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5734749 Character string input system for completing an input character string with an incomplete input indicative sign  
A character string input system includes an input storage portion for temporarily storing input character string with an incomplete input indicative signs. There is also a word dictionary storing...
5729629 Handwritten symbol recognizer  
A handwritten symbol recognizer adapted to automatically recognize various handwritten symbols including Kanji character is disclosed. The symbol recognizer includes a data processor coupled to a...
5724457 Character string input system  
A character string input system includes a direct character string buffer 50 storing character coded direct character string, a character string predicting portion 60 generating a predicted...
5717168 Method and device for capturing and processing graphical information  
Ultrasound pulses are emitted by two emitters (12, 14) carried by an instrument (10) and substantially aligned with the tip of the instrument. Several receivers (62a, . . . , 62e) occupy determined...
5710832 Method and system for displaying handwritten data and recognized symbols  
A method and system for training a handwriting recognizer at the time of misrecognition is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a trainer program traps and stores the output from a recognizer. The...
5698822 Input and display apparatus for handwritten characters  
An input/display apparatus for handwritten characters is capable of quickly inputting handwritten characters, freely editing characters inputted, and storing a lot of handwritten characters with a...
5689620 Automatic training of character templates using a transcription and a two-dimensional image source model  
A technique for automatically training a set of character templates using unsegmented training samples uses as input a two-dimensional (2D) image of characters, called glyphs, as the source of...
5687254 Searching and Matching unrecognized handwriting  
A method and system provide for searching and matching gesture-based data such as handwriting without performing a recognition process on the handwritten gesture data to convert it to a standard...
5684892 Method for pattern recognition  
A method for pattern recognition is provided which creates statistics in a data base, based upon a number of characteristics extracted from a large number of samples of the pattern to be...
5682439 Boxed input correction system and method for pen based computer systems  
According to the present invention, a variety of correction methods and systems are disclosed. A first method aspect of the present invention teaches a computer implemented correction method for...
5680480 Method and apparatus for training a recognizer  
A method and apparatus for training a recognizer includes displaying a practice word on a display screen of a pen-based computer system and entering a handwritten word that is similar to the...
5675665 System and method for word recognition using size and placement models  
A bounds evaluation unit generates a bounds measurement pair corresponding to a character pattern pair determined from a handwritten word. Within the bounds measurement pair, a first bounds...
5666438 Method and apparatus for recognizing handwriting of different users of a pen-based computer system  
A computer system and method capable of handwriting recognition and user identification are presented. The computer system includes a CPU, a dual-function display assembly and a stylus. The...
5657396 Method and apparatus for pattern recognition and validation, especially for hand-written signatures  
Apparatus and method for pattern recognition and validation, especially of hand-written signatures. Original files of basic structures are established and stored in a reference image file. The...
5655136 Method and apparatus for recognizing and performing handwritten calculations  
A pen-based circulator recognizes handwritten input. The calculator comprises a display simulating a sheet of paper, and a stylus simulating a pen. The user writes a calculation on the calculator...
5644652 System and method for automatic handwriting recognition with a writer-independent chirographic label alphabet  
An automatic handwriting recognition system wherein each written (chirographic) manifestation of each character is represented by a statistical model (called a hidden Markov model). The system...
5644653 Information processing apparatus and control method thereof having user character recognition  
A hand-held computer with an input pen capable of handwriting recognition. Characters are inputted by a user's manual operation with the input pen on a transparent coordinate input plate in front...
5636291 Continuous parameter hidden Markov model approach to automatic handwriting recognition  
A computer-based system and method for recognizing handwriting. The present invention includes a pre-processor, a front end, and a modeling component. The present invention operates as follows....
5633954 System and method for character recognition with normalization  
A character recognition system comprises means for receiving a first binary image of a plurality of characters; segmenting means for separating the first binary image into a plurality of second...
5633955 Method of connecting shapes on a display of a computer system  
An apparatus for recognizing shapes characterized by a stroke grouper receptive to a plurality of strokes formed on a screen of a pen-based computer system; a shape recognition engine receptive to...
5621809 Computer program product for automatic recognition of a consistent message using multiple complimentary sources of information  
A general approach is provided for the combined use of several sources of information in the automatic recognition of a consistent message. For each message unit (e.g., word) the total likelihood...
5615283 Pattern recognition device  
A pattern recognition device tracks the angular movements made by a pointing device such as a mouse in generating a pattern of lines. A pattern code is generated if the angular movements match...
5615284 Stylus-input recognition correction manager computer program product  
The invention relates to a computer program product for a stylus-based user interface for computers. The invention is a process for separating a stylus-based application program from the procedures...
5610996 Method and apparatus for arc segmentation in handwriting recognition  
According to principles of the invention, a method and apparatus are provided that organizes sample text into a format that facilitates character recognition. Sample text is analyzed for those...
5606629 Figure recognition apparatus  
In a figure recognition apparatus, a direction of a vector starting from a sample point most recently stored in a position data memory and terminating at an attention point is compared to an...
5594810 Method and apparatus for recognizing gestures on a computer system  
A method and apparatus for recognizing a gesture input on a display screen of a computer system. A stroke is input by a user on the screen, and the stroke is smoothed by reducing the number of...
5592566 Method and apparatus for computerized recognition  
A recognition system for a pen-based computer system characterized by: a tablet for inputting strokes from a stylus; a low-level recognizer responsive to the strokes and operative to perform...
5587560 Portable handwritten data capture device and method of using  
A system for capturing handwritten data includes a base station, a docking station coupled to the base station and a plurality of portable handwriting capture devices, which may be in the form of...
5588073 Online handwritten character recognizing system and method thereof  
An online handwritten character recognizing system and method thereof, is provided which includes a feature extracting section for providing a Fourier transformation of the coordinate points of the...
5579408 Character recognition method and apparatus  
Character recognition method and apparatus according to the present invention comprises the partial pattern dictionary which classifies and registers partial patterns of characters to be recognized...
5577135 Handwriting signal processing front-end for handwriting recognizers  
A handwriting signal processing front-end method and apparatus for a handwriting training and recognition system which includes non-uniform segmentation and feature extraction in combination with...
5568565 Handwriting input method and apparatus  
A handwriting input method and apparatus is disclosed which generates a single line segment from a group of input line segments which are input by a user. The input line segments may be overlapping...
5566248 Method and apparatus for a recognition editor and routine interface for a computer system  
A computer system including a CPU, a screen assembly coupled to the CPU, a pointer assembly coupled to the CPU, an application program running on the CPU, a recognizer routine running on the CPU,...
5561720 Method for extracting individual characters from raster images of a read-in handwritten or typed character sequence having a free pitch  
Image-pattern-specific separation values are calculated in each case per column for a separation image of standardized width, with the aid of a separation classifier, and the column having the...
5557789 Text retrieval method and apparatus based on a handwritten keyword  
A text retrieval method and a text retrieval apparatus for retrieving texts based on a handwritten keyword inputted from an optical character reader are provided. Respective characters of a keyword...
5550931 Automatic handwriting recognition using both static and dynamic parameters  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for recognizing handwritten characters in response to an input signal from a handwriting transducer. A feature extraction and reduction procedure is disclosed...
5550930 Method and system for training a handwriting recognizer at the time of misrecognition  
A method and system for training a handwriting recognizer at the time of misrecognition is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a trainer program traps and stores the output from a recognizer. The...
5546538 System for processing handwriting written by user of portable computer by server or processing by the computer when the computer no longer communicate with server  
A computer arrangement that offloads computationally intensive tasks from portable computer devices to larger servers is disclosed. A portable computer device that relies on handwriting or speech...
5546565 Input/output apparatus having a pen, and method of associating and processing handwritten image data and voice data  
An input/output apparatus records both a handwritten image and a speech to facilitate the collation between the recorded image and speech. When a command recognizing section recognizes that a...
5544279 Fuzzy logic recognition device which determines the mode of an unknown move using fuzzy set theory  
A fuzzy logic recognition device has a plurality of sets of feature extraction windows, each set storing the predetermined features for one feature class therein, and comparing the stored features...
5544260 Silent training by error correction for on-line handwritting recognition systems  
A method for using information provided during error correction for modifying character prototypes in an on-line handwriting recognition system is disclosed. The method allows a user to correct...
5537489 Method of normalizing handwritten symbols  
A handwritten test symbol, such as an alphabetic character, a word or a signature, written on a digitizing tablet is normalized by comparison with a model symbol to determine the transformation...
5533147 Segmentation of handwritten patterns using stroke and jump vectors  
Disclosed are a pattern recognition method and apparatus which eliminate the complications of handwritten input by storing two or more patterns in memory beforehand, matching input patterns with...
5528699 Information medium recognition device  
An information medium recognition device for recognizing an information medium such as a handwritten signature inputted by performing an online input operation. The information medium recognition...
5526023 Pen input and output unit  
In a pen input and output unit for inputting data by contacting a pen on an input surface of a tablet device and for displaying the input data, display data is updated by detecting that the pen is...
5526440 Hand-written character recognition apparatus  
A hand-written character recognition apparatus which checks the relation between the rectangular outline directions of two partial structures of one character.
5521985 Apparatus for recognizing machine generated or handprinted text  
A computer system with an image reader and nerual network is provided for determining whether an image of text has been generated by a machine or by hand. This serves the useful purpose of allowing...
5521986 Compact data input device  
A data entry apparatus includes a mosaic display as a template for inputting characters, by a stylus or other device. The displayed mosaic includes a plurality of segments, each represented by a...
5517579 Handwritting input apparatus for handwritting recognition using more than one sensing technique  
Handwriting recognition apparatus including handwriting input apparatus employing at least two different sensing techniques to sense handwriting and symbol identification apparatus receiving an...
5517578 Method and apparatus for grouping and manipulating electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings  
A note taking system that integrates word-processing functionality and computerized drawing functionality for processing ink strokes comprises novel methods that provide this functionality such as:...