INK SEPARATOR AND INTERFACE FOR CORRESPONDING APPLICATION PROGRAM Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G06K9/62 G06T11/80 

FIELD: physics; computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to methods of communication between an application program and electronic ink. The method of supporting communication between an application and an object for separating ink (which stores ink lines, which are going to be separated into groups), can include the following stages: (a) a request for separation is sent to the ink separation object, possibly using an application; (b) in response to the request for separation, a separation method is called, which groups stored ink lines into one or more groups of lines, with the first pre-determined level of detail (for example, words, lines, indents, sentences, drawings etc.); and (c) making information, related to one or more groups of lines, accessible to the application. This information, which is made accessible to the application, can include, for instance existing groups of lines, number of groups of lines, with the first pre-determined level of detail, machine generated text, corresponding to the groups of lines, or similar information.

EFFECT: simplification and increase in flexibility of interaction of application programs with several different groups of ink.

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