A MULTISCALE OPERATOR FOR DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION

Neucimar Jerônimo Leite, Leyza Baldo Dorini

2009

Abstract

Basically, document image binarization consists on the segmentation of scanned gray level images into text and background, and is a basic preprocessing stage in many image analysis systems. It is essential to threshold the document image reliably in order to extract useful information and make further processing such as character recognition and feature extraction. The main difficulties arise when dealing with poor quality document images, containing nonuniform illumination, shadows and smudge, for example. This paper presents an efficient morphological-based document image binarization technique that is able to cope with these problems. We evaluate the proposed approach for different classes of images, such as historical and machine-printed documents, obtaining promising results.

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Jerônimo Leite N. and Baldo Dorini L. (2009). A MULTISCALE OPERATOR FOR DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-69-2, pages 34-39. DOI: 10.5220/0001779000340039


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@conference{visapp09,
author={Neucimar Jerônimo Leite and Leyza Baldo Dorini},
title={A MULTISCALE OPERATOR FOR DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={34-39},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001779000340039},
isbn={978-989-8111-69-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - A MULTISCALE OPERATOR FOR DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION
SN - 978-989-8111-69-2
AU - Jerônimo Leite N.
AU - Baldo Dorini L.
PY - 2009
SP - 34
EP - 39
DO - 10.5220/0001779000340039