Crossing number features: from biometrics to printed character matching
Résumé
Nowadays, the security of both digital and hardcopy documents has become a real issue. As a solution, numerous integrity check approaches have been designed. The challenge lies in finding features which are robust to print-and-scan process. In this paper, we propose a new method of printed-and-scanned character matching based on the adaptation of biometrical features. After the binarization and the skeletonization of a character, feature points are extracted by computing crossing numbers. The feature point set can then be smoothed to make it more suitable for template matching. From various experimental results, we have shown that an accuracy of more than 95% is achieved for printand-scan resolutions of 300 dpi and 600 dpi. We have also highlighted the feasibility of the proposed method in case of double print-and-scan operation. The comparison with a state-of-the-art method shows that the generalization of proposed matching method is possible while using different fonts.
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