Presentation 2023-03-14
Generation and inpainting of Kuzushiji image data using Boltzmann Machines
Hiroki Ikoma, Mauricio Bermudez, Minho Lee, Kazushi Ikeda,
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Abstract(in English) It is almost impossible for the average person to read Kuzushiji today. For this reason, there is a need to develop tools for deciphering and translating collapsed characters using machine learning and other methods. On the other hand, the frequency of occurrence of characters is biased and character images are sometimes missing, making it difficult to collect training data and requiring data augmentation methods. We proposed data augmentation by generating and repairing corrupted characters using a Boltzmann machine (BM) and conducted computational experiments. Although the repair process was not stable, we were able to generate the Kuzushiji "no" using a BM that had learned about 450 images. Because generating the same Kuzushiji "no" using GAN required about 4700 training data per character, the use of BM has the potential to dramatically reduce the number of images required for data augmentation for Kuzushiji.
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Keyword(in English) Kuzushiji / Data Augmentation / Boltzmann Machines / Generative Models / Image Inpainting
Paper # NC2022-108
Date of Issue 2023-03-06 (NC)

Conference Information
Committee NC / MBE
Conference Date 2023/3/13(3days)
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Place (in English) The Univ. of Electro-Communications
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Topics (in English) Brain architecture, General
Chair Hiroshi Yamakawa(Univ of Tokyo) / Junichi Hori(Niigata Univ.)
Vice Chair Hirokazu Tanaka(Tokyo City Univ.) / Hisashi Yoshida(Kinki Univ.)
Secretary Hirokazu Tanaka(NTT) / Hisashi Yoshida(NICT)
Assistant Yoshimasa Tawatsuji(Waseda Univ.) / Tomoki Kurikawa(KMU) / Emi Yuda(Tohoku Univ) / Miki Kaneko(Osaka Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Neurocomputing / Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Generation and inpainting of Kuzushiji image data using Boltzmann Machines
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Kuzushiji
Keyword(2) Data Augmentation
Keyword(3) Boltzmann Machines
Keyword(4) Generative Models
Keyword(5) Image Inpainting
1st Author's Name Hiroki Ikoma
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Mauricio Bermudez
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyungpook National University(KNU)
3rd Author's Name Minho Lee
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyungpook National University(KNU)
4th Author's Name Kazushi Ikeda
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2023-03-14
Paper # NC2022-108
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) NC-425
Page pp.pp.94-98(NC),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2023-03-06 (NC)