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Information searching system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1568527
A method and computer system for searching a collection of documents. The method comprises first identifying text in the document and then identifying an image in the document. Then the features of the image are extracted from the document and image terms are identified from the features. Finally, the collection of documents is searched using the image terms in conjunction with text terms.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
10,331,732
Application Number:
15/381,632
OSTI ID:
1568527
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English