In this paper, we propose a word shape recognition method for retrieving image-based documents. Document images are segmented at the word level first. Then the proposed method det...
Abstract. Structural imaging investigations commonly apply a segmentation step followed by the extraction of feature data that can be used to compare or discriminate groups. We pre...
We present a novel statistical texture descriptor employing level-crossing statistics. Images are first mapped into 1D signals using space-filling curves, such as Peano or Hilbert...
Carlos Santamaria, Miroslaw Bober, Wieslaw Szajnow...
In this paper the development of an intelligent image content-based search engine for the World Wide Web is presented. Information Web Crawlers continuously traverse the Internet ...
Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Evangelia Triantafyllou, Mic...
The interpretation of natural scenes, generally so obvious and effortless for humans, still remains a challenge in computer vision. To allow the search of image-based documents i...