9. A method for locating text in a digital image, said method comprising: receiving a first plurality of candidate components; filtering said first plurality of candidate components based on component properties, thereby producing a second plurality of candidate components; forming a first plurality of text lines from said second plurality of candidate components; filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a first text-line property associated with text-line length, wherein said filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a first text-line property associates a membership value with each text line in said first plurality of text lines, thereby producing a first plurality of membership values; filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a second text-line property associated with text-line orientation, wherein said filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a second text-line property associates a membership value with each text line in said first plurality of text lines, thereby producing a second plurality of membership values; and combining said first plurality of membership values and said second plurality of membership values to locate said plurality of text components associated with said digital image.
9. A method for locating text in a digital image, said method comprising: receiving a first plurality of candidate components; filtering said first plurality of candidate components based on component properties, thereby producing a second plurality of candidate components; forming a first plurality of text lines from said second plurality of candidate components; filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a first text-line property associated with text-line length, wherein said filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a first text-line property associates a membership value with each text line in said first plurality of text lines, thereby producing a first plurality of membership values; filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a second text-line property associated with text-line orientation, wherein said filtering said first plurality of text lines based on a second text-line property associates a membership value with each text line in said first plurality of text lines, thereby producing a second plurality of membership values; and combining said first plurality of membership values and said second plurality of membership values to locate said plurality of text components associated with said digital image. 11. A method as described in claim 9 , wherein: said membership values in said first plurality of membership values are hard membership values; and said membership values in said second plurality of membership values are hard membership values.