DATA CAPTURE FROM IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS WITH FIXED STRUCTURE

摘要

For extracting data from a document with fixed structure, we recognize key words in an image of the document; identify reference object based on these key words, create templates based on the identified reference objects; match the created templates against the image of the document while recognizing fields in the image of the document these templates; and select the best template using quality of the recognized field.

主权项

1. A method for data capture from an image of a document with fixed structure using a processor device, comprising:
acquiring an electronic image of a document with fixed structure; recognizing key words in the image of the document; identifying at least one reference object based on the recognized key words, where the at least one reference object specifies at least one area in the image of the document with fixed structure where the data is to be captured; matching templates from a plurality of templates against the document with fixed structure using identified at least one reference object; selecting a template from the plurality of templates using quality of one or more of the recognized key words; and extracting the data from the image of the document using the selected template.