Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Optical Character Recognition in Dynamic Video Environments

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Autores principales: Nagaonkar, Sankalp, Sharma, Augustya, Choithani, Ashish, Trivedi, Ashutosh
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author Nagaonkar, Sankalp
Sharma, Augustya
Choithani, Ashish
Trivedi, Ashutosh
author_facet Nagaonkar, Sankalp
Sharma, Augustya
Choithani, Ashish
Trivedi, Ashutosh
contents This paper introduces an open-source benchmark for evaluating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tasks in dynamic video environments. We present a curated dataset containing 1,477 manually annotated frames spanning diverse domains, including code editors, news broadcasts, YouTube videos, and advertisements. Three state of the art VLMs - Claude-3, Gemini-1.5, and GPT-4o are benchmarked against traditional OCR systems such as EasyOCR and RapidOCR. Evaluation metrics include Word Error Rate (WER), Character Error Rate (CER), and Accuracy. Our results highlight the strengths and limitations of VLMs in video-based OCR tasks, demonstrating their potential to outperform conventional OCR models in many scenarios. However, challenges such as hallucinations, content security policies, and sensitivity to occluded or stylized text remain. The dataset and benchmarking framework are publicly available to foster further research.
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spellingShingle Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Optical Character Recognition in Dynamic Video Environments
Nagaonkar, Sankalp
Sharma, Augustya
Choithani, Ashish
Trivedi, Ashutosh
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
This paper introduces an open-source benchmark for evaluating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tasks in dynamic video environments. We present a curated dataset containing 1,477 manually annotated frames spanning diverse domains, including code editors, news broadcasts, YouTube videos, and advertisements. Three state of the art VLMs - Claude-3, Gemini-1.5, and GPT-4o are benchmarked against traditional OCR systems such as EasyOCR and RapidOCR. Evaluation metrics include Word Error Rate (WER), Character Error Rate (CER), and Accuracy. Our results highlight the strengths and limitations of VLMs in video-based OCR tasks, demonstrating their potential to outperform conventional OCR models in many scenarios. However, challenges such as hallucinations, content security policies, and sensitivity to occluded or stylized text remain. The dataset and benchmarking framework are publicly available to foster further research.
title Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Optical Character Recognition in Dynamic Video Environments
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06445