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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Yasuto Ishitani, Matsudo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A character line is identified with a keyword included in the relevant logical element of a keyword dictionary, and the identification result is output to a “keyword identification part” to store the result. All the character lines processed through a “division process part” are output to a “tagging modification part” to replace tags so that there is no logically inconsistent in adjacent character lines, when tags given to adjacent character lines are in logically inconsistent as a combination of tags. A character line to which an appropriate tag may not be given in the “tagging modification part” is output to an “indecisive tag estimation part” where an appropriate tag is estimated and is given with reference to a tag adjacent the character lines. The process in the “indecisive tag estimation part” is applied to all the character lines, and repeated till there is no replacement of tags. Thereby, desired information with desired tags given may be extracted from printed documents and automatically input to a computer system.