An improved binarization algorithm based on a water flow model for document image with inhomogeneous backgrounds

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2612-2625

  Oh, Hyun Hwa ^a   Lim, Kil Taek ^b   Chien, Sung Il ^c  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongju University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive thresholding; Binarization; Document image; Speed up; Water flow model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; BINARIZATION; DOCUMENT IMAGE; SPEED-UP; WATER FLOW MODEL;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 25144451757     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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