HANGZHOU, China /October 18, 2017 As is shown on ICDAR Robust Reading 2015 official website, on October 17th, 2017, Dahua Technology took the 1st place in Task [Word Recognition] of Incidental Scene Text Challenge and Born-Digital Image Challenge–with an accuracy of 82.76% and 97.43% respectively.
The Result of Task [Word Recognition] in Born-Digital Image Challenge
Incidental Scene Text, a new challenge to the 2015 edition of the competition, is the most difficult one. It refers to text that appears in the scene without the user having taken any specific prior action to cause its appearance or improve its positioning /quality in the frame. Incidental scene has strong relevance to a wide range of applications linked to wearable cameras or massive urban captures where the capture is difficult to control.
A Fine Example of Incidental Scene Text
Robust Reading &ICDAR 2015
"Robust Reading" refers to the research area dealing with the interpretation of written communication in unconstrained settings. It has significant implication to video surveillance applications such as vehicle license plate recognition (LPR), container serial number recognition, logistics label context recognition and the recognition of text captured in normal surveillance.
Dahua OCR
Dahua AI OCR team from Dahua Advanced Research Institute participated in the ICDAR Robust Reading 2015 competition. Based upon deep learning technology and the advantages of SENet and ResNet network structure, Dahua team developed a unique strategy of multi-featured and multi-channel integration. Deployed together with multi-model integration technology, it greatly enhanced the accuracy of result.
The technologies utilized in this competition have been widely applied in Dahua smart transportation solutions. Breakthrough performance was achieved in situations dealing with tilted car plate, with recognition rate reaching up to 99.99%.
In recent years, deep-learning has led to revolutionary breakthroughs to Intelligent Video Analytics. The accuracy of recognition is better than human being in many situations. It becomes possible and economically viable to automate many tasks not possible before. AI has been widely applied in public security, transportation and banking to protect property and people. With a mission of “Enabling a safer society and smarter living”, Dahua will continue to focus on “Innovation, Quality, and Service” to serve partners and customers around the world.