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Many algorithms for online signature verification using multiple features have been proposed. Recently it has been argued that pen pressure, azimuth, and altitude can cause instability and deteriorate the performance. Algorithms without pen pressure and inclination features outperformed with them in SVC2004. However, we previously found that these features improved the performance in evaluations using our private database. The effectiveness of the features thus depended on the algorithm. Therefore, we re-evaluated our algorithm using the same database as used in SVC2004 and discuss the effectiveness of pen pressure, azimuth and altitude. Experimental results show that even though these features are not so effective when they are used by themselves, they improved the performance when used in combination with other features. When pen pressure and inclination features were considered, an EER of 3.61% was achieved, compared to an EER of 5.79% when these features were not used.
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Muramatsu, D., Matsumoto, T. (2007). Effectiveness of Pen Pressure, Azimuth, and Altitude Features for Online Signature Verification. In: Lee, SW., Li, S.Z. (eds) Advances in Biometrics. ICB 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4642. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74549-5_53
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