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# Line 48  Janne V. Kujala and Tuomas J. Lukka\\ Line 48  Janne V. Kujala and Tuomas J. Lukka\\
48  \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}  \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}
49    
50  \font\foofonti = cmfrak scaled 2000  \font\foofonti = cmfrak scaled 2000
51  \font\foofontii = qhvb scaled 2000  \font\foofontii = cmcss12 scaled 2000
52    \font\foofontiii = cmcsc10 scaled 2000
53    \font\foofontiv = qhvb scaled 2000
54    
55    
56  \begin{abstract}  \begin{abstract}
# Line 80  Janne V. Kujala and Tuomas J. Lukka\\ Line 82  Janne V. Kujala and Tuomas J. Lukka\\
82  % WHY HW ACCEL NEEDED - PIXELLATION - NO SAVING!  % WHY HW ACCEL NEEDED - PIXELLATION - NO SAVING!
83    
84    
85    
86  We present a perceptually designed hardware-accelerated  We present a perceptually designed hardware-accelerated
87  algorithm for generating unique background textures for distinguishing  algorithm for generating unique background textures for distinguishing
88  documents.  documents.
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169  % XXX icons  % XXX icons
170  \section{Introduction}  \section{Introduction}
171    
 \iftechreport  
 ``You are in a maze of twisty  
 little passages, all alike''\cite{zork}.  
 It is easy to become disoriented and lost in an environment  
 where different locations  
 have similar appearances.  
 \fi  
   
 % The same applies to focus+context views of  
 % sets of objects with a similar overall appearance.  
   
 %  
 %  
 % However, the target document is most likely not recognizable based  
 % on just the fragment, since most documents look similar.  
 % This could be alleviated by showing the header of the target  
 % document as well as the target fragment, but this  
 % is also difficult to recognize at a glance.  
   
 % forces the user  
 % to read the header.  
   
 % In this article, we apply background textures  
 % procedurally generated from  
 % data identity  
 % to make  
 % similar but distinct objects distinguishable and easily recognizable.  
   
 In this article, we introduce the use of procedurally generated unique backgrounds  
 as a visualization of document identity. In our approach, each document has  
 a different, easily distinguishable background texture.  
 The user can thus identify an item at a glance,  
 even if only a {\em fragment} of the item is shown,  
 without reading the title (which the fragment may not even show).  
   
172  \begin{figure*}  \begin{figure*}
173  \def\bw{7cm}  \def\bw{7cm}
174  \def\fw{4cm}  \def\fw{4cm}
# Line 242  Our (as yet untested) hypothesis is that Line 210  Our (as yet untested) hypothesis is that
210  }  }
211  \end{figure*}  \end{figure*}
212    
213    \iftechreport
214    ``You are in a maze of twisty
215    little passages, all alike''\cite{zork}.
216    It is easy to become disoriented and lost in an environment
217    where different locations
218    have similar appearances.
219    \fi
220    
221    % The same applies to focus+context views of
222    % sets of objects with a similar overall appearance.
223    
224    %
225    %
226    % However, the target document is most likely not recognizable based
227    % on just the fragment, since most documents look similar.
228    % This could be alleviated by showing the header of the target
229    % document as well as the target fragment, but this
230    % is also difficult to recognize at a glance.
231    
232    % forces the user
233    % to read the header.
234    
235    % In this article, we apply background textures
236    % procedurally generated from
237    % data identity
238    % to make
239    % similar but distinct objects distinguishable and easily recognizable.
240    
241    In this article, we introduce the use of procedurally generated unique backgrounds
242    as a visualization of document identity. In our approach, each document has
243    a different, easily distinguishable background texture.
244    The user can thus identify an item at a glance,
245    even if only a {\em fragment} of the item is shown,
246    without reading the title (which the fragment may not even show).
247    % XXX Must use all the funny fonts because otherwise, we get
248    % for some strange reason, the figure captions in cyrillic!!!
249    \hbox to 0pt{\hbox to 30cm{}
250    \foofonti Foo
251    \foofontii Foo
252    \foofontiii Foo
253    \foofontiv Foo
254    }
255    
256  % benja: the following is waffle-- the above leads one  % benja: the following is waffle-- the above leads one
257  % to believe it is *the* motivation, saying that it is  % to believe it is *the* motivation, saying that it is
258  % 'one of the prime motivators' only makes the statement weaker.  % 'one of the prime motivators' only makes the statement weaker.

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