Dynamic window construction for the binarization of barcode images captured by mobile phones

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3001-3004

  Yang, Huijuan ^a   Kot, Alex C ^a   Jiang, Xudong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barcode images; Dynamic binarization window; High gradient pixels; Uneven illumination

Indexed keywords

BINARIZATIONS; BINARIZE; DIFFERENT SIZES; HIGH GRADIENT; LARGE OBJECTS; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; RECOGNITION RATES; UNEVEN ILLUMINATION;

BAR CODES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

PIXELS;

EID: 78651098093     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5649308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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