In this article, we propose a new method that combines the use of a global threshold and a window-based scheme for computing local thresholds. The latter scheme compares the contr...
Fu Chang, Kung-Hao Liang, Tzu-Ming Tan, Wen-Liang ...
Adaptive binarization is an important first step in many document analysis and OCR processes. This paper describes a fast adaptive binarization algorithm that yields the same qual...
—Document Image Binarization techniques have been studied for many years, and many practical binarization techniques have been developed and applied successfully on commercial do...
DIBCO 2009 is the first International Document Image Binarization Contest organized in the context of ICDAR 2009 conference. The general objective of the contest is to identify cu...
—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...