Segmentation of handwritten signature images using the statistics of directional data

Segmentation of handwritten signature images using the statistics of directional data

Sabourin, Robert and Plamondon, Rejean

Proceedings – International Conference on Pattern Recognition 1988

Abstract : A preliminary design is given for a general image-understanding system for the extraction of a signature representation. A novel version of an algorithm for centroidal-linkage region-growing with merging, using the statistics of directional data is give. It permits the extraction of textured regions characterized by local uniformity in the orientation of the gradient.