| CPC G06F 3/04883 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06V 30/387 (2022.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a touch display having displayed thereon a user interface including: an input window for inputting handwritten input, a display disable button which when selected causes a display disable state which disables a display of confidential information received on the input window and when not selected results in a display enabled state, and a recognition result display area; and
circuitry configured to:
receive first handwritten input on the input window in a scenario in which the display disable button is not selected;
display, on the input window, handwritten data which corresponds to the first handwritten input;
convert the handwritten data to candidates of a character string;
display, on the recognition result display area, the candidates of the character string, and
receive a user selection of a candidate character string based on the candidates of the character string which are displayed, and
receive a selection of the display disable button by a user;
receive second handwritten input on the input window;
not display the second handwritten input,
convert the second handwritten input to a converted character string;
display in the recognition result display area a symbol without indicating a content of the converted character string;
receive a second selection of the display disable button, wherein in response to the second selection of the display disable button:
change the display from a display disable state to a display enable state;
display the second handwritten data in the input window;
change the symbol to the converted character string and display said converted character string in the recognition result display area.
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