WO2001071475A1 - Traitement de documents - Google Patents

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WO2001071475A1
WO2001071475A1 PCT/SE2001/000605 SE0100605W WO0171475A1 WO 2001071475 A1 WO2001071475 A1 WO 2001071475A1 SE 0100605 W SE0100605 W SE 0100605W WO 0171475 A1 WO0171475 A1 WO 0171475A1
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Tomas LUNDSTRÖM
Petter Ericson
Christofer Akersten
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  • the invention relates to methods and devices intended for editing electronically stored documents.
  • US Patent Specification US-5,897,648 describes a device and a method for editing electronic documents .
  • An original document is scanned into a computer where an electronic version of the document is stored.
  • the origi- nal is then placed on an X/Y digitizing tablet and the position of the document on the digitizing tablet is correlated with the scanned version of the document.
  • Editing is then carried out on the digitizing tablet with the aid of a digitizing pen coupled to the tablet.
  • the editing is done in the form of markings on the original, the positions of the markings being transferred via the tablet to the computer.
  • the editing markings are interpreted and converted into electronic form in the computer, after which the edited electronic document is displayed.
  • the use of an invention according to US-5,897,648 has the very significant disadvantage that a user is forced to be located at the computer or at least at the digitizing tablet when editing.
  • a general problem is thus how to provide for simple and flexible editing of electronic documents.
  • the invention is characterized m that, on the basis of an electronically stored document, which can be of any type such as text, image, drawing etc., the document is printed on a surface, preferably a sheet of paper, which is provided with a position-coding pattern. Manual editing is then carried out on the printout surface with a device which comprises means for reading the position-coding pattern and also a pen point for marking on the surface.
  • Editing is done by means of a code which is m the form of sym- bols from a predetermined set of symbols, on the sheet of paper. Transferring of the editing information, i.e. the symbols and markings applied to the surface, is done to a storage and processing device, preferably a computer. This transfer can be done directly during the editing or on a later occasion. Interpretation of the editing code is then done, wholly or partially m the computer, m interaction with the document stored m the computer, whereafter changes are made to the stored document m direct dependence on the interpretation.
  • the present invention allows for a plurality of users to edit one and the same document.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of a product which is provided with a position-coded pattern.
  • Figs 2a-2d schematically show how the symbols can be configured in an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows an example of 4x4 symbols which are used for coding a position.
  • Fig. 4 schematically shows a device according to the present invention which can be used for position-determination in three dimensions.
  • Fig. 5a shows a printout of a text document with manually drawn editing instructions.
  • Fig. 5b shows a printout of a drawing document with a manually drawn editing instruction.
  • Fig. 5c shows a flow chart of a method according to the invention.
  • Fig. 6 schematically shows an embodiment of a system for editing document information according to the present invention.
  • a coding pattern will be presented with reference to Figs 1, 2a-d and 3.
  • This coding pattern represents position information which can be used in a method according to the invention.
  • a device which is intended to be used in manual editing of a printed document is presented in connection with Fig. 4.
  • the device which is pen-shaped, reads the position-coding pattern and where applicable also text and is provided with a pen point to make editing information on the printed document visible.
  • Figs 5a and 5b how examples of manual editing information are drawn on a printout of a text document (Fig.
  • Fig. 1 shows a part of a product m the form of a sheet of paper 1 which is provided on its surface 2 with an optically readable position-coding pattern 3 enabling position-determination to be carried out.
  • the position- coding pattern consists of symbols 4 which are systematically arranged over the surface 2 so that it has a "patterned" appearance.
  • the sheet of paper has an x coordinate axis and a y coordinate axis. In this case, position determination can be carried out on the entire sur- face of the product. In other cases, the surface which allows position determination may consist of a smaller part of the product.
  • the sheet of paper can be used for producing an electronic representation of information which is written or drawn on the surface. The electronic representation can be produced by continuously determining the position of the pen on the sheet of paper by reading the position-coding pattern while writing on the surface with a pen.
  • the position-coding pattern comprises a virtual raster which is thus neither apparent to the human eye nor can it be detected directly by a device which is to determine positions on the surface, and a plurality of symbols 4 each of which can assume one of four values " l " - “ 4 " as described in the text which follows.
  • the position-coding pattern in Fig. 1 has been greatly enlarged for the sake of clarity. Moreover, it is only shown on a part of the sheet of paper.
  • the position-coding pattern is arranged in such a manner that the position of a partial surface on the writing surface is coded by the symbols on this partial surface.
  • a first and a second partial surface 5a, 5b are shown by dashed lines in Fig. 1.
  • the part of the position-coding pattern (in this case 3 x 3 symbols) , which is located on the first partial surface 5a, codes a first position
  • the part of the position-coding pattern which is located on the second partial surface 5b codes a second position.
  • the position-coding pattern is thus partly common to the adjoining first and second positions.
  • Such a position- coding pattern is designated as "floating" in this application.
  • Figs 2a-d show an embodiment of a symbol which can be used in the position-coding pattern according to the invention.
  • the symbol comprises a virtual raster point 6 which is represented by the intersection between the raster lines, and a marking 7 which has the form of a dot.
  • the value of the symbol depends on where the marking is placed. In the example in Fig. 2, there are four possible placements, one on each one of the raster lines which extend from the raster points . The displacement from the raster point is equal for all values. In the text which follows, the symbol has the value 1 in
  • Each symbol can thus represent four values "1-4".
  • This means that the position-coding pattern can be divided into a first position code for the x coordinate and a second position code for the y coordinate. The dividing is done as follows :
  • each symbol is thus translated into a first digit, in this case bit, for the x code and a second digit, in this case bit, for the y code.
  • the patterns can be combined into a common pattern which is coded graphically with the aid of a plurality of symbols according to Fig. 2.
  • Each position is coded with the aid of a plurality of symbols.
  • 4x4 symbols are used for coding a position in two dimensions, i.e. an x coordinate and a y coordinate .
  • the position code is built up with the aid of a number series of ones and zeros which has the characteristic that no sequence of four bits occurs more than once in the series.
  • the number series is cyclic, which means that the characteristic also applies when the end of the series is coupled together with its beginning. A sequence of four bits thus always has an unambiguously determined position in the number series.
  • the series can have a maximum length of 16 bits if it is to have the characteristic described above for sequences of four bits. In this example, however, only a seven-bit- long series is used as follows:
  • This series contains seven unique sequences of four bits which code a position in the series as follows:
  • the number series is written sequentially in columns over the entire surface which is to be coded.
  • the coding is based on the difference or position displacement between numbers in adjoining columns.
  • the magnitude of the difference is determined by the position in the number series at which one allows the column to begin (i.e. with which sequence) . More specifically, taking the difference modulo seven between, on the one hand, a number which is coded by a four-bit sequence in a first column and which thus can have the value (position) 0-6, and, on the other hand, a corresponding number (i.e. the sequence at the same
  • the x code is structured in such a manner that the differences will be as follows:
  • Each x coordinate is thus coded with two numbers between 3 and 6 and a subsequent number which is 1 or 2. Subtracting three from the high numbers and one from the low one provides a number in mixed base which directly yields a position in the x direction from which the x coordinate can then be determined directly as shown in the example below. Using the principle described above, x coordinates
  • 0,1,2... can thus be coded with the aid of numbers which represent three differences. These differences are coded with a bit pattern which is based on the number series above. Finally, the bit pattern can be coded graphically with the aid of the symbols in Fig. 2.
  • the y coordinates are coded according to the same principle as used for the x coordinates .
  • the cyclic number series is written repeatedly in horizontal rows over the surface which is to be position-coded. Exactly as in the case of the x coordinates, the rows are allowed to begin at different positions, i.e. with different sequences, in the number series. However, for the y coordinates, it is not differences which are used but the coordinates are coded with numbers which are based on the starting position of the number series in each row.
  • the x coordinate for 4x4 symbols it is possible to determine the starting positions in the number series for the rows which are included in the y code in the 4x4 symbols.
  • the most significant digit is determined by allowing it to be the only one which has a value in a specific range.
  • a row of four is allowed to begin at position 0-1 in the number series to indicate that this row relates to the least significant digit in a y coordinate, and the other three begin at position 2-6.
  • a number series according to the following is thus found:
  • Each y coordinate is thus coded with three numbers between 2 and 6 and a subsequent number between 0 and 1.
  • Subtracting 1 from the low number and 2 from the high ones provides, in a corresponding manner as for the x direction, a position in the y direction in mixed base from which the y coordinate can be determined directly.
  • 5 x 5 x 5 x 2 250 positions in the y direction.
  • the starting position for the first number series in the first column can be calculated once the x coordinate has been determined.
  • the above-mentioned seven different starting positions for the first series can code different sheets or writing surfaces on a product .
  • Fig. 3 shows an example of an image with 4x4 symbols which are read by a device for position determination.
  • the vertical x sequences code the following positions in the number series: 2 0 4 6.
  • each position is coded with 4 x 4 symbols and a number series with 7 bits is used.
  • Positions can be coded with more or fewer symbols.
  • the number of symbols need not be the same in both directions.
  • the number series can be of different length and does not need to be binary but may be based on another base. Different number series can be used for coding in the x direction and coding in the y direction.
  • the symbols can have different numbers of values.
  • the marking is a dot.
  • it may have a different appearance.
  • it may consist of a line which begins at the virtual raster point and extends therefrom to a predetermined position.
  • the symbols are used within a square partial surface for coding a position.
  • the partial surface can have a different shape, for example hexagonal.
  • the symbols do not need to be arranged in rows and columns at an angle of 90 degrees to each other either, but can also be arranged in some other manner.
  • the virtual raster For the position codes to be detected, the virtual raster must be determined. This can be done by studying the distance between different markings. The shortest distance between two markings must originate from two adjoining symbols with the value 1 and 3 so that the markings are lying on the same raster line between two raster points. When such a pair of markings has been detected, the associated raster points can be determined with knowledge of the distance between the raster points and the displacement of the markings from the raster points. Once two raster points have been located, additional raster points can be determined with the aid of measured distances to other markings and with knowledge of the relative distance of the raster points.
  • An embodiment of a device for position determination, whose spatial relationship to a surface can be determined, is shown schematically in Fig. 4.
  • the casing mainly contains an optical part, an electronic part and a power supply.
  • the optical part comprises at least one light-emitting diode 13 for illuminating the surface which is to be imaged, and a light-sensitive area sensor 14, for example a CCD or CMOS sensor, for registering a two-dimensional image.
  • the device may also comprise a lens system (not shown) .
  • the power supply for the device is obtained from a battery 15 which is mounted in a separate compartment in the casing.
  • the electronic part contains image-processing means 16 for determining a position on the basis of the image registered by means of the sensor 14 and more specifically a processor unit with a processor which is programmed to read images from the sensor and to perform position determination on the basis of these images.
  • the processor unit may also store an identifier which is unique for each reading device.
  • This device identifier is usually composed of a plurality of digits and/or characters, and can be used in coded form. The identifier is of use when performing the method according to the invention where a user is identified, by the device identifier, as a particular editor of a document.
  • the device comprises a pen point 17, with the aid of which it is possible to write normal pigment-based writing on the surface on which the position determination is to occur.
  • the pen point 17 can be retracted and extended so that the user can control whether or not it is to be used.
  • the pen point 17 may be non-retractable and covered by a cap (not shown) when not in use. In certain applications, the device does not need to have a pen point at all.
  • the device also comprises buttons 18, with the aid of which the device is activated and controlled. It also has a transceiver 19 for wireless transmission, e.g. by means of IR light or radio waves, of information to and from the device.
  • the device can also comprise a display 20 for showing positions or registered information.
  • Applicant's international patent publication WO 98/20446 describes a device for registering text. This device can be used for position determination if it is programmed in a suitable manner. If it is to be used for pigment-based writing, it must also have a pen point.
  • the device can be divided into different physical casings, a first casing containing components which are necessary for obtaining images of the position-coding pattern and for transferring these to components which are located in a second casing and which carry out the position determination on the basis of the image or images registered.
  • the position determination is done by a processor which thus must have software for locating and decoding the symbols in an image and for determining positions from the codes thus obtained.
  • a person skilled in the art can design software on the basis of the above example, which carries out position determination on the basis of an image of a part of a position-coding pattern.
  • the person skilled in the art can design software on the basis of the above description, for printing the position-coding pattern.
  • the raster is a rectangular grid. It can also have other forms, i.e. non-rectangular.
  • the pattern is optically readable and the sensor thus is an optical sensor.
  • other position-coding patterns could be used within the scope of the present invention, for example the pattern described in applicant's international patent publication WO 00/01670, or the prior art position-coding patterns as disclosed in US-A-5 051 736, WO 00/31682 and EP-A-0 469 864.
  • the pattern could be based on another parameter than an optical parameter.
  • the sensor must be of a type which can read the parameter in question. Examples of such parameters are chemical, acoustic or electromagnetic symbols. Also capacitive or inductive symbols can be used.
  • Fig. 5a shows a printout 501 of a text document which is preferably stored in a computer.
  • the printout 501 is suitably done on a sheet of paper, the surface of which is provided with a position-coding pattern as described above in connection with Figs 1-3. For the sake of clarity, however, no such pattern is shown in Fig. 5a.
  • the digital pen of Fig. 4 is used for providing editing information on the printout 501.
  • Such editing information is schematically exemplified m Fig. 5a at reference numerals 502, 503 and 504.
  • An incorrect word “green” has been stricken through with a horizontal line and has been marked m the right-hand margin that it is to De replaced by the word "gold' 503.
  • the words 'fade” and “not” have been marked 504 with an editing symbol which, on interpretation, is to indicate that the words are to change places with one another.
  • Fig. 5b very schematically shows a drawing consisting of simple geometric figures.
  • a cross marking 505 has been drawn on one side of a rectangle m order to indicate that the side is to be erased.
  • FIG. 5c A method for performing editing according to the invention, and with reference to the example of figure 5a, is illustrated m figure 5c.
  • a read and search step 510 the text of the document is analyzed m that each letter is associated with its position and at the same time a search for editing symbols with corresponding positions is performed. Then, m a number of decision steps 511,513,515,517 tne editing symbols are identified and corresponding interpretation steps 512,514,516,518 are performed.
  • the identity of the digital pen is also determined m that a transfer of a unique device identifier is performed from the digital pen to the means for storing the document, typically a memory unit m a computer or server.
  • a particular digital pen may be associated with a particular user, i.e. editor or reviewer of the document. If several editors, each with a digital pen having a unique device identity, make corrections to the text, these corrections may then be associated with the different users.
  • the editing symbol of step 511 is found, a corresponding editing symbol is searched for in the margin area of the printed document as well as any handwritten text close to that editing symbol. Such text is interpreted using ICR-technique and the interpreted text is then inserted at the appropriate location in the stored document.
  • step 513 If the editing symbol of step 513 is found, the text in the stored document which is located at the same position as the editing symbol is removed from the stored document.
  • step 515 a corresponding editing symbol is searched for in the margin area of the printed document as well as any handwritten text close to that editing symbol.
  • Such text is interpreted using ICR-technique and the interpreted text is then inserted at the appropriate location in the stored document, replacing the letter at the position of the editing symbol in the stored text.
  • each editing symbol results in an editing command being generated, either in the pen itself or in a computer unit that communicates with the pen and comprises software for identifying editing symbols.
  • the present invention allows for a plurality of editors to edit one and the same document. By associating editing commands with timestamps and users, e.g. by way of unique identity codes associated with the digital pens, a sequence of editing commands can be interpreted by the computer which holds the electronic version of the document .
  • the editing symbols can be a subset of a larger set of symbols comprising more or less complicated indications of how the subsequent interpretation should be carried out and how the real changes of the stored document are to appear.
  • the corresponding set of editing commands can be determined in advance or be generated by, for example, a user through a suitable learning process according to the prior art technique.
  • Fig. 6 shows a system that can be used m carrying out the method described above.
  • the system includes a plurality of pen-shaped reading devices 601, a central unit 602, a local processing unit 603, and a printer unit 604.
  • the reading devices 601 correspond to the digital pen shown m Fig. 4 and are arranged for wireless communication with the central unit 602, for example directly via a telecommunications network, or indirectly via short-range communication to a modem unit (not shown), such as a mobile phone, a personal computer, a Bluetooth ® node etc, which turn connects to the central unit 602 via a suitable network, for example the Internet, a telecommunications network, a LAN etc.
  • a suitable network for example the Internet, a telecommunications network, a LAN etc.
  • the central unit 602 is arranged for communication with the local processing unit 603, typically a computer device such as a personal computer, m which the electronic document to be annotated is created.
  • the central unit acts, inter alia , as a pattern administration unit.
  • the communication between the local processing unit 603 and the central unit 602 can be handled by a messaging service, such as e-mail, if direct communication is unavailable.
  • the local processing unit 603 is arranged to communicate with a printer unit 604.
  • the author registers the document with the central unit 602.
  • the central unit 602 receives from the local processing unit 603 a file identifier and data on the number of standard pages of the document to be registered.
  • the central unit 602 receives an electronic copy of the document.
  • the pages of the electronic document are assigned a corresponding number of pattern pages, i.e. mutually unique subsets of the above- described position-coding pattern.
  • the author distributes the thus-locked document to different reviewers .
  • the author can send the electronic document from the local processing unit 603 to the printer unit 604 and then physically distribute the printouts, or distribute the document electronically so that the reviewers can print the document on any nearby printer units (not shown) .
  • the different reviewers might themselves download the document from the central unit to a respective computer, from which the document can be sent to a suitable printer unit.
  • each reviewer uses his reading device 601 to write on his printout 605, wherein the reading device 601 electronically registers the positions where it is applied to the printout, thereby producing a digital copy of editing information written on the pages of the printout.
  • the digital editing information i.e. position data read by the reading device 601
  • the central unit 602 together with a reading device identifier, and optionally timestamps indicating when the annotations were made.
  • the synchronization can be effected, for example, by the reviewer checking a send icon (not shown) on the printout 605, the send icon being provided with a specific part of the position-coding pattern.
  • the central unit 602 registers one or more positions coded by this specific part of the pattern, it initiates the synchronization.
  • the reviewer can operate a button on the reading device 601 to initiate the synchronization.
  • the digital editing information can be sent to the central unit 602 in real time, i.e. while the reviewer is actually writing the editing information on the printout 605.
  • the central unit 602 issues a message to the local processing device 603, whereupon the author can connect to the central unit 602 to download the feedback from the reviewers, one or more at a time.
  • the central unit 602 also translates the editing information to local positions on each page of the electronic document, so that the local processing unit 603 can incorporate the editing information into the electronic document to be displayed to the author.
  • the incorporation can be effected by the central unit 602 itself which then transmits an electronic file back to the local processing unit 603 for display to the author .
  • the pattern administration functionality of the central unit is incorporated into the local processing unit, so that one and more reading devices communicate with the local processing unit, typically a personal computer, a PDA or the like.
  • the central unit only serves the function of assigning pattern pages to the electronic document, i.e. the local processing unit receives a file with the pattern pages, or parameters for calculating the same, from the central unit. The local processing unit then communicates with the digital pens and produces an updated document based on the received editing information.
  • the digital pen is capable of interpreting the editing symbols, so that the pen can transmit an editing command to the local processing unit.
  • the pen is also capable of effecting an ICR analysis of relevant parts of the editing information written on the printout.
  • the author and the reviewers have been described as separate individuals, it should be evident that in the method and system described above the author act as a reviewer as well. It is also to be understood that the central unit can communicate with a plurality of local processing units, to thereby act as a hub in an infrastructure for handling information. It should also be noted that the incorporation of the editing information might or might not include interpreting the markings made by the reviewers on the sheet 605 containing the printed text. In some reviewing work, it may be desirable to enable for one or more reviewers to simply annotate the text, in the margins for example, and to associate those annotations with specific positions within the text and to enable an owner of the document to view the text together with the annotations.
  • the reviewer is allowed to write brief comments or draw sketches in the margins of the document to aid the author in his further drafting of the document.
  • the document information of the updated electronic document includes the original text and the handwritten annotations made by the reviewers.
  • the reviewer can be allowed to use both annotations and editing symbols/markings in one and the same document. This can be achieved, for example, by using a specific set of annotation symbols which identifies a piece of editing information as an annotation.
  • the local processing unit 603 suitably includes presentation software which can be arranged to present the annotations in the form of, e.g., pop-up windows or the like overlaid on the original document.
  • presentation software could be set to prompt the author for approval before inserting any interpreted text associated with an editing symbol into the electronic document.
  • This software could be contained in the system or distributed to the system on one or more computer readable media, for example a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory such as a floppy diskette or CD-ROM.
  • the software could also be distributed on computer readable media in the form of propagated signals, such as the stream of bits that represent Internet transmissions of packets or the carrier waves that are transmitted to satellites.

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On imprime sur un support, de préférence, une feuille de papier, un document stocké par voie électronique de n'importe quel type, texte, image, dessin, etc., ce document étant pourvu d'une forme de codage de position. On procède ensuite à une édition manuelle sur le tirage à l'aide d'un crayon numérique comportant des moyens permettant de lire la forme de codage de position ainsi qu'une pointe servant à faire une marque sur le support d'impression. L'édition sur la feuille de papier repose sur un code se présentant sous forme de symboles appartenant à un ensemble prédéfini de symboles. Les données d'édition, c'est à dire les symboles apposés sur le support d'impression, sont enregistrés par voie numérique par le crayon numérique et transférés au dispositif mémoire et de traitement, de préférence au moyen d'un ordinateur. Il est possible d'effectuer ce transfert directement lors de l'édition ou ultérieurement. L'interprétation du code d'édition se fait, en totalité ou en partie, dans l'ordinateur, et ce, en interaction avec le document mémorisé dans l'ordinateur. De ce fait, les modifications sont apportées sur le document mémorisé en fonction de l'interprétation susmentionnée.
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