We have been developing a segmentation method for touching pairs of numerals. In this study, we extend the method to the segmentation of numeral strings that contain the touching patterns of multiple numerals. The mechanisms of the separation of overlapping strokes and the removal of ligature are introduced into our “segmentation graph.” We also attempt to combine local features and structural ...

An approach for segmentation of handwritten touching numeral strings is presented in this paper. A neural network has been designed to deal with various types of touching observed frequently in numeral strings. A numeral string image is split into a number of line segments while stroke extraction is being performed and the segments are represented with straight lines. Four types of primitive ar...

This paper deals with a new technique for automatic segmentation of unconstrained handwritten connected numerals. To take care of variability involved in the writing style of different individuals a robust scheme is presented here. The scheme is mainly based on features obtained from a concept based on water reservoir. A reservoir is a metaphor to illustrate the region where numerals touch. Res...

In this paper, we propose an approach for the separation of overlapping and touching lines within handwritten Arabic documents. Our approach is based on the morphology analysis of the terminal letters of Arabic words. Starting from 4 categories of possible endings, we use the angular variance to follow the connection and separate the endings. The proposed separation scheme has been evaluated on...

In this paper we examine how simulated social touch by a virtual agent in a cooperative or competitive augmented reality game influences the perceived trustworthiness, warmth and politeness of the agent. Before and after the game, participants interact with two agents whereby one agent touches the participant’s arm. Results showed no significant difference in how agents are perceived in the coo...

The Creation of Adam, a section of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling, illustrates the Biblical creation in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become one of the most iconic images of touching as a way of giving life. Hands have always had an important significance in the fine arts, poetry, literature, and movies, expre...

Using a tactile variant of the negative-priming paradigm, we analyzed the influence of Gestalt grouping on the ability of participants to ignore distracting tactile information. The distance between participants' hands, to which the target and distractor stimuli were simultaneously delivered, was varied (near/touching hands vs. hands far apart). In addition, the influence of touching hands was ...

Skinning of an ordered set of discrete circles is discussed in this paper. By skinning we mean the geometric construction of two G1 continuous curves touching each of the circles at a point, separately. After precisely defining the admissible configuration of initial circles and the desired geometric properties of the skin, we construct the future touching points and tangents of the skin by app...

Character segmentation plays a very important role in a text recognition system. The simple technique of using inter-character gap for segmentation is useful for fine printed documents, but this technique fails to give satisfactory results if the input text contains touching characters. In this paper, we have proposed two algorithms to segment touching characters, and one algorithm to segment o...