Touching numeral segmentation using water reservoir concept

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 261-272

  Pal, U ^a   Belaid A ^b   Choisy, Ch ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b LORIA   (France)

Author keywords

Courtesy amount; French bank check; Touching numeral segmentation; Water reservoir concept

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TOPOLOGY;

RESERVOIR BOUNDARY;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037230896     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00240-4     Document Type: Article

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