DocumentCode
2764459
Title
The use of eigenpictures for optical character recognition
Author
Muller, Neil ; Herbst, Ben
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Math., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
16-20 Aug 1998
Firstpage
1124
Abstract
We show that the ideas behind the eigenface technique can be easily extended to the OCR problem by using multiple image classes. In addition, we also describe a modification to the standard Euclidean distance measure used for recognition which gives very good results in this context
Keywords
covariance matrices; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; image classification; optical character recognition; eigenpictures; multiple image classes; optical character recognition; Africa; Character recognition; Covariance matrix; Face recognition; Identity-based encryption; Image databases; Mathematics; Measurement standards; Optical character recognition software; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Brisbane, Qld.
ISSN
1051-4651
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8512-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICPR.1998.711892
Filename
711892
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