Abstract: A system, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a method for Arabic handwriting recognition are provided. The method includes acquiring an input image representative of a handwritten Arabic text from a user, partitioning the input image into a plurality of regions, determining a bag of features representation for each region of the plurality of regions, modeling each region independently by multi stream discrete Hidden Markov Model (HMM), and identifying a text based on the HMM models.

Abstract: A character recognition device includes circuitry that is configured to remove duplicate successive points of a plurality of points in a handwritten stroke to form an enhanced handwritten stroke; space the plurality of points a uniform distance apart; detect primary strokes and secondary strokes of the enhanced handwritten stroke; merge the primary strokes; generate a primary merged stroke; extract raw point-based features from local features of the primary merged stroke; extract statistical features from computed statistics associated with the raw point-based features to form primary merged stroke features; train and classify data from the primary merged stroke features and secondary stroke features to form stroke models; determine a plurality of primary merged stroke model candidates from the stroke models; compute a likelihood value for a combined set of primary stroke candidates and a set of secondary stroke candidates; and determine the handwritten stroke from the computing.

Abstract: A character recognition device includes circuitry that is configured to remove duplicate successive points of a plurality of points in a handwritten stroke to form an enhanced handwritten stroke; space the plurality of points a uniform distance apart; detect primary strokes and secondary strokes of the enhanced handwritten stroke; merge the primary strokes; generate a primary merged stroke; extract raw point-based features from local features of the primary merged stroke; extract statistical features from computed statistics associated with the raw point-based features to form primary merged stroke features; train and classify data from the primary merged stroke features and secondary stroke features to form stroke models; determine a plurality of primary merged stroke model candidates from the stroke models; compute a likelihood value for a combined set of primary stroke candidates and a set of secondary stroke candidates; and determine the handwritten stroke from the computing.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate method and system for providing assistance for document preparation. The method includes processing one or more portions for one or more field names in an electronic document by a multifunction device. The electronic document corresponds to a hand-filled document, which comprises a character string in a first format for a field name. Further, one or more portions are processed to determine a second format and a location of each character string. A set of information is received in a pre-specified format for the one or more field names from a user-computing device. A field value for each of the processed one or more portions is determined based on a match between the character string and key strings associated with field names. The electronic document is updated based on replacement of the processed one or more portions with corresponding determined field value at the location.

Abstract: A method is provided for continuously detecting a state of contact or non-contact between a tip of an instrument and a writing surface of a writing medium of variable thickness positioned on a bearing surface of a tracking device.

Abstract: A mobile device capable of offline and online synchronous image identifying is disclosed. The mobile device includes an image capturing unit, a processor, and a display monitor. The image capturing unit retrieves frames of a recognition target. The processor determines whether the mobile device is operatively connected to Internet. Also, the processor sends the frames to a recognition server via the Internet, and performs offline image recognition to the frames and displays the result of the offline image recognition on the display monitor when the mobile device is connected to the Internet, and receives a result of an online image recognition performed synchronously to the frames by the recognition server and displays the result of the online image recognition on the display monitor when the result of the online image recognition has a recognition value higher than a recognition value of the result of the offline image recognition.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for altering a written communication based on a dress style associated with a recipient is provided. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of visual data associated with the recipient. The present invention may also include analyzing the received plurality of visual data. The present invention may then include determining the dress style associated with the recipient based on the analyzed plurality of visual data. The present invention may further include retrieving a writing style associated with the recipient from a knowledge base based on the determined dress style. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of writing guidelines based on the retrieved writing style associated with the recipient.

Abstract: A haptic effect enabled device for producing a haptic effect. In some cases, the haptic effect may represent a component of a spatial pattern represented on a surface of the haptic effect enabled device. In some cases, the haptic effect enabled device may comprise a haptic output device, a drive module, and a drive circuit. The drive module may receive information indicative of a location of a touch input at the surface and determine whether the touch input's location corresponds with a location of one of multiple components of the spatial pattern. The drive module may generate a drive signal that the drive circuit then applies to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating ink data including stroke objects. The method includes generally four steps. The first step receives device-dependent user-input data including either one of pen event data of Type 1, which includes indicator position data and indicator pressure data, or pen event data of Type 2, which includes indicator position data but does not include indicator pressure data. The second step determines whether the pen event data is Type 1 or Type 2. The third step derives one or both of radius data for defining a width of the stroke object and transparency data for defining a transparency of the stroke object, based on the pen event data of Type 1 or Type 2. The fourth step outputs the stroke object including said one or both of radius data and transparency data as device-independent common attribute value(s) of each of multiple points of the stroke object.

Abstract: A character recognition device includes circuitry that is configured to remove duplicate successive points of a plurality of points in a handwritten stroke to form an enhanced handwritten stroke; space the plurality of points a uniform distance apart; detect primary strokes and secondary strokes of the enhanced handwritten stroke; merge the primary strokes; generate a primary merged stroke; extract raw point-based features from local features of the primary merged stroke; extract statistical features from computed statistics associated with the raw point-basal features to form primary merged stroke features; train and classify data from the primary merged stroke features and secondary stroke features to form stroke models; determine a plurality of primary merged stroke model candidates from the stroke models; compute a likelihood value for a combined set of primary stroke candidates and a set of secondary stroke candidates; and determine the handwritten stroke from the computing.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for computer recognition of action in video obtain frame-level feature sets of visual features that were extracted from respective frames of a video, wherein the respective frame-level feature set of a frame includes the respective visual features that were extracted from the frame; generate first-level feature sets, wherein each first-level feature set is generated by pooling the visual features from two or more frame-level feature sets, and wherein each first-level feature set includes pooled features; and generate second-level feature sets, wherein each second-level feature set is generated by pooling the pooled features in two or more first-level feature sets, wherein each second-level feature set includes pooled features.

Abstract: An electronic whiteboard system includes a server device 10 including a storage device 11 that stores electronic whiteboard data of an electronic whiteboard and area data of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing the electronic whiteboard, and object data of an object in the area, and an SV communication unit 13 that performs data communication with client terminals 20a, . . . , and an access right determination unit 14 that gives an access right for each user for each of the divided areas and determines permission/prohibition of access based on the given access right, and the client terminals 20a, . . . that include a CL communication unit 23 that performs data communication with the server device 10, and an output device 24 that acquires the electronic whiteboard data, and the like from the server device 10, converts the acquired data into drawing data, and displays the drawing data.

Abstract: Personal companions crowd-source and/or crowd-share characterizations, and optionally raw data, from real-world, virtual and/or mixed-reality experiences. Characterizations can advantageously be stored in one or more self-evolving, structured databases, and can be organized according to objects, actions, events and thoughts. Characterizations can be weighted differently for different users, and “forgotten” over time, especially in favor of maintaining higher level characterizations. Personal companions can be used to obtain additional information, and conduct interpersonal, commercial, or other interactions or transactions.

Abstract: A system, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a method for Arabic handwriting recognition are provided. The method includes acquiring an input image representative of a handwritten Arabic text from a user, partitioning the input image into a plurality of regions, determining a bag of features representation for each region of the plurality of regions, modeling each region independently by multi stream discrete Hidden Markov Model (HMM), and identifying a text based on the HMM models.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, techniques, methods, and computer-readable mediums for one or more database systems configured to perform image identification of an image captured using a remote mobile device, and display of identity information associated with the captured image on the remote mobile device, in communication with the database system(s). A system obtains an image captured using a camera on a remote mobile device and performs image analysis to identify the captured image using reference images in one or more databases. The system can present the results for display an interactive user interface on the remote mobile device.

Abstract: Systems and methods of identifying entities are disclosed. In particular, one or more images that depict an entity can be identified from a plurality of images. One or more candidate entity profiles can be determined from an entity directory based at least in part on the one or more images that depict the entity. The one or more images that depict the entity and the one or more candidate entity profiles can be provided as input to a machine learning model. One or more outputs of the machine learning model can be generated. Each output can include a match score associated with an image that depicts the entity and at least one candidate entity profile. The entity directory can be updated based at least in part on the one or more generated outputs of the machine learning model.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, on a touch surface, ink stroke data; identifying, using a processor, that the ink stroke comprises a stroke change; determining, using the processor, if the stroke change is within a predetermined zone; interpreting, using the processor, the ink stroke as a gesture command if the stroke change is within the predetermined zone; and executing, based on the gesture command, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A system and method for deduplicating analyzing system logs is disclosed. The method includes capturing, by an image acquisition component, an image of at least one log entry, converting, by an image processing component, text in the image of the at least one log entry to machine-encoded text, and scanning, by a log scanning component, the machine-encoded text for the at least one redundant copy of the at least one log entry. The method also includes removing, by the log scanning component, the at least one redundant copy of the at least one log entry, determining, by a log analysis component, if the at least one log entry is significant, flagging the at least one log entry if the log entry is significant, and alerting a user if the log entry is flagged.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a speech interaction method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of speech processing technologies. The method includes: acquiring speech data of a user; performing user attribute recognition on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result; performing content recognition on the speech data to obtain a content recognition result of the speech data; and performing a corresponding operation according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result, so as to respond to the speech data. According to the present invention, after speech data is acquired, user attribute recognition and content recognition are separately performed on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result and a content recognition result, and a corresponding operation is performed according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of capacitive touch panels and discloses a touchpen which may be used in mobile phones, computers and other devices with touch panels for writing characters, letters and other symbols. In particular it relates to a capacitive touchpen 10 for inputting information into an electronic device 1 through touching of a capacitive touch panel 30, the capacitive pen comprising an elongated body member 11 comprising a conductive part 13 and a tip 12 disposed at one end of the body member 11 having a contact surface 14 for contacting the capacitive touch panel 30. The conductive part 13 is configured such that the distortion of the touch panel's electrostatic field caused by the conductive part 13 when changing the position of the touchpen 10 in relation to the capacitive touch panel 30, when the contact surface is kept in contact with the touch panel 30, is sufficient to register a change in capacitance by the capacitive touch panel 30.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining an image that includes a first graphics element and a second graphics element, determining that the first graphics element corresponds to a command and that the second graphics element is a non-command, and generating an electronic document by executing the command. The electronic document may include a revised version of the second graphics element, but not the first graphics element. The electronic document may be generated in response to the first graphics element corresponding to the command.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor and a display controller. The processor inputs handwritten strokes. The display controller displays a first and second character in a font size, the first character corresponding to a first handwritten character detected from the strokes, the second character corresponding to a second handwritten character detected from the strokes, the font size determined based on a combination of an attribute of the first character and a size of at least one stroke of the first handwritten character or a combination of an attribute of the second character and a size of at least one stroke of the second handwritten character.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a string of symbols by a computing device. The string is divided into one or more string components each including at least one of the symbols, and each string component is associated with at least one string-position identifier. The string components and their respective associated string-position identifiers are stored for the string of symbols.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a recognition program that causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes recognizing a plurality of characters from handwritten characters in input handwritten data; setting reference positions of a specific handwritten character and an adjacent handwritten character included in the handwritten characters based on recognition results of the recognized characters, the specific handwritten character and the adjacent handwritten character corresponding to a specific character and an adjacent character included in the recognized characters, respectively, the adjacent character being located adjacent to the specific character; determining whether a space is present between the specific character and the adjacent character based on the reference positions; and generating space information indicating a result of the determining.

Abstract: A system having a processor is provided that visually manipulates objects on a touch screen responsive to inputs through the touch screen. Based at least in part on data representative of type and size for a plurality of prior objects displayed through a display device, the processor may determine that at least one input through the input device corresponds to a further object having a determined type corresponding to at least one of the prior objects and having a size within predetermined tolerances of corresponding to the at least one of the prior objects. Also the processor may cause responsive thereto the display device to display a replacement object in place of the further object having a size and shape corresponding to the at least one prior object.

Abstract: For updating a character hint list based on a number of additional strokes, an apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus may include a touch-sensitive input panel for receiving handwritten character, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The executable code may cause the processor to: determine a hint list based on the handwritten character, the hint list comprising at least one entry, receive at least one additional stroke relating to the handwritten character, and update the hint list based on a number of received additional strokes. The processor may identify a number of post-character strokes corresponding to each entry in the hint list and remove, from the hint list, each entry whose number of post-character strokes is less than the received number of additional strokes.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing modeling apparatus for hand-written characters and a method thereof are disclosed. Based on the fact that hand-written characters can be finished in one stroke, the present disclosure includes identifying linking feature information of strokes inside or between the hand-written characters, forming a curve linked between the strokes inside or between the hand-written characters according to the linking feature information, and performing three-dimensional modeling of the hand-written characters to obtain a three-dimensional printing object.

Abstract: Gesture recognition is described. In one example, gestures performed by a user of an input device having a touch-sensitive portion are detected using a definition of a number of regions corresponding to zones on the touch-sensitive portion, each region being associated with a distinct set of gestures. Data describing movement of the user's digits on the touch-sensitive portion is received, and an associated region for the data determined. The data is compared to the associated region's set of gestures, and a gesture applicable to the data selected. A command associated with the selected gesture can then be executed. In an example, comparing the data to the set of gestures comprises positioning a threshold for each gesture relative to the start of the digit's movement. The digit's location is compared to each threshold to determine whether a threshold has been crossed, and, if so, selecting the gesture associated with that threshold.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for facilitating rotation of images in response to gestures. A user can provide a gesture to effectuate a desired rotation of an image. In some implementations, a user might provide a rotation gesture (i.e., a circular pattern) to cause an in-plane image rotation or a stroke gesture (i.e., a straight line pattern) to cause an out-of-plane image rotation. Using intuitive gestures, such as touch gestures, the user can control the direction and axis of rotation as well as the amount of rotation, for example, to accomplish a desired rotation of an image.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode; enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode; upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of considered for removal from display and considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

Abstract: An image identifying method for offline and online synchronous operation is disclosed. When the mobile device focuses on an recognition target, images frames of an recognition target are retrieved and sent to an recognition server. The mobile device executes an offline recognition operation, and synchronously an recognition server executes an online recognition operation. A plurality of the matching data is saved in the mobile device, and a plurality of recognition data is saved in an recognition server, wherein the recognition data larger than the matching data. When the mobile device firstly generates the recognition result, the recognition result is displayed for user searching reference. If the mobile device receives an recognition result from the recognition server before the mobile device completing the recognition, the recognition result replied form the recognition server is displayed on the display monitor.

Abstract: Systems and methods detect simple user gestures to enable selection of portions of segmented content, such as text, displayed on a display. Gestures may include finger (such as thumb) flicks or swipes as well as flicks of the handheld device itself. The used finger does not occlude the selected text, allowing users to easily see what the selection is at any time during the content selection process. In addition, the swipe or flick gestures can be performed by a non-dominant finger such as a thumb, allowing users to hold the device and make the selection using only one hand. After making the initial selection of a target portion of the content, to extend the selection, for example to the right, the user simply swipes or flicks the finger over the touchscreen to the right. The user could also flick the entire device in a move gesture with one hand.

Abstract: A computer-based detection tool for detecting whether content within a given document is common to content within a plurality of other, existing documents, the detection tool comprising: a character string recognizer for recognizing character strings in the content of the given document; a character string distinguisher for distinguishing main character strings and auxiliary character strings in the recognized character strings by reference to a closed list of main character strings; an encoder for encoding the content of the given document by assigning one or more digits to each main character string and one or more digits to auxiliary character strings; and a matcher for matching a plurality of n-digit streams from within the encoded content with any corresponding n-digit streams within previously-encoded content of the one or more other documents. The character strings may be encoded as a bit-stream.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to dividing and merging documents on a touch panel. A method includes dividing a document displayed on a touch panel having a display function using an information processing device connected to the touch panel. Positions of two different points on the touch panel are identified in response to a user indicating the two different points in the document. The document is divided, by a computer processor, based on a line segment extending from a starting point to an end point of a traced line traced by the user. The line segment is used as a dividing line in response to the user tracing the traced line on the touch panel so as to traverse the two different points.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device, an electronic device using the same, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes detecting a plurality of touch areas on a touch screen so that a plurality of touch points contained within each of the touch areas are obtained, respectively determining a typical coordinate value corresponding to each of the touch areas according to a coordinate value of each of the touch points within the touch areas, selecting one or more active objects displayed on the touch screen according to the typical coordinate value corresponding to each of the touch areas, and triggering an action associated with the one or more active objects.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling an object movement on a screen. The method senses a first change in a position of a pointing device in a coordinate system to obtain a first displacement, and controls the object movement by a first displacement output ratio according to the first displacement. The method senses a second change in a position of the pointing device in a coordinate system to obtain a second displacement, and controls the object movement by a second displacement output ratio when a difference between a direction of the first displacement and a direction of the second displacement exceeds a first angle threshold, wherein the second displacement output ratio is lower than the first displacement output ratio.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, involving: accepting, at an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes; analyzing, using a processor, the handwriting ink strokes; producing search data based on the analyzing; searching, using a processor, existing handwriting data based on the search data; returning, on the input display and device, at least one result based on the searching. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a stroke manager and a controller. The stroke manager is configured to store on a storage medium handwritten documents including stroke data items corresponding to strokes. The controller is configured to acquire a result of a search. The search includes least one of a character-string search and a handwriting search. The search is based on a value associated with an aspect ratio of a first stroke group.

Abstract: A character input system and method is provided that enables a user to input and edit block characters via a touch-based electronic device, with a limited number of input motions. The character input method includes receiving a first interaction, displaying a first character in response to the first interaction, receiving a second interaction successively after the first interaction, identifying a second character that is formed by combining the first character with a character according to the second interaction, and displaying the second character instead of the first character.

Abstract: In one example, a device includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical user interface including a graphical keyboard and one or more text suggestion regions, and select, based at least in part on an indication of gesture input, at least one key of the graphical keyboard. The at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine a plurality of candidate character strings, determine past interaction data that comprises a representation of a past user input corresponding to at least one candidate character string while the at least one candidate character string was previously displayed in at least one of the one or more text suggestion regions, and output the at least one candidate character string for display in one of the one or more text suggestion regions.

Abstract: An image is received that contains handwritten characters as answers to an inquiry. An automatic character recognition process is performed on the image to generate initially recognized characters from the handwritten characters. The initially recognized characters of an incorrect answer to a question of the inquiry are analyzed to automatically identify alternative recognized characters of the incorrect answer. Then, it can be determined whether one or more of the alternative recognized characters, when substituted in place of the initially recognized characters of the incorrect answer, change the incorrect answer to a correct answer to the question. If the alternative recognized characters substituted in place of the initially recognized characters in the correct answer exceed a minimum character recognition confidence value, the incorrect answer is changed to the correct answer to modify the initially scored answers to modified scored answers, and such are output.

Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for enabling a user to view content related to an item within media content is provided. In one embodiment, a tagging gesture that indicates a user interest in an item presented within media content displayed to the user is detected. Such a tagging gesture can define a region of displayed content having the item. In response to detecting the tagging gesture, an advertisement provided by a third party that is related to the item is presented.

Abstract: Various example embodiments provide a note capture device comprising a writing surface, a camera mounted to view the writing surface, and electronic circuitry to capture images of said surface, or various alternative surfaces, including for example, a business card surface. Notes are captured upon a determination of completion of the note writing, and either stored or forwarded to an external device, or both. Handwriting recognition software is provided to enhance searchability of captured notes. Application software embodied on various devices provides the ability to view, browse, share, search and edit captured notes and associated data.

Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems for identifying symbols corresponding to symbol images in a scanned-document image or other text-containing image, with the symbols corresponding to Chinese or Japanese characters, to Korean morpho-syllabic blocks, or to symbols of other languages that use a large number of symbols for writing and printing. In one implementation, the methods and systems to which the current document is directed carry out an initial processing step on one or more scanned images to identify, for each symbol image within a scanned document, a set of graphemes that match, with high frequency, symbol patterns that, in turn, match the symbol image. The set of graphemes identified for a symbol image is associated with the symbol image as a set of candidate graphemes for the symbol image. The set of candidate graphemes are then used, in one or more subsequent steps, to associate each symbol image with a most likely corresponding symbol code.

Abstract: A method for entering keys in a small key pad is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing at least a part of keyboard having a plurality of keys; and predetermining a first probability of a user striking a key among the plurality of keys. The method further uses a dictionary of selected words associated with the key pad and/or a user.

Abstract: A method operates an input apparatus for an electronic device in a motor vehicle. A sensing device senses a character trace from a user while the latter draws the character trace in order to input a character or a group of characters on an input surface of the sensing device. A first handwriting recognition device performs character recognition for the sensed character trace. A search device searches at least one database for at least one database entry in each case for a recognition result of the character recognition. To allow comprehensible device operation by handwriting recognition in a motor vehicle, the first handwriting recognition device ascertains a plurality of different recognition results for the character trace and the search device searches for at least one database entry in each case for each of the different recognition results.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for displaying character selection during a user input process. A method of displaying character selection during a user input process comprises: determining a character entry area; receiving one or more original characters from a user via the character entry area; identifying a plurality of character choices corresponding to the one or more original characters; determining a character selection area based on an optimal viewpoint range centered around the character entry area; and displaying the character choices in the character selection area.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a speech interaction method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of speech processing technologies. The method includes: acquiring speech data of a user; performing user attribute recognition on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result; performing content recognition on the speech data to obtain a content recognition result of the speech data; and performing a corresponding operation according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result, so as to respond to the speech data. According to the present invention, after speech data is acquired, user attribute recognition and content recognition are separately performed on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result and a content recognition result, and a corresponding operation is performed according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus input test in a touch screen terminal. The method comprises designating a certain region on a keyboard interface picture, not permitting text input through a keyboard when touch drag started from the designated region is sensed and acquiring a path of the touch drag, acquiring a path of following touch drag when at least the one or more following touch drag are sensed, and reading out at least the acquired one or more paths by cursive character recognition, deducing a character, determining the deduced character as an input target, and permitting the text input through the keyboard.