Patent ID: 9069462
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying characters in a handwritten input on a touch-sensitive device, the method comprising: establishing an anchor point on the touch-sensitive device; establishing distances from the anchor point to one or more reference support lines; receiving a handwritten user input via the touch-sensitive device; identifying a set of candidate characters based on the handwritten user input; estimating support lines for each of the candidate characters; associating temporary reference support lines for each candidate character based on: an angle of the estimated support lines for the candidate character and the established anchor point, and the established distances from the anchor point to the one or more reference support lines; for each candidate character, ranking each candidate character based on a total deviation measurement for each candidate character; and, identifying a best-ranked candidate character based at least in part on a smallest total deviation measurement.