A generalization of Otsu method for linear separation of two unbalanced classes in document image binarization

The classical Otsu method is a common tool in document image binarization. Often, two classes, text and background, are imbalanced, which means that the assumption of the classical Otsu method is not met. In this work, we considered the imbalanced pixel classes of background and text: weights of two...

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Main Authors: E.I. Ershov, S.A. Korchagin, V.V. Kokhan, P.V. Bezmaternykh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Samara National Research University 2021-02-01
Series:Компьютерная оптика
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Online Access:http://computeroptics.ru/KO/PDF/KO45-1/450109.pdf