Title
A new method for multi-oriented graphics-scene-3D text classification in video
Abstract
Text detection and recognition in video is challenging due to the presence of different types of texts, namely, graphics (video caption), scene (natural text), 2D, 3D, static and dynamic texts. Developing a universal method that works well for all the types is hard. In this paper, we propose a novel method for classifying graphics-scene and 2D-3D texts in video to enhance text detection and recognition accuracies. We first propose an iterative method to classify static and dynamic clusters based on the fact that static texts have zero velocity while dynamic texts have non-zero velocity. This results in text candidates for both static and dynamic texts regardless of 2D and 3D types. We then propose symmetry for text candidates using stroke width distances and medial axis values, which results in potential text candidates. We group potential text candidates using their geometrical properties to form text regions. Next, for each text region, we study the distribution of the dominant medial axis values given by ring radius transform in a new way to classify graphics and scene texts. Similarly, we study the proximity among the pixels that satisfy the gradient directions symmetry to classify 2D and 3D texts. We evaluate each step of the proposed method in terms of classification and recognition rates through classification with the existing methods to show that video text classification is effective and necessary for enhancing the capability of current text detection and recognition systems. We propose a novel method for classifying graphics-scene and 2D-3D texts in video.An iterative procedure to identify text candidates is presented.Stroke width and medial axis are explored for classifying graphics and scene texts.Gradient directions and medial axis are combined for classifying 2D and 3D texts.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.patcog.2015.07.002
Pattern Recognition
Keywords
Field
DocType
Text detection,Text recognition,Stroke with distance,Ring radius transform,Graphics and scene text,2D and 3D texts
Graphics,Computer vision,Pattern recognition,Iterative method,Computer science,Medial axis,Artificial intelligence,Pixel,Text detection,Machine learning,Text recognition
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
C
0031-3203
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
31
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jiamin Xu160.80
Palaiahnakote Shivakumara277464.90
tong lu337267.17
Chew Lim Tan44484284.26
Seiichi Uchida5790105.59