Text-attentional convolutional neural network for scene text detection

T He, W Huang, Y Qiao, J Yao - IEEE transactions on image …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent deep learning models have demonstrated strong capabilities for classifying text and
non-text components in natural images. They extract a high-level feature globally computed …

Robust scene text detection with convolution neural network induced mser trees

W Huang, Y Qiao, X Tang - Computer Vision–ECCV 2014: 13th European …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSERs) have achieved great success in
scene text detection. However, this low-level pixel operation inherently limits its capability for …

Real-time scene text localization and recognition

L Neumann, J Matas - 2012 IEEE conference on computer …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An end-to-end real-time scene text localization and recognition method is presented. The
real-time performance is achieved by posing the character detection problem as an efficient …

Real-time lexicon-free scene text localization and recognition

L Neumann, J Matas - IEEE transactions on pattern analysis …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An end-to-end real-time text localization and recognition method is presented. Its real-time
performance is achieved by posing the character detection and segmentation problem as an …

Text localization in real-world images using efficiently pruned exhaustive search

L Neumann, J Matas - 2011 International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient method for text localization and recognition in real-world images is proposed.
Thanks to effective pruning, it is able to exhaustively search the space of all character …

Recognizing text-based traffic signs

J Greenhalgh, M Mirmehdi - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel system for the automatic detection and recognition of text in traffic signs.
Scene structure is used to define search regions within the image, in which traffic sign …

On combining multiple segmentations in scene text recognition

L Neumann, J Matas - 2013 12th International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An end-to-end real-time scene text localization and recognition method is presented. The
three main novel features are:(i) keeping multiple segmentations of each character until the …

Characterness: An indicator of text in the wild

Y Li, W Jia, C Shen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Text in an image provides vital information for interpreting its contents, and text in a scene
can aid a variety of tasks from navigation to obstacle avoidance and odometry. Despite its …

Scene text detection via stroke width

Y Li, H Lu - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel text detection approach based on stroke width. Firstly, a
unique contrast-enhanced Maximally Stable Extremal Region (MSER) algorithm is designed …

Toward integrated scene text reading

JJ Weinman, Z Butler, D Knoll… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growth in digital camera usage combined with a worldly abundance of text has
translated to a rich new era for a classic problem of pattern recognition, reading. While …