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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015)

Published: July 31, 2015

Pages: 124-131

Original Article

Off-line Signature Recognition Using Weightless Neural Network and Feature Extraction

Ali Al-Saegh 1
1Computer Engineering Department University of Mosul Mosul, Iraq
History
  • Received: May 31, 2015
  • Available Online: July 31, 2015
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.11.1.13

Abstract

The problem of automatic signature recognition and verification has been extensively investigated due to the vitality of this field of research. Handwritten signatures are broadly used in daily life as a secure way for personal identification. In this paper a novel approach is proposed for handwritten signature recognition in an off-line environment based on Weightless Neural Network (WNN) and feature extraction. This type of neural networks (NN) is characterized by its simplicity in design and implementation. Whereas no weights, transfer functions and multipliers are required. Implementing the WNN needs only Random Access Memory (RAM) slices. Moreover, the whole process of training can be accomplished with few numbers of training samples and by presenting them once to the neural network. Employing the proposed approach in signature recognition area yields promising results with rates of 99.67% and 99.55% for recognition of signatures that the network has trained on and rejection of signatures that the network has not trained on, respectively.

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