Title :
Analysis, understanding and representation of Chinese newspaper with complex layout
Author :
Chen, Ming ; Ding, Xiaoqing ; Liang, Jian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Layout analysis, understanding and representation are important problems when transforming paper document to its electronic version. For a Chinese newspaper with a complex layout, a bottom-up algorithm of layout analysis based on nearest neighbor connect-strength and line confidence is proposed. We also propose a rule-based growing algorithm used for layout understanding. The implementation of layout representation is discussed at the same time. Using these algorithms with a Chinese OCR engine, we developed a complete system that can be used for automatic electronic publishing. The algorithms were proved to be efficient and practical by experimental results and by a practically running system.
Keywords :
document image processing; electronic publishing; knowledge based systems; optical character recognition; Chinese OCR engine; Chinese newspaper; automatic electronic publishing; bottom-up algorithm; complex layout; electronic document; layout analysis; layout representation; layout understanding; line confidence; nearest neighbor connect-strength; paper document; rule-based growing algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; CD-ROMs; Character recognition; Electronic publishing; Engines; Image analysis; Image converters; Information analysis; Nearest neighbor searches; Optical character recognition software;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6297-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2000.899500