In this paper, we present a binarization technique specifically designed for historical document images. Existing methods for this problem focus on either finding a good global th...
Document binarization is an active research area for many years. There are many difficulties associated with satisfactory binarization of document images and especially in cases o...
An original binarization method based on connected operators is proposed in this paper. Connected operators enable to filter and/or segment an image by preserving its contours. T...
—A vast number of historical and badly degraded document images can be found in libraries, public, and national archives. Due to the complex nature of different artifacts, such p...