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Automated Analysis of Scanned Ducting Diagrams

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Graphics Recognition Recent Advances (GREC 1999)

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The study is concerned with the automated analysis of scanned cable and associated diagrams for entry in the BT GIS system used by their Field Service Engineers. The analysis involves two distinct stages: the location of Joint Boxes in the diagrams using erosion/dilation techniques; followed by a novel line-following to identify the connections between the Joint Boxes and the duct end-points. The analysis has been successfully applied to scanned duct diagrams and cartographic maps.

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  1. Department of Computation, UMIST, UK

    R. T. Ritchings & M. A. Berbar

  2. BT Research Laboratories, Martlesham, UK

    D. E. Asumu

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  1. Verizon Communications, 500 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, 10604, NY, USA

    Atul K. Chhabra

  2. School of Engineering, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA

    Dov Dori

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Ritchings, R.T., Berbar, M.A., Asumu, D.E. (2000). Automated Analysis of Scanned Ducting Diagrams. In: Chhabra, A.K., Dori, D. (eds) Graphics Recognition Recent Advances. GREC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1941. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40953-X_27

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