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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:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Takuto Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Takuto Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image retrieval method and apparatus for extracting a desired frame as still image data from moving image data is provided, in which when a character search string is input, frames having the character search string are retrieved from moving image data including a plurality of frames, and if retrieved frames having the character search string in an equivalent position are consecutive for a predetermined amount, one of the consecutive frames is extracted as still image data.