A Character Shape Decomposition Algorithm in Embroidery
电脑刺绣中的字符形状分割算法

This paper presents the character decomposition algorithm which is applied to PRECISE DIGITIZING SYS- TEM. This algorithm is based on the global information of character image and defines the range of adding decomposi- tion lines through drawing circles around skeleton's cross points. Combined with the edge information, we can define how to segment the character images based on segmentation lines. Our experiments have shown this algorithm can avoid most edge noise and the segmenting effect can approach the demands of automatic computer needlework.