System, method and apparatus for pattern recognition with application to symbol recognition and regeneration for a caligraphic display

A display system apparatus comprising:

• a display device comprising at least a two-dimensional array of display pixels;
• at least one two-dimensional image memory that stores pixel values that reflect a specific display image;
• refresh circuitry that refreshes said display device from said pixel values stored in said at least one two-dimensional image memory;
• a signal input set comprised of at least one input signal wherein the variation over time of input values for said signal input set reflects symbols for display on said display device and wherein said signal input set comprises an analog X deflection input, an analog Y deflection input, and at least one video input signal;
• a pattern recognition apparatus that recognizes the symbols of a first symbol set from said signal input set and further comprising an output that identifies recognized symbols of said first symbol set;
• a rendering circuit that independently renders any of the symbols of a second symbol set into said at least one two-dimensional image memory;
• a plurality of memory tables residing within at least one physical memory device;
• addressing circuitry that derives a sequence of address values from said signal input set and applies said sequence of address values to address inputs of a corresponding sequence of memory tables from said plurality of memory tables to perform a sequence of memory table-look-up operations for producing a result that comprises said output that identifies recognized symbols of said first symbol set;
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• interfacing circuitry that, in response to said output from said pattern recognition apparatus, commands the rendering of symbols from said second symbol set by said rendering circuitry.