Character Line Segmentation Based on Feature Clustering

A novel character line segmentation method for degraded binary images based on feature clustering is proposed in this paper. The application of this research is to segment character lines on images of IC chip surfaces. First, several cutting lines are detected and every two neighbor cutting lines de...

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Main Authors: Yan Xi, Youbin Chen, Qingmin Liao, Leung Winghong, Fung Shunming, Deng Jiangwen
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Application specific integrated circuits
Automation
Background noise
Character recognition
Degradation
Image segmentation
Integrated circuit noise
Noise robustness
Optical character recognition software
Surface emitting lasers
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Summary:A novel character line segmentation method for degraded binary images based on feature clustering is proposed in this paper. The application of this research is to segment character lines on images of IC chip surfaces. First, several cutting lines are detected and every two neighbor cutting lines define a candidate character line (CCL). Second, the feature of each CCL is extracted and clustering is used to choose real character lines (RCL) from CCLs. Third, a postprocessing step is applied to confirm or refine the character line segmentation results. Experiments have demonstrated that this novel method can find all the character lines in degraded document images of IC chip surfaces quickly and accurately and is robust to images with background noise and logo.
ISSN:1520-5363
2379-2140
DOI:10.1109/ICDAR.2007.4378740