DETECTING SIDEBAR IN DOCUMENT
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1. A method executed on a computing device to detect a sidebar in a document, the method comprising:
- processing a page of the document to detect the sidebar, in response to an action selecting the page;
analyzing one or more components of the page to detect one or more borders;
processing the one or more borders to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates;
in response to detecting the one or more borders, processing the one or more borders to detect the sidebar that includes the one or more borders; and
in response to a failure to detect the one or more borders, processing the one or more components to detect the sidebar that lacks the one or more borders.
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Abstract
Detection of a sidebar in a document is provided. An application such as a document processing application processes a page of the document to detect the sidebar. Components of the page are analyzed to detect borders. The one or more borders are processed to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates. In response to detecting the borders, the borders are processed to detect the sidebar that includes the borders. In response to a failure to detect the borders, the components are processed to detect the sidebar that lacks the borders.
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20 Claims
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1. A method executed on a computing device to detect a sidebar in a document, the method comprising:
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processing a page of the document to detect the sidebar, in response to an action selecting the page; analyzing one or more components of the page to detect one or more borders; processing the one or more borders to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates; in response to detecting the one or more borders, processing the one or more borders to detect the sidebar that includes the one or more borders; and in response to a failure to detect the one or more borders, processing the one or more components to detect the sidebar that lacks the one or more borders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing device to detect a sidebar in a document, the computing device comprising:
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a display device; a memory; a processor coupled to the memory and the display device, the processor executing a document processing application in conjunction with instructions stored in the memory, wherein the document processing application is configured to; process a page of the document to detect the sidebar, in response to an action selecting the page; analyze one or more components of the page to detect one or more borders, wherein the one or more borders include one or more from a set of;
a rectangle, a sideline, a crooked line, and an askew line;process the one or more borders to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates; in response to detecting the one or more borders, process the one or more borders to detect the sidebar that includes the one or more borders; in response to a failure to detect the one or more borders, process the one or more components to detect the sidebar that lacks the one or more borders; and present the sidebar on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon to detect a sidebar from a document, the instructions comprising:
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processing a page of the document to detect the sidebar, in response to an action selecting the page; analyzing one or more components of the page to detect one or more borders, wherein the one or more borders include one or more from a set of;
a rectangle, a sideline, a crooked line, and an askew line;processing the one or more borders to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates; in response to detecting the one or more borders, processing the one or more borders to detect the sidebar that includes the one or more borders; and in response to a failure to detect the one or more borders, processing the one or more components to detect the sidebar that lacks the one or more borders. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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