Method and system of handwritten-character recognition

A system for recognizing an input handwritten character, comprising:

• a linking device constituted to link from an ending point of each actual stroke of said input handwritten character to a starting point of an actual stroke subsequent to said each actual stroke with an imaginary stroke to form a line;
• a detecting device constituted to detect a feature level for specifying a turn of said line formed by said linking device;
• a dictionary memory storing feature levels of a plurality of handwritten characters of a previously formed dictionary database;
• a comparing device constituted to compare a feature level detected by said detecting device with each feature level of said plurality of handwritten characters of said dictionary database in said dictionary memory to calculate a resemblance of said input handwritten character to each said handwritten character in said dictionary database;
• and
• a determining device constituted to determine as said input handwritten character a handwritten character in said dictionary database having the closest resemblance calculated by said comparing device.

A medium storing a computer-readable program for recognizing an input handwritten character, said program allowing a computer to perform the steps of:

• linking from an ending point of each actual stroke of said input handwritten character to a starting point of an actual stroke subsequent to said each actual stroke with an imaginary stroke to form a line;
• detecting a feature level for specifying a turn of said line;
• comparing said detected feature level with each feature level of a plurality of handwritten characters in a previously formed dictionary database to calculate a resemblance of said input handwritten character to each said handwritten character in said dictionary database;
• and
• determining as said input handwritten character a handwritten character in said dictionary database having said calculated resemblance closest to said input handwritten character.