DocumentCode
2001596
Title
Unconstrained Arabic Handwritten Word Feature Extraction: A Comparative Study
Author
AlKhateeb, Jawad H. ; Ren, Jinchang ; Jiang, Jianmin ; Ipson, Stan S.
Author_Institution
Digital Media & Syst. Res. Inst., Univ. of Bradford, Bradford
fYear
2009
fDate
27-29 April 2009
Firstpage
1655
Lastpage
1656
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of feature extraction techniques for unconstrained Arabic handwritten word recognition. Choosing a technique for extraction the features considers the most important factor in achieving high recognition rates in word or character recognition. Different techniques were designed to extract the features from the Arabic words. These techniques are presented and discussed in terms of invariant invariance properties.
Keywords
feature extraction; handwritten character recognition; character recognition; invariant invariance properties; unconstrained arabic handwritten word feature extraction; Application software; Character recognition; Discrete cosine transforms; Feature extraction; Hidden Markov models; Image recognition; Image segmentation; Optical character recognition software; Skeleton; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Technology: New Generations, 2009. ITNG '09. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3770-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-3596-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITNG.2009.222
Filename
5070888
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