Abstract: A method and device is for a multi-touch based correction of a handwriting sentence system. The method includes receiving touch inputs, generating interpreted input data as a function of the touch inputs, and displaying the interpreted input data on a display device. A request to correct a portion of the interpreted input data then switches to a correction mode. During the correction mode, a correction user interface is displayed on the display device, a gesture is received so setting data is determined as a function of a first disposition of the gesture, the setting data indicating a type of correction to be applied to the portion of the interpreted inputs, a correction data is determined as a function of a second disposition of the gesture, and the portion of the interpreted input data is corrected as a function of the touch input, the setting data, and the correction data.

Abstract: A method and device is for a multi-touch based correction of a handwriting sentence system. The method includes receiving touch inputs, generating interpreted input data as a function of the touch inputs, and displaying the interpreted input data on a display device. A request to correct a portion of the interpreted input data then switches to a correction mode. During the correction mode, a correction user interface is displayed on the display device, a gesture is received so setting data is determined as a function of a first disposition of the gesture, the setting data indicating a type of correction to be applied to the portion of the interpreted inputs, a correction data is determined as a function of a second disposition of the gesture, and the portion of the interpreted input data is corrected as a function of the touch input, the setting data, and the correction data.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a handwriting recognition (HWR) application. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute the HWR application and a memory storing the HWR application. The electronic device includes a display configured to receive a finger gesture. The HWR application determines a setting data as a function of (a) a number of fingers used in a first contact of the finger gesture and (b) a first position of the first contact on the display relative to a second position of the first contact on the display within a predetermined time period. The HWR application further determines an input data to be entered as a function of the setting data and at least one of (i) a movement of the finger gesture and (ii) a second contact of the finger gesture on the display.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method (20) and electronic device (1) for determining orientation and recognition of handwritten characters scribed on touchscreen (5). The method (20) includes receiving (22) the hand written character and then normalizing (23) the character to provide a scaled character that fits within a defined boundary. The scaled character comprises at least one line and a step of identifying (24) the lines of the scaled character as a vector is effected and thereafter a step of rotating (26) rotates the scaled character from an initial orientation to a final orientation through a plurality of discrete orientations. A step of calculating (27) then calculates, for each of the discrete orientations, magnitudes of co-ordinate components of each vector and then a summing step (28) then sums, for each of said discrete orientations, the co-ordinate components to provide a summed co-ordinate component for the scaled character at a corresponding discrete orientation.