2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Assisting Application for Analytical Transcription of Historical Documents based on Full-text Search System of Document Images.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24700156
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Perception information processing/Intelligent robotics
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	IMURA Hajime 北海道大学, 知識メディアラボラトリー, 特任助教 (70615210)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	画像情報処理 / 文書画像処理
Research Abstract	We have developed an assisting application for analytical transcription of historical documents based on full-text search technique for image-scanned documents that does not recognize individual characters. The proposed method works independently of differences in language and font because it uses a new pseudo-coding scheme based on the statistical features of character shapes. In this project, we have developed an assisting application for historical document and back-end search server as a service, relevance feedback method with HMM and font robust pseudo-coding method. The system support transcribers of cursive manuscripts and accelerate the analysis of historical materials.