Patent ID: 9384409
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. A word segmentation method performed by a computer for segmenting a text line image into a plurality of word images, the text line image and each of the word images being a digital image, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a plurality of one-dimensional spacing segments from the text line image, the spacing segments corresponding to white spaces within the text line image, each of the spacing segments having a length; (b) classifying the plurality of spacing segments based on their lengths into a first group and a second group, each spacing segment belonging to the first group being shorter than each spacing segment belonging to the second group; (c) further classifying the spacing segments of the first group based on their lengths into a new first group and a new second group, each spacing segment belonging to the new first group being shorter than each spacing segment belonging to the new second group; and (d) segmenting the text line image into a plurality of word segments, each word segment being defined by two spacing segments not belonging to the new first group of spacing segments to generate the plurality of word images each containing a word.