A computer-implemented method for encoding a handwritten stroke set, each of the handwritten stroke set being representative of a constituent stroke of an ideographic character, to obtain an encoded input sequence. The method includes ascertaining a shape of a first stroke of the handwritten stroke set...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6956968?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6956968 - Database engines for processing ideographic characters and methods therefor
Database engines for processing ideographic characters and methods therefor