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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Darrell Eugene Bellert, Boulder, CO (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for image processing is provided. The method includes: obtaining an image including a table that includes a plurality of cells that each includes a first border, a second border opposite the first border, a third border, and a fourth border opposite the third border; identifying, on a skeleton graph generated for the table, a first non-corner vertex on the first border of a first cell of the plurality of cells; determining a first plurality of splitlines extending from the first non-corner vertex and intersecting with the second border of the first cell without intersecting with the third or fourth border of the first cell; calculating a first plurality of confidence values for the first plurality of splitlines; and splitting the first cell by generating a first artificial edge, based on the first plurality of confidence values and a splitline of the first plurality of splitlines.