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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Michael P. Perrone, Yorktown, NY (US);
Jayashree Subrahmonia, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing improved data classification and, in particular, an apparatus and method for improved handwriting data recognition which enables handwriting recognition devices to robustly handle and recover from the problems associated with the omission of characters from collected handwriting samples. In one aspect, a data classification apparatus comprises: means for inputting a plurality of data, the plurality of data including one of data to be recognized, generic data and user-specific data; means for augmenting the user-specific data with the generic data to generate augmented user-specific data; means for training the data classification apparatus with the augmented user-specific data to generate training data; and means for recognizing the data to be recognized in accordance with the training data.