Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling
The field of sketch-based interfaces and modeling (SBIM) focuses on developing methods and techniques to enable users to interact with a computer through sketching - a simple, yet highly expressive medium. SBIM blends concepts from computer graphics, huma
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Joaquim Jorge Faramarz Samavati Editors
Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling
Editors Joaquim Jorge Depto. Engenharia Informática Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Avenida Rovisco Pais Lisboa 1049-001 Portugal [email protected]
Faramarz Samavati Dept. Computer Science University of Calgary University Drive NW 2500 Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-84882-811-7 e-ISBN 978-1-84882-812-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-812-4 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: deblik Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The field of sketch-based interfaces and modeling (SBIM) has had a long history. Since the early 1960s, which saw the birth of interactive computer graphics through Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad and Jacks’ DAC-1 system at General Motors, we have seen researchers developing methods and techniques to let users interact with a computer through sketching, a simple, yet highly expressive medium. Initially, SBIM was not a field in and of itself, but a set of distinct areas where researchers from different backgrounds worked in isolation, without a real community to share ideas. Areas within SBIM included sketch-based modeling, where the goal was to easily create 3D models, and sketch-based interfaces, where the goal was to develop systems for recognizing, for example, hand-writing, command gestures, 2D diagrams, and mathematics. Today, SBIM has emerged as a subfield of computer science that blends concepts from computer graphics, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and machine learning and has brought the two areas of sketching—interface and model specification—together. This synergy was spearheaded by Joaquim Jorge and John Hughes, who started the first SBIM conference in 2004. Over the years, SBIM has had some great successes (e.g., ha
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