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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Hui-man Hou, Beijing, CN;
Li-wei Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Jian-ming Jin, Beijing, CN;
Jian Fan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Suk Hwan Lim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hui-Man Hou, Beijing, CN;
Li-Wei Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Jian-Ming Jin, Beijing, CN;
Jian Fan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Suk Hwan Lim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of detecting separator lines in a web page may include determining coordinates of visible web elements on a web page, generating an edge image of the web page based on the coordinates of the web elements, filtering edges belonging to non-separator line elements within the edge image, detecting horizontal lines within the edge image, detecting vertical lines within the edge image, and filtering short lines within the edge image. A system for detecting separator lines in a web page may include a memory device, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the processor determines coordinates of visible web elements on a web page, generates an edge image of the web page based on the coordinates of the web elements, filters edges belonging to non-separator line elements within the edge image, detects horizontal lines within the edge image, detects vertical lines within the edge image, and filters short lines within the edge image.