Xerox Scientists Look Into The Future of Digital Imaging

Xerox Scientists Look Into The Future of Digital Imaging

An image of a bird sometime in the future may be more than just a picture. It could also carry data and models that can produce the bird’s song, display its feeding or mating behavior, and describe its habitat and food preferences, according to Siddhartha Dalal of Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX), who today described his vision of “ubiquitous imaging” in a keynote address here at the International Congress of Imaging Science. He was one of several Xerox scientists presenting at the conference this week.

Dalal is vice president and manager of Xerox’s Imaging and Services Technology Center, the focal point for the company’s core research in digital imaging, document management and services. He uses the term ubiquitous imaging to suggest a time when information and images are totally merged, and imaging is everywhere yet unobtrusive.

“The whole nature of imaging is changing. What the industry needs to work toward is a time when information and imaging are synonymous,” Dalal explains. “My view is that automation will be driven not by a system or a device, but by the image itself.”

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