Communication Intelligence Corporation Announces NSF Grant for Development of Optical Character Recognition for Handwritten Information.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996--Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. ) announced today receipt of a phase II research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF NSF - National Science Foundation ). The grant, of approximately $300,000 will extend over an eighteen month period. The grant will support research and development to extend CIC's existing technologies for on-line handwriting recognition to include Optical Character Recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ). The potential benefits include both improved performance of optical character recognition of handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. information, and efficient new products that combine on-line handwriting recognition and OCR capabilities. For example, a potential product would enable a person to optically scan a document, and then edit the document in real-time using a pen and digitizer. The United States Post Office, a major user of advanced OCR systems, has said that: "Significant advancements in OCR technology are needed to bring the read rate (of handwriting) to the desired level," thus indicating the need for commercial products in this area. "We believe that any resulting technology will result in a better OCR recognizer, and be an important component in making computers more friendly and easier to use for ordinary people. This new research and development is a natural extension of CIC's current technologies, and is aimed at opening up new markets for CIC," said Dr. John Ostrem, CIC's Vice President of Research and Development. The Company Communication Intelligence Corporation develops, markets, and licenses natural input computer technology -- products that use pen and image for input. Founded in 1981, CIC is a leading supplier of pen computing software products to hardware manufacturers throughout the world. The company's products include the multilingual Handwriter(r) Recognition System and SigCheck(tm) dynamic signature verification software, and the PenDOS(r) and PenMac(r) pen operating environments. CIC markets software tools such as InkTools(tm) and Sign-it(tm) which allow signature capture and verification within computer applications. CIC also markets the Handwriter(r) for Windows(r) and MacHandwriter(r) peripheral input device products enabling users to have pen computing capabilities on their desktop and laptop personal computers. CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. , and has subsidiaries in Japan and China. CIC's stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq symbol CICI CICI Cochlear Implant Club International . -0- Note to Editors: Company and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Communication Intelligence Corporation, Redwood Shores Beverly Scott, 415/802-7754 (Marketing Communications) bscott@cic.com or Maurice Boucher, 415/631-7888 (Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. ) mboucher@cic.com or S & S Public Relations Jill Schmidt, 847/291-1616 |
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