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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...
5546476 Shape recognition process  
The identity of an object is determined by obtaining an image of the objective shape (e.g., by a camera), obtaining from that image an optimum objective shape representative of the object, and...
5544265 Shape recognizer for graphical computer systems  
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...
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...
5528003 Data compression for pen stroke input  
A system for compressing pen stroke sequences according to a technique which first outputs an encoding flag indicating a pen touchdown or skipped coordinates, then the absolute values of the first...
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.
5487118 Sequential extraction of strokes from a stroke based symbol apparatus and method  
Stroke-based symbols such as conventional alpha-numerics are formed by individual strokes. Each stroke has intersections or node regions common to two or more strokes and main inter-node body...
5479530 Signature capturing printer and data card terminal  
A data card terminal, such as a credit card transaction terminal, is disclosed. The terminal includes a transaction terminal comprising an embossed character reader and magnetic stripe reader, with...
5455846 Detection of a digitally modulated signal using binary line enhancement  
Detection of a digitally modulated radio signal whose underlying data contain repetition structures is achieved by generating a binary spectrum from the frequency domain spectral amplitudes. The...
5448653 Line segment attribute recognition device having accuracy updating function  
Information regarding the line segments constituting a line figure is input from an input section. An initial degree of certainty with respect to the attribute of each of the line segments is...
5428723 Method and apparatus for capturing the motion of an object in motion video  
A method and apparatus for analysing the motion of an object in an motion video in which the frame of a video image (suitably converted to graphics format) is displayed on a video display unit and...
5414228 Handwritten character input device  
The present invention discloses a handwritten character input device for entering a handwritten character into a microcomputer accommodated inside of the handwritten character input device, the...
5317417 Image processing apparatus with improved image reduction  
An image reducing apparatus includes a black-pixel counting section for counting a number of black pixels in an N×M-pixel area in an original image represented by white and black levels, where N...
5317649 Method for classifying line patterns of characters in dictionary  
A method for classifying character line patterns in a dictionary, includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a first class to which one or a plurality of first line patterns belong; (b) obtaining a...
5313529 System for representing line drawings by polygonal lines  
A system for representing line drawings by polygonal lines. In the system, a binary digital image is scanned in a main scanning direction to form picture element connection data with a first image...
5313528 Method for extracting features from on-line handwritten characters  
A method provides for extracting features from a handwritten character which is input to an on-line input device. The on-line input device successively outputs stroke information indicating points...
5293429 System and method for automatically classifying heterogeneous business forms  
Business forms are a special class of documents typically used to collect or distribute data; they represent a vast majority of the paperwork need to conduct business. The present invention...
5291561 Graphics processing device  
A graphics processing device has an image data storing unit for storing image data, a graphic data storing unit for storing graphic data, a coordinate inputting unit for inputting coordinates, a...
5214717 Pattern recognition data processing device using an associative matching method  
This invention pertains to a data processing system for pattern recognition by sorting the scores of the candidate patterns by their feature vectors per an associative matching method. It aims...
5204915 Method of extracting feature from line pattern and line pattern recognition method using the same  
A method of extracting a feature from a line pattern comprising the steps of (a) extracting a thinned line from the line pattern, (b) finding one or a plurality of singular points which are formed...
5165072 Image processing apparatus which detects a line image  
An image processing apparatus includes a) a memory unit for storing input image data, b) a detecting unit for detecting a black line image using at least one of the input image data and image data...
5140645 Computer compatible character for reliable reading by photoreader  
A computer compatible master character consisting of a common dot and eight equally spaced arms extending from it is provided. Individual characters are made up of subsets of these eight arms. This...
5121441 Robust prototype establishment in an on-line handwriting recognition system  
For use in a handwriting recognition system a method, and apparatus for accomplishing same, that includes the steps of (a) inputting a plurality of strokes each of which is a constituent stroke of...
5113453 Character recognition method and apparatus  
An image system (SPI) provides an image file which is recorded in a memory (3). A segmentation and framing module (M1) isolates each of the characters in the image file within individual matrices....
5075895 Method and apparatus for recognizing table area formed in binary image of document  
A method for recognizing a table area in a document, includes the steps of extracting image data on a table area having a table from binary image data on a document, extracting a line segment...
5065438 Character recognition apparatus with inputting function of ruled lines  
A character recognition apparatus includes an inputting function of ruled lines. The apparatus is equipped with a tablet type input device integrating a tablet type input device with a display...
5058182 Method and apparatus for handwritten character recognition  
A method and apparatus is provided for written character recognition. The method includes thresholding an input gray level character image to derive its bilevel image, extracting stroke-based...
5036544 Apparatus for discriminating linearity of line segment in image processing system  
An apparatus and method for discriminating the linearity of a line segment in an image processing system consisting of elements for extracting and tracking a train of points from a high contrast...
5029223 Constraint driven-on line recognition of handwritten characters and symbols  
Method and apparatus for identifying a valid symbol or a string of valid symbols from a sequence of handwritten strokes. A method includes the steps of (a) generating in response to one or more...
5023918 Cross-product filter  
Method and apparatus for filtering a sequence of digital values representative of endpoints of vectors which represent the stroke of a writing instrument on a writing tablet. The cross-product and...
4910787 Discriminator between handwritten and machine-printed characters  
A video image of a region including characters recorded on a document is converted into electric signals. From the electric signals unit signals corresponding to subregions obtained by dividing the...
4843569 Data input apparatus for picture data base management system  
An input apparatus for a computer-aided picture data base management system, which has an image input device that optically reads an original picture image, such as a map having objects drawn by...
4758979 Method and means for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters in digital computers  
A method and means for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters in digital computers, which method includes the steps of: preparing a writing board and an electro conductive pen as an...
4718102 Process and apparatus involving pattern recognition  
Processing of handwritten patterns, for example, inputting of complex characters, such as Kanji, into a word processor involves a balance between an algorithmic part and a disambiguation part....
4685142 Method and device for handwritten letter recognition  
A handwritten letter recognition method in accordance with the present invention detects, for each subset, input strokes that coincide with the standard strokes, according to the order of the...
4680804 Method for designating a recognition mode in a hand-written character/graphic recognizer  
A hand-written character/graphic is recognized in a character recognition mode or a graphic recognition mode designated in accordance with stroke information supplied from a tablet input device...
4653107 On-line recognition method and apparatus for a handwritten pattern  
Coordinates of a handwritten pattern drawn on a tablet are sequentially sampled by a pattern recognition unit to prepare pattern coordinate data. Based on an area encircled by segments created by...
4641354 Apparatus for recognizing and displaying handwritten characters and figures  
An apparatus for recognizing and displaying handwritten characters and figures in which input stroke information on a handwritten input character or figure is read out by an electromagnetic tablet,...
4607386 Handwritten character recognition device  
A handwritten character recognition device comprises a feature point circuit for recognizing a character with using three feature points for a continuous stroke connecting a first stroke and second...
4578811 Key-in device  
A key-in device has a key-in section with a matrix array of keys. A key-actuated signal corresponding to a handwritten character input by the key-in section is input to an input pattern memory of a...
4550434 Line recognition  
A line recognition adapted for recognizing a drawing in which a plurality of lines overlapping one another are indicated by a given one of the mutually overlapping lines and overlap symbols...
4435836 Technique for extracting features from images  
Attributes or features of a portion of a picture are represented by one or more strokes which are formed using special purpose hardware and a processing algorithm which operates in a...
4365235 Chinese/Kanji on-line recognition system  
A Chinese/Kanji on-line recognition system consisting of four main sections, these being tablet electronics, a signal filter and segment integration unit, a base stroke classification unit and a...
4364023 Optical character reading system  
An optical character reading system in which a sheet upon which characters or symbols are printed is illuminated and the characters scanned with a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor. Output...
4173753 Input system for sino-computer  
An input system for Sino-computer characterized by dividing the Chinese characters into six basic strokes, i.e. horizontal, vertical, dot, dash, clockwise and counterclockwise, and giving each kind...
4162482 Pre-processing and feature extraction system for character recognition  
Character recognition apparatus and a method for identifying machine-printed and hand-printed characters. A character is optically scanned and converted to a rectangular matrix representation...
4110736 Shape recognition system  
An apparatus for separating the signals of an internal shape from the signals of an external shape for use in a shape recognition system.
4092631 Pattern recognition systems  
In pattern recognition systems for determining and recognizing any normalized characters registered in a record medium by means of a character characteristic extractor, the presence and absence of...
4056804 Optical character recognition systems  
An optical character recognition system comprising a reader head which includes the single line array of photo-sensitive elements, a clock pulse generator under control of which the elements of the...
4015239 Character recognition apparatus  
Character recognition apparatus which converts two dimensional feature information derived from an unknown character into one dimensional feature information, such as a code train, and recognizes...
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