Apparatus and method for filing, registering, and retrieving image files
US6128102A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0087
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When an image file is to be registered, image data is read from a document; features of the document are extracted from the read-out image data; the image file is generated with the extracted document features correlated to the read-out image data for storage, and further in a case wherein an image file is to be retrieved, image data is read from a document, features of the document are extracted from the read-out data, and an image file having document features identical to the information for retrieval from image files with the extracted document features stored therein as information for retrieval.
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