Skeleton Hinge Distribution for Writer Identification

Abstract

In this paper, a feature that is based on statistical directional features is presented. Specifically, an improvement of the statistical feature: edge hinge distribution, is attempted. Furthermore, different matching techniques are applied. For the evaluation, the Firemaker DB was used, which consists of samples from 250 writers, including 4 pages per writer. The suggested feature, the skeleton hinge distribution, achieved accuracy of 90.8% using nearest neighbor with Manhattan distance for matching.