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Apple patents straightening and wrapping handwritten notes on screens

Apple has been granted a patent for a feature that automatically adjusts the shape of handwritten text on a digital screen. The system detects when you finish writing a section and then straightens the lines or wraps them to fit the space, keeping the text looking neat without turning it into typed letters.

Why it mattersThis could make using a stylus on tablets or laptops feel more like writing on real paper, reducing the need to manually fix messy handwriting.

In the filing’s own words

Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to electronic devices that provide for manipulation of handwritten content in a content-entry region, including straightening of handwritten text in the content-entry region. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to electronic devices that provide for manipulation of handwritten content in a content-entry region, including wrapping of handwritten text in the content-entry region.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices: while displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface region, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input that includes first handwritten input on a surface, wherein the first input is directed to the user interface region, and wherein the first handwritten input is associated with a respective writing tool for handwritten input that is selected when the first input is received; while receiving the first input, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of the first handwritten input that has a baseline path with a first shape, wherein the representation of the first handwritten input is a plurality of lines of handwritten text, including a first line of handwritten text, and a second line of handwritten text; while displaying the representation of the first handwritten input that has the baseline path with the first shape, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a respective event that indicates that a user of the electronic device has completed writing a respective portion of text; and in response to detecting the respective event and in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, the one or more criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when the respective writing tool is of a first type and is not satisfied when the respective writing tool is of a second type, different from the first type, changing a shape of the representation of the first handwritten input in the user interface region to change the baseline path of the representation of the first handwritten input to a second shape, different from the first shape, including changing a shape of the second line of handwritten text in addition to changing a shape of the first line of handwritten text, while maintaining the respective portion of text as handwritten text.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Manipulation of handwritten content on an electronic device
Patent number
US12755083B2
Application number
18325968
Filed
May 30, 2023
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
8
Claims
47

Classified under

G06F 40/103 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06F 3/04883 Physics & computingG06F 40/279 Physics & computing

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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