Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / When designing electronic circuits, engineers frequently make hand-drawn
sketches of circuits. These are then captured with a computerised design.
This study aims to create an alternative to the common schematic capture
process through the use of an interactive pen-based interface to the
capturing software.
Sketches are interpreted through a process of vectorising the user’s strokes
into primitive shapes, extracting information on intersections between primitives
and using a naive Bayesian classifier to identify symbol components.
Various alternative approaches were also considered.
It is concluded that it is feasible to use a pen-based interface and underlying
recognition engine to capture circuit diagrams. It is hoped that this would
provide an attractive early design environment for the engineer and enhance
productivity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2477 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Dreijer, Janto F. |
| Contributors | Gerber, H. R., Niesler, T. R., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1049434 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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