A binarization algorithm specialized on document images and photos

In this paper, a new method for document images or photos binarization is presented. The method is simple, fast and robust and appropriate for normal as well as for special cases of documents like photos, historical documents etc. The proposed method is applied to problematic cases of documents and...

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Published inEighth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'05) pp. 463 - 467 Vol. 1
Main Author Kavallieratou, E.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Algorithm design and analysis
Digital cameras
Equations
Graphics
Gray-scale
Histograms
Pixel
Robustness
Systems engineering and theory
Transforms
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Summary:In this paper, a new method for document images or photos binarization is presented. The method is simple, fast and robust and appropriate for normal as well as for special cases of documents like photos, historical documents etc. The proposed method is applied to problematic cases of documents and it is compared to other traditional methods.
ISBN:9780769524207
0769524206
ISSN:1520-5363
2379-2140
DOI:10.1109/ICDAR.2005.1