Title :
A handwritten character recognition method based on unconstrained elastic matching and eigen-deformations
Author :
Uchida, Seiichi ; Sakoe, Hiroaki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
A fast elastic matching based handwritten character recognition method is investigated. In the method, an unconstrained elastic matching technique, where the matching is optimized locally and individually on each pixel, is utilized together with its a posteriori evaluation based on the eigen-deformations of handwritten characters. Our experimental results show that high recognition rates can be attained by the present method with feasible computations.
Keywords :
computational complexity; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; handwritten character recognition; a posteriori evaluation; eigen-deformations; fast elastic matching method; handwritten character recognition; high recognition rates; unconstrained elastic matching; Character recognition; Computational complexity; Computational efficiency; Costs; Handwriting recognition; Impedance matching; Information science; Optimization methods; Pattern matching; Pattern recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1692-0
DOI :
10.1109/IWFHR.2002.1030887
