Separation of text and non-text is an essential processing step for any document analysis
system. Therefore, it is important to have a clear understanding of the state-of-the-art of …

Text-line extraction (TLE) from unconstrained handwritten document images is still
considered an open research problem. Literature survey reveals that use of various rule …

One of the major applications of text retrieval from images is to extract the text information
and then recognize its characters. This is helpful for indexing the images within storage …

Segmentation is an important issue in document image processing systems as it can break a
sequence of characters into its components. Its application over digits is common in bank …

Handwritten document image segmentation into text-lines is a crucial stage towards
unconstrained handwritten document recognition. In the context of Indian subcontinent …

This study develops and integrates an efficient knowledge-based system and a component-
based framework to design an intelligent and flexible home health care system. The …

The images comprise not only photographic images but also graphic and text images, they
are determined in magazines, brochures and websites. The segmentation and compression …

In this paper, HTML tags and attributes are used to determine different structural position of
text in a web page. Tags-attributes based models are used to assign a weight to a text that …

Maps are one form of an image that often encountered in various interests. For example,
many books on tourist attractions or other information that provide maps as a media of …

The main subject of this chapter is the representation and management of knowledge as
well as the opportunities from the development and use of knowledge retrieval applications …