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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
William John Briggs, Broomfield, CO (US);
Mabry Frazier Dozier, III, Lafayette, CO (US);
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/2241 (2013.01); G06F 17/24 (2013.01); H04N 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/2247 (2013.01); G06F 17/243 (2013.01); G06F 17/3089 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30905 (2013.01); G06K 9/00463 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing a hardcopy document (HD). The method includes: obtaining an image of the HD; identifying, within the image, a plurality of linking labels and a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of linking labels; extracting a plurality of strings from the plurality of regions; generating a combined string by combining the plurality of strings based on the plurality of linking labels; and generating an editable electronic version of the HD specifying the combined string.