Character pattern extraction from documents with complex backgrounds

International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 258-268

  Goto, Hideaki ^a   Aso, Hirotomo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Character pattern extraction; Complex background; Document image analysis; Multilevel thresholding; Region growing

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER PATTERN EXTRACTION; COMPLEX BACKGROUND; DOCUMENT IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTILEVEL THRESHOLDING; REGION GROWING;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EXTRACTION;

PIXELS;

EID: 84892683324     PISSN: 14332833     EISSN: 14332825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10032-001-0073-1     Document Type: Article

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