12. In the apparatus of claim 10, the improvement wherein said determining means is operative to to yield as said identity label a confusion group label specifying a confusion group for said unknown stroke.
12. In the apparatus of claim 10, the improvement wherein said determining means is operative to to yield as said identity label a confusion group label specifying a confusion group for said unknown stroke. 13. In the apparatus according to claim 12, further including means for comparing said distance metric values of said unknown stroke for each template with an upper decision threshold value, with a lower decision threshold value and with a difference decision threshold value of yield said identity label.