Optimal segmentation of handwritten Chinese signatures using wavelet transforms

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2721-2729

  Wen, Chi Jain ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Segmentation; Signature verification; Wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039940001     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600837     Document Type: Article

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