Exploring document navigation and interaction on mobile devices

Title of the project: Exploring document navigation and interaction on mobile devices

Sponsor organization: PDFTron Systems Inc.

Intern: (AMY) Xiao-Ming LI

Supervisor: Hao (Richard) Zhang

School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University

Description:

PDFTron Systems Inc. specializes in PDF, SVG, XPS and other graphics technologies. Based on the success of its product – PDFNet SDK on desktops, PDFTron is motivated to expand their technology to a fast-growing market — hand-held touch screen devices. But with limited CPU and display surfaces of tablets, new challenges emerge to minimize lag, flicker, and other viewing artifacts. PDFTron has developed a tiling-algorithm to address some of these issues. In this project we wish to improve a number of shortcomings of the current algorithm so that it can produce better document navigation and interaction experience on mobile devices. The research on the current algorithm will help PDFTron better to transform their technology to all kinds of mobile touch screen devices.

Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Zhang

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Discipline:

Computer science

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University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate