Conversion of Hard-Copy Documents to Digital Format Utilizing Optical Scanners and Optical Storage Media

Abstract

Storage of hard-copy archival paper documents requires vast amount of storage space and time to search and retrieve. Technology exists today to convert hard-copy texts using optical scanners and storing in a digital formal on optical disks. This thesis conducts an indepth current technology research of optical scanners, optical storage mediums, and optical information systems. Utilizing the thesis documents presently stored in the library aboard Naval Postgraduate School, as a statistical base, this research analyzes the requirements to convert the thesis documents to digital format. This thesis concludes that an image optical information system is a viable alternate to storing hard-copy documents and recommends follow-on thesis research to build an in-house optical information system. Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209473

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Taylor

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Character Recognition
  • Coding
  • Compact Disks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Compression
  • Data Processing
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Data
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Disks
  • Optical Storage
  • United States

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  • Computer Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites