Writer retrieval - Exploration of a novel biometric scenario using perceptual features derived from script orientation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 628-632

  Atanasiu, Vlad ^a   Likforman Sulem, Laurence ^b   Vincent, Nicole ^c  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c Huawei Technologies Co   (France)

Author keywords

handwritten documents; IAM database; local shape orientation; perception of handwriting; writer retrieval

Indexed keywords

HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT; IAM DATABASE; LOCAL SHAPE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PERCEPTUAL FEATURE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; WRITER RETRIEVAL;

BIOMETRICS; CHARACTER RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 82355182448     PISSN: 15205363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDAR.2011.132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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