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Signature Sample Synthesis

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Signature synthesis; Handwriting synthesis; Handwriting sample synthesis

Definition

Signature sample synthesis is the generation of synthetic signature from a user’s signature samples. It is a special case of handwriting sample synthesis which generates novel handwriting in a particular person’s handwriting style. A handwriting or signature synthesis system has two basic modules: the modeling module and the synthesis module. In the modeling module, the system collects handwriting/signature samples of a specific writer (online or offline), and identifies and stores the basic characteristics of samples (for example, shape and spatial layout). In the synthesis module, synthetic glyphs are generated from the stored templates, and they may be further aligned and connected to form synthetic handwriting data.

Introduction

Like many biometric characteristics, such as face, fingerprint, and iris, signature/handwriting has been widely accepted by people as an effective way to identify a...

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  1. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Liang Wan Ms.

  2. Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China

    Zhouchen Lin Dr.

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li (Professor) (Professor)

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

    Anil Jain (Professor) (Professor)

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Wan, L., Lin, Z. (2009). Signature Sample Synthesis. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_7

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