NDLI: A Technique for Skew Detection of Printed Arabic Documents

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ahmad, I.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Inf. & Comput. Sci. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Ahmad, I.)
Abstract	Document skew correction is one of the core preprocessing steps in document analysis systems. In this paper, the author proposes a new multi-step skew detection technique for printed Arabic documents. The technique exploits the unique property of the writing line of Arabic script and is based on connected component analysis and projection profiles. The proposed technique works for different types of Arabic documents having text and non-text zones with unrestricted layout. Moreover due to the multi-step approach, it can detect skews with the resolution of ± 0.05 degrees. Experiments conducted on different Arabic documents shows the effectiveness of the technique.
Starting Page	62
Ending Page	67
File Size	659644
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769550510
DOI	10.1109/CGIV.2013.21
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-08-06
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Algorithm design and analysis Image segmentation Document Processing Text analysis Skew Correction Layout Estimation Pre-processing Skew Detection Writing Document Analysis Robustness
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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A Technique for Skew Detection of Printed Arabic Documents