Patent ID: 6243501
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method for automatically recognizing documents in a document imaging system where attributes of classes of documents are stored in a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:receiving a qualitative selection of a region of data in a document representative of a class of documents, wherein the qualitative selection describes a distinguishing feature of the class of documents;assigning the qualitative selection as an attribute of a class of documents;storing the assigned qualitative attribute with an identification of the class of documents to which it belongs;extracting regions of data from a document inputted into the document imaging system;comparing extracted regions of data with stored qualitative attributes associated with stored classes of documents; andresponsive to the extracted regions of data matching the stored attributes of one of the classes of documents, classifying the inputted document as belonging to the class of documents whose attributes match the attributes of the inputted document.