gbanyan 1e37d344ea Add codex GPT-5.5 round-18 independent peer review artifact
paper/codex_review_gpt55_v3_18_3.md: 12.5 KB / 128 lines. Codex re-audited
v3.18.3 against its own round-17 review, the live filesystem (verified
all 17 Appendix B paths exist), and the SQLite database. Verdict: Minor
Revision; the round-18 finding was that the v3.18.3 reconciliation note
for 55,921 vs 55,922 was empirically false (DB query showed the cause
was accountants.firm vs signatures.excel_firm field mismatch, not
floating-point/snapshot drift).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-27 20:59:07 +08:00

PDF Signature Extraction System

Automated extraction of handwritten Chinese signatures from PDF documents using hybrid VLM + Computer Vision approach.

Quick Start

Step 1: Extract Pages from CSV

cd /Volumes/NV2/pdf_recognize
source venv/bin/activate
python extract_pages_from_csv.py

Step 2: Extract Signatures

python extract_signatures_hybrid.py

Documentation

Current Performance

Test Dataset: 5 PDF pages

  • Signatures expected: 10
  • Signatures found: 7
  • Precision: 100% (no false positives)
  • Recall: 70%

Key Features

Hybrid Approach: VLM name extraction + CV detection + VLM verification Name-Based: Signatures saved as signature_周寶蓮.png No False Positives: Name-specific verification filters out dates, text, stamps Duplicate Prevention: Only one signature per person Handles Both: PDFs with/without text layer

File Structure

extract_pages_from_csv.py          # Step 1: Extract pages
extract_signatures_hybrid.py       # Step 2: Extract signatures (CURRENT)
README.md                          # This file
PROJECT_DOCUMENTATION.md           # Complete documentation
README_page_extraction.md          # Page extraction guide
README_hybrid_extraction.md        # Signature extraction guide

Requirements

Data

  • Input: /Volumes/NV2/PDF-Processing/master_signatures.csv (86,073 rows)
  • PDFs: /Volumes/NV2/PDF-Processing/total-pdf/batch_*/
  • Output: /Volumes/NV2/PDF-Processing/signature-image-output/

Status

Page extraction: Tested with 100 files, working Signature extraction: Tested with 5 files, 70% recall, 100% precision Large-scale testing: Pending Full dataset (86K files): Pending

See PROJECT_DOCUMENTATION.md for complete details.

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Description
Automated extraction of handwritten Chinese signatures from PDF documents using hybrid VLM + Computer Vision approach. 70% recall, 100% precision.
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