A robust document skew estimation algorithm using mathematical morphology

Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 496-503

  Thanh, Nguyen Duc ^a   Binh, Vo Dai ^a   Mi, Nguyen Thi Tu ^a   Giang, Nguyen Thuy ^a  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CYBERNETICS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

ARBITRARY ANGLES; COMMON PROBLEMS; DOCUMENT IMAGING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATORS; SKEW ANGLES; SKEW ESTIMATION; STRUCTURING ELEMENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 48649098213     PISSN: 10823409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTAI.2007.124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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