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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Divna Djordjevic, Antibes, FR;
Rayid Ghani, Chicago, IL (US);
Divna Djordjevic, Antibes, FR;
Rayid Ghani, Chicago, IL (US);
Accenture Global Services Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for processing a graphic in a document so that the graphic may be reused in a different application than the one it was originally used in. For a given document, a graphic may be identified from within the document and extracted from the document. The extracted graphic may be stored in a suitable storage medium, such as a reusable graphic repository. A structural feature associated with the extracted graphic may also be extracted. The extracted graphic may then be classified based on the extracted structural feature. Furthermore, a method and apparatus are provided for generating a reusable graphic from a document.