Evaluation of signature quality as a function of nationality via an off-line signature verification system

This paper investigates differences in signature quality as a function of n ationality. by comparing Japanese and Indonesian signatures. A signature ve rification system based on the localized are pattern method was applied to one Japanese and two Indonesian (educated and low. educated) signature data sets collected by the authors. As the observed error rate for the Japanese data set was as high as 7.2% compared to only 4.0% for the educated Indone sian set, this indicates Japanese signatures are less robust against forger y. We hypothesize that Japanese cultural/social habits are responsible for this, as Japanese people do not accustomed to use their signature as a mean s of identification.