Title :
Layout Analysis of Handwritten Historical Documents for Searching the Archive of the Cabinet of the Dutch Queen
Author :
Bulacu, Marius ; Van Koert, Rutger ; Schomaker, Lambert ; Van Der Zant, Tijn
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Groningen, Groningen
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe the structure and the performance of a layout analysis system developed for processing the handwritten documents contained in a large historical collection of very high importance in the Netherlands. We introduce a method based on contour tracing that generates curvilinear separation paths between text lines in order to preserve the ascenders and descenders. Our methods are relevant to research on digitization and retrieval of handwritten historical documents.
Keywords :
document image processing; edge detection; handwritten character recognition; history; image retrieval; information retrieval systems; Netherlands; archive searching; ascenders preservation; contour tracing; curvilinear separation paths; descenders preservation; handwritten historical document digitization; handwritten historical document retrieval; layout analysis; text lines; Cultural differences; Global communication; Government; Image analysis; Image color analysis; Image processing; Image retrieval; Performance analysis; Search engines; Text analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Document Analysis and Recognition, 2007. ICDAR 2007. Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Parana
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2822-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICDAR.2007.4378732
