The Handbook of Document Image Processing and Recognition is a comprehensive resource on the latest methods and techniques in document image processing and recognition. Each chapter provides a clear overview of the topic followed by the state of the art of techniques used -- including elements of comparison between them -- along with supporting references to archival publications, for those interested in delving deeper into topics addressed. Rather than favor a particular approach, the text enables the reader to make an informed decision for their specific problems.

About the Author

Dr. David Doermann is Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Laboratory for Language and Media Processing at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, MD, USA. He is also President and co-founder of Applied Media Analysis, Inc., and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition. Dr. Karl Tombre is Professor at Ecole des Mines de Nancy (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine), Villers-les-Nancy, France, and on secondment to Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et an Automatique (INRIA), where he is Director of the INRIA Nancy - Grand Est research center. He is also Editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition.

Table of Contents

A Brief History of Documents and Writing Systems Baird, Henry S. Document Creation, Image Acquisition and Document Quality Barney Smith, Elisa H. Imaging Techniques in Document Analysis Processes Gatos, Basilis G.Page Segmentation Techniques in Document Analysis Kise, KoichiAnalysis of the Logical Layout of Documents Dengel, Andreas Page Similarity and Classification Marinai, Simone Text Segmentation for Document Recognition Suen, Ching Y. Font, Script, and Language Recognition Pal, Umapada Handprinted Character and Word Recognition Govindaraju, Venu Continuous Handwritten Script Recognition Bunke, Horst Middle Eastern Character Recognition Belaid, Abdel Asian Character Recognition Setlur, Srirangaraj Post-processing of OCR-ed text Subramaniam, Venkata Graphics Recognition Techniques Llados, Josep An Overview of Symbol Recognition Tabbone, Salvatore Analysis and Interpretation of Graphical Documents Ogier, Jean-Marc Logo and Trademark Recognition Kesidis, Anastasios L Recognition of Tables and Forms Couasnon, Bertrand Processing Mathematical Notation Blostein, Dorothea Document Analysis in Postal Applications and Check Processing Gilloux, Michel Digital Library Projects and Historical Documents Antonacopoulos, Apostolos Analysis and Recognition of Music Scores Sanchez, Gemma Document Analysis for Biometrics and Forensics Franke, Katrin Analysis of Documents Born Digital Hu, Jianying Image Based Retrieval and Keyword Spotting in Documents Tan, Chew Lim Text Localization and Recognition in Images and Video Uchida, Seiichi Online Handwriting Recognition Kim, Jin Hyung Online Signature Verification Plamondon, Rejean Sketching Interfaces Wenyin, Liu Datasets and Annotations for Document Analysis and Recognition Valveny, Ernest Tools and Metrics for Document Analysis Systems Evaluation Margner, Volker Page Segmentation Techniques in Document Analysis Kise, KoichiAnalysis of the Logical Layout of Documents Dengel, Andreas Page Similarity and Classification Marinai, Simone Text Segmentation for Document Recognition Suen, Ching Y. Font, Script, and Language Recognition Pal, Umapada Handprinted Character and Word Recognition Govindaraju, Venu Continuous Handwritten Script Recognition Bunke, Horst Middle Eastern Character Recognition Belaid, Abdel Asian Character Recognition Setlur, Srirangaraj Post-processing of OCR-ed text Subramaniam, Venkata Graphics Recognition Techniques Llados, Josep An Overview of Symbol Recognition Tabbone, Salvatore Analysis and Interpretation of Graphical Documents Ogier, Jean-Marc Logo and Trademark Recognition Kesidis, Anastasios L Recognition of Tables and Forms Couasnon, Bertrand Processing Mathematical Notation Blostein, Dorothea Document Analysis in Postal Applications and Check Processing Gilloux, Michel Digital Library Projects and Historical Documents Antonacopoulos, Apostolos Analysis and Recognition of Music Scores Sanchez, Gemma Document Analysis for Biometrics and Forensics Franke, Katrin Analysis of Documents Born Digital Hu, Jianying Image Based Retrieval and Keyword Spotting in Documents Tan, Chew Lim Text Localization and Recognition in Images and Video Uchida, Seiichi Online Handwriting Recognition Kim, Jin Hyung Online Signature Verification Plamondon, Rejean Sketching Interfaces Wenyin, Liu Datasets and Annotations for Document Analysis and Recognition Valveny, Ernest Tools and Metrics for Document Analysis Systems Evaluation Margner, Volker Analysis of the Logical Layout of Documents Dengel, Andreas Page Similarity and Classification Marinai, Simone Text Segmentation for Document Recognition Suen, Ching Y. Font, Script, and Language Recognition Pal, Umapada Handprinted Character and Word Recognition Govindaraju, Venu Continuous Handwritten Script Recognition Bunke, Horst Middle Eastern Character Recognition Belaid, Abdel Asian Character Recognition Setlur, Srirangaraj Post-processing of OCR-ed text Subramaniam, Venkata Graphics Recognition Techniques Llados, Josep An Overview of Symbol Recognition Tabbone, Salvatore Analysis and Interpretation of Graphical Documents Ogier, Jean-Marc Logo and Trademark Recognition Kesidis, Anastasios L Recognition of Tables and Forms Couasnon, Bertrand Processing Mathematical Notation Blostein, Dorothea Document Analysis in Postal Applications and Check Processing Gilloux, Michel Digital Library Projects and Historical Documents Antonacopoulos, Apostolos Analysis and Recognition of Music Scores Sanchez, Gemma Document Analysis for Biometrics and Forensics Franke, Katrin Analysis of Documents Born Digital Hu, Jianying Image Based Retrieval and Keyword Spotting in Documents Tan, Chew Lim Text Localization and Recognition in Images and Video Uchida, Seiichi Online Handwriting Recognition Kim, Jin Hyung Online Signature Verification Plamondon, Rejean Sketching Interfaces Wenyin, Liu Datasets and Annotations for Document Analysis and Recognition Valveny, Ernest Tools and Metrics for Document Analysis Systems Evaluation Margner, Volker