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Recognition of handwritten words

  • US 5,649,027 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1994
  • Issued: 07/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of recognizing words from handwritten characters using a computer dictionary and a computer recognizer, the recognizer producing a set of one or more alternatives for each character in a handwritten word, with at least one set having plural alternatives, each alternative having a probability of corresponding to the character ranging from a highest probability alternative to a lowest probability alternative, comprising:

  • looking up in the computer dictionary a sequence of strings, each string having one alternative from each set and being looked up as a unit, the sequence being in a defined order based on the probabilities of the alternatives, the defined order being such that A varies from Y to 0, where Y is the number of sets produced from the word and A is the number of sets contributing an alternative that is the highest probability alternative of its set;

    if the string is found in the dictionary, stopping further looking up if the number of strings found in the dictionary is equal to a preselected wordnumber value; and

    displaying at least one of the strings found in the dictionary.

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