Inserting text and graphics using hand markup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9946698-B2
Application number	US-201615087596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A method may include obtaining an image that includes a first graphics element and a second graphics element, determining that the first graphics element corresponds to a command and that the second graphics element is a non-command, and generating an electronic document by executing the command. The electronic document may include a revised version of the second graphics element, but not the first graphics element. The electronic document may be generated in response to the first graphics element corresponding to the command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for image processing, comprising:
obtaining an image comprising:
a first graphics element comprising a first hand-drawn character; and
a second graphics element comprising a second hand-drawn character;

determining that the first graphics element is a command specifying a name of a font and that the second graphics element is a non-command; and
generating an electronic document comprising a text character corresponding to the second hand-drawn character and in the font,
wherein the electronic document does not include the first graphics element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the first graphics element is the command comprises:
extracting a plurality of characters from the first graphics element by executing intelligent character recognition (ICR) on the image, wherein the first graphics element is a hand-written string;
identifying a command-invoking character within the plurality of characters; and
mapping a subset of the plurality of characters to the command.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to insert a logo into the electronic document; and
retrieving the logo from a repository external to the image in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the image does not include the logo, and
wherein the electronic document comprises the logo.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to calculate a plurality of page numbers for the electronic document; and
calculating the plurality of page numbers for the electronic document in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the electronic document comprises the plurality of page numbers.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to insert a text string into the electronic document; and
retrieving the text string from a repository external to the image in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the electronic document comprises the text string,
wherein the text string exists before the image is obtained, and
wherein the image does not include the text string.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command associated with a document setting selected from a group consisting of a margin of the electronic document, a page size of the electronic document, and a background color of the electronic document; and
modifying the electronic document based on the document setting.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the command identifies a configuration file specifying a plurality of document settings including the font, and wherein the plurality of document settings in the configuration file is applied to the electronic document.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first graphics element is hand-drawn in the image on a writing board.

9. A system for image processing, comprising:
a memory storing an image comprising:
a first graphics element comprising a first hand-drawn character; and
a second graphics element comprising a second hand-drawn character; and

a processor connected to the memory that:
determines that the first graphics element is a command specifying a name of a font and that the second graphics element is a non-command; and
generates an electronic document comprising a text character corresponding to the second hand-drawn character and in the font,
wherein the electronic document does not include the first graphics element.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the command engine also:
extracts a plurality of characters from the first graphics element by executing ICR on the image,
wherein the first graphics element is a hand-written string on a writing board;
identifies a command-invoking character within the plurality of characters; and
maps a subset of the plurality of characters to the command.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor also:
identifies a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to insert a logo into the electronic document; and
retrieves the logo from a repository external to the image in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the image does not include the logo, and
wherein the electronic document comprises the logo.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor also:
identifies a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to calculate a plurality of page numbers for the electronic document; and
calculates plurality of page numbers for the electronic document in response to identifying the third graphics elements, and
wherein the electronic document comprises the plurality of page numbers.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor also:
identifies a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to insert a text string into the electronic document; and
retrieves the text string from a repository in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the electronic document comprises the text string, and
wherein the image does not include the text string.

14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a repository storing a configuration file specifying a plurality of document settings including the font, wherein the plurality of document settings in the configuration file is applied to the electronic document.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable program code embodied therein that:
obtains an image comprising:
a first graphics element comprising a first hand-drawn character; and
a second graphics element comprising a second hand-drawn character;

determines that the first graphics element is a command specifying a name of a font and that the second graphics element is a non-command; and
generates an electronic document comprising a text character corresponding to the second hand-drawn character and in the font,
wherein the electronic document does not include the first graphics element.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining that the first graphics element corresponds to the command comprises:
extracting a plurality of characters from the first graphics element by executing ICR on the image,
wherein the first graphics element is a hand-written string on a writing board;
identifying a command-invoking character within the plurality of characters; and
mapping a subset of the plurality of characters to the command.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer readable program code also:
identifies a third graphics element in the image, wherein the third graphics element corresponds to a command to insert a logo into the electronic document; and
retrieves the logo from a repository external to the image in response to identifying the third graphics element,
wherein the image does not include the logo, and
wherein the electronic document comprises the logo.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer readable program code also:
identifies a third graphics element in the

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Laboratory Usa Inc

Inventors

• Guarnieri Stuart
• Briggs William John

Classifications

• G06V30/40

  Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition · CPC title

• G06F40/171 Primary

  by use of digital ink · CPC title

• G06V30/226

  of cursive writing · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title

• G06F17/2288

  Physics · mapped topic