Character inputting apparatus
US5305394A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04883
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for recognizing handwritten trace and inputting document information is disclosed which comprises trace means for inputting handwritten characters, coordinate information detection means for detecting locus information provided by said trace means as coordinate information, a display superposed on said detection means for allowing an image displayed thereon to be recognized through said detection means, M character display frames to which said handwritten characters are successively input and in which results of recognition of the locus information are displayed substantially in a cyclic manner, a logical character frame disposed in the vicinity of said character display frame for temporarily displaying N (N>M) characters cyclically input from said character display frames, a writing page portion to which characters displayed in said logical character frame are finally transferred to be displayed thereon, and an operating portion provided within said logical character frame to be operated when M characters out of the characters, N in number at its maximum, displayed in said logical character frame are to be displayed in said character display frames.
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