
provide an interface area on an electronic document, wherein the electronic document comprises a first field having a first boundary and a second field having a second boundary;
receive, via the interface area, drawing input comprising a plurality of drawing units;
determine a first number of drawing units of the drawing input located within the firs

Assignees

• Adobe Systems Inc

Inventors

• Hickey Shannon
• Thevenet Frederic

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F40/174 Primary

  Form filling; Merging · CPC title

• G06F17/243 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic