Printed Chinese character recognition using Fuzzy theory and hidden Markov model approaches

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 資訊及電子工程研究所 === 81 === In this thesis, we propose a two - stage method for Chinese character recognition. The Fuzzy c-means ( FCM ) clustering algorithm is used to train the cluster centers , and the hidden Markov model (HMM) techni...

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Main Authors: Wang, Fu-Dong, 王福東
Other Authors: Prof. Tsai, Mu-king
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 1993
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13506475379906497172
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Summary:碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 資訊及電子工程研究所 === 81 === In this thesis, we propose a two - stage method for Chinese character recognition. The Fuzzy c-means ( FCM ) clustering algorithm is used to train the cluster centers , and the hidden Markov model (HMM) technique is used to train the reference character template in the learning procedure. The mean square error(MSE) criterion is used to determine which cluster the input character belongs to . Again . we use HMM technique to make direct recognition. Feature extraction is another important part for character recognition . We extract the global and ocal features by the reflection method . They can represent the character contour and structure information. By the FCM clustering algorithm,elements of set can belong to several clusters and to different degrees. It provide a much more adequate tool for representing real - data structures. The states of the HMM correspond to subdivisions of character - images. This permits recognition of Chinese character even thought the images are damaged by noises. For future research , some suggestions are offered.