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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Milos Raskovic, Belgrade, RS;
Nenad Bozidarevic, Belgrade, RS;
Milan Sesum, Belgrade, RS;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/245 (2013.01); G06K 9/00463 (2013.01); G06K 9/34 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A borderless table detection engine and associated method for identifying borderless tables appearing in data extracted from a fixed format document. Due to the lack of visible borders, reliable automated detection of a borderless table is difficult. The borderless table detection engine uses whitespace, rather than content, to detect borderless table candidates. Applying heuristic analysis, the borderless table detection engine discards borderless table candidates with a layout that lacks sufficient characteristics of a table and is unlikely to be a valid borderless table.