Abstract: A method and system for creating a form template for a form are disclosed. The method comprises analyzing an image of a form to detect object demarcations in the form. The method also comprises classifying the object demarcations into one of a plurality of predefined object categories and processing each object demarcation based on the object category into which it has been classified, thereby to create the form template automatically.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is disclosed a method 300 of (and system for) capturing data from a document image 100. The method 300 comprises processing the document image 100 to identify at least one repetitive structure 102, 104.2 and performing a capturing operation including creating a plurality of instances of the repetitive structure 102, 104.2 based on once-described structure properties (Table 1), 400 of the repetitive structure 102, 104.2 in a document template, and populating each instance with corresponding data from the document image 100. There is also disclosed a method 200 of (and system for) creating a document template for capturing data from a document image 100.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an optical character recognition of machine-readable forms, and in particular to a verification of a direction of spatial orientation and a definition of a form type of the document electronic image. The goals of the invention are achieved by preliminarily assigning one or more form objects as elements composing a graphic image unambiguously defining its direction of spatial orientation. Similarly, one or more form objects are preliminarily assigned as elements composing a graphic image unambiguously defining its type. The direction of spatial orientation and the type of the form are verified via identification of said images. The models of graphic images either for verification the direction of spatial orientation or for defining the form type are stored in a special data storage means, one of the embodiment of which is form model description.