Analysis of “Magic Paper: Sketch-Understanding Research”
Comments Made Elsewhere:
Summary:
Have implemented a physics demo similar (or based on) Dr. Hammond’s work. Claim that cognitive science resesarch says that people make more alternatives using hand-drawn sketch tools than a diagramming tool.
Must have a domain and lexicon for sketch recognition as unrestricted understanding is currently not possible (just like speech recognition). Unlike speech req, you can go back and change something you previous made, so sketch req is non-chronological.
Using image-based techniques is useful for overtracing and filled-in shapes.
Discussion:
This is a good overview of a lot of the work we’ve read. I’m curious to read the near-miss paper next.