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An algorithm for finding maximal whitespace rectangles at arbitrary orientations for document layout analysis

Breuel, 2003

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1990367497704619255
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Breuel T
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Seventh International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, 2003. Proceedings.

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The analysis of the background structure (whitespace) of page images has become an important technique for physical document layout analysis. Globally maximal whites-pace rectangles have been previously demonstrated to constitute a concise representation of the …
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