Pattern-lab is a pattern recognition program. It is optimized for OCR, but not constrained to it. The method used is mainly 'pattern matching'. Separation of merged patterns is one of the main goals. It is currently under development.
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This release adds the Standardizing Transformation (ST) embedding IMage Euclidean Distance (IMED) in the preprocessing phase. Positive and negative effects of the new feature are explained in the manual.
In addition to bugfixes, this version provides a new feature for visualizing patterns in the maintenance phase. The tutorial and the user manual were updated.