45. An apparatus for recognizing characters in image information according to claim 44, wherein the image information is coordinate information for a handwritten image.
44. An apparatus for recognizing characters in image information, comprising: a storing unit for storing a plurality of character data; means for inputting coordinate data of a character pattern; means for recognizing character data on the basis of the coordinate data; means for storing the recognized character data in said storing unit by adding it to the plurality of character data prestored therein; means for determining whether the recognized character data is a punctuation mark; and means for outputting the plurality of character data stored in said storing unit in a case where it has been determined that the recognized character data is a punctuation mark and, in a case where it has not been determined that the recognized character information is a punctuation mark, not outputting the plurality of character data stored in said storing unit, thereby resulting in the reduction of screen display flicker.