A character data processing apparatus discriminates machine-printed characters and hand-printed characters from each other and identifies a class of characters such as kanas (Japanese syllabary) or Kanjis (Chinese characters used in Japan). Characters filled by hand in the blanks on a form carrying machine-printed...http://www.google.fr/patents/US4516262?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US4516262 - Character data processing apparatus