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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Gareth Hugh Loudon, Singapore, SG;
Tai Hou Tng, Singapore, SG;
Hong Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Laboratories for Information Technology, Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recognition process for handwritten characters, including generating sub-segments representing at least one character stroke, the sub-segments each having a boundary enclosing the at least one stroke of the sub-segment, merging the sub-segments when the distance between centroids of the sub-segments are less than a predetermined threshold, and generating segments representing possible characters from the sub-segments.