TEXT DETECTION FROM IMAGES USING MATLAB-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING
Allayorov Boburjon Sobirjon o`g`li · O‘zbekistondagi ilmiy yangiliklar jurnali · 2026
Text localization in digital images, using MATLAB simulation. The system aims to bridge the gap between the low level (pixel) and high level (semantic) by identifying regions of interest (ROIs) in which text can be found. The system uses a suite of image processing algorithms starting with the detection of high frequency intensity gradients using a Sobel edge detector. In order to overcome the problem of discontinuous edges of individual characters, the system uses Mathematical Morphology, in particular, dilatation with a rectangular structuring element (3 \times 20) to join disjoint features and create text blocks. These are then extracted using automatic hole removal and area filter to discard any background noise. The main innovation of this simulation is the Heuristic Evaluation Model which measures the proposed regions by geometric constraints. A weighted probability is given to each candidate block as its Solidity (compactness) and Extent (rectangularity). The experiment with several trials demonstrates the system's high localization accuracy, and provides an average accuracy of 70.67% for approximate matches. This work has shown how morphological operations, as traditionally used, can provide data to subsequent Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems that are appropriate and save time in complex scenes.