A new method of document structure extraction using generic layout knowledge

Author

Yashiro, Hiroshi ; Murakami, Tatsuya ; Shima, Yoshihiro ; Nakano, Yasuaki ; Fujisawa, Hiromichi

Author_Institution

Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1989

fDate

10-12 Apr 1989

Firstpage

282

Lastpage

287

Abstract

A method of document structure extraction using generic layout knowledge is described. With this method, it is possible to translate images of multimedia documents, i.e. documents that include pictures, graphics, and color information, to hypertext. Hypertext consists of decomposed elements linked with each other through some logical relationship. The principal components of the method are extraction of logical structure elements using a rectangular set operation and generation of hierarchical links of the logical structure between the extracted document elements. It is shown experimentally that the logical structure of a technical paper can be extracted

Keywords

computerised pattern recognition; hypermedia; color information; decomposed elements; document structure extraction; generic layout knowledge; graphics; hierarchical links; hypertext; logical relationship; logical structure elements; multimedia documents; pictures; rectangular set operation; Data mining; Graphics; Image retrieval; Image sequence analysis; Industrial relations; Information retrieval; Laboratories; Layout; Text analysis; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Applications of Machine Intelligence and Vision, 1989., International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIV.1989.40564

Filename

40564