Volume 4 : Number 2 : Paper 1
January 2001 Special Issue of Best Papers presented at CLEI'2000. Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Title:
Segmentation Methodology of Table-Form Documents

Authors and Affiliations:
Jacques Facon,
Luiz Antonio Pereira Neves, PUCPR-Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Abstract:
This article presents a method for the automatic extraction of the contents of passive and/or active cells in forms. The approach is based on the analysis and recognition of the types of intersection of the lines that make up such cells. Very little a priori knowledge of the form is required. The performance of this approach depends on the correction module mechanisms for detection and correction of errors generated during the intersection identification phase. The potentialities and advantages of this approach are described and illustrated with tests carried out on different form bases.


Received July 2001, Revised March 2002 , Editor: Jos
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