Method and means for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters in digital computers
First Claim
1. A method for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters into a digital computer using an input means with a peripheral writing device electrically connected to the digital computer, comprising the steps of:
- (a) entering Chinese characters into the digital computer by means of handwriting said characters on said input means regardless of writing sequence of strokes being inputted;
(b) detecting location information of a writing point of said writing device when handwriting a character on said inputting means, said information including down and up motions and coordinate values of each line segment of strokes of the character when the writing point of said writing device is placed and moving on said input means;
(c) calculating all moving directions of the writing point of said writing device based on vector quantities resulting from variations of abscissa and ordinate values on said input means;
(d) classifying each calculated moving direction of the writing point into one directional group among six predetermined directional groups by defining six controlling angular regions;
(e) counting stroke occurrences handwritten on said input means and directional occurrences of each one of said six predetermined directional groups; and
(f) coding a predetermined amount of said directional occurrences of each one of said six directional groups and a total amount of stroke occurrences into a plurality of hexadecimal digital code representing the inputted Chinese character.
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Abstract
A method and means for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters in digital computers, which method includes the steps of: preparing a writing board and an electro conductive pen as an input device for being electrically connected with a digital computer for handwriting Chinese characters; establishing a counting and coding process for the digital computer for automatically counting and coding any characters handwritten on the writing board with the electro conductive pen; and providing a regional control arrangement in conjunction with the writing board and associated with the counting coding process so as to enable the digital computer to automatically count every stroke and direction of movement of the electro conductive pen; so that any handwritten characters on the writing board can be automatically sorted, counted, coded and processed by the digital computer.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for automatically coding and inputting Chinese characters into a digital computer using an input means with a peripheral writing device electrically connected to the digital computer, comprising the steps of:
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(a) entering Chinese characters into the digital computer by means of handwriting said characters on said input means regardless of writing sequence of strokes being inputted; (b) detecting location information of a writing point of said writing device when handwriting a character on said inputting means, said information including down and up motions and coordinate values of each line segment of strokes of the character when the writing point of said writing device is placed and moving on said input means; (c) calculating all moving directions of the writing point of said writing device based on vector quantities resulting from variations of abscissa and ordinate values on said input means; (d) classifying each calculated moving direction of the writing point into one directional group among six predetermined directional groups by defining six controlling angular regions; (e) counting stroke occurrences handwritten on said input means and directional occurrences of each one of said six predetermined directional groups; and (f) coding a predetermined amount of said directional occurrences of each one of said six directional groups and a total amount of stroke occurrences into a plurality of hexadecimal digital code representing the inputted Chinese character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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