A Review of Off-Line Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition

Off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition is one of the most challenging problems in pattern recognition field.This paper analyzed the latest developments of offline handwritten Chinese character recognition in recent years.Main methods of the key technologies such as Chinese characters segmentation,feature extraction and classifier design were discussed.This paper also introduced 3 typical off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition databases.Finally,remain difficult issues and future trends of off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition were proposed.This paper will guide researchers in this field and promote development of off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition technology.