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In this paper, we are concerned with the problem of finding a good and homogeneous representation to encode line drawing documents (which may be handwritten). We propose a method in which the problems induced by a first step skeletisation have been avoided. We first achieve a hierarchical representation that enables a fine description of the drawing using only pixels, vectors and quadrilateral primitives. This representation gives a global vision of the drawings. Then, its capacity to evolve and to carry high semantical local entities is highlighted. Finally we show how an architecture of perceptive cycles allows a better quality interpretation of the document.
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Ramel, J.Y., Vincent, N., Emptoz, H. (1998). A coarse vectorisation as an initial representation for the understanding of line drawing images. In: Tombre, K., Chhabra, A.K. (eds) Graphics Recognition Algorithms and Systems. GREC 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1389. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-64381-8_38
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