Research Article

Multilingual Text Detection with Nonlinear Neural Network

Algorithm 2

Stroke feature learning algorithm.
Input: input patches
Output: learning stroke features
Procedure:
(1) Normalize input
       
(2) ZAC whiten input
       
       
(3) Initialize , follow the steps in Algorithm 1
(4) Repeat
   Set for
   Set for all other
   Fix ,    and
   Until convergence or reach iteration limitation