PT Journal
AU Ernest Valveny
   Enric Marti
TI A model for image generation and symbol recognition through the deformation of lineal shapes
SO Pattern Recognition Letters
JI PRL
PY 2003
BP 2857
EP 2867
VL 24
IS 15
DI 10.1016/S0167-8655(03)00144-2
AB We describe a general framework for the recognition of distorted images of lineal shapes, which relies on three items: a model to represent lineal shapes and their deformations, a model for the generation of distorted binary images and the combination of both models in a common probabilistic framework, where the generation of deformations is related to an internal energy, and the generation of binary images to an external energy. Then, recognition consists in the minimization of a global energy function, performed by using the EM algorithm. This general framework has been applied to the recognition of hand-drawn lineal symbols in graphic documents.
PI New York, NY, USA
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