gbanyan e429e4eed1 Bootstrap .planning/ for Paper A v4.0 milestone
Hand-written minimal GSD scaffolding (PROJECT.md / REQUIREMENTS.md /
ROADMAP.md / STATE.md) without running /gsd-ingest-docs because:

  * 51 pre-existing markdown files exceed the v1 50-doc cap and most
    are stale (older review rounds, infrastructure notes) or already
    captured in auto-memory project_signature_research.md
  * Heavyweight ingest workflow not needed when project context is
    already comprehensive

PROJECT.md captures the Big-4 reframe key decision and the locked
v3.x history; REQUIREMENTS.md defines REQ-001..008 for v4.0;
ROADMAP.md lays out 7 phases (Foundation -> Methodology -> Results
-> Prose -> AI peer review -> Partner re-review -> Submission);
STATE.md anchors at Phase 1 entry on branch paper-a-v4-big4.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-12 14:43:34 +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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