Text segmentation from complex background using sparse representations

Proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 412-416

  Pan, W M ^a   Bui, T D ^a   Suen, C Y ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX BACKGROUNDS; SPARSE REPRESENTATIONS; TEXT SEGMENTATION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 51149094372     PISSN: 15205363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDAR.2007.4378742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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