Granted Patent B2

US 12,481,423 · App. 18/467,153 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventors: Patricia Anne Lally (Apex, NC); Joseph McKeever (Wallkill, NY); David Forrler (Stamford, CT); Jia Zhu (Singapore, SG); Christianne Phillips (Oakland, CA)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G06F3/04883G06F3/0346G06F3/03545G06F3/0483G06F16/116

Abstract

Claims (51)

1 . A computer-implemented method for real-time digital transcription of handwriting and drawings, the computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting one or more relative locations of one or more handwritten strokes made by any sort of a typical scribing implement within a pre-set border of a page, via an externally adjustable short-range wireless stroke motion recognition (SMR) device which is removable and can be re-attached to the typical scribing implement, wherein the SMR device has transmitter sensors and receiver sensors to capture the one or more handwritten strokes in real-time, and wherein detecting the one or more handwritten strokes further comprises:

setting the SMR device, which is attached to the typical scribing implement, to page border mode;

defining the pre-set border of the page based on tracing a border of the page with the typical scribing implement containing the SMR device; and setting the SMR device to stroke detect mode;

converting the one or more handwritten strokes from within the border of the page, in real-time, to one or more relative locations of a corresponding digital page;

moving, automatically, to a next page when the one or more handwritten strokes of the typical scribing implement are detected beyond the pre-set border of the page; and

storing the corresponding digital page on a persistent storage device.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the one or more handwritten strokes and the one or more relative locations of the one or more handwritten strokes, on the page, to an application on a recording device communicatively connected to the SMR.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the application changes to a next page based on a predetermined motion of the SMR or an automatic determination of a full page.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting further comprises:

setting the SMR to erase mode based on rotating the SMR one hundred eighty degrees;

erasing recorded strokes by swiping the SMR over the recorded strokes at an approximately forty-five degree angle; and

setting the SMR to stroke detect mode.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the digital page stored on the persistent storage device includes editing functionality incorporated in the application.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the application can reformat the digital page to a preferred format comprising a portable document format (PDF), a Microsoft Word application format, a text format, and an extensible markup language (XML) format.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the application shares a reformatted file as part of a text message or an e-mail.

8 . A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

detecting one or more relative locations of one or more handwritten strokes made by any sort of a typical scribing implement within a pre-set border of a page, via an externally adjustable short-range wireless stroke motion recognition (SMR) device which is removable and can be re-attached to the typical scribing implement, wherein the SMR device has transmitter sensors and receiver sensors to capture the one or more handwritten strokes in real-time, and wherein detecting the one or more handwritten strokes further comprises:

setting the SMR device, which is attached to the typical scribing implement, to page border mode;

defining the pre-set border of the page based on tracing a border of the page with the typical scribing implement containing the SMR device; and

setting the SMR device to stroke detect mode;

converting the one or more handwritten strokes from within the border of the page, in real-time, to one or more relative locations of a corresponding digital page;

moving, automatically, to a next page when the one or more handwritten strokes of the typical scribing implement are detected beyond the pre-set border of the page; and

storing the corresponding digital page on a persistent storage device.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting the one or more handwritten strokes and the one or more relative locations of the one or more handwritten strokes, on the page, to an application on a recording device communicatively connected to the SMR.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the application changes to a next page based on a predetermined motion of the SMR or an automatic determination of a full page.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the detecting further comprises:

setting the SMR to erase mode based on rotating the SMR one hundred eighty degrees;

erasing recorded strokes by swiping the SMR over the recorded strokes at an approximately forty-five degree angle; and

setting the SMR to stroke detect mode.

12 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the digital page stored on the persistent storage device includes editing functionality incorporated in the application.

13 . A computer system, comprising:

one or more computer devices each having one or more processors and one or more tangible storage devices; and

a program embodied on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program having a plurality of program instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for:

detecting one or more relative locations of one or more handwritten strokes made by any sort of a typical scribing implement within a pre-set border of a page, via an externally adjustable short-range wireless stroke motion recognition (SMR) device which is removable and can be re-attached to the typical scribing implement, wherein the SMR device has transmitter sensors and receiver sensors to capture the one or more handwritten strokes in real-time, and wherein detecting the one or more handwritten strokes further comprises:

setting the SMR device, which is attached to the typical scribing implement, to page border mode;

defining the pre-set border of the page based on tracing a border of the page with the typical scribing implement containing the SMR device; and

setting the SMR device to stroke detect mode;

converting the one or more handwritten strokes from within the border of the page, in real-time, to one or more relative locations of a corresponding digital page;

moving, automatically, to a next page when the one or more handwritten strokes of the typical scribing implement are detected beyond the pre-set border of the page; and

storing the corresponding digital page on a persistent storage device.

14 . The computer system of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting the one or more handwritten strokes and the one or more relative locations of the one or more handwritten strokes, on the page, to an application on a recording device communicatively connected to the SMR.

15 . The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the application changes to a next page based on a predetermined motion of the SMR or an automatic determination of a full page.

16 . The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the detecting further comprises:

setting the SMR to erase mode based on rotating the SMR one hundred eighty degrees;

erasing recorded strokes by swiping the SMR over the recorded strokes at an approximately forty-five degree angle; and

setting the SMR to stroke detect mode.

17 . The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the digital page stored on the persistent storage device includes editing functionality incorporated in the application.

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