NDLI: A character degradation model for grayscale ancient document images

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kieu, V.C. Visani, M. Journet, N. Domenger, J.P. Mullot, R.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Laboratoire Informatique, Image et Interaction - L3i, University of La Rochelle, France (Visani, M.; Mullot, R.) \|\| Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique - LaBRI, University of Bordeaux I, France (Kieu, V.C.; Journet, N.; Domenger, J.P.)
Abstract	Kanungo noise model is widely used to test the robustness of different binary document image analysis methods towards noise. This model only works with binary images while most document images are in grayscale. Because binarizing a document image might degrade its contents and lead to a loss of information, more and more researchers are currently focusing on segmentation-free methods (Angelika et al [2]). Thus, we propose a local noise model for grayscale images. Its main principle is to locally degrade the image in the neighbourhoods of “seed-points” selected close to the character boundary. These points define the center of “noise regions”. The pixel values inside the noise region are modified by a Gaussian random distribution to make the final result more realistic. While Kanungo noise models scanning artifacts, our model simulates degradations due to the age of the document itself and printing/writing process such as ink splotches, white specks or streaks. It is very easy for users to parameterize and create a set of benchmark databases with an increasing level of noise. These databases will further be used to test the robustness of different grayscale document image analysis methods (i.e. text line segmentation, OCR, handwriting recognition).
Starting Page	685
Ending Page	688
File Size	394043
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467322164
ISSN	10514651
e-ISBN	9784990644109
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-11-11
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	ICPR Org Committee
Subject Keyword	Noise Degradation Gray-scale Computational modeling Optical character recognition software Adaptation models Robustness
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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