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Handbook of Document Image Processing and Recognition

  • A comprehensive reference on the methods and techniques used in document image processing and recognition, for both experienced and novice researchers
  • Integrates and summarizes work on closely related tasks that are treated separately in the field
  • Includes unified comparison and contrast analyses of algorithms in standard table formats
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (31 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction, Background, Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. A Brief History of Documents and Writing Systems

      • Professor Henry S. Baird
      Pages 3-10
    3. Document Creation, Image Acquisition and Document Quality

      • PhDElisa H. Barney Smith
      Pages 11-61
    4. The Evolution of Document Image Analysis

      • Henry S. Baird, Karl Tombre
      Pages 63-71
  3. Page Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-134
    2. Analysis of the Logical Layout of Documents

      • Andreas Dengel, Faisal Shafait
      Pages 177-222
    3. Page Similarity and Classification

      • Simone Marinai
      Pages 223-253
  4. Text Recognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-256
    2. Text Segmentation for Document Recognition

      • Nicola Nobile, Ching Y. Suen
      Pages 257-290
    3. Language, Script, and Font Recognition

      • Umapada Pal, Niladri Sekhar Dash
      Pages 291-330
    4. Machine-Printed Character Recognition

      • Huaigu Cao, Prem Natarajan
      Pages 331-358
    5. Handprinted Character and Word Recognition

      • Sergey Tulyakov, Venu Govindaraju
      Pages 359-389
    6. Continuous Handwritten Script Recognition

      • Volkmar Frinken, Horst Bunke
      Pages 391-425
    7. Middle Eastern Character Recognition

      • Abdel Belaı̈d, Mohamed Imran Razzak
      Pages 427-457
    8. Asian Character Recognition

      • Srirangaraj Setlur, Zhixin Shi
      Pages 459-486
  5. Processing of Non-textual Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 487-488
    2. Graphics Recognition Techniques

      • Josep Lladós, Marçal Rusiñol
      Pages 489-521

About this book

The Handbook of Document Image Processing and Recognition is a comprehensive resource on the latest methods and techniques in document image processing and recognition. Each chapter provides a clear overview of the topic followed by the state of the art of techniques used – including elements of comparison between them – along with supporting references to archival publications, for those interested in delving deeper into topics addressed. Rather than favor a particular approach, the text enables the reader to make an informed decision for their specific problems.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This edited compendium of chapters represents the largest effort to date to bring together the breadth and depth of image processing research for document text extraction, segmentation of document image into picture and text zones, and general optical character recognition (OCR) of the international family of foreign languages. … will appeal to the widest audience possible, including academicians, practitioners, library science and legal professionals, and all who are interested in the efficient storage and retrieval of vast numbers of documents.” (R. Goldberg, Computing Reviews, October, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    David Doermann

  • Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

    Karl Tombre

About the editors

Dr. David Doermann is Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Laboratory for Language and Media Processing at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, MD, USA. He is also President and co-founder of Applied Media Analysis, Inc., and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition.

Dr. Karl Tombre is Professor at Université de Lorraine, France, one of the lagest French universities, where he currently is vice-president in charge of partnerships and international affairs. He was one of the founders, and for many years an editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition. From 2007 to 2012 he was director of the Inria Nancy - Grand Est research center, a large public research center in computer science and applied mathematics. From 2006 to 2008 he was President of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).

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