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In this paper, an algorithm is proposed for detecting texts in images and video frames. Firstly, it uses the variances and covariancs on the wavelet coefficients of different color channels as color textural features to characterize text and non-text areas. Secondly, the k-means algorithm is chosen to classify the image into text candidates and background. Finally, the detected text candidates undergo the empirical rules analysis to identify text areas and project profile analysis to refine their localization. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach could efficiently be used as an automatic text detection system, which is robust for font-size, font-color, background complexity and language.
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Liu, C., Wang, C., Dai, R. (2005). Text Detection in Images Based on Color Texture Features. In: Huang, DS., Zhang, XP., Huang, GB. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Computing. ICIC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3644. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11538059_5
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