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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1996
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A character registered in a user's dictionary by a user is outputted prior to other character in a character recognition process. To realize this operation, the character recognition apparatus comprises a user's dictionary (105) and a basic dictionary (103), and a user's unique handwritten character is registered in the user's dictionary (105). In addition, a priority order associated with the handwritten character is simultaneously designated to a priority designation section (109) and stored in a priority storing section (108). When character recognition operation is performed, the basic dictionary (103) and the user's dictionary (105) are utilized; and the recognition result from the basic dictionary and the recognition result from the user's dictionary are adjusted at a result adjusting section (107), by utilizing the priority obtained from the priority storing section (108). Those characters registered in the user's dictionary (105) are outputted prior to other characters in a subsequent recognition operation.