An Algorithm of Line-segment Extraction and Thinning for Character Images[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2005, 10(1): 48. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20050110.
An Algorithm of Line-segment Extraction and Thinning for Character Images
This paper presents an algorithm for extracting line segments from character images and thinning character images simultaneously. At first
the line segment region
the subsegment region and the junction region of an image are defined
and an image to be thinned is considered as a set of line segment regions. Secondly
themethod of extracting all junction regions and sub2segment regions is described based on connected pixel segments in rows and columns of an image
and themethod ofmerging all subsegment regions and junction regions that belong to the same line segment region is presented. The Bernstein Bezier polynomialmethod to fit every line segment region’s skeleton is also discussed. Finally stability analysis and experimental results of the proposed algorithm are reported.