kholaasat-ol-managheb, is the summary of manaagheb-al-aarefin written by ahmad-ibne- mahmood known as mo’een-al-fogharaa. the value of this text lies in the parts that have been added to it from mawlana’s speeches. it also contains some interesting tales. the writer of this article first introduces the text and its background; he then introduces ahmad-ibne- mahmood and his era. in this paper, t...

In this chapter, we propose a novel junction detection method in handwritten images, which uses the stroke-length distribution in every direction around a reference point inside the ink of texts. Our proposed junction detection method is simple and efficient, and yields a junction feature in a natural manner, which can be considered as a local descriptor. We apply our proposed junction detector...

With this presentation, we want to introduce the recently started TRIGRAPH project. The aim of this project is to develop techniques that can be used for forensic writer identification, using recent advances in pattern recognition and image processing, new insights in automatically derived handwriting features, user interface development, and innovations in forensic writer identification system...

In this chapter, we propose a novel junction detection method in handwritten images, which uses the stroke-length distribution in every direction around a reference point inside the ink of texts. Our proposed junction detection method is simple and efficient, and yields a junction feature in a natural manner, which can be considered as a local descriptor. We apply our proposed junction detector...

Chinese handwriting identification has become a hot research in pattern recognition and image processing. In this paper, we present overview of relevant papers from the previous related studies until to the recent publications regarding to the Chinese Handwriting Identification. The strength, weaknesses, accurateness and comparison of well known approaches are reviewed, summarized and documente...

In this chapter, we propose a novel junction detection method in handwritten images, which uses the stroke-length distribution in every direction around a reference point inside the ink of texts. Our proposed junction detection method is simple and efficient, and yields a junction feature in a natural manner, which can be considered as a local descriptor. We apply our proposed junction detector...

DEDICATION I fondly dedicate this thesis to the friends and family members who supported me throughout this project and pulled me out of the lab for important life experiences – and especially to Eli Sennesh, for broadening my horizons and enriching my life in countless ways. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I owe tremendous thanks to Joshua Pezet, OEB graduate and Elkinton lab veteran, who pioneered the met...

A system for writer identification based on handwritten text lines is described in this paper. The system uses Hidden Markov Model based recognizers which are designed for text line recognition. Features are extracted from a text line and used to train the recognizers. Prior to feature extraction, normalization operations are applied to a text line. On the one hand, there exists a strong correl...