Patent ID: 7432432

Claim:
A method for recognizing handwritten music notes, the method comprising steps of: recognizing notations within a notation category; receiving a plurality of input strokes corresponding to handwritten music notations; grouping nearby strokes to a first input stroke of the plurality of input strokes to make a stroke set; comparing the stroke set with the notations in the notation category; determining whether the stroke set is recognized as at least one candidate notation within the notation category; providing a candidate list of recognized candidate notations; and generating a music score based upon the recognized candidate notations wherein upon determining that the stroke set is not recognized as at least one candidate notation, the method further comprising steps of: removing at least one of the nearby strokes from the stroke set; determining whether the modified stroke set contains nearby strokes; upon determining that the modified stroke set contains nearby strokes, comparing the modified stroke set with the notations in the notation category and determining whether the modified stroke set is recognized as at least one candidate notation within the notation category; and upon determining that the modified stroke set does not contain any nearby strokes, deleting the first input stroke.