Structural analysis of Arabic handwriting: segmentation and recognition |
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Authors: | Katerin Romeo-Pakker Abderrahim Ameur Christian Olivier Yves Lecourtier |
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Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Science UFR des Sciences, La3i-University of Rouen, F-76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cédex, France |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a structural method of recognising Arabic handwritten characters is proposed. The major problem in cursive text recognition is the segmentation into characters or into representative strokes. When we segment the cursive portions of words, we take into account the contextual properties of the Arabic grammar and the junction segments connecting the characters to each other along the writing line. The problem of overlapping characters is resolved with a contour-following algorithm associated with the labelling of the detected contours. In the recognition phase, the characters are gathered into ten families of candidate characters with similar shapes. Then a heterarchical analysis follows that checks the pattern via goal-directed feedback control. |
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Keywords: | Off-line character recognition Cursive handwriting Arabic characters Script segmentation Heterarchical analysis |
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