Patents Assigned to BCL Computers
  • Processor based method for extracting tables from printed documents
    Patent number: 5737442
    Abstract: 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, or as formatted text. Within the digital computer, either form of the digital-computer data is processed to locate tabular data present therein. After a table has been located, tabular data is extracted from cells present in either form of the digital-computer data. The extracted tabular data is stored into a database present on the digital computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: BCL Computers
    Inventor: Hassan Alam