Printed Chinese character similarity measurement using ring projection and distance transform

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Yuen, P C ^a,b,c,d   Feng, G C ^a,d   Tang, Y Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese character recognition; Distance transform; Nonlinear distortion; Ring projection; Similarity measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000650266     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218001498000142     Document Type: Article

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