DETEXTIVE optical character recognition with pattern matching on-the-fly

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Highlights：

• New OCR-concept designed for the requirements of historic prints.

• Pattern matching with on-the-fly generated patterns.

• Integration of a RIP into an OCR software.

• Outperforms established OCR softwares especially for out-of-the-ordinary fonts.

• Consistently good hit rates for arbitrary fonts.

摘要

Highlights•New OCR-concept designed for the requirements of historic prints.•Pattern matching with on-the-fly generated patterns.•Integration of a RIP into an OCR software.•Outperforms established OCR softwares especially for out-of-the-ordinary fonts.•Consistently good hit rates for arbitrary fonts.

论文关键词：OCR,Pattern matching,Historic prints,Black letter fonts,Mass-digitization,Performance test

论文评审过程：Received 18 October 2013, Revised 8 May 2014, Accepted 30 August 2014, Available online 10 September 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2014.08.026