Method and apparatus for sequencing off-line character from natural scene

摘要

Disclosed is a method of sequencing character information in order to increase precision of character recognition. The method includes: a pre-processing that extracts character information from an image to binarize the extracted character information through a predetermined threshold and extracts and thins a center line of the binarized character information; normalizing the pre-processed character information to character information according to a predetermined criteria; and sequencing the normalized character information using structural features including an end point or a divergence point of the character information. The present invention suggests an angle normalization method of input character information, a structural feature position determining method, and a structural feature numeral string generating method to strongly recognize characters configured by various fonts obtained from a natural scene regardless of an angle or a size of the characters.

主权项

1. A method of sequencing character information, comprising:
a pre-processing step in which a pre-processing unit extracts character information from an image to binarize the extracted character information through a predetermined threshold value and thins the binarized character information to be information having lines with a predetermined thickness; a step in which a normalizing unit normalizes the character information pre-processed in the pre-processing step to character information according to a predetermined criteria; and a sequencing step in which a sequencing unit converts the normalized character information into information numeralized using structural features including an end point or a divergence point of the character information.