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ICPR
2008
IEEE
16 years 7 months ago
Improved document image binarization by using a combination of multiple binarization techniques and adapted edge information
This paper presents a new adaptive approach for document image binarization. The proposed method is mainly based on the combination of several stateof-the-art binarization methodo...
Basilios Gatos, Ioannis Pratikakis, Stavros J. Per...
ICPR
2000
IEEE
16 years 7 months ago
Improved Degraded Document Recognition with Hybrid Modeling Techniques and Character N-Grams
In this paper a robust multifont character recognition system for degraded documents such as photocopy or fax is described. The system is based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) usin...
Anja Brakensiek, Daniel Willett, Gerhard Rigoll
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design
Tactile icons (Tactons) are structured vibrotactile messages which can be used for non visual information display. Information is encoded in Tactons by manipulating vibrotactile p...
Lorna M. Brown, Stephen A. Brewster, Helen C. Purc...
NDSS
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
CSAR: A Practical and Provable Technique to Make Randomized Systems Accountable
We describe CSAR, a novel technique for generating cryptographically strong, accountable randomness. Using CSAR, we can generate a pseudo-random sequence and a proof that the elem...
Michael Backes, Peter Druschel, Andreas Haeberlen,...
IPPS
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Robust CDN replica placement techniques
—Creating replicas of frequently accessed data objects across a read-intensive Content Delivery Network (CDN) can result in reduced user response time. Because CDNs often operate...
Samee Ullah Khan, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Howard J...