Handwritten signature verification based on code representation

A method to obtain a code representation of handwritten signatures is described and an algorithm for signature verification based on such representations is proposed. Results of tests to determine efficient methods of image compression for the purpose of signature verification are presented. Konstantin Alekseev. Born 1979. Received Master’s degree in engineering and technology (Radioengineering) in 2002. Currently post-graduate student at St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”, chair of television and video. Scientific interests: digital image processing and pattern recognition. Author of three papers. Svetlana Egorova. Born 1931. Graduated from St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” in 1955, received Candidates degree (Eng.) in 1965; since 1968 a senior lecturer at the chair of television and video, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”. Scientific interests: optical and digital image processing and compression methods in signal processing. Author of 141 papers.