A line-based representation for matching words in historical manuscripts

Authors:
Ethem F. Can;Pınar Duygulu
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent 06800, Ankara, Turkey;Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent 06800, Ankara, Turkey
Venue:
Pattern Recognition Letters
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this study, we propose a new method for retrieving and recognizing words in historical documents. We represent word images with a set of line segments. Then we provide a criterion for word matching based on matching the lines. We carry out experiments on a benchmark dataset consisting of manuscripts by George Washington, as well as on Ottoman manuscripts.