Low-complexity character extraction in low-contrast scene images

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-135

  Winger, Lowell L ^a,c,d   Robinson, John A ^b,c,f,g,h,i   Jernigan, M Ed ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Bell Northern Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

CHARACTER EXTRACTION; CHARACTER SEGMENTATION;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033750271     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001400000106     Document Type: Article

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