We are designing a new representation of document models that enables the automatic initial learning of a model for a few given examples as well as incremental learning to enhance the model. We are also developing an error tolerant recognition algorithm. Finally concepts are explored how the model can be integrated to existing standards used for document production.
Software integration becomes a research topic in itself.
We are studying an original system architecture that drops the strict processing chain, to offer an adequate level of human-machine cooperation. The need of strongly structured documents has been recognized for a long time and their importance increases with the development of new software applications. Also document structure recognition has been investigated, in order to extend the OCR capabilities. We believe that only interactive tools can overcome these lacks and increase the productivity of document structure recognition. Therefore our objective is to design a new system architecture that assists the human operator in the most relevant way.