Journal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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JOURNAL OF BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOM ›› 2006, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 13-16.doi: 10.13190/jbupt.200601.13.zhangch

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Segmentation Algorithm for Unconstrained Handwritten Numeral Strings in Bank Check Reader System

ZHANG Chuang1, LIN Zhi-qing1, XIAO Bo1, GUO Jun2   

  1. 1.School of Telecommunication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
    2.School of Information Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • Received:2004-12-03 Online:2006-02-28 Published:2006-02-28

Abstract:

How to improve the strings segmentation process was investigated. The components connected were detected based on isolated components analysis, and the length estimation of the components using the feature of lower contours was discussed, the problem of segmenting overlapping or touching characters settled by the improved “drop-falling” algorithm was also studied in details. This method has been incorporated into a complete bank check character recognition system. It shows promising results.

Key words: bank check recognition, segmentation, length estimation of digit string

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