A slant removal algorithm

An accurate slant removal algorithm that can easily be adapted to any system is presented. Projection profile technique and the Wigner-Ville distribution are used. By including the algorithm in optical character recognition (OCR) system the improvement of the results reaches 3% for cursive words and...

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Published inPattern recognition Vol. 33; no. 7; pp. 1261 - 1262
Main Authors Kavallieratou, E, Fakotakis, N, Kokkinakis, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2000
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Summary:An accurate slant removal algorithm that can easily be adapted to any system is presented. Projection profile technique and the Wigner-Ville distribution are used. By including the algorithm in optical character recognition (OCR) system the improvement of the results reaches 3% for cursive words and 1.5% for hand-printed words.
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ISSN:0031-3203
1873-5142
DOI:10.1016/S0031-3203(99)00219-8