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Systems and methods for detecting text

US7570816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2005
Grant dateAug 4, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The subject invention relates to facilitating text detection. The invention employs a boosted classifier and a transductive classifier to provide accurate and efficient text detection systems and/or methods. The boosted classifier is trained through features generated from a set of training connected components and labels. The boosted classifier utilizes the features to classify the training connected components, wherein inferred labels are conveyed to a transductive classifier, which generates additional properties. The initial set of features and the properties are utilized to train the transductive classifier. Upon training, the system and/or methods can be utilized to detect text in data under text detection, wherein unlabeled data is received, and connected components are extracted therefrom and utilized to generate corresponding feature vectors, which are employed to classify the connected components using the initial boosted classifier. Inferred labels are utilized to generate properties, which are utilized along with the initial feature vectors to classify each connected component using the transductive classifier.

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