
Multiscale-COS/CCC segmentation (Version 1.3)

To whom it may concern:
This directory contains a software package for document  
segmentation. The segmentation is performed using 
Cost Optimized Segmentation (COS) and
Connected Component Classification (CCC), 
incorporated with multiscale framework.
The software takes a color image in TIFF format as an input,
and outputs a binary image in TIFF format.  

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Update history:

Version 1.0 : Initial version of COS, 7/7/2008
Version 1.1 : -d image resolution input parameter was added, 7/21/2008 
Version 1.2 : Multiscale-COS/CCC was implemented, 5/5/2010 
Version 1.3 : Changed COS as a default mode, 6/8/2011 
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The directory contains the following subdirectories:

documentation/ - This subdirectory contains documents describing the algorithm.

src/ - This subdirectory contains ANSI-C source code and header files 
       required for the ``Main_segment'' program. 

src/Makefile - This makefile constructs the compiled binaries. These makefiles 
               have been tested for standard Linux environments,
               but should work with little or no modification on other 
               platforms supporting ANSI-C code.

example/ - This example shows how to run "Main_segment" program.
           This subdirectory contains a shell script that runs segmentation 
           for an example image. 

EISL_TIFF_1.0 - TIFF input/output library


For more information contact:
  Charles A. Bouman
  School of Electrical Engineering
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette IN 47906
  bouman@ecn.purdue.edu
  http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~bouman/

  or 

  Eri Haneda 
  School of Electrical Engineering
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette IN 47906
  haneda@purdue.edu

