Patent ID: 7596272
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a device for recognition of a handwritten pattern comprising one or more curves and representing a plurality of symbols, said method comprising: detecting, by a detector of said device, the handwritten pattern as a sequence of points along the one or more curves of the handwritten pattern, identifying, by an analyzer of said device, potential diacritics in the sequence of points of the handwritten pattern, selecting, by said analyzer, core points among the sequence of points, wherein said core points are selected for use in segmenting the handwritten pattern and recognizing these segments of the handwritten pattern as symbols, determining, by said analyzer, features of the one or more curves at or in the vicinity of each core point, assigning, by said analyzer, at least one feature associated with a identified potential diacritics to each core point of a subset of core points, and comparing, by said analyzer, the handwritten pattern to templates in a database, each template representing at least one symbol or part of a symbol, said comparing comprising: