Patent ID: 9250802
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A shaping device comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of strokes indicative of handwriting by a user; an extracting unit configured to extract multiple combinations of strokes, each combination including one or more of the strokes; a first calculator configured to calculate a first likelihood representing a probability that each of the combinations related to a target graphic; a second calculator configured to calculate a second likelihood representing a probability that each of the combinations related to an incomplete shape; a determining unit configured to determine whether there is a first combination having at least one of first likelihoods equal to or higher than a first threshold and the second likelihood equal to or lower than a second threshold in the combinations; a shaping unit configured to shape the strokes into the target graphic having the first likelihood equal to or higher than the first threshold for the first combination when there is the first combination; and a display unit configured to display a result of shaping the strokes.