Information searching system

Title: Information searching system

Abstract

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.

Inventors:: McClain, Jonathan T.; Rothganger, Fredrick

Issue Date:: 2019-06-25

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568527

Patent Number(s):: 10331732

Application Number:: 15/381,632

Assignee:: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06K - RECOGNITION OF DATA

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F16/5846 - {using extracted text}

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06K - RECOGNITION OF DATA
G06K9/00469 - {Document understanding by extracting the logical structure, e.g. chapters, sections, columns, titles, paragraphs, captions, page number, and identifying its elements, e.g. author, keywords, ZIP code, money amount}
G06K9/6202 - {Comparing pixel values or logical combinations thereof, or feature values having positional relevance, e.g. template matching
G06K9/726 - {Syntactic or semantic context, e.g. balancing}

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F16/532 - Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06K - RECOGNITION OF DATA
G06K9/344 - {using recognition of characters or words
G06K9/00456 - {Classification of image contents, e.g. text, photographs, tables

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F16/583 - using metadata automatically derived from the content

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/16/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

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