Ink Input Effect Definition for High Perceptibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic authoring environments face limitations in applying advanced effects to ink inputs, requiring multiple objects and increased system resources, which can lead to indistinct effects, especially when using larger ink inputs.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to apply variable effects to ink inputs by selecting an effect definition that anchors to the ink input object, which can be tiled or stretched to match the object's size, and includes multiple effects in layers, enhancing user-perceptibility by applying contrast filters to background images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple objects are created to apply different shape and color effects to ink input, then the ability to apply multiple effects is improved, but the device complexity and memory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple effects (shape, color, texture) into a single ink input object by using effect definitions that can be applied to the same object. Instead of creating separate objects for each effect, the system merges these effects into one unified object that can display multiple properties simultaneously, reducing the number of objects needed while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The effect definition mechanism provides universality by allowing a single definition to be applied across multiple ink input objects with different properties. The effect definition can be configured to work with various ink input objects, enabling one definition to serve multiple functions and reducing the need for separate specialized objects.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple objects are created to apply different shape and color effects to ink input, then the ability to apply multiple effects is improved, but the processing resources and memory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple effects (shape, color, texture) into a single ink input object by using effect definitions that can be applied to the same object. Instead of creating separate objects for each effect, the system merges these effects into one unified object that can display multiple properties simultaneously, reducing the number of objects needed while maintaining versatility.
3Shape
If elaborate ink effects are applied to ink input, then the visual quality is improved, but the effects become indistinct when using certain sizes of ink input
Solution Approach 1:
The effect definition system provides dynamic adaptability by automatically adjusting the application of effects based on the size and properties of the ink input object. The system can modify effect parameters dynamically to ensure that patterns and details remain perceptible across different ink input sizes, preventing elaborate effects from becoming indistinct when scaled down.
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AI summary
Document authoring that involves illustrating pen input in an authoring environment is herein improved to provide patterns with higher perceptibility for representing the pen input in a graphical user interface. Colors and patterns are provided as effects that are applied to the illustrated pen input so that multiple textures or colors may be applied to the illustrated pen input without requiring the user to manually signal a switch in texture or colors or using multiple objects to represent the pen input. In various aspects, the patterns used in effects are created with a greater perceptibility, so that users will more readily recognize the effect, with various layers of a contrast basis image imparting a perceptible pattern and a background color image imparting colors for an enhanced ink effect definition.