Method And Apparatus For Processing Electronic Documents
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of generating an input to be used by a classifying apparatus based on an electronic document comprising a plurality of elements, said method comprising:
- analyzing said electronic document to obtain one or more of said elements together with information about their corresponding position in said document;
generating an electronic layout document to be used as said input of said classifying apparatus, said electronic layout document comprising;
a representation of a plurality of said elements obtained in said analyzing step together with information representing their absolute and/or relative position in said electronic document.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of generating an input to be used by a classifying apparatus based on an electronic document comprising a plurality of elements, said method comprising: analyzing said electronic document to obtain one or more of said elements together with information about their corresponding position in said document; generating an electronic layout document to be used as said input of said classifying apparatus, said electronic layout document comprising: a representation of a plurality of said elements obtained in said analyzing step together with information representing their absolute and/or relative position in said electronic document.
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1. A computer implemented method of generating an input to be used by a classifying apparatus based on an electronic document comprising a plurality of elements, said method comprising:
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analyzing said electronic document to obtain one or more of said elements together with information about their corresponding position in said document; generating an electronic layout document to be used as said input of said classifying apparatus, said electronic layout document comprising; a representation of a plurality of said elements obtained in said analyzing step together with information representing their absolute and/or relative position in said electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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12. An apparatus for generating an input to be used by a classifying apparatus based on an electronic document comprising a plurality of elements, said apparatus comprising:
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an analyzor analyzing said electronic document to obtain one or more of said elements together with information about their corresponding position in said document; a generator generating an electronic layout document to be used as said input of said classifying apparatus, said electronic layout document comprising; a representation of a plurality of said elements obtained in said analyzing step together with information representing their absolute and/or relative position in said electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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