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Handwriting input apparatus

  • US 5,805,725 A
  • Filed: 08/07/1997
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A handwriting input apparatus for processing handwritten input, comprising:

  • input means for making a handwritten input;

    a processor for processing said handwritten input, said processor representing said handwritten input using one or more of three primitive figures, said three primitive figures being a circle, a straight line segment, and a curving line segment;

    display means, associated with said input means, for displaying said one or more primitive figures indicative of said handwritten input; and

    discriminating means for defining a proximity area around each primitive figure displayed by said display means and for discriminating whether a predetermined amount of a subsequent handwritten input is within the proximity area of one or more displayed primitive figures;

    wherein said one or more displayed primitive figures having a proximity area in which a predetermined amount of said subsequent handwritten input is made, as determined by said discriminating means, is entirely erased.

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