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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Masayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Nayuko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Nayuko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a region-of-interest extraction apparatus includes following units. The acquisition unit acquires a structured document including elements. The first extraction unit extracts block regions including specific elements, from the structured document. The second extraction unit extracts, as a display region, parts of the elements being displayed on a display screen, from the structured document. The third extraction unit extracts a region of interest, in which a user is interested, from the structured document, based on relations between the block regions and the display region.