/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // File: tablerecog.cpp // Description: Helper class to help structure table areas. Given an bounding // box from TableFinder, the TableRecognizer should give a // StructuredTable (maybe a list in the future) of "good" tables // in that area. // Author: Nicholas Beato // Created: Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 // // (C) Copyright 2009, Google Inc. // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include "config_auto.h" #endif #include "tablerecog.h" namespace tesseract { // The amount of space required between the ColPartitions in 2 columns // of a non-lined table as a multiple of the median width. const double kHorizontalSpacing = 0.30; // The amount of space required between the ColPartitions in 2 rows // of a non-lined table as multiples of the median height. const double kVerticalSpacing = -0.2; // The number of cells that the grid lines may intersect. // See FindCellSplitLocations for explanation. const int kCellSplitRowThreshold = 0; const int kCellSplitColumnThreshold = 0; // For "lined tables", the number of required lines. Currently a guess. const int kLinedTableMinVerticalLines = 3; const int kLinedTableMinHorizontalLines = 3; // Number of columns required, as a fraction of the most columns found. // None of these are tweaked at all. const double kRequiredColumns = 0.7; // The tolerance for comparing margins of potential tables. const double kMarginFactor = 1.1; // The first and last row should be consistent cell height. // This factor is the first and last row cell height max. const double kMaxRowSize = 2.5; // Number of filled columns required to form a strong table row. // For small tables, this is an absolute number. const double kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall[] = { 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 }; const int kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmallSize = sizeof(kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall) / sizeof(double) - 1; // For large tables, it is a relative number const double kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsLarge = 0.7; // The amount of area that must be covered in a cell by ColPartitions to // be considered "filled" const double kMinFilledArea = 0.35; //////// //////// StructuredTable Class //////// StructuredTable::StructuredTable() : text_grid_(NULL), line_grid_(NULL), is_lined_(false), space_above_(0), space_below_(0), space_left_(0), space_right_(0), median_cell_height_(0), median_cell_width_(0), max_text_height_(MAX_INT32) { } StructuredTable::~StructuredTable() { } void StructuredTable::Init() { } void StructuredTable::set_text_grid(ColPartitionGrid* text_grid) { text_grid_ = text_grid; } void StructuredTable::set_line_grid(ColPartitionGrid* line_grid) { line_grid_ = line_grid; } void StructuredTable::set_max_text_height(int height) { max_text_height_ = height; } bool StructuredTable::is_lined() const { return is_lined_; } int StructuredTable::row_count() const { return cell_y_.length() == 0 ? 0 : cell_y_.length() - 1; } int StructuredTable::column_count() const { return cell_x_.length() == 0 ? 0 : cell_x_.length() - 1; } int StructuredTable::cell_count() const { return row_count() * column_count(); } void StructuredTable::set_bounding_box(const TBOX& box) { bounding_box_ = box; } const TBOX& StructuredTable::bounding_box() const { return bounding_box_; } int StructuredTable::median_cell_height() { return median_cell_height_; } int StructuredTable::median_cell_width() { return median_cell_width_; } int StructuredTable::row_height(int row) const { ASSERT_HOST(0 <= row && row < row_count()); return cell_y_[row + 1] - cell_y_[row]; } int StructuredTable::column_width(int column) const { ASSERT_HOST(0 <= column && column < column_count()); return cell_x_[column + 1] - cell_x_[column]; } int StructuredTable::space_above() const { return space_above_; } int StructuredTable::space_below() const { return space_below_; } // At this point, we know that the lines are contained // by the box (by FindLinesBoundingBox). // So try to find the cell structure and make sure it works out. // The assumption is that all lines span the table. If this // assumption fails, the VerifyLinedTable method will // abort the lined table. The TableRecognizer will fall // back on FindWhitespacedStructure. bool StructuredTable::FindLinedStructure() { ClearStructure(); // Search for all of the lines in the current box. // Update the cellular structure with the exact lines. ColPartitionGridSearch box_search(line_grid_); box_search.SetUniqueMode(true); box_search.StartRectSearch(bounding_box_); ColPartition* line = NULL; while ((line = box_search.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (line->IsHorizontalLine()) cell_y_.push_back(line->MidY()); if (line->IsVerticalLine()) cell_x_.push_back(line->MidX()); } // HasSignificantLines should guarantee cells. // Because that code is a different class, just gracefully // return false. This could be an assert. if (cell_x_.length() < 3 || cell_y_.length() < 3) return false; cell_x_.sort(); cell_y_.sort(); // Remove duplicates that may have occurred due to split lines. cell_x_.compact_sorted(); cell_y_.compact_sorted(); // The border should be the extents of line boxes, not middle. cell_x_[0] = bounding_box_.left(); cell_x_[cell_x_.length() - 1] = bounding_box_.right(); cell_y_[0] = bounding_box_.bottom(); cell_y_[cell_y_.length() - 1] = bounding_box_.top(); // Remove duplicates that may have occurred due to moving the borders. cell_x_.compact_sorted(); cell_y_.compact_sorted(); CalculateMargins(); CalculateStats(); is_lined_ = VerifyLinedTableCells(); return is_lined_; } // Finds the cellular structure given a particular box. bool StructuredTable::FindWhitespacedStructure() { ClearStructure(); FindWhitespacedColumns(); FindWhitespacedRows(); if (!VerifyWhitespacedTable()) { return false; } else { bounding_box_.set_left(cell_x_[0]); bounding_box_.set_right(cell_x_[cell_x_.length() - 1]); bounding_box_.set_bottom(cell_y_[0]); bounding_box_.set_top(cell_y_[cell_y_.length() - 1]); AbsorbNearbyLines(); CalculateMargins(); CalculateStats(); return true; } } // Tests if a partition fits inside the table structure. // Partitions must fully span a grid line in order to intersect it. // This means that a partition does not intersect a line // that it "just" touches. This is mainly because the assumption // throughout the code is that "0" distance is a very very small space. bool StructuredTable::DoesPartitionFit(const ColPartition& part) const { const TBOX& box = part.bounding_box(); for (int i = 0; i < cell_x_.length(); ++i) if (box.left() < cell_x_[i] && cell_x_[i] < box.right()) return false; for (int i = 0; i < cell_y_.length(); ++i) if (box.bottom() < cell_y_[i] && cell_y_[i] < box.top()) return false; return true; } // Checks if a sub-table has multiple data cells filled. int StructuredTable::CountFilledCells() { return CountFilledCells(0, row_count() - 1, 0, column_count() - 1); } int StructuredTable::CountFilledCellsInRow(int row) { return CountFilledCells(row, row, 0, column_count() - 1); } int StructuredTable::CountFilledCellsInColumn(int column) { return CountFilledCells(0, row_count() - 1, column, column); } int StructuredTable::CountFilledCells(int row_start, int row_end, int column_start, int column_end) { ASSERT_HOST(0 <= row_start && row_start <= row_end && row_end < row_count()); ASSERT_HOST(0 <= column_start && column_start <= column_end && column_end < column_count()); int cell_count = 0; TBOX cell_box; for (int row = row_start; row <= row_end; ++row) { cell_box.set_bottom(cell_y_[row]); cell_box.set_top(cell_y_[row + 1]); for (int col = column_start; col <= column_end; ++col) { cell_box.set_left(cell_x_[col]); cell_box.set_right(cell_x_[col + 1]); if (CountPartitions(cell_box) > 0) ++cell_count; } } return cell_count; } // Makes sure that at least one cell in a row has substantial area filled. // This can filter out large whitespace caused by growing tables too far // and page numbers. bool StructuredTable::VerifyRowFilled(int row) { for (int i = 0; i < column_count(); ++i) { double area_filled = CalculateCellFilledPercentage(row, i); if (area_filled >= kMinFilledArea) return true; } return false; } // Finds the filled area in a cell. // Assume ColPartitions do not overlap for simplicity (even though they do). double StructuredTable::CalculateCellFilledPercentage(int row, int column) { ASSERT_HOST(0 <= row && row <= row_count()); ASSERT_HOST(0 <= column && column <= column_count()); const TBOX kCellBox(cell_x_[column], cell_y_[row], cell_x_[column + 1], cell_y_[row + 1]); ASSERT_HOST(!kCellBox.null_box()); ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(kCellBox); double area_covered = 0; ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (text->IsTextType()) area_covered += text->bounding_box().intersection(kCellBox).area(); } const inT32 current_area = kCellBox.area(); if (current_area == 0) { return 1.0; } return MIN(1.0, area_covered / current_area); } void StructuredTable::Display(ScrollView* window, ScrollView::Color color) { #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED window->Brush(ScrollView::NONE); window->Pen(color); window->Rectangle(bounding_box_.left(), bounding_box_.bottom(), bounding_box_.right(), bounding_box_.top()); for (int i = 0; i < cell_x_.length(); i++) { window->Line(cell_x_[i], bounding_box_.bottom(), cell_x_[i], bounding_box_.top()); } for (int i = 0; i < cell_y_.length(); i++) { window->Line(bounding_box_.left(), cell_y_[i], bounding_box_.right(), cell_y_[i]); } window->UpdateWindow(); #endif } // Clear structure information. void StructuredTable::ClearStructure() { cell_x_.clear(); cell_y_.clear(); is_lined_ = false; space_above_ = 0; space_below_ = 0; space_left_ = 0; space_right_ = 0; median_cell_height_ = 0; median_cell_width_ = 0; } // When a table has lines, the lines should not intersect any partitions. // The following function makes sure the previous assumption is met. bool StructuredTable::VerifyLinedTableCells() { // Function only called when lines exist. ASSERT_HOST(cell_y_.length() >= 2 && cell_x_.length() >= 2); for (int i = 0; i < cell_y_.length(); ++i) { if (CountHorizontalIntersections(cell_y_[i]) > 0) return false; } for (int i = 0; i < cell_x_.length(); ++i) { if (CountVerticalIntersections(cell_x_[i]) > 0) return false; } return true; } // TODO(nbeato): Could be much better than this. // Examples: // - Caclulate the percentage of filled cells. // - Calculate the average number of ColPartitions per cell. // - Calculate the number of cells per row with partitions. // - Check if ColPartitions in adjacent cells are similar. // - Check that all columns are at least a certain width. // - etc. bool StructuredTable::VerifyWhitespacedTable() { // criteria for a table, must be at least 2x3 or 3x2 return row_count() >= 2 && column_count() >= 2 && cell_count() >= 6; } // Finds vertical splits in the ColPartitions of text_grid_ by considering // all possible "good" guesses. A good guess is just the left/right sides of // the partitions, since these locations will uniquely define where the // extremal values where the splits can occur. The split happens // in the middle of the two nearest partitions. void StructuredTable::FindWhitespacedColumns() { // Set of the extents of all partitions on the page. GenericVectorEqEq left_sides; GenericVectorEqEq right_sides; // Look at each text partition. We want to find the partitions // that have extremal left/right sides. These will give us a basis // for the table columns. ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(bounding_box_); ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (!text->IsTextType()) continue; ASSERT_HOST(text->bounding_box().left() < text->bounding_box().right()); int spacing = static_cast(text->median_width() * kHorizontalSpacing / 2.0 + 0.5); left_sides.push_back(text->bounding_box().left() - spacing); right_sides.push_back(text->bounding_box().right() + spacing); } // It causes disaster below, so avoid it! if (left_sides.length() == 0 || right_sides.length() == 0) return; // Since data may be inserted in grid order, we sort the left/right sides. left_sides.sort(); right_sides.sort(); // At this point, in the "merged list", we expect to have a left side, // followed by either more left sides or a right side. The last number // should be a right side. We find places where the splits occur by looking // for "valleys". If we want to force gap sizes or allow overlap, change // the spacing above. If you want to let lines "slice" partitions as long // as it is infrequent, change the following function. FindCellSplitLocations(left_sides, right_sides, kCellSplitColumnThreshold, &cell_x_); } // Finds horizontal splits in the ColPartitions of text_grid_ by considering // all possible "good" guesses. A good guess is just the bottom/top sides of // the partitions, since these locations will uniquely define where the // extremal values where the splits can occur. The split happens // in the middle of the two nearest partitions. void StructuredTable::FindWhitespacedRows() { // Set of the extents of all partitions on the page. GenericVectorEqEq bottom_sides; GenericVectorEqEq top_sides; // We will be "shrinking" partitions, so keep the min/max around to // make sure the bottom/top lines do not intersect text. int min_bottom = MAX_INT32; int max_top = MIN_INT32; // Look at each text partition. We want to find the partitions // that have extremal bottom/top sides. These will give us a basis // for the table rows. Because the textlines can be skewed and close due // to warping, the height of the partitions is toned down a little bit. ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(bounding_box_); ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (!text->IsTextType()) continue; ASSERT_HOST(text->bounding_box().bottom() < text->bounding_box().top()); min_bottom = MIN(min_bottom, text->bounding_box().bottom()); max_top = MAX(max_top, text->bounding_box().top()); // Ignore "tall" text partitions, as these are usually false positive // vertical text or multiple lines pulled together. if (text->bounding_box().height() > max_text_height_) continue; int spacing = static_cast(text->bounding_box().height() * kVerticalSpacing / 2.0 + 0.5); int bottom = text->bounding_box().bottom() - spacing; int top = text->bounding_box().top() + spacing; // For horizontal text, the factor can be negative. This should // probably cause a warning or failure. I haven't actually checked if // it happens. if (bottom >= top) continue; bottom_sides.push_back(bottom); top_sides.push_back(top); } // It causes disaster below, so avoid it! if (bottom_sides.length() == 0 || top_sides.length() == 0) return; // Since data may be inserted in grid order, we sort the bottom/top sides. bottom_sides.sort(); top_sides.sort(); // At this point, in the "merged list", we expect to have a bottom side, // followed by either more bottom sides or a top side. The last number // should be a top side. We find places where the splits occur by looking // for "valleys". If we want to force gap sizes or allow overlap, change // the spacing above. If you want to let lines "slice" partitions as long // as it is infrequent, change the following function. FindCellSplitLocations(bottom_sides, top_sides, kCellSplitRowThreshold, &cell_y_); // Recover the min/max correctly since it was shifted. cell_y_[0] = min_bottom; cell_y_[cell_y_.length() - 1] = max_top; } void StructuredTable::CalculateMargins() { space_above_ = MAX_INT32; space_below_ = MAX_INT32; space_right_ = MAX_INT32; space_left_ = MAX_INT32; UpdateMargins(text_grid_); UpdateMargins(line_grid_); } // Finds the nearest partition in grid to the table // boundaries and updates the margin. void StructuredTable::UpdateMargins(ColPartitionGrid* grid) { int below = FindVerticalMargin(grid, bounding_box_.bottom(), true); space_below_ = MIN(space_below_, below); int above = FindVerticalMargin(grid, bounding_box_.top(), false); space_above_ = MIN(space_above_, above); int left = FindHorizontalMargin(grid, bounding_box_.left(), true); space_left_ = MIN(space_left_, left); int right = FindHorizontalMargin(grid, bounding_box_.right(), false); space_right_ = MIN(space_right_, right); } int StructuredTable::FindVerticalMargin(ColPartitionGrid* grid, int border, bool decrease) const { ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(grid); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartVerticalSearch(bounding_box_.left(), bounding_box_.right(), border); ColPartition* part = NULL; while ((part = gsearch.NextVerticalSearch(decrease)) != NULL) { if (!part->IsTextType() && !part->IsHorizontalLine()) continue; int distance = decrease ? border - part->bounding_box().top() : part->bounding_box().bottom() - border; if (distance >= 0) return distance; } return MAX_INT32; } int StructuredTable::FindHorizontalMargin(ColPartitionGrid* grid, int border, bool decrease) const { ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(grid); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartSideSearch(border, bounding_box_.bottom(), bounding_box_.top()); ColPartition* part = NULL; while ((part = gsearch.NextSideSearch(decrease)) != NULL) { if (!part->IsTextType() && !part->IsVerticalLine()) continue; int distance = decrease ? border - part->bounding_box().right() : part->bounding_box().left() - border; if (distance >= 0) return distance; } return MAX_INT32; } void StructuredTable::CalculateStats() { const int kMaxCellHeight = 1000; const int kMaxCellWidth = 1000; STATS height_stats(0, kMaxCellHeight + 1); STATS width_stats(0, kMaxCellWidth + 1); for (int i = 0; i < row_count(); ++i) height_stats.add(row_height(i), column_count()); for (int i = 0; i < column_count(); ++i) width_stats.add(column_width(i), row_count()); median_cell_height_ = static_cast(height_stats.median() + 0.5); median_cell_width_ = static_cast(width_stats.median() + 0.5); } // Looks for grid lines near the current bounding box and // grows the bounding box to include them if no intersections // will occur as a result. This is necessary because the margins // are calculated relative to the closest line/text. If the // line isn't absorbed, the margin will be the distance to the line. void StructuredTable::AbsorbNearbyLines() { ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(line_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); // Is the closest line above good? Loop multiple times for tables with // multi-line (sometimes 2) borders. Limit the number of lines by // making sure they stay within a table cell or so. ColPartition* line = NULL; gsearch.StartVerticalSearch(bounding_box_.left(), bounding_box_.right(), bounding_box_.top()); while ((line = gsearch.NextVerticalSearch(false)) != NULL) { if (!line->IsHorizontalLine()) break; TBOX text_search(bounding_box_.left(), bounding_box_.top() + 1, bounding_box_.right(), line->MidY()); if (text_search.height() > median_cell_height_ * 2) break; if (CountPartitions(text_search) > 0) break; bounding_box_.set_top(line->MidY()); } // As above, is the closest line below good? line = NULL; gsearch.StartVerticalSearch(bounding_box_.left(), bounding_box_.right(), bounding_box_.bottom()); while ((line = gsearch.NextVerticalSearch(true)) != NULL) { if (!line->IsHorizontalLine()) break; TBOX text_search(bounding_box_.left(), line->MidY(), bounding_box_.right(), bounding_box_.bottom() - 1); if (text_search.height() > median_cell_height_ * 2) break; if (CountPartitions(text_search) > 0) break; bounding_box_.set_bottom(line->MidY()); } // TODO(nbeato): vertical lines } // This function will find all "0 valleys" (of any length) given two // arrays. The arrays are the mins and maxes of partitions (either // left and right or bottom and top). Since the min/max lists are generated // with pairs of increasing integers, we can make some assumptions in // the function about ordering of the overall list, which are shown in the // asserts. // The algorithm works as follows: // While there are numbers to process, take the smallest number. // If it is from the min_list, increment the "hill" counter. // Otherwise, decrement the "hill" counter. // In the process of doing this, keep track of "crossing" the // desired height. // The first/last items are extremal values of the list and known. // NOTE: This function assumes the lists are sorted! void StructuredTable::FindCellSplitLocations(const GenericVector& min_list, const GenericVector& max_list, int max_merged, GenericVector* locations) { locations->clear(); ASSERT_HOST(min_list.length() == max_list.length()); if (min_list.length() == 0) return; ASSERT_HOST(min_list.get(0) < max_list.get(0)); ASSERT_HOST(min_list.get(min_list.length() - 1) < max_list.get(max_list.length() - 1)); locations->push_back(min_list.get(0)); int min_index = 0; int max_index = 0; int stacked_partitions = 0; int last_cross_position = MAX_INT32; // max_index will expire after min_index. // However, we can't "increase" the hill size if min_index expired. // So finish processing when min_index expires. while (min_index < min_list.length()) { // Increase the hill count. if (min_list[min_index] < max_list[max_index]) { ++stacked_partitions; if (last_cross_position != MAX_INT32 && stacked_partitions > max_merged) { int mid = (last_cross_position + min_list[min_index]) / 2; locations->push_back(mid); last_cross_position = MAX_INT32; } ++min_index; } else { // Decrease the hill count. --stacked_partitions; if (last_cross_position == MAX_INT32 && stacked_partitions <= max_merged) { last_cross_position = max_list[max_index]; } ++max_index; } } locations->push_back(max_list.get(max_list.length() - 1)); } // Counts the number of partitions in the table // box that intersection the given x value. int StructuredTable::CountVerticalIntersections(int x) { int count = 0; // Make a small box to keep the search time down. const int kGridSize = text_grid_->gridsize(); TBOX vertical_box = bounding_box_; vertical_box.set_left(x - kGridSize); vertical_box.set_right(x + kGridSize); ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(vertical_box); ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (!text->IsTextType()) continue; const TBOX& box = text->bounding_box(); if (box.left() < x && x < box.right()) ++count; } return count; } // Counts the number of partitions in the table // box that intersection the given y value. int StructuredTable::CountHorizontalIntersections(int y) { int count = 0; // Make a small box to keep the search time down. const int kGridSize = text_grid_->gridsize(); TBOX horizontal_box = bounding_box_; horizontal_box.set_bottom(y - kGridSize); horizontal_box.set_top(y + kGridSize); ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(horizontal_box); ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (!text->IsTextType()) continue; const TBOX& box = text->bounding_box(); if (box.bottom() < y && y < box.top()) ++count; } return count; } // Counts how many text partitions are in this box. // This is used to count partitons in cells, as that can indicate // how "strong" a potential table row/column (or even full table) actually is. int StructuredTable::CountPartitions(const TBOX& box) { ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartRectSearch(box); int count = 0; ColPartition* text = NULL; while ((text = gsearch.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (text->IsTextType()) ++count; } return count; } //////// //////// TableRecognizer Class //////// TableRecognizer::TableRecognizer() : text_grid_(NULL), line_grid_(NULL), min_height_(0), min_width_(0), max_text_height_(MAX_INT32) { } TableRecognizer::~TableRecognizer() { } void TableRecognizer::Init() { } void TableRecognizer::set_text_grid(ColPartitionGrid* text_grid) { text_grid_ = text_grid; } void TableRecognizer::set_line_grid(ColPartitionGrid* line_grid) { line_grid_ = line_grid; } void TableRecognizer::set_min_height(int height) { min_height_ = height; } void TableRecognizer::set_min_width(int width) { min_width_ = width; } void TableRecognizer::set_max_text_height(int height) { max_text_height_ = height; } StructuredTable* TableRecognizer::RecognizeTable(const TBOX& guess) { StructuredTable* table = new StructuredTable(); table->Init(); table->set_text_grid(text_grid_); table->set_line_grid(line_grid_); table->set_max_text_height(max_text_height_); // Try to solve this simple case, a table with *both* // vertical and horizontal lines. if (RecognizeLinedTable(guess, table)) return table; // Fallback to whitespace if that failed. // TODO(nbeato): Break this apart to take advantage of horizontal // lines or vertical lines when present. if (RecognizeWhitespacedTable(guess, table)) return table; // No table found... delete table; return NULL; } bool TableRecognizer::RecognizeLinedTable(const TBOX& guess_box, StructuredTable* table) { if (!HasSignificantLines(guess_box)) return false; TBOX line_bound = guess_box; if (!FindLinesBoundingBox(&line_bound)) return false; table->set_bounding_box(line_bound); return table->FindLinedStructure(); } // Quick implementation. Just count the number of lines in the box. // A better implementation would counter intersections and look for connected // components. It could even go as far as finding similar length lines. // To account for these possible issues, the VerifyLinedTableCells function // will reject lined tables that cause intersections with text on the page. // TODO(nbeato): look for "better" lines bool TableRecognizer::HasSignificantLines(const TBOX& guess) { ColPartitionGridSearch box_search(line_grid_); box_search.SetUniqueMode(true); box_search.StartRectSearch(guess); ColPartition* line = NULL; int vertical_count = 0; int horizontal_count = 0; while ((line = box_search.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (line->IsHorizontalLine()) ++horizontal_count; if (line->IsVerticalLine()) ++vertical_count; } return vertical_count >= kLinedTableMinVerticalLines && horizontal_count >= kLinedTableMinHorizontalLines; } // Given a bounding box with a bunch of horizontal / vertical lines, // we just find the extents of all of these lines iteratively. // The box will be at least as large as guess. This // could possibly be a bad assumption. // It is guaranteed to halt in at least O(n * gridarea) where n // is the number of lines. // The assumption is that growing the box iteratively will add lines // several times, but eventually we'll find the extents. // // For tables, the approach is a bit aggressive, a single line (which could be // noise or a column ruling) can destroy the table inside. // // TODO(nbeato): This is a quick first implementation. // A better implementation would actually look for consistency // in extents of the lines and find the extents using lines // that clearly describe the table. This would allow the // lines to "vote" for height/width. An approach like // this would solve issues with page layout rulings. // I haven't looked for these issues yet, so I can't even // say they happen confidently. bool TableRecognizer::FindLinesBoundingBox(TBOX* bounding_box) { // The first iteration will tell us if there are lines // present and shrink the box to a minimal iterative size. if (!FindLinesBoundingBoxIteration(bounding_box)) return false; // Keep growing until the area of the table stabilizes. // The box can only get bigger, increasing area. bool changed = true; while (changed) { changed = false; int old_area = bounding_box->area(); bool check = FindLinesBoundingBoxIteration(bounding_box); // At this point, the function will return true. ASSERT_HOST(check); ASSERT_HOST(bounding_box->area() >= old_area); changed = (bounding_box->area() > old_area); } return true; } bool TableRecognizer::FindLinesBoundingBoxIteration(TBOX* bounding_box) { // Search for all of the lines in the current box, keeping track of extents. ColPartitionGridSearch box_search(line_grid_); box_search.SetUniqueMode(true); box_search.StartRectSearch(*bounding_box); ColPartition* line = NULL; bool first_line = true; while ((line = box_search.NextRectSearch()) != NULL) { if (line->IsLineType()) { if (first_line) { // The first iteration can shrink the box. *bounding_box = line->bounding_box(); first_line = false; } else { *bounding_box += line->bounding_box(); } } } return !first_line; } // The goal of this function is to move the table boundaries around and find // a table that maximizes the whitespace around the table while maximizing // the cellular structure. As a result, it gets confused by headers, footers, // and merged columns (text that crosses columns). There is a tolerance // that allows a few partitions to count towards potential cell merges. // It's the max_merged parameter to FindPartitionLocations. // It can work, but it needs some false positive remove on boundaries. // For now, the grid structure must not intersect any partitions. // Also, small tolerance is added to the horizontal lines for tightly packed // tables. The tolerance is added by adjusting the bounding boxes of the // partitions (in FindHorizontalPartitions). The current implementation // only adjusts the vertical extents of the table. // // Also note. This was hacked at a lot. It could probably use some // more hacking at to find a good set of border conditions and then a // nice clean up. bool TableRecognizer::RecognizeWhitespacedTable(const TBOX& guess_box, StructuredTable* table) { TBOX best_box = guess_box; // Best borders known. int best_below = 0; // Margin size above best table. int best_above = 0; // Margin size below best table. TBOX adjusted = guess_box; // The search box. // We assume that the guess box is somewhat accurate, so we don't allow // the adjusted border to pass half of the guessed area. This prevents // "negative" tables from forming. const int kMidGuessY = (guess_box.bottom() + guess_box.top()) / 2; // Keeps track of the most columns in an accepted table. The resulting table // may be less than the max, but we don't want to stray too far. int best_cols = 0; // Make sure we find a good border. bool found_good_border = false; // Find the bottom of the table by trying a few different locations. For // each location, the top, left, and right are fixed. We start the search // in a smaller table to favor best_cols getting a good estimate sooner. int last_bottom = MAX_INT32; int bottom = NextHorizontalSplit(guess_box.left(), guess_box.right(), kMidGuessY - min_height_ / 2, true); int top = NextHorizontalSplit(guess_box.left(), guess_box.right(), kMidGuessY + min_height_ / 2, false); adjusted.set_top(top); // Headers/footers can be spaced far from everything. // Make sure that the space below is greater than the space above // the lowest row. int previous_below = 0; const int kMaxChances = 10; int chances = kMaxChances; while (bottom != last_bottom) { adjusted.set_bottom(bottom); if (adjusted.height() >= min_height_) { // Try to fit the grid on the current box. We give it a chance // if the number of columns didn't significantly drop. table->set_bounding_box(adjusted); if (table->FindWhitespacedStructure() && table->column_count() >= best_cols * kRequiredColumns) { if (false && IsWeakTableRow(table, 0)) { // Currently buggy, but was looking promising so disabled. --chances; } else { // We favor 2 things, // 1- Adding rows that have partitioned data. // 2- Better margins (to find header/footer). // For better tables, we just look for multiple cells in the // bottom row with data in them. // For margins, the space below the last row should // be better than a table with the last row removed. chances = kMaxChances; double max_row_height = kMaxRowSize * table->median_cell_height(); if ((table->space_below() * kMarginFactor >= best_below && table->space_below() >= previous_below) || (table->CountFilledCellsInRow(0) > 1 && table->row_height(0) < max_row_height)) { best_box.set_bottom(bottom); best_below = table->space_below(); best_cols = MAX(table->column_count(), best_cols); found_good_border = true; } } previous_below = table->space_below(); } else { --chances; } } if (chances <= 0) break; last_bottom = bottom; bottom = NextHorizontalSplit(guess_box.left(), guess_box.right(), last_bottom, true); } if (!found_good_border) return false; // TODO(nbeato) comments: follow modified code above... put it in a function! found_good_border = false; int last_top = MIN_INT32; top = NextHorizontalSplit(guess_box.left(), guess_box.right(), kMidGuessY + min_height_ / 2, false); int previous_above = 0; chances = kMaxChances; adjusted.set_bottom(best_box.bottom()); while (last_top != top) { adjusted.set_top(top); if (adjusted.height() >= min_height_) { table->set_bounding_box(adjusted); if (table->FindWhitespacedStructure() && table->column_count() >= best_cols * kRequiredColumns) { int last_row = table->row_count() - 1; if (false && IsWeakTableRow(table, last_row)) { // Currently buggy, but was looking promising so disabled. --chances; } else { chances = kMaxChances; double max_row_height = kMaxRowSize * table->median_cell_height(); if ((table->space_above() * kMarginFactor >= best_above && table->space_above() >= previous_above) || (table->CountFilledCellsInRow(last_row) > 1 && table->row_height(last_row) < max_row_height)) { best_box.set_top(top); best_above = table->space_above(); best_cols = MAX(table->column_count(), best_cols); found_good_border = true; } } previous_above = table->space_above(); } else { --chances; } } if (chances <= 0) break; last_top = top; top = NextHorizontalSplit(guess_box.left(), guess_box.right(), last_top, false); } if (!found_good_border) return false; // If we get here, this shouldn't happen. It can be an assert, but // I haven't tested it enough to make it crash things. if (best_box.null_box()) return false; // Given the best locations, fit the box to those locations. table->set_bounding_box(best_box); return table->FindWhitespacedStructure(); } // Finds the closest value to y that can safely cause a horizontal // split in the partitions. // This function has been buggy and not as reliable as I would've // liked. I suggest finding all of the splits using the // FindPartitionLocations once and then just keeping the results // of that function cached somewhere. int TableRecognizer::NextHorizontalSplit(int left, int right, int y, bool top_to_bottom) { ColPartitionGridSearch gsearch(text_grid_); gsearch.SetUniqueMode(true); gsearch.StartVerticalSearch(left, right, y); ColPartition* text = NULL; int last_y = y; while ((text = gsearch.NextVerticalSearch(top_to_bottom)) != NULL) { if (!text->IsTextType() || !text->IsHorizontalType()) continue; if (text->bounding_box().height() > max_text_height_) continue; const TBOX& text_box = text->bounding_box(); if (top_to_bottom && (last_y >= y || last_y <= text_box.top())) { last_y = MIN(last_y, text_box.bottom()); continue; } if (!top_to_bottom && (last_y <= y || last_y >= text_box.bottom())) { last_y = MAX(last_y, text_box.top()); continue; } return last_y; } // If none is found, we at least want to preserve the min/max, // which defines the overlap of y with the last partition in the grid. return last_y; } // Code is buggy right now. It is disabled in the calling function. // It seems like sometimes the row that is passed in is not correct // sometimes (like a phantom row is introduced). There's something going // on in the cell_y_ data member before this is called... not certain. bool TableRecognizer::IsWeakTableRow(StructuredTable* table, int row) { if (!table->VerifyRowFilled(row)) return false; double threshold = 0.0; if (table->column_count() > kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmallSize) threshold = table->column_count() * kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsLarge; else threshold = kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall[table->column_count()]; return table->CountFilledCellsInRow(row) < threshold; } } // namespace tesseract