This survey describes the state of the art of online handwriting recognition during a period of renewed activity in the field. It is based on an extensive review of the literature, including journal articles, conference proceedings, and patents. Online versus offline recognition, digitizer technology, and handwriting properties and recognition problems are discussed. Shape recognition algorithms, preprocessing and postprocessing techniques, experimental systems, and commercial products are examined
Published in:
Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:12
,
Issue:
8
)
Date of Publication: Aug 1990