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Handwriting verification system

US4040012A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateApr 28, 1976
Grant dateAug 2, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 28, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Identification of a specimen signature is provided by comparing the specimen with a previously recorded template signature. The comparison is performed by recording, for both specimen and template signatures, signals representing forces in three directions while generating these signatures. For handwritten signatures these forces are called pressure, for the force perpendicular to the plane of the paper, X for the left-right force in the plane of the paper, and Y for the near-far force in the plane of the paper. The recorded specimen signals are divided into equal parts, for example halves, and successive comparisons are made of the equal parts, first without any displacement, then with relative displacements, then by expanding the length of parts relative to one another, then by reducing the length of parts relative to one another, to find the highest correlation values for all of these comparisons. These are combined and compared with a reference.

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