Basic on-line handwritten signature features for personal biometric authentication

On-line handwritten signature-based personal authentication is still a challenging research topic. Although great efforts have been achieved in developing and defining a framework that systems for on-line authentication based on the handwritten signature of a person should adhere, these frameworks are still not enough because they do not include all the features that handwritten signature as a biometric feature has. In addition, there is a range of features that current system for capturing a signature posses by which it is possible to further and better define the characteristics of signatures required to be in the process of authentication of entities, but can be used not only for authentication but also for identification. The paper provides an overview of the differences between off-line and on-line mode of authentication system based on the handwritten signature as well as surveys of some properties that these features can have, supported with the latest systems to "capture" handwritten signatures.