Text segmentation and recognition in complex background based on Markov random field

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-230

  Chen, Datong ^a   Odobez, Jean Marc ^a   Bourlard, Hervé ^a  

^a IDIAP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEXT PROCESSING; CHARACTER RECOGNITION; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

GRAY LEVEL DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD (MRF); TEXT IMAGES; TEXT SEGMENTATION;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

COMPLEX BACKGROUND; CONNECTED COMPONENT ANALYSIS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; MIXTURE OF GAUSSIANS; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; TEXT SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33845210661     PISSN: 10514651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPR.2002.1047438     Document Type: Article

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