TEXT ENHANCEMENT OF A TEXTUAL IMAGE UNDERGOING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION

A method for enhancing a textual image for undergoing optical character recognition begins by receiving an image that includes native lines of text. A background line profile is determined which represents an average background intensity along the native lines in the image. Likewise, a foreground li...

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Main Authors NIJEMCEVIC DJORDJE, DRESEVIC BODIN, GALIC SASA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published 14.02.2013
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Summary:A method for enhancing a textual image for undergoing optical character recognition begins by receiving an image that includes native lines of text. A background line profile is determined which represents an average background intensity along the native lines in the image. Likewise, a foreground line profile is determined which represents an average foreground background intensity along the native lines in the image. The pixels in the image are assigned to either a background or foreground portion of the image based at least in part on the background line profile and the foreground line profile. The intensity of the pixels designated to the background portion of the image is adjusted to a maximum brightness so as to represent a portion of the image that does not include text.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20127023496