Feature-Based OCR


PART III - Character Features

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Basic Features

Naive Feature Tabulation

Character  End-points  Tri-intersection  Quad-intersection 
A  2  2  0 
B  0  2  0 
C  2  0  0 
D*  0  0  0 
E  3  1  0 
F  3  1  0 
G  3  1  0 
H  4  2  0 
       

(note: *identical to O's feature list)

Regional Feature Encoding

Top Orientation

II  I 
III  IV 

Bottom Orientation

II  I 
III  IV 

Left Orientation

II  I 
III  IV 

Right Orientation

II  I 
III  IV 

Regional Feature Table

Character  Top Orientation
EP TRI QUAD
Bottom Orientation
EP TRI QUAD
Left Orientation
EP TRI QUAD
Right Orientation
EP TRI QUAD
A  0, X, 0  2, X, 0  1, 1, 0  1, 1, 0 
B  0, X, 0  0, X, 0  0, 1, 0  0, 1, 0 
C  1, 0, 0  1, 0, 0  0, 0, 0  2, 0, 0 
         

(note: X marks wildcard features)

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