Penley: Smart Pen for Handwritten Digit Recognition using Pen Motion
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Krish Kabra, Aidan Cookson, Daniel Truong, Max Gong, Calvin Chang
2nd place at IDEA Hacks 2020
Summary
Penley is a smart-pen device that enables the user to transribe handwritten notes into computer-transribed notes in real-time. It works soley by tracking the motion of the pen and classifying characters using a deep-learning framework. The project was built with the highly myopic intent of rapid completion for the 36-hour hackathon. Currently, the device is only capable of recognizing a few digits with mildly decent accuracy. We hope this project will inspire others to build similar smart-pen devices that can recognize a variety of characters with a more elegant and robust user-interface. Penley won 2nd place.