Ninth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2007) Vol 1
A View on the Past and Future of Character and Document Recognition
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
September 23-September 26
ISBN: 0-7695-2822-8
The paper first gives an overview on the technical advances in the field of character and document rec- ognition, decade by decade. Then, it highlights key technical developments especially for Kanji (Chinese character) recognition in Japan. Technical issues around post address recognition are then discussed, which have promoted advanced techniques including information integration. Robustness design principles are introduced. Finally, future prospects are discussed.