Andy C. Downton

According to our database, Andy C. Downton authored at least 63 papers between 1983 and 2007.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2007

User-configurable OCR enhancement for online natural history archives.

Andy C. Downton, Jingyu He, Simon M. Lucas

Int. J. Document Anal. Recognit., 2007

Special issue on the analysis of historical documents.

Apostolos Antonacopoulos, Andy C. Downton

Int. J. Document Anal. Recognit., 2007

2006

Performance of parallel communication and spawning primitives on a Linux cluster.

David J. Johnston, Martin Fleury, Michael Lincoln, Andy C. Downton

Clust. Comput., 2006

2005

Real-time positioning for augmented reality on a custom parallel machine.

David J. Johnston, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Image Vis. Comput., 2005

A Comparison of Binarization Methods for Historical Archive Documents.

Jingyu He, Q. D. M. Do, Andy C. Downton, J. H. Kim

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2005), 29 August, 2005

Evaluation of a User-Assisted Archive Construction System for Online Natural History Archives.

Jingyu He, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2005), 29 August, 2005

2004

A region-of-interest method for texturally-rich document image coding.

Xiao Wei Yin, Andy C. Downton, Martin Fleury, Jingyu He

IEEE Signal Process. Lett., 2004

Development of a fine-grained parallel Karhunen Loève transform.

Martin Fleury, Robert P. Self, Andy C. Downton

J. Parallel Distributed Comput., 2004

A Unification Framework for Tree and Block Wavelet Encoders.

Xiao Wei Yin, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2004

An Event-Based Execution Model for Efficient Image Processing on Workstation Clusters and the Grid.

David J. Johnston, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2004

Multi-component Document Image Coding Using Regions-of-Interest.

Xiao Wei Yin, Andy C. Downton, Martin Fleury, Jingyu He

Proceedings of the Document Analysis Systems VI, 6th International Workshop, 2004

Colour Map Classification for Archive Documents.

Jingyu He, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Document Analysis Systems VI, 6th International Workshop, 2004

Configurable Text Stamp Identification Tool with Application of Fuzzy Logic.

Jingyu He, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Document Analysis Systems VI, 6th International Workshop, 2004

2003

Design methodology for construction of asynchronous pipelines with Handel-C.

Robert P. Self, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

IEE Proc. Softw., 2003

Multi-Paradigm Framework for Parallel Image Processing.

David J. Johnston, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2003), 2003

A Fine-Grained Parallel Pipelined Karhunen-Loève Transform.

Martin Fleury, Bob Self, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2003), 2003

Archive Image Communication with Improved Compression.

Xiao Wei Yin, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2003), 2003

Fast Lexicon-Based Word Recognition in Noisy Index Card Images.

Simon M. Lucas, Gregory Patoulas, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2003), 2003

User-Assisted Archive Document Image Analysis for Digital Library Construction.

Jingyu He, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2003), 2003

Computerising Natural History Card Archives.

Andy C. Downton, Simon M. Lucas, Gregory Patoulas, G. W. Beccaloni, M. J. Scoble, G. S. Robinson

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2003), 2003

Prototyping Application Models in Concurrent ML.

David J. Johnston, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Euro-Par 2003. Parallel Processing, 2003

2002

Likelihood Word Image Generation Model for Word Recognition.

Eiki Ishidera, Simon M. Lucas, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2002

Top-Down Likelihood Word Image Generation Model for Holistic Word Recognition.

Eiki Ishidera, Simon M. Lucas, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Document Analysis Systems V, 5th International Workshop, 2002

2001

Evaluating optical-flow algorithms on a parallel machine.

Martin Fleury, Adrian F. Clark, Andy C. Downton

Image Vis. Comput., 2001

Hardware compilation for software engineers: an ATM example.

Martin Fleury, Robert P. Self, Andy C. Downton

IEE Proc. Softw., 2001

Robust Word Recognition for Museum Archive Card Indexing.

Simon M. Lucas, A. C. Tams, Sung J. Cho, Andy C. Downton, Sungho Ryu

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2001), 2001

Constructing Web-Based Legacy Index Card Archives - Architectural Design Issues and Initial Data Acquisition.

Andy C. Downton, A. C. Tams, G. J. Wells, A. C. Holmes, Simon M. Lucas, G. W. Beccaloni, M. J. Scoble, G. S. Robinson

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2001), 2001

2000

Performance Metrics for Embedded Parallel Pipelines.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst., 2000

Pipelined parallelisation of automatic face inspection.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Mach. Vis. Appl., 2000

Analysis prediction template toolkit (APTT) for object-based computation.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

IEE Proc. Softw., 2000

Karhunen-Loève Transform: An Exercise in Simple Image-Processing Parallel Pipelines.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Comput. Artif. Intell., 2000

1999

Methodology and tools for system analysis of parallel pipelines.

Martin Fleury, N. Sarvan, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Concurr. Pract. Exp., 1999

Constructing generic data-farm templates.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Concurr. Pract. Exp., 1999

Lazy Evaluation for Best-First Contextual Handwriting Recognition.

Andy C. Downton, Simon M. Lucas, L. Du

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, 1999

A Handwriting Understanding Environment (HUE) for Rapid Prototyping in Handwriting and Document Analysis Research.

C. Cracknell, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, 1999

Parallel Structure in an Integrated Speech-Recognition Network.

Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Proceedings of the Euro-Par '99 Parallel Processing, 5th International Euro-Par Conference, Toulouse, France, August 31, 1999

Providing Structure for Medium-Grained Distributed Object-based Computation.

Richard Durrant, Graeme J. Sweeney, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications, 1999

1998

An object-oriented descriptive language to facilitate advanced handwritten form processing.

C. Cracknell, Andy C. Downton, L. Du

Image Vis. Comput., 1998

Document image understanding of handwritten forms using rule-trees.

Chris Cracknell, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1998

A Parallel-System Design Toolset for Vision and Image Processing.

Martin Fleury, N. Sarvan, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Proceedings of the Euro-Par '98 Parallel Processing, 1998

1997

Structured parallel design for embedded vision systems: a case study.

Aysegül Çuhadar, Andy C. Downton, Martin Fleury

Microprocess. Microsystems, 1997

Generalized Contextual Recognition of Hand-Printed Documents Using Semantic Trees with Lazy Evaluation.

L. Du, Andy C. Downton, Simon M. Lucas, Badr Al-Badr

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR '97), 1997

TABS - A New Software Framework for Document Image Processing, Analysis, and Understanding.

C. Cracknell, Andy C. Downton, L. Du

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR '97), 1997

An Object-Oriented form Description Language and Approach to Handwritten Form Processing.

C. Cracknell, Andy C. Downton, L. Du

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR '97), 1997

Hierarchical recognition of structured hand-printed documents using rule-trees.

C. Cracknell, Andy C. Downton, L. Du

Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 1997, 1997

1996

A Scalable Parallel Approach to Vector Quantization.

Aysegül Çuhadar, Demetrios G. Sampson, Andy C. Downton

Real Time Imaging, 1996

A Case Study in Pipeline Processor Farming: Parallelising the H.263 Encoder.

H. P. Sava, Martin Fleury, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Proceedings of the UK Parallel '96 - Proceedings of the BCS PPSG Annual Conference, Surrey, 1996

Designing and Instrumenting a Software Template for Embedded Parallel Systems.

Martin Fleury, H. P. Sava, Andy C. Downton, Adrian F. Clark

Proceedings of the UK Parallel '96 - Proceedings of the BCS PPSG Annual Conference, Surrey, 1996

Towards Appearance-Based Multi-Channel Gesture Recognition.

G. J. Sweeney, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the Progress in Gestural Interaction, 1996

1995

Speed-up trend analysis for H.261 and model-based image coding algorithms using a parallel-pipeline model.

Andy C. Downton

Signal Process. Image Commun., 1995

A visual programming toolkit demonstrator for offline handwritten forms recognition.

Andy C. Downton, S. J. Hanlon, A. Amiri

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, 1995

1994

A switched model-based coder for video signals.

Mohammed Foysol Chowdhury, Adrian F. Clark, Andy C. Downton, Eishi Morimatsu, Donald E. Pearson

IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., 1994

Scalable parallel processing design for real time handwritten OCR.

Aysegul Cuhadar, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1994

1993

An interactive document image description for OCR of handwritten forms.

David Monger, Graham Leedham, Andy C. Downton

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition, 1993

1991

Recognition and Verification of Hardwritten and Hand-Printer British Postal Addresses.

Andy C. Downton, R. W. S. Tregidgo, E. Kabir

Int. J. Pattern Recognit. Artif. Intell., 1991

1990

Preprocessing and presorting of envelope images for automatic sorting using OCR.

Andy C. Downton, Graham Leedham

Pattern Recognit., 1990

Recognition and verification of postcodes in handwritten and hand-printed addresses.

E. Kabir, Andy C. Downton, R. Birch

Proceedings of the 10th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1990

Image coding for level 3 Teletext and Videotext.

Andy C. Downton, A. Palau

Proceedings of the 10th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1990

1988

Pre-processing of envelope images for optical character recognition.

Andy C. Downton, C. G. Leedham

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1988

Syntactic and contextual post-processing of handwritten addresses for optical character recognition.

Andy C. Downton, E. Kabir, Didier Guillevic

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1988

1987

Automatic recognition and transcription of Pitman's handwritten shorthand - An approach to shortforms.

Graham Leedham, Andy C. Downton

Pattern Recognit., 1987

1986

On-Line Recognition of Pitman's Handwritten Shorthand - An Evaluation of Potential.

C. G. Leedham, Andy C. Downton

Int. J. Man Mach. Stud., 1986

1983

Readability Measurements of Palantype Transcription for the Deaf.

Andy C. Downton, R. G. Baker, S. M. Lewis, P. J. Cooper

Int. J. Man Mach. Stud., 1983