Title :
Umark: the figure code system enables interactive mutual conversion between ATOM and BIT
Author :
Usuda, Hiroshi ; Idesawa, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Inf. Syst., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
Abstract :
The paper discusses a method for the connection of ATOM (information of real world) and BIT (information of computer world). For instance, a scanner is an ATOM to BIT conversion device that converts ATOM (analog information on a paper) to BIT (digital information on a computer). Moreover, a printer is a BIT to ATOM conversion device that makes an ATOM (analog information on a paper) from BIT (digital information on a computer). Individual conversion does not turn to mutual conversion by information on paper for these devices because only the efficiency of one is considered. In recent research, the method of real time converting the print code defined beforehand as ATOM into digital information which is BIT is proposed by using a camera. In this research, interactive mutual conversion of ATOM and BIT is enabled, and the figure code system which can be printed and defined freely and the mechanism of mutual conversion are described
Keywords :
document image processing; image scanners; printers; real-time systems; Umark; analog information; computer based information; digital information; figure code system; interactive mutual conversion; printer; real time; real world information; scanner; Analog computers; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Computer displays; Design methodology; Digital cameras; Image converters; Information systems; Keyboards; Printers;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.812374
