Information processing apparatus and control method thereof having user character recognition
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1. An electronic apparatus which performs handwriting recognition comprising:
- detection means for detecting a position at which a palm of a user is rested;
discrimination means for discriminating whether a user who performs handwriting input is right-handed or left-handed on the basis of the position of the palm detected by said detection means;
selection means for selecting one of a plurality of dictionaries for character recognition, based on a discrimination result from said discrimination means; and
character recognition control means for controlling predetermined character recognition which refers to the dictionary selected by said selection means.
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Abstract
A hand-held computer with an input pen capable of handwriting recognition. Characters are inputted by a user'"'"'s manual operation with the input pen on a transparent coordinate input plate in front of a display screen. The computer discriminates pen-input characteristic of the user, and selects a character-recognition dictionary based on the discrimination result.
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1. An electronic apparatus which performs handwriting recognition comprising:
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detection means for detecting a position at which a palm of a user is rested; discrimination means for discriminating whether a user who performs handwriting input is right-handed or left-handed on the basis of the position of the palm detected by said detection means; selection means for selecting one of a plurality of dictionaries for character recognition, based on a discrimination result from said discrimination means; and character recognition control means for controlling predetermined character recognition which refers to the dictionary selected by said selection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A control method for an electronic apparatus which performs handwriting recognition, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a position at which a palm of a user is rested; discriminating whether a user who performs handwriting input is right-handed or left-handed on the basis of the detected position of the palm; selecting one of a plurality of dictionaries for character recognition, based on the discrimination result; and controlling predetermined character recognition which refers to the dictionary selected. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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