The invention provides a multi-classifier integration-based image
character recognition method. The method comprises the following steps of: converting a
colored to-be-identified image into a
grayscale image; carrying out binary
processing on the
grayscale image and segmenting an image region with character information; segmenting each Chinese character from a whole character image; extracting grid features and direction features of each Chinese character; selecting
stroke density total length features to carry out first-layer rough classification by adoption of a
minimum distance classifier; and respectively selecting
peripheral features, the grid features and the direction features to complete second-layer classification matching by adoption of a nearest-neighbor classifier. The method has the advantages that the
character recognition has relatively strong anti-jamming capability and relatively strong character
local structure description capability, and is less influenced by
stroke widths; by adoption of a classifier integration technology of complementing and combining the
minimum distance classifier and the nearest-neighbor classifier, a
system is more reliable; and the characters can be intelligently recognized, so that the adaptability of the
system is improved and the recognition rate is high.