A Tutorial on Tablet PC

Simon Fraser UniversityCMPT 354Fall 2007

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AgendaTablet PC Overview

Tablet PC Development

Tablet PC Resources

Tablet PC Overview

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What is Tablet PC?A fully-functional computer running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, a superset of Windows XP Professional

Geared for pen-enabled, handwriting-enabled, and speech- enabled applications

A highly mobile computer that enables new usage scenariosA powerful platform enabling a new generation of business applications

Windows XPSP2 Tablet

PC

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Tablet PC Components 2005

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Features Overview -

SoftwareWindows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 adds the following features to Windows XP Professional

Pen inputInk controlsGesture recognition engine and APIsHandwriting and speech recognition enginesSome useful applications, such as Windows Journal, Sticky Notes…

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Features Overview -

HardwareAll Tablet PC devices will include the following hardware attributes

Electromagnetic digitizer and penOptimized power statesScreen rotation supportFree of old hardwareHardware buttons for logging on to Windows and doing additional tasksSupport for surprise undocking…

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Why We Need a Tablet PC?Mobility (sitting, standing, walking...)Ink now, recognize laterCan’t type for beans or in cramped spacesDrawing / sketchingTake notes electronicallyMicrosoft Windows XP Tablet PC Home Page

Top 10 benefitshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/topten benefits.mspx

Case studieshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/casest udies/default.mspx

How to Use a Tablet PC?

Tablet PC Development

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Development EnvironmentHardware

A Tablet PCOr any other computer, having Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or higher (but handwriting and speech recognition cannot be tested and debugged)

SoftwareTablet PC SDK 1.7 (the latest version)Microsoft Visual Studio

Version 6 SP5, .Net 2003, .Net 2005Programming languages can be Visual C# (recommended), C++, VB6, VB.Net

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (for the course project)

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Tablet PC SDK 1.7It comes with

Context Tagging ToolMicrosoft Tablet PC Platform SDK DocumentationSamples and Source Code

SuggestionBefore jumping into the implementation, please read the above three documentations carefullyMost of the coding problems can find solutions from them

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Tablet PC Platform OverviewInk Collection (Input)

Ink Data and Management

Ink Recognition

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Ink Collection (Input)Digitizer Basics

Very High ResolutionVery High ThroughputPacket Properties

X, YPressure, Angle, Rotation, etc.

Using the API to collect InkInkCollectorInkOverlayRealTimeStylus (New in SDK version 1.7)

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Ink Data And ManagementInk is a data typeInk looks good

Bezier smoothedAnti-aliased

Rich, Extensible API Copy to / paste from the clipboardMultiple persistence formats

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Ink RecognitionInterpret pen movements and/or strokes as:

Text (handwriting)GesturesShapes and symbols – Limited object recognition in API

Current language supportUS English, International English, Japanese, German, French, Simplified and Traditional Chinese as well as Korean, Spanish and Italian

Additional language support with LonestarMore Asian Languages

Synchronous and asynchronous recognitionData structure of recognize result and alternatesExtensibility architecture

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Object Model OverviewInkCollector InkOverlay

Ink

Strokes

Renderer

Tablet

Stroke

Recognizers

Recognizer

DrawingAttributes

RecognizerContext

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Key ObjectsInk Collection

InkCollectorInkOverlayInk collection events

Ink Data ManagementInkStrokesStrokeDrawingAttributesRendererInk data management events

Ink RecognitionRecognizerContextRecognitionResult

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Referencing the SDKThe Tablet PC SDK has to be referenced from Microsoft Visual Studio

This provides access to the managed object model and controls

To add a reference to the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7 in Visual Studio .NET

Open your Visual Studio .NET project.On the Project menu, click Add Reference.On the .NET tab in the Add Reference dialog box, on the components list, select Microsoft Tablet PC API, version 1.7.xxxx.x.Click Select, and then click OK.

How to Develop for a Tablet PC?

Tablet PC Resources

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ResourcesWithin Tablet PC SDK 1.7

Microsoft Tablet PC Platform SDK DocumentationSamples and Source Code

MSDN Tablet PC Developer Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/tabletpc/default.aspx

MSDN Libraryhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950406.aspx

Windows Tablet PC Home Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/default.mspx

Tablet PC Team Bloghttp://blogs.technet.com/tabletpc/

Books in the libraryGoogle the World Wide Web

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