Patent ID: 6442295
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F,G11C,Y10S

Abstract:
A word recognition device comprising:a memory array divided into a plurality of portions, each portion further divided into a plurality of lines, each of said plurality of lines of a first one of said portions of said memory having stored in at least one memory location an individual character, and said plurality of lines of a second one of said portions of said memory being sub-divided into a plurality of groups of memory locations each having stored therein a word of a dictionary of words, wherein a first group of said memory locations disposed on a first of said lines stores a first one of said dictionary words having a first maximum length, and a second group of said memory locations disposed on said first line and adjacent to said first group of said memory locations stores a second one of said dictionary words having a second maximum length different from said first maximum length, and a third group of said memory locations disposed on a second of said lines similarly to said disposition of said first group of memory locations on said first line stores a third one of said dictionary words having a maximum length equal to said first maximum length; first weights useful for recognition of individual characters stored in said first one of said portions of said memory; second weights useful for recognition of said words stored in said second one of said portions of said memory; a reference voltage generator configured to supply a third weight corresponding to one character or word to be recognized and a word length indicator corresponding to a length of the word to be recognized; and means for determining at least one of said individual characters stored in said first one of said portions of said memory and said dictionary words stored in said second one of said portions of said memory corresponding to the one character or word to be recognized as a function of said first, second, and third weights and said length indicator.