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Systems and methods for adaptive handwriting recognition

US7460712B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 2007
Grant dateDec 2, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/1918
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention utilizes generic and user-specific features of handwriting samples to provide adaptive handwriting recognition with a minimum level of user-specific enrollment data. By allowing generic and user-specific classifiers to facilitate in a recognition process, the features of a specific user's handwriting can be exploited to quickly ascertain characteristics of handwriting characters not yet entered by the user. Thus, new characters can be recognized without requiring a user to first enter that character as enrollment or “training” data. In one instance of the present invention, processing of generic features is accomplished by a generic classifier trained on multiple users. In another instance of the present invention, a user-specific classifier is employed to modify a generic classifier's classification as required to provide user-specific handwriting recognition.

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