Composite input method

• US 20020152075A1
• Filed: 04/16/2001
• Published: 10/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Kung, Shao-Tsu, Yu, Kang-Yeh
• Application Number:
  US09/836,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/256 of results relating to different input data, e.g. multimodal recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/24 Speech recognition using non-acoustical features
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/32 Multiple recognisers used in sequence or in parallel; Score combination systems therefor, e.g. voting systems

Abstract

An input method combining verbal and handwritten inputs includes generating a first list according to a speech recognition algorithm, generating a second list according to a character recognition algorithm, and generating a third list that is the intersection of characters from the first list and the second list.

Claims

1. An input method combining verbal and handwritten inputs, the input method comprising:

utilizing a speech recognition algorithm to generate a first list according to verbal input;

utilizing a character recognition algorithm to generate a second list according to handwritten input;

generating a third list that is an intersection of characters common to the first list and the second list; and

presenting at least a character from the third list to a user.

2. The input method of claim 1 further comprising providing at least a database from which characters are selected by the speech recognition algorithm and the character recognition algorithm to fill the first list and the second list, respectively.

3. The input method of claim 2 further comprising adding a first character to the database, the first character generated by the user using an auxiliary input method.

4. The input method of claim 3 wherein the speech recognition algorithm utilizes a first standard for speech recognition, and adapts the first standard to verbal characteristics of the user.

5. The input method of claim 4 wherein the verbal characteristics of the user corresponding to the first character are added to the database.

6. The input method of claim 3 wherein the character recognition algorithm utilizes a second standard for character recognition, and adapts the second standard to handwriting characteristics of the user.

7. The input method of claim 6 wherein the handwriting characteristics of the user corresponding to the first character are added to the database.

8. The input method of claim 3 wherein the auxiliary input method involves the use of a keyboard to generate the first character.