Back to results
US 2014/0006917 A1Published application
System and method for forms recognition by synthesizing corrected localization of data fields
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorEric Saund
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method and system generates an idealized image of a form. An image of a form and a template model of the form are received. The form includes data fields. Word boxes of the image are identified. The word boxes are assigned to corresponding data fields of the form. An idealized image of the from is generated based on the assignments and the template model.
Claims20
A method for generating an idealized image of a form, said method comprising:
- receiving by at least one processor an image of a form and a template model of the form, the form including data fields;
- identifying by the at least one processor word boxes of the image;
- assigning by the at least one processor the word boxes to corresponding data fields of the form;
- and,
- generating by the at least one processor an idealized image of the form based on the assignments and the template model.
2 more elements
A system for generating an idealized image of a form, said system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to:
- receive an image of a form and a template model of the form, the form including data fields;
- identify word boxes of the image;
- assign the word boxes to corresponding data fields of the form;
- and,
- generate an idealized image of the form based on the assignments and the template model.
3 more elements
A data extraction system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to:
- receive an image of a form and a template model of he form, the form including data fields;
- identify word boxes of the image;
- group the word boxes into candidate zones, each candidate zone including one or more of the word boxes;
- form hypotheses from the data fields and the candidate zones, each hypothesis assigning one of the candidate zones to one of the data fields;
- perform a constrained optimization search of the hypotheses for an optimal set of hypotheses, the optimal set of hypotheses optimally assigning the word boxes to corresponding data fields;
- generate an idealized image of the form based on the assignments and the template model;
- perform zonal optical character recognition on the idealized image to identify data entries;
- and,
- extract the identified data entries.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.