Text identification in complex background using SVM

D Chen, H Bourlard, JP Thiran - Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a fast and robust algorithm to identify text in image or video frames with
complex backgrounds and compression effects. The algorithm first extracts the candidate …

Recent advances in content-based video analysis

CW Ngo, TC Pong, HJ Zhang - International Journal of Image and …, 2001 - World Scientific
In this paper, we present major issues in video parsing, abstraction, retrieval and semantic
analysis. We discuss the success, the difficulties and the expectations in these areas. In …

Automatic location of text in video frames

XS Hua, XR Chen, L Wenyin, HJ Zhang - … of the 2001 ACM workshops on …, 2001 - dl.acm.org
A new automatic text location approach for videos is proposed. First of all, the corner points
of the selected video frames are detected. After deleting some isolate corners, we merge the …

Extracting low resolution text with an active camera for OCR

M Mirmehdi, P Clark, J Lam - Unknown, 2001 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Reading text in any scene is useful in the context of wearable computing, robotic vision or as
an aid for visually handicapped people. Here, we present a novel automatic text reading …

[PDF][PDF] A video text detection and recognition system

J Xi, XS Hua, XR Chen, L Wenyin… - … on Multimedia and Expo …, 2001 - researchgate.net
In this paper, we propose a new system for text information extraction from news videos. First
of all, a method that integrates text detecting and text tracking is developed to locate text …

Automatic text location in natural scene images

C Li, X Ding, Y Wu - Proceedings of sixth international …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new connected component based segmentation algorithm which automatically extracts
text regions from natural scene images is proposed in this paper. This approach utilizes a …

Automatic performance evaluation for video text detection

XS Hua, L Wenyin, HJ Zhang - Proceedings of Sixth …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an objective, comprehensive and difficulty-independent performance
evaluation protocol for video text detection algorithms. The protocol includes a positive set …

Text area detection from video frames

X Chen, H Zhang - Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, 2001 - Springer
Text area detection from video frame is an essential step for Video OCR. The key problem is
the complex background of the video frames. This paper proposes a novel approach to this …

Complexation of alkali chloride contact ion-pairs using a 2, 5-diamidopyrrole crown macrobicycle

JM Mahoney, RA Marshall, AM Beatty, BD Smith… - Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
A 2, 5-diamidopyrrole-capped macrobicycle was synthesized and its chloride salt binding
ability evaluated in polar and apolar organic solvents. X-ray crystal structures of the receptor …

Robust detection of stylized text events in digital video

D Crandall, R Kasturi - Proceedings of Sixth International …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic content-based video indexing is an important research problem. One approach is
to extract text appearing in video as an indication of a scene's semantic content. Most work …