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Form processing based on background region analysis

Arai et al., 1997

Document ID
17444649950804448314
Author
Arai H
Odaka K
Publication year
Publication venue
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition

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We present a novel approach for processing form documents based on background region analysis. Our goal is to achieve line-property-free form processing. Background regions can be extracted independently of line width or length, and multi-layer analysis employing a …
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