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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Alejandro E. Brito, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Saund, San Carlos, CA (US);
Alejandro E. Brito, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Saund, San Carlos, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method to classify forms. An image representing a form of an unknown document type is received. The image includes line-art. Further, a plurality of template models corresponding to a plurality of different document types is received. The plurality of different document types is intended to include the correct document type of the unknown document. A subset of the plurality of template models are selected as candidate template models. The candidate template models include line-art junctions best matching line-art junctions of the received image. One of the candidate template models is selected as a best candidate template model. The best candidate template model includes horizontal and vertical lines best matching horizontal and vertical lines of the received image, respectively, aligned to the best candidate template model.