Despite visions of paperless office, we do not foresee
the disappearance of the pen and paper in the near future.
Writing by hand is convenient in the physical world. The
ease of use, affordability, familiarity and the feeling
of pen and paper will see it’s continued usage in
a large number of human activities.
But the content on physical paper is difficult to edit,
copy and search in an electronic world. Our research involves
transferring handwritten ink on paper to a digital domain.
Another technology trend is the proliferation of digital
cameras. Cameras are getting inexpensive and in the future
all laptops may come with built-in cameras. Our motivation
is to build a low-cost solution for laptops using a camera
to capture handwritten ink on ordinary paper. The digital
ink content should become editable and searchable. The objective
is to build systems capable of recognizing characters written
in any language.
The core research areas in this program include:
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