Pdf extraction with text-based key

A system comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• a server communicatively connected to the display device, the server including
• an electronic processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the electronic processor, the memory including program instructions that, when executed by the electronic processor, cause the electronic processor to
• receive a standardized PDF (portable document format) report that is in a non-paragraph format and a configuration file including one or more values that correspond to one or more text-based keys in the standardized PDF report,
• determine X coordinates and Y coordinates of bounding boxes associated with the one or more text-based keys, the X coordinates associated with an X-direction and the Y coordinates associated with a Y-direction,
• determine one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with a first text-based key of the one or more text-based keys,
• sort the one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with the first text-based key based on respective X coordinates in the X-direction,
• determine a single word from the one or more words that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key, and
• control a display to display the single word that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, cause the electronic processor to perform a set of operations comprising:

• receiving a standardized PDF (portable document format) report that is in a non-paragraph format and a configuration file including one or more values that correspond to one or more text-based keys in the standardized PDF report;
• determining X coordinates and Y coordinates of bounding boxes associated with the one or more text-based keys, the X coordinates associated with an X-direction and the Y coordinates associated with a Y-direction;
• determining one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with a first text-based key of the one or more text-based keys;
• sorting the one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with the first text-based key based on respective X coordinates in the X-direction;
• determining a single word from the one or more words that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key;
• and
• controlling a display to display the single word that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key.

A method for extracting information from a standardized PDF (portable document format) report that is in a non-paragraph format, the method comprising:

• receiving, with an electronic processor, the standardized PDF report that is in the non-paragraph format and a configuration file including one or more values that correspond to one or more text-based keys in the standardized PDF report;
• determining, with the electronic processor, X coordinates and Y coordinates of bounding boxes associated with the one or more text-based keys, the X coordinates associated with an X-direction and the Y coordinates associated with a Y-direction;
• determining, with the electronic processor, one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with a first text-based key of the one or more text-based keys;
• sorting, with the electronic processor, the one or more words in the standardized PDF report that share the Y coordinates of the bounding boxes associated with the first text-based key based on respective X coordinates in the X-direction;
• determining, with the electronic processor, a single word from the one or more words that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key;
• and
• controlling, with the electronic processor, a display to display the single word that is directly adjacent to the first text-based key.