Automatic handwriting recognition and writer matching on anthrax-related handwritten mail

Author

Srihari, Sargur N. ; Lee, Sangjik

Author_Institution

Center of Excellence for Document Anal. & Recognition, State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

284

Abstract

A handwriting recognition technique and a handwriting identification technique were combined and applied on anthrax-related handwritten mail. The HWAI (handwritten address interpretation) system interprets the address on the anthrax-related letters. The HWAI process can be modified to provide specific alphabet images which can then be used for writer identification. Micro-level feature values from segmented characters were extracted and an identification test was conducted. Preliminary results based on automatic handwriting recognition and identification are shown.

Keywords

feature extraction; handwriting recognition; police data processing; alphabet images; anthrax-related handwritten mail; feature extraction; forensic document examination; handwriting recognition; handwritten address interpretation system; segmented characters; writer identification; Conferences; Flowcharts; Forensics; Handwriting recognition; Image recognition; Image segmentation; Postal services; Testing; Text analysis; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1692-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWFHR.2002.1030923

Filename

1030923