Character segmentation is a critical step of OCR system. In this paper we discussed segmentation approaches of touching and kerned characters.A non-linear segmentation pathbased algorithm for segmenting touching and kerned characters is put forward. First, touching and kerned characters are extracted and segregated with other characters by using character projections and recognition results.The...

A review of the literature shows that touching is an important and often studied construct and that there is a need for a valid self-report measure of touching behavior. This paper describes the development of such a self-report measure of touching behavior. The results of three studies provide evidence of reliability and validity.

Projection analysis methods have been widely used to segment Japanese character strings. However, if adjacent characters have overhanging strokes or a touching point doesn’t correspond to the histogram minimum, the methods are prone to result in errors. In contrast, non-projection analysis methods being proposed for use on numerals or alphabet characters cannot be simply applied for Japanese ch...