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Markov random field-based statistical character structure modeling for handwritten Chinese character recognition.

Jia Zeng1, Zhi-Qiang Liu

  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kongm Tat Chee Ave. 83, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, PR China. j.zeng@ieee.org

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
|March 29, 2008
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This study introduces a novel method for handwritten Chinese character recognition (HCCR) using statistical-structural modeling with Markov random fields (MRFs). The approach effectively models character structures for improved recognition accuracy.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Pattern Recognition

Background:

  • Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition (HCCR) is challenging due to variations in stroke structure.
  • Statistical modeling of character structures is crucial for accurate HCCR.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a statistical-structural character modeling method for HCCR using Markov random fields (MRFs).
  • To leverage stroke relationships within the MRF framework for robust character structure representation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Markov random fields (MRFs) to statistically model character structures based on stroke relationships.
  • Designed a neighborhood system incorporating prior knowledge of character structures and penalized mismatched relationships.
  • Derived likelihood clique potentials from Gaussian mixture models to statistically encode stroke variations.

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  • Employed single-site potentials for candidate stroke extraction and pair-site potentials with relaxation labeling for structural matching.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated that MRFs can effectively model the statistical structures of Chinese characters.
    • The proposed MRF-based method achieved successful performance in handwritten Chinese character recognition.
    • Experiments on the KAIST character database validated the efficacy of the MRF approach.

    Conclusions:

    • Markov random fields provide a powerful statistical framework for modeling complex character structures in HCCR.
    • The integration of prior structural knowledge and statistical modeling enhances recognition accuracy.
    • The proposed method offers a viable solution for improving handwritten Chinese character recognition systems.