• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.21 no.45
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• pp.357-364
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• 1998

This study deals with the performance evaluation of writing for designing handwriting instruments ergonomically. Experimental tests were executed on ballpoint pen., felt-tip pen, pencil, sharp-pencil, and fountain pen for ease of use and reduction of the muscles fatigue. The writing time and the degree of comfort of writing by subjects were measured on the diameters of five writing instruments. The results indicated that the ballpoint pen was rated significantly superior to the others in writing speed attribute and the instrument with the least fatigue was the fountain pen. There was a significant interaction effect between the types of instruments and their size in diameters. The diameter of instruments for considering time and comfort together was verified that the size of 9.5mm was efficient for ballpoint pen, the size of 8.1mm for felt-tip pen, the size of 7.5mm for pencil, the size of 8.2mm for sharp-pencil, and the size of 9.1mm for fountain pen.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.790-792
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 3차원 온라인 필기의 효과적인 인식 방법을 제안한다. 3차원 필기 시 pen-up/pen-down 정보의 구분이 없이 입력하도록 하여 사용자가 편리하게 필기하도록 하고 구분의 부정확함으로 인해 발생하는 오류를 줄인다. 또한, 기존의 2차원 필기 인식 모델을 개선하여 3차원 필기 데이터의 특성을 반영하게 함으로써 경제적이며 안정적인 인식이 가능하다. 실험 결과 제안된 인식 방법을 통해 pen-up/pen-down 정보의 구분이 없는 3차원 필기 숫자에 대해 $91.6\%$의 인식 성능을 얻었으며, 특히 인식 모델의 개선을 통해 여러획으로 이루어진 글자의 경우 높은 인식 성능의 향상을 보임을 확인하였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.583-594
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose wavelet-based procedures to identify the difference between images, including portraits and handwriting. The proposed methods are based on a novel combination of multiscale methods with a regularization technique. The multiscale method extracts the local characteristics of an image, and the distinct features are obtained through the regularized regression of the local characteristics. The regularized regression approach copes with the high-dimensional problem to build the relation between the local characteristics. Lytle and Yang (2006) introduced the detection method of forged handwriting via wavelets and summary statistics. We expand the scope of their method to the general image and significantly improve the results. We demonstrate the promising empirical evidence of the proposed method through various experiments.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.167-173
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• 2023

Hangul is unique compared to other Asian languages because of its simple letter forms that combine to create syllabic shapes. There are 24 basic letters that can be combined to form 27 additional complex letters. This produces 51 graphemes. Hangul optical character recognition has been a research topic for some time; however, handwritten Hangul recognition continues to be challenging owing to the various writing styles, slants, and cursive-like nature of the handwriting. In this study, a dataset containing thousands of samples of 51 Hangul graphemes was gathered from 110 freshmen university students to create a robust dataset with high variance for training an artificial neural network. The collected dataset included 2200 samples for each consonant grapheme and 1100 samples for each vowel grapheme. The dataset was normalized to the MNIST digits dataset, trained in three neural networks, and the obtained results were compared.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.2298-2304
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• 2017

Online signature verification is one of the simple and efficient method of identity verification and has less resistance than other biometric technologies. In training to build a verification model, negative samples are required to build the model, but in most practical applications it is not easy to get negative samples - forgery signatures. In this paper, proposed is a method using someone else's signatures as negative samples. In verification, shape-based features extracted from the time-sequenced signature data are extracted and a support vector machine is used to verify. SVM tries to map a feature vector to a high dimensional space and to draw a linear boundary in the high dimensional space. SVM is one of the best classifiers and has been applied to various applications. Using general handwriting data, i.e., someone else's signatures which have little in common with positive samples improved the verification rate experimentally, which means that signature verification without negative samples is possible.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.892-898
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• 2012

Rough classification methods are used to improving the recognition speed in many character recognition problems. In this case, some irreversible result can occur by an error in rough classification. Methods for duplicating each model in several classes are used in order to reduce this risk. But the errors by rough classfication can not be completely ruled out by these methods. In this paper, an recognition method is proposed to increase speed that matches models selectively without any increase in error. This method constructs a model graph using similarity between models. Then a search process begins from a particular point in the model graph. In this process, matching of unnecessary models are reduced that are not similar to the input pattern. In this paper, the proposed method is applied to the recognition problem of handwriting numbers and upper/lower cases of English alphabets. In the experiments, the proposed method was compared with the basic method that matches all models with input pattern. As a result, the same recognition rate, which has shown as the basic method, was obtained by controlling the out-degree of the model graph and the number of maintaining candidates during the search process thereby being increased the recognition speed to 2.45 times.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.14-24
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• 2018

Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of Interactive Metronome (IM) training on postural control and hand writing performance of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Methods : Participant was a third grade elementary school student diagnosed with ADHD. ABA design was used and a total of 30 sessions were held for 3 sessions every week for a total of 10 weeks. In the intervention period, IM training was conducted for 40~50 minutes before intervention for writing, and the writing task was carried out. We evaluated the handwriting legibility and speed. Before baseline A and within a month after A' phase, Clinical Observation of Motor and Postural Skills (COMPS) was evaluated to examine the changes in postural control of the student. Results : After the IM intervention, the postural control of the student improved in the score of slow movement, finger-nose touching, and asymmetrical tonic neck reflex. The handwriting legibility and speed has also tended to increase during the intervention period, but it has not significantly changed. Conclusion : This study could be used as an evidence that the IM training aimed at postural control and handwriting ability could enhance the ability to improve postural control and thereby provide fundamental knowledge for future studies.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.1417-1426
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• 2011

Business still relies heavily on pen and paper for legal reasons or convenience. The handwritten document is to be converted into digitalized document for IT system to manage and process in real time. Because the previous document digitalization systems convert the handwritten documents into digitalized documents by scanning and post-processing the documents, it is difficult to seamlessly proceed the work process. This paper proposes the LiveForm, a framework for digitalizing handwritten document using digital pen and handwriting recognition technology. To prove the applicability of the proposed LiveForm, we also implement a LiveForm based service in industrial gas distribution process and analyze effects of the system. The LiveForm generates the same digital image as the handwritten document by writing up the paper with absolute coordinates by digital pen and converts the handwriting data to digital text to insert the information into back-end system. The LiveForm based system eliminates scanning for document digitalization and data input with keyboard into back-end system in paper-based information gathering. Therefore, it is possible for the LiveForm to improve work process in various business areas.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.128-138
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• 2003

In this paper, we proposed the algorithm for locating destination address block (DAB) from automatic system to classify packages. For locating DAB, because the size of obtained images is are very large, we select the region of interesting (ROI) to reduce time carrying into algorithm. After selecting the ROI, proposed algorithm is carried out within the ROI. We extract the outline of the handwriting part of the DAB and the rest components within the obtained ROI using thresholding. We carry out labeling to extract each connected component for extracted outline and the rest components. We extract the outline of the handwriting part of the DAB using the geometrical characteristic of the outline of the handwriting part of the DAB among many connected components. The last, we extract the locating DAB using the outline of the handwriting part of the DAB.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.158-165
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• 2019

Although evaluation of writing disabilities identification and timely intervention are required, clinicians adopt a manual scoring method and there is a possibility of error due to subjective evaluation. In this study, the size ratio and position of letters are digitized and quantified through image processing of offline handwritten characters. We tried to evaluate objectively and accurately the performance of writing through comparison with existing methods. From November 12th to 16th, 2018, 20 adults without neurological injury were selected. They used a pencil to follow the 10 words, 2 sentence stimuli after keeping the usual habit, and we collected the writing test data. The results showed that the height of the word was 1.2 times larger than the width and it tilted to the lower left. The spacing interval was 9mm on average. In the Paired T test, a high correlation was showed between our system and existing methods in the word and sentence 2. This demonstrated the possibility as a testing tool. This study evaluated objectively and precisely writing performance of offline handwritten characters through image processing and provided preliminary data for performance standards. In the future, it can be suggested as a basic data on writing diagnosis of various ages.