Patent ID: 9454706
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. A method for Arabic like alphanumeric character recognition, comprising: receiving a handwritten Arabic like alphanumeric character, from an alphanumeric input device; storing, in a memory, fuzzy models of a plurality of Arabic like alphanumeric characters; preprocessing, by processing circuitry, the handwritten Arabic like alphanumeric character; extracting, by the processing circuitry, features from the preprocessed Arabic like alphanumeric character; computing, by the processing circuitry, a similarity value based on fuzzy comparisons between points of the preprocessed Arabic like alphanumeric character and the stored fuzzy models; classifying, by the processing circuitry, the handwritten Arabic like alphanumeric character based at least in part on the similarity value; and outputting a classified alphanumeric character, wherein the similarity value between a preprocessed Arabic like alphanumeric character S and a fuzzy model M is calculated based on a membership value calculated by applying wherein the membership value is expressed as: where N is a number of points, d is a directional feature of the preprocessed Arabic like alphanumeric character S at point i, β