Patent ID: 7409090

Claim:
A handwritten character input device wherein handwritten character string information is recognized based on a moving trace of a pointing device and the character string information for a text input area is transmitted, comprising: a text input area setting unit for setting the text input area; a writing trace input unit for detecting the moving trace of the positioning device; a stroke condition judgment unit for judging whether the first or last stroke of the moving trace of the pointing device detected by the writing trace input unit satisfies a prescribed condition; an input area selection unit for selecting a text input area as a transmission destination for the character string information based on the judgment result of the stroke condition judgment unit; a writing trace processing unit for recognizing character string information from writing traces excluding a stroke judged to satisfy the prescribed condition by the stroke condition judgment unit based on the moving trace of pointing device input by the writing trace input unit; and a processing result transmission unit for transmitting character string information recognized by the writing trace processing unit to a text input area selected by the input area selection unit.