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New system LinePilot Digitizer recovers data from line plots

Researchers have introduced LinePilot Digitizer (LinePilot), a new system designed to accurately recover numerical data from line plots. The system offers three calibration modes and is accompanied by DigitizerBench, the first benchmark specifically created for evaluating digitizer performance across various factors like signal, rendering, and plot structure. LinePilot achieved strong results on the DigitizerBench, demonstrating high accuracy and usability, particularly with its OCR and enhanced calibration modes. AI

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New system LinePilot Digitizer recovers data from line plots

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Fengbo Ma, Rayan Akhtar, Aakash H. Joshi, Xiaoting Li, Haijian Sun, Zhen Xiang, Xianyan Chen, Yiping Zhao ·

    LinePilot Digitizer: Line-Plot Recovery with Manual and Automatic Calibration

    arXiv:2609.19377v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recovering numerical series from line plots requires accurate axis calibration and reliable curve extraction. We present LinePilot Digitizer (LinePilot), which combines continuous color-based curve recovery with three calibration …