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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Saurabh Prabhat, Webster, NY (US);
Jennifer Watts-Englert, Pittsford, NY (US);
Reiner Eschbach, Webster, NY (US);
Emil V. Rainero, Webster, NY (US);
Kenton K. Hofmeister, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are presented for visual comparison of different portions of one or more source documents to emulate a paper folding gesture experience in a user device, in which the user uses a mouse or finger in a touchscreen device to circle two or more portions of interest in the same or separate source documents, and provides a different user input such as a pinch motion or zoom in feature to display the selected regions proximate one another for visual comparison.