Handwriting text input system
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1. A text input system comprising:
- means for entering a line of text, character by character;
means for storing a plurality of lines of text, in a dictionary;
means for identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which has the same last character as the last entered character, among said identified plural lines of text, at the tine of character input;
means for identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which includes the same one as the last entered characters in the remaining part of line of text in said dictionary other than that was successfully collated with said entered line of text, among said identified plural lines of text, at the time of character input;
means for replacing said entered line of text with what was determined by said means for identifying and determining.
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A data is input, character by character or stroke by stroke, to form a line of text. The system looks up in a dictionary and determines a unique one in the dictionary including entered line of text data and being with (1) leading part be unique, or (2) first part and some following data be unique, or (3) stem of word and last character be unique, or stem of word and some following characters be unique, 4) first part and last part be unique, or first part and some following data be unique. No more input is necessary after finding the unique data.
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18 Claims
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1. A text input system comprising:
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means for entering a line of text, character by character;
means for storing a plurality of lines of text, in a dictionary;
means for identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which has the same last character as the last entered character, among said identified plural lines of text, at the tine of character input;
means for identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which includes the same one as the last entered characters in the remaining part of line of text in said dictionary other than that was successfully collated with said entered line of text, among said identified plural lines of text, at the time of character input;
means for replacing said entered line of text with what was determined by said means for identifying and determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A text input system comprising:
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means for entering a line of text of handwriting strokes, stroke by stroke;
means for storing a plurality of lines of text of handwriting strokes, original word and a unique position count for said line of text of handwriting strokes, in a dictionary;
means for determining a unique line of text of handwriting strokes in said dictionary which includes said entered line of text of handwriting strokes and which has said unique position count same as the number of last collated stroke position of said line of text of handwriting strokes in said dictionary collated with said entered fine of text of handwriting strokes, at the time of entering the handwriting stroke;
means for replacing said entered line of text of handwriting strokes with said unique line of text of handwriting strokes or said original word which was determined by said means for determining. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A text input method comprising the steps of:
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entering a line of text, character by character;
storing a plurality of lines of text, and relevant words for said line of text, in a dictionary;
identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which has the same last character as the last entered character, among said identified plural lines of text, at the time of character input;
identifying plural lines of text with the same first part which includes said entered line of text in said dictionary, and determining a unique line of text which includes the same one as the last entered characters in the remaining part of line of text in said dictionary other than that was successfully collated with said entered line of text, among said identified plural lines of text, at the time of character input;
means for replacing said entered line of text with what was determined by said means for identifying and determining. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A text input method comprising the steps of:
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entering a line of text of handwriting strokes, stroke by stroke;
storing a plurality of lines of text of handwriting strokes, original words and a unique position count for said line of text of handwriting strokes, in a dictionary;
determining a unique line of text of handwriting strokes in said dictionary which includes said entered line of text of handwriting strokes and which has said unique position count same as the number of last collated stroke position of said line of text of handwriting strokes in said dictionary collated with said entered line of text of handwriting strokes, at the time of entering the handwriting stroke;
replacing said entered line of text of handwriting strokes with said unique line of text of handwriting strokes or said original word determined by said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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