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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicants:
Marko Balabanovic, London, GB;
Dar-shyang Lee, Union City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marko Balabanovic, London, GB;
Dar-Shyang Lee, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/18 ; G06F017/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine causes the processor to generate data through extracting at least one visual feature from a document having a plurality of pages, ranking the pages in a document, selecting a page for representing a document according to the visual feature, and displaying the selected page as display data.