Vietnamese text recognition in scene images using deep learning

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Authors

  • Huynh Van Huy Lac Hong University
  • Nguyen Thi Thanh Tan (Corresponding Author) Electric Power University
  • Ngo Quoc Tao Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54939/1859-1043.j.mst.90.2023.140-149

Keywords:

Detection; Recognition; Feature; Probability; Accuracy.

Abstract

This article proposes an effective method for recognizing Vietnamese text in scene images. The proposed method is based on the idea of combining three processing tasks simultaneously in one recognition stage, including (i) Recognizing (predicting) character sequences from images; (ii) Context processing; and (iii) Fusing and iterative correction. The effectiveness of this method was carried out on two Vietnamese scene image datasets collected from reality: VinText and VnSceneText. Experimental results show that the proposed method is capable of detecting text of any shape and size with high and stable accuracy. Specifically, the method achieves word-level accuracy, character-level accuracy is (81.87%, 93.02%) and (82.56%, 94.33%) for the test datasets, respectively.

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Published

25-10-2023

How to Cite

Huỳnh Văn Huy, N. Thi Thanh Tan, and Ngô Quốc Tạo. “Vietnamese Text Recognition in Scene Images Using Deep Learning”. Journal of Military Science and Technology, vol. 90, no. 90, Oct. 2023, pp. 140-9, doi:10.54939/1859-1043.j.mst.90.2023.140-149.

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