List of Figures

1. Script Samples : Roman, Devanagari, Tamil and Kannada
2. Overview of the System
3. Effect of parameter sigma on the Gaussian function
4. Plot of frequency response of the 2D Gaussian
5. The filtered images stacked one on top of the other form a tapering pyramid structure, hence the name
6. Plot of frequency response of the Gabor filter for different values of u0, v0 corresponding to four orientations - 0, 45, 90 and 135
7. Gabor filter output of the simple lines pattern corresponding to 4 orientations - 0, 45, 90 and 135
8. Result of segmenting two textures
9. Result of segmenting a document containing Tamil and English scripts
10. Result of segmenting a document containing English and Hindi scripts
11. Result of segmenting a document containing Gujarati and Hindi scripts
12. Result of segmenting a document containing English and Hindi scripts in a more complex layout
13. Result of segmenting a document containing Tamil, English and Hindi scripts