Patent ID: 7013046
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A handwriting recognition apparatus comprising: an input device including a handwriting input area and configured to input a plurality of strokes constructing a plurality of characters which are written successively on the handwriting input area; a memory device configured to store a plurality of character structure data items corresponding to a plurality of characters respectively, each of the characters being constructed by at least one stroke, each of the character structure data items indicating a shape of one or more strokes constructing a character and a positional relation between or among strokes constructing a character when the character is constructed by a plurality of strokes; a memory device configured to store a plurality of biliteral structure data items, each of the biliteral structure data items indicating a structural relation between two characters which are written successively, the structural relation between the two characters indicating positional relation between one or more strokes constructing the one of the two characters and one or more strokes constructing the other when the two characters are written successively; a recognition device configured to recognize the characters from one or more strokes input by the input device, in units of two characters which are written successively, by comparing shapes of the strokes and a positional relation between or among the strokes with the character structure data items and the biliteral structure data items, whenever one stroke is input by the input device, to obtain one or more recognized characters; and a display configured to display the one or more recognized characters.