On the optimization of a gabor filter-based feature extractor for handwritten character recognition

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Uchimura, Shunji ^a   Watanabe, Masanori ^a   Hamamoto, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy function method; Gabor parameter optimization; Handwritten character recognition; Response surface method; Two stage searches

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARACTER RECOGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ENERGY FUNCTION METHOD; GABOR PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION; ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIAL EQUATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TWO-STAGE CONVENTIONAL METHOD;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0038112097     PISSN: 10420967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjc.10140     Document Type: Article

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