Method of searching and extracting text information from drawings
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1. A method for recognizing text in graphical drawings comprising the steps of:
- creating a binarized representation of a drawing to form an electronic image of pixels;
discriminating text regions from lines in the image by determining a distance between each black pixel and nearest neighboring black pixels, grouping pixels into pixel blocks having a same label based on a relationship between the determined distance and a predetermined distance, and comparing the blocks with a predetermined format to identify text regions;
removing the lines from the image using a Hough Transform to create text only regions; and
recognizing text in the text only regions.
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Abstract
A method for recognizing text in graphical drawings includes creating a binarized representation of a drawing to form an electronic image of pixels. The image is discriminated between text regions and lines in the image by grouping pixels into blocks and comparing blocks with a predetermined format to identify text regions. The lines that remain in the text regions are removed to create text only regions. The text is recognized in the text only regions.
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1. A method for recognizing text in graphical drawings comprising the steps of:
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creating a binarized representation of a drawing to form an electronic image of pixels; discriminating text regions from lines in the image by determining a distance between each black pixel and nearest neighboring black pixels, grouping pixels into pixel blocks having a same label based on a relationship between the determined distance and a predetermined distance, and comparing the blocks with a predetermined format to identify text regions; removing the lines from the image using a Hough Transform to create text only regions; and recognizing text in the text only regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for recognizing text in graphical drawings comprising the steps of:
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creating a binarized representation of a drawing to form an electronic image of black pixels and white pixels; determining a distance between each black pixel and nearest neighhboring black pixels; comparing each distance to a predetermined distance; assigning labels to pixels within the predetermined distance to form pixel blocks having the same label; and comparing pixel blocks to predetermined text formats for identifying text regions; removing the lines from the image using a Hough Transform to create text only regions; and recognizing text in the text only regions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for recognizing text in graphical drawings comprising the steps of:
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creating a binarized representation of a drawing to form an electronic image of black pixels and white pixels; determining a distance between each black pixel and nearest neighhboring black pixels; comparing each distance to a predetermined distance; assigning labels to pixels within the predetermined distance to form pixel blocks having the same label; and comparing pixel blocks to predetermined text formats for identifying text regions; subdividing the drawing space into a grid defining grid spaces; counting black pixels associated with text and graphics lines in each grid space; comparing a count of black pixels to a predetermined count for determine if the grid space contains a line; removing lines by changing black pixels to white pixels to create text only regions; recognizing text in the text only regions; and converting the text to hypertext for creating an anchorable information unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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