An e-writer for documents plus strokes

Authors:
Michael J. Gormish;Kurt Piersol;Ken Gudan;John Barrus
Affiliations:
Ricoh Innovations, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA;Ricoh Innovations, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA;Ricoh Innovations, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA;Ricoh Innovations, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th ACM symposium on Document engineering
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper describes the hardware, software, and a document model for a prototype E-Writer. Paper like displays have proved useful in E-Readers like the Kindle in part because of low power usage and the ability to read indoors and out. We focus on emulating other properties of paper in the E-Writer: everyone knows how to use it, and users can write anywhere on the page. By focusing on a simple document model consisting primarily of images and strokes we enabled rapid application development that integrates easily with current paper-based document workflows. This paper includes preliminary reports on usage of the E-Writer and its software by a small test group.