Patent ID: 7881561

Claim:
A method for a machine to perform machine-readable form analysis comprising preliminarily assigning at least one form object as a graphic image for identification of a spatial orientation of a form during pre-recognition analysis, wherein the at least one form object assigned as a graphic image comprises a non-text image; preliminarily creating at least one spatial orientation model of the said graphic image for identification of the spatial orientation of the form during pre-recognition analysis; determining the spatial orientation of a form image, comprising: (a) detecting on the form image at least one of said graphic images for identification of the spatial orientation of the form; (b) determining the spatial orientation of the form image based on a comparison of the detected graphic image with the spatial orientation model; (c) rotating the form image by 90°; and repeating step (b), in case of said comparison between the detected graphic image and the spatial orientation model yielding a match that is below a predetermined level.