A processor based method for recognizing, capturing and storing tabular data receives digital-computer data representing a document either as a pixel-format document-image, or as formatted text. Within the digital computer, either form of the digital-computer data is processed to locate tabular...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5737442?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5737442 - Processor based method for extracting tables from printed documents
