10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to identify the segmented character with the candidate character comprises calculating a composite score as a function of the comparison score and the distortion score.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to identify the segmented character with the candidate character comprises calculating a composite score as a function of the comparison score and the distortion score. 12. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining whether to identify the segmented character with the candidate character comprises determining whether the composite score is above a threshold.