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There will be an additional feature

1. INTRODUCTION

of the product which will monitor the

The Smart Note Taker is the

notes, which were taken before, on the

device that takes notes intelligently. The

application program used in the computer.

Smart Note Taker is good and helpful for

This application program can be a word

blinds that think and write freely. Another

document or an image file. Then, the

place, where our product can play an

sensed figures that were drawn onto the air

important role, is where two people talks

will be recognized and by the help of the

on the phone. The subscribers are apart

software program we will write, the

from each other while their talk and they

desired character will be printed in the

may want to use figures or texts to

word document. If the application program

understand themselves better. It's also

is a paint related program, then the most

useful

similar will be chosen by the program and

especially

for

instructors

in

presentations. The instructors may not

then will be printed on the screen.

want to present the lecture in front of the

1.1

board. The drawn figure can be processed


and directly sent to the server computer in
the room. The server computer then can
broadcast

the

drawn

shape

through

FEATURES

lectures are aimed to be more efficient and


fun. This product will be simple but

SMART

NOTE TAKER

With the help of smart note taker


handwritten notes will be instantly

network to all of the computers which are


present in the room. By this way, the

OF

converted into editable text.


It is
good
and
helpful for

blinds hat think and writes freely.


Another place, where our product

powerful. The product will be able to sense

can play an important role is where

3D shapes and motions that user tries to

two people talk on the phone. The

draw. The sensed information will be

subscribers are apart from each

processed and transferred to the memory

other while their talk and they may

chip and then will be monitored on the

want to use figures or texts to

display device. The drawn shape then can


be broadcasted to the network or sent to a
mobile device.

understand themselves better.


Its also useful especially for
instructors in presentation. The
Instructors may not want to present

2.

SYSTEM

OVERVIEW
2.1 WORKING OF SMART
NOTE TAKER
Smart note taker will be
simple

but

powerful.

The

product will be able to sense 3D


shapes and motions that user
tries

to

draw. The

sensed

information will be processed


and transferred to the memory
chip and then will be monitored
the lecture in front of the board.
The

drawn figure

can

be

processed and directly sent to the


server computer in the room. The
server computer then can broadcast
the drawn shape through network
to all of the computers which are
present in theorem. By this way
lectures are aimed to be more

efficient and fun.


It
recognize

up

to

22

Languages : English Canada ,


English - GB, English-US ,German
, Simplified Chinese, Traditional
Chinese ,Korean Danish, Spanish,
Spanish - Mexico, Finnish, French
,French-Canada,

Greek,

Japanese,

Dutch,

Portuguese

,Portuguese-

Russian, Swedish.

Italian,

Norwegian,

on the display device. The drawn shape


then can be broadcasted to the network or
sent to a mobile device. There will be an
additional feature of the product that will
monitor the notes, which were taken
before, on the application program used in
the computer. This application program
can be a word document or an image file.
Then, the sensed that were drawn into the
air will be recognized and with the help of
the software program we will write the
desired character will be printed in the
word document. If the application program
is a paint related program, then the most
similar shape will be chosen by the
program and then will be printed on
screen.Fig: 2.1.3 Smart Note Taker

Brazil,

2.2. TECHNICAL DEFINITION


OF THE PRODUCT

notes, and memos at meetings, lectures,

Operating System
Software program to convert data

and conferences.
Mobile Note Taker has a built-in

into text or string format


Displacement Sensor
Parallel cable
Analog to digital converter
Switch
Rechargeable battery

LCD to confirm input. The on-board flash


memory can store up to 50 pages (size
A4).
Mobile Note Taker works in two
modes: Mobile mode and Connected
mode. In mobile mode note taker receiver

In order to meet the technical


requirements of the product we need
Operating System Like Windows or Linux
in order to implement software part of the

unit is not connected to a PC via USB


cable. In connected mode the base unit is
connected to a PC through USB cable.
3.1.1 FEATURES AND BENEFITS

project, Displacement Sensors to recognize

Uses standard paper, no special

the displacement of the pen in three

paper required, and stores up to 50 A4

dimensions, parallel cable to communicate

pages. Includes LCD to view and confirm

with computer, software to solve the

input operates both in mobile mode and

displacement data and finds the individual

when connected to PC, notebook or other

coordinate displacements in three axes and

device connects to PC/Notebook via USB

transform the data into text format, analog

cable (included) Includes software for

to digital converter to process analog

synchronization and management of stored

displacement data and convert them into

files Writes directly into MS Office

digital format, switch to control the pen

applications (in Connected mode) Allows

and Rechargeable battery.

file transfer over LAN, email, and instant


messaging

3. CURRENT PRODUCTS
3.1. MOBILE NOTE TAKER

application

(in

connected

mode).Capture, Organize, and Share Your

The Ultimate Handwriting Capture

Notes Digitally-Anywhere, Anytime!


Mobile mode enables, capture, storage of

Device Mobile Note Taker is the worlds

notes and sketches digitally at meetings,

first portable handwriting capture device

lectures, and conference.

based on natural handwriting as an input.


Attach plain paper of any kind and use
Pegasus the electronic pen to capture, store
and share handwritten drawings, sketches,

Connected mode synchronizes the


Mobile Note Taker and a PC/Notebook via
USB cable (included). You can upload,
organize, move, edit or add to handwritten
notes, ideas, sketches, phone numbers, or
reminders. The included software also
enables memos, notes, and sketches to be
sent via e-mail or over the LAN network.
It is also possible to write directly into
MS Word or Outlook, and add a personal
touch to ICQ instant messages. Based on
Pegasus successful PC Notes Taker,
Fig:
Mobile Note Taker

3.1.1

Mobile

Note

Taker

is

the

ultimate

handwriting capture device. Everything


you need to get started is right in the box.
Even if you dont have standard size paper
or piece of paper with you - you can use
anything - an envelope, an old receipt, a
tear-off from a paper bag and best of all in
your own natural and writing. As long as
you have the Mobile Note Taker, you can
jot down your most inspired ideas and be
sure that youll never lose them again.

Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft


Windows XP
Minimum 15MB available hard disk space
Minimum 32MB RAM (recommended
64MB)
Minimum

16

bit

color

quality

(recommended 32 bit)
Minimum screen resolution: 800x600
pixels
Available USB port

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

3.2. PC NOTE TAKER

Fig: 3.2.1 PC Note


Taker

PC Notes Taker is the device that


captures natural handwriting on any
surface onto a PC in real time. Based on a
revolutionary electronic pen, PC Notes

3.3. I-PEN
3.3.1 FEATURES
Write or draw over any application

Taker displays the user's handwritten


notes,

memos

or

drawings

on

the

computer, and stores the image for future


use. PC Notes Taker is ideal for markets
where handwritten input is essential, such
as

health,

sectors.

educational

Supplied

with

and

financial

user-friendly

software, PC Notes Taker is compatible


with PCs and notebooks.
.

screen.
Save your inputs and e-mail it.
Compact and light: perfect for

laptop users.
Convert handwriting to text.
Annotate Web Pages.

Install

application software.
Plug-in the USB connector of
into

the

your

driver

and

computers

available USB port.


After successfully installing

Fig:

driver software begin testing

3.3.1 I-

by moving it around. When

PEN

navigating, have it in an

Pen-on-paper

feeling:

upright position for best accuracy

Natural

handwriting by sensing contact

and ease.
Switch between Mouse mode and

pressure.
No special pad or tablet required:

Free to use on almost any surface.


Ergonomic
design:
fits

comfortably on your hand.


Standard USB connection: Just

plug and play.


Instantly
recognizes

any

handwriting accurately.
Send hand-written notes

and

emails.
Create

highlight

to a nearby computer via infrared, radio or


direct electric signal. A Smart Pen helps a

within any application.


No conflict between regular mouse
and i-Pen (have both plugged in at

drawn input. A computer is treated as 1

the same time)


Create professional designs
Extremely simple and natural to

level of Complexity higher in its ability to

use
Works with all graphics software

Pen mode.
3. Pen Tip: Soft Micro Switch

3.4. SMART PEN


The Smart Pen is a device that
resembles a fat pen or stylus, but contains
a tiny computer and a set of sophisticated
sensors that record and analyze every
motion, and then transmit this information

memos

and

for both PC and Mac. (Adobe,


Corel, etc.)

computer to recognize handwritten or

recognize the handwriting of anybody who


uses a Smart Pen. Costs $50, weight is
negligible.
3.4.1 SOLO PEN
This is a progressive development

3.3.2 HOW TO USE

of the Smart Pen: A pen with sufficient


processing power to recognize handwriting

on its own with the equivalent of

Dubbed Smart Quill, the sleek and

Complexity 1. It can also be used as a

stylish prototype pen is different from

Smart Pen. Every Solo Pen has a long,

other electronic pens on the market today

narrow screen that displays the writing for

in that users dont have to write on a

the user to check.


The user of a Solo Pen can write on

special pad in order to record what they


write.

a regular writing surface, as the Solo Pen


has a normal writing tip. TL8 Solo Pens

Instead,

Smart

Quill

contains

have trouble with the spatial relationship

sensors that record movement by using the

of writing, so if the user writes three lines

earths gravity system, whether you write

on paper and then wants to write a heading

on paper or in the air. Smart Quill isnt all

above the first line, the Solo Pen might put

space age, though it contains an ink

it a line higher or lower than desired. The

cartridge so that users can see what they

user can also write in the air, but this

write down on paper.


Why should

requires an IQ roll to avoid mistakes. TL8


Solo Pens are great for short notes on the
run, not for novel writing.
TL8 Solo Pens can be used in a

people

use

keyboard when they can use a pen? said


John Collins, project manager for Smart
Quill at BT Labs. Many people have never

Virtual Reality environment. The pen

learned to type quickly and accurately, but

continually transmits its location to the VR

everyone knows how to write, he pointed

manager, which displays the writing in the

out.

virtual environment. The data is stored and


downloaded to a computer via infrared.
A Solo Pen is TL8, costs $100 and
has negligible weight. It has a rechargeable
A Power Cell, but do not bother about
energy as long as the Pen is placed into its
recharging stand (comes with the pen).

3.5. SMART QUILL


For those who have never progressed past
the hunt-and-peck method of typing,
British

Telecommunications

research

laboratory has come up with a prototype of

People could use the pen in the


office to replace a keyboard, but the main
attraction will be for users who usually
take notes by hand on the road and type
them up when returning to the office,
Collins said. Smart Quill will let them skip
the step of typing up their notes, he said.
The pen works in conjunction with
a regular PC; onto which users install
special handwriting recognition software

an intelligent pen that records writing and

developed by BT Labs, Collins said.


The lab has several Smart Quill

translates it into text on a computer screen.

models in the works, including one that

communicates with the PC via a radio

manufacturers, and believes a product will

transmitter, but the current prototype

be on shelves within two years, Collins

hooks up to a PC via a cable and electronic

said. The price tag could hover around 200

docking station called an inkwell. It can

pounds sterling -- $340 or more but no

also be connected to printer or modem.


Users write down notes in their

pricing has been set as of yet, he said.


At the moment, Smart Quill works

regular handwriting and the movements

best when users write in capital letters, but

are stored within Smart Quill. Up to 10

BT Labs is working on improving the

pages of notes can be stored locally on the

handwriting

pen, Collins said. Once the pen is hooked

expects it to understand cursive by next

up to the computer, the handwriting

year. In the future, Collins predicts there

recognition

the

will be whole range of Smart Quill pens

movements into text on-screen. Unlike

everything from a high-end model for

many handwriting recognition programs,

executives to a basic one for kids to use in

the

school.

Smart

software

Quill

translates

system

analyzes

movements instead of shapes, Collins said.


This allowed BT to get rid of the

recognition

software

and

4.DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY

electronic notepad associated with mostTechnology used in Smart Note Taker for display
computer pens.
is Kopin Corps Cyber Display technology. Cyber
Smart Quill contains a few local
Display is a inch diagonal LCD that uses
applications such as an address book,
circuitry built on a silicon wafer, then removed
daily planner, and calculator. Users can
and mounted to glass. The displays are integrated
enter information into these applications
to miniature monitors using its own backlighting,
by pushing a button on the pen and writing
optics, ICS and packaging.
down what they would like to enter,
Collins said. There is also a small threeline screen to read the information stored
in the pen; users can scroll down the
screen by tilting the pen slightly, he said.
Future models could receive e-mails and
pager messages via a wireless messaging
system and could use digital signature
recognition for security purposes.
BT is hoping to license the Smart
Quill concept to interested hardware

Password

by

signature

recognition
Smart

Note

Taker

works

by

measuring the pens movements and


matching them to the movements that
produce letters and words programmed
into its memory. Its similar to the way a
microphone detects sound. Consistency of
handwriting, rather than neatness, is the
only condition for accuracy.
There are 2 techniques used for this
purpose:
1) Accelerometer technology
2)
Fig: 4.1 Display

Handwriting

recognition

software

Technology
4.1.2

4.1 HANDWRITING

HANDWRITING

RERECOGNITION SOFTWARE

RECOGNITION AND
This software embedded in the

SIGNATURE VERIFICATION

microprocessor of the pen is used to


Accelerometers measure hand
movement in 2 or 3 planes

recognize handwriting of the user. Pen


works in conjunction with a regular PC on

On board DSP converts to ASCII


characters for pen applications

to which users install special handwriting


recognition software. The handwriting

Write on paper, flat surface and


vertical wall or in air

recognition software translates movements


in

Single character recognition on


pen

to

text

on

screen.

Handwriting

recognition software constitutes two major


phases:

Record

cursive

download to PC for decoding

letters

and

1. Handwriting transcription
2. Handwriting recognition

Handwriting transcription
In

this

phase,

the

recorded

acceleration signals are then transcript to


its original form. Here this aspect is
solved using simple double integration
method in order to retrace the pen tip
movement on paper.
Method:
In order for this principle to work properly,
we have to solve two main problems:
Firstly, we have to know pens
spatial orientation in order to withdraw the
earth gravity component to the measured
accelerations.
Secondly, we have to succeed in
the double integration, which is to solve all
the derivation problems due to this
method. 7

Fig: 4.1.2 Represents the acceleration


signals recorded while one is writing a
small

capital B.

Handwriting recognition
The second huge aspect is the
characters and signatures recognition. The
hardware (accelerometers plus contact
detector) embedded in the pen has proved
a really efficient combination for this
application.
Method:
The same method is used to
recognize the characters written by a single
user and to find whose signature is the one

that has just been done. We use a simple

Smart note taker is used for instructors

Euclidian distance as the comparison


process, and of course the decision process

in presentations.

It is used along with paint and JAVA

is the smaller distance found.

graphics so we can say this product is

The first step consists in creating

compatible with all graphics software.

the reference database for the characters as

Easy-to-use wireless connection.

for the signatures. For this a mean signal is

Drawer

computed for each recorded symbol.

(Contents

outline,

library,

history)

The second step is the recognition

6. APPLICATIONS

process
1. For the creation of database,

Smart note taker is used for blind

each symbol was reproduced several times

persons that they think and write freely

and a mean normalized symbol was

Smart note taker is used for instructors

computed.

in presentations.

2. For recognition process, the

The information stored in the pen can

unknown symbol is first normalized, the

be input to other devices such as

distance between this symbol and the

mobile

entire database symbol is computed. Then

desktop computers etc for different

the unknown symbol is recognized as the

applications.

one with the lowest distance.

It also provides handheld computer

phones,

applications

5. ADVANTAGES

With the help of smart note taker we


can write notes on any surface even in
air. That is we can write notes any time
without using a paper.

So we get information in very fast and


easy way. Hence it is time saving.

Smart note taker is reliable and


powerful.

It is helpful for blinds that think and


write freely.

such

as

modems,

digital

diary,contacts etc.

printers,

Smart note taker can be used for


voice record and support speech

recognition.
It also used in conference hall and
class room for students.

7. CONCLUSION
The system will try to improve a
pen, which helps people get rid of typing
problems on computer by the technology,
which converts your handwriting to text

format on your PC.

However, the

mobility

will

help

the

teachers

or

technology provides opportunity to write

individuals, who have dynamism as they

on air, which means it, needs no any item

do their jobs, by giving them opportunity

to convert the typing to your computer

to write anywhere. On the other hand, the

such as 3D view. Beside this, it can also be

price of innovation will be reasonable for

used

the sectors that can use it effectively in

like

all

other

classical

pens.

Therefore, this device will increase the

their business or lessons.

capacity of noting the texts, lessons and

REFERENCES

projects you work on. One other fact that


appears is similar products generally
works in a way that they store the writing
by memory systems and direct the data to
computer. We will vanish this time lag by
using a technology that the data will be
sent to PC directly not by stored. It is sure
it will be hard to eliminate the other
products as our rivals, but our advantage in
this market will be the properties of the
device, which come to be its high mobility,
versatile design and its ideal weight.
The device takes a practical extent
since it offers high mobility. This property
may seem useless at first side but the high

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