Adaptive thresholding algorithm: Efficient computation technique based on intelligent block detection for degraded document images

Authors:
Yu-Ting Pai;Yi-Fan Chang;Shanq-Jang Ruan
Affiliations:
Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan;Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan;Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Venue:
Pattern Recognition
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Document image binarization involves converting gray level images into binary images, which is a feature that has significantly impacted many portable devices in recent years, including PDAs and mobile camera phones. Given the limited memory space and the computational power of portable devices, reducing the computational complexity of an embedded system is of priority concern. This work presents an efficient document image binarization algorithm with low computational complexity and high performance. Integrating the advantages of global and local methods allows the proposed algorithm to divide the document image into several regions. A threshold surface is then constructed based on the diversity and the intensity of each region to derive the binary image. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in providing a promising binarization outcome and low computational cost.