Computing system for extraction of textual elements from a document
AssigneeHyland Software, Inc.
InventorsRalph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.
Claims20
An apparatus of a computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving an electronic document comprising a first textual element located at a first position and a second textual element located at a second position;
- computing a score of a likelihood that the first textual element represents relevant content in the electronic document based on spatial factors between the first position of the first textual element and the second position of the second textual element;
- and
- outputting the at least one of the first textual element or the second textual element based on the score.
A method executed by a processor of a computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a first electronic document comprising a first textual element located at a first position and second electronic document comprising a second textual element located at a second position;
- computing a score of a likelihood that the first textual element represents relevant content in the electronic document based on spatial factors between the first position of the first textual element and the second position of the second textual element;
- and
- outputting the at least one of the first textual element or the second textual element based on the score.
A computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a first electronic document and a second electronic document, wherein the first electronic document comprises a first textual element located at a first position within the first electronic document, and the second electronic document comprises a second textual element located at a second position within the second electronic document;
- computing a score of a likelihood that the first textual element represents relevant content in the electronic document based on spatial factors between the first position of the first textual element and the second position of the second textual element;
- and
- outputting the at least one of the first textual element or the second textual element based on the score.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.