Title :
Continuous approach to segmentation of handwritten text
Author :
Mestetskii, L.M. ; Reyer, I.A. ; Sederberg, T.W.
Author_Institution :
Tver State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
A new approach to the segmentation of handwritten text is presented that is based on approximating a binary raster image with a set of polygons and building a continuous skeleton of those polygons. Polygons and skeletons are then used in extraction of lines, removing of spots and artifacts, extraction of words from lines and extraction of strokes from words.
Keywords :
computational geometry; feature extraction; handwritten character recognition; artifacts; binary raster image; continuous approach; continuous skeleton; handwritten text segmentation; lines extraction; polygons; strokes extraction; Buildings; Handwriting recognition; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Joints; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Pixel; Skeleton; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1692-0
DOI :
10.1109/IWFHR.2002.1030950
