A method of analyzing the handling of paper documents in motion images

Author

Yamada, Keiji ; Ishikawa, Koji ; Nakajima, Noboru

Author_Institution

C&C Media Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

413

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new system for analyzing the motions involved in handling documents on a desk. Video images are captured by a camera mounted above the desk and the motion which occurs when someone handles the document is classified as movement of the document, turning of the pages, or finger pointing. Furthermore, the system can detect the appearance of fresh regions as a result of movement of the document and the turning of its pages and it can also detect the positions of fingers in the image to realize a natural pointing function. We evaluated implementations of some components of the system and found that they provide sufficient performance to act as parts of a user interface for an interactive document management system

Keywords

document image processing; image motion analysis; interactive systems; user interfaces; video signal processing; document movement; finger pointing; interactive document management system; motion images; page-turning; paper document handling analysis; region appearance; user interface; video images; Cameras; Document handling; Fingers; Image analysis; Image motion analysis; Image resolution; Motion analysis; Optical character recognition software; Turning; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

ISSN

1051-4651

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0750-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPR.2000.902946

Filename

902946