Moment-based image normalization for handwritten text recognition

Proceedings - International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, IWFHR

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 256-261

  Kozielski, Michal ^a   Forster, Jens ^a   Ney, Hermann ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGIT RECOGNITION; HAND-WRITTEN TEXT RECOGNITION; HANDWRITING RECOGNITION; HANDWRITTEN TEXTS; IMAGE MOMENTS; IMAGE NORMALIZATION; IMAGE SLICES; NORMALIZATION METHODS; RIMES DATABASE; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SIZE AND POSITION; WORD ERROR RATE;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 84874248320     PISSN: 15505235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICFHR.2012.236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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