INVARIANT PATTERN RECOGNITION USING RIDGELET PACKETS AND THE FOURIER TRANSFORM

Abstract

In this paper, we propose two novel invariant algorithms for pattern recognition by using ridgelet packets and the Fourier transform. Ridgelet packets provide many orthonormal bases that can effectively capture directional features present in pattern images. The Fourier transform is good at eliminating the orientation differences. By combining these two tools, very efficient rotation invariant pattern recognition techniques are created. Experimental results show that the proposed methods achieve very high classification rates and they outperform other state-of-the-art methods for rotation invariant pattern recognition under both noise-free and noisy environments.