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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165398 | Method and device for handwriting detection The invention relates to a method for handwriting detection using a handwriting tool (2) being arranged for communicating with a further device (2) and comprising the following steps: recognizing characters using detection of movements carried out by m... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150161 | Technique for correcting character-recognition errors Embodiments of a computer system, a method, and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments may be used to identify and correct errors in financial information that was extracted using character-recog... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131080 | Handwriting determination apparatus and method and program A handwriting apparatus includes unit acquiring first-handwriting data, unit storing one-stroke-handwriting data and a first command as an instruction, the instruction corresponding to the one-stroke-handwriting data and being executed with a device, unit, when the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116569 | Inline handwriting recognition and correction As a user writes using a handheld writing device, such as an electronic pen or stylus, handwriting input is received and initially displayed as digital ink. The display of the digital ink is converted to recognized text inline with additional digital ink as the user... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8077973 | Handwritten word recognition based on geometric decomposition A method of recognizing a handwritten word of cursive script includes providing a template of previously classified words, and optically reading a handwritten word so as to form an image representation thereof comprising a bit map of pixels. The external pixel conto... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077974 | Compact stylus-based input technique for indic scripts A technique for stylus-based syllabic input that is fast and easy and does not require any additional hardware and can be deployed on a handheld device is described. In one example embodiment, this is accomplished by writing a base syllabic character consisting of a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8027540 | Asymmetric score normalization for handwritten word spotting system A method begins by receiving an image of a handwritten item. The method performs a word segmentation process on the image to produce a sub-image and extracts a set of feature vectors from the sub-image. Then, the method performs an asymmetric approach that computes ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019160 | Method of modifying classification scheme for hand-written characters A method of modifying a classification scheme for classifying hand-written characters. The method includes the steps of: receiving digital ink representing a handwritten character from an optically imaging pen; determining a selection value based on the similarity o... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009914 | Handwritten character recognition A method for classifying a handwritten input character is disclosed. Character models are used. Each character model is associated with an output character and defines a model specific segmentation scheme for that output character and an associated segment model. Th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000531 | Classifying a string formed from a known number of hand-written characters A method of classifying a character string formed from a known number of hand-written characters is disclosed. The method starts by determining character probabilities for each hand-written character in the character string. Each character probability represents a l... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7970210 | Method of and apparatus for capturing, recording, displaying and correcting information entered on a printed form An information system for capturing, processing, and transmitting recorded information via writing devices is described. The system comprises computing devices, an application stored on a stand-alone computer or on an application server, and client devices, which ex... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7945097 | Classifying digital ink into a writing or a drawing A method for classifying digital ink receives digital ink comprising ink strokes. A plurality of the ink strokes can be classified. A temporal line grouping is performed on a plurality of the classified ink strokes that are grouped to form a temporal line group. The... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929767 | Analyzing subordinate sub-expressions in expression recognition A mechanism for recognizing and inputting handwritten mathematical expressions into a computer by providing part of a multi-path framework is described. The part of the multi-path framework includes a subordinate sub-expression analysis component. A method for analy... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929768 | Cursive handwriting recognition with hierarchical prototype search Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve cursive handwriting recognition. Cursive handwriting input is received from a user. The system performs a hierarchical prototype search as part of a recognition operation. A same space search is performe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7903879 | System for modifying classification scheme for handwritten characters A system for modifying a classification scheme for classifying hand-written characters. A memory stores the classification scheme, which includes a number of allographs, each allograph representing a respective style of a respective letter. A processor received data... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894671 | System for estimating digital ink orientation A system for estimating the orientation of digital ink is provided which has an optically imaging pen and a processor. The processor measures the azimuth of the pen at a sampling rate during writing by the pen on a surface printed with tags and estimates the orienta... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894672 | Method of estimating digital ink orientation A method of estimating the orientation of digital ink is provided. The includes measuring, at a sampling rate during writing by an optically imaging pen on a surface printed with tags, the azimuth of the pen, and estimating, at the computer system, the orientation o... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885464 | Apparatus, method, and program for handwriting recognition A handwriting recognition apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises an input device having a handwriting input area and configured to input a plurality of strokes constructing a plurality of characters written successively on the handwriting ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881535 | System and method for managing statistical models A plurality of users may access a processing unit operable for the development of a model, and model development instructions from the users may be received at the processing unit. The model may be developed in a plurality of steps using the model development instru... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881534 | Collecting and utilizing user correction feedback to improve handwriting recognition Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for using user corrections to help improve handwriting recognition operations. The system tracks user corrections to recognition results. The system receives handwritten input from the user and performs a recognition... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881536 | Identifying a string formed from a number of hand-written characters A method of identifying a string formed from a number of hand-written characters is disclosed. The method starts by determining character probabilities for each hand-written character in the string. Each character probability represents the likelihood of the respect... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865018 | Personalized implicit and explicit character shape adaptation and recognition Handwriting recognition techniques employing a personalized handwriting recognition engine. The recognition techniques use examples of an individual's previous writing style to help recognize new pen input from that individual. The techniques also employ a shape tra... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7848573 | Scaled text replacement of ink Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for processing electronic ink: (a) receive electronic ink input; (b) convert the input to machine-generated objects; and (c) render the objects such that their size substantially corresponds to the input's original size.... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848574 | Classifying an input character A method for classifying an input character is disclosed. Character models are used. Each character model is associated with an output character and defines a model specific segmentation scheme for that output character and an associated segment model. The model spe... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7817857 | Combiner for improving handwriting recognition Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve handwriting recognition operations. Handwritten input is received in training mode and run through several base recognizers to generate several alternate lists. The alternate lists are unioned together i... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7787695 | Method for applying a signature simplicity analysis for improving the accuracy of signature validation The present invention provides a method for applying a signature simplicity analysis for improving the accuracy of signature validation, the method including the steps of generating a plurality of synthetic fraudulent signatures for a person, encoding authentic sign... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764837 | System, method, and apparatus for continuous character recognition A technique for continuously recognizing a character entry into a computer. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by drawing a character in a continuous stroke order using a stylus [210] on touch screen [220]. As associated data of the drawn cont... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760947 | Method of modifying classification scheme stored in processing system The present invention provides a method of modifying a classification scheme for classifying hand-written characters to thereby make the classification scheme user dependent. The classification scheme includes a number of allographs, each allograph representing a re... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756335 | Handwriting recognition using a graph of segmentation candidates and dictionary search A method for determining at least one recognition candidate for a handwritten pattern comprises selecting possible segmentation points in the handwritten pattern for use in segmenting and recognizing the handwritten pattern. The method further may comprise comparing... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756336 | Processing system for identifying a string formed from a number of hand-written characters The present invention is a processing system for identifying a string formed from a number of hand-written characters. The system includes a processor and memory, an input device and an output device, a bus connecting the processor, memory, input and output devices,... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751623 | Writing guide for a free-form document editor A handwriting guide including an active and/or inactive writing guide is rendered by displaying a shaded outline object having a line for receiving electronic ink, displaying the active writing guide thereby indicating a location of a current active context, and exp... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7729541 | Comparative and analytic apparatus method for converting two-dimensional bit map data into three-dimensional data A method is provided for converting a two-dimensional image or bitmap of a handwritten manuscript into three-dimensional data The three-dimensional data can be used to automatically recognize features of the manuscript, such as characters or words. The method includ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724956 | Systems and methods for identifying characters and words in a document A data capture and mining method which enables identification of characters and words through their visible patterns. Specifically, a data capture and mining method involves searching a scanned image using isomorphic, graphical pattern matching techniques that elimi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724957 | Two tiered text recognition Systems and methods that exploit unique properties of a language script (e.g., condition joining rules for Arabic language) to enable a two tier text recognition. In such two tier system, one tier can recognize predetermined groups of linked letters that are connect... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724958 | Systems and methods for biometric identification using handwriting recognition A biometric handwriting identification system converts characters and a writing sample into mathematical graphs. The graphs comprise enough information to capture the features of handwriting that are unique to each individual. Optical character recognition (OCR) tec... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715629 | Style aware use of writing input Techniques for processing handwriting input based upon a user's writing style. Some techniques employ the style in which the user writes a single character, while other techniques alternately or additionally employ a group of allographs that form a handwriting style... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706615 | Information processing method and information processing device In an information processing method for recognizing a handwritten figure or character, with use of a speech input in combination, in order to increase the recognition accuracy a given target is subjected to figure recognition and a first candidate figure list is obt... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697761 | Method and apparatus for classifying an input character A method for classifying an input character, the method comprising the steps of, in a processing system, for a plurality of character models, decomposing the input character into one or more segments in accordance with a segmentation scheme associated with the chara... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697760 | Handwritten word recognition using nearest neighbor techniques that allow adaptive learning A handwritten word is transcribed into a list of possibly correct transcriptions of the handwritten word. The list contains a number of text words, and this list is compared with previously stored set of lists of text words. Based on a metric, one or more nearest ne... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7660466 | Natural language recognition using distributed processing A method and system for computer-based recognition of natural language data. The method is implemented on a distributed computer network and includes obtaining natural language data, such as digital ink handwriting, using an input device (415), receiving the ... | 02/09/2010 |
