Research of virtual Chinese calligraphic learning

Chinese Calligraphy is one traditional form of Chinese art and was listed in UNESCO´s World Culture Heritage in 2009. Traditional method to learn calligraphy is inconvenient as it needs paper, Chinese ink and brush. And learner´s especially for foreigners feel difficulty for stroke order of Chinese character is complex and even same character has different stroke orders with different font style. In this paper we introduce a new calligraphic learning system based on mobile device to help people learn calligraphic writing. The system includes the following function: 1) writing process in 2D method based on the extraction of stroke order and stroke thickness is shown; 2) users can copy character and finally evaluation result will be given according the similarity between the original image and user´s writing track; 3) a 3D method for recurring is provided to give a virtual writing process.