Bounding Box

A bounding box creates a direct relation between an extraction and a document. It provides information about the page and the position where the extraction text originates from.

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

left

number

The distance from the left edge of the page.

top

number

The distance from the top edge of the page.

width

number

The horizontal dimension of a box.

height

number

The vertical dimension of a box.

page

number

The page on which the box can be found, starting with 1.

//Bounding Box { "box": { "page": 2, "left": 483.0, "top": 450.0, "width": 51.0, "height": 9.0 } }

Coordinate system

The origin of the coordinate system is adjusted to the upper left corner of the page. The coordinate system uses the DTP point as a unit: 1 pt = 1 inch / 72 = 25.4 mm / 72 = 0.3528 mm.