Text detection, tracking and recognition in video: a comprehensive survey

XC Yin, ZY Zuo, S Tian, CL Liu - IEEE Transactions on Image …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The intelligent analysis of video data is currently in wide demand because a video is a major
source of sensory data in our lives. Text is a prominent and direct source of information in …

ICDAR 2013 robust reading competition

D Karatzas, F Shafait, S Uchida… - 2013 12th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This report presents the final results of the ICDAR 2013 Robust Reading Competition. The
competition is structured in three Challenges addressing text extraction in different …

Text string detection from natural scenes by structure-based partition and grou**

C Yi, YL Tian - IEEE transactions on image processing, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Text information in natural scene images serves as important clues for many image-based
applications such as scene understanding, content-based image retrieval, assistive …

A laplacian approach to multi-oriented text detection in video

P Shivakumara, TQ Phan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a method based on the Laplacian in the frequency domain for
video text detection. Unlike many other approaches which assume that text is horizontally …

Localizing text in scene images by boundary clustering, stroke segmentation, and string fragment classification

C Yi, Y Tian - IEEE transactions on image processing, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel framework to extract text regions from scene images with
complex backgrounds and multiple text appearances. This framework consists of three main …

ICDAR 2011 robust reading competition-challenge 1: reading text in born-digital images (web and email)

D Karatzas, SR Mestre, J Mas… - 2011 international …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the results of the first Challenge of ICDAR 2011 Robust Reading
Competition. Challenge 1 is focused on the extraction of text from born-digital images …

Multioriented video scene text detection through Bayesian classification and boundary growing

P Shivakumara, RP Sreedhar, TQ Phan… - … on Circuits and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multioriented text detection in video frames is not as easy as detection of captions or
graphics or overlaid texts, which usually appears in the horizontal direction and has high …

Portable camera-based assistive text and product label reading from hand-held objects for blind persons

C Yi, Y Tian, A Arditi - IEEE/ASME Transactions On …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a camera-based assistive text reading framework to help blind persons read
text labels and product packaging from hand-held objects in their daily lives. To isolate the …

Assistive text reading from complex background for blind persons

C Yi, Y Tian - Camera-Based Document Analysis and Recognition …, 2012 - Springer
In the paper, we propose a camera-based assistive system for visually impaired or blind
persons to read text from signage and objects that are held in the hand. The system is able …

Toward a computer vision-based wayfinding aid for blind persons to access unfamiliar indoor environments

YL Tian, X Yang, C Yi, A Arditi - Machine vision and applications, 2013 - Springer
Independent travel is a well-known challenge for blind and visually impaired persons. In this
paper, we propose a proof-of-concept computer vision-based wayfinding aid for blind …