A complex document information processing prototype

Shlomo Argamon, Gady Agam, Ophir Frieder, David A. Grossman, David D. Lewis, G. Sohn, Ellen M. Voorhees

Abstract: We developed a prototype for integrated retrieval and aggregation of diverse information contained in scanned paper documents. Such complex document information processing combines several forms of image processing together with textual/linguistic processing to enable effective analysis of complex document collections, a necessity for a wide range of applications. This is the first system to attempt integrated retrieval from complex documents; we report its current capabilities.