Appeal No. 95-0175
Application 07/894,147
character entry position. In particular, a plurality of
candidate characters for selection are displayed in an area
abutting the input or a representation of the input.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A hand-written character entry apparatus of a type having
an input device for inputting hand-written characters and a
display device, wherein a hand-written character pattern inputted
by the input device is recognized and a plurality of candidate
characters having configurations similar to that of the
recognized character pattern are extracted and standard character
patterns corresponding to the candidate characters are displayed
for selection on said display device, said hand-written character
entry apparatus comprising:
first means for providing, at a position in said display
device corresponding to the position where the hand-written
character is inputted by said input device, an input character
display area for displaying a first candidate character
exhibiting the highest degree of similarity among said candidate
characters;
seconds means for providing, at a position in said display
device abutting said input character display area, a candidate
character display area for displaying the plurality of candidate
characters;
means for detecting derivation of a signal indicating any
portion of said candidate character display area has been
inputted through said input device; and
means for replacing said first candidate character with a
selected one of the candidate characters displayed at a portion
of said candidate character display area appointed by said input
device.
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