Segmentation of ancient documents is challenging. In the worst cases, text characters become fragmented as the results of strong degradation processes. New active contour methods ...
This paper presents a new enhanced text extraction algorithm from degraded document images on the basis of the probabilistic models. The observed document image is considered as a...
It is common for libraries to provide public access to historical and ancient document image collections. It is common for such document images to require specialized processing i...
—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...
In this article we present a novel fully automatic character segmentation for camera-based images. This is a top-down approach inspired by the human visual system: the high level ...