US 12,136,287 B2
Asides detection in documents
Sanjeev Tagra, Panipat (IN); Shawn Alan Gaither, Raleigh, NC (US); Shagun Kush, Karnal (IN); Samarth Gupta, Ghaziabad (IN); Sachin Soni, New Delhi (IN); Nikolaos Barmpalios, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Abhishek Jain, Delhi (IN); and Naqushab Neyazee, Noida (IN)
Assigned to Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,433.
Application 17/651,433 is a continuation of application No. 16/598,680, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,256,913.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172501 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06F 40/114 (2020.01); G06V 30/414 (2022.01); G06V 30/416 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 30/414 (2022.01) [G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06F 40/114 (2020.01); G06V 30/416 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a modified display order of a document, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of regions within a document that includes first and second content sections, the document having a reading flow, wherein the plurality of regions are displayed in an initial order;
segmenting the plurality of regions into a first subset of regions associated with the first content section and a second subset of regions associated with the second content section, wherein an end of the first content section is before a beginning of the second content section in the initial order;
identifying at least some of the plurality of regions as main content regions that form part of the document;
identifying at least some of the plurality of regions as aside regions that are visually distinct from the main content regions,
wherein a plurality of first aside regions that are associated with the first content section are positioned within the first content section, and before the end of the first content section, in the initial order, and
wherein a first particular one of the aside regions that is visually distinct from the main content regions is identified based on a text style attribute of textual content in the first particular aside region; and
determining a modified display order for the document (a) in which main content regions associated with the first content section are displayed before the plurality of first aside regions that are associated with the first content section and (b) in which the plurality of first aside regions that are associated with the first content section are displayed before regions associated with the second content section, wherein the plurality of first aside regions are moved to corresponding updated positions that are at an end of the first content section but before a beginning of the second content section in the modified display order.