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Automatic reading of cursive script

  • US 3,127,588 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1959
  • Issued: 03/31/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1959
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING WORDS COMPOSED OF CURSIVE ALPHABETICAL CHARACTERS WHICH COMPRISES TRANSDUCER MEANS COMPRISING A STRIATED COMMUTATOR-LIKE SURFACE, A CONDUCTIVE STYLUS BY WHICH WORDS ARE WRITTEN ON SAID SURFACE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SAID STRIAE, MEANS FOR DETECTING SELECTED SEQUENCES OF SIGNALS DEVELOPED IN SAID SURFACE AS THE SEVERAL STRIAE THEREOF ARE CONTACTED BY SAID STYLUS IN WRITING A WORD, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE BOTH TO SAID DETECTED SEQUENCES OF SIGNALS AND TO THE RELATIVE TIMES OF OCCURRENCE OF SAID STRIAE CONTACTS FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL INDICATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF THE WORD WRITTEN ON SAID TRANSDUCER.

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