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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Tsunekazu Arai, Tama, JP;
Tsunekazu Arai, Tama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A handwriting processing apparatus and method effective for search of, e.g., a document file including handwriting is provided. When a handwriting characters are input to a coordinate input unit as a search key, a corresponding character in a dictionary is recognized for each of the handwritten characters, a search unit searches for a text code stored in a document file storage unit based on a text code of the corresponding character if the corresponding character is recognized and the search unit searches for handwriting trail data stored in a handwriting trail storage unit based on a handwriting trail of the handwriting character if the corresponding character is not recognized, thereby finding a desired document file.