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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiko Itonori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382177 ; 395771 ; 358462 ; 382294 ;
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.