Method and device for character location in images from digital camera

摘要

There is disclosed a method for locating characters in digital images, using an image layering process, characterized by the steps of: transforming the digital data of said digital image into normalized digital color image data and into digital grayscale image data; discarding redundant components of said normalized digital color image data and/or said digital grayscale image data; generating binary image layers from said un-discarded grayscale and normalized color image data according to a layering process using a recognition algorithm on said binary image layers to recognize connected components that can represent characters or part of characters contained in said digital image. Further, there are provided a computer program, computer program product and a device for executing the method as above.