A practical approach for writer-dependent symbol recognition using a writer-independent symbol recognizer

We present a practical technique for using a writer-independent recognition engine to improve the accuracy and speed while reducing the training requirements of a writer-dependent symbol recognizer. Our writer-dependent recognizer uses a set of binary classifiers based on the AdaBoost learning algor...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence. - 1979. - 29(2007), 11 vom: 11. Nov., Seite 1917-26
1. Verfasser: LaViola, Joseph J Jr (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zeleznik, Robert C
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Zusammenfassung:We present a practical technique for using a writer-independent recognition engine to improve the accuracy and speed while reducing the training requirements of a writer-dependent symbol recognizer. Our writer-dependent recognizer uses a set of binary classifiers based on the AdaBoost learning algorithm, one for each possible pairwise symbol comparison. Each classifier consists of a set of weak learners, one of which is based on a writer-independent handwriting recognizer. During online recognition, we also use the n-best list of the writer-independent recognizer to prune the set of possible symbols and thus reduce the number of required binary classifications. In this paper, we describe the geometric and statistical features used in our recognizer and our all-pairs classification algorithm. We also present the results of experiments that quantify the effect incorporating a writer-independent recognition engine into a writer-dependent recognizer has on accuracy, speed, and user training time
Beschreibung:Date Completed 13.12.2007
Date Revised 01.12.2018
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1939-3539