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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Masahiro Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Kurishima, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Kasai, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Kurishima, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Kasai, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An information retrieval apparatus including a first detecting unit that detects a feeder indicative of a presence of a numerical value in a file subject to retrieval in which a numeral and a character are present together; a second detecting unit that detects a number of places in the numerical value correlated to the feeder detected by the first detecting unit; and a compressing unit that compresses the numerical value into compressed information including a compression code for a numeral indicative of the number of places detected by the second detecting unit and a compression code for a numeral at each place in the numerical value, wherein the numerical value is correlated to the feeder based on an appearance frequency of a numeral included in the file.