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Towards Letter Shape Prior and Paleographic Tables Estimation in Hebrew First Temple Period Ostraca

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HIP '17: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing

Pages 13 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1145/3151509.3151511

Published: 10 November 2017 Publication History

Abstract

The problem of finding a prototype for typewritten or handwritten characters belongs to a family of "shape prior" estimation problems. In epigraphic research, such priors are derived manually, and constitute the building blocks of "paleographic tables". Suggestions for automatic solutions to the estimation problem are rare in both the Computer Vision and the OCR/Handwriting Text Recognition communities. We review some of the existing approaches, and propose a new robust scheme, suitable for the challenges of degraded historical documents. This fast and easy to implement method is employed for ancient Hebrew inscriptions dated to the First Temple period.

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Shaus ASober BTzang OIoffe ZCheshnovsky OFinkelstein IPiasetzky E(2018)Raman Binary Mapping of Iron Age Ostracon in an Unknown Material Composition and High‐Fluorescence Setting—A Proof of ConceptArchaeometry10.1111/arcm.1241961:2(459-469)Online publication date: 17-Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12419

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Towards Letter Shape Prior and Paleographic Tables Estimation in Hebrew First Temple Period Ostraca
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision problems
        Shape inference

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Faigenbaum-Golovin SShaus ASober B(2022)Computational Handwriting Analysis of Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions – A SurveyIEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine10.1109/MBITS.2022.3197559(1-15)Online publication date: 2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/MBITS.2022.3197559
Shaus ASober BTzang OIoffe ZCheshnovsky OFinkelstein IPiasetzky E(2018)Raman Binary Mapping of Iron Age Ostracon in an Unknown Material Composition and High‐Fluorescence Setting—A Proof of ConceptArchaeometry10.1111/arcm.1241961:2(459-469)Online publication date: 17-Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12419

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