Title :
A system to break the 2R barrier between man and machine
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
By 2R, we mean the Radicals and Roman spelling of the Chinese language. They form a high barrier between man and machine that makes use of the 2R. A system has been developed by recognizing the four basic patterns (4BP) of Chinese characters. With the 4BP, we can build character codes and word codes of the Chinese language. Since the 4BP (squares, horizontal, vertical and miscellaneous [non-straight] strokes) can be recognized easily by anyone, be they Chinese or non-Chinese, there would be no barrier between a man and machine that makes use of the 4BP codes. By such means, Chinese culture could be extended to every corner of the world in a not distant future
Keywords :
character sets; user interfaces; 2R barrier; Chinese characters; Chinese culture; Chinese language; Radicals spelling; Roman spelling; character codes; four basic patterns; horizontal strokes; nonstraight strokes strokes; square strokes; vertical strokes; word codes; Character recognition; Dictionaries; Electronic mail; Libraries; Man machine systems; Natural languages;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing Proceedings, 2000. WCCC-ICSP 2000. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5747-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICOSP.2000.891804