<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Document image segmentation into text lines is one of the stages in unconstrained handwritten document recognition. This paper presents a new algorithm for text line separation in handwriting. The developed algorithm is based on a method using the projection profile. It employs thresholding, but the threshold value is variable. This permits determination of low or overlapping peaks of the graph. The proposed technique is shown to improve the recognition rate relative to traditional methods. The algorithm is robust in text line detection with respect to different text line lengths.</p></abstract>

Document image segmentation into text lines is one of the stages in unconstrained handwritten document recognition. This paper presents a new algorithm for text line separation in handwriting. The developed algorithm is based on a method using the projection profile. It employs thresholding, but the threshold value is variable. This permits determination of low or overlapping peaks of the graph. The proposed technique is shown to improve the recognition rate relative to traditional methods. The algorithm is robust in text line detection with respect to different text line lengths.

Projection–Based Text Line Segmentation with a Variable Threshold

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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Document image segmentation into text lines is one of the stages in unconstrained handwritten document recognition. This paper presents a new algorithm for...

Projection–Based Text Line Segmentation with a Variable Threshold

Published Online: May 04, 2017

Page range: 195 - 206

Received: Jan 17, 2016

Accepted: Oct 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2017-0014

Keywords
document image processing, handwritten text line segmentation, projection profile, off-line cursive script recognition

© by Olgierd Unold

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Projection–Based Text Line Segmentation with a Variable Threshold

Published Online: May 04, 2017

Page range: 195 - 206

Received: Jan 17, 2016

Accepted: Oct 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2017-0014

Keywordsdocument image processing, handwritten text line segmentation, projection profile, off-line cursive script recognition

© by Olgierd Unold

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
document image processing, handwritten text line segmentation, projection profile, off-line cursive script recognition