Handbook of Document Image Processing and Recognition

A Brief History of Documents and Writing Systems.- Machine-printed Character Recognition.- Handprinted Character and Word Recognition.- Continuous Handwritten Script Recognition.- Middle Eastern Character Recognition.- Asian Character Recognition.- Graphics Recognition Techniques.- An Overview of Symbol Recognition.- Analysis and Interpretation of Graphical Documents.- Logo and Trademark Recognition.- Recognition of Tables and Forms.- Document Creation, Image Acquisition and Document Quality.- Processing Mathematical Notation.- Document Analysis in Postal Applications and Check Processing.- Analysis and Recognition of Music Scores.- Analysis of Documents Born Digital.- Image Based Retrieval and Keyword.- Spotting in Documents.- Text Localization and Recognition in Images and Video.- Online Handwriting Recognition.- Online Signature Verification.- Sketching Interfaces.- Datasets and Annotations for Document Analysis and Recognition.- The Evolution of Document Image Analysis.- Tools and Metrics for Document Analysis Systems Evaluation.- Imaging Techniques in Document Analysis Processes.- Page Segmentation Techniques in Document Analysis.- Analysis of the Logical Layout of Documents.- Page Similarity and Classification.- Text Segmentation for Document Recognition.- Language, Script and Font Recognition.- Part A, Introduction, Background and Fundamentals.- Part B, Page Analysis.- Part C, Text Recognition.- Part D, Processing of Non-textual Information.- Part E, Applications.- Part F, Analysis of Online Data.- Part G, Evaluation and Benchmarking.