Robotic process automation using enhanced object detection to provide resilient playback capabilities

A computer-implemented method for facilitating execution of a robotic process automation, the method comprising:

• capturing an initial image of an initial user interface (UI) presented on a display device by an application program operating on a computing device;
• detecting a plurality of UI controls of the initial UI within the captured initial image by programmatic examination of the captured initial image;
• detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI controls of the initial UI;
• detecting a plurality of UI text labels of the initial UI within the captured initial image by programmatic examination of the captured initial image;
• detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI text labels;
• associating the UI text labels to the UI controls based on the positioning data and the sizing data for the UI text labels and for UI controls of the initial UI;
• recording a series of user interactions with a plurality of different ones of the UI controls of the initial UI;
• subsequently capturing a subsequent image of a subsequent UI presented on a display device, the subsequent UI being generated by the same application program as the application program generating the initial UI, with the same application program operating on a computing device and presenting the subsequent UI on a display device;
• detecting a plurality of UI controls of the subsequent UI within the captured subsequent image by programmatic examination of the captured subsequent image;
• detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI controls of the subsequent UI;
• detecting a plurality of UI text labels of the subsequent UI within the captured subsequent image by programmatic examination of the captured subsequent image;
• detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI text labels of the subsequent UI;
• associating the UI text labels to the UI controls based on the positioning data and the sizing data for the UI text labels and for UI controls of the subsequent UI;
• matching the UI controls of the subsequent UI to the UI controls of the initial UI, the matching using the UI text labels that are associated with the respective UI controls of the initial UI and the subsequent UI;
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• programmatically causing one or more interactions of the series of user interactions previously recorded with respect to at least one of the UI controls of the initial UI to be provided to and induced on at least one of the UI controls of the subsequent UI that has been matched to the at least one of the UI controls of the initial UI.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code tangibly stored thereon for facilitating execution of a robotic process automation, the computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for capturing an image of a user interface (UI) presented on a display device by an application program operating on a computing device;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI controls within the captured image of the UI by programmatic examination of the captured image, the detecting of the UI controls including detecting parameters of the UI controls;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI text labels within the captured image of the UI by programmatic examination of the captured image, the detecting of the UI text labels including detecting parameters of the UI text labels;
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• computer program code for associating the UI text labels to the UI controls based on the parameters of the UI text labels and the parameters of the UI controls.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code tangibly stored thereon for facilitating execution of a robotic process automation, the computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for capturing an initial screen image of an initial user interface (UI) presented on a display device by an application program operating on a computing device;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI controls of the initial UI within the captured initial screen image by programmatic examination of the captured initial screen image;
• computer program code for detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI controls of the initial UI;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI text labels of the initial UI within the captured initial screen image by programmatic examination of the captured initial screen image;
• computer program code for detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI text labels;
• computer program code for associating the UI text labels to the UI controls based on the positioning data and the sizing data for the UI text labels and for UI controls of the initial UI;
• computer program code for recording a series of user interactions with a plurality of different ones of the UI controls of the initial UI;
• computer program code for subsequently capturing a subsequent screen image of a subsequent UI presented on a display device, the subsequent UI being generated by the same application program as the application program generating the initial UI, with the same application program operating on a computing device and presenting the subsequent UI on a display device;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI controls of the subsequent UI within the captured subsequent screen image by programmatic examination of the captured subsequent screen image;
• computer program code for detecting positioning data and sizing data for the UI controls of the subsequent UI;
• computer program code for detecting a plurality of UI text labels of the subsequent UI within the captured subsequent screen image by programmatic examination of the captured subsequent screen image texts;
• computer program code for detecting positioning data and sizing data for each of the UI text labels of the subsequent UI;
• computer program code for associating the UI text labels to the UI controls based on the positioning data and the sizing data for the UI text labels and for UI controls of the subsequent UI;
• computer program code for matching the UI controls of the subsequent UI to the UI controls of the initial UI, the matching using the UI text labels that are associated with the respective UI controls of the initial UI and the subsequent UI;
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• computer program code for programmatically causing one or more interactions of the series of user interactions previously recorded with respect to at least one of the UI controls of the initial UI to be provided to and induced on at least one of the UI controls of the subsequent UI that has been matched to the at least one of the UI controls of the initial UI.