Patent · US Expired

Writing recognition unit

US6125208A · kind A · utility

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4References

15Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Udo Maier · Idstein, DE
Werner Ruppert · Schönaich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 1996
Grant date	Sep 26, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F18/254
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for recognizing written characters. In one aspect, a method for recognizing written characters comprises the steps of: recognizing written characters with each of a plurality of writing recognition units, each of the writing recognition units supplying reliability values for each recognized character; determining a confidence level for each of the written characters from the corresponding reliability value for the written characters; testing the agreement of the results from the writing recognition units for each of the recognized characters; evaluating a plurality of rules for each of the recognized character with the corresponding levels and agreements; and delivering the overall result of the writing recognition process.

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