Logogram Phrase Generation from Radicals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Entering logograms is time-consuming due to the large number of strokes required and the presence of phonetic homonyms, making it difficult for users to accurately enter desired logograms.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that recognize logogram radicals from handwritten input, generating logogram phrases by utilizing a logogram radical table and usage history to suggest complete phrases based on partial radical entries, allowing users to select from prioritized lists of likely phrases.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If all strokes of a logogram are entered in correct order, then accurate logogram entry is achieved, but time consumption increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelogogram entry accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The logogram entry process is segmented into radical identification and complete logogram generation phases. Instead of requiring users to draw all strokes, the system divides the logogram into its constituent radicals, allows users to draw only the radical portion, and automatically completes the remaining strokes based on the drawn radical and usage history patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing usage history data that contains the relationship between radicals and complete logograms. When a user draws a radical, the system immediately retrieves and presents the most likely complete logogram options from the pre-computed usage history, eliminating the need for users to manually complete all strokes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If phonetic homonyms are used for logogram input, then entry speed increases, but accuracy decreases due to ambiguity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveentry speedVSAvoidlogogram entry accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by analyzing the drawn radical and comparing it against usage history to generate a prioritized list of candidate logograms. The most frequently used logogram containing the drawn radical appears first in the list, providing immediate feedback to the user about the most likely intended logogram, thereby resolving ambiguity without requiring additional input from the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of logogram identification from phonetic matching (which produces multiple homonyms) to radical structure matching (which produces a prioritized list based on usage frequency). This parameter change transforms the input method from ambiguous phonetic selection to precise radical-based identification with automatic prioritization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If traditional logogram stroke input is used, then complete logogram accuracy is maintained, but device complexity increases due to stroke order validation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelogogram completenessVSAvoidstroke validation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential radical portion from the complete logogram, eliminating the need for users to input or for the system to validate the complete stroke sequence. By taking out just the radical identification function and leveraging pre-stored usage history, the system removes the complex stroke order validation requirement while maintaining accurate logogram completion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9460344B2Generating multi-logogram phrases from logogram radicals
Publication Date: 2016.10.04 LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
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AI summary

For generating multi-logogram phrases from logogram radicals, code may recognize one or more logogram radicals from the display. In addition, the code may generate one or more logogram phrases from the one or more logogram radicals.