Character recognition system

Claim 1

IN A CHARACTER READING SYSTEM, A RECORD MEDIUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF STYLIZED CHARACTERS RECORDED IN HORIZONTAL ROWS THEREON, SCANNING AND DETECTING MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVELY SCANNING EACH ROW OF CHARACTERS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID ROWS AND FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE STYLIZING OF SAID CHARACTERS, RECOGNITION MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING A CHARACTER IN RESPONSE TO THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS PRODUCED BY SAID SCANNING AND DETECTING MEANS, STORAGE MEANS FOR RECORDING CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION DATA CORRESPONDING TO THE CHARACTERS IDENTIFIED BY SAID RECOGNITION MEANS AS A RESULT OF SCANNING OF A ROW BY SAID SCANNING AND DETECTING MEANS, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR OUTPUTTING THE CHARACTERS OF A ROW STORED IN SAID STORAGE MEANS IN A MANNER DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PARTICULAR CHARACTER IN SAID ROW.