This paper presents features for text/non-text area separation in printed document images. It firstly introduces entropic discrimination (i.e., a simple separation using only one feature). Then, a brief recall on existing texture and geometric discriminant parameters proposed in previous research is done. Several of them are statistically examined.
Citation:
Jean Duong, Hubert Emptoz, Myriam Côté, "Features for Printed Document Image Analysis," icpr, vol. 3, pp.30245, 16th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'02) - Volume 3, 2002