Patent ID: 7082219

Claim:
Method for separating text from images, comprising the steps of: binarizing an entire page of text; a first step of scanning said binarized page of text so as to detect a character, wherein said first step of scanning further comprises: generating the pyramidal form of said page; scanning said page for text or images; determining whether either text or images are detected; IF either text or images are detected, THEN: defining region as the first pyramidal region; focusing on the upper left corner of said region; attempting to detect a text character; and returning to said step of determining whether either text or images are detected; OTHERWISE, determining whether either text or images are detected; a first step of creating a temporal window on said binarized page and a second step of scanning said temporal window so as to extract a character shape; graphing line segments; recognizing and framing a character; a first step of connecting adjacent character frames in the same word; a second step of creating multi-frame word blocks; recognizing hand-written words; a second step of connecting word frames, further comprising connecting the last frame of each word with the first frame of the next word; saving the coordinates of lines of text and paragraphs on a given page; and extracting images from a page.