Robust extraction of characters from color scene image using mathematical morphology

نویسندگان

  • Lixu Gu
  • Toyohisa Kaneko
  • Naoki Tanaka
  • Robert M. Haralick
چکیده

Current character extraction systems for scene images are not robust for most real-world applications. In contrast, the system present here achieves robust performance by using morphological segmentation. This paper describes a new morphological segmentation algorithm { Di erential Top-hats (DTT). In addition, a complete system for extraction of characters from color scene images is presented. The system was veri ed through experiments on sequences of outdoor color images with varying external conditions. A high average extraction rate of 95% is obtained.

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تاریخ انتشار 1998