Name retrieval method and name retrieval apparatus
US8306968B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/332
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Name retrieval methods and name retrieval apparatuses that detect retrieval-target names that are representable as character strings including a ligature taking arbitrary property of a ligature into consideration in both a case where the ligature is input, and a case where the series of characters corresponding to the ligature is input, are provided so that convenience and reliability of name retrieval are improved. When a specific ligature is input, the specific ligature is converted into the series of characters corresponding to the specific ligature in accordance with the corresponding relationship TB stored in a storage device M, and specific retrieval-target names that include the series of characters obtained by the conversion in an input position of the specific ligature and an arrangement position of the series of characters corresponding to the number of coupled characters are retrieved from a database DB by character-string matching.
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