feat(tables): detect tables from clip-path rects via merged-cluster fallback

Extract axis-aligned rectangles from W/W* clip operators in content
streams — many PDFs define table cells as clipping paths instead of
stroked rects. Add merged-cluster fallback in detect_tables_from_rects()
that merges all cluster rects when per-cluster detection fails or only
produces narrow false-positives (≤3 columns). Uses rect Y-edges for
rows and text X-clustering for columns.

Also updates lopdf to firecrawl fork (fix-leading-whitespace branch).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Abimael Martell
2026-03-05 17:12:26 -08:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6
parent 5e260cb1b3
commit 5ab92e03e3
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@@ -229,6 +229,38 @@ pub fn detect_tables_from_rects(
tables.push(table);
}
}
// Merged-cluster fallback: when per-cluster attempts produce no tables
// or only narrow false-positives (≤3 columns from individual column
// clusters), merge all cluster rects and try row-stripe strategy with
// text-based column detection.
let only_narrow = !tables.is_empty() && tables.iter().all(|t| t.columns.len() <= 3);
if tables.is_empty() || only_narrow {
let total_clustered: usize = clusters.iter().map(|c| c.len()).sum();
if clusters.len() >= 3 && total_clustered >= 50 {
debug!(
"page {}: trying merged-cluster fallback ({} clusters, {} rects{})",
page,
clusters.len(),
total_clustered,
if only_narrow {
", replacing narrow tables"
} else {
""
}
);
let all_cluster_rects: Vec<(f32, f32, f32, f32)> = clusters
.iter()
.flat_map(|idxs| idxs.iter().map(|&i| page_rects[i]))
.collect();
if let Some(table) = detect_merged_cluster_table(items, &all_cluster_rects, page) {
if only_narrow {
tables.clear();
}
tables.push(table);
}
}
}
}
// On rect-sparse pages (≤ 6 rects), a few cell-border rects may define the
@@ -820,6 +852,174 @@ fn detect_row_stripe_table(
})
}
/// Detect a table by merging all cluster rects into one group.
///
/// This handles clip-path PDFs where each column's cell rects form a separate
/// cluster (no spatial overlap between columns). Uses rect Y-edges for rows
/// and text X-position clustering for columns, similar to `detect_row_stripe_table`
/// but without the width-uniformity check.
fn detect_merged_cluster_table(
items: &[TextItem],
all_rects: &[(f32, f32, f32, f32)],
page: u32,
) -> Option<Table> {
// Extract Y-edges from all rects
let mut y_vals: Vec<f32> = Vec::new();
for &(_, y, _, h) in all_rects {
y_vals.push(y);
y_vals.push(y + h);
}
let y_edges = snap_edges(&y_vals, 6.0);
if y_edges.len() < 4 {
debug!(" merged-cluster rejected: only {} y-edges", y_edges.len());
return None;
}
let mut row_edges = y_edges;
row_edges.sort_by(|a, b| b.partial_cmp(a).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
// Bounding box of all rects
let y_top = row_edges[0];
let y_bottom = *row_edges.last().unwrap();
let x_left = all_rects
.iter()
.map(|&(x, _, _, _)| x)
.reduce(f32::min)
.unwrap();
let x_right = all_rects
.iter()
.map(|&(x, _, w, _)| x + w)
.reduce(f32::max)
.unwrap();
// Gather page items within the bounding box
let page_items: Vec<(usize, &TextItem)> = items
.iter()
.enumerate()
.filter(|(_, item)| {
item.page == page
&& item.y >= y_bottom - 2.0
&& item.y <= y_top + 2.0
&& item.x >= x_left - 5.0
&& item.x + item.width <= x_right + 5.0
})
.collect();
if page_items.is_empty() {
return None;
}
// Derive columns from text X-position clustering
let columns = cluster_x_positions(&page_items, 15.0);
if columns.len() < 2 {
debug!(
" merged-cluster rejected: only {} columns from text clustering",
columns.len()
);
return None;
}
// Convert column centers to edges
let mut col_edges: Vec<f32> = Vec::with_capacity(columns.len() + 1);
let min_x = page_items
.iter()
.map(|(_, i)| i.x)
.reduce(f32::min)
.unwrap();
col_edges.push(min_x - 5.0);
for pair in columns.windows(2) {
col_edges.push((pair[0] + pair[1]) / 2.0);
}
let max_x_right = page_items
.iter()
.map(|(_, i)| i.x + i.width)
.reduce(f32::max)
.unwrap();
col_edges.push(max_x_right + 5.0);
let num_cols = col_edges.len() - 1;
let num_rows = row_edges.len() - 1;
debug!(
" merged-cluster grid: {}x{} ({} col edges, {} row edges)",
num_rows,
num_cols,
col_edges.len(),
row_edges.len()
);
// Assign items to grid
let (cells, item_indices) = assign_items_to_grid(items, &col_edges, &row_edges, page);
if item_indices.is_empty() {
debug!(" merged-cluster rejected: no items assigned");
return None;
}
// Validate: >=2 non-empty rows
let non_empty_rows = cells
.iter()
.filter(|row| row.iter().any(|c| !c.trim().is_empty()))
.count();
if non_empty_rows < 2 {
debug!(
" merged-cluster rejected: only {} non-empty rows",
non_empty_rows
);
return None;
}
// Content density: >=40%
let total_cells = (num_cols * num_rows) as f32;
let non_empty_cells = cells
.iter()
.flat_map(|row| row.iter())
.filter(|c| !c.trim().is_empty())
.count();
let content_ratio = non_empty_cells as f32 / total_cells;
if content_ratio < 0.40 {
debug!(
" merged-cluster rejected: content ratio {:.2} < 0.40",
content_ratio
);
return None;
}
// No empty columns
for col in 0..num_cols {
let col_has_content = cells
.iter()
.any(|row| row.get(col).is_some_and(|c| !c.trim().is_empty()));
if !col_has_content {
debug!(" merged-cluster rejected: column {} is empty", col);
return None;
}
}
let column_centers: Vec<f32> = (0..num_cols)
.map(|c| (col_edges[c] + col_edges[c + 1]) / 2.0)
.collect();
let row_centers: Vec<f32> = (0..num_rows)
.map(|r| (row_edges[r] + row_edges[r + 1]) / 2.0)
.collect();
debug!(
" merged-cluster table accepted: {}x{}, {:.0}% density",
num_rows,
num_cols,
content_ratio * 100.0
);
Some(Table {
columns: column_centers,
rows: row_centers,
cells,
item_indices,
})
}
/// Cluster text item X positions into column centers with a given minimum threshold.
///
/// Similar to `find_column_boundaries` in grid.rs but with a lower minimum threshold