A line-based representation for matching words in historical manuscripts
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0167-8655/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2011.02.013 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 312 2903143; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (E.F. Ca (P. Duygulu). In this study, we propose a newmethod for retrieving and recognizing words in historical documents. We represent word images with a set of line segments. Then we provide a criterion for word matching based on matching the lines. We carry out experiments on a benchmark dataset consisting of manuscripts by George Washington, as well as on Ottoman manuscripts. 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pattern Recognition Letters
دوره 32 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011