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A model-based segmentation method for handwritten numeral strings

Hu et al., 1998

Document ID
6043520274066075233
Author
Hu J
Yan H
Publication year
Publication venue
Computer Vision and Image Understanding

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Segmentation of handwritten touching characters is an important task in optical character recognition (OCR). A new model-based segmentation algorithm is proposed for handwritten numeral strings. This method is based on the boundary analysis of the numeral strings …
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