Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Sharp K.k.

Masashi Amano

Masaharu Satoh

Kouichi Harada

Sadahiko Hinoue

Yasuhiro Aitani

An object of the invention is to provide a small-size image reading apparatus which has a high accuracy in image reading, by a different means from the prior arts. A panel includes a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged photoreceptor devices which are interposed between a pair of light-transmitting substrates. At an edge of one of the light-transmitting substrate, a slope is formed, and a light source is opposed to the slope. Light transmitted by reflection on the surfaces of the light-transmitting substrates is emitted on an object which comes in contact with the surface of the panel, and light returned from the object is received by the photoreceptor devices, whereby an image of the object is read. Thus, a direction in which light passes through the panel can be restricted, and the accuracy in image reading can be increased.

Image reading apparatus

A purpose of the handwriting recognition device is to retrieve handwritten characters and symbols at high speed and easily. The stroke data input from the stroke data input part through handwritten input is subjected to the approximate reforming process and single-stroking process to prepare the single-stroke data. By subjecting the single-stroke data to the complex Fourier transform process, the Fourier coefficient is obtained and the number of strokes is obtained. During registration, the dictionary Fourier coefficient and the dictionary stroke number, and the dictionary stroke data are stored in the dictionary memory in relation to each other. During retrieval, the retrieval Fourier coefficient and the retrieval stroke number are stored temporarily in the temporary memory. Furthermore, the dictionary stroke data are narrowed down according to the result of the comparison of the stroke numbers, and the dictionary stroke data is determined according to the result of the comparison of the Fourier coefficient.

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Nara, Japan

Masashi Amano