Handwritten numerical recognition based on multiple algorithms

Abstract

In this paper, the authors combine two algorithms for application to the recognition of unconstrained isolated handwritten numerals. The first algorithm employs a modified quadratic discriminant function utilizing direction sensitive spatial features of the numeral image. The second algorithm utilizes features derived from the profile of the character in a structural configuration to recognize the numerals. While both algorithms yield very low error rates, the authors combine the two algorithms in different ways to study the best polling strategy and realize very low error rates (0.2% or less) and rejection rates below 4%.