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Arabic Bank Check Processing: State of the Art

Irfan Ahmad and Sabri A. Mahmoud*, Senior Member, IEEE   

  1. Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
  • Received:2011-12-07 Revised:2013-01-09 Online:2013-03-05 Published:2013-03-05
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    This work is supported by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) of Saudi Arabia under Grant Nos. RG- 1009-1 and RG-1009-2.

In this paper, we present a general model for Arabic bank check processing indicating the major phases of a check processing system. We then survey the available databases for Arabic bank check processing research. The state of the art in the different phases of Arabic bank check processing is surveyed (i.e., pre-processing, check analysis and segmentation, features extraction, and legal and courtesy amounts recognition). The open issues for future research are stated and areas that need improvements are presented. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first survey of Arabic bank check processing.

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