A two-stage scheme for text detection in video images

作者：Anthimopoulos Marios^*; Gatos Basilis; Pratikakis Ioannis

来源：Image and Vision Computing, 2010, 28(9): 1413-1426.

DOI：10.1016/j.imavis.2010.03.004

• Text detection
• Video OCR
• Content-based indexing
• SVM

This paper proposes a two-stage system for text detection in video images. In the first stage, text lines are detected based on the edge map of the image leading in a high recall rate with low computational time expenses. In the second stage, the result is refined using a sliding window and an SVM classifier trained on features obtained by a new Local Binary Pattern-based operator (eLBP) that describes the local edge distribution. The whole algorithm is used in a multiresolution fashion enabling detection of characters for a broad size range. Experimental results, based on a new evaluation methodology, show the promising overall performance of the system on a challenging corpus, and prove the superior discriminating ability of the proposed feature set against the best features reported in the literature.

• 出版日期2010-9