Wireframe recognition and analysis engine

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions that constitute a service, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• defining a plurality of shapes common to wireframe images in a library of models;
• defining a plurality of wireframe design rules in a knowledge base;
• receiving, from an end user's device, a set of wireframe images depicting the software application to be fabricated and a set of user-configured options;
• extracting the plurality of features contained in each wireframe image in the set;
• wherein extracting the plurality of features contained in each wireframe in the set, comprises:
• processing each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images through an edge detector to identify edges and form contours;
• computing a set of contour moments of the formed contours from each wireframe image in the set;
• matching the set of computed contour moments of each formed contour with those defined in the library of models to identify shape features;
• performing optical character recognition on each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images to identify text features;
• storing the identified features from each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images to a data store;
• formulating the collection of wireframe components from the plurality of extracted features;
• generating the source code for the software application from the collection of wireframe components;
• where in generating comprises:
• selecting a set of source templates based on the user-configured option that specifies the target platform;
• associating each wireframe component from the collection of wireframe components to its corresponding source template;
• producing source code using a template engine to process each source template associated with a wireframe component;
• and
• providing to the end user's device, an archive file containing the source code for the software application.

A computer system comprising:

• memory;
• input/output (I/O) device;
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions comprising instructions for:
• defining a plurality of shapes common to wireframe images in a library of models;
• defining a plurality of wireframe design rules in a knowledge base;
• receiving, from an end user's device via the input/output (I/O) device, a set of wireframe images depicting the software application to be fabricated and a set of user-configured options;
• extracting the plurality of features contained in each wireframe image in the set;
• wherein extracting the plurality of features contained in each wireframe in the set, comprises:
• processing each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images through an edge detector to identify edges and form contours;
• computing a set of contour moments of the formed contours from each wireframe image in the set;
• matching the set of computed contour moments of each formed contour with those defined in the library of models to identify shape features;
• performing optical character recognition on each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images to identify text features;
• storing the identified features from each wireframe image in the set of wireframe images to a data store;
• formulating the collection of wireframe components from the plurality of extracted features;
• generating the source code for the software application from the collection of wireframe components;
• where in generating comprises:
• selecting a set of source templates based on the user-configured option that specifies the target platform;
• associating each wireframe component from the collection of wireframe components to its corresponding source template;
• producing source code using a template engine to process each source template associated with a wireframe component;
• providing to the end user's device, via the input/output (I/O) device, an archive file containing the source code for the software application;
• and
• at least one CPU for executing the computer program instructions.