Detection of numbered captions

摘要

A method of detection of numbered captions in a document includes receiving a document including a sequence of document pages and identifying illustrations on pages of the document. For each identified illustration, associated text is identified. An imitation page is generated for each of the identified illustrations, each imitation page comprising a single illustration and its associated text. For a sequence of the imitation pages, a sequence of terms is identified. Each term is derived from a text fragment of the associate text of a respective imitation page. The terms of a sequence complying with at least one predefined numbering scheme which defines a form and an incremental state of the terms in a sequence. The terms of the identified sequence of terms are construed as being at least a part of a numbered caption for a respective illustration in the document.

主权项

1. A method of detection of numbered captions in a document comprising:
receiving a document comprising a sequence of document pages; identifying illustrations on pages of the document; for each identified illustration, identifying associated text; generating an imitation page for each of the identified illustrations, each of the imitation pages comprising only a single illustration and its associated text; for a sequence of the imitation pages, with a processor, identifying a sequence of terms, each term comprising a text fragment of the associate text of a respective one of the imitation pages, the terms of the sequence complying with at least one predefined numbering scheme which defines a form and an incremental state of the terms in a sequence; and construing the terms of the identified sequence of terms as each being at least a part of a numbered caption for a respective illustration in the document.