The on-line handwriting database TUAT Nakagawa Lab. HANDS-kuchibue_d-97-06(hereafter, this database) is collected by Nakagawa Lab., Tokyo University of Agri. & Tech. (TUAT). This database consists of on-line handwritten character patterns from 120 writers for a sample text excerpted from Japanese newspapers, covering Japanese Kanji and Kana characters, Latin/numeric characters, and other symbols.

This database is composed of 120 sets of character patterns for the common sample text. Each set stores character patterns written by a single writer and contains 11,962 patterns for 3356 character categories (JIS 1st set Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, English alphabets, numerals, symbols, etc.).

The environment that this database is accessed needs to support a Japanese character code system and font. Please note that all the manuals are written in Japanese at the moment and we cannot respond to each request to translate them. We hope that you can ask someone in your group who can read Japanese.

The database is available according to the conditions of use as given below. If the database is used, it is assumed that the following conditions of use are accepted.

I have read and agreed to the conditions of use as below and hereby apply for the database.

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Format (Choose either one)‥‥    1.binary-form    2.ASCII textual form    3.UNIPEN form

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Conditions of Use

1. When the package of the database is opened, it is assumed that the following conditions of use are accepted.
2. The user (research labs in universities, institutes, corporations, etc.) must pay the specified license fee to use the database under the conditions specified here. The payment is not refundable after the package is opened. Use of ten writers' pattern database for research purpose is made available without any fee. Please consult http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~nakagawa/database/en/about.shtml.

3. The user can make copies of this database, but the user must keep all the copies within the user's administrative organization. The user is neither allowed to distribute the database or a copy of it to third parties nor to use it outside the user's administrative organization.
4. If the user belongs to an academic organization aiming to enhance the public interests, the user can purchase the database at the academic price. In this case, however, the user can utilize it for educational or research purposes only. It cannot be used for commercial purposes whatsoever. However, if the result of the research, such as development, training or evaluation of recognition systems, has reached a commercial level, the user or the authorized business agent can switch to the following (commercial) condition by purchasing the database again at the full price.
5. When the user purchases the database at the full price, the user can utilize the database for commercial purposes and sell products on the basis of this database, provided that these products don't contain the database in any form accessible by third parties. By no means is the user allowed to distribute or sell the database or parts thereof, neither in the original nor in a modified form, to those who do or are able to perform research and development in handwriting recognition and applications technology.
6. When the user purchases this database at the academic price and presents results derived directly or indirectly by utilizing the database, the user should appropriately acknowledge the usage of the database. The user should clarify how the database is used for learning, evaluation, or whatsoever, in a form that third parties can reproduce or verify; in particular, the user should indicate the sets used for learning and evaluation.
7. When the user purchases the database at the full price and presents results derived directly or indirectly by utilizing the database, the user is not obliged but advised to acknowledge the usage of the database.
8. When this database is mentioned, it should be referred to as "TUAT Nakagawa Lab. HANDS-kuchibue_d-97-06", or "HANDS-kuchibue_d-97-06" in short form.
9. The sample text according to which handwritten patterns were collected can only be used for the purpose of utilizing the handwritten patterns collected on the CD-ROM(s) of this database.
10. Nakagawa lab., TUAT, declines the responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental and/or accidental damage caused by the use of this database and accompanying software.
11. The user must destroy the database and all the copies if the user violates the conditions of use.
12. In any other case not specified in the present conditions of use, the user must follow the copyright rule [houritsu] under the knowledge propriety right to use this database.
    

    * This database is presented by the licenser Masaki Nakagawa at Nakagawa Lab., TUAT and made available from TUAT Univ. CO-OP.

    * The licenser retains the copyright of the database under this agreement except the sample text.

    * The sample text is extracted form the database CD-HIASK *93 which stores the news in the year 1993 by Asahi Shimbun (Newspaper). This text is used for this on-line handwriting database under the permission of Asahi Shimbun. Asahi Shimbun retains the copyright of the sample text.

License fee for using the database

Academic price (JPY) 100,000
Normal (full) price (JPY) 2,000,000

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