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Block segmentation and text extraction in mixed text/image documents
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It is shown that a constrained run length algorithm is well suited to partition most documents into areas of text lines, solid black lines, and rectangular ☐es enclosing graphics and halftone images.About:
This article is published in Computer Graphics and Image Processing.The article was published on 1982-12-01. It has received 428 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Halftone.read more
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Document analysis system
TL;DR: The requirements and components for a proposed Document Analysis System, which assists a user in encoding printed documents for computer processing, are outlined and several critical functions have been investigated and the technical approaches are discussed.
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A robust algorithm for text string separation from mixed text/graphics images
TL;DR: The development and implementation of an algorithm for automated text string separation that is relatively independent of changes in text font style and size and of string orientation are described and showed superior performance compared to other techniques.
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Textfinder: an automatic system to detect and recognize text in images
TL;DR: A robust system is proposed to automatically detect and extract text in images from different sources, including video, newspapers, advertisements, stock certificates, photographs, and checks.
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Text segmentation using Gabor filters for automatic document processing
TL;DR: In this paper, two-dimensional Gabor filters are used to extract texture features for each text region in a given document image, and the text in the document is considered as a textured region.
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Document structure analysis algorithms: a literature survey
TL;DR: This paper provides a detailed survey of past work on document structure analysis algorithms and summarize the limitations of past approaches.
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Digital Picture Processing
Azriel Rosenfeld,Avinash C. Kak +1 more
TL;DR: The rapid rate at which the field of digital picture processing has grown in the past five years had necessitated extensive revisions and the introduction of topics not found in the original edition.
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Preliminary investigation of techniques for automated reading of unformatted text
TL;DR: It will be shown that for the majority of subroutines the method indicated in Remark 5 practically does not increase the complexity of the computation of S~s.
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Printed Text Discrimination
TL;DR: A computer program which can distinguish printed text from photographs, line drawings, and other nontext material is discussed.