Stable text line detection

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Jaime S. Cardoso (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2009 Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2009

2009 Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2009

Snowbird, UT, 7 December 2009 through 8 December 2009

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Authenticus ID: P-007-T0F

DOI: 10.1109/wacv.2009.5403119

Abstract (EN): Text line segmentation in freestyle handwritten documents remains an open document analysis problem. Curvilinear text lines and small gaps between neighbouring text lines present a challenge to algorithms developed for machine-printed or hand-printed documents. We investigate a general-purpose, knowledge-free method for the automatic detection of text lines based on a stable path approach. Lines affected by curvature and inclination are robustly detected. The proposed methodology was tested on a modern set of handwritten images made available on the ICDAR 2009 handwriting segmentation competition, with promissing results. © 2009 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5