Feedback-based architecture for reading courtesy amounts on checks

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 194-202

  Palacios, Rafael ^a   Gupta, Amar ^b   Wang, Patrick S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK CHECKS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COSTS; FEEDBACK; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INK; ITERATIVE METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037280869     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1526105     Document Type: Article

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