Detecting text in natural scenes with stroke width transform

B Epshtein, E Ofek, Y Wexler - 2010 IEEE computer society …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel image operator that seeks to find the value of stroke width for each
image pixel, and demonstrate its use on the task of text detection in natural images. The …

A hybrid approach to detect and localize texts in natural scene images

YF Pan, X Hou, CL Liu - IEEE transactions on image …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Text detection and localization in natural scene images is important for content-based image
analysis. This problem is challenging due to the complex background, the non-uniform …

Text from corners: a novel approach to detect text and caption in videos

X Zhao, KH Lin, Y Fu, Y Hu, Y Liu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Detecting text and caption from videos is important and in great demand for video retrieval,
annotation, indexing, and content analysis. In this paper, we present a corner based …

A two-stage scheme for text detection in video images

M Anthimopoulos, B Gatos, I Pratikakis - Image and Vision Computing, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a two-stage system for text detection in video images. In the first stage,
text lines are detected based on the edge map of the image leading in a high recall rate with …

New Fourier-statistical features in RGB space for video text detection

P Shivakumara, TQ Phan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose new Fourier-statistical features (FSF) in RGB space for detecting
text in video frames of unconstrained background, different fonts, different scripts, and …

Accurate video text detection through classification of low and high contrast images

P Shivakumara, W Huang, TQ Phan, CL Tan - Pattern Recognition, 2010 - Elsevier
Detection of both scene text and graphic text in video images is gaining popularity in the
area of information retrieval for efficient indexing and understanding the video. In this paper …

Automatic detection and recognition of Korean text in outdoor signboard images

J Park, G Lee, E Kim, J Lim, S Kim, H Yang… - Pattern Recognition …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, an automatic translation system for Korean signboard images is described.
The system includes detection and extraction of text for the recognition and translation of …

Automatic textile image annotation by predicting emotional concepts from visual features

Y Shin, Y Kim, EY Kim - Image and Vision Computing, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents an emotion prediction system that can automatically predict certain
human emotional concepts from a given textile. The main application motivating this study is …

New wavelet and color features for text detection in video

P Shivakumara, TQ Phan… - 2010 20th International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic text detection in video is an important task for efficient and accurate indexing and
retrieval of multimedia data such as events identification, events boundary identification etc …

Text region extraction from low resolution natural scene images using texture features

SA Angadi, MM Kodabagi - 2010 IEEE 2nd International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated systems for understanding display boards are finding many applications useful in
guiding tourists, assisting visually challenged and also in providing location aware …