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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tim Prebble, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/2229 (2013.01); G06F 17/2241 (2013.01); G06K 9/00463 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/2294 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing an electronic document with characters includes adjusting the characters to identify lines and words; generating a cluster encompassing all of the lines and the words; setting the cluster as a target; determining whether the target can be divided; in response to determining that the target can be divided, dividing the target into a first plurality of sub-clusters; identifying blocks of text based on the first sub-clusters; and generating a new electronic document with paragraphs and sections based on the blocks of text.