Patent ID: 11954084
Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein determining the to-be-merged cell based on the absorbing direction of the merging cell, comprises:
determining a row area and a column area of a cell area corresponding to the merging cell;
determining, from at least one absorbing cell, at least one candidate to-be-merged cell whose absorbing direction is same as a merging direction of the merging cell;
determining, from the at least one candidate to-be-merged cell, a candidate to-be-merged cell whose row area is same as the row area of the merging cell, to obtain the to-be-merged cell;
or, determining, from the at least one candidate to-be-merged cell, a candidate to-be-merged cell whose column area is same as the column area of the merging cell, to obtain the to-be-merged cell.