A new system to acquire and restore document shape and content

George V. Landon, W. Brent Seales, Duncan Clarke

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Abstract

We have developed a system that can acquire and restore not only a distorted single-page document, but also more complicated multilayer film negatives. In this work, we demonstrate a new imagebased document acquisition system, based on single-scatter diffuse transmission, that captures the intrinsic intensity information and shape distortion of documents. Using a simple to build and costeffective camera and LCD system, the data is acquired to allow for automatic photometric and geometric correction of most documents. We show the results of our system with single sheet nonplanar documents. Furthermore, to show the robustness of this system, we demonstrate the restoration on safety acetate film negatives over 70 years old that have been damaged due to shrinkage and other forms of deterioration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPROCAMS 2008 - ACM/IEEE 5th International Workshop on Projector Camera Systems
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventACM/IEEE 5th International Workshop on Projector Camera Systems, PROCAMS 2008 - Marina del Rey, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 10 2008Aug 10 2008

Publication series

NamePROCAMS 2008 - ACM/IEEE 5th International Workshop on Projector Camera Systems

Conference

ConferenceACM/IEEE 5th International Workshop on Projector Camera Systems, PROCAMS 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMarina del Rey, CA
Period8/10/088/10/08

Keywords

  • Acetate negative
  • Diffuse transmission
  • Document restoration
  • Rear-illumination document scanning
  • Shape acquisition
  • Transparency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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