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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1997
Yuki Hirayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Information in the form is analyzed based on adjacency relationships among cells in the forms. By using adjacency relationships, a format may be provided for forms which are divided into cells by separators such as lines, notwithstanding that the positions and sizes of the cells may change, as long as their order remains unchanged. In particular, cells are extracted from the image data of a form. Adjacency relationships among the extracted cells are determined. The determined adjacency relationships are compared with a set of adjacency relationships are compared with a set of adjacency relationships in order to identify the extracted cells. Information contained in the form is then recognized based upon the identified extracted cells. In particular, the information contained in the form is recognized, based upon the identified cell in which the information is contained.