Global shape normalization for handwritten chinese character recognition: A new method

Proceedings - International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, IWFHR

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 300-305

  Liu, Cheng Lin ^a   Marukawa, Katsumi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-MOMENT METHOD; GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION; LINE DENSITY PROJECTION FITTING (LDPF); SKEWNESS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 18044395924     PISSN: 15505235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWFHR.2004.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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