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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kouichi Tomita, Kawanishi, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/288 (2019.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An affinity calculation apparatus for calculating a degree of affinity between a first element and a second element that are not directly relevant among three or more elements includes: an extraction section configured to extract, from a document, relevance of each of pairs of two directly relevant elements of the three or more elements; and a calculation section configured to calculate the degree, of the pairs, based on the relevance of each of pairs of two elements of the first element, the second element, and one or more intermediate elements that lie between the first element and the second element.