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Data Embedding into Characters

Koichi KISE, Shinichiro OMACHI, Seiichi UCHIDA, Masakazu IWAMURA, Marcus LIWICKI

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This paper reviews several trials of re-designing conventional communication medium, i.e., characters, for enriching their functions by using data-embedding techniques. For example, characters are re-designed to have better machine-readability even under various geometric distortions by embedding a geometric invariant into each character image to represent class label of the character. Another example is to embed various information into handwriting trajectory by using a new pen device, called a data-embedding pen. An experimental result showed that we can embed 32-bit information into a handwritten line of 5 cm length by using the pen device. In addition to those applications, we also discuss the relationship between data-embedding and pattern recognition in a theoretical point of view. Several theories tell that if we have appropriate supplementary information by data-embedding, we can enhance pattern recognition performance up to 100%.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E98-D No.1 pp.10-20
Publication Date
2015/01/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.2014MUI0002
Type of Manuscript
Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Enriched Multimedia)
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Authors

Koichi KISE
  Osaka Prefecture University
Shinichiro OMACHI
  Tohoku University
Seiichi UCHIDA
  Kyushu University
Masakazu IWAMURA
  Osaka Prefecture University
Marcus LIWICKI
  DFKI

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