摘要 |
<p>A processor based method for recognizing, capturing and storing tabular data receives digital-computer data representing a document either as a pixel-format document-image (24), or as formatted text file (22). Within the digital computer, either form of the digital-computer data is processed to locate and organize tabular data present therein. After a table (102) has been located, tabular data is extracted from cells represented either as pixel-format document-image (24), or as formatted text file (22). The extracted tabular data is stored into a database (46) present on the digital computer.</p> |