Text discrimination method and related apparatus

Details Text discrimination method and related apparatus Text discrimination method and related apparatus

2006-02-14

2006-02-14

Tran, Phuoc (Department: 2621)

Image analysis

Image segmentation

Distinguishing text from other regions

C382S165000, C382S170000

Reexamination Certificate

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06999621

ABSTRACT:
A text discrimination method includes scanning a line of an electronically generated image; estimating the background segment of the scanned image line, and analyzing the difference between an estimated background segment and a non-background segments to determine if the non-background segments form part of a text portion of the image.

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