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The Thinning Problem in Arabic Text Recognition - A Comprehensive Review

by Atallah M. Al-shatnawi, Khairuddin Omar
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 103 - Number 3
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Atallah M. Al-shatnawi, Khairuddin Omar
10.5120/18055-8969

Atallah M. Al-shatnawi, Khairuddin Omar . The Thinning Problem in Arabic Text Recognition - A Comprehensive Review. International Journal of Computer Applications. 103, 3 ( October 2014), 35-42. DOI=10.5120/18055-8969

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title = { The Thinning Problem in Arabic Text Recognition - A Comprehensive Review },
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Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present an overview about the thinning problem in Arabic text recognition. Thinning "Skeletonization" is a very crucial stage in the ACR, it simplifies the text shape and reduces the amount of data that needs to be handled and it is usually used as a pre-processing stage for recognition and storage systems. The skeleton of Arabic text can be used for each of the baseline detection, character segmentation, and features extraction and also ultimately supporting the classification. Choosing or designing the effective thinning algorithm for Arabic text is crucial in ACR. In this paper, the importances of the thinning for the ACR and the usage of the text skeleton in ACR system are discussed and presented. As well as the challenges that have an impact on the thinning of Arabic text are discussed. The methods of Arabic text thinning are discussed and reviewed based on the technique used, and the methods advantages and drawbacks are discussed in details.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Thinning Skeleton Iterative Non-iterative Parallel Sequential Pre-processing Arabic character recognition.

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