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| Comments: | Submitted to ICPR 2026 (this https URL) |
| Subjects: | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2605.27132 [cs.CV] |
| (or arXiv:2605.27132v1 [cs.CV] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.27132 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) |
From: Eslam Hegazy [view email]
[v1]
Tue, 26 May 2026 15:02:36 UTC (895 KB)
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