Automatic construction of structural models for unconstrained handwritten characters

Author

Nishida, Hirobumi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

14-16 Aug 1995

Firstpage

1107

Abstract

The clues for discontinuous structural transformation in handwriting lie in deformation around singular points and stroke connections of handwriting. For designing an algorithm for automatic construction of structural models incorporating discontinuous transformations, we analyze systematically how global structures and features are changed by stroke connections. Based on the set of systematic laws of shape transformations, we design an algorithm for finding component correspondence between a pair of deformed patterns, and present an algorithm for automatic construction of structural models for unconstrained handwritten characters along with some examples. The proposed algorithm can generalize unconstrained handwritten characters into a small number of classes, and one class can represent various deformed patterns

Keywords

handwriting recognition; pattern recognition; deformed patterns; discontinuous structural transformation; handwriting; shape transformations; stroke connections; unconstrained handwritten characters; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Deformable models; Handwriting recognition; Inference algorithms; Joining processes; Pattern recognition; Shape; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Document Analysis and Recognition, 1995., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7128-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDAR.1995.602108

Filename

602108