Processing a reusable graphic in a document

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for processing a graphic in a document so that the graphic may be reused in a different application than the one it was originally used in. For a given document, a graphic may be identified from within the document and extracted from the document. The extracted graphic may be stored in a suitable storage medium, such as a reusable graphic repository. A structural feature associated with the extracted graphic may also be extracted. The extracted graphic may then be classified based on the extracted structural feature. Furthermore, a method and apparatus are provided for generating a reusable graphic from a document.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for synthesizing a reusable graphic in a document, the method comprising:
extracting an identified graphic from the document to provide an extracted graphic, wherein the extracting comprises:
identifying individual candidate reusable graphic components contained within the document;extracting feature information and environmental information about each of the individual candidate reusable graphic components;evaluating the extracted information associated with each individual candidate reusable graphic component to determine whether the individual candidate reusable graphic components are to be consolidated into a single reusable graphic, wherein the evaluating includes a plurality of:
performing a first determining of whether a first of the individual candidate reusable graphic components is placed over a second of the individual candidate reusable graphic components in the document to determine whether the first and second individual candidate reusable graphic components are to be consolidated into a single reusable graphic;performing a second determining of whether the first individual candidate reusable graphic component is within a predetermined distance from the second individual candidate reusable graphic component in the document to determine whether the first and second individual candidate reusable graphic components are to be consolidated into a single reusable graphic; andperforming a third determining of whether a third of the individual candidate reusable graphic components is between the first and the second individual candidate reusable graphic components to determine whether the first, second and third individual candidate reusable graphic components are to be consolidated into a single reusable graphic; andsynthesizing a single reusable graphic from the plurality of the first, second, and third individual candidate reusable graphic components based on at least one of the first, second, and third determinations.