Video text recognition using sequential Monte Carlo and error voting methods

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1386-1403

  Chen, Datong ^a   Odobez, Jean Marc ^a  

^a IDIAP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Language model; Recognition output voting error reduction; Sequential Monte Carlo filter; Text segmentation; Video text recognition

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LINGUISTICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LANGUAGE MODEL; RECOGNITION OUTPUT VOTING ERROR REDUCTION; SEQUENTIAL MONTE-CARLO FILTER; TEXT SEGMENTATION; VIDEO TEXT RECOGNITION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 18444383702     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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