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WP BW0071 MAR 21,1995 9:17 PACIFIC 12:17 EASTERN
Peripheral Vision brings PenOp technology to OpenDoc
-- The handwritten signature as a software object --
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1995--At ObjectWorld,
Peripheral Vision Ltd. today announced that it has developed an
OpenDoc part based on its PenOp software for handwritten signatures,
and is making a pre-release version available to software developers
and users.
Endorsed by IBM, Apple, Lotus and Novell among others, the
OpenDoc architecture is an emerging industry standard for
distributed, cross-platform software component integration. It can
be described as a universal "container of content", where compound
documents are built using discrete components that handle such items
as text, diagrams, spreadsheets and photographs. Significantly,
OpenDoc allows the "mix and match" of components to be undertaken
not just by programmers, but also by users. Furthermore, although
such components may be developed in isolation of one another, the
OpenDoc architecture enables them to work together and on different
machines and operating systems, thereby supporting the integration
of information across organizations.
Peripheral Vision's PenOp is a set of software objects that
manages what is often the most critical element of a document: the
handwritten signature. Supporting a wide range of digitizers, PenOp
allows handwritten signatures to be securely captured, transported,
stored and verified on electronic documents, instead of manually on
paper. In doing so, PenOp virtually eliminates the costs and delays
associated with signatures on paper, while improving control and
maintaining evidential value. Many business and regulatory
processes remain paper-bound owing to the requirement for a
handwritten signature. PenOp has thus found widespread
applicability in many industries: Insurance, Healthcare,
Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, Logistics, Banking, Federal and
Local Government.
With the cost of digitizers falling to below $150, handwritten
signature capture is now within reach of a wide variety of
applications, at far less cost and with considerably greater
efficiency than their paper equivalents.
PenOp includes an advanced Biometric Signature Verification
module which authenticates each signature according to the speed of
the pen (as well as the resulting ink image) with an accuracy that
exceeds the visual inspection of signatures - far more rapidly, and
in large batches if necessary. In addition, verification of
individual signatures in real time offers a natural and easy-to-use
replacement for the password as a means of securing access to
machines and networks. Therefore as well as reducing direct costs,
PenOp also seeks to reduce fraud arising through unnoticed signature
forgery, and to increase the security of computer systems generally.
"If you were to examine the documents that your organization
uses, the chances are that every element has been computerized
except one - the handwritten signature.", said Jeremy Newman,
Managing Director of Peripheral Vision. "OpenDoc offers an ideal
framework for PenOp, and allows the potential savings in costs and
delays made possible by PenOp to be realized by users with little
(if any) programming effort."
Typical hardware configurations for PenOp signature capture
include pen computers and low-cost digitizers attached to desktop or
laptop machines. Users simply drop the PenOp part into OpenDoc
documents where and when required. Signature interrogation or
verification can then be carried out on any machine running PenOp -
even on a different operating system. The new part is being made
available in beta to OpenDoc developers immediately, and joins
production versions of the basic component already shipping for
Microsoft's Windows for Pen Computing, IBM's Pen for OS/2 and the
DOS-based PenRight! environment from the company of the same name.
Peripheral Vision Limited is a privately held company with
headquarters in Frome, Somerset, UK, and offices in New York, USA.
It was founded in 1990 to develop, market and support software for
the pen interface, worldwide. PenOp has been commercially available
since 1993.
-- ends --
CONTACT: Arthur Llewellyn: (800) 286-4137
In USA: Peripheral Vision, 331 W. 57th Street, Suite 299, New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 262-1588 Fax: (212) 262-1599
In UK: Peripheral Vision, West Hill House, West End, Frome, Somerset BA11 3AD
Tel: (01373) 452755 Fax: (01373) 452744
Note to editors:
PenOp is a registered trademark of Peripheral Vision Limited.
All other marks are the property of their respective holders.