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Segmentation of text lines in digitized images

  • US 20020196977A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2001
  • Published: 12/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for locating symbols arranged in one or more rows in an image, the method comprising:

  • smearing the image;

    fitting line segments through edge points of features in the smeared image;

    finding a group of the line segments in mutual proximity that are mutually substantially parallel; and

    identifying a region of the image that contains the group of the line segments as a possible location of the symbols.

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