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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Yan Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Toshifumi Yamaai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Ohguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Yan Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Toshifumi Yamaai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Ohguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a form template definition method and a form template definition apparatus. The form template definition method comprises a cell extraction step of analyzing an image of a form so as to extract one or more cells from the image of the form; a cell classification step of classifying the extracted cells; and a cell attribute definition step of defining attributes of the extracted cells class by class. If an attribute of a first cell in one class is defined, then other cells in the class automatically copy the attribute of the first cell. As a result, the work amount of form template definition may be dramatically reduced by employing the form template definition method and form template definition apparatus.