CA2222240A1 - Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging

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CA2222240A1
CA2222240A1 CA002222240A CA2222240A CA2222240A1 CA 2222240 A1 CA2222240 A1 CA 2222240A1 CA 002222240 A CA002222240 A CA 002222240A CA 2222240 A CA2222240 A CA 2222240A CA 2222240 A1 CA2222240 A1 CA 2222240A1
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contact signature
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Mark A. Patel
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United Parcel Service of America Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V40/00—Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
    • G06V40/30—Writer recognition; Reading and verifying signatures

Abstract

A portable, hand-held apparatus for capturing a gray scale image of a signature within a box having fiducial marks in the corners. Portions of the image outside the box are trimmed away and the box is oriented and scaled to a standard size and shape. Signature storage requirements are minimized and signature recognition is facilitated by thresholding the gray scale image and thinning the strokes of the signature to an image width of one pixel.
CA002222240A 1995-06-05 1996-06-04 Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging Expired - Fee Related CA2222240C (en)

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US08/463,746 US5857029A (en) 1995-06-05 1995-06-05 Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging
PCT/US1996/008316 WO1996039676A1 (en) 1995-06-05 1996-06-04 Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging

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ES (1) ES2144746T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3033348T3 (en)
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