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Title: Active Rectification of Curved Document Images using Structured Beams

Authors: Meng, GF; Xiang, SM; Pan, CH; Zheng, NN

Author Full Names: Meng, Gaofeng; Xiang, Shiming; Pan, Chunhong; Zheng, Nanning

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION, 122 (1):34-60; 10.1007/s11263-016-0952-z MAR 2017

Language: English

Abstract: We propose an active method to rectify the geometric and photometric distortions in a document image. This method uses structured beams projected upon the curved document page to recover the spatial curves on it. A developable surface is interpolated to the curves by finding the correspondence between them. To correct the geometric distortion, the estimated developable surface is finally flattened onto a plane by explicitly solving a system of ordinary differential equations. The recovered 3D page shape, together with a Lambertian illumination model as guidance, is further used to rectify the non-uniform illumination in the images. Experimental results based on a variety of synthetic and real-captured document images demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.

ISSN: 0920-5691

eISSN: 1573-1405

IDS Number: EL2AF

Unique ID: WOS:000394421800003

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