Extraction of reference lines and items from form document images with complicated background

Dihua Xi, Seong Whan Lee

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Abstract

The extraction of reference lines and items is a fundamental and crucial task in form document analysis. Most of the studies performed so far were done in connection with binary images. This paper proposes a method of extracting lines from gray-level images, by constructing a 2D pseudo Gaussian-Coiflet wavelet with adjustable rectangular support. We also present a method of extracting items using the extracted reference lines and multiresolution wavelet sub-images, which is independent of the intensity of the strokes and backgrounds. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)289-305
Number of pages17
JournalPattern Recognition
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Feb

Keywords

  • Form document analysis
  • Item extraction
  • Multiresolution decomposition
  • Reference line extraction
  • Wavelet

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Artificial Intelligence

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