{"product_id":"optical-character-recognition-shunji-mori-9780471308195","title":"Optical Character Recognition","description":"As optical character recognition (OCR) begins to find applicationsranging from store checkout scanners to money-changing machines andpostal system automation, it has become one of the most dynamicareas in information science today. Yet few volumes explore thisdata-oriented process without relying heavily on mathematicalbackground reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, Shunji Mori, Hirobumi Nishida, and Hiromitsu Yamada, among thefield's most respected researchers since its inception, presentthis self-contained, clearly written guidebook to OCR--the firstcomprehensive treatment of the preprocessing, feature-extraction, and systematic description-matching stages of the OCR process.Including a wealth of original research material available here forthe first time, this book is both an ideal professional referencesource and an excellent entry point for course work in thesubject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Key features of Optical Character Recognition: \u003cbr\u003e * Theoretical framework based on functional analysis--notpreviously available in a detailed, English-language version\u003cbr\u003e * Extensive explanation of preprocessing theory, including blurringand sampling, normalization, thinning, and binary and gray-scalemorphology\u003cbr\u003e * Intensive section on feature extraction, exploring linearmethods, structure analysis, and algebraic description\u003cbr\u003e * Original work on systematic shape description as a prerequisiteto matching\u003cbr\u003e * Original material on elastic matching, including imagerecognition of characters and objects\u003cbr\u003e * Requires only the standard undergraduate requisites of algebra, linear algebra, and advanced calculus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shunji Mori,Hirobumi Nishida,Hiromitsu Yamada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471308196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471308195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Interscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.57h x 6.43w x 1.23d","brand":"Shunji Mori","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013755384063,"sku":"9780471308195","price":268.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48187864-71aa-49ee-abc9-ab5efe9e5ef7.jpg?v=1767744570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/optical-character-recognition-shunji-mori-9780471308195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}