This paper deals with the difficult problem of indexing ancient graphic images. It tackles the
particular case of indexing drop caps (also called Lettrines) and specifically, considers the …

In the context of the NAVIDOMASS project, the problematic of this paper concerns the
clustering of historical document images. We propose a structural-based framework to …

This paper present a new method to extract shapes in drop caps and particularly the most
important shape: letter itself. This method relies on a combination of a Aujol and Chambolle …

This paper proposes an approach to process drop cap images-images of decorated letter
that begin chapters of old documents that are preserved in libraries, museums-in the domain …

De nombreux projets de numérisation sont actuellement menés en France et en Europe
pour sauvegarder le contenu de dizaines de milliers de documents anciens. Les images de …

Les travaux de cette thèse se situent dans la cadre des approches structurelles pour la
recon-naissance de formes. Plus précisément, nous avons porté notre choix sur les …

To reduce the gap between pixel data and thesaurus semantics, this paper presents a novel
approach using mapping between two ontologies on images of drop-capitals (also named …

A huge number of historical documents have been digitized over the last ten years.
Browsing into these collections can be done using query by keywords or query by example …

Cet article présente une analyse d'image de documents anciens, et plus particulièrement
d'images de lettrines, qui vise à réduire le fossé sémantique entre des traitements d'images …

Following recent work, initiate by Y. Meyer [1], decomposition approach appears as the best
way to extract meaningful texture information present in image sequences. Indeed, dynamic …