Synthetic parameters for handwriting classification

Synthetic parameters for handwriting classification

Bouletreau, V. and Vincent, N. and Sabourin, R. and Emptoz, H.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 1997

Abstract : In this paper, we present a new family of parameters for handwriting analysis based on the fractal behavior of writing. These parameter allow the classification of writing into different families which could be used as a preliminary step for recognition methods. They also constitute a way to quantify some legibility properties and we show that they can be useful for cognitive approaches of handwriting analysis.