Patent ID: 7502017

Claim:
A handwriting recognition device, comprising: a handwriting recognizing component; a user interface including a display having multiple horizontal lines including a center line and a base line for sizing writing strokes and characters in a vertical direction; a stroke entry field for entering strokes forming written characters in a current character field of the stroke entry field forming a current character stroke set, the current character stroke set being written by multiple strokes, and the handwriting recognizing component interpreting the multiple strokes as comprising a single character; a new character entry field next to and in a next character position from a character in the current character field indicating a position in the stroke entry field for entering a next character, the new character entry field being indicated by a bracket; a new word entry field next to and less than a character width away from the bracket, the stroke entry field for entering strokes for a new word; a visual spacing indicator as a broken vertical line between the new character entry field and the new word entry field such that entering strokes for the new word automatically inserts a space between the next character and the new word; a current recognized character display area on the display substantially adjacent to and above the stroke entry field for displaying at least one current recognized character by the handwriting recognizing component, and the current recognized character and locations of the new character and new word entry fields and the visual spacing indicator being changed in response to adding strokes to the current character stroke set, and the handwriting recognizing component includes an output recognition buffer (ORB) for holding the at least one character in the buffer while the at least one character is being displayed in the recognized character display area, and the at least one character being displayed in an ORB recent recognition results display area such that recent; drop down menus being initiated by a user for displaying alternative characters and alternative words; wherein older stroke sets are displayed with a specified color and brightness and shift in a left direction wherein the oldest strokes fade away as the user enters strokes on the baseline wherein a left most side of the stroke entry field is cleared of old strokes and is available for new strokes; and wherein the bracket wraps around the stroke entry field prompting the user to begin a new line at the left most side of the stroke entry field and the bracket simultaneously spans a right most side of the stroke entry field and the left most side of the stroke entry field.