The problem of separating words in a handwritten line is made difficult by the presence of non-uniform spacing between words and between characters within a word. A central sub-problem in word separation is the estimation of gaps between adjacent components in a line. We present a new technique to estimate inter-component distances that is based on the gap between their convex hulls. The technique evolved through a study of the drawbacks in previous approaches to gap estimation, and is shown to be better in terms of performance and robustness.
Gap metrics for word separation in handwritten lines
Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition ; 1 ; 124-127 vol.1
1995-01-01
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Gap Metrics for Word Separation in Handwritten Lines
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