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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsunekazu Arai, Tama, JP;
Shigeru Mizuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Oguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutoshi Shimada, Yokosuka, JP;
Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Tokioka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 13 ; 382 57 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for recognizing characters in image information includes inputting image coordinate data corresponding to the handwritten image, displaying a calligraphic image on the basis of the image coordinate data, recognizing characters in the image coordinate data, and erasing the calligraphic image and displaying recognized characters recognized in the recognizing step in the event that a recognized character is a predetermined character such as a period ('.').