A novel comprehensive database for offline Persian handwriting recognition

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Highlights：

• Novel comprehensive Persian handwritten database with thousands of items is offered.

• A framework for creating databases for offline handwriting recognition is proposed.

• An opportunity for tens of pattern recognition fields of research has been created.

• Detailed ground truth has been provided for all the presented itemsets and samples.

摘要

•Novel comprehensive Persian handwritten database with thousands of items is offered.•A framework for creating databases for offline handwriting recognition is proposed.•An opportunity for tens of pattern recognition fields of research has been created.•Detailed ground truth has been provided for all the presented itemsets and samples.

论文关键词：Persian handwriting recognition,Persian offline recognition,Persian handwriting database,Check recognition,Numeral string,Digit recognition,Persian date,Persian alphabet,Unconstrained Persian handwriting recognition

论文评审过程：Received 15 April 2015, Revised 31 January 2016, Accepted 16 March 2016, Available online 29 March 2016, Version of Record 15 June 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2016.03.024