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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Kanai, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 ; G06K 9/60 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 ; G06K 9/60 ;
Abstract
A keyword assignment system is provided to assign keywords when a digitized image of a document is created. The keyword assignment system includes a digitizer to generate the digitized image from the input document. A keyword entry system determines a keyword to be associated with the digitized image. A linker generates linking information that associates the keyword with the digitized image. A database is provided to store the digitized image and linking information.