Title: A real-world online signature verification system based on correlation algorithm

Authors: Charles Chen; Kuo-Kun Tseng; Xiaofeng Zhang

Addresses: School of Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province 519088, China ' Department of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, China ' School of Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province 519088, China

Abstract: Handwriting signature is one of features of the biometric identification and authentication, which is used to verify or authenticate a 'signer' and the document signed. US law (the electronic signatures (E-Sign) in Global and National Commerce Act) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Electronic Commerce already grant electronic signatures legal validity equivalent to traditional hand-written counterparts. The intention of those laws is to cut costs while providing more stringent security, especially in the emerging e-commerce arena. In this paper, we (a) describe fundamentals and the current status of electronic signatures in detail. (b) Propose an online handwriting signature verification algorithm by using four online elements as the verification features (they are X axle, Y axle, pressure and velocity (time). Correlation algorithm is used to test and verify signatures. (c) Develop a real world application system with the online electronic signature.

Keywords: digital signature; online signature; signature verification.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2018.095943

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2018 Vol.58 No.4, pp.321 - 339

Received: 31 Aug 2016
Accepted: 18 Oct 2017
Published online: 05 Nov 2018 *

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