Method of splitting handwritten input
CA 2178959 C · Owner: Motorola Mobility Llc · Inventors: Guzik, Kenneth J.; Seybold, John L. C.
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The present invention provides a user with the option of editing handwritten input (100) such that the user may elect to split one or more continuous segments, or blocks of ink to form, one or more discrete continuous segments (Sx and Sy). The split discrete segments are then presented as individual discrete continuous segments and analyzed as individual discrete segments by the method of machine recognition of handwritten input being employed by a device that functions to receive handwritten input (100).
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- Filed November 14, 1995 and granted May 16, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 2015.
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