Document Recognition System with Layout Structure Generator

A document input system, with character recognition technique, is used for converting printed matter, such as books and magazines, into code-format information. In order to improve this document input system's performance, an appropriate document structure analysis technique is indispen~able(''~'). When storing data from general printed documents into a database, it is necessary to represent the document structure. Therefore, a document layout structure generation method is especially important(*)(6). For this purpose, the authors have developed a document image structure analysis method to generate a layout structure, as well as to detect such document elements as characters, pictures and figures. This method was developed on a personal computer. Its usability is described in this paper.