Patent Document ID: 8494277
Application ID: 13734072

Base Claim:
1. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for recognizing handwriting, said method comprising: said processor capturing a handwritten character as an image of pixels that include black pixels and white pixels; said processor partitioning the image into a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the image has a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment of the image to a total number of black pixels in the image, wherein a reference character has segments corresponding to the segments in the image, and wherein each segment of the reference character has a value range of a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment of the reference character to a total number of black pixels in the reference character; said processor ascertaining that the pixel ratio of more than a predetermined number of segments in the image are within the value range of the pixel ratio of the corresponding segments of the reference character; and in response to said ascertaining, said processor recognizing the handwritten character as the reference character.

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Claim 4:
4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the number of black pixels in each segment of the image and the total number of black pixels in the image are determined based on an angle, relative to the center of the image, associated with each black pixel.