Restoring warped document image through segmentation and full page interpolation

Yu Zhang; Changsong Liu; Xiaoqing Ding; Kongqiao Wang

doi:10.1117/12.805424

19 January 2009 Restoring warped document image through segmentation and full page interpolation

Yu Zhang, Changsong Liu, Xiaoqing Ding, Kongqiao Wang

Proceedings Volume 7247, Document Recognition and Retrieval XVI; 72470R (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.805424
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In camera-based optical character recognition (OCR) applications, warping is a primary problem. Warped document images should be restored before they are recognized by traditional OCR algorithm. This paper presents a novel restoration approach, which first makes an estimation of baseline and vertical direction estimation based on rough line and character segmentation, then selects several key points and determines their restoration mapping as a result of the estimation step, at last performs Thin-Plate Splines (TPS) interpolation on full page image using these key points mapping. The restored document image is expected to have straight baselines and erect character direction. This method can restore arbitrary local warping as well as keep the restoration result natural and smooth, consequently improves the performance of the OCR application. Experiments on several camera captured warped document images show effectiveness of this approach.

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Yu Zhang, Changsong Liu, Xiaoqing Ding, and Kongqiao Wang "Restoring warped document image through segmentation and full page interpolation", Proc. SPIE 7247, Document Recognition and Retrieval XVI, 72470R (19 January 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.805424

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