Evaluating glyph binarizations based on their properties

Shira Faigenbaum, Arie Shaus, Barak Sober, Eli Turkel, Eli Piasetzky

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Abstract

Document binary images, created by different algorithms, are commonly evaluated based on a pre-existing ground truth. Previous research found several pitfalls in this methodology and suggested various approaches addressing the issue. This article proposes an alternative binarization quality evaluation solution for binarized glyphs, circumventing the ground truth. Our method relies on intrinsic properties of binarized glyphs. The features used for quality assessment are stroke width consistency, presence of small connected components (stains), edge noise, and the average edge curvature. Linear and tree-based combinations of these features are also considered. The new methodology is tested and shown to be nearly as sound as human experts' judgments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDocEng 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages127-130
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781450317894
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, DocEng 2013 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 10 Sep 201313 Sep 2013

Publication series

NameDocEng 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering

Conference

Conference2013 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, DocEng 2013
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period10/09/1313/09/13

Keywords

  • binarization
  • evaluation
  • glyph
  • ground truth
  • quality measure

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