US Patent Issued to RICOH on May 27 for "Information input apparatus, method for controlling information input apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,561, issued on May 27, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Information input apparatus, method for controlling information input apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium" was invented by Eiji Kemmochi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information input apparatus comprising circuitry to receive input of a handwritten line from an operator, in response to completion of the input of the handwritten line, present one or more straight line candidates inferred based on the handwritten line, provide a user interface (UI) that allows the operator to select one of the one or more straight line candidates, and replace the...