Symbol Recognition : An Overview

Symbol recognition is one of the primary stages of any graphics recognition system. This paper reviews the current state of the art in graphic symbol recognition and raises some open issues that need further investigation. Work on symbol recognition tends to be highly application specific. Therefore, this review presents the symbol recognition methods in the context of specific applications.

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