Exploring sketch beautification techniques

Beautification of vague, imprecise sketchy ink input is an interesting area for exploration, especially with the emergence of pen-based systems, such as the Tablet PC. Fifty percent of the total time spent creating drawings on a computer is on formalisation operations [3], why waste this time when the same result is achievable via recognition and beautification techniques? We examined beautification and its value in supporting the design process by prototyping a design tool incorporating several beautification techniques. The following is a description of the design, construction and evaluation of our grid based design environment. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [User Interfaces]: Input devices and strategies, I.3.6 [Methodology and Techniques] Interaction techniques Keywords Pen-based computing, ink beautification

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: CHINZ
• Authors: Beirong Wang, Jian Sun, Beryl Plimmer
• Keywords: Beautification, Beautification Techniques, CHINZ 2005, Human Computer Interaction, Imprecise Sketchy Ink