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Navigation system for document image database

US5995978A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Filing dateSep 24, 1997
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99948
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interactive database organization and searching system employs text search and image feature extraction to automatically group documents together by appearance. The system automatically determines visual characteristics of document images and collect documents together according to the relative similarity of their document images.

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