Structural analysis of mathematical formulae with verification based on formula Description Grammar

Seiichi Toyota, Seiichi Uchida, Masakazu Suzuki

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Abstract

In this paper, a reliable and efficient structural analysis method for mathematical formulae is proposed for practical mathematical OCR. The proposed method consists of three steps. In the first step, a fast structural analysis algorithm is performed on each mathematical formula to obtain a tree representation of the formula. This step generally provides a correct tree representation but sometimes provides an erroneous representation. Therefore, the tree representation is verified by the following two steps. In the second step, the result of the analysis step, (i.e., a tree representation) is converted into a one-dimensional representation. The third step is a verification step where the one-dimensional representation is parsed by a formula description grammar, which is a context-free grammar specialized for mathematical formulae. If the one-dimensional representation is not accepted by the grammar, the result of the analysis step is detected as an erroneous result and alarmed to OCR users. This three-step organization achieves reliable and efficient structural analysis without any two-dimensional grammars.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDocument Analysis Systems VII - 7th International Workshop, DAS 2006, Proceedings
Pages153-163
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 7 2006
Event7th International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2006 - Nelson, New Zealand
Duration: Feb 13 2006 → Feb 15 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3872 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2006
CountryNew Zealand
CityNelson
Period2/13/06 → 2/15/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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    Toyota, S., Uchida, S., & Suzuki, M. (2006). Structural analysis of mathematical formulae with verification based on formula Description Grammar. In Document Analysis Systems VII - 7th International Workshop, DAS 2006, Proceedings (pp. 153-163). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3872 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/11669487_14