Table recognition apparatus

Details Table recognition apparatus Table recognition apparatus

1996-02-09

1997-09-16

Mancuso, Joseph

Image analysis

Image segmentation

Segmenting individual characters or words

364771, G06K 934

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056688920

ABSTRACT:
A table recognition apparatus for recognizing a table image wherein coexist characters and ruled lines. The apparatus comprises a character/ruled line separating part for separating characters from ruled lines in the table image; a character block extracting part for extracting character blocks from the character image separated by the character/ruled line separating part; and a character block extending part for extending the character blocks extracted by the character block extracting part in such a manner that the edges of the character blocks are aligned according to the positional relations between the blocks.

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