TY - JOUR T1 - Offline Recognition of Handwritten Signatures Based on the SURF and SVM Algorithms AU - Abd El Munim, Hossam E. AU - Ibrahim Hamadly, Ali Khaleel AU - Mohamed, Hoda K. JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 14 IS - 8 SP - 2687 EP - 2694 PY - 2019 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2019.2687.2694 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.2687.2694 KW - SURF KW -SVM KW -feature extraction and BOW KW -descriptors KW -dictionary KW -recognition AB - Signature biometric becomes one of most relevant security factors in modern ubiquitous applications. Signature recognition is the process of using this biometric to verifying and identifying people accurately. There are several challenges associated with reliable recognition of these signatures. In this study, we have proposed a new approach for offline signature recognition. The SURF algorithm is used in this approach to specify invariant key points and descriptors while SVM algorithm is used for classification purposes. In addition, BOW algorithm is used to build dictionary of the most discriminative features of the handwritten signatures. Feature extraction and recognition are the key elements in the proposed approach for offline signature recognition. Our approach outperforms compared state-of-art approaches by providing 98.75% signature recognition accuracy. ER -