An online writer identification system using regression-based feature normalization and codebook descriptors

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Highlights:

• Adaptation of the VLAD framework to online writer identification.

• Addressal of a potential drawback with the VLAD framework.

• Proposal of a novel descriptor that alleviates the drawback of the VLAD.

• A feature normalization method that enhances the writer identification performance.

• Proposal tested on IAM and IBM UB 1 Online Handwriting Databases.

摘要

•Adaptation of the VLAD framework to online writer identification.•Addressal of a potential drawback with the VLAD framework.•Proposal of a novel descriptor that alleviates the drawback of the VLAD.•A feature normalization method that enhances the writer identification performance.•Proposal tested on IAM and IBM UB 1 Online Handwriting Databases.

论文关键词:Online writer identification,Codebook descriptors,Feature normalization,IAM Online Handwriting Database,IBM UB1 database

论文评审过程:Received 20 September 2016, Revised 22 November 2016, Accepted 29 November 2016, Available online 15 December 2016, Version of Record 29 December 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.11.038