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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takatoshi Mochizuki, Amagasaki, JP;
Kimihiko Higashio, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
An information processing device and method and computer program product which allow users to easily determine whether retrieved objects are desired ones or not, by displaying the retrieved objects in a different manner, such as at different display densities, with frames of different thicknesses, according to degree of similarity between a retrieval constraint and the objects themselves or attribute information annexed thereto or words/phrases included therein.