A contour-based robust algorithm for text detection in color images

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E89-D, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1221-1230

  Liu, Yangxing ^a   Goto, Satoshi ^a,b,c   Ikenaga, Takeshi ^a,b,d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IEEE   (Japan)

^c Academy Engineering Society of Japan   (Japan)

^d IPSJ   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connected component analysis; Edge detection; Region contour; Text detection; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONNECTED COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGION CONTOUR; TEXT DETECTION; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33645766319     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e89-d.3.1221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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