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Signature Recognition, Overview

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Handwritten signature recognition; Signature/ sign recognition

Definition

A signature is a handwritten representation of a person’s name. Writing a signature is the established method for authentication and for expressing deliberate decisions of the signer in many areas of life, such as banking or the conclusion of legal contracts. A closely related concept is a handwritten personal sign depicting something else than a person’s name. As compared to text-independent writer recognition methods, signature/sign recognition goes with shorter handwriting probes but requires writing the same name or personal sign every time. Handwritten signatures and personal signs belong to the behavioral biometric characteristics as the person must become active for signing.

Regarding the automated recognition of handwritten signatures, there is a distinction between online signatures and offline signatures.

Offline and Online Signatures

Digitized handwriting data can be classified into:

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

    Olaf Henniger

  2. Department of Intelligent Media, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, 567-0047, Osaka, Japan

    Daigo Muramatsu

  3. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Matsumoto

  4. Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Isao Yoshimura

  5. Ritsumeikan University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Mitsu Yoshimura

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security, Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li

  2. Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Anil K. Jain

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Henniger, O., Muramatsu, D., Matsumoto, T., Yoshimura, I., Yoshimura, M. (2015). Signature Recognition, Overview. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_9185

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