SMART DOCUMENT ANCHOR

摘要

A template document is received. A user defines an anchor area, and a field zone that contains a target object, in the template document. Objects, such as text objects, are identified in the anchor area along with their locations. Distances between locations of the objects in the anchor area are identified. A distance between the anchor area and the field zone is identified. A reference document is received. The objects in the reference document are identified. A number of common objects are identified. If there are common objects, locations of the common objects and the distances between the common objects are identified in the reference document. The identified distances between objects in the template document and the reference document are compared. If the distances are substantially the same, a corresponding target object is retrieved from the reference document based on the distance between the anchor area and the field zone.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a template document; receiving an input that identifies an anchor area in the template document, wherein the anchor area comprises a first plurality of objects; identifying the first plurality of objects in the anchor area; identifying locations of the first plurality of objects in the anchor area; identifying one or more distances between the locations of the plurality of objects in the anchor area; receiving an identified field zone in the template document, wherein the identified field zone comprises a target object; identifying a distance between the anchor area and the field zone; receiving a reference document, wherein the reference document comprises second a plurality of objects; identifying the second plurality of objects in the reference document; determining that at least a number of the first plurality of objects are common to the second plurality of objects; in response to at least a number of the first plurality of objects being common to the second plurality of objects, identifying locations of common objects in the second plurality of objects; identifying one or more distances between the locations of the plurality of common objects in the second plurality of objects; determining that the one or more distances between the locations of the first plurality of objects are substantially the same as the one or more distances between the locations of the plurality of common objects in the second plurality of objects; and in response to determining that the one or more distances between the locations of the first plurality of objects are substantially the same as the one or more distances between the locations of the plurality of common objects in the second plurality of objects, identifying and retrieving a corresponding target object in the reference document based on the distance between the anchor area and the field zone in the template document.